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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
TOWNS PREPARING
TO RECEIVE FLOOD
Warning Has Been Ample. and
People Are Fleeing to
Hills.

tSpeclal 10 Inc Times Dispatch
st. Louis, Mo. March So.-Reports
from points on the Mississippi and Ohio
Rivers indicate the near approach OF
one of the worst floods the Mississippi
Valley has known in years. Rescue
work ia going on generally in the
threatened district. and many persons
are fleeing to the highlands Refugees
arc arriving from the lowlaads and
seeking safety in Cairo. Memphis
Louisville and other points.
The people OF Southeast Missouri are
preparing for a flood OF the magnitude
of last year II appears to he arriving
on schedule time, and the earthen
breastwork is being strengthened to
receive 1t. The ST. Francis levee board
has laborers ut work all along the line.
The Frisco Hallway has put n work
train and full crew on the job. Strings
OF hatcars. loaded with sandbags. are
arriving In the Threatened sections.
These are being placed along the levce.
Headquarters for relief work will
be established in charlottesville soon.
The st. Louis naval reserve Will be
stationed there, as we'll as several COM
panies of the State guards.
Company ]. of Carruthersvilie, was
called out by the Governor and left
this morning for Commerce, Mo. They
Will go down the levee. doing guard
and rescue work.
One man was drowned at Mount Car
mel. Ill, while doing rescue work.
New Madrid, Mo-, reports a gauge of
thirty eight and half feet rise of
eight inches last night. Old river men
predict forty-five and a half feet at
that point This Will be one foot
higher than last year.
AS people havo been warned ir time,
there will not be as much serious dam
age as before.
At Hickman, Ky. the river conditions
are alarming, with tho river rising an
inch an hour. For two days work has
not ceased OH the West Hickman levee,
on which they are building a wall to
hold the water back. The crest OF the
flood will not reach there before Thurs
day. and this means fight every min
ute until then. Refugees are leaving
the lowlands and coming to Hickman.
The business section will again BIO
flooded, and there Is possibility Of n
repetition OF last years terrible dis
aster unless they succeed in holding
the West Hickman levce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
RECORD IS BROKEN
IN PARKERSbURG
Water Goes Six Feet Higher
Than in Deluge of
1894

Parkersburg. w. Va, March So
The crest OF the Ohio River Hood
reached here late to-day with a stage
OF $50 feet, six feet higher than the
record OF 1854. The river is recedins
slowly. Two companies OF militia are
guarding the town.
In Belpre. Ohio. across the river from
here, large crack has appeared in a
dam. Most OF the Belpre residents
have sought safety here. BollvilIe,
eighteen miles away. is practically
wiped out. and the people are camping
on the Mill above the town. II Is re-
ported several lives hcve been lost at
Bellevlle, but it is impossible TO verify
the reports tonight. 4 relief party
started for Bellvillc late to-day.
Two lives is the toll OF the food
water in Parkcrsburg. The damage is
enormous. Fully 5000 persons are
homeless here and al Belpre and Belle
VILE. 1t Is said all the houses on
Blennerhnssctt Island have heen swept
away. The residents OF the island
were rescued In small boats. The
food supply here is plentiful, but q
water famine threatens.
Word was received here from Mari
eta. Ohio, to-day. it is reported no
lives have been lost there. but thou
sands are homeless. and heavy dam
age has been inflicted. An appeal
from Marietta has been sent to the
War Department for provisions and
tents. The entire business section of
Marietta is inundated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
RAILROADS ARE
AT STANDST|LL
Impossible for Them to Keep
Traffic Moving in Ohio
Valley
IBv Associated Press.l

louisville, Ky, March S0.-The
crest of the Ohio River flood tonight
between Huntington. w. Va. and
Maysvillc. Ky. Is expected To reach
Louisville Tuesday afternoon or night,
with stage or about forty-iive feet.
The stage here tonight at o'clock
was Az feet, rise of one-half foot
in the past twelve hours. The rate
OF rise tonight was half an inch an
hour. a stage OF 43.7 is predicted for
Louisville by morning. Advices from
Madison tonight indicated that that
poin. had a rise of eight inches in the
last twelve hours. and at o'clock
tonight the gauge showed 6l.5 feet
From Western Kentucky points re-
ports are that the river is rising rapid
ly. inundating lowlands, driving their
occupants 10 higher ground, and in
tcrrupting railroad service.
Al owens bore the river is within
four inches OF tho high mark OF the
January flood. and is rising an inch
an hour. The tracks OF the Louisville,
Henderson and ST. Louis Railroad are
under water al Hawcsville and Grit-
fifth. eight miles west OF Greensboro.
Henderson, Ky. is practically isoiat
ed by the suspension Of railroad ser
vice in all directions. Damage to the
lowlands in that section. according to
reports, Will mount into thousands.
The river tonight had reached a stage
OF iS.j at that point and was sim ris-
ins
The railroad situation in louisville
to- night had become acute. The Louis
vile. Henderson and st. Louis had
suspended traffic entirely. The Louis
Vile and Nashville from Cincinnati
could reach the city only by detouring
through Jefersonvilc. Ind, crossing
the swollen Ohio on the Big Four
bridge, ard returning via the Pennsyl-
vania bridge 10 reach The Louisville
and Nashville station. used also by
tho Pennsylvania trains The Louis
vile: indianapolis and Chicago (AIon-
ON succeeded In establishing service
only as far as West Baden. Ind.
The Chesapeake and Ohio could get
only as far as Ashland, Ky, and in
coming trains were forced to stop at
the eastern extremity of the city. The
Illinois Central schedules We're undis-
turbed but incoming trains used the
depot at the western end OF tho city,
the union depot at Seventh and River
being flooded to-day by foo, OF
water. The Pennsylvania lines have
established regular service to Indian
apols and by tomorrow will have
three trains TO Chicago, according to
announcement o-night
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
LITTLE DANGER
OF PEST|LENCE
Every Possible Precaution Taken
to Prevent Outbreak of
Disease.

Cincinnati, March 30-Surgeon- Ger.
eral Rupert Blue. anticipating serious
Hood conditions West of here. has wired
commanding officers in charge of
united states marine hospitals at
Evansville, Ind: Me,nphis, Tenn, and
Cairo. Ill, to open the hospitals for
Hood victims. The surgcon-gencral and
his assistant. DIR. w. g. Rucker will
take measures to maintain sanitary
conditions. Surgeon Blue has $50. 900
of Federal funds for work in the flood
ed district.
The surgeon general and DR.. Ruckcr,
after organizing the sanitation RELIEF
forces in flooded Ohio cities, are salts
fed that there is little danger of pcsti-
ience In the stricken districts
Every possible prccaution has been
taken and the surgeon-gcneral de-
ciarcd the work of cleaning UP the
hooded homes was progressing sys-
tematicaily everywhere. Both In DAY
ton and in Hamilton where the de-
stfuct!on was worst. sewerage outlets
are now in operation. greatly lessen
ing the danger of infection. AS a fur
ther safeguard. Surgeon General Blue
tonight issued general appeal to
superintendcnts of all railway lines
entering the Hooded cities to sterilize
all driking water taken therefrom.
"On account Of the danger Of the
transmission OF communicable diseases
by polluted water procured In the
Hooded districts" DR.. Blues appeal
reads, 1T is requested I'm the interest
OF the public health that all drinking
water taken from such districts be
steriiized by boiling or by the applica-
ton OF steam. Water containers should
he thoroughly cleansed and daily ster-
il!zcd by the application of live steam.
Your cooperation in carrying out
these instructions is earnestly request
ed"
The surgeon general further declared
that the conditions everywhere were
well in hand. and that he had little
fear OF general sickness. Citizens are
cooperating with the authorities in
cleaning up tho buildings that were
submerged. stagnant water Is being
pumped from the cellars and the streets
nre rapidly being cleared or decom-
posed bodies OF aniamls.
Miss Mabel Boardman. Of the Red
Cross. and corps Of nurses arrived
here to-day with medical supplies
Nurses were sent to Dayton and Ham
iiton, and others held here for any
emergency that may arise in the cities
along the flooded OHIO River Valley.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
RIVER ONCE more
Within ITS BANKS
Ohio Is Rapidly Returning
to It's Normal
Channel.
TRAFFIC BADLY TIED UP
AT Pittsburgh, Sixticth Street
Bridge Falls Into
Water.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

lSpeciai 10 Inc Times spatCh.J
Pittsburgh. Pa. March 3o.-rhe three
rivers here, although still swollen. have
dropped below the flood stage
Reports from down the Ohio tell of
the river returning to it's channel. The
hood is past
Early this morning tho old sixteenth
street bridge over the Allegheny River
collapsed. The North shore span went
into tho river the abutmcnt falling on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks.
Traffic was tied up all day. The
bridge was built In 1867. and is the
only remaining wooden bridge in this
community
In the Beaver Valley the Ohio and
Beaver Rivers have fallen. Power
plants. watcrworks and traction lines
are resumins. The valley had light
Tonight for the first time since last
Tuesday.
The Mahoning and Shenango Rivers.
although still flooding. have left the
streets OF New Castle and Sharon.
Nearly hundred refugees from up the
Shenango valley came into Sharon
early this morning They were FAM
ished. score OF wealthy women took
charge OF the pilgrims. taking them to
tho Methodist Church where the
women cooked for them. the women of
wealth acting as cooks and walters
for destitute foreign men and women.
Tho Snenanso vaiitSN'ia strew n with
wrecked homes and drowned live
stock
In most or the stricken towns
throughout Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. the food famine has
been broken Railroads and trolley
lines have shown incredible prompt
ness In the expeditions handling nf
provisions consigned 10 hungry com
munitics
Wheeling. ". Va, is perhaps the
only city where the pinch OF hunger
remained to-day With more than so
900 homeless persons, housed in the
churches and school buildings. there
was greater demand for food than
the supply could satisfy Wheeling
has been nearly conpleaaly isolated
for four DAYS. To-day the Baltimore
and Ohio cot it's Wheeling division
open and a train load of food and
clothing was shipped 10 Wheeling It
arrived tonight. Wheeling IS caring
for hundreds OF refugees who ned
from the flooded districts OF OHIO.
There arc still 1000 homes submerged.
but the Ohio River lie falling slowly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
ALL NEEDY PLACES
RECEIVING HELP
Believed No One in Flood Dis
trict IS Suffering for Food
or Shelter.
SUPPLIES ARE PLENTIFUL
Contributions to Relief Fund Are
Nearing Half-M illion
Mark.
tRy Associated Press.l

Washington, March 30.-All places
affected by the flood In such way as
to need help are receiving it. and it
is not believed that there is any suf-
fering anywhere now from want OF
food or shelter" was the report to-day
to Acknowledgement Andrews from
Major General Wood. chief of staff,
who. with Secretary of War Garrison.
is In the heart of the flooded district
directing relief operations. He added.
while loss of life had been very heavy,
IL was not anything like the previous
reports indicated.
DO not send any more government
supplies said the report. unless the
departments representatives on the
ground request it, Any supplies avail
able should be held for possible needs
further down the river Major Nor
moyle has received the great bulk OF
supplies sent 10 Columbus, and is
busily engaged in shipping them out
to points where required"
Major Normoyle himself reported
that the principal trouble now ms to
rations appeared to be in the Muskin.
gum Valley. which cannot be taken
care of from Columbus. but that Major
Gaujot had been sent 10 Parkersburg
with authority 10 hire steamers and
purchase supplies for that territory
-. ulcSSdEe. 10 TIE W nllc House from
Secretary Garrison annoumccti ,iiat ne
had arrived at Cincinnati. and he OK
pected 10 go by automobile TO Hamil-
ton to-day, while Miss Boardman, OF
the American Red Cross, WAS going to
Dayton.
Relief funds received by the Red
Cross are nearing the half million
mark Checks in to-day's mail. in
Guiding $4,000 from Boston. 10000
from Hartford, Conn. and SOS. 900 from
a brewing company. amounted to
s63.o00O. bringing the total already in
up to 1891, 900.
From Columbus. Ohio Ernest p.
Bicknell. national director OF the
American Red Cross. reported that he
had established headquarters in the
Statehouse. and that he would work
In close relation with the State flood
relief committee, as well as with the
army. lie said lie had held an eN.
treineiy satisfactory conference with
Governor Cox and the others in au-
thority
superintendent Kmhall, OF the life
saving service. to-day ordered the life
saving crew from Loran, Ohio. which
mad returned from Delaware Ohio. to
proceed at once 10 Covington. Ky. to
render Whatever aid could be given
Hood sufferers in tbat vicinity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
DAYTON IS FACING
HERCULEAN LABOR
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Continued From First Page)
ness had been observed. Adjutant-
General Wood reported the situation
to the Governor. and his action was
prompt and decisive
The telephone system is still a
wreck. which is a great handicap in
administering the affairs of the CITY.
street cars are unable to run. and au-
tomobiles are unobtainable for other
than relief work
Slshtseers in motor cars felt the
heaVE hand of public necessity when
General Wood began impressing ma
chlhcs. The sightsecrs were ordered
rom thelr cars and the latter were
pressed into public service. Protests
We're unavailing. The more stubborn
surrendered at the points of rifles and
gave up their cars until released by
ordcr OF Chairman John II. Patterson"
as the piacards placed In them read.
records OF Only Seventy-two Dead.
Coroner j. W. McKemy intimated
mat 60 bodies have been recovered.
though there are records of ONLY.
scventy-two. He said many ha6 bnnn
buried without usual official action,
an" mat In many cases he did not
expect to get records
hundreds OF persons still looking
Tor relatives. passed along the lines at
INC morgues. fearing they should find
,hcir loved ones there. Only few
bodies have not been Identified.
Eight persons suffering from
diphtheria are at the Miami Valley
Hospital Seven OF them were caught
m a house with n person who had re-
Gently become i'll with the disease. -Four
persons hcmmcd in with one who had
measles, are suffering with that dis
case Eight persons whose minds have
become temporarily affected because
OF hardships suffered in the food are
being cared for at the State Insane
Asylum.
with warmer weather the greatest
problem was the removal OF the ear
cases OF dead horses. Automobile
trucks and drays were Impressed nv
the sanitary officials, and hundreds OF
men were engaged all day removing
the carcasses to the different incinerat
ing plants and 10 vacant plots on tho
outskirts Of the city, where they are
burned.
Hundreds OF sighseers arrived for
n holiday In the city only to bc i'm
pressed into the service OF the sani-
tary departments. and were forced In
some instances, at the points of bayo-
nets in the hands of national ruarde
men, TO assist in the removal OF car
casses.
From end to end Of Dayton the pco.
pie were cleaning house Those who
had no houses to clean were WORKING
checrfully In assisting those who had.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31

Huntington, W. Va. March 3o.-(Via
Charleston. w. Va)-.Ali records were
broken here tonight when the Ohio
River passed the flood stage or 1854
At O'Clock the river had cached a
height OF CO. feet and continued to
rise slowly.
Several lives have been reported lost;
hundreds are homeless. and the prop
erty damage will amount to thousands
of dollars. Churches and schools have
been thrown open to refugees and the
relief commission, headed by Mayor
Chapman, has. been distributing food
10 the hundreds who have been
marooned William Sullivan committed
suicide tonight after the rescuers had
taken his wife and children from the
second floor OF their home. When Sui
Ivan ascertaiucd that the rescuers
could not relieve him he killed him
self Public utilities are out of com
mission, and the city is almost isolated.
According to reports received here
similar conditions prevail in Point
Pleasant w. Va; Catlettsburg. KY.
and Ironton. O. The local militia has
been ordered into service, and Cover.
nor Hatfield has been asked to aid in
the rescue work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
DEATHS

oRRlLL.-Died. mt her residence 75o,
n aGsf"E 50. S MRs CAS- TRaeasy me5aipF
r 6rriIi TWO peioved wife OF r.
Funeral from wea,hcrtord Memo.
noon at l.. NJ Interment IN M Ia,1ry
Cemetery. 'N""''
RELL, daughter OF George r lar.
rel, aged three. weeks and two DAYS.
FUNERAL Monday at r. NJ
GRACE.--D Died. Saturday. March % az
Mo p M NJ, at her residence, SIS
EIIE n ~e GRAcE She ssr IS surH MRs
by her hubsand, Thomas p ana
nye sons-John, william iiinS r phi nnIs
noia"St menry; and two sisters, Mrs:
Mrs. Kate 4. O'Gorman anu
,d funeral VIII take place MONDAY.
Church. Intermcnt Mount Calvary
Baltimore and Chester, Pa. papers
please copy.
LAMgERT- Tho funeral of MRS
MARTHA y; LAMBERT will BIO held
March 81, 1913. at 4 7. NJ. (nterment
in lakewood Cemetery.
FRANCK. Died At his residence 1921
NJ, CHARLES a. FRANCK. beloved
husband of Belle G. Franck (nee
Franklin). He leaves besides his
widow, the following children: Mrs
w. Lynn Snelson. IL Wilbur. Moses
a. and Waverly II. I'ranck. and four
brothers, Bernard r., Frederick H,
Kennedy G. and Alfred G. Franck
He was "A member OF Metropolitan
Lodge. No. II, y. T.. & a. NJ: Rescue
Council. No. ], Jr. .. u. a. NJ
Funeral from the residence WE'D
NESDAY, April .. at IL o'clock A. NJ
Burial In Hollywood.
McKINLEY.-Dicd.a at 12 o'clock. March
80 at his residence, zoos East
y Erani JOHN Tsree! II hS YftyiT Hd
leaves five children, four sons and
one daughter.
st. Patrick's Church TUESDAY at 3
p. NJ Interment in Mt. Calvary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
DISASTER CANNOT
DAUNT CITIZENS
Already They Plan Reconstruc-
ton of Ruined West Side
OF Golun5us.
tBy Associated prensl

Columbus Ohio, March 3o-Recon-
struction of the west Side of Column
bus. where the food of last Tuesday
wrought the heaviest damage, will be
begun in earnest tomorrow by tho un.
daunted citizens OF that district, with
the assistance OF moro fortunate resi-
dents. Twelve additional bodies were
recovered today from the debris. but
many OF them have been ldentiffcd os
persons previously reported dead. no
that the Columbus death list still re-
mains AZ sixty-four. Many are re.
ported to be stili missing. but the list
is gradually growing smaller Up 10
this evening. hfty-ninc bodies had been.
recovered and taken TO the central
county morRue.
Working day ard night. squads AZ
men furnished by tho city and by rail
road companies. have succeeded in
patching up the big break in the ieyee.
whlch caused the disaster on the West
Side second smaller break is being
repaired.
While householders were busy clean.
ing the wreckage from their homes
"hiie miltiamcn cleared the prfrctnsI
st'ecis or the dead bodies of animals
""" ueOrls. ana while relief comnittccs
continued their care OF t,a homeless.
hians were set nfoot to-day FOR tbe
prevention OF similar catastrophe.
The plans which met with the greatest
approval provided for diver,inv ,bo
Sclo'o River through tho city in two
inherent river beds and for the build
me OF immense concrete retaIniur
leNees along the banks OF the present
river bed
The hooded West Side remains under
martial law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
GOES TO CHAIR TO-DAY
"Bnd Dill" Twymnn Expected to MAX
Wight In Dentn Chnmhcr

Spccial @ Tire Times Dispatch.l
Album \. y. March 30.--"Bad Billr
T~yman. the Rochester negro. VINO
killed his father and DEPUTY shcriff
ana wounded three others who at
tempted 10 capture him viii he exc
'uteo mere tomorrow morning. ivy
nan Is considered TO be the most un-
rUiy prisoner ever confined in 60,
demned row." and has been source
OF trouble TO the prison officials ever
since he arrived here The warden wI,l
hot be surprised II rwy,nan nuts mn :,
neh. tomorrow morning when nc IA
led 10 the chair. 20
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
TOTAL DARKNESS
IN HUNTINGTON
City Is Face to Face With
Food and Water
Famine.
TWELVE PERSONS MISSING
Ohio River Reaches Stage Which
Breaks All Previous
Records.
TWELVE PERSONS MISSING
rBy Associated Press J

Huntington. w. Va. March 3o.-tVia
telephone to Pittsburgh This city
tonight If in total darkness. is facing
both q food and water famine, $4,000
on, of the 10000 inhabitants are home
less. twelve persons arc reported miss
ing. and the property damage. accord
ms to close estimate of leading bus
mess men. will amount to nearly ST.
100000
This afternoon a, o'clock the river
reached a stage Of CO. feet. the high
est in the history of Huntington, and
is ncw stationary
The entire business section IS in
undated. water being up Ia the second
looi of all buildings. Numbers of
homes have been wrecked. and their
occupants have been forced 10 seek
refuge in houses in the surrounding
country
Governor II. y. Hsthcld arrived here
at o'clock tonight on n special train
from Charleston. The train brought
supplies motor boats and skiffs. The
motor boats and skiffs are now being
taken through the different sections
of tho city to rescue hundreds who
are marooncd. The local military com
's<a',.'.l1si' : eEa" .ch3rFc Of. the rescue
wo:k. and is pushing 1t forward just
as rapidly as conditions will permit
THE electric light plant has been
forced to shut down. and this afternoon
the gas supply was cut off as pre-
cautionary measure to prevent fires
and explosions.
Although supplies have reached here
from Charleston. the city is still in
great need OF both food and water.
Word has been sent to the capital city
81 West Virginia for more provisions.
and il is expected that another special
train viii reach here tomorrow.
Huntington. with the exception Of
one telephone line, is cut OFF from the
world
While at late hour to-day no re-
ports have been received here from
FONT Pleasant. W. Va; Catlettsburs,
Ky, and Iron;on. o., II is believed con
in those cities.
Reports received Sunday would in
dicatc that especially at Catlettsburg
and lronton, there is great suffering.
Mayor Chapman, who is at the head
of the relief commission, is hard at
work endeavoring TO see that all
re fugees are we'll taken care OF. He
is being given aid by Governor Hat
neld and members of the Chamber of
Commerce OF Charleston. It is thought
IS soon n day breaks that the res
cuers Viii be able TO got into the heart
OF the flooded section by aid OF motor
boats and save numbers OF persons
who arc marooned in the second and
third stories Of business houses and
dwellings.
lust how many lives have been lost
viii not be known until the conditions
viii permit a thorough investigation
of al houses. Twelve, however, can
not be accounted for.