Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-04-09
DAYTON DEATH LIST
IS NOT OVER zoo
LIST OF FLOOD CASUALTIES
GROWS LESS AFTER
CAREFUL CENSUS.
MARTIAL RULE TO CONTINUE
Cleaning Up of City Will BE Done
Under Direction of soIdiers-sight-
seers Pressed Into Serviee-seven-
teen Looters Shot.

Dayton. O.. April 2.-The loss of
life as a result of the food in this city
grows less as a careful census of the
city is taken. Brig. Gen. Woods. adj
iutant general of Ohio, who is in mill
tary command OF the city, said today:
1T looks now as though the loss
of life will fall below 200. Certainly
it will not exceed that"
To date 129 bodies have been To-
Gated and the hope is expressed that
it may not go above $50.
Martial Law to Continue.
An emergency form of government
will rule in Dayton during the period
OF reconstruction and rehabilitation
Until the city has recovered from its
disaster it will be kept under martial
law. The soldiers will be directed
by the citizens relief committee, of
which John H. Patterson, president of
the National Cash Register company,
is head. In effect the affairs of Day
ton during the process of rebuilding
and renovation will be administered
by a commission form of government.
The work of cleaning up is proceed
ing rapidly. The great need now is
money with which TO put the city in
shape to defy any pestilence and to
give those who lost their homes and
all their personal effects in the flood
a chance to get on their feet again.
Have Enough Food Now.
Supplies had been contributed in
such generous measure that Mr. Pat
terson announces that the relief COM
mittee has at its disposal all the food
and clothing needed to meet the loss
of the flood sufferers in Dayton.
Money, however" he said. lis ur-
gently required for putting our city
in condition to prevent the outbreak
of serious disease and to rehabilitate
the thousands, many of whom lost
their homes entirely and all of whom
lost their household and personal eff
reefs"
Force Siohtseers to Work.
The task of clearing away the debris.
the slime and the mud lett by the
food in Dayton is proceeding with
great expedition. The soldiers are
aiding with shoyels and axes, gangs of
laborers are busy everywhere, while
men who venture into the devastated
district merely to look on ere being
impressed into service bv squads of
soldiers and are forced to aid in
cleaning up tho city.
In the business section merchants
and shopkeepers are cleaning out
their places. Whole stocks of mer-
chandise are piled out on the side
walks, ready for carting away, while
streams from fire hose give the mud
deposits hydraulic treatment.
Seventeen Looters Shot.
Seventeen men have been shot and
killed in the streets of Dayton as
ghouls and hooters since the declara-
ton of martial law Ten were killed
between darkness Sunday night and
daylight Monday morning. Nine were
negroes and the tenth a white man,
the only white man of the seventeen
whose crimes brought instant death
as punishment.
Orders Were Shoot to Kill.
Individual and squad firing was
heard throughout the night in the
business district where jewelry and
other valuables lie at the mercy of
providers except for the invisible lines
of the sentries' bullets. After the
curfew bells tolled at o'clock the
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all persons present in the guarded dis
trict who refused to answer halls and
obey the guardsmen's commands. The
orders were obeyed.
Shortly after o'clock Monday
morning the sentry on post at Third
and Main streets halted young white
man who he discovered in the shad-
ows OF the unlighted streets. The
sentry called upon him to advance.
The man stepped forward and dis
played on his left arm the brassier
of the Red Cross. He said he was
physician and had been out on an
urgent call from a dying woman.
With Sixteen Stolen Watches.
The sentry noticed that the man
held his right hand behind his back.
He demanded credentials. The man
said he had none other than the badge
of the Red Cross. The soldier pre-
scented his rife at the mans breast
and commanded him to bring his right
hand from behind his back and open
it. The order was oDeyed and the
omen hand held two gold watches