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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
STORM CRIPPlES STEAMER
Coast Liner Almost Lost Of
Hatteras in Storm.

Norfolk. Va. March H-Scarcely able
TO remain anoat and with her twenty
three passengers nsarer dead than alive.
the steamer Dorchester. of the Merchants
and Miners Line. from Philadelphia, Tor
put into Norfolk to-day. The
passengers were landed and tn" steamer
was locked for examination
TIE Dorchester encountered a violent
storm off llatteras "Wednesday night.
when her boilers sprang leak. Passen-
gers and crew We're taken sick. and for
nineteen hours the vessel was at the
mercy OF the wind and waves At one
time all hope of saving the vessel was
given up and the lifeboats We're prepared
for launching. but the abatement Of the
storm ted Captain Chas" 10 stick 10 the
ship. The cargo shifted until the vessel
listed % degrees. while several plates on
the side were strained. and II was all
that the pumps could do TO keep the Dor
chester afiOat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

Dr. Park declared, IL IL we're injected too
rapidly, but he was not In a. position to
say the injections had been made too
rapidly in any of the cases In Cincinnati
Tricesol was substituted for one-haR
per cent Of carbolic in the manufacture
Of the serum about three years ago, DR..
Park added, because 1t was believed to
be better than carbolic.
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research. with which Dr. Flexner is con-
nected has received many inquiries re.
garding the DR.. Kramer charges. DR..
Flexner Yesterday made the following
statement:
Thousands of cases OF cerebro spinal
meningitis have been treated with the
Flexner serum since 1905 when 1t was in.
PRODUCED. A large proportion Of the cases
have been children, many OF them under
three years of age. IL the anti-meningitis
serum itself or the preservative tricresol
contained in 1t were the cause Of the
deaths reported by DR.. Kramer, of Gin.
cinnati similar fatalities should often
have been reported before. But no one
else has reported any. Considering the
wide use of he serum and the consensus
of opinion that 1t is not only not HARM
full. but il highly beneficial to children as
well as adults. I see no reason for attrib-
uting the effects that Dr. Kramer has re-
ported to either the serum or the preser-
yative."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
SHIPS FREED FROM FOG
Fleet Held Up Off Hook Makes
Way to Docks.

\ feet Of steamships that had been
held IN Sandy Hook throughout the
night on Thursday by the fox made their
way 10 Quarantine shortly after 10 o'clock
Yesterday. many OF them being unable to
land their passengers until the afternoon.
The White Star liner Majestic. which
was expected TO land her passengers AZ
: p ~. YESTERDAY was unable TO get up
to her pier yesterday before noon.
While the mist cleared ny sufficiently
about o. m. TO permit safe navigation
in the Ambrose Channel. the fogbank
closed down again upon the harbor at .
u. m md forced the French liner France
to anchor Of the .lightship FOR The night.
The France passed Nantucket at a.
m. and Captain Poncelet forced her al
top speed until he made the lightship
sending a message 10 the agents That he
would dock about D. m. Hardly mad
his message been received In the city
when the pail closed in upon him forcing
him TO anchor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
NEW YORK CUT OFF
HOURS FROM CHICAGO
200 Trunk Lines Disabled for
Awhile-5, 000-Mile Circuit
Finally Employed.

The East and the West were separated
Yesterday so far as regards communica-
ton as effectually as If a Chinese wall
had sprung up overnight in the Missis-
sippi river and Ohio river valleys Storms
which ragged on Thursday night and con
,inued yesterday morning caused one of
the worst wire blockades the telegraph
and telephone companies have ever con-
tended with
Chicago was on the west side Of the
wall. and the communication between
that city and the East and South ceased
after o. clock in the morning. at the end
of a long but losing fight with the ele-
ments. At that hour the companies said
they had lost" every one of their 800
trunk wires between Chicago and New
York.
The furthest western point that could
be reached from New York for a time
yesterday was Memphis, and communica-
ton with Atlanta was possible only by
roundabout routes. Wind and rain storms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
HAMBURGER AFTER GIBSON
Sheriff Has Attachment to
Serve on Playwright.

Sheriff Hamburger started one of his
deputies out yesterday to find any kind
of tangible property that might belong
to Preston Gibson, Of Washington. So
ciety man. playwright and amateur
actor. The purpose was TO satisfy an
attachment for 81 SIG which Black,
Starr & Frost obtained from Justice
Davis. The writ was in a suit TO re-
cover the balance due on note Gibson
gave for 81, $40 in February. 1872. in
payment for some jewelry.
Gibson is a son of the late Senator
Randall Lee Gibson. of whose estate
Chief Justice White Of the United
States is one OF the trustees. The son
has an income from the estate and also
receives royalties from plays that he
has written.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
100000 DAMAGE IN
{ THREE CENTRAL STATES
Five Deaths in Indiana, Mich
gan and Ohio-Worst Storm
- Known in Detroit.

Indianapolis. March 2l.--A storm Of
toinado velocity which swept Indiana
early to-day did damage estimated at
more than 100000 Late reports left
the death list at two. although several per-
sons were reported fatally injured
s.Omar A. Vice. cab driver at Frank
fort was crushed by falling roof and
killed Henry Walters. of Lafayette. was
killed by a falling sign while on an errand
for his sick wife
Among the more seriously injured are
Eva Miller. Of Terre Haute who was
struck on the head by falling brick while
asleep in bed
isMrs. NJ. Clark. Of Indianapolis. sister
in-law of United states Marshal Schmidt.
Who was injured internally when an out
building fell on her.
BETTE Hill. a negress. Of Indianapolis.
had her skull fractured by falling sign.
sPatrolman Robenovitz. Of Indianapolis,
vas struck on the head by a brick
THE wire service was demoralized and
many places were entirely without com
munication. Trees We're blown across
trolley wres> delaying surface cars. and
washouts on the steam lines in the south
can part of the state made travel uncer-
tain.
Churches did not escape the raVages OF
the storm The Methodist Church at Tip
ton. where the Northern Indiana Confer
ence is TO be held in the first week OF
April. was unroofed The smokestack of
Holy Angels Catholic Church here was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
REAL BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO
Trolley Lines Tied Up and
Street Traffic Suspended.

Chicago March 2l-Spring arrived IN
the Central West to-day on the wings "i
the most destructive storm If the year
Worse than the storm Of Washington's
Birthday" was the expression OF the
wire chief Of the Western Union Telt-
eraph Company. His opinion was echoed
hv Postal Telegraph chiefs aud those Of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. More poles are down than ~
any storm OF recent years.
Many trolley lines wer" ued mp mere
During the worst of me storm Ia IN"
morning street traffic was suspended
The sidewalks were covered with fallen
branches unable to sustain their load 81
ice. Half a dozen persons were reported
seriously injured as direct result oi the
blizzard Some Of them viii die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
LIKE CYCLONE UPSTATE;
TWO DIE IN CUBA LAKE
Syracuse Students Drowned
Twenty Fishermen Adrift
on FlOe at Buffalo.

Buffalo. March 2l.-The storm which has
been sweeping through the West for the
last twenty-four hours reached Western
New York this afternoon TWO lives
were lost on Cuba Lake and a score Of
fishermen narrowly escaped death on
Lake Erie off Buffalo Harbor. through
the sudden breaking up Of the ice under
the tremendous wind pressure.
Al cuba Lake Eugene Jones and Bishop
Ackerly. freshmen at the Syracuse Uni
Versity Forestry School and home for
Easter vacation. had started on a canoe
trip and were about 30 yards from shore
when the gale overturned the canoe. Be
fore boat could be- launched both had
disappeared
About fifty men were fishing through
the ice on Lake Erie when the storm
burst The danger Of the ice breaking up
soon became apparent. and all started
for shore. Half the party was safe in the
hartor when an immense field broke loose
and began 70 float toward the river. Ten
men were rescued by companions in Ash
eimens boats and the others were picked
up by a fire tug
Inc fishermen rescued by the crew or
the FIRE tug refused 10 leave the foe until
their dogs had been saved The animals
had broken away from the sledges and
were rushing wildly about. and it took
half an hours perilous work 10 effect
their capture.
The velocity OF the wind at o clock
tonight was lightweight miles an hour.
Sandusky. Ohio. March 2l.-Four fisher
men. caught i'm Lake Erie off Keley's
Island this afternoon while a sixty-mle
gale was at its height. were rescued by
iifesavers from the Marblehead station,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

blown down and crashed through the roof
upon an altar decorated for Easter. The
Methodist Church at Harmony was almost
completely wrecked. Three churches AT
Franklin were damaged.
\ cold wave followed on the heels OF
the storm. 4 drop of 80 degrees. bring
ing the temperature down to about 20 de-
erees above zero. was predicted for the
state.
The streets Of Indianapolis were lit
tered with debris. and city employees were
kept busy chopping away fallen trees
while many members of the night police
shift were called out Ia assist in guard
ne dangerous places.
Columbus. Ohio. March N.-Three per-
sons known to be dead. a score missing
and unaccounted for, several score IN
iured and property damage estimated at
considerably in excess of 100000. is a
SUMMARIZED the damage done in OHIO by
the storm to-day.
Detroit March 21.-A wlndstorm AT
times reaching a velocity Of eighty-six
miles an hour the highest point ever at
tanned i'm this city during any hve-minute
period in the history of the local Weather
Bureau swept Detroit and practically all
Of Michigan to-day.
II was estimated that the property dam
age would reach nearly s1.ooo.0Oo. only
one death had been reported tonight, out
the local hospitals reported many persons
seriously injured as did meaGre reports
from various points in the state.
Wire traffic was completely demorali]ed
and i'm many sections miles of telegraph
and telephone poles were down.
The police and the public utility com
panles i'm Detroit said the storm was the
most severe and destructive in years. The
streets downtown were swept with
cyclonic force Women were thrown 10
the street and flying debris injured many
persons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
Too Late TO Save Two.

The first Of the rescuers to arrive
He found Hast and Miss Voorhees,
dead Hall held Miss Freemans head
out Of water until others arrived. DR..
II. f. Burdick came from Montezuma.
and soon afterward Or. r. W. Lester
and Coroner knight. from Seneca Falls
appeared They sent for team and
block and tackle. with which they
got the ear back on the road. freeing
Miss Freeman and giving access TO the
bodies
The girl was in a delirium. While
near death herself. she had heard the
cries and struggles of Lottie Voorhees,
and Hast. imprisoned and suffocating
under the tonneau. and she cried con-
tinually Il heard them die. 1t was
terrible
Miss Freeman was carried to the home
Of Herbert Woodward, where O'Connor
attended her said he feared she might
not recover her reason. She alternate
ly means and cries out. Il heard them
die, heard them die"
OConnor is employed in "A restaurant
in Park street. He left there at / 80
o'clock this morning and went down.
town. He was next heard from at
garage In South Salina street. where
he called for a touring car about
o'clock. He left the garage with Hast
as chauffeur. Hast did not make out
slip To say where he had gone with
the car as he usually did. and this
made John Colvin. the owner. appre-
hensive when he awoke to find the car
gone. O'Connor Is about twenty four
years old His home is in Norwich,
Conn, where he has "A mother. He has
been in Syracuse for two years.
Hast was twenty-eight years old
Miss voorhees, was twenty years old
Miss Freeman ia twenty one. O'Con-
nor declined to talk about the auto
mobile trip, and 1t IL believed the two
couples were taking A Joy ride" when
the accident occurred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

with the assistance Of Captain Harry
Lyric and the crew of the Sandusky ana
Islands Line steamer Oileott.
Reports from the Upper Sandusky Bay
region indicate the loss of three fisher
men by the swapping of their boat near
CRYSTAL Rock. but confirmation is lacking
fishing smack. from which they are
supposed to have been washed was seen
floating. half submerged. between Bay
Ridge and Johnsons Island this after
noon
Utica. March PA small cyclone made
a path 200 feet wide through the uuca
State Hospital grounds and section OF
the residential part of the city late thls
afternoon. causing thousands OF dollars
damage, but no fatalities.
Accompanied by a terrific rainstorm'
which lasted less than five minutes "A
whirling wind crushed down small build
ings and laid mammoth trees low. y
half dozen buildings were damaged at
the State Hospital grounds. two green
houses were wrecked twenty-ioot
smokestack RACED and a score OF mann
moth elm trees. planted when the nos
pital was opened i'm 1870 were blown
down. TWO trees fell almost on group
Of one hundred patients. who were beins
hurried into the buildings Several pa
tients were cut by flying glass.
Interlaken. y y. March IA terrific
windstorm did great damage Throughout
the countryside to-day. Telephone ana
telegraph poles. trees. fences ana chiih-
news were leXelled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
TWENTY.SEVEN DEAD
IN ONE ALABAMA TOWN
Thirty-two Injured by Cyclone
in Lower Peachtree-Sev-
enteen White Persons.

Mobile Ala. March N.-Twonty seven
persons are dead and shirty-two injured
some so seriously that they are expected
TO die. as result Of the cyclone whlch
swept Lower Peachtree. Ala. this morn
ing Seventeen Of the dead are white
persons.
The property damage will amount 10
100000 The dead whites are George VIII
hanson. his wife and son, Mrs. l.. -.
Rrvant and four children. Mrs. Cooper
and one daughter, two children OF Mrs.
Peter Milledge two children OF james
Bakes, Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke, all OF
Lower Peachtree, Ala. and Miss Mary
Watson, OF Selma. Ala.
one death is reported 1T AshDei' Aia''
az a result Of the storm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
FIFTY DEAD IN OHIO AND
MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS
Cyclone in Texas-South Cut
OFF from Communication from
Midnight Till Noon.

r.ouisville. March 2l-Probably fifty per
SONS are dead from the violence OF the
storm which ragged in the Mississippi ana
Ohio valley states last night sweepins
northward to the great lakes. The prop
ertv loss is impossible TO estimate uht'
rernoter points now shut off from com
munication. are beard from. Reports from
such places il is feared. will increase lie
death list
First reports of storm damage cdi'O
from northern Louisiana and MISSISSIPPI
about three hours before winter oinclanE
ended al 1890 o'clock this morning me
STORM quickly spread over Wlde area
demoraliZing wire service until lot
time all communication south ole louis
willie was suspended 1t was not uhuii
about noon to-day that lntermt'eh'
service was established between the
principa! cities. Between Nashville ana
Chattanooga ninety-four poles of one tele-
graph company were blown down and
three miles of its wires were destroyed.
The storm was Of various forms Osu-
ally il was electrical, accompanied by
high winds. which at Louisville reached
maximum Of seventv-hve miles an hour'
Texas experienced a cyclone and else
where there were delugins rains In the
course of the storm were many places
Hhich had not recovered from the dis
turbance ten days ago.
! Hundreds of persons whose homes were
amoofed OF otherwise made unlnhapitaole
Suffered added discomfort because OF
shsrp dron in temperature. when h
some places was as much as SO degrees.
I'm Mississippi to-day the Governor was
authorized TO borrow $4,000 for relief OF
sufferers from q storm THAT devastated
bart of the state only ten days aso.
Nashville Tenn. March 2l.-The storm
On Middle Tennessee practically followed
the track of the hurricane, which cost
twenty lives last week.
The storm struck Murfreesboro from
the southwest. ripping path through the
Vest side of the public square and hitting
tie north side of the square with all It's
fuiv. Nearly every building there Is
Ieyelled or destroyed.
Mabel Hill and Minnie Y eaIWood. VINO
are still i'm their teens. stayed AT their
uosts as night operators at the telephone
Exchange while the storm was al us
height. although walls were falling near py
and pieces of flying timber breaking the
windows. They signalled the IRE com
panies and aroused citizens To let them
know of the destruction Then. when II
was all over they broke down and cIleo'
louisville & Nashville train No. I
from New Orleans was swept by falIlns
tree during the storm anf eighteen car
windows shattered The train was more
,han five hours late arriving here.
.-...-,I
Shreveport. La. March 2l.-Several
houses were blown down in Gibbs Lana
last night The house Of Joseph Dandali'
inaGibbs Land. was blown from its founda-
ton. carried through the air several hun
dred yards and deposited outside the Town
Macon. Miss. March H.-SeVen negroes
were killed BY a tornado that RACED
number of negro cabins four miles north
OF here early to-day. \ child was blown
from its mothers arms and killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Eastern and Central West Vir-
ginia Also StormsWept.

Pittsburgh. March PA terrific wind
storm swept over Western Pennsylvania
to-day. At East Pittsburgh house was
wrecked and three persons seriously hurI
In Mount Pleasant Penn, windows were
blown in. the steeple Of a church toppled
over and telegraph and telephone wires
were laid low.
Al Iatrobe. Penn. horse and wagon
were picked up by a gale ana down
across the street
Eastern and Central West Virginia
were stormswept. with heavy property
loss but no loss Of life has been reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
%. Altman & On.

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FOR MISSES AND CHILDREN
to the selection of which Gnusualscare@ HAS
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A feature of thesdepartmeptssenzE
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
Chauffeur and Girl Slowly
Pushed Into Mud and Water
by Overturned Car, Another
Girl Barely Escaping.
FOURTH OCCUPANT UNHURT
Il Heard Them Die!" the Con.
slant Cry of Rescued Young
Woman, Who May Not Re.
cover Reason-Accident
Ends Joy Ride"
lBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. J

Syracuse, March 21.-Raymond d.
HAST, chauffeur. and Miss Lottie
voorhees,, both of this city. were slowly
drowned and two companion had a re-
markable escape from death this morn
ing when a big touring automobile in
which the four were Joy riding" went
down an embankment and turned over
in the Montezuma marshes, near Sem
were pinned in the muck and nire
under the wreckage Of the car. Miss
Myrtle Freeman. who was also buried
under the car, lay for fully half an hour
within three feet Of her companions,
and their agonizng death cries so un-
nerved her that when extrcated she
was a raving maniac. John O'Connor,
the fourth member of the party, es
capped injury.
The four persons left Syracuse about
3 o'clock this morning They were re-
cident occurred. The road embank-
ment along the shore of the marsh is
three feet high at that point. and the
sides are of soft muck. Hast was
driving. The young man turned In his
sent 10 speak 10 those in the tonneau.
and the car failing TO keep its course,
swerved and headed toward the marsh.
The machine was going AT high speed.
Hast grabbed the wheel and shut off
the engine, but he was too late. The
big car hurtled for twenty feet and
then plunged into the mire and water
of the marsh O'Connor was thrown
far out into the marsh. The others
went down with the wreckage.
O'Connor Unable to Help.
OConnor. who was uninjured. got
out of the mire and hurried TO his com
panions. but there was little he could
do To help them. Hast was pinned
down by the steering wheel, and the
battered body OF the big car rested on
the chests OF .-iss Voorhees, and Miss
Freeman
For Gods sake. save u.s. Miss
Freeman cried to O'Connor; save us"
while the means OF Miss VOORHEES, and
the chauffeur filled the air.
OConnor could not lift the heavy car.
and was forced To stand by and see IL
slowly sink the forms of HAST and
Miss Voorhees, deeper and deeper into
the swamp Miss Freeman was also
being steadily pushed down. but she
was so pinned by the wreckage that her
face would remain above the surface
longer than the faces of her compan-
ions.
When O'Connor had tried in vain TO
drag out the girl and had seen that
HAST had lost consciousness he turned
and ran toward Three Bridges To sum-
mon help. At the first farmhouse half
a mile away. he gave the alarm. and
the telephone was used to call rescuers
10 the scene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
VICTIM OF "UNLoADEo" RIFLE.

Syracuse. March 2l.-Howard f. Moon.
sixteen years old. was accidentally shot
and killed by John Warren, fifteen, while
the two were playing Indian" In field
near Oswego tonight. Warren did not
know his rifle was loaded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

tara il was 20 below zero. Al MANI
other points there We're blizzard con-
ditions. AT Albany, on the contrary
II was summer weather, the thermohie-
tor registering 60 at o'clock yester-
DAY afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
DR.. JORDAN TO VISIT WAR ZONE.

Stanford University. California. March
at-David Starr Jordan, president CT
Stanford University, has been granted q
leave of absence 10 go to Europe to work
for world peace. DR.. Jordan Will visit,
the Balkan states andHViewt he-results
of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

have received an Exclusive
importation of the celebrated
Russian Perfumes and Colognes
of A. Rallet ct Gle, of Moscow,
perfumers to the Imperial Court
of Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
CONSUL COMMITS SUICIDE.

Madrid. March 2l.-Rafael Alcalde. the
Mexican Consul here, while suffering from
an acute attack Of brain fever to-day
Jumped from window and was killed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
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are showing Women'ss Black or
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lacing, the latest noveltyinPards
also Colored Silk Hosiery with
inserted lace instep ineself tone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22

The Mems Custom Shirt Dept
is showing extensive assortments of new
of Shirts and Pajamas. comprising wide
range of attractive designs in Madras,
Cfeviot, Flannel, Silk and Silk Mixtures.
Inspection is invited.
Efficiently equipped workroorns are main
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MEMS Shirt Department easily accessible from the Main Enusnes
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