The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-04-04
WHITE SLAVE WORK
GIRLS MADE HELPLESS AND
HOMELESS BY TORNADO
ARE VICTIMS.
ATTEMPT TO LURE TO VICE
Two Women and Man, Believed From
Chicago, Are Arrested
Assistance Asked
For

Omaha. March 81. - white siavers
menace the peace of Omaha for the
first time since Easter Sundays tor
uado They were discovered taking
in refugees i'm the stricken district
and the detective force of the city
was pat 90 work rounding up suspects.
Pose as Relief Workers.
Some ol the white -layers became
so bold as TO represent themselves
as relief workers and began taking
young girl refugees into homes which
apparently lad been furnished to at
tract white slave victims TWO WON
en- and man were arrested. They
are believed TO have come from Chi
cago.
Later the central relief committee,
when its members discovered the
presence of these dangerous persons
i'm the city, almost abandoned its re-
lief work for few hours to take time
10 meet the new danger A meeting
was held Immediately and detectives
and miliuamen put TO work on the
case
Secure Unnecessary Supplies.
The committee also faced the Ques-
tion of preventing the victims from
securing unnecessary supplies. One
woman was discovered to have Sc
cured five automobile loads of sup
plies from as many stations. A check
er was at once put to work 10 check
the supply only 10 those registered
and then only from the station locat-
ed in the district in which the suffer
ers were located
Additional tents have arrived, and
those who have not been provided
with better homes will be housed in
tents for the present.
Funds for the relief Of tornado vic
Tins continue to pour in. The relief
committee sees the necessity for a
great deal more money and is making
additional appeals for outside assist
ance.
-Four hundred tents and 900 blank
cts were received by Major Hartman
from the government depot at ST.
Louis.
One More Body Found.
One more body was reported found
in the north part of the city, but it has f.
not been identified.
The relief committee was given an
of universal brotherhood f.
in times OF misfortune when "a China F..
man, who declined to give his name I
handed in $l20 with this note:
In token OF sympathy with tornado I.
sufferers from the Omaha Chinese .
Nearly a thousand carpenters went .
to work yesterday repairing the build .
ngs only partially wrecked by the /
storm and 1000 laborers began clear /
ing away the debris of demolished /
structures. Hundreds Of roofs were
being restored, and the work Of re-
placing many homes TO the founda-
tons, from which they had been f.
twisted, was begun.
That the destroyed portion OF the /.
city will be rebuilt better than ever /
was the general impression and the /
alacrity with which this task was be- /
gun bears out that belief
Labor Prices Will Not Be Raised.
Members of the various building /
trades unions held meetings, and it /
was decided that any attempt TO raise |
the price of labor at this time would /
not be countenanced. The regular |
scales of wages in vogue among these /
unions was made public, with the /
statement that any attempt at eXtor-
lion would be frowned upon by the |
unions.
Steps 10 raise the restoration /
funds" TO an amount that would be |
ample TO reconstruct the destroyed |
portion of the city were taken, and !
building and loan associations, and I,
other realty interests, are leading in |
the work. Low rates of interest for |
purposes have been !
made and large amounts of money are |
being made available for loans.
Chorus girls of the various theatres |
sold papers on the streets for the !
benefit of the general relief fund.