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THE HARTFORD HERALD. 3T- Subscription $1 Per Year, in Advance. Come, llit HtralJ cf a foiij fforlJ, the .Veffsof All .Valium l.nmbtrinx al Mj Bid.'1 All Kinds Job Printing Kcutlu Executed. ,39th TEAB. HARTEORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. 1913. XO. 14- ft 6UIPSE OF THE FEARFUL HAVOC Wrought By the Flood &" At Dayton, Ohio. ' CAME ON PEOPLE UNAWARES And Swept Many Into Watery Graves Without a Mo ment's Notice. .PITIFUL KCKXKS W1TXKSSKI) Dayton, via Lebanon, O., March 20. Dayton hns been devastated by the flood. The number of dead no one can even estimate. Beneath . the yellow sea of-seething waters there sleep 1,000 maybe 10,000. Destructive fires broke out In the city and lighted the sky and murky waters last night, making a very weird sight. A great many rescues have been -vmade and on every hand there are leart-rendlng scenes. '"There are over CO.ouO people jammed on hc upper floors ot the unsubmerged portions of the build ings of the city. They are without as, clean water, light, heat or food. The electric light plants were put out of business early In the day and total darkness, coupled with a tor rential downpour, added to the hor rors of the night. Famine also became an lmrne- )llate possibility. All of the supply md grocery houses are in the sub merged district, and at midnight it -was thought there was not enough bread to last the survivors another lay. Breaking of the Arleton reser voir, which supplies the drinking waler. left ihe'-cltyvimtfar'-WateY and" physicians declare there is great danger of typhoid in the use of the flood water. There are no boats in Dayton which can breast the current and those on the outside early gave up any attempt to reach the business section. At Wyoming street on the south side where the National Cash Reg ister Company centered Its efforts at rescue, many saved their lives by creeping on a cable, a hundred feet above the flood. At ffrst linemen worked their Avay along the cable, carrying tow ropes to which the flat bottomed i'oats were attached. Vuien the Hood became so fierce that he boatb were no longer able tJ prevail against It, men and women crept along the cable to safety. Others, less daring saw darkness fall and gave up hope of rescue. Those willing to risk their lives In the attempt at rescue found themselves helpless In the face of the water. Seventy tnousand of Dayton's noDuIatlon. It Is reported, ure .liomeless. The National Cash Reg- 4 lster plant offers the only ha ven on tho -southslde. Three wo men became mothers In tho halls of Its office building laBt night. In the woodworking department of the National Cash Register com pany, boats were being turned out at the rate of 10 an hour, and these were ruslied to where the water liad crossed Main street In a sort of gully. The current was far too strong for the crude punts, though they -were the best that could bo made In a liurry. Trip after trip was made and hundreds of refu gees were taTen from this stretch of houeo3. Then came the flames. Starting at Vine and Main streets, they jutnpod Main street and the houses on tho other side were soon aflame. In the middle of the street were a few frame houses that had been -wnshed Jrom their foundations. They wero BWlrled about for a time and cad Into tho path of the flames. Pertons hurried from their roof ivtpps. to which thev had been driven MY t"e POO'I, lO rooi lutia ui uujuiii- 'Ing liousen. Then tho sun went down, leaving only a desolate light fron the Are. The nrt to seek safety by slid ing his body along the telephone conduits was a man. Then came four women, The first of the women was Mrs. IdieJla Meyern. She i a widow with .one son, a boy In kneo breeches. He got out on tho wlro, nnd with the agility of a cat was soon across. But the Widow Myers was not so young as the boy, and possibly more aware of the danger below. When just over .the boiling torrent be neath, she swayed as though faint, slipped and tho crowd stood with abated breath. By n lucky chance her senses came back to her In time and she grasped one of the wires. One man carried his baby to safety-- In a pillow slip and tho youngster celebrated his arrival to dry ground with a lusty yell. The worst of the flooded district Includes all of north and west Day ton, all of the downtown section, the south side as far as Oakwood and nil of the residence suburb of Glendale. The district has a nor mal population of more than f0, Q00. Rescuers and those at the hospitals slid an estimate of .r,000 dead f night he as accurate as an estimate of 100. The houses as a rule lasted but a few blocks before disintegrating. The body of .one gray-haired wom an floated down the stream only a few feet from the watchers at South Park street. It caught on a guard rope, but swept clear and was gone before It could be recovered. The flood came soon after day light, after the residents had spent the night In terror. The main levee of the Big Miami broke at Webster street at about 8 o'clock. An hour later the water was through in a dozen places, and i wall of water 10 feet deep went through tlie Main street. Just above the Juncture of the Big Miami and the Mad rivers, and whore the wa ter of Stillwater river poured Into the Miami river the flood reached its height and rolled into the busi ness section, a wall 20 feet high. The Dayton News was soon under 20 feet of water, the flood rose to the second floor of the Algonquin hotel and all along Main street peo ple were driven to the third floors. Incidents without. 'number are re lated -by! porsonsln.the. flodd-districts, waving handkerchiefs and. otherwise signalling' for aid, being swept away before the eyes of the watchers. Many of tho rescue boats were upset by the current. They were crushed. How many died in this way no one knows. Ca noes and row boats shared the same fate. Flood Honors Revealed. Hamilton, O., March 27. Ham ilton has relieved her suffering sur vivors who have been shivering and starving, and late to-day began re covering bodies of her dead from the receding waters oi tno nooueci Miami. Twenty-six had been re covered when darkness stopped the work. This oil marked but the betrlnnlnir of the crewsome task confronting the surviving citizens. "If the death record here does not exceed four hundred," Mayor Karl) said, after the first search for tho dead had been concluded, "we will be grateful. Already we have rescued many whom we thought must surely have perished, but hundreds are missing, and the con dition of the distressed city con vinces me that revelations will be appalling." Fivo hundred houses In the city have been obliterated. Fine homes and business blocks have been de molished and scattered bit by bit. Among the Identified dead recov ered were bodies of Henry Schaz shnelder and his wife. Their three children are known to have perlsh .ed. Discovery of the parents' bod- les brought the revelation that they I shortened their suffering as they were being rushed to certain doom on the roof of their home. Bullet holes' lu. their heads told tho story of the end. A bpdv of a cripple which was recovered also had a bul-, let hole through the head. Refugees from abovo Hamilton relate that Coke Otto, a hamlet of 400 souls, which lies In a little val ley between the Oreat Miami and the Canal, is completely submerged, not a semblance of n roof even be ing visible. Tho fate of tho Inhabi tants Is unknown. You will look a good while bo fore you find a better medlclno for roughs and colds than Chamber-' Iain's Cough Remedy, It not only pl"ea relief It cures. Try It when you I have a cough or cold, and you are certain to bo pleated with the Ipio'jipt cure which It will effect, For sale by all dealer?. m Success can seldom be bought on j the bargain counter. DEATH PENALTY PAIDJfALLENS For the Hillsville Murders About Year Ago. PASSING OF THFJLLEN CLAN Whose Members Knew No Law Except Law Of Physical Force. HOW CASKS WKRK DISPOSED OK Richmond, Va March 28. Floyd Allen and his son, Claude, tho only two gunmen to pay the death penalty for the Carroll court house murders a year ago, were electrocuted In" the penitentiary shortly after 1 o'clock after a dra matic eleventh hour attempt to save them had been thwarted by Gov. Mann unexpectedly returning to the capital, thus preventing the Lieut. Governor from ucting upon the request for commutation. Their execution disposes of the last of this band of Virginia freebooters. SJIdna Allen, a brother of Floyd, Wesley Edwards, a nephew, and Sldna Edwards, his father, together with Frlel Allen, a son of Sldna, are all senitig lt'-year sentences In the Virginia penitentiary. Victor ' Allen, a son of Floyd, who had been admitted to the bar but a short time before the Hillsville massacre and who asplied to the office of Com monwealth Attorney, the Incumbent of which, William H. Foster, was shot at the time ot the raid, was tried and acquitted, there having been nothing to show that he had anything to do with the shooting. Byrd Marlon, a cousin of Claude Allen, secured his liberation by turning state's evidence. Sldna Allen, who was captured In Iowa, with his nephew Wesley Edwards, was the man accused by Judge Thorton L. Massle of having fired the shot which resulted in the Judge's death. To-day, therefore, marks the passing of the Allen clan, which knew no law but violence. For years this clan had dominated the section of Southeastern Virginia, known as Fancy Gap. They acquir ed wealth, according to mountain standards, defied their fellow men and the courts, and lived a law un to themselves. As among all primitive charac ters, the clan spirit was uppermost with tho Aliens. One dpy, a little over a year ago, when Old Floyd heard that two of ills nephews ha 1 been arrested, he bore down on the officer who had the boys In custody, brutally assaulted him. and set the prisoners at liberty. It was for this contravention of the law that Floyd Allen was being tried at Hillsville on March 14 1912, when bis follow clansmen drew their guns and shot to death four officials of the court and n wo man spectntm. ' Why He Wain Late. "What made you so late?" "I met Smlthson." "Well, that Is no reason why you' should be an hour late getting homo to supper." "I know, but I asked him how he was feeling, and ho Insisted on tell ing me about 'his stomach trouble." "Did you tell' him to take Cham berlain's Tablets?" "Sure, that Is what he needs." Sold by all dealers. in m m A ConnoU'.eiir of Works. "Perhaps you are familiar with tho works of Ingereoll?" smilingly Inquired the book'salesman, as ho reached under his coat for the sam ple bindings. "Sure. I am," replied Mr. Cold berg, tho Jeweler; "uudt it'll a good vatch for der money!" April Llpplncott's. . i For Burns, llriiisex and Sores. The quickest and surest cure for burns, bruises, bolls, Bores, Inflam mation and all skin diseases Is Bucklen's Arnic PrTvn ? f dnya; it cured L. H.llaflln, o't Ire dell, Tex., of a sore on his ankle which pained him so ho could hard ly walk, Should be In nvpry borne. Only 25c. Recommended by James II. Williams". '' m I OF TJPFIDEL Old- Time Disbeliever Is Hardly Mentioned IN ANY SERMONS OF TO-DAY, Time Was When He Proved a . Theme of Inspiration For Preachers. IMPROVEMENT IX TDK TIMES There was a time when few ser mons left the Infidel unmentloned. His argument' may have been usedito point a serious moral, but, at any rate, lie figured large in the vocabulary of the cloth; he was "easily recognized, nnd his social and tcllglous outlines were unmis takable." He could be "called names without offense," as John Richard Brown reminds us In The Standard t llaptlst, Chicago.) "Ho could ho prayed tor with precision, and his special shortcomings of faith and life were public pioperty; they wen; sometimes a real Institu tion of the countryside." But, ob serves this writer, the race seems to have died out "to He in the grave with tho ichthyosaurus and other horrible creations of the fos sll past." Of course, there Is a modern infidel, but, we are told, ho "does not make the flcsh-and-blood appeal of his deceased race; he Is fugitive, evasive and even un faithful t othe implications of what he believes. He prefers a liar and the fine leaves of a new and subtle vocabulary cover It." So thatjtlie old lnfldel, being dead. Is coming Into a . new appreciation, and "the churches are, sorely miss ing him." "He was a great luspirer of min isterial copy; he was responsible for many- forms of ecclesiastical bel Hgerance. The lnfldel Goliath was a man of some Intellectual dexteri ty, who could Interest light-minded persons and lewd fellows of the baser sort, by a recital of the 'Ml", takes of Moses,' the 'Banalities of the Bible" and the 'Imperfect Mor ality of the Saints." It was a prof itable excursion Into (he real of holy things ears 'were tickled at r0 cents a head; It was a mildly ex citing adventure Into the peace of believers the lecturers were gen erally the theme of numerous pul pit answers for three months after ward; It was a totally Irrelevant way of dealing with the problems of the times for the arch lnfldel was never taken seriously by lov ers of men. "The new fighting goes on behind ramparts with the use of disap pearing guns. The old Infidel bold ly and profitably dragged hi" gun across the field In front of the believers to draw their tire he al ways succeeded In doing It. But this antagonist has no true sucees. pors. He bus become a memory. Lectures on selected topics of infi delity do not draw respectable aud lonces even when the handbills are featured with the promise lu large type 'No Collections.' Infidelity as a paying Investment Is not listed on the stock exchange of men's best hopes." Then there Is another type of ln fldel who Is being missed "He Is the aggressive and often blatant neighbor who usedto boast of his lack of faith which he al ways Identified with believing what Is not so and which ho emphasiz ed bv a series of Inane profanities To tho pIoub he was always a baf fling problem. He was an ntijee of solicitude whenever a special meeting broke out In tho neighbor liood; often lie would ho prayed for publicly, with tlio Inevitable urowt of his already swollen cIMcff" when ho. heard of It. 1'ls forum was the countr' store. o I' h '' not Invite, r-nnii-'i ropllM l-i th" place of high deliberation, ho was nl'avn t;ure of an aivlleiiru at tb hotel. JJ'Hb Inf'd'M Mmwod t'pt ! end wuH.near when the ot'ly n"d Jence hp, ;ou)d command wer t' small tovs . or he yout'm of polchboood worn lu thrir F-st acjjyij nnd nmupInT protes' against the universe. Rut the )ovh and men grew up; they are now I I citizens of rhurHr and State." Now, observes Mr. Brown, "Mod ern scholarship has made the repe tition of an experience like that of Mr, Ingcrsoll impossible;" modern psychology and tre careful study of religious experience have taught us a great deal, and "much that was once called by tho hard and deris ive name of Infidelity we now rec ognize as Imperfect belief.'' he concludes: "The fact that the lnfldel ha3 disappeared at any rate, In the vocabulary of the church shows that the church j knows its business better, and : widens Its field of redemption." Literary Digest. oooooooooooooooi O FI,V CATKCIIISM. O' JOOOOOOOOOOOOOO mostly useful I Where Is the Fly born? In ma-' San Francisco, March 28. There nure and filth. always has been "a woman In the Where does the Fly live?' In all case" for Owen D. Conn, "gentle kinds of filth and lie carries filth man burglar," who lies near unto on his feet and wings. death in the city and county lios- Where does the Fly go when he pltal here. The bullet ot a San leaves the manure pile, the privy Francisco patrolman put at least a vault and the spittoon? He goes temporary ud to the career of this into the kitchen, the dining room man who burgled his wny across and the store. the continent, who has served at What does the Fly do there? He least three penitentiary terms and walks on the bread, fruit and vege- whose Immediate robberies in San tables; he wipes his feet on the hut- Francisco and nearby cl.les amount ter and he bathes In tho milk. " to over $100,000. Does the Fly isit patients sick While the doctors are hesitating with consumption, typhoid fever whether amputation of Conn's and cholera infantum? Ho does and wounded leg will do any good, and he may call on you uet carrying he is wavering between life and the Infection of these diseases. Ueath trom blood ppfeoniiig, while What diseases does the Fly car- jewels he stole to the value of $.10, ry? Typhoid fever, consumption. OOO are exhibited for Identlflca diarrhoeal diseases, diphtheria, tion In the office of the San Fran scarlet fever, and in fact any com- csco detective bureau, one woman, municable disease. ,s accomplice, is thought to be How can the Fly be prevenUd? somewhere in the West hiding from By cleaning out the stable and scat- police, while another, the woman terlng the manure weekly; by de- whom he' claims first started him stroying all the filth about your on his career of robbery. In vain is premises; screen the privy vault; attempting reconciliation with her burn or bury all waste matter: de- husband, a minister of Chicago, stroy your garbage: screen your Th!K nppnmiipn M,a in i house. Either man must kill the Fly or b Fly will kill man. Kentucky State Hoard, of Health mishipos Kiliu-ntim. Piivk. There is not a young person in this county who could not fully articles lie stole during elgnt double his e.arnlng-power if he months In this city, at Los Angeles, would qualify himself in the bul- I'asadena, San Jose, Oakland and ness branches such as are taught Berkeley. At times, too, he was In the Bowling Green Buslnes I'ni- nwav from her for Periods of a versity at Bowling Green, Ky. The week or more. llv,"K at a fashion free literature of that school ir able hotel in town aml entertaining sent to all who ask for It. other women, young and pretty. Al- . ways, however, he returned to her, A Itli'thday Dinner. until the shot of a policeman who A birthday dinner was given to had cornered him in the home of Mr. W. C. Leach, March 23, in lion- wealthy people brought him to tho or of his 8."ith birthday, at the, hospital. Then Mrs. Pope fled by home of his son Mr. L. C. Leach, train to the eastward, near Sanderfur's Crossing. The other woman, Mrs. Mabel It was also Mr. J. K. Golf's birth- ciarkson, herself a mission worker, day. and ho being an old friend and a graduate of two colleges, remark raised with Mr. Leach, he came an- ably beautiful, has returned to Chi jolned the rest, which made th cag0 irom u ,)riFOn sentence In .Mll affalr more pleasant. wankee. hoping to reconcile herself The neighbors and friends cnn With her mlnlstor husband and to with well filled baskets. There was- wju back her five children. These a bountiful supply or everythin Bi,e deserted for the sake of Conn, that one could think of good to eat whom she met in the course of her After dinner was served, nil gatii- mission work. ered In the parlor, whore the even- Conn lays his downfall to Mrs. Ing was spent with good slnginr ciarkson. He Is said to be the sou and music bv Misses Nola Ma. of a Chicago contractor. Thomas J. Rock, Loan Mae Young and Loren- Conn. The elder man refuses to Leach. have anything to say upon the case. In regard to Mr. Leach, who hnt- - -- been sick for bomo time, we hop' .ll'ST A KKW KICl'KKS IX tho good Lord will restore hl-n to TIIK .MATT Kit OF IT.XSlOXS health, and that ho may spend riiany more happv blrthdavs. ONR PRESENT. Rheumatism as a result of kid uey trouble, stiff and aching Joints backache, lumbago and sore kid noys, all jleld quickly to the lion Ing nnd curative qualities o' Fol Kidney Pills. They regulate url nary Irregularities, and restore vo- mal action. John Velbert, Foste Cnl., says: "I suffered nrnr." mvi with kidney trouble and could n er get relief until I tried Foly l'l" ney Pills which erected a comnle'r cure." Contain no habit forniln drugs. All dealers. r Want a Position'. If so. you will certainly gut It I' you comploto one of the ennli'Do- courses In tho Bowline ('rent '"us Iness I'nlverslty. No ftmlont 'n II" Inst ton years has eomnl-tp-l 1 without getting a good position tin mediately. ' I .-.. . The Tumble. "DIlkB claims to be a poe." "I wouldn't mind his claiming to bo a poet, If he didn't try so hard to prove It." ' Subscribe for The Hartford fierald NO UBfiLR A TIES' MM" Credits His Downfall To Mission Worker. : STOLE $100,001 IN JEWELS And Led a Double Life Part Of Time Women Were His Accomplices. IS SOW LAID l'l n: awhii.i: known onlv to the nolice of San Fnuulsco by reputation. She aud the Bentell)all burglar lived In apartments here, at times appar enuy operating logetner. tone was ently operating together. r aitl ln helping pawn and sell the The total number of pensioners on the rolls on June itO, 1911, was 892.0118. Of these r.20.SS4 were survhors of tho Civil War. There were 270 pensioners (widows) of the war of 1S12; 1.3S7 survivors, n,;,j 2,(i20 widows of Indian wars; i,g:j Hnn Ivors aud r.,982 widows ( tho war with Mexico; 23,38:1 BUrvlvora and 1.217 widows of tho war with Spain, lu the regular ar my wero 13,7.17 Invalids and 2.799 widows. The losses of tho roll from June 30. 1910. to June 30. 1911, w,,n, ririiJ3s ,, llu, a!n8 wrre 20,200, or a net lo3s of 2X,08r. The survivors of the Civil War wboco names were dropped from the nil during tho year on eccovrt of death numbsrod 3.V243. Tim total amount paid ax peiiiloiiH il'ir'ng tho fiscal year lfllt. win $1 37.32V.ino. Tho to'a' amount in Id by 'tho r,,l,ert R,na'!, ns l,e"'' Bl,,c '" feni'l""01' r "" Covernment to June. 30. 11H, was the tucnlcula'-'e sum of $1,230,381,730. Russcll- vllle Time!1 - w,vt " Planned ns the largest pnraito yet held In the Interest of woman suffraise will take placo la New York Mdy 3,