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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1913
Page
1
Washington reports rush relief ordered by Secretary Garrison after a massive tornado devastated Lower Peachtree Alabama and surrounding areas. One city nearly wiped out, 20 plus dead, over 100 total fatalities along a path from the Gulf to the Great Lakes. Damages exceed 3 million dollars, communications crippled, with widespread food and supply needs.
Jason Robertson the young man named by the coroner's jury in the Jericho slaying was captured in a cotton house on Green Clark's farm two miles west of Robertson's home. A Nichols boy found him while checking eggs in a hay pile. Robertson, who had been in the house several days, refused to discuss the crime and was jailed after surrender.
J. H. Eschman European Sons bring two performances to New Decatur on Saturday March 29 at 2 PM and 8 PM. The management promises a clean moral show with no gambling near the grounds. The program features circus acts, trained animals led by Little Nemo the smallest trained elephant, educated Arabian ponies, and Prof York's dogs, with free acts and a daring high dive on show grounds.
The report details a severe cyclone along the Alabama river near Mobile and Lower Peach Tree causing extensive fatalities estimated around forty in one area and five to seven dead near Thomasville in Clarke County. Survivors recount perilous escapes including Mr and Mrs W S Irby Jr and their child who rode a falling house to safety, while Mary Watson of Selma died Friday morning after being carried hundreds of feet. Telephone service to Lower Peach Tree was disrupted by the storm.
The Shaffer company staged a novelty act at the Masonic Theater featuring a pretend wedding between Miss Densmore and Mr. Meacham. The performance included songs by Curtis Gover sung by Dorothy Tucker and Luckner, with the troupe planning a return next month and a joke about the entire company getting married.
In Fountain Heights two boys discovered the body of Mrs Minha Isakovitz amid ashes of a burned residence. An empty carbolic acid bottle explained the death. Sister Mrs E Sigel identified the corpse. The deceased had left home Friday night after kissing her children, stating years of unhappiness following divorce from Henry Jakovitz. Coroner Spain investigates.
Montgomery officials suspend Chief W H Taylor for thirty days and release secretary Dan McCall for ten after a March 12 fight in the bicycle room of the police department. Five witnesses, including Taylor and McCall, testified as city commissioners acted as a court.
City Engineer McCalla compiled a special map of Decatur showing centers of population business and mall carrier routes. The map, sent to Washington authorities, will aid the federal building committee in selecting the site for the new building.
Flood stage 21 feet was reached with a crest around 21 feet while the river stood at 18.1 feet and is now falling toward normal levels as of the latest report.
Meagre reports from Omaha describe the state s largest tornado. Thirty or forty blocks of the business district were swept by the storm killing and injuring hundreds and leaving many destitute. The military has been called out to protect the dead and property.
A bomb in the lower east side of New York yesterday wrecked the lower part of a five story tenement. The blast blocked second floor hall after tenants were thrown from their beds. Several people were injured.
Springfield March 24 Vice-President Marshall told a YMCA audience that public welfare must come from cooperative contributions not predatory wealth. He praised cooperative institutions and noted greater public appreciation seen in his travels, joking he often asks to see Carnegie libraries in towns. He spoke to a large all female gathering.
In Alamo Tennessee a mother named Mrs. Blackburn traced and retrieved her two year old daughter from near Brazil in Gibson County after weeks of searching. She had separated from her Dayton Ohio husband who had been caring for the child and returned at night with a hired rig to claim the girl.
The Probate Judge issued licenses for J. H. Meachum to Florence Helen Densmore James Gibson to Kula Watson William H. Burke to Kate Broadway Joseph R. Hames to Pleasant Gray.
A lawsuit was filed in the Law and Equity court naming Claridy Bree as plaintiff against the Home Insurance Company of New York seeking $600 damages for fire.
Congress member Clyde H. Tavener condemns watered stocks and high tariffs as drivers of rising living costs. He cites figures from National Corporation Tax Returns claiming about 30 billion dollars of stock is water, yielding 1.5 billion in dividends annually.
The author argues wages are low and prices high due to over-capitalization. He cites 500 examples, including the Chicago and Alton at 30 million and a 1899 transfer to a purchasing syndicate at 94 million, blaming financiers like Perkins and Morgans for burdening the public with rising costs.
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