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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
HUDDLED
IN UPPER STORIES
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Peru, Ind, March 26.--Most of the
5000 people OF Per" are huddled to-
night in the upper stories of the bus
mess blocks. near the courthouse,
which is the centre of the relief work.
All day they watched the muddy wa
tiers which rushed over the clty's pave
ments waiting for the flood to subside
and permit search of the homes on the
streets near the river, which they be-
lieve contain upwards of fifty bodies.
So far only Ave are known to have
been drowned. City officials and mem
bers of the citizens committee assert
that the death list will not be less
than fifty.
One man who came from the West
Peru district to- day said he saw twelve
bodies floating in one house.
Alexander Clevenser carried his wife
and three children on his back through
water waist deep to the Miami County
Courthouse There he secured row
boat and rescued neighbor and her
infant. On the way TO the courthouse
the boat was crushed by a telephone
pole The woman gripped some wires
and kept afioat until Clevenger reached
her. The child was lost
The property damage in Peru will
total 100000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
RESPECTS WILSON'S WISH.
New Jersey Senate Rejects Martins Refercn-
dunn Provision.

Trenton, y. j., March o6-CarryinE out
the wishes Of President Woodrow Wilson
the Senate yesterday refused to concur In
Assenblyman Martins referendum amend
ment To Senator Davis's Jury commission
bill and :hcn passed concurrent resolution
asking for the appointment of a joint con
terence committee to consider tho difiercnc -
between the Senate and House. The amend
ment TO which President Wilson indicated
MS objection in kilograms 10 several State
officials. provides that county shall have
the privilege of deciding by ballot whether
IL shal accept the jury commission system.
me measure would empower commissions
appointed BY the Governor rather than
sherifs TO draw iuries and the President
desired II passed without amendment
me House VIII appoint committee to
confer with the Senate committee i'm an ef
fort TO reach an agreement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
RICHMOND VA THURSDAY MARCH 81 1913
OMAHA REALIZING
ITS TERRIBLE LOSS
Fifty-Two Funerals Silently
Wind Their Way to
Cemeteries.

Omaha. Neb.. March 26.-Fifty two
funerals silently winding their way to
cemeteries brought home with greater
force to the people of Omaha to-day
the full realization of the extent of
Sundays tornado. All day long. as
fast as hearses could deposit the bodies
at graves. a continual death procession
was kept up.
There was little ceremony. AS
quickly as one funeral was over an
other began. In several instances.
where entire families were killed or
where more than one member of q
family awaited burial one funeral ser
vice was held.
One of the most pltiful of the flu
nerals was that of Mrs. Mary Rathkey
and two small children Surviving
Mrs Rathkey is the husband and
father. who is nearly demented over
the disaster and who has not been seen
wifes death. Mrs. Rathkey and chill
dren were killed in their home.
Many cases of restitution were re-
ported during the day. Relief work
seemed to slow. up. The task of caring
for those needing food. clothing, sup
plies and money seemed TO be too large
for the relief forces.
Forty-tiv more persons applied for
aid to-day than on any previous day.
There remained, however. many cases
of sensitive pride that prevented suf-
ferers from applying for assistance.
All the hospitals said that many of
the injured had been taken to the
homes of relatives or friends. The
injured still In the institutions were
reported improving.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27

ms more than million worxmen:
PENNSYLVANIA produced two and n half
billions. with 100000 workmen: I'LL
nois. nearly two billions; Massachu-
sets and Ohio n billion and u half
each. New Jersey moro than q billion,
and the others from live hundred mill
lions to nearly a billion.
AS the support OF those Stated is
essential to the life of any political
party. the present administration.
while proposing TO enforce the verdict
of lower tariff. VIII at the same time
attempt to safeguard INJECTING Injury
to business which will ALLEVIATE them
in the future.
Conditions Require Caution.
Nothing will be done hastily. there
fore, about the tariff. bus every step
will be taken cautiously and with full
consideration of the possible result AS
has been said before, there was never
tariff bill which has received such
careful attention as the one now APP
proaching completion. 1t represents in
reality two years of unremitting stury
by men on the Ways and Means Com
mittee. availing themselves of evefy
possible source of information, and
especially practical information. Sc
cured by patient hearing to the inter-
ests to he affected.
Tho next task of the committee will
be TO explain to tho uninitiated in
Congress and to overcome selfish con-
tentons of local interests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
CITY FORTUNATE
IN ITS LOCATION
Lynchburg Has Been Practically
Free From Floods and
Kindred Disasters.
rsnec,a, ~ The rImes-Dispatch. ]

Lynchburg, Va. March 26.-That Lynch
burg hos been free from cyclones and dis
asterous foods in recent years comes TO
mind by reason of the succession Of such
disasters in the past week or two In West
ern and Southwestern States. While in the
past half century there have been several
Hoods several of which have been attended
by considerable loss of property. yet in re
cent years there has been nothing in this
section that has been attended by any great
loss OF life.
native residents of Lynchburg. when asked
to-day as TO his experience with cyclones
and storms said he could not recall a cy-
clone in Lynohburg during his lifo of eighty
four years spent here. He had. of course.
Experienced high wind velocities but had
seen nothing here approaching a cyclone or
tornado
oldest male resident of the city. though
he has lived here only sixty-two yearA bears
MT. 'Winfree's idea out ms far as his resi-
dence in Lynchburg goes.
The government river gauge has not been
esta biished here long enough to extend
far In the past. but during the past sixteen
or seventeen years the James River has
only once reached the present flood or dam
ger stage. Several years ago. through tho
tho Weather Bureau raised the danser
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
SHAFT TO NAMES DEAD
WILL BE ERECTED SOON
Mast of Inflated Bnttleship VIII BE
Principal Fcnture of

Washington, March 2e.-Unless
something unexpected intervenes, a
handsome monument in memory of the
dead OF the battleship Maine, Will be
erected in the Arlington National
Cemetery before the close of the com
ing summer. in execution OF the act
OF Congress TO that effect. There is
about $4,000 available for the pur
pose, and the committee OF nne arts
has approved two designs for the me-
mortal.
In accordance with the provisions
of the act OF Congress. the mamma ST
Of the Maine will form the principal
feature of the memorial. That mast
was taken from the sunken hull in
tho harbor of Havana about a year
ago, and brought to the Washing ton
Navy Yard on the transport Leonidas.
Since then ii has been denuded of the
searchliGht platform and the boom
step and covered with red lead. IT
now consists Of hollow tube about
sixty feet in length surmounted with
an armored nShting top. 1t will form
column rising from foundation OF
granite and concrete with ornamental
surroundings
The sum of $500 was allotted for
the transportation of the mast from
the local navy yard to it's chosen site
in tho Arlington Cemetery. a contract
for its removal was made with the
understanding that the word should b..
done with as little delay as possible.
Nhhe mast. in Its president condition
weighs 1850 pounds Because of IT'S
/ length and peculiar construction its
successful transfer involves saw
eral problems for the contract tors.
| Their plans involve the use OF
specially constructed truck in
two or more sections with from
twenty TO thirty draft horses for
its motive power. Two routes are un-
der consideration. one being over the
! Auqueduct Bridge and up the Military
| koad to the west gate OF the cemetery
and the other over the Highway
Bridge. along the Columbia Pike to tho
southeastern entrance to the cemetery.
The latter route probably will in
Volve tho removal of small section
Of the cemetery wall near the gate
way. as IN that case the passage
would have to be at an angle with the
gate. II is favored over the other
route because il is much shorter and
the grades are easier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
BIG SHIPPERS
FILE PETITION
They Make Complaint About
Rates on Southern, and Ask
for Refunds.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. !

Especial to The TimeS- III spatch.1
Raleigh. n. c., March GA petition
by seventy-fve big shippers of Cen
trail and Western Carolina has been
filed with the Corporation Commission
that involves many thousa nds of dol
lars of the freight revenue of tho
Southern Railway Company, especially
from the Murphy and Old Fort divi-
sions OF the Southern, on which the
Southern has always been allowed to
charge higher divisional freight rates
than the normal interstate rates for
other divisions. The charge is that
the Southern has been applying the
higher divisional rate to all freight
that comes from other divisions and
AT Sharon. Pa. twenty persons arc report
Old Fort and AsheVille divisions and
on shipments that go out from these
high rate divisions to other sections
of the State. The contention Of the
petitioners is that under strict Inter
probation OF the order allowing the
higher rates on tho division specified
because OF greater expense of CON
struction, maintenance and operation.
there could only be the application of
the higher rate to shipments entirely
within the higher rate divisions.
The petitioners arc asking not only
for relief ms to future shipments, but
also for rebates on overcharges In the
past. These rebates would amount to
considerably over $1,000 for one of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
FORTY BOATS USED
TO PATROL CITY
Safety Committee Attempting to
Save Life and Property
at DAYTON.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l
Phoneton. Ohio, March 26.-Forty
boats have been requisitloned by the
safety committee and are patroling the
streets in an attempt to save life and
property.
The district containing the high
flood waters in bounded by River
Street on the north. Summit Street on
the south, High Street on the cast
and beyond the city limits on the
are covered with water.
The RikeKumler dry goods store
has been destroyed by fire. The build
ing housing the Fourth National Bank.
the Lattinan Drug Company and the
Evans Wholesale Drug Company was
burning late this afternoon.
All except two Of the many railroad
bridges leading into the city have
either been dynnmited or carried
away. The Cnion Depot is still under
several feet of water.
The Western Union company has
established an office at the National
Cash Register plant at Miamsburg
and another at Wolf Creek.
\ large number of messages have
been received. but delivery has so far
been impossible.
Twelve hundred persons arc being
cared for in the plant of the National
Cash Register Company.
Not house is standing on Linwood
Avenue in Riverdale, and the major
portion of the houses in that section
are either wrecked or have been car
ried away. The known dead in that
section of tho city are; Anton Saetell
grocer, and his wife: the entire Bish
family, with the exception OF son
Joseph Bish. has been drowned, in
Guiding Mrs. Bish. the mother: Florence
Bish, twenty seven; Viola Bish a
nd al To.
Mrs. Lucy Abel. fifty. died shortly
after being rescued.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
PROBE OF CHILD DEATHS
TO REACH SMALL TOWNS
Investigation OF Infant MortpIity VIII
BE Carried Bcyond Zig

Washington, March Can investi-
CATION of infant mortality that is some
thing out Of the ordinary has Just been
inaugurated by the Childrens Bureau
of the Department of Labor. 1t is diff
ferent lin that it goes out Of the beaten
tracks of such Investigations Instead
of going through the large cities, 1t
will cover the smaller towns, where
the mortality records are not kept so
completely as In the larger cities
Miss Julia Lathrop, chief Of the
Chlldren's Bureau, who has just re :
turned from visit to tho South, de-
clared to-day that while the investi-
cation had been started. she could not
at this time estimate when the data
would be complete or even approxi-
mately estimate how long 1t would take
TO compile the data, leaving out the
amount Of time which will be consumed
in tabulating IL and putting 1t In shape
where any sort of conclusions may be
reached.
The work will be taken UP and COM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27

stage of the river here from eighteen to
twenty feet.
The highest water in the river since the
establishment OF the river record here was
2l.2 feet on December 30. 1901. that being tho
occasion Of the Chesapeake and Ohio wreck
at Reusens. when Conductor Whitaker was
lost. on December 20. 1855, the rise rose to
n stage OF ISL feet and ence that with
est point the water has gone was i6a feet
on January H. zoos, while on June a. 1910 IL
rose to 1873 feet.
The general Impression Is that Lynchburg
is protected to an unusual degree 10y the
formation ar the mountains to the west
M the city. and that this section Is practi-
caily immune from such phenomena that
occur IN the hood-stricken sections OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
CONDEMNED GUNS AS RELICS.
Hundred or More 10 BE- Delivered 10 Mimi
CiDalitics

Washington, March 26-When the hundred
OF more condemned cannon which were
voted at the last session OF Congress IN siv,,
municipalities and military organizations
thTouIhont the country have been delivered
INC supply Of such relics at the Orrnn
Bureau 81 the Wad Department will be about
exhausted. These relics are now being nre
pateo ior Shipment to their destinations
Although there is sufficient supply of
cannon pals 10 so with the guns there are
no no carriages NJ the disposal OF the Ordnance
Bureau for applicants who asked for .,',.h
mountinGs. To taxi" the place OF carrinees
the bureau has devised plan for n suitable
rest Tor the cannon ''e
ne various organizations which recoive
these pieces pay the charges of iyensnor
taton ana the guns remain AT all times s,,h
oect to ten order OF the Secretary Of Wiz
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
MATTER SEEMS SETTLED
IN FAVOR OF JUDGE WOODS
Especial to The l'imes- Dispatch]

Washington. March a5-The.e were no
new Developments in tho Fourth Circuit
1ud6eship matter hero to-day except that
FORMER Governor Martin r. Ansei. OF South
Carolina. who came to Washington a few
DAYS ago 10 look into the situation has in
dicated that he would have no objection to
receiving tho appointment, However as the
almost positive statement has been made
by Attorney General McRcynolds that the
place would go to Justice Charles A. Nvods
~ south Carolina. this would seem TO set
ne inc question. II is understood that quite
number or other applicants may make
themselves known here unless an appoint-
ment Is made at n very early date
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
May Close Plant.

Greensboro. n. c., March 26.-The
pion Fibre Company, at Hamilton. o.
by the flood. ii is feared,may force
the closing of the company's So 900. 900
plant at Canton. this State. az the
Hamilton plant used the raw material
produced by his one Peter G.. yhomD-
son president of the company, left
for Hamilton to-day. An effort Will
build at Canton. where the pulp used
TO make it's paper is produced In the
meantime it Is hoped that the product
of the Canton mill may be disposed of
to other parties.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
YOU CAN CURE THAT BACKACHE

Pain along the back dizziness, headache and
Gray,s AROMATIC-LEAF,t the pleasant root
and herb cure for all Kidney. Bladder and
Urinary troubles When you feel all run
down. tired. weak and without energy uso
this remarkable combination of natures
hcrhs and roots AS a tonic laxative 1t has
no equal. Mother Gray's liromatic-Leaf Is
sold by Druggists or cent by mail for 30 cts.
Sample sent FREE. Address The Mother
Gray CO., Lo Roy. y. I,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
Fatal wreck in wabash.

NJ. Louis. March 2a.-Wnbash pas-
senSei trnin Nc. I, carrying Omaha
and KnnSns City sIeepers, wa.
wrecked Tonight near Normandy, n
few miles out Of st. Louis. The fire.
man was killed, and IL is reported IN.
engineer was fatally hurt and TINT
several concheS were overturned into
n ditch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
AZ Least Seventeen De-

Liberty. Ind, March GA local
newspaper was In communication with
brookville by telephone for a few min
utes tonight, and learned that Ar
least seventeen were killed there in
Of the town was swept aWay. No fmrt
ther particulars were ohtainabia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
To Consider Every Condition.

Not only Will the questions cover the
period OF the baby's early life. but will
take into consideration every condition
under which the child lived. Whether
lis parents were able to provide 1t with
sufficient nourishment; whether 1t at
tended school, and. If 1t did. how long:
whether or not IT was compelled to go
10 work the size of the pay envelope.
the conditions under which 1t worked
Ihese ana great mass of other ques-
tlohS VIII he sought to be answered.
When all this data is complete It
VIII be tabulated The tabulations. 1t
is hoped. will show how those who
were compelled to work and live under
detrimental conditions compared with
those who were born of healthy pa
rents and had every advantage, both
IN school and otherwise, for the start
in life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27

pleted In one city at a time. This, Of
course, Will require more time than if
II were started simultaneously in vari-
Gus parts OF the country. but under
'ne circumstances this latter course
cannot be pursued. The investigators
VIII go 10 & town and take the births
Tor given year Having ascertained
these the real work will begin For
the probcfs will seek 10 learn the con-
d!uons under which the babies were
reared and whether they survived the
first and subsequent years Of their
young life
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27

Those States. are New York. Penn
sylvania. Illinois. Massachusetts. Ohio.
New Jersey. Michigan, Wisconsin, In
diana and Missouri, named in the order
Of the value of their manufactured
output New York produced over
three ana one-third billions dollars
worth of manufactured goods. employ
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-19

English suffragette who sacrificed
her life in the cause of suffrage. Fer
tunately the American delegates
were voted down.
Well, if there is no way out of it,
go ahead and make a double-header
of that election-fraud investigation.
Two of 'em will be better than none
at all.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-19

As we understand the weather
prophets, we're just about due to lose
some ten pounds of fat in the next
two or three days.
Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt wanted to
be made a deputy sheriff, but
naughty sheriff would not let her.
What'd Mrs. Reggie want to be
made deputy for? So she could
pinch the guests when they got too
rough at some of these high sassiety
entertainments?
"Five hundred and forty autos stole
here since Jan. 1.-THE Journal.
Wonder what those wicked autos
stole?
"There amt never been no SIGH
thing" remarked our best-nown
senators when first asked about the
''insidious lobby"
Evidently our senators acted on the
Christian principle Of not letting
their right hands know what their
naughty left hands were doing.
Judge Cooper was either right or
wrong in his claim that he had called
a special grand jury first, and that
the states attorneys office knew it
when Hoyne went to Judge Kersten.
Judge Baldwin's decision means that
Judge Cooper was right. So there
was no sense in him backing down
because Hoyne and Hearst attacked
him.
If the West Side wants to see the
business section grow westward,
which is the natural direction for it
to grow, then it would be mistake
to let the Pennsylvania build Chin
csc wall clear down to Van Buren,
street and run freight trains on top
of the wall
There is no reason why the West
Side should be the back yard or side
of Chicago. A new union station is
one thing; a hideous freight yard
and Chinese wall for freight trains
is quite another.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-19
BITS OF NEWS

Ford City, Pa4-Theodore FIan-
ders, 6, fell and broke his leg on
the same stairs on which his father,
grandfather and great-grandfather
were manned in similar manner
when boys.
Detroit-The Embarrassing ex-
posture" by women boarding street
cars will continue. Council voted
unanimously to reject bill to regu-
late construction of car steps.
New York.-FIoating face down.
ward in the NarTows, Gordon Benson
was picked up by a tug and placed
on the pier as dead. Three hours
later policeman came along and
revived him.
Rochester, Pa. - "Pardon me,
madam, but you'll have to go home
and put on more clothes them's
the orders of the Moral Efficiency
Committee, is the polite command
of policemen to women wearing fish
net stockings, silk skirts and peek
a-boo waists.
Berlin. - Newspaper advertise
ments of 14-year-old girl and two
other children for sale for $3.50 each
led to an inquiry by the police, who
found the offer made by a divorced
woman.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-19

A very particular housekeeper had
just announced with decision that she
never had any flies in her house.
But, aunt" faltered a timid visitor,
81 saw a few in the dining-room.
ooh, those" replied the aunt, with a
majestic wave of the hand, were the
neighbors' flies! They will come in
occasionally. But, as was saying,
we never have any of our own%
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-18
EPIDEMIC SMALLPOX
FOUND AT WINOOSKI
Dozen Cases of Light Nature and Most
of the Patients Have Recovered
from Their Illness.

Winooski, April ls.-An epidemic OF
smallpox has just been discovered in the
village and so far as can be ascertaned
now there are about IL cases confined TO
about eight families which are strictly
quarantined. Nearly all the eases have
recovered. OF the number but two seem
to have just developed, A thorough in
vestigation is being made by Health OF
ieer j. G. Thabaut and Drs. Dalton and
Ladd OF the state board of health. Every
means TO prevent the further spread of
the disease will be taken.
This investigation grew out of the case
OF Louis Alapa, who had just been quar-
antined. His business as insurance sole.
itor aud collector led the authorities to
make an investigation. The officers yes
teriay examined the health of the chill
llren at st. Louis convent schools and
found that several children had had the
disease and were practically well. These
'hldren were dismissed from school and
ire now quarantined. The investigation
will be continued at the school for sew
'ral days in order To keep look out for
uture cases In one family visited yes
crday three members had been i'll.
The greatest trouble that the doctors
nave to contend with is the fact that
,eople so stricken have not been confined
o their beds, not even being i'll enough
O call physician.