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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

water was four feet deep It was not
enough to dampen the zeal of the par.
tisans
A trip through the drainage district
north Of Cairo, ILL.,, in n skiff presented
many remarkable sights.
Very few buildings were left stand
ing on their original foundations, and
water. Captain Samuel Orr, former
health officer OF Cairo, who ran a gro
Gerry in the center of the drainage dis
trict, did not get out before the flood
caught him. He was rescued after rid
ing around the flooded district in the
second story of his grocery for twenty
four hours. With the first rush of the
water Orrs building was carried of its
foundation. 1t remained upright, and
the captain kept dry In his second
story.
Soon after Orr was taken out by a
steam launch the building toppled over.
As one important result of the high
water Cairo will have no new city
hall. The $4,000 voted for 1t a month
ago will be used to improve the levees.
The city now has no municipal home,
city officials being housed in an old
residence.
\ moving picture man arrived in
time to make films of the levee work
ers. He set up his machine in the
levee in front of the Halliday house
and was well under way before Mayor
Parsons discovered him. At the may
or's orders the films were confiscated
and destroyed, the camera smashed
and the man commanded to leave town
or 20 to work filing sand bags. He
left.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

the north as a result OF the break in
the Big -Four and Mobile and Ohio en-
bankments, together with the overflow
of the Cache. Cairo was the hub of
deep water navigation.
From the subway north the scene
was one of great destruction ard eX-
treme destitution. Lumber piles We're
wrecked, buildings submerged and in
many cases turned completely over and
rested upon their sides or roof down,
ward in the water.
Factories were submerged to their
roofs, and the water in many places
completely covered the telegraph wires
and the arms on the poles.
All along the high embankment that
forms the bridge approach refugees
from Future City gathered together
what few personal effects they man.
aged to save before the food drove
them from their homes and made the
most of their misfortune, thankful that
they escaped with their lives.
Most of these were negroes, and the
extent of their effects consisted of a
little bedding. few chickens and few
pictures, hurriedly snatched from the
walls.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
Thousands Fighting Water.

Thousands of men were at work bat
tling the food at many points along
the river. Life was risked that prop,
erty might be saved. Great suffering
was prevalent in a widespread terri
tory.
Refugees sought towns and cities
nearest their deserted homes. Many
underwent great privations before ar
riving at some place where proper care
could be given them. Some Travelled
miles afoot, hungry, often thirsty.
Township, county, municipal, state
and federal authorities afforded aid
where 1t was possible.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
Find Safety In Church.

The first Of the Wyanoke refugees to
be rescued was an assembly of about
100 persons. they were in church,
where they had taken refuge when the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
LEAVE
ARRIVE,

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Published by the Greater Honesdale
Board of Trade, Honesdale, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
Cairo Surrounded by Water.

Cairo became an island. The city
was surrounded on every side by wa
ter and transportation cut off on every
railroad entering the city.
a walk around the levees gave bet
ter idea OF the vast area that is inun-
dated than could be drawn from YER
bal or printed description. With the
Ohio on the east. the conhuX of the
Ohio and Mississippi on the south, the
Mississippi on the west and cut OFF on
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
STORIES OF THE
IN HISTORY OF
The Disaster Had Its Heroes,
Thrilling Incidents and
Narrow Escapes.

THIRTY persons drowned, 10000
homeless, 1900 square miles
III inundated, $10,0o0,000 financial
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

Heavy Punishment For Wine Grower.
A wine grower in France, convicted
Of dllutlng his vintage with water,
was fined $400, sentenced to a months
Imprisonment and compelled to pay Il
heavy forfeit, while as a final punish
ment his wine was confiscated.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
Death Missed Governor Brewer.

Governor Earl Brewer OF Mississippi
had a narrow escape from drowning
st GraAnvilla while directing the fight
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

levee broke. Their supply of provi-
sions was scant. When it was seen
that the water would invade the church
a scaffolding was built Of pews, and on
this platform more than twoscore
perched throughout Sunday.
Attempts to get food We're made by
the stronger Of the men, who construct
ed RATS and explored the immediate
part Of the township. Scarcely any
thing was obtained The plight Of
these people and of others near by on
roofs of houses on RATS and on small
hills, now become islands, was reported
to the Memphis authorities.
Many of the more aged were serious
ly i'll from exposure and lack of nutri-
ment. Some had half waded and in
many Instances had been forced to
swim to places Of safety,
One of the phases Of the food was
the tying up of virtually all traffic not
only on the Mississippi, but on the Ohio
and the other navigable tributaries.
Usually big river is the signal for
an unusual amount Of traffic. Especial
ly is this true Of coal fleets from Pitts
burgh which go down the Ohio on a
rise. Hundreds of barges and coal
boats were fast. waiting until the Mis-,
sissippi should be open for towboats
again. High water, too, Oh most Of the
streams kept the larger steamboats, tied
up because they couldn't get under the
bridges.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

Twenty sixth British Dreadnousht.
The British battleship Ajax, launch
ed recently at Greenock, Scotland, is
a sister ship Of the King George V.
and is the twenty-sixth Dreadnought
In the British navy
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
To Patrons Along the Scranton
Branch Of the Erie Railroad.

The afternoon train leaving Scran-
ton as per schedule following, runs
daily directly to Honesdale, giving
people time to transact their business
at the county seat and return home
the same evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
WORST FLOOD
THE MISSISSIPPI:
80 Dead, 10000 Homeless,
1000 Square Miles Inundat-
ed, $10,0O0,0OO Loss.

on the floods when a skiff in which he
was riding capsized. Only the close
proximity of a floating telegraph pole
and assistance by DR.. J. T. Atterbury,
member of the levee board, who help
ed him climb 1t, saved him.
The governor and his party started
out to make an inspection of the levees.
At one spot Governor Brewer asked
the rowers to sheer in nearer the shore
as the crest of the levee at the indi-
Gated point seemed less firm than
elsewhere. AS the boat was turned
it suddenly struck an eddy and in
stantly capsi2ed. Those in the craft
shouted Il brief warning and plunged
out. Beside the skif, however, was
the telegraph pole. and all grasped it.
For few moments the situation was
serious. but another skiff hurried to
the place and pulled the party aboard,
the governor being the last to leave.
Stirring stories are reported of the
rescue OF the refugees in the food
swept territory of upper Arkansas
One thousand or more persons ma
rooned in WyGnolle. Ark, were brought
to Memphis, rescued through the in
itiative of citizens committee.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17

Send us the news of your COM
munity. We have btoh phones.
We are always glad to get it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
N. WEIGH
Fire
Insurance
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.

Office: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over 9. @. Jadwin's drug store,
Honsdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-17
No New City Hall For Cairo.

During the flood a local option cleo
ton was held at New Madrid, Mo, and
the "wets" and "drys" were out with
launches inviting the voters in. Some
of the boats were sent eight miles into
the country after voters Boats Of
every description crowded the main
street around the stairway to the polls.
Excitement was high. and while the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
S1.OO Christmas offar.

Here is great bargain for
splendid daily newspaper published in
your home state. For 81. 90 the Topeka
State Journal will be sent by mail to
new subscribers from Christmas until
May /, 1913. This will more than
take you through the regular session
of the Kansas Legislature which con-
venes early in January. The State
journal is the official paper for Kan
sas and accordingly will publish all
laws, good roads, etc, adopted by the
legislature. The coming session will
be most important and interesting
one.
Send your sI.0o anytime between
now and December %, and the paper
will be started at that time and con
tinued each day until May 1, 1913.
The State journal is now recognized
as one of the largest and best daily
newspapers published in Kansas.
Address:
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,
Topeka Kansas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07

Subscribe for the World Oldest pa
per in the county. adv
Mrs. Bamberg enjoyed a visit from
Miss Nellie Davis, of Collyer, this
week.
., Harry Wheeler, wife and babies, of
Kit Carson Colo, are visiting with
home folks.
F. d. Hastings took in the Shriner's
meeting at Salina the first of the
week. He repeyts fine time.
Mrs. J. W. Spena has been confined
week having taken relapse from her
recent illness.
Miss Ida Cloud, our efficient post
office clerk. had to lay off couple of
days this week owing to sickness.
Grover Hays supplied the vacancy.
We are glad to report that Miss
Mildred Cass is still holding her own
and hopes are entertained for her
recovery. This is good news to her
friends.
We learn that Bill Laws little girl
got fall the first of the week and
while not seriously injured yet the
child has suffered much pain from an
injury on the knee.
Thursday was cold blustry day,
with few whirling snow fakes in
the air. a good hearty sncw would
be mighty good thing to happen
in this neck of the woods.
VS.. Berwick attended the Editor
al Association of the Sixth District
at Colby tire first of the week. He
reports a good meeting and nice
time He was elected secretary and
treasurer of the association.
Last Monday evening Charlie
Collins team made things pretty
lively for little while. They became
frightened and ran away but
were stopped before any damage
was done to amount to anything.
District Superintendent u S.
Brown of the northwest Kansas Con-
federate preached to large audiences
last Sunday and Monday evenings.
Rev. Brown is an excellent speaker
and always draws large crowds when
he comes to Wa-Keeney.
On Monday afternoon the Woman's
Suffrage Club met with their presi-
dent. Mrs. L. S. Myerly. After spend
ing pleasant afternoon the club
disbanded as the result for which
they had been working had been
accomplished.
Last Friday afternoon, November
10Th, the Locust Club met with Mrs.
J. G. Hixson- A splendid Thanks
giving program was rendered. De-
lightful refreshments were served by
the hostess and a very pleasant after
noon was spent by the club. The
next meeting will be December 18th,
at the home of Mrs. W. W Mating
~. Subject 1.-THE Land of the Mid
night Sun"
We gather from some of the Demo-
craft exchanges that it is mighty
hard and bitter trial TO wait until
next March for Woodrow to pass the
pie. If they will only be calm and
let Woodrow get the s-set down. part
of his trowSers warm we'll warrant
that every fellow will get a piece I'M
less ofscourse there are more fellows
than pie in that instance We suppose
salve will be passed which does not
answer quite so well but sorter has
soothing effect after all
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
Program of Trego County Teachers
Association

Saturday, December II, 1912, at 200
p. M, in the court house, Wa-Kee-
ney, Kan.
Music.
Roll Responses from j. C.
Whittier.
Our new arithmetic Maud
LiverS.
A reading From ''All the Children
of All the People,
Music.
Garden City Beet Industry-Hud
son Harlan.
Music.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
Comoarative

Il think it must be awful to have a
wife that goes through your pockets
every time she gets a chance in
search of loose change" said Will
loughby- "Oh. that's only a minor af-
Fiction" said Barrows. Its the wife
that goes through your whole bank ac-
count that gets on my nerves.'-Har-
per's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
ociain of Popular sayino.

The origin of the saying that 70
takes nine tailors to make a man is
thought by some to be a corruption Of
nine tellers make a man. the tel
lers" being another name for tolls
of bell The English custom was to
strike three times three tolls or tel
lers" on the passing bell for the death
of a man. 1t was three times two for
a woman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07

Il suffered habitually from consti-
patton Doan's Regulets relieved
and strengthened the bowels so that
they have been regular ever since. -
E. Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs,
TexaS.-ady
Wa-Keeney State Bank. 27t adv
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07

You will find that druggists every
where speak well of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. They know from
long experience in the sale of it that
in cases of coughs and colds it can al
WAYS be depended upon, and that it
is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by all dealers--adv-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
un-to-pate Cookery.

Harassed Prisoner-"Pray, great
chief. why do you keep your servant
tied up so long" Canniba1 King
"a thousand pardons, dear mission
airy. but we are waiting for the con-
signment of paper bags from Sidney
Sydney Bulletin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
Some Loss.

Did you lose much in that bank
failure Jim?" asked Hawkins. 81
should say 1 did, said Slabsides sT
had an overdraft of a hundred and
sixty dollars IL that bank, and geei
how 1 had to hustle to make goodi"-
Harper's Weekly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-07
Hs. Its Advantages.

Nations are not fed. clothed and
housed by legislation" says a sapient
contemporary Certainly not But it
sometimes pays well to be a member
of legislature, just the same.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

HORSE SENSE
IN COURT

little while back two Seattle judges let off
from punishment the rich president of nickel
grabbing street car railway who had for years in
defiance OF the law been collecting two fares for
single ride inside that city.
The grounds for the decision was that the
TITLE of the law passed expressly to stop such
highway robbery, spoke of PENALTIES, instead
of PUNISHMENT.
Penalties didn't necessarily mean punishment,
the learned court held. The law was defective, they
said and the railroad man went free.
Saturday exactly the plea was advanced
before Justice Evans to excuse Tacoma hotel pro-
prietor, accused of violating the state inspection
law. o., -
Evans using ordinary horse sense, said that
penalties certainly meant punishment and the law
stands.
He also quoted the supreme court as saying
that law should be knocked out for technical
flaws that in way impaired their meaning.
Bully for Evans
Let's have a little more horse sense in courts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Do you
remember Henry Hutt, creator of
the "Hutt Girls" who was kept
busy not many months ago MAX
ing pictures for the magazines?
And do you remember his wife,
Edna Garfield Belle Tore HUT,
she whom he called his Princess
and used as a model and descrlb-
edo as more beautiful than Ven
us?"
Well, he is down and out now
and is suing to have his alimony
reduced. He has brought to court
papers to show that he has only
$3.50 in cash, owes $4,000; that
he is sick abed and his sister is
paying the wages of his nurse.
Editors no longer fight for his
pictures, he says. In feet, he
can't get rid of them. He has
showed the court a sheaf of re-
lection letters-the heartbreak-
ing Kind, more often received by
creators who have not yet Ear
rived" than by artists who have
just been national fads.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
Know the Service
Is Rotten!" Says Bean;
He Tells the Truth

The street railway company
wants to double track North /
street.
with the cars now in use OIL
the Point Defiance line, IL we had
l street double tracked we could
give a four minute service there,
but it is almost impossible to bet
ter the service much until this
street is double tracked"
Such was the statement of Man
ager Bean to the people and the
city commission this morning.
Il know the service is rotten on
that line but we cannot help 1t, .
said Bean after the meeting. He
asked City Engineer Raleigh to
get the plans finished up at once
II possible for the double track.
To put in double tracks means
that the street will have to be
widened, repaving and consider
able expense.
The company is willing to pay
its share-17 feet. But that would
leave about 25 feet for somebody
else to pay for.
Who will pay itf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

know about the affair, the police
are asking.
Rice says he knows nothing
about the mysterious case.
Miss Weidenkeller was employ
ed at the Crescent and bore an
excellent reputation there. She
is alleged to have quarreled with
Rice and to have left and gone to
the Oriole candy store and was
to have had employment with the
Muehlenbrook firm next week.
Sunday the young woman came
down town and visited friends.
Just who she visited cannot be
learned but she returned to the
Tenant home in low spirits and
refused to eat. Monday morn
ing the Tenants left and return
ed to find her in convulsions from
drinking the acid. She was lying
dressed in an old kimona on the
couch.
DR.. w. w. Pascoe was sum-
moned but the girl died as he
reached her side. She left no
notes nor made verbal explana-
tions before her death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

The Hutts were married in
1908. They separated in 1907.
Mrs. Hutt accused her husband of
indulging too much in intoxicants
and named B. Cory Kilvert, Har-
rison Fisher, Penrhyn Stanlaws
and other artists as friends who
had bad influence over her hus-
band. She was given alimony of
$125 month, which HUT wishes
reduced to 500. In 1910 Mrs.
HUT, who called her husband
Daddy" wrote him a pathetic
letter in which she said.
Lets work together as We did
in the old days, won't you? See
If there's not a spark of love left
for me. l do love you and can't
live without you" She signed the
letter Your Princess" The plan
failed.
I And now Hutt's sick at his
studio and can't sell any of his
many pictures because the Hutt
fad has passed on and he no long
er has a model "more. beautiful
than Venus" to inspire him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
Martin and
Leon Can't
Meet Here

The prize fight game will not
be opened in Tacoma.
Such is the announcement of
Commissioner Petit, backed by
Judge Stiles, city attorney.
81 hear some talk of holding
boxing matches here" said Judge
Stiles this morning. ~ would
like to have the promoters of
such affairs read the state law
which makes 1t a crime for any
one to aid, abet or encourage the
holding of any fight.
''Such things are simply against
the law and cannot be allowed"
The Stiles decision is a disap-
pointment to Promoter Mark
Shaughnessy and others who were
hoping to bring Jack Leon, the
Russian Lion, and Denver Ed"
Martin or "Gunboat" Smith to-
gether here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
EiightHour
Case Wont
Be Pushed

The case against Miss Marie
Weber, manager OF the Y. w. G.
A. cafe, for violating the eight
hour woman's law, will not be
prosecuted.
Deputy Prosecutor Thompson,
who took up the case when Bur-
meister got peeved and passed it,,
refused today to push the case.
When it is called in Justice
Evans court this afternoon
Thompson will recommend that
the case he dropped, he stated
this morning. And Evans will
have no alternative.
Business Agent Burns of the
labor council, who brought the
complaint, declared today. that he
would make protest in court
against the dismissal.
Affidavit of Denial.
The action of the prosecutor is
based on an affidavit signed by
Mrs. Eliza Conger, the prosecut-
ing witness, several days after her
complaint to Burns and after two
sessions with the Y. w. c. A. di-
rectors.
Burns asked Thompson today
to subpoena the directors for tam
pering with witnesses.
Thompson refused.
The matter will be put UP to
the labor council tomorrow night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
WORKMEN LAW
THROWN OUT

QBy United Press Leased Wire,)
WASHINGTON, Jan. The VI,
s. supreme court today declared
unconstitutional the Washington
state law prohibiting the employ
ment of railroad men for more
than 16 consecutive hours. This
reverses the decision of the state
courts.
The U. s. court held that the law
conflicts with a similar federal
statute. which was the defense of
the Northern Pacific railroad In
test case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
Says Vampire Woman
Drove Calvin to Act

vim quoted Kipling's "The YAM
pire," being the 49tb time it has
been used in court. He argued
that the woman worked Calvin,
then threw him down. He in
sisted that she shot herself acci-
dentally.
When Calvin caught her arm
she thought he was going to beat
her. And certainly she deserved
a beating If any woman ever did.
So she tried to shoot him." said
Kelley.
Nolte for the state emphasized
a note written by Calvin to his
wife just before the crime.
II am going to Eatonville, >
Calvin wrote. Don't worry II
anything happens. l want al
my property to go to you and
Harold" (his SOM.
Nolte demanded a conviction
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

Miss May Hough, aged IS, are
missing.
Yesterday Mrs. Frink said her
son was in Seattle. 1t was report
ed today that the boy and girl
were alleged to have been marri@d
some time ago and that they are
supposed to have fled to prevent
the alleged marriage being an
nulled by the angry Frinks.
Morals Officer Jurich said he
had found no trace of May Hough.
Mrs. Frink said yesterday she had
requested the police to search for
her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09

SENTENCED
To DEATH
tBy United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOSTON, Jan. 9.-Pleading
guilty to the murder by poison of
his discarded sweetheart, Avis
Linnell of Hyannis, the Rev. c..
v. T. Richeson was today SEN
fenced by Judge Sanderson to be
eiectrocuted during the week of
May 19.
Summoned to court, Richeson
on the verge of collapse.
He was arraigned and at once
withdrew his former plea of not
guilty, pleading instead, Guilty
as charged"
He walked with evident effort,
plainly showing that he was still
suffering from the effects of his
self-mutilation. The court pro
ceedings occupied only 10 min
utes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-09
Gov. HayP Pardons
Fur Thief

r. II. Hopkins, sentenced to
from two to 15 years at Walla
Walla for stealing $500 set of
furs and 800 worth of jewelry
from the apartments of Miss Edna
Simpson. was pardoned today by
Gov. Hay.
A sister of Hopkins in Ken
lucky had pleaded for his release.
saying he had been irresponsible.
County officials Joined her plea
Hopkins must keep out OF sa-
looms and of bad company or go
back and serve his term.