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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

dences. 1t is reported that rescuers
and supplies have reached north Day
ton where most of the fatalities oc-
Cured.
For the first time all the water is
off the streets in front of the AL
gonquin hotel. Water reached the
second story on the first two days. The
downtown stores are crowded with
hungry people. The people rejoiced
at being alive on the ruined streets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

Indianapolis, March 2S.-Encourag-
ing reports from Indiana were re-
ceived today. Actual Information is
lacking but II is believed relief has
reached all the flood refugees in CEN
tral and northern Indiana. 1t is be-
lieved the deaths in Franklin county
will exceed fifty, Property loss in In
diana may reach fifty million dollars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
COAST CITIES RESPONDING
TO THE APPEAL FOR AID

san Francisco. March 2S.-Coast
cities are responding to the appeal for
aid for the flood sufferers. Officials
of the Red Cross predict the sub
scriptions in california, oregon and
Washington will reach million.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
RELIEF EXPEDITIONS ARE
GETTING SUPPLIES TO PERU

Peru, March 2S.-Relief expert
tons are arriving close enough TO
forward supplies by boat. Conditions
are rapidly bettering. The police
think the fatalities will number fifty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
ROCKEFELLER AND FRICK
SEND FUNDS To RED CROSS

Washington. March 2S.-J d.
Rockefeller sent the national Red
Cross five thousand dollars for the re-
lief of the flood sufferers. Henry c.
FriCk sent ten thousand
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
STOOD WEDGED IN
FOR THREE DAYS

West Dayton, O., March 2S.-Six
hundred persons trapped in the Union
station and reported to have been
drowned were rescued last night For
three days they have been standing
like sardines packed in a box.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
WHITNEY, FOX AND DUNNE
REPORTED SAFE IN HOTEL

French Lick. Ind, March 2S.-Har-
ry Payne Whitney, John Fox. Jr.,
Finley Dunno and others who had
been marooned in the hotel here are
reported safe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
CORPSES ARE SEEN
IN TOPS OF TREES

Troy, March 2S.-Corpses are Wis
ible in tree tops. the victims having
died of hunger and exposure. A
number of bodies are seen in bushes
but it may be impossible to recover
these for days
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
COIIAPSES AND
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED

Washington. Indiana March IS
A trestle at Bluehole two miles west,
collapsed with a work train. 1t is
reported four met death.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
ALIENS ARE EXECUTED
At RICHMOND PENITENTIARY

Richmond, March 2S.-Both the
Allen brothers who participated in the
shooting up of the court house at
Hillsville, were executed about one
O'Clock TODAY
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
NO DEATHS REPORTED
IN INDIANAPOLIS FLOOD

indianapolis, March 2S.-A thor
ough search of houses in west Indian
apolis failed to reveal single death.
The river Is nearly normal. Rumors
If heavy fatalities here are dissipat-
cd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
Roby Smiles Mt Rescucrs.

Columbus, March 2S.-Arrange-
ments to care for two hundred ana
fifty corpses at the morgue were COM
pleted. indicating that at least this
number perlshed here.
Josephine Underwood, eleven, was
found frozen to death in tree Mrs.
p robin and baby were found dead
in an attic. A sixteen months ola
baby was found alive in one attic,
Warmly wrapped. the child smiled at
the rescuers A note pinned to the
clothing read: walter Taylor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
9 PERISH IN FLOOD
WATERS AT COSHOCTON

Cleveland March 2S.-A telephone
message from Coshocton said nine
have perished.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

Seattle, March 2S,-Relief work
under the direction of the Red Cross
ia progressing rapidly. Over three
thousand dollars in cash has been
collected. Clothing and supplies are
coming in to be forwarded by the Am
erlcan Express company.
Los Angeles, March S.-More than
ten thousand dollars has been col
lected here. Almost every theater in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
MARTIAL law IS PROCLAIMED
At COLUMBUS, 28 BODIES FOUND
80 . 90 ~~<~>
can for Red Cross Meeting.

All members of the Pendle-
ton Red Cross Society, an aux
; iliary of American Red Cross
b Society organized during the
, Spanish war, and still in exist
B ence for emergency purposes)
D are requested to assemble at the
Commercial association rooms
B Saturday. March 80, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon. to for
b mulate plans to aid the flood
. sufferers in the middle western
= states. All Pendleton women
. whether members of the organ
D ization or not, are urged to be
. present
= MRS. ELLA +. LOWELL,
D President.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
125 DROWNED IN
HIGH WATER At TROY

Troy. Ohio, March 2S. - Twenty
eight coruscs have been recovered.
The number of dead i'm Troy is esti-
mated at hundred and twenty-five
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

81 Bodies at Borgue.
Columbus. March 2S.-Thcre were
fifty bodies ut the morgue at one
forty-five o'clock today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
GAINESVILLE is Cut Off by Flood; Im-
possible to Estimate Number OF
Drowned in That City.
TRAINS RUSH TO SCENE

Bodies Arc Found in Tree Tops, VIC
Tins Having Died From Exposure
Survivor Tells Graphic Story of
Conditions in COlumbuS-BelicVed
80 Have PeriShcd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
BOtIieS Recovered,

Cincinnati. Ohio. March 29.-Six
bodies which floated from the Miami
were recovered at Venice near here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
MANY ARE DEAD AT
ZANESVIILE; FOOD SHORT

Columbus, March 2S.-Zancsville
reports many fatalities and only
food enough to last twenty four hours
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
FLOOD is RECEDING
RAPIDLY AT DAYTON

Dayton, March 2S.-Reports are stili
awaited from North Dayton and Riv-
crdale where the IevecS are supposed
to have broken. The first men to
penetrate these regions report there
has not been more than ten deaths in
North Dayton and but few in River
dale. The flood is receding rapidly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
VARIOUS ESTIMATES ARE MADE
OF VICTIMS OF DAYTON FLOOD

800 is Believed Conservative Figure Based on In
vestgation- Waters are Recedng Rapidly
Fire Breaks Out Anew, Destroying Big Factory
---SuppIies Needed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

COLUMBUS. OHIO, MARCH Is
TWENTY-EIGHT CORPSES WE'RE
RECOVERED TODAY IN COLUM-
BUS. MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN
DECLARED IN THE FLOOD DIS
TRICT HERE. RESCUERS FOUND
NO CORPSES IN THE UNITED
BRETHREN CHURCH.
1T Is IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN
THE ACCURATE NUMBER OF
DEAD IN THE STATE. THOUSANDS
ARE REPORTED MISSING. 1T
SEEMS CERTAIN THE DEATH
ROLL WILL RUN INTO THE HUN
DREDS. PROPERTY LOSS IN THE
STATE is ESTIMATED AT A HUN
DRIED MILLION DOLLARS.
ZANESVIIIE Is ISOLATED. 1T
Is IMPOSSIBLE TO VERIFY RE
PORTS THAT A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY ARE DEAD AND MANY
STARVING. SEVERAL HUNDRED
WE'RE RESCUED IN THE WEST
END TODAY.
Col. Barger. commanding the
Fourth regiment of state militia cSti-
mated n hundred corpScs had been
located in the Columbus west side.
Special trains. manned by state
troops, are making frantic efforts to
reach GAINESVILLE and General Sparks.
In charge Of the supply train, is try
ING to get through 10 Dayton.
RcScucrS are making efforts 10
reach the thousands who are maroon
ed i'm the west side here. Several
bodies dashed 10 tree tops were seen.
Death Was due to exposure. scores
ran about the streets today crying out
the names of relatives and asking il
anyone had seen them.
] f. Steval, his wife and son, and
I. b. Gracey and wife. were rescued
this morning from their marooned
house which has been floating about
the flood since Tuesday.
when the water started rising we
fled to the second story" said Gra-
cey. 1--WE stood on chairs when the
water reached our hips. We believed
we were doomed. We wrapped sheet:
around us for shrouds and then TIED
ourselves together so we would mo-
he parted by death. We then pinned
Identification cards on our clothes So
our bodies would be recognized
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28
% BODIES ARE
TAKEN FROM FLOOD

Dayton, March 2S.-At two O'Clock
twenty two bodies lay in the morgue.
Identification is proceeding slowly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-28

TO ADVERTISERS
The East OregOnian has
the largest paid circulation
Jf any paper in Oregon east
OF Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton lOf any other
. newspaper.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
Prevention Of Smut in Oats,

By making an actual count or test
in a field Of oats the past season the
average Of smut heads was more than
ten per cent.
This field was about 80 acres and
averaged about so bushels Of oats per
acre. Then il so bushels represented
90 per cent Of what the yield would
have been had there been no smut,
the yield would have been SIS ID
bushels, or a total OF 1866 bushels
more had there been no smut. At 40
cents bushels the field would have
been worth S66.66 more, to say moth
ing OF some danger in feeding smutty
grain.
This seed cost the grower $l.10
bushel, aud had the seed been treated
for smut the loss could have been
avoided.
The cost for treating the seed would
have been about 40 cents, and only
little work.
TREATMENT FOR SMUT.
Put one pint Of Formalin to so gal
Ions Of water.
Two or three days before seeding
put the oats in heap on tight board
or, better, a concrete floor. Sprinkle
the solution over the oats, and scoop
them over and over until all the grains
have been moistened by the solution,
then spread them out to dry and as
soon as dry enough, they may be sown.
If the smutty grain has been in the
drill box, the box should also be dis
infected with the solution.
Smut is fungus disease and is more
OF less poisonous to stock.
Formalin is not dangerous but kills
the fungus, and as soon as the grain is
entirely dry it can be fed without
danger.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30

The care which nation devotes
to the preservation Of the monuments
Of its past may serve as a true measure
of the degree OF civilization to which
il has attained" The State Historical
Society OF Missouri has after years Of
labor accumulated the largest and finest
collection Of Missouri and middle west
ern history in existence. 1t has the
largest collection Of Missouri authors;
more official publications than are in
the state library and all the state depart
ments in Jefferson City; more books
on St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph
than the public and municipal Libraries
Of these respective cities; more com
plete set Of the journals otthe Missouri
General Assembly than the Library oi
Congress; the most complete set in
existence Of the biographies OF Missou'
rians, OF books OF travel which include
Missouri, and OF the proceedings oi
Societies and Fraternities OF Missouri;
and over 5000 bound volumes Of
Missouri newspapers and magazines
a collection which cannot be equalled
By other library or society in or outside
the state. All Of this material is nov
exposed to the contingency OF fire.
II is due 10 the kind hospitality OF the
University Of Missouri that the society
has roof at all over its head. Every
citizen Of this state who is interested
in preserving this invaluable collection
for the present and future generations
should interest himself in the erection
Of a fire'proof building for the State
Historical Society Of Missouri. The
pride we all have in Missouri and hel
history should express itself in the next
general assembly in providing a suit
able structure for adequately housing
this vast collection Of archives that be
longs by law to the State Of Missouri
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30

Major passed to the speakers stand in
the hall where he took the oath OF
Office, but they have thorus that will
pierce, and when decaying, will smell
like carrion. A political regime that
can only be prolonged by trickery can
not long be sustained in Missouri.
OF course no one will blame the
progressiyes for taking advantage OF
any good political proposition offered
them as long as it looks honest and
fair, but the Major proposition was un-
fair on its face and could only be
attributed to a purpose on the part OF
the governor to use the progressives
like the monkey used the paws Of the
cat.
Last Thursday, at the behest Of
Governor Major, the democratic SEN
ators voted solidly to refuse confrma-
ton to the appointees OF Governor
Hadley named since the last session Of
the legislature, thus dislodging, with
out delay or recourse, W. w. Wilder,
state beer inspector, A. w. Biggs,
labor commissioner, Walter Evans,
oil Inspector, and about sixty other
good and true men in the service OF
the state. They were turned down
simply and only because they are re-
publicans whose Offices are desired by
democrats. Major had already selected
the successors OF several OF these ap-
pointees Of Governor Hadley, His
action is in striking contrast with the
record OF his predecessor, who contin-
ded in Office a number Of democratic
officials.
The republican members and SEN
ators are introducing many good bills.
They will not be quiet onlookers,
though in the minority, but will op-
pose every bad bill and resolution that
comes up.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
Governor Major Tries a Trick.

Jefferson City, January 27.-MiSsouri
republicans won a decisive victory
last fall in holding their party organiza.
ton in line and polling next to the
highest vote for governor. Under the
election laws the party polling the
next highest vote for governor-not
presidents entitled to have judges
and clerks at the polling places at the
succeeding election, and is also en-
titled to representation on all bi-par-
tisan boards. Notwithstanding this
plain, simple provision OF law Governor
Major sought to set aside the advan-
tage it gives republicans by contending
that it means the highest vote for
president; and, in order to encourage
the development Of new party he
wishes to give the progressives the
recognition to which only republicans
are entitled.
Nobody had seriously doubted the
right Of the republican party in this
state to legal Classification as the minor
ity party--the party next in numerical
strength to the party in powerful
Governor Major asked for two lawyers
to argue the matter. The governor
himself had not sincerely doubted it,
but he got very busy when it was sue-
gested that the legal classification
might be determined by the national,
not the state vote, and that if the pro-
gressive party could be recognized by
the governor as the minority party, the
republican party could thus be denied
representation by judges and clerks 81
the next election. He was seized
with zeal for party fairness that was
dreadiully painful He had to cali in
Doctor Barker, the new attorney-gen
eral, whose knowledge Of law and fail
dealing in politics would hardly fill the
fly leaf Of a primer. There was I
chance to play partisan trick tha
would knock out the republicans. Th'
danger Of missing the chance wa
imminent. A square deal would prov,
serious loss 10 the democrats. I
plausible plan for a dirty deal wa
eagerly sought.
Such significant tricks in the polit
ical conduct o. the new Democrat
leaders are not apt to be overlooke
! by the honest people Of Missouri
They may seem as bright aud fragrar
as the rows oi roses through whic
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30

few OF the people OF the state
know yet that St. Louis is not
in St. Louis county. Deeds and
legal documents intended for county
officials and courts and lawyers are
often mailed to St. Louis, and impor-
tant legal documents affecting property
and persons in the city Of St. Louis
are often mailed to Clayton. The
confusion created by the use Of the
name St. Louis for the county has been
a source Of annoyance for many years
to both the city and the county.
Now comes Michael K. McGrath, a
representative in the legislature from
the city of St. Louis, formerly state
senator from that city and in earlier
years secretary Of state, a dyed-in'the-
wool democrat, and proposes the en-
actment Of law changing the name
Of the county to Grant" in honor of
the famous general and president who,
when an officer in the army before the
civil war, married the daughter OF a
wealthy citizen Of ST. Louis county and
settled upon a fine tract Of land given
him by his father law. II may seem
odd that so radical democrat as the
venerable Mike McGrath should be the
first to suggest the name OF Grant for
the county OF St. Louis. There was
a time when the name OF Grant was not
popular in that county--a time when
it did not sound musical in democratic
ears-but that day has passed. St.
Louis county is now the banner repub-
lican county Of Missouri, and the name
Of the famous general to whom Lee
surrendered is honored more than any
other name connected with its history.
No name could be more appropriate
for St. Louis county. II the name OF
that county is ever changed it should
be called Grant. That it will event
ually be changed is hardly TO be
doubted.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
Call II Grant County,

Until few years after the war the
city Of St. Louis was the seat Of St.
Louis county. When, by authority Of
an act Of the Legislature, the voters oil
the city and county adopted the
scheme and charter" St. Louis be-
came a separate jurisdiction, county
within itself, under the name The
City Of St. Louis" and the county
became known as the county Of St.
Louis. The county seat was estab'
lished at Clayton and a court house
was erected on land donated by citi
zen Of that name. II has never since
had any legal connection with the city
Of St. Louis, although comparatively
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
Democrats in Stolen Clothes,

It was audacious for the democratic
leaders at their state convention last
fall to put in their platform the identical
propositions they fought in the cam
paigns OF 1908 and 19l0-propositions
that were advanced by the republican
party and laid before the 45th and 46th
general assemblies by Governor Had
ley, only to be defeated by demo-
cratic senate. These propositions,
however, appealed strongly to the peo-
pie. The democratic leaders observed
that fact and with an audacity the devil
himself could not equal they declared
their party TO be unalterably committed
to the very measures republican gov
emor had proposed and democratic
senate had defeated.
One OF the measures, twice defeated
by the democratic senate, is now be-
fore the democratic house as The
Major Bill! It is the bill 10 create a
Board to regulate the charges and ser
vice Of public utility companies s-tele'
phone, telegraph, express, light, heat
and water companies and street and
steam railway lines. This involves,
practically, the abolition Of the board
Of railroad and warehouse commission
ers Of which the democrats have always
had control. It was partly for that
reason that democratic leaders opposed
the public service commission bill.
This is only one Of a number Of
good measures heretofore proposed by
the republicans, and defeated by the
democrats, but now to be enacted by
democratic Legislature at the instance
Of democratic governor. If these
measures are honestly enacted and
made operative the state will be greatly
benefited, but there is every indica'
ton that they are to be enacted pri'
marily to increase the number Of pub
lie Offices 10 which democrats may be
appointed. In other words, great pub
lie necessities are to be regarded with
an eye single to partisan power and
prestige. Laws demanded by the peo'
pie are to be used as levers with which
to pry open the door Of the state treas
ury for hungry democrats who want
jobs. That is the simple truth about
the matter. When the contemplated
bills are enacted it will be discovered
that the democrats were not moved by
a desire to see and solve difficult prob
lens Of state government so much as
by desire to provide good jobs for
party workers.
Politicians brazen enough to take
up and put through measures they
have persistently opposed when out Of
power are open to grave suspicion. In
side OF sixty days they will be con-
victed, in the public mind, Of gross
partisan trickery.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
To Avoid Raising SCabby Potatoes.

This disease Of the potato is the
cause Of enormous losses every year,
and it can be very easily prevented.
The scab will live in the ground
from one season to the next, so il po-
tatoes free from scab be planted in
ground that grew scabby potatoes the
year before, we may expect scab in
our crop.
Fresh manure aids greatly in the
development oil scab, so old manure
should be used for potatoes, or grow
them following some crop that was
heavily manured the year before.
Treat the seed potatoes with solu'
ton Of one pint Of Formalin to IS gal.
Ions Of water. This solution may be
put in a tub or barrel and the potatoes
put in, and they should remain in about
two hours, when they may be removed
and dried off and planted. Sometimes
they are put iu wire basket, or q
gunny sack, and lowered into the
solution, and they can be handled in
this way without putting the hands
| into the solution.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-01-30
Afraid Of Being Betrayed.

The Missouri Democratic Presi-
dental Electors, at their meeting at
Jefferson City on January 18th, went
out Of their way and exceeded their
authority by adopting a resolution, ad-
dressed TO President-elect Wilson,
against the civil service order Of Pres
ident Taft concerning fourth class post
masters, declaring that the order is a
direct violation Of civil service rules
and a political movement to keep few
republicans in Office during a demo
cratic national administration.
They stated in their resolution that
il left in Office these men will consti'
tute a hostile army ever ready to betray
democracy, 1t is to be presumed that
these partisan electors anticipate party
trickery on the part Of the incoming
democratic administration, else they
would not express the fear that a few
republican postmasters scattered over
the country will find something to be
tray" II the post Office department
is to be conducted honestly by dem
ocrats, republican postmasters will have
nothing to betray. The order Of Pres
ident Taft relieves the incoming dem
ocratic president Of q great deal Of
annoyance and worry to which the ap'
pointment Of an army Of fourth class
postmasters would subject him. There
is no doubt that he feels relieved by
the order Of President Taft, or that he
will turn a deaf ear to the cry oil hun
CRY democrats who are more interested
in post Office appointments than in the
efficiency Of the post Office department.