davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
ONE CHECK PAYABLE
TO OAKLEY PERSONALLY

1t was brought out in the investiga-
ton that one of the monthly checks
was made payable to J. G. Oakley, and
was indorsed and deposited by ~ G.
Oakley" All the other checks were
made payable to j. q. Oakley. president,
and so deposited.
In addition TO making a thorough In
vestigation of the transactions between
the state and the Henderson Lumber
company, the examiners also examined
w. b. Sellers of Samson, who is con-
nected with the firm of Sellers & Bull
lard, turpentine dealers. The convict
department has about 45 convicts leased
to Sellers & Bulard. Nothing of any
particular interest was brought out in
Mr.. Sellers testimony
Waits First Witness
G. o. Waits of Sanford, connected with
subsidiary companies of the Henderson
Lumber company, was the first witness
placed on the stand Monday morning in
the convict department probe Mr.. Waits
said he had been connected with the Hen
derson Lumber company eight years,
and that the contract WHICH the company
had with the state called for the employ
ment OF $50 convicts. Witness said the
Henderson company had worked convicts
for the past u years. lie said the same
number Of convicts were employed that
We're worked during the previous adminis-
tration.
Witness said the officers of the COM
pany were j. d. Henderson, Henderson
and himself.
Asked as 10 how much his company
paid for convicts under the previous ad-
ministfation witness replied tnat under
the Conner administration eonvicts were
employed according to class. the highest
class bringing SS5 per month. The con-
tract under ithe present contract did not
contain any classification of the con-
vets. He said the state received sse per
head for all convicts hired TO his COM
pany. under the present contract, and
that no reduction was made by the state
Had 800 Convicts
Witness said the company had $50 con-
victs on hand on February l. 1913.
During the month of March. 1911. the
lumber company had 324 convicts en-
ployed
AT this 3uncture Mr.. Waits was tenn
porariIy excused. and e. Murphree. book
keeper for the Henderson Lumber COM
Iany. took the stand
Asked as to how much he paid tha
state In March. 1911. for convict labor.
witness said the total was sssa7 q.
Three classes OF convicts were worked
during March. 1911; the frst-class receiv-
ing 1856 per month.
According to witness. the regufar
monthly statement for the employment
of convicts IS made out by the warden
In charge of the ennvicts, is submitted
TO the department at Montgomery for ap-
--~--->-~-------~>-~--~-
tcontinued On Page Eightl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25

The witness declared that Colonel BOW
man had been employed by the company
shortly after the present administration
assumed office. and that his services had
terminated with the company upon his
removal from office by Governor o Neal.
Colonel Bowmans fee. the amount OF
which was not given in the testimony.
was the only consideration which the
lumber company had paid in connection
with securing the new contract, accord-
ing 10 Mr.. Waits. The transaction, lie
declared, was p,rely a legal and legiti-
mate matter.
The investigation OF The Henderson
Lumber company consumed the greater
part of the day, every transaction en-
tered into between the state convict de-
partment and the lumber company was
thoroughly and completely Investigated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
DEBRIS CATCHES FIRE
IN MANY PLACES

During the early hours of the morning
injured persons were worked desperately
to remove persons caught beneath razed
buildings The debris caught fire in
many places and many persons were pain
fully burned before they could be extri-
Gated.
NO great number was killed in any one
pace. Inc wind swept along, taking it's
Toll mere and there. The tornado even
jumped over portions of the city in it's
patch, swooped down again and dashed
obstructions to earth.
The gale left Omaha only to sweep on
to towns in Iowa in the same destructive
manner that It had attacked villages in
Nebraska. The rage of the elements
even extended in a somewhat abated
form to points far to the east In Illinois
NO sooner had the twister passed than
a gale swept over much the same terri
tory with lessened fury.
What seems to have been a separate
storm swept portions of Indiana. being
greatest In and near Terre Haute, There
nearly a score of persons were slain and
hunoreds We're hurt Other places in
Indiana report lesser da oa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
MuRPHREE GIVES ITEMS
OF PAYMENTS TO STATE

In addition to Mr.. Waits, the exam
iners questioned f. Murphree, bookkeep-
er at the Henderson Lumber company,
for several hours. Mr. Murphree had
with him an itemized statement of all
payments rendered the state for convict
hire, and explained IN detail the terms
of the contracts which had been in op-
Grafton under the former administration
and the one entered into in October, 1911,
which is still In operation.
The old contract according to testi-
monY, showed that there were three
classes of wages paid for convict hire,
while the new contract showed that $50
is paid for each convict a month. I'm
der the old contract, the monthly pay
ment for convict labor was about $780,
whereas the new contract showed that
the monthly receipts to the state from
the Henderson Lumber company approxi-
mated more than $4,000 per month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
Fire Following Wake of Storm Added
to Horrors for Time Terrific
DoWnpour Of Rain Floods
the Devastated Sections
PITIFUL CONDITION OF THE
SUFFERERS IN DEVASTATED
DISTRICT TOLD BY RESCUERs

Late Reports Increase Enormt of Tornados Destruction and
Indicate Much Wider Area Devastated Than at First Sup
posed-Thousands Are Homeless, While Dead Bodies
Strewn About Streets Add to Horrible Picture.
Soldiers Patrol to Prevent Lootng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
WIRES DOWN IN
ALL DIRECTIONS

The sleet and windstorm of the last
lew days had reduced telegraph and tele-
pnonlc companies to mere straights as
hundreds of poles and thousands of miles
OF wire We're carried down in a tangle.
me easter tornado added to the havoc
west OF Chicago although wires were re
paired to the east. Tn many cases large
regions already unable to use commercial
telegraphic facilities and news associa :
tions We're compelled to send reports In
the most unusual ways to reach the
newspapers.
Floods swept through several Wisconsin
cities, damaging many thousand dolla re-
worth of goods. Dams were washed out
in many places and the released waters
swept over the field below.
In Chicago all the elements seemed to
meet shortly after Easter Sunday had
closed Wind blew violant gale, snow
Flew before 1t in some places, haikcrashed
windows IN other parts of the city. After
the storms had passed. the wind died to
a gentle breeze and the sun shone bright
ly and the warmth of the spring nar-
vaded the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
TURKISH ARMY suRRExDERs

Cettinje, March 24.-Djavid
Pasha, with Turkish army
numbering $4,000 men. has sur
rendered to the Servians on the
skumbi river In Albania
David Pasha was commander
Of the Seventh army corps and
Formerly military commander at
Uskup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
225 DEAD AND
694 INJURED IN
TORNADO SUNDAY

Chicago, March 24.-Totals of the dead
and injured in the track of Sundays storm
are as follows. according to reports re-
ceived tonight:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
READY TO
BELIEVE ANYTHIN'

After what | saw this morning. I will
believe anything anybody tells me about
a tornado. For a width of three blocks
the ground was covered with wreckage
of what once had been fine residences.
For two or three blocks on either side
of this small buildings were almost un-
damaged In the branches of what was
left OF trees saw several, ehaiIs ard
at least 90 cushions 1mpaled on the
jagged end of torn limb was a dead
dog. | saw a lot of dead cats and
horses lying about. l saw a few live
chickens with part of their feathers
blown away. An old man told me that
the woman who lived next door to his
was crushed when her home collapsed
and the baby she was nursing was found
across the street trying to play with a
dead dog
"A crutch was driven into the side of
one house. On one block a Widows cot
tage was left standing with little dam
age and every other residence on the
street was turned topsy turvy. Here and
there | saw women crying for some one
who had been lost. Other women foiks
poked among the wreckage in search
of valuab bles. At one place where only
the kitchen of a house was left, women
were carrying out dishes which had not
been even cracked"
William Coon of Lincoln, Neb., gave
graphic description as he viewed 1t from
the platform of the observation car. For
miles 1t seemed as If the train was being
pursued by the storm" he said. We
were approaching Ralston, Neb, when l
first noted a copper colored cloud noun
tain toward the sky. The cloud grew rap
idly, and was travelling at tremendous
speed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
SURVIVORS TELL Of
/ DESTRUCTIVE WORK
| OF OMAHA TORNADO
Salesman Gives Details of
Horrors Accompanying
Terrific Storm
Nr
AIR FILLED " H
FEARFEs SOUNDS
Vivid Picture Of disastrous Gale
and Horrible | ermath- Block
After Block Leveled to
the Ground

Chicago, March 2--Amone the first tc
bring to the outside world details of the
thoroughness of the tornados destruc-
tive work in Omaha was F. G. Elmen-
dorf, a travelling salesman of Indian
apois, who arrived In Chicago tonight.
Il was sitting by a window on the
first floor of a hotel when 1t grew sud
denly dark and | couldn't see to read
he said tonight. 1T had been raining
just little and the sudden darkenine
of the skies made everybody trihe
apprehenslve. A few of us were talking
when we noticed a humming sound
which grew in volume. We ascertained
it as noise of the air, the most pecu-
liar and fearful sound ] ever heard.
I'm a minute or so the storm burst
upon us. There were continual crashes
of thunder and rain fell in torrents. II
was almost a cloudburst and kept us
in so that we could not investigate to
see IL there had been a tornado. Finally
the storm let up and we learned that
block after block of the city had been
levelled and that scores of people were
dead. We did nothing last night but
wait for the reports. This morning
everyone in the hotel got up before day
break and started on a tour of the ruins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
CITIES OFFER ASSISTANCE


to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
AIR FILLED WITH
CURIOUS NOISES

1T assumed the form of funnel and
the air was filled with curious noise
very piercing. Then The funnel seemed
to grow black and the smaller end, that
near the east was about half mile in
diameter. 1t swished across the railroad
track, then struck the town. Houses col
lapsed as though made of paper The
roofs sailed away like aeroplanes and the
sides fell in. As the passengers compre-
hended the desolation wrought cry of
horror went up. 1t was terrible sight,
Then the train stopped and the passen-
gers ran over to the wrecks of the houses.
We could hear the groans of dying men,
injured women and MANNED children. We
got all of the injured out of the ruins
and brought them to the train. We were
about to leave when our attention was
called to a little nouse some distance
from the others. 1t had been wrecked
and moved from its foundation, but We
found mother and her baby lying on a
bed uninjured.
Another man was In a basement. His
house was carried away bodily and he
was left standing with very surprised
look on his face uninjured. Houses were
rolled and tumbed along the ground by
the wind. I saw a box car carried along
by the terrific air current for quarter
OF a mile.
When ii split open six or seven men.
who turned out to be part of repair
crew. dropped out. The next station
we passed through was Benson, where
the scenes were still more appalling.
Several large factories there were
strewn in heaps We picked up lot
Of injured and / don't know how many
dead we left behind. Then the cloud
made toward south Omaha. We were
not far behind but our way was blocked
by debris the tornado had thrown on
the tracks. Another passenger was Mrs.
G. H. Aldrent of Syracuse, n. Y. When
houses began falling" she said, Il saw
a little girl dressed in white start from
one of them and run down the street
with her hands above her head.
CHILD BURIED
BENEATH HOUSE
.Just then the side of a house came
through the air soaring. 1t struck the
child and buried her beneath it, An
other eye witness was chicagoan who
told of the scenes at Omaha when the
train stopped there, He said:
II was Just recovering from what 1
had seen on the train when we pulled
into Omaha with the injured. 1t was
night then, but such night. The sky
was lighted up with a great red glare
and the streets were filled with az
frighted people 1t was raining del
uee. Frequently the cries of the
wounded unloaded at the station were
drowned by terrific peais of thunder.
.The town is burning up Well all be
killed. some kept crying. This added
to the fears of the others. There was
no sleep that night for many OF the
passengers AS our train left Omaha
we could see q big hotel burning.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
st. Louis Sympathizes

to-day
Dahimsn Of Omaha BY Frederick T.
any can
Il Z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
Sulzer Sends Message

March the foloutrg
Dahman of
deeply grved to learn OF the terrible disaster
families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25

tcontinued ON Page Two,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25

tcontinued on Fags Eightl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-25
SERVICES TERMINATED
FOLLOWING REMOVAL

from the state.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
NEW DEPOSIT TAKES
ON GOOD DIMENSION
CoPpermines Proves Ore for
Territory 800 by
200 Feet.

The ineompleteness that has character
lied the development operations OF the
old Giroux Consolidated company has
been empha sized with no uncertain vigor
during the past few weeks by the dis
closures on the Orc claim. where, by mis-
take. the Nevada Consolidated manage
ment developed what looks TO be a typi-
cal deposit Of porphyry copper orc OF COM
mercial grade while excavating for an
extension Of its own railroad line. It
was tho discovery OF this new deposit OF
copper ore that justified tho Consolidated
Coppermines company. the successor to
the Giroux and others recently merged,
closing down all underground effort on
the GirouX estate, and placing orders for
steam shovels and other necessary equip
ment for mining this new ore with mod
ern methods.
This new ore deposit has been demon
strated to date for approximately 500 feet
IN length, and for about 200 feet in width.
with the ultimate limits OF the body
probably materially larger, This area has
not been fully proved UP as yet, hut II Is
stated that one churn drill hole has been
driven in commercial grade ore for 125
feet, with ore still continuing.
The Oro claim is practically surround
ed by the Nevada Consolidated territory.
It Is not quite full claim and has never
been considered particularly valuable ms
a mineral claim until The Nevada Con-
company drove the jaws OF a
steam shovel into sulphlde ore at depth
OF only six feet The Nevada Consoli-
dated company had arranged to utilize
this claim as railroad yards, and the ex-
istence OF ore now proved shows that Ely
is no exception to the average mining
camp, in that while there Is any territory
In a demonstrated section.
there is chance to secure results.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
MILL WORK STARTED
AT RICO WELLINGTON

General Manager J. G. Jensen Of the
Rico Wellington company was Salt
Lake visitor on Saturday on company
business, and he states that the company
is resuming milling operations for tho
purpose Of finishing the dumps OF low
grade silver, lead and zinc ores which re-
main as a result OF mining In what has
been known as the Big Stope." These
dumps contain about 500 tons. and while
they represent the remaining ores OK
tracted from this particular stope, the
management by no means has lost faith
In the ability OF the same. mineraliZing
agency having deposited similar ores at
other and undeveloped sections OF the
mine.
For tho purpose OF encountering the con-
tlnuation Of the ore body mentioned be-
yond the fault, the company Is driving
crosscut tunnel to catch the fssure and
Mr.. Jensen believes the chances for find
ing new ore very favorable. The company
also is driving the deeper tunnel 600 feet
bodies at depth Of about 800 feet below
the present workings. Mr.. Jensen stated
also that there is a very good tonnage OF
low grade copper ore being opened steadi-
ly shipments from which while not adding
to the surplus are at least meeting all
operating expenses
The company IS doing heavy develop
ment work at several points, and Mr.. Jen-
sen states that for permanency the prop
erty looks as we'll today, or better than
at any time in the recent career OF the
property.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
CRANKY WILL START
NEW SHELTER SOON
Two-thousand Tons Daily
Capacity to Be Available
in January.

Eastern odvices on Saturday were 10
Tho effect that the management OF the
CRANKY company has expressed the de-
plant at the Hidden Creek property in
shape for operation early In the COM
Ing January, the daily capacity OF this
smelter 10 be 1000 tons. 1t is at the Hid
den Creek mine that tho company has
been meeting with splendid success In the
past few months in the development OF
new resources. and there are now devel-
oped, according 10 company estimates,
over 1900. 900 tons of commercial grade
copper rock. with development effort vir-
tually only commenced,
Granny has accomplished wonders dur
Ing the past year. emerging from what
some experts deemed its final dissolution
stage to the proportions OF q modern
hrst-class copper proposition, The task
confronting the managenent was n tre
mendous one. but shareholders Will agree
unanimously that those in charge have
accomplished the desired end both eff
c!ently and speedily,
In August the CRANKY production OF re-
fined copper measured 1.S47, 3ii pounds,
as compared with 1,97O.SS pounds I'm the
same month OF 1912. az compared with
mono In 1911, owing to the plant being
closed, and 1,430.315 pounds IN August.
the fine copper output has measured H.,
1851 pounds, as compared with 14,7S1,-
S25 pounds for the same period Of 1912;
10 6G1, 706 pounds for the same period
Of 1911, and 14656.21S pounds I'm 1910.
The ores handled last month totaled 99.-
cign ores. total Of 10l, ~ tons smelted.
The 1914 record at the CRANKY VIII be
decidedly gratifying, unless all present
signs fail.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
NEW WEEKS COPPER
MARKET PROMISING

James A. Pollock 6: Co, Investment
brokers, 1863 South Main street. furnish
wire yesterday afternoon;
Paine, Wcbber & Co, Boston.-The
bears are offering all kinds OF excuses
to account for the present rise in stocks,
but The underlying fact is the sold out
condition OF the market, radical
change IN sentiment and active buying
by the big banking interests. 1t Is nj
ways true In markets such as we have
had in the past year that boarsh senu-
ment increases to such a point that the
majority OF people think that stocks can
never. go up again, and the result IS that
operators on the bear side are seldom
able to keep their profits and lose them
quickly when the turn comes. Copper is
very strong around l6a cents, and we
are advised that there will undoubtedly
be another sharp advance next week
We are very bullish on all the coppers
and feel confident that any and ali Of
them can be safely purcha scd for good
profits In the near future.
Logan &: Bryan, New Yorls.-The mar
ket was exceedingly strong throughout
today's session. with r marked Increase
In public participation being recorded
Reading succeeded Union Pacific as the
feature of strength, and In addition sub
stantial advances were scored by many
issues which heretofore have been prac-
tIcally dormant, The action of the list
during the past week has been taken as
a reflection of the restoration OF conf
dence among large interests, and the
character OF the buying strongly sug
gested that determined efforts TO force
a substantially higher range OF values
were being put forth by strong factors.
While, Of course from time TO time IT.
regularity may be witnessed particular
ly as the upturn has been rather rapid.
still the tendency appears to be upward,
and a substantially higher range OF
values i,s generally anticipated.
Gallagher New York-The market
here today was strong and active. Cigar
Stores held strong between 81 and 9II.
on sales OF about 5000 shares. Coppers
were firm but rather quiet. only 500
shares OF Braden being traded In at n
and "a OH stocks In general were very
strong. with the whole list showing bet
ter prices. Tonopahs better with Jim
Butler the feature. selling from 675 TO
10. with sales OF about 5000 shares. Pub
lie interest is increasing, and we still
believe purchases around present levels
will prove profitable.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
.LEONORA IS CLOSE
ON TO ITS RECORD
Property Conditions Point to
Speedy Discovery of Good
Ore Body.

News OF the most satisfactory import is
being received by the local officials OF the
Leonora company Of Beaver county, and
Director Edward Rhcinstrom stated on
Saturday that after an extended cam
paign OF development effort, during which
the company has expended nearly $40. 600
results are apparently within the grasp OF
OF the management The Leonora ~ one
OF the Oldest locations In the Star Sec
ton. and IL Is virtually surrounded by the
best developed and best looking prope-
ties OF the district 1t has been an old
producer OF substantial proportions
The management Is seeking al depth
streak OF ore that has been opened on
the surface for 100 feet or more and
which shows two feet OF first class ma
terial. This ore was opened 10 n depth
OF forty-two feet and continued oil the
way. To catch II at better depth the
management began a tunnel which is
showing Il face OF iron and spar, and the
superintendent writes that everything
shows the close proximity OF the ore.
Mr. RbetnStrom states that there is
not property in that part OF the state
with more ideal surface showlngs or geo.
logical conditions for results at depth.
and the local officials look with every
confidence upon bringing this into the
production columns within a very brief
period.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
WOLVERINE TO KEEP
HOLD OF ITS CASH

The following was received Saturday
from Boston by way Of the Pollocl
wires:
Tho Wolverine management has
decided to husband its resources un-
I'll the outlook at Lake Superior has
improved. The company has turned
all OF It's copper into cash. having
an advancing market. The last sale
was 159 cents. The company has as
sets of s7o0,ooo of which approxi-
mately $500. 900 is cash. The Lake
mines could not for months get back
to normal production even should the
strike be called off tomorrow. When
operations have been resumed. how
ever, Wolverine directors will quick
ly act on the dividend, although II
VIII probably be at q reduced rate