mm WF" rSIHHKPlPMl'flH'SllinHMIM c .o 11 t-T -TTV,"' .:&. 1 t . '( - f ,!." V . , i '.. . .M ' ' "fm .'"-'; -i ., (. ,' - .., j f.. ., 2.4 ft '.. ? n .i; . . (.'. .'d a .' -s VIRNON, OHIO, Br MARCH St. 1913-Ko. 74 ESTABLISHED ISM if 1 , . ( , .' i Be ltiwm - riTm iiiif 'w v I H H H H B H r rMf , 4 $1.50 PIR YEAR MT. VMtNON, OHIO FRIDAY. ? Irt', IriF- . k V; A i & r l; hv, 4, If?- K ' I." r FROM MANY PLACE Showing A : Tremendous Loss Human Life 100 Reported Drowned In Village 0 Word Tin Said To Have " ColumbTis, (X, March 27 Although reports of distress .-and disaster are coming in from -every section of "the state, the greategtdsmae and loss otlife,irom all re ports, is nt Dayton., While Ihe'tfusmess section, of the ci- ty is practically all under water and the estimated loss of life is appalling, fires are adding to the horror. At Delaware the inhabit ants are still floodbound and details are unavailable. The 'Tcnown dead already number 33. Food supplies are run ning short. From Sidney comes the re port .that from 100 to 500 have been drowned. Tiffin re ports 50 lives lost. Stratford, near Delaware, according to the report of a farmer who reached Dela ware yesterday, was literal ly swept from the map and 100 are drowned. Ttannrta of loss of life come from Zanesville, New1 ark and many other cities and villages. In spite of wild rumors to the contrary, the walls of the Iiewisiown Reservoir and ithe Columbus storage dam arx 'holding. The 'waters are receding slightly' in spite of almost continuous rains. "Rivers will not rise, not wiOwtanding rainfall," ac cording to a forecast bulletin issued last night by the local Hatted States weather bu reau. . , Tifty'lUpbrWa BkmmI at .TiUm Tiffin, March 27 Death and intense suffering have narked. the:great flood which has; swept clean the San- -vduskv Valley. .Tiffin is aci- W fj&'rTrfy' or desoiauonr uuii otwie ' ..r; iV -. .' rrn 11. - tlii- stv is under water. Fire " 'OkiefbertlHarriitohail m . I ". u '- ilrfini rltf liWHWfrftliaafBaMm REPORTS Of Hie A Denfli'Roll Of had charge of the rescue work, estimates the loss of life at 50. The known dead are Joseph Knecht and fam ily -of eight and George :Kliugsbira. and; family of four. Dozens have been carried to death in .the treacherous currents, and only the abat ing, of the flood will tcll'the toll of lives the inundation of Tiffin cost. j. . One Hundred Drowned at Stratford Delaware, March 27 The village of Stratford, five mile south, has been wiped out, and the total population of 100 have been drowned, it is reported here, but it can not be confirmed. The vil lage of Prospect, 10 miles to the north, is under water. At Columbus Columbus O., March 27 Th ( crest of flood is past in Columbus and water is re ceding. Although only nine identi fied persons have been drowned, tie list of those thought Idead and missing may run into, the hundreds. Windows of houses . in flooded West Side were crowded with victims, ap pealing for 'water and food. Workers still plying watery streets for marooned men, women and children. A false report that the storage .dam had broken caused a panic yesterday af ternoon over the city. Hur ried exodusthrongs; from business section followed. Manyl retKjiieworkers 'fled, panic-stricken, v, from the West Side, and their activi tiesstopped late in the after noon. . ' . TheMound1 Street bridge cnuri wed- iniovthe tbrrenfof the Scioto in the afternoon. This left the Rich street bridge a8 the only- means Of uf-noaain Wnaf (XAn fivmi thn'ly heavy anowatorm covered north- .,,.. vv, ,, ... ,. ................. enue bridge oyer the 01enr tangy Vtlll stands. Refugees are crowding in- '-JSf ' ' " ? . , ':?f '"-:..&i':.:-'-t:''.i toI,...A'Jh'&uatfcn'fT itrt-'VtfililMTfr-'iiii'rii- u-- '" to Memorial Hall, City Hall, Federal Building, other pub lic' institutions, and many have taken refuge with friends. Many cases of dis ease are reported, but epi demic precautions are taken. Temperature goes down to 25 degrees, with colder weather and little rain prom ised' for today" Victims res cued are stiff .with cold'and hunger and many maydie be fore help can come. Waterworks system is in operation again, lessening danger of fire and pestilence. Municipal light plant isstill under water and streets were dark last night. Street cars are sluggish; electric lighting current and gas sup- I ply normal. No means of lighting whatsoever m de vastated district. Attempted estimates of property damage goes, into millions. Rescue wjork is thorough ly organized. Volunteers help police and militia. Hun dreds of boats from Buckeye Lake are prassed into ser vice, but many arc overturn ed by the current and lost. Funds are raised and food is supplied to sufferers. Cots, blankets ud tents are used in large numbers, .general assembly of state appropriates 250,000 nnd ci ty council authorizes $75,000 emergency bond issue. First lesson of the flood is evidentin-inovement'stiirtjad.! in city couneirto dig new channel for Scioto through West Side at Central Aven ue, skirting Hilltop. At 5 o'clock this morning the waters, of the Scioto and other swollen Ohio streams are receding. The United States weather bureau pre dicts entire cessation of rain in the flood districts within 24 hours; The prediction for Friday is fair. 'The Scioto is now 2 feet be low its high point. Piqua is reported to be in flames aud' doomed to des truction. Believing the city to be doomed by the fire, it was reported this morning that Vice Mayor Huber of Day-1 ton has sent out appeals to all the cities of the state for dynamite with which to raze buildings in the path of the .flames whenever this can be accomplished, and also for all the fire fighting' appara tus that can be rushed'there: DEMOCRAT Elected Uiillei States Sen Ur h IDlHb Springneld, III., March 27 James Hamilton, (Democrat) yesterday was elected United States senator for, the long term. ' v : 4 : ... SNOW H' Covers Um Sectin Jf Nortkeri Texas Dallaa, Tex., March 7 An unusual , .... . .west; Texas ioauy, moving rapidly fo-se6tJong wher .spring 'ft? couth n- I gardeim, already are -Krten. So act- ua dumo wnu t ' fl a1 H u antt " ' ' ' BLUE LAWS 'IS' To Be Fngktljf Washinffn Geniis . MM idiei Waehin'tstbrli Mak-ilf--Errort8 to force blue laws in the Dint r let of Col umbia Sundays Ih ttre combatted by 25 s6cletles comprtsMK tho United German AlllaHeeictrdlnK to an annqUnccment uada'loday. .The oigahlsatloajWJa moss meeting Inst, night, denouiletii th- efforts to force a closed Sundayjn the District as "the wbrk ef faAMlcs." A committee of three members was named to outline a campaign against the amplication : of''"narrow-minded policies to tbe exlsteal laws." I Falls MlWki Gowmi ierdes Afustapha, Pasha 'larch 27 The fortress of Adriftaople was taken by storm by lh ; DUlgaj-lnns yesterday morning, ufter.AUng of most terrific character since, lilendly. Flames are devastlng the cltyj!, Shukrl Pashai 'tbi' Turkish com-mawler-ln-ehlef ,of "Adrlanople, com mlttPil suicide afterMhu capture of the city, according ,to a news agency (ilspatch from; SofU. , I All the' Tmlsfa;inlHtar.y have been Wown"u, 337 tuT- in depots &&& Goes Throngli Treble Killing Three Peipte Wellington,' March 27 Train No. SU of 'the Wheeling and 'Lake ICrle Hallroad, a freight, went down on a tre3tlo at Whipple Hill? tlree jnilcs from here, this morning, killing' En gineer George Dyke of Toledo, Daniel Shanklln, llrcman, and August Qeiv rler, brakem.an, of MassiiloiH Tho train vas In charge of Con ductor Oliver Smith of Toledo. CHuIWs In Mother's Arms On Way To Funeral Wellston, March 27 When Mr. and Mrs. Nonh Moore of Near Oak Hill alighted from the carriage at the cem etery at Monroe yesterday, where they were attending the burial of Mrs. Moore sister, they were horrified to discover that their Infant son, who has becu carried In bis mother's arms had dfed on the way., The baby had been, suffering from pneumonia, but his death was caused by asphyxiation, from the heavy robes, la' which he bad "besn bundled, and the overcrowding of the carriage In "which he-was rid ing. i In: x 'njgfm tojtairled Itrnwiid "" T&ii ' m 8fc Xenla, March 27 According to a, report wbicb reached here from Day ton last night, a boat which was en gaged in rescue work captlted and all of the crow but Robert' Patterson, nephew of John H. Patterson, of the National Cash RegfirkoV Company, iwe'r drowiwd. Youpg'VaUerson act' i , as captain ,of the. ,, .-! ' 'ltt ;OTV j(; ,rf' Ah '."VKA,. . '. . ',' t '- vrBli InAHl: ,hJ, L" I I va as Ohie Fir The Relief Of The Flood Mfercrs Columbus, O., March 27 Governor Cox .was given 1250,000 to spend for the relief of flood sufferers by the legislature "yesterday. Tallow candles and lanterns were used to shed a feeble light in the legislative halls that tho sessions might be prolonged until the relief bill could be enrolled and signed by Speaker Swain and l.lejtennnt Governor Nichols and transmitted to the executive chamber. Further, to save time, by Joint reso lution, authority was granted to en roll Uie bill by typewriter. The governor Is empowered to use the money for food, clothing, medi cine, bedding and shelter for suffer ers from flood and Are arising from .tho flood. By the constitution, such appropriation is specifically exempted from the 90-day delay under the ref erendum section, but to make doubly sura, the bill carried an emergency c)a:ise. The senate thought the amount in adequate and fixed it at $500,000. On the strength of statements by Speak er Swain that the Red Cross Society had wired the governor 1100,000 would be expended in relieving dletrcss in Ohio, and that amplo supplies and money 'lor Immediate uae had been offered the governor by Ohio citizens, and by Mr. Black of Hamilton and Chairman Cowan of the finance com mittee that half the senate amount would bo' ample for n week, at least, niid"Dio'e-oould-be- granted-later, the. house declined to accept the senate amendment. The State assented and left the amount at $250,000. CLAIMED That Lumber Was Stolen And Not Carried Away By The Flood An echo of the flood was heard in the mayor's ofllce Wednesday after noon when M. II. May filed an affidavit against Karl Sharp charging him with stealing' $10 worth of lumber during the liluli waters Tuesday. Sharp wns arrested and asserted that the lumber had been washed upon his lot by the water. .May said that he coulij provi that Sharp had carried it there. The case was settled when Sharp agreed to pay tliu costs of the case and return the lumber. The allldavit was with drawn. FIRE Breaks Out In Piqua, And Can't Be Checked Columbus, March 27 A telephone message from Piqua early this morn ing stated that the city was ablaze and that there was no way of check ing the flames. It reported that the fire started in the resldnce section and spread to the business houses. An estimate of the casualties here could not be made at the time, the message said. BLIZZARD IN OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, March 2' jsr A storm pf (tba bUszard type has been raging fri Oktehoaaa since midnight, and there is no indication of cessation. Snow has fallen to the depth of three inch es and Is still falling. Street car ser vice Is partly blocked and train ser vice Is slow, .. Mrs, Mame Condlt of Berea, Ohio, arrived In the. city Thursday mornlhg to make a several" days' vlsUywUh relatives. A Apfnpriatei ly The Legislature R AT ADDS TO HORROR Business Section ed By ". Estimated That Dayton Dead Will Reach 1,000 "i ... 65,000 People Imprisoned In Busi ness Blocks And Homes Davton.- March 27 Fire! added its terrors to the flood here yesterday. The business block bound ed by Third, Second, Jeffer sonaiid Strdairsffeets was destroyed. Many persons were ma rooned in the buildings-on this square, but it is said that all got out safely. They have been taken to the Beav- er power building, two squares away. Aitnougn it has been raining all day the water has receded, and many of the people in the build ings jumped into the water and were picked up. Among the structures des troyed were the Fourth Ra tional Bank and St. Paul's Evangelical church. Martial law has been de clared in th'e city. Secretary George . .Bur ba talked with .the governor over the telephone and tliey reached the conclusion that at least 1000 persons have lost their lives in the flood. Bescue squads worked frantically to throw back the veil that hides the true story of the Dayton disasteiv-the number of dead. Late last night the arrival of motor boats gave hope that the northern section of the city, now cut off by tho Big Mi ami's impassable barrier, may be penetrated, and then may be learned the fate of hundreds imprisoned by the torrent that poured down the broken Tarlton, reser voir. The list of six dead was ad ded to by the death of a refu gee. It was reported late last nieht that a number of dead had been found in hous es at .b'ifth ana rjagie oireiu, but when rescuers worked their, way into the partially submerged dwellings they found a number pf the flood's it r ,,,' jc vA,m SBiVm irtV.-i IiV JLUAC. '. IW-. .Vnii?HL.v- DAYTON Of The City Ravish Flames prisoners, who were weak from fright and hunger. 'Fire that appeared to threaten the business section last night was confined to the block -bounded by Second, and Third streets and Jefferr son and St. CJair streets. In the bloek are the Fourth Na tional Bank; Lattimer Drug Company, Evans Wholesale Drug Company and. several commission houses. It was impossible to get within twd miles of,, the lire and from that distance it annearerl explosions, probably of drugs, niade the tire seem of larger proportions than it was. It appeared to have about burned out and it was not believed it would spread to other blocks. Jt was im possible to ascertain, even approximately, the number of persons who might have been marooned in this sec tion and who died after be ing trapped by Hood and fire. Nevertheless, rescue work went steadily e.u and about 3000 persons were housed in places of refuge last night, "ithe maioritv of them in . .-.-.. . . . . - ... Diuitlings a.t the .National Cash Register Compaivy. At leasf 65,000 persons are im prisoned, m Homes ana in business buildings. It is feared their two days' im prisonment' with accom panying, hunger and fright, have eaused treniendpus .suf fering. The flood tame with such suddenness'' that food sup plies in Jjameisr(ere . whisked away by the torrent that reached the' second floors in almost the1 flash of an eye,' Skiffs skirted the edge of the flooded district, attempt ing to take food to those whom it was impossible to carry off, but the fierce cur rent discouragingly retard ed this work. CARIUNCLE KILLS EX-QOV-. ERNOR, . Atlanta, March 27 William J;. Northen, former governor of Georgia and prominent in politics for- nany years died today. Death was due, to,, eompiicattoBB. resulting from a.- carv buaclo, '' ; , r - v V jfrfi m -""JlT'i (iM1