The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-29
Policeman Declares That the
State Militia and Federal
Authorities Held Court
Martial This Morning.
ANNOUNCE "A LIST OF
BURNED BUILDINGS
Chief of Police Collapsed
Yesterday-Major General
Wood Is Now in Charge
oFrces Are Organized.
(staff correspondent.)

(staff correspondent.)
DAYTON, O., March 29-Coroner J.
w. McKeny. of Montgomery county,
istated this afternoon that he Is Just
beginning to find the dead Coroner
'McKeny says that it is impossible to
place an estimate on the number of
dead. One hundred bodies were found
near the National Cash register COM
pany last night and twenty-five more
this morning. Bodies are being found
in various buildings.
Some of the more revolving aspects
of the Dayton flood are coming to
light. In east Dayton in the business
section of the city the conditions are
worse than reported and are daily be-
coming more terrible. Under the hot
sun which Is beating down on Dayton
the horses which lie thick in that part
ara putxifyfMn - the stencil is be-
eentne urnbls At present there
~ little - Dayton.
DE6etlc N0Se1roe are necessary to
keep footers from overrunning the
city. Last night firing could be heard
all night long. Many of the looters
have impersonated officers and relief
man and are armed. Major General
Wood of the Ohio National Guard, is
in charge Of the city now and has
ordered that all people of East Day
ton be inside their houses of off the
streets by five O'Clock Anyone not a
:. Suaxdsman found on the street after
&k4 TIE will be arrested and il he
81 mil ,, ckzk
Il letters Of Coincidence.
Letters of coincidence have been
isent to Dayton from Boston. San Fran
cisco, New York, Nashville, Cincinnati,
Kansas City, Evansville, and from the
New York Times ... -..
At Cash Register.
The National Cash Register COM
fpany is housing 5000 people The
company donated $4,000 toward relief
lin the buildings.
Police Chief Collapsed.
Chief of Police Allback, collapsed
yesterday, after working steadily from
Tuesday morning until yesterday
Afternoon without rest Sergeant
Franz is in charge of the police here
now.
On Military Board.
The Military Board consists of Cap
tain Siras Mead. iVjutant General.
Lieutenant Orville Clark, of Spartans-
: shurgs Ind Assjstapt Adjutant General;
aCapt4tn 0tmperling, OF Dayton,
o6nftern n111for. 11ajor d. w. Lynch,
! ol1Salnuofy D1Dartment; H. E. Tai
! bot, Chief Engineer; Major Fred
Wheeler, chief of medical department
A committe of four citizens who
have charge of the general relief COM
mite, J. M. Patterson, Mayor Edward
Phillips, John Flotron and e. J. Har-
ley.
I'D Dougan, city fireman from the
Third Euclid avenue hose company
was drowned when he and another
man made an attempt to rescue two
women and child from house. The
boat capsized.
Sister Cleopha. mother superior of
the st. Elizabeth hospital dropped
dead yesterday afternoon.
Oscar Ridgley drowned while getting
his family from their marooned home.
nurses and one ambulance corps here
now; at least this number being the
total of those who have reported 10
the authorities for duty.
The news that the Ohio legislature
desired to appropriate half a million
but the Montgomery county delegates
objected until an investigation had
been made of the entire loss to the
city.
The state board of health is in
charge of all the sanitary work here.
At present the boards corps is en-
gagged in removing and cremating the
bodies of 5000 dead animals
Although it cannot be definitely
IenEnsd it is said by policemen here
IT 6HQe - Militia and federal authorities
# Qo0x4 unrtialed more than ten looters
morning.
One Negro, had grip full of fingers.
on which were rings, which he had cut
from the hands OF dead persons. it
was reported this afternoon.
Another thief had pocketfulI of
diamonds: another had $4,000 worth
9lEy Hpon his person.
~ N~1ta.Ngs from Bolts Academy
II CT half a block to the drug
StO4oNW tosAlly destroyed by fire. In
Riverdale the property between Lawn
and Main and four squares south to
the river has been badly damaged by
the food and all over Riverdale the
mud Is three feet deep. In east Day
ton the inundated section was in the
shape of half moon beginning at the