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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

passed along Parker and Blonde SITS TO
oath st, where its path was six blocks
wide In the latter section the damage
is complete.
Finally, at 14th and Spencer sts, the
storm swept over the bluffs. high above
the Missouri river, demolished the
Missouri Pasific round house, leveled the
big trestle of the Illinois Central rail
road over Carter lake, wrecked a number
of buildings near the Rod and Gun club
fashionable outing place, and dis
appeared to the northwest.
Relief Work Organized.
City commissioners met early yester-
day and appropriated S25, 900 for relief
work Citizens present at the meeting
organized and gave $4,000 more.
The citizen relief committee was or
ganized, composed of so members and
an executive committee of seven TO
work with the seven city couneilmen.
Gov. Moorhead notified Mayor Dahl
man that he would send a special mes
sage to the Legislature asking for APP
preparation Of sufficient funds TO care
for the homeless throughout the state.
Police Commissioner Ryder issued an
order to all saloons in the affected dis
trict to remain closed until further no
tice.
Cots were placed in the auditorium
and those without shelter were housed
there. The city purchasing agent has
arranged for enough beds TO care for
all those who can sleep in the auditO-
rum. The Elks rooms have been
/ thrown open to the homeless and the
Union gospel mission viii provide =
men with beds.
The citizens committee has asked I'll,
I newspapers to accept contributions AM
turn the money over 10 the COMMITTEES
for distribution.
The pathway Of the storm, from
three to seven blocks in width, cut !
swath "a blocks long.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
MILLERs APPARENTLY SAFE.
Former Residents Not Included in List
of Omaha Casualties.

Alfred S. Thompson was much inter
ested in the Omaha disaster as he has
cousins living in that city, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. c. Miller and three children. SO far
as could be learned this morning through
the latest press reports they are not in
cluded in the list of dead or injured.
S. A. Miller, II. c. Miller : father, is at
Biloxi, Miss, where he spends the wint-
ers.
H. c. Miller lives on 34th street in
Omaha and from the reports thus far
obtainable the storm did not seriously
damage that street although it came
within two blocks of it.
Both s. \. and II. c. Miller are well
known in Brattleboro, II. c. Miller hav-
ing been born and brought up here.
They have lived in Omaha many years.
Recently Mrs. Miller gave birth to twin
sons. They have one other child.
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death and Destruction at Terre Haute

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March p ~
Eighteen persons known to have been
killed, $50 more or less seriously in
iured, 275 homes destroyed and other
property damage estimated at nearly
100000 was the toll of the tor
nado that devasted Terre Haute and
vicinity Sunday night. Last night tie
officials in charge Of rescue work said
the list of dead viii be increased as
the searchers clear away the debris Of
wrecked buildings.
Hundreds Of homeless last night were
being cared for by charitable institu-
tions and citizens, while the wrecked
district Is being patrolled by Company
I y, First Regiment, !. y. G., and the
\ local police force. The militia was or
dered ont early yesterday by GOV. Raj
I ston. who directed the relief measures
from indianapolis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
RAILROAD
TAX HEARINGS
State Valuation of the Montpelier G.
Wells River System Placed at
S2,5O2,463.

MONTPELIER, March %. - The
board of appeals on railroad tax ap-
praisals resumed its hearing at 2.3o yes
terday afternoon at the state house. As
Attorney c. W. Writers, representing
the Central Vermont railway, could not
be present a continuance was granted
in this case and it is doubtful whether
the ease win be taken mp before We'd
nesday.
The only feature of the hearing yes
terday was the announcement of Boston
< Maine attorneys That Boston 81
Maine interests paid the estate of A.
+. Sortwell of Cambridge, Mass, 81
625 900 for the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad, Barre Railroad and al
lied lines which stock is now owned
by the Vermont Valley. Attorneys
for the state set up the valuation of
the Montpelier and Wells River road
at $1.6O1 ,033. the Barre railroad at
$685., ,9S9, the Barre Branch railroad at
sea railroad at 1913.
The state 5 valuation of the Montpe-
ler and Wells River and allied lines
was So SOP ,463 or $s77, ,+63 in excess of
what the Boston and Maine acknowl-
edged it paid for the several lines.
The witnesses appearing for the Mont
pelier and Wells lines were General
Manager \. A. Stebbins and J. y.
GaulI. The latter is in charge OF the
Barre Branch. Edwin w. Lawrence
/ of Rutland, II. c. Shurtleff of Montpe
/ lier, and !. G. Sargent of Ludlow rep
resented the Boston and Maine. The
hearing was resumed today.
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OMAHA. Neb., March -. - Heavy
snow began to fall last night, adding
to the suffering which followed the tor
nado which demolished sections of this
city Easter sunday. Today there are
three inches of snow on the ground
hampering the work of rescue and re-
construction.
1t is believed that the bodies of many
dead and injured still lie in the wreck
age.
The latest reports which have come
in give the number Of seriously injur-
ed at 320 and the number OF dead Al
202.
The snow. which according to reports
from Colorado and central Iowa, Is fall
ing with blizzard-like proportions. has
seriously interfered with the slender
threads of telegraphic communication
which were established yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
GRAND JURY
HEARING EVIDENCE
States Presentation of Testimony in
the Eaton Case Probably Will
be Concluded Today.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 25.-Dis-
trict Attorney Barker is expected TO
conclude today the presentation to the
grand jury of the evidence on which the
government seeks the Indictment Of
Mrs Jennie May Eaton on the charge
of numbering her husband, Rear Admiral
Joseph G.. Eaton.
When the grand jury session was re
sumed today witnesses who figured
prominently in the recent Investigations
were in waiting to be called.
Ralph =. Keyes, husband of Mrs.
Eaton elder daughter, resumed testi.
mony, followed by Dorothy Ainsworth
Mrs. Eaton's younger daughter.
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TONIGHT.

Masonic temple, past masters night
in Columbian lodge. Work, Master Ma
son degree. Refreshments
Brooks House, masquerade bail.
Baptist church. reception to Rev DR..
John r. Cow, at close of young peo-
pie S meeting.
Odd Fellows hall--Meeting of Den
mis- Rebekah lodge for initiation.
Knights of Columbus hall Tw,
games in pool tournament between Lee
council and st. Charles council of Bel
lows Falls.
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PRESIDENT BEGINS
TARIFF REVISION
Held Conference Yesterday With
Underwood-Win Revision Be
Schedule by Schedule?

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Presi-
dent Wilson started work in earnest last
night on what he considers the fore
most task of his udministration-revis
ion of the tariff He had long con
ference at the White House with Rep
resentatiye Oscar w. Underwood, Dem
ocratic majority leader, and canvassed
not only the details of the tariff bill
drawn by the ways and means commit
tee of the House, but gave considera-
tion also to the scheme necessary to
steer the tariff question speedily and
effectively through both Houses of Con
gress.
The question uppermost in the minds
Of members of Congress now is whether
the tariff should be revised schedule by
schedule or in a single tariff bill. The
party caucus viii decide the issue but
the wishes of the president are being
consulted by Democratic leaders.
The idea of coming to an agreement
on a single measure carrying with 1t
the weight of the administration S ap-
proval, has appealed strongly TO the
President. Close friends and support.
ers of Mr. Wilson both in the House
and the Senate, however, have been
questioning the advisability of n single
tariff bin renewing the objection hith-
erto raised that sectional interests might
bring about enough defectiOns among
the Democrats in the Senate to defeat
the measure there They have urged
that by the schedule by schedule plan
enough Republican votes can be enlist
+ ed on those schedules wherein there are
Democratic losses, to pass them withou
difficulty though not as quickly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
FLOODS FOLLOW IN
WAKE OF TORNADO
IN MIDDLE WEST

and made railroad travel uncertain,
show no signs of abating.
The rain, which began falling in tor
rents Sunday forenoon, continued to-
day.
Reports from every section show the
state in the grip of the worst food in
many years.
The suddenness with which the food
came found the farmers unprepared.
Thousands OF head of livestock have
been drowned.
Conditions today promise to grow
rapidly worse, as the winds are dashing
the waves against the doubtful levees
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
CITIES FLOODED AND
INHABITANTS FLEEING
Wrecking Train Goes Through
Bridge, Carrying Crew to
Death-IndianapOlis Under
Water

In the wake of the tornados Sunday
night and Monday morning came news
today of disastrous floods in the river
valleys from Eastern Ohio to the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers.
At Youngstown, Ohio, the Mahon-
ing river and Crab creek are overflow
ing the big steel mills, so that 1000
employees are unable to work.
At West Liberty, Ohio a locomotive
and car rolled down an embankment
washed out by the flood of the Mad
river.
Dayton, Ohio, according to re-
port received at Cincinnati. is flooded.
Delaware, an Ohio town, is reported
flooded. The mayor and 20 other are
reported drowned at Fort Wayne, Ind
I The st. Joseph, Namee and St
Mary rivers are on a rampage, but the
water is reported in some places to be
falling.
Kokomo, Ind, is threatened seri-
ously. The southern part of the city is
flooded and the electric light plant is
crippled.
Militia companies in indianapolis
have been called upon for service.
Hundreds of people in the suburbs have
been driven from their homes.
Floods are reported at St Louis,
where one person has been drowned
Many families have been driven
from their homes by the rising waters
at Wellington, Ohio.
IN a railroad wreck near Makanda,
H., it is reported that a train was
blown from the track and several
killed.
At Urbaua, Ohio, it is reported that
a Pennsylvania wrecking train on its
way to West Liberty to clear up ii
! wreck went through a bridge and ear
ried down 13 trainmen.
. At Akron, Ohio, the big state reser-
voir south of the city has broken and
residents are fleeing for their lives.
At Lima, Ohio, ten miles of trains
are held up by washout at Middle
Point and the city is flooded.
. A. private telegram received in In
9 dianapolis says that Little Miami river
e has broken through the levee at Day
t ton, Ohio, and that the city is under
: five feet of water
}. At Columbus, Ohio, the levee at th'
d foot Of Broad street broke just befor,
U noon, sending deluge from the Sciot'
; river over a great area. The resident
5. are fleeing to the hills for safety.
Information came to Columbus, Ohio
= late this afternoon that 40 were kille
q as a result of the food in Dayton. On
l. ders have been issued to blow up til
1t railroad bridge over the Big Miami ri'
$. er. The Main street bridge is reporte
e. to have been swept away.
III A despatch from Toledo says tha
u three railroad men were drowned whe
h. freight train went through bride
~ near Brighton.
~ ~ St. Paul, Ind, states that a ives
= bound Big -Four passenger train W;
IS wrecked at Hog Creek. A combinatiC
IS, baggage and smoker was thrown in
III, the creek. The passengers crawlt
+f through the windows and waded ashor
. A Chicago despatch says reports fro
ay Indiana and Ohio at noon indicate
"a great loss of life, that the water is Il
zee precedentedly high and the fnanci
21 loss amounts to many hundreds
= thousands of dollars.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
line first cents line each subssQrt insertion

FOR SALE-75 horses and 10 mules
at auction, March 26, at 10 o'clock a,
m. Teams, 3100 to $500; i12 farm
teams, 23Q0 to $500; all kinds of sin
gle horses, all frst-class horses; 10
mules, been on cart job here, all fat
and fine, 900 to 1900. All horses war
ranted as represented. Guilford &
Wood Horse Co, F. J. Wood, prop,
Shelburne Falls, Mass. William B. Av-
cry, auct. 1921
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
CONNECTICUT RIVER FLOOD.
Carries Away Dam at Concord-Crip-
Piles Granite Business.

ST. JOHNSBURY, March 25.-The
lower dam on the Connecticut river at
Concord broke yesterday afternoon
from the weight of ice and logs de
scending to it from the upper dam
that went out Saturday The dam fur
nished power for Lillicrap Brothers
granite sheds and the loss to business
is serious. The big washout at Barnet
is being repaired and it is hoped that
railroad traffic can be resumed late
tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
UNDER PROTEST
MONTENEGRO YIELDS
To Permit Civilians to Leave Scutari-
Thinks Austria Guilty of Breach
of Neutrality.

CETTINJE, Montenegro, March %.
Replying to the Austria Hungarian
note which was almost in the form of
an ultimatum, the Montenegro govern
ment agrees to take steps to permit
civilians to leave Seutari, but at the
same time Montenegro informs Austria
that a note has been addressed TO the
European powers protesting against
Austria Hungary = action, which is
characterized as breach Of neutrality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
Extensive Improvements Are
Contemplated by Centre
Church
ENLARGEMENT OF
CHAPEL NEEDED
May Be Extended Westward and An
other Story Added Basement Of
Church to be Made Into Dining Room
Other Changes.

-OLueI SAd4lSSS.
Unable to obtain terms for acquiring
land in the rear of the church, needed
for the purpose of enlarging the chap
el the special building committee of
the Congregational society have en-
gagged an architect to prepare plans
for providing additional room on the
land already owned and used by the
society. Oscar S Teale of New York,
who makes a speciality of church ar
chitecture, has made a careful examin-
alton of the church and chapel, has
listened to suggestions from the com
mittee and from the heads of the
various departments and church organ
izatiOns and is now drawing plans
which will embOdy provisions to meet
all needs.
The plans Will involve practically a
rebuilding of the chapel and will ne
cessitate some changes in the rear end
of the church building, but the main
part of the church will remain as at
present. All who have known of the
preparations are enthusiastic over the
proposed changes, and if suitable plans
can be worked out there is certain to
he a large vote in favor of making
the changes when the time comes for
action, if the cost is not prohibitive.
Inasmuch as the chapel cannot be
extended toward the river the ground
extension necessarily must be toward
Main street. The opportunity for ex-
tension in that direction is limited,
however, on account of the proximity
Of George H. Capp' s house 1t is un-
derstood that an addition of about &C
feet could be built toward the west
On account of these limitations the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
CORRUPTION PROBE.
Special Legislative Committee in Ses-
sion Behind Closed Doors

CONCORD, March 25.-The special
legislative committee charged with in
vestigating allegations of corruption in
connection with the recent election of
United States senator in this state was
in session all day yesterday behind
closed doors. Chairman Smith an
nouneed that public hearings would be
resumed next Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
800 MEXICANS
KILLED OR WOUNDED
Federals Reported to Have inflicted
Heavy Loss on Carranza, Rebel
Leader in Coahuila.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March 25
An official despatch from Monterey,
Mexico, says that between 300 and 400
followers of Nenustiano Carranza, the
rebel governor of the state of Coahu-
liza, were killed or wounded in battle
against the federal troops yesterday
near Saltillo. The rebels are reported
to be retreating, with Gen. Lopez pur-
suing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 25. =
After an all-night' s vigil watchers
along the rivers and creeks throughout
Indiana are not encouraged with the
coming of day.
The swollen streams, which during
the past 48 hours have done enormous
damage to property, caused four deaths
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

CETTINJE, March 25-Djavid Pasha,
with a Turkish army numbering $4,000
men, has surrendered to the Servians
on the Skumbi river, in Albania
Djavid Pasha was commander of the
eth army corps, and formerly military
commander at Uskub
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

OMAHA, March 25-More than 200
persons were killed and 400 We're iniur-
ed i'm a wind storm that demolished $50
homes, damaged hundreds of other build
iugs and caused a monetary loss Of -,
100000 according to reports available up
TO a late hour last night from the main
path of the tornado in and near Omaha.
Most of the casualties were in Omaha.
Nearby towns in Nebraska and across
the Missouri river in Iowa also suffered
severely. Wires were snapped in all di-
rections and il took many hours to
gather and circulate the news of the
disaster.
Fire broke out in the debris of many
wrecked buildings in the Nebraska met
ropolis, and these were meuaces FOL
some time as the fire companies were
hiudered by the fallen walls and block
AIDED streets. A heavy rain followed tn,
wind, however, which although j
drenehed the hundreds Of homeless per
sons. put out the flames.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
BULGARIANS CAPTURE
FIRST LINE DEFENSE
Make an Advance Upon the Adrianople
Fortress After a Severe
BombardInent.

LONDON, March25.-The Bulgarian
besiegers today captured the first line
of defense around the Turkish fortress
of Adrianople after severe lombard
ment lasting several hours, according to
a news agency despatch received from
Sofia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

All some men want is a chance 70
make laws. But somehow they never
get elected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

ladies, you are all forgiven for the
funny styles YOU put on, because YOU
never cease to please.
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Course Of the Tornado.

The storm appears to have struck the
city at 5th, 4th and Center streets.
From there ii travelled north, veering
slightly to the east Of Leavenworth 81.
Then it took a northeasterly course
to 40th and Farnam sts, sweeping its
way through everything. Still travelling
little east of north, it covered a
course from 4Oth st east to 34th st, a
distance Of six blocks
Striking Bemis park, where the homes
of the well-to-dO Omahans are located,
the storm turned sharply to the east and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25
Omaha Dead 152

OF the 202 known dead within the
area covered by the storm, l52 were res
idents of Omaha. The remaining dead
are scattered over a considerable range
of territory, with Council Bluffs report
ing u; Yutan, Neb., I6; Berlin, Neb., !;
Gleuwood, Ia. 8; Nicola, Ia, ,. and
Bartlett, Ia, :. The same cities and
towns report an aggregate Of 400 injur-
ed and 4jO homes demolished.
Perhaps 1900 persons are homeless.
Aside from this, 1000 buildings were
damaged, including a number Of churches
and school buildings. Eight Of Omaha :
public schools were wrecked.
All forms of communications were
almost annihilated by the wind and only
two or three wires were in working con
dition when daylight relieved a night Of
high tension, which at times almost be
came panic.
Soldiers, state and national, poured
into the city during the day to aid in
bringing order out Of what for 20 hours
had been ehos.
These guardians of the peace are pa
TROLLING the residence districts, aiding
the police TO maintain order and relieve
such cases Of suffering as came to their
nOtice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-25

WANTED-Good all-around machin-
list for factory repair work, one that
understands steam pumps, engines,
boilers, pipe work, etc. Position will
be open April 18th. Also wanted at
once, men to run machines such as
shapers, saws, jOinters, etc, and good
box maker. White River Chair Co.
20-z2
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To Rent

TO RENT-Room at The Abbott.
Mrs. Charles Gibbs. I9-tf
TWO TENEMENTS to rent, one at
$8 and one at $11. Holden & Martin.
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Wanted

WANTED-Wo for work IN
Kitchen. Albany Cafe. 19-tf
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WANTED-Cook at the South Yer
non House, So. Vernon, Vt. 1923
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WANTED-Immediately, boy to as
sist in pressroom work. The Reformer
1S-tf
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WANTED - BOarders and table
hOarders. ID South Main st. 20-24*
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WILL THE PARTY who exchanged
overcoats Sunday evening at the Bap-
fist church please return the coat to
the address on letters in the pocket,
and save further trouble? 2O-1t*
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ANY INTELLIGENT PERSON NAV
earn good, stead income correspond
ing for newspapers. Experience unne-
cessary. Address Press Correspondence
Bureau, Washington, ID. G.. 1921
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MISS GERTRUDE E. HUNT. Mas
sense. A speciality in fractures, sprains,
sciatica, nenritis, lumbago, rheumatism,
stiff joints, etc. Swedish method. 5
Tyler st. Tel. l46-J. 1-tf
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For Sale

FOR SALE-Furniture and Ranges,
new and secondhand at J. B. Dunton s.
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BROWN LEGHORN EGGS for hatch
ing, good laying strain 81 for Is, by
parcel post. E. o. Wettyen, Rawson-
vile, Vt. 17-2O*
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-06
REFUSED.

Every editor has received cards from
the postmaster with the notice 'refus-
ed" stamped on them. For instance
there is a man by the name of-we'll
say-Tim Thorp-who refused to take
his paper out of the postoffice. He did
MT want it any longer. We wondered
what was the matter. Upon iuvesti-
eating our books we found that Tim
was short 1915 He never paid a
cent and yet he stopped his paper as
matter of economy to us. A few even
ings ago we stepped into church and
Tins melodious voice rang out loud
and clear in that soul stirring song
"Jesus Pays 1t ALI" We might have
been mistaken, but his earnestness
impressed us. The next day we sent
him . receipt in full begging his par
don for not knowing that he had made
an assignment of his earthly liabilitie:
to the Lord. Exchange.