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RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913.
NUMBER 14.
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ROOD DEATHS REACHED 454
REHABILITATION WORK UNDERWAY
77,133 Weed Assistance in the Vast Task of Re
pairing Damage Made by Flood in Ohio
Rlillions of Dollars Required for Restoration
Work, in Devastated Cities Visited by Flood
... and Fire -Bankers Ready to Lend Money.
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The photograph shows a cottage being carried swiftly down the rushing
Scioto river at Columbus only one of the thousands of homes thus wrecked
FLOOD DEATHS PUT AT 454,
WHILE 77,133 NEED AID.
Washington. The death " toll and
Ihe extent of the destruction result
ing from the torrential rains of near
ly two weeks ago are becoming defi
nitely apparent.
Basing , their figures upon reports
received from their field agents
through the Ohio flood : districts, of
ficials of the Red Cross Society, who
have been, placed in charge of the
relief work in this stati, have- issued
a statement, estimating that ,454 per
sons lost their lives during last
-week's flood, Ohio . numbering 77,133
In need of aid for rehabilitation, ac
cording to the statement. The esti
mate follows:
Estimated
Number Needing
' ' I . Aid for Reha-,'---V.
Lossfof Life, bllitatlon.
Chillicothe . 17 1,500
Coshocton ..--.. f- 3 1,100
Columbus . 86 20,000
Dayton . 150 22,500
Defiance 500
Delaware 21 . 883
Franklin . 7 250
Fremont . v 3 1,000
Gallipolis . 2,500
Hamilton .' ;... 72 12,500
ronton 1,000
Larue . 100
Malta . ' 600
Manchester . 350
. McConnellsville .' 175
Marietta ; - 450
Miamisburg 2 5.. 2,000
Middletown . 8 1,000'
Middleport -. ..' - 1,000
Ottawa . 125
Piqua . 45 1,400
Pomeroy 175
Portsmouth. 2 1,700
Sidney ... 125
Tiffin 30 2,000
Troy . 6 200
Zahesvllle 2 2,000
Totals 454 77,133
"Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cincinnati, Ohio. The ' cities and
towns devastated by floods in Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky are being' reha
bilitated and are recovering from the
damage and ruin caused by water and
Are. The loss of life was not as great
as at first anticipated, but the loss of
property and business amounts to mil
' lions of dollars. The railroads, are the
greatest sufferers from " loss, and it
will be months before bridges washed
away can be replaced and the damage
to roadbeds repaired.
Factories and stores that have been
closed a-e gain open for business, and
in Dayton and Hamilton, where the
flood did . the greatest damage, plans
are already under way for rebuilding
the cities upon a larger and more elab
orate scale. . . '
Relief for the flood-stricken cities
poured in from all over the country
and reached the mililon mark. People
who lost their .' homes ; -and - property
will have to be fed and housed for
weeks to come. .
Great credit is due the Federal Gov
ernment and the Red Cross for prompt
aid and assistance. .
The Ohio river Is i again within its
baaks and towns that , were under
water are again resuming their normal
condition. - . ,
Epidemic of Disease Feared.
The sternest work i the flooded dis
tricts of Ohio and Indiana Is yet to
come the preservation of health and
re-establishment of an Industrial basis.
. This -work, as was - the case in ' the
Mississippi . floods : of Jast year;,- has
been "placed in the hands of the Red
Cross society; experts and' : quartermas
ters, of the United States :afmy. ;
. Federal aid in the'.iway ot; rations,
tents, blankets and help have been ex-
leaueu ireeiy 10 uxe nood-strlcken dis
tricts. The Ohio legislature has ap
propriated $250,000 for relief work,
. - a. c Hit . -
municipalities xnrougnout - the entire
, district are opening city treasuries, and
'people everywhere are; responding t to
the call. " 1 '
The. rescue work, the immediate 're-.
Hef. ,andoher .measures , taken ywhjle
the waters were, raging and business
7"asrat aatanstm, wi?re attended 1 by
i - iU '
excitement and all turned and worked
with a will.
What the loss of life has been will
never be known accurately. Bodies
have been washed away and others
covered with mud and rubbish. .Many
of these never will be found. Entire
families' will ' drop from sight, and it
will never "be known ..whether they,
were ; drowned or merely separated
themselves from the scene of the dis
aster by moving elsewhere. The early
estimates of loss of life were grossly
excessive, but the truth, will be ap
pallhig enough.. - The money loss is
beyond estimate. .
. In the destruction of municipal
plants the work of years has been de
stroyed, anil stricken communities will
be slow to incur future expense until
they have recovered from the flood
losses. It means ruin to many private
enterprises.
CONTAGION IN FLOOD DISTRICTS
Is Serious Problem With Government
and State Officials.
Columbus, ,' O. With military pre
cision the battle against pestilence in
the recently inundated portions of
Ohio . now is being conducted, and
though reports of contagion here and
there have come to Col. Joseph Hall,
chief medical officer in charge, he be
lieves that the situation is fairly well
in hand.
The trouble has been greatly augu
mented by the poor sanitary facilities
in some of the smaller municipalities
in the path of .the . floods. In the
scrambling process that took place the
infections already have spread. To
combat these and to restore normal
sanitary conditions is the twin task
to which the medical corps of the Ohio
national guard is devoting itself. .
- The state board of health is aiding
the stricken districts, but the activi
ties have been subordinated to those
of the emergency military arm. The
state board lacks in authority. It must
exercise its powers through the local
health boards, and in the smaller mu
nicipalities and in many of the town
ships these are mere paper organiza
tions. .
COX PAYS ' HEARTFELT TRIBUTE
To the Heroic Work of Ohio National
Guard Doing Flood Duty.
Columhu8, O. From their commander-in-chief.
Gov. James M. Cox, came
a heartfelt tribute to the Ohio national
guard. The chief executive, in a for
mal statement given out from his of
fice, praised the citizen-soldiers who
served the state In time of stress and
disaster. It was regarded by the gov
ernor as a "fitting' tribute to the men
who have risked their lives and under
gone great hardships in behalf of the
stricken. " "
HOLIDAY EXTENDED TO APRIL 12.
Columbu, O. Acting upon requests
from banks and business men in some
of fthe 'flooded districtsrGov.' Cox ex
tended ' the! ten:day holidiy which 'he
proclalmedj recently :. to and . Including
April l2.. yThe governor ; was -impor-tuned:
to tAkej-this 'actlon by the state
banking, dfpartment "" "
ZANESVIL'LE LOSSES COMPILED.
Zane3Vil)e, O. Dun's and Brad
crAtB iftcal azencles are compiling
the damage estimates -of the recent
floods - Their figures thus far place the
irtia' n . individuals and business men
a,nd rcompatoles ln thecItyaC more
than :$3,000,t!00, , but their t. figuresare
WIND AND RAIN
LOUISVILLE FRIGHTENED BY
WIND OF GREAT VELOCITY
. . ...AND HEAVY RAIN.
Council Makes Appropriation Sanitary
Rules to Be Enforced River Fall-,
ing Worst Believed to Be Past
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
; ; Louisville, Ky. Floodshy Louisville
received a genuine fright, when for
an hour the city was swept by a wind
of terrific velocity, . followed by tor
rents of rain. The effect of the long
nervous strain made itself evident
when newspaper offices and the
Weather Bureau were besieged by tel
ephone calls from the timid, who had
heard of direful, effects in all sections
of the city. - '
.' Contrary to general belief, little
damage was done. The heavy rain
choked sewers already .filled and
caused minor floods in the streets,
which delayed street car service, aad
at some points raced along curb high.
Two : life-saving crews , were .. immedi
ately dispatched to the submerged dis
tricts, where it was feared floating
houses would be swept away, but lit
tle harm was done, and the storm soon
passed. . " '
Much apprehension was felt in Jef
fersonville, where a fill on the Penn
sylvania railroad was giving much
alarm during the past four days, buj
the re-enforced embankment held well.
The watch was doubled in the fill, and
will be maintained. The river is fall
ing rapidly. No further damage i3 an
ticipated. The city council passed an addi
tional appropriation of $3,000 for flood
sufferers. Prevention of disease when
the flood recedes i3 occupying the' at
tention of health officers. Orders for
disinfecting all houses which have
been submerged and caution to boil all
drinking water were issued.
MAYSVILLE CARES FOR ITS OWN.
Maysville, Ky. The Ohio river
reached a stage of 66.7 feet, exceeding
the 1884 flood by seven or eight inches.
Two brick houses in the East End
gave way under , the lashing of the
waves and several frame houses were
carried off their foundations. Many
families were taken from their homes
out of second story windows. The
first loss of life so far reported oc
curred when Roy Evans, 20, fell from
his flatboat- and was' drowned. -The
government relief boat J. R. Ware,
from Cincinnati, arrived here with
supplies, but Mayor Le declined any
assistance, saying Maysville was am
ply able to care for herself. However,
supplies were put off for Aberdeen, O.,
opposite here. V
Water covered the floors of the L.
& N. depot and the ticket office, has
been moved to a box car anchored at
the end of 34 flat cars that form a
pontoon bridge across the . regular
tracks. Passengers are being dis
charged a half mile from the. city!
Practically all business was suspend
ed with the exception of a few dry
goods and grocery stores and one res
taurant. Relief work is progressing
nicely and all needing assistance aro
being cared for.
FAMILY OF SIX BURIED
Williamstown, Ky. This village
witnessed a most pitiful sight, when
six members of a family were laid side
by side in one large grave.
They were James Porter, wife and
four children, all of whom were
drowned last week in the Dayton (O.)
flood. .
Six hearses were driven in solemn
procession to the grave, :each carrying
the body, of one. of the -victims. . .
Scores of . people from all . sections
of the county visited the undertaking
establishment and viewed the bodies,
and hundreds followed them to the
burying ground. .
The Porter family formerly resided
near this place, and they had a large
number of relatives here.
MEAT FAMINE IN OWENSBOftO. '
Owensboro, Ky. The Ohio river at
this point attained the highest stage
that has been reached since the menv
orable flood of. 1884. The water is
over the pavements on First street
-There Is a meat famine in Owens
.boroand -meat was brought .here" from.
Evansvilie in an - effort to relieve the
situation. y
. The most distressing situation in the
county rwas at Stanley, ten miles .west
of Owensboro. u The little town was an
island, inhabited by more than - 500
people, more than a hundred of whom
were driven there from the lowlands.
NEW INTERURBAN.
' 7 Mayfleld, Ky. A franchise has been
granted .by the: Graves county fiscal
court ipqfmlttingithe.buiiding bt an
teryrban( line across , the county by t$e
-!CcntUky:iSouthweate
way. Light and Power Co. .
FEDERAL HELP SECURED.
Washington. As the flood sweeps
down the Ohio toward the Mississippi
river Kentucky congressmen' are be
coming greatly concerned over the
safety of the people and 'property, in
their districts. Thus far, Representa
tives A. W. Barkley and A. B. Rouse
and Senator James have borne the
brunt of the labor, and all have' been
busy for several days transmitting re
quests for tents and provisions to the
president and the war department.
- Senator James asked the president,
upon receipt of a telegram from Coun
ty Judge J. A. Naylor, of Hickman, to
send 100 tents and provisions o Ful
ton county. The war department was
immediately, ordered to communicate
the request to Gen. Wood with direc
tions that It be filled.
Mr. Barkley asked for rations and
tents for Wickliffe and Columbus, ani
was Informed the aid would be grant
ed. Mr. Rouse sought aid for Dayton,
Bellevue and Ludlow. He did a great
share in the work to succor Covington
and Newport during the last few days.
He was asked by the war department
to telegraph his request for tents and
rations to Gen. Wood. This was done.
Mr. Rouse was Indignant over the fail
ure; of the heroic measures used by
himself: and Mr. James to secure' fed
eral troops to guard Covington. They
received a telegraphic request for the
troops from Mayor Phillips of that
place. The Senator left his sick bed
and penetrated Into -the president's
bedroom on Sunday to set the wheels
in motion. .
TEACHERS TO MEET.
Lpuisville, Ky. The Board of Trade
and the Commercial Club are making
arrangements to entertain 6,000 school
teachers and school trustees at the an
nual state convention .which convenes
here April 20 for four days.
The Convention and Publicity
League has obtained special rates on
all railroads in the state and special
trains will be run for the teachers.
Two of these are already chartered,
one to run from Henderson and the
other from Bowlfng Green.
Among the speakers will be Col.
Henry M. Exhal!, president of the
Texas Industrial Congress; President
Charles Kvans, of the State Normal
school, Edmonton, Okla.; Dr. Frank
Gunsaulus, of Chicago; President Wm.
Lowe Bryan, University of Indiana;
President Alston Ellis, University of
Ohio, and many other well known ed
ucators.. The. advance guard of all teachers'
meetings, the representatives of school
book publishers, have reserved head
quarters at the leading liotels.
A committee is now making a list
of Louisville homes to which teachers
may be sent for rooms.
LEVEE AT COLUMBU3 BREAKS.
Columbus, Ky. The levee at this
place broke, and the entire town was
from ; five to eight feet Tahder water.
Practically the entire population of
the city was marooned in the upper
stories of houses. .
.... The break came suddenly. The dike
.seemed to crumble in several places at
the same time, and within a' few, min
utes a large body of water was flowing
over the town.
The mayor of Columbus, by tele
phone, communicated with Lieut.. Wil
son, of the state militia at Earlington,
and he in turn communicated with
Acting Adj.-Gen. Ellis and the gover
nor, at Frankfort. It is believed all
had time to. escape after 'the, warning
was given."
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES.
Louisville, Ky.Willlam Mahan, one
of 'thevutherh ; soldiers of the Civil
War, fwhb'ref used he oath of alle
giance, .died late S jmday at the Con
federate! IJome; in Pewee Valley.
He entered the army in September,
1863, as a member of Company A,
Sixth Kentucky cavalry, and served un
til April, 1865. He entered the. Con
federate Home from Danville, Oct.: i0,
1905. He was a member of . Camp
Breckinridge at' Danville. ; '
Mahan, after "refusing to take the
oath of allegiance, was. held a prisoner
of : the Union forces 'until exchanged,
and'Was discharged at" Richmond, Va.
He was born in Ireland July 12, 1845,
A LAND MARK WRECKED
Lexington, Ky. A gale struck Ash
land place, . once i the "homi of Henry
Clay, and' unroofed a . stable in which
Col. McDowellV famous ) race mare
King's Daughter, and her foal by Og
den were sheltered. It took several
hours' toygvtheare and her colt out,
but nelt&r was injured " :
LOSE LOG BOOM.
Somerset, Ky. The Kentucky Lum
ber -Co, at Burnside, lost ; lnrge log
boom iin the flooded Cumberland River,
.entagilng a loss ;.of Brjfat $75,000 or
morp. The Baer- Cooperage Co. also
lost 50,000 staves. It is Estimated, that
thy.jfcsa ;tw will
run cke la $200,0007 :," V' '
FLOOD KY. TOWNS
HIGH WATER MARK OF 1884 IS
SURPASSED AT MANY
PLACES.
Relief Work Well In Hand Suffering
Alleviated to Great Extent Ken-
. tucky Happy That River Has Spent
Its Force. .
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Louisville, Ky. With every piec of
defensive construction strained to the
breaking point, Kentucky cities along
the Ohio River fought the flood. .
Scenes similar to those which took
place only a few months ago were r
enacted in Hickman.
In Paducah the situation is ex
tremely acute. .The crest is nit x
pected in Paducah until Friday, and
the Citizens Committee, which is in
charge of the situation, is prepared for
the worst. Public schools closed, and
will remain closed indefinitely. These
buildings are being u3ed to house refu
gees, and are stocked with food.
Teams and laborers moved families
from the encroaching waters and trans
ferred stocks to places of safety, work
ing night and day.
The water is on Broadway and the
side streets in the business section,
and spreading rapidly over a wide
area. Cumberland and Tennessee
Rivers are gulping out into the lower
Ohio their excess water, and will give
the lower. Ohio valley a tremendous
amount of water. Maj. James A. Lo
gan, Jr., of the United States Engi
neers, established a floating base for
flood relief between Louisville' and
the Mississippi River here. -He Is as
sisted by Capt. George M. McMaster,
of the Third Infantry; Capt. H. G. Da
vids, of the Ninth; Lieut. H. A. Finch,
of the United States Engineers, and
12 sergeants - and corporals and two
two privates from the Ninth, and Maj.
Alstaeter, a surgeon in the Ninth.
' A naval unit, in charge of Payma
ter Nesbit and Dr. Evans, U. S. N.,
with 13 carloads of supplies, including
rations, bedsacks and blankets, ar
rived in Louisville from Cincinnati.
The supplies will be held here and
sent down the river as needed by the
army men.
ASHLAND'S FLOOD EXPERIENCE.
Ashland, Ky. The crest of the flooo
has passed after the water reached a
stage exceeding that of 1884 by more
than one foot. All factories were
closed and all business in the city wa3
suspended, but there has been little
suffering considering the magnitude of
the flood.
About 300 or 400 persons were ren
dered homeless, but no outside aid was
needed.
Those who have been forced to
leave their homes were cared for in
the schoof buildings' of the city and
In the churches. t
The water reached only the lowest
part of the city, and Winchester ave
nue, which i3 the second street from
the river, was free from water.
ANXIETY AT HICKMAN.
Hickman, Ky. The West Hickman
levee fs holding, and is said to be in
good condition. The crest of the flood
will not . reach here for possibly sev
eral days. The water is several feet
over the top of the levee and being
held back by sand bag .walls. Mr.
George Sheaves, who was assisting her
husband In their flooded home, caught
cold and died within an hour. While
they are working day and night on the
West Hickman levee, equally as hard
a fight is being made on the Reelfoot
levee, which extends from Hickman to
Tiptonvllle, Tenn. Hundreds of men
are working on this levee.
FOOL FILIBUSTERS.
Middlesboro, Ky. The filibustering
members of the Tennessee general as
sembly are beginning to take a graver
aspect of the situation during , their
sojourn in Middlesboro. It became
known that it is the avowed purpose
of the regular . members of the Ten
nessee legislature to stay in session
for two years without pay or bring
them to time. Quite a ; flurry ras
caused when some one, ". playing 1 an
April-fool 1 prank,y told : them ' the ier-geant-at-arms
of the Tennessee legis
lature was here with an armed guard
ready to take them back.
LICKING YALLEY TOWNS.
Carlisle,. Ky. The whole Licking
river valley presents a desolate appear
ance. Residences and dozens of busi
ness houses, mills and schoolhousea
in the villages of Point,. Mllltown,
Upper Blue Lick Springs, Parks Ferry,
Pleasant . Valley, Lower .. Blue Lick
Springs and Abner's Mills were deep
in the muddy water, and most of the
buildings in some of the towns were
partially submerged.
The flood was higher at most place
than in 1884, being, a foot higher , at
Mllltown and at exactly the same stagt
at Parks Ferry. '
SILENCE IS BROKEN
ACCUSATION FLUNG AT AMBAS
SADOR WILSON SENORA RE
PEATS CHARGES OF
ROJAS.
Former Secretary of 8tate Knox De
aired to Investigate Overthrow,
Says Washington Official.
VTtaternr Newspaper Union News Service.
New York. Senora Sara Perez Ma
dero, widow of Francisco . I. Madero, :
Jr., murdered President of Mexico,
broke the silence she has maintained?
since the killing of her husband on
February 22,'to lay the moral respon
sibility for his death at the door of.
United States Ambassador Wilson.
Senora Madero repeats the charges
filed at Washington by Luis Manuel
Rojas against Henry Lane Wilson.
She makes them her own sensational
series of disclosure. If permitted to
do so, Senora Madero will tell her
story to United States, government
heads, she says. Ambassador Wilson,
she declares, had knowledge in ad
vance of the coup d'etat, which over
threw the Madero government. He
conferred with Huerta on the disposi
tion of Madero and Vice President
Pino Suarez and advised the dictator
to "do what he thought best for the
interests of the country." In so many
words Senora Madero declares Am
bassador Wilson informed her that
Pino Suarez could not be released, but
would have "to disappear," by which
the Senora understood that he was to
die.
OLD CUSTOM REVIVED
Washington. Woodrow Wilson will
go to the house of representative
Tuesday afternoon and personally
read to the assembled senate and
house of representatives of the Sixty
third congress the message which ho
has written on the tariff. It will be
the first time in a little more than
130 years that such a thing has been
done. Washington and Adams sup
plied the only precedent. The custom
died with the close of Adam's term.
DECLINES TO YIELD.
Cettinje. The little kingdom of
Montenogro has. thrown down the
gauntlet to the six great powers. She
declined to. yield to the demand of
the powers to abandon her attempts
to gain possession of Scutari, and has
officially announced that "there will
be no departure from an attitude
which conforms to the necessities of
the state of war existing between tha
allies and Turkey."
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Wheat No. 2 red $1.09 1.11. No. $
red $11.06, No. 4 red 8798c.
Corn No. 2 .white 5758c, No. 3
white 56 57c, No. 4 white 53 55c.
No. 2 yellow 5758c, No. 3 yellow 58
57c, JMo. 4 yellow 5355c, No. 2
mixed 5758c, No. 3 mixed 56 57c.
No. 4 mixed 5355c, white ear 51
55c, yellow ear 5256c, mixed ear
5155c.
Oats No. 2 white 37c, standard
white 3637c. No. 3 3536c
No. 4 white 3536Vc, No. 2 mixed
3535J6i No. 4 mixed 3234c.
-.Hay No. 1 timothy $16.5017.50.
standard timothy $15.5016.50, No. 2
timothy i4.5015.50. No. 3 timothy
$12.50 13.50, No. 1 clover v mixed
$13.7514.50, No. . 2 clover mixed
$11.5012.50, No. 1 clover mixed
$11.5012.50. No. clover $9.5011.50.
Eggs Prime firsts 16c, firsts 16c,
ordinary firsts 16c, seconds 13c
Poultry Hens, heavy (over 4 lbs)
15c, (4 lbs and under) 15c, young,
staggy roosters 12c, old roosters 10c.
springers (3 lbs and under) 20c.
springers over 3 lbs) 16c, ducks (4 lba
and over) 18c, white : (under 1 4 lbs
15c, turkeys X8 lbs and over) 21c, tur
keys, young-(under 8 lbs) 1012c;
turkeys, toms 19c, culls 8c.' i
Cattle Shippers $7.508.25; butch
er, steers, extra J8J.Q8.25, good to
choice' $7.25 8, common to fair $5
6.75; heifers, extra $8.108.25, good
to choice $7.50 8, common to fair $5
7.25; cows,' extra $77-25, good to
choice $6.507, common to fair $4.25
6.25; canners $3.504.25 ,
Bulls Bologna $67.50, fat bulla
$77.50.; ',: - .. . '
" Calves Extra $12.75 13, fair to
good $10 12.25, common and v largv
$7.50 11. v . ; '.
Hogs Light shippers and pigs ex
tremely dull and 25c, to 50c lower. Se
lected heavy . $10, good to choice pack
ers and' butchers . $9.95 10.. . mixed
packers $9.75 10, stags $607.50, com
mon r to choice, heavy fat sows $7
9.50, . light- shippers $8.2590; plgsr
(100 lbs and Jess) $5 7.50.
Sheep Extra $6.50, good to choice
$66.40, common to fair $4 5.75..
-Lambs Extra $9.50, good to choicex
$9 9.40, 'common to fair $6 3.75, ,-
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