Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-26
FRIENDS OF STRICKEN FAMILIES
TAKE CHARGE OF BODIES
WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
THOSE ATTEMPTING ExToRTIoN
TO BE HARsHLY DEALT WITH
Real Estate Exchange Takes Steps TO
Prevent Raising Of Rsnts-Hundrsds
From Other Places Seeking Relatives
Corporation Being Formed to
Handle Rebuilding Plans Systemati.
caIIy.

Omaha, March 90 Burying the
dead, and work of reconstruction occu-
pied tornado stricken Omaha today.
Paying last rites occupied the time of
thousands Of persons during the day.
Funerals were held in all parts of the
city. Many of the bodies. recovered
from the wreckage Of Sundays storm.
were cared for at undertaking estab-
lishments, and great number of the
funerals were held from these places.
Whenever possible, friends Of stricken
families took charge of the bodies and
had them prepared for burial.
In many instances churches were de-
molished in the districts covered by
the storm, and others We're so badly
wrecked as to prevent them being used
for burial purposes. Nearly 100 fun
erals were held today. Many bodies
have been sent to out-of-town rela-
tives. During the night the work of
rescue continued. Only one body was
reported recovered, that of another
negro buried In the Idlewilde pool hall
debris.
Extortion Quickly SqueIohed.
The Real Estate Exchange has taken
steps to prevent the raising of rents.
Already cases of attempted eXtortion
have been reported, some by members
of the exchange itself. Executives OF
that body decided to deal harshly with
any owners taking advantage of those
forced TO secure new homes on account
of the tornado. ~.
Hundreds Of persons from all parts
of the country, unable to hear from
relatives, have come to the city to seek
news of their safety. Many Of the
persons known to have been in the vi
cinity ridden by the storm have been
reported missing. and everything pos
sible is being done to locate them.
Plans For Rebuilding Laid.
Plans for they immediate rebuilding
of the tornado-stricken district are
being worked out by an organization of
Omaha business men. A corporation
is being formed to handle the matter in
a systematic manner and assist the un-
fortunate who lost their homes and
personal effects. The institution will
begin at once the task Of at least par
tally reconstructing many homes.
An appeal sent out by the CONNER
cial club says that SAG homes were to-
tally wrecked, 1869 were damaged, and
3,179 persons were made homeless. This
census was taken by representatives
Of the club and the statement given Of
ficially.
Mayors condoIe Each Other.
An unusual incident in connection
with the storm was the receipt by
Mayor Dahlman Of sympathetic tele-
gram from the mayor of Dayton. o. To-
day Mayor Dahlman telegraphed the
Dayton executive a similar message IN
connection with the flood in n'the Ohio
town. The task Of giving permanent
relief to the sufferers in Omaha be-
came almost herculean. Altho quar-
ter of million dollars has already
been provided for this work. the mat
ter of systematically distributing re-
lief has become a great problem. city
officials have taken up the work tempo
rarily. but are preparing to turn 1t over
to some permanently organized body
in order that the relief may be exteno-
ed in business like manner.
Seven Die in Hospitals.
Seven persons injured in Sunday eve-
ning's tornado died in local hospitals
YESTERDAY,
a nurse at the Methodist hospital, who
was caught in the destruction OF the
student nurses home: j. D. Hogg
whose head was crushed when the
house in which he was boarding was
demolished; A. w. Lavidge, living near
the hospital: an unknown elderly ~o-
man, taken to Wise Memorial hospital
Earl Price, a 9-year-old boy, and Mrs.
r. r. vandeven and babe.
A body identified by papers IN the
pockets as that Of Frank Jamison. chi
cago, was taken from the top of high
tree in Bemis park.
Sanitary conditions were among the
first considered by the city authorities.
and CITY Physician Connell undertook
the enforcement Of regulations which
will prevent the possibility of an epi-
demic. Several hundred animals We're
among the victims OF the storm and
orders were given that their carcasses
should be removed at once and inciner-
ated. Twenty-fiv horses were killed
IN one harm and scores Of bodies OF
other animals were found strewn thru
out the storm stricken district.
Burial Of Dead Begins.
Burial of the unclaimed dead will be-
gin today. It will require probably
/ three or four days to identify and dis
p5.se of all the bodies. Every funeral
director in the city was busy during
the day preparing the bodies for burial
and the coroner still retains in his
rooms eighteen bodies awaiting either
Identification or the care Of relatives.
Probably one Of the most pathetic
cases before the coroner was the care
OF the bodies of one entire family, that
of Mr.. Klinsky. baker at Twenty
Ennrfh and Blonde streets. Their home
} was above the bakery, and when the