Webster City freeman., 1913-04-01
DAYTON | ,.R|||E|C0V|:: RI !. .
ER|NC FROM
THE FLOOD
As Making Progress on Staggering
Task of Repairing
Damages.
MAvE THOUSANDS TO FEED.
Must Care for Homeless Besides Re.
building Much Of the
City.
MAvE THOUSANDS TO FEED

Dayton, o., Marcn o1.-HeTe -
the problem presented to Dayton to-
day, as summarized by George F..
Bahia, secretary to Governor Cox,
and representing the latter here:
Forty thousand persons must be
fed, clothed and housed for a week
or more.
Twenty thousand persons must be
cared for indefinitely. These are per-
sons who lost all when their house
hold goods were swept away. They
must be provided with a few neces-
sary household articles such as bed
ding, pots and pans, stoves and a
few dollars. A half million dollars
could be used in this way by the re-
lief committee.
Fifteen thousand houses and busi-
ness buildings must be rehabitated.
Two thousand houses and other
structures, or what remains of them,
must be pulled down.
Thousands of tons of debris must
be removed
Following are some Of the things
accomplished since the flood broke
over the city Tuesday morning:
The water works pumping station
is in operation, but the distribution
of water is greatly retarded by open
pipes in wrecked houses. The pres
sure is feeble, but growing stron ger
as leaks are checked.
The main sanitary sewer is in op-
Grafton although many of the later
ais leading from houses are clogged
with mud or backed up water.
The flood sewers, separate from
the sanitary sewer, will be in oper-
ition- today. These sewers are need
ed now to remove the water being
pumped from Easements.
The telegraph service is catching
up with requirements.
No braver services have been per-
formed than those by the telegraph
and telephone linemen. They wad-
ed and swan icy floods and entered
tottering buildings unhesitatingly
in the course of duty. John H. Pat
terson, chairman of the general COM
mittee, found many operators last
night who had not removed shoes or
clothing since last Tuesday. There
is enough food and clothing for
present needs but relief will be re-
quired on a diminishing scale for
another month.
w. E. Bippus will act as treasurer
for all contributions and will make a
strict accounting to all contributors.
BY order of Governor Cox the
reign of martial law over Dayton
was extended to take in the whole
county today to prevent the sale of
liquor in the suburbs. The flood
swept away, the city administration,
temporarily at least, and brought in
what amounts to commission form
of government.
Immediately martial law was pro-
claimed, the municipal administra-
tion was eclipsed. Adjutant Gener-
al Wood for the moment became SUI
preme under the governor. On the
heels of this Mr.. Patterson was ap-
pointed chairman Of committee Of
five to administer the affairs of the
city. The militia was instructed to
obey his orders and thus became a
police force.
Sightseehs in motor cars felt the
heavy hand of public necessity when
General Wood ordered them from
their cars and pressed the latter in
to public. service. Those who pro-
tested were forced to surrender
their cars at the points of rifles un-
til released by order Of Chairman
Patterson. =
Coroner ]. w. McKemy estimated
that 100 bodies have been recovered
though there are records of only sev-
enty-two. He said many had been
buried without official action and
that in many cases he did not expect
to get records.
Hundreds of persons still looking
for relatives passed along the lines
at the morgues. Only few bodies
have not been identified.
Eight persons suffering from diph-
liberia are at the Miami Valley hos
pital. Seven of them were caught
in house with a person who had
become i'll with the disease.
Four persons hemmed in with one