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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
C|WCCHAMbER TO
AID FLOOD VICTIMS
Special Committee Will Be-
gin Soliciting Tomorrow
CONTRIBUTIONS GROW
Red Cross Fund Now Totals $727.20.
Southern Express Co. to Handle
Relief Shipments to the
Flood Zones Free

To aid the flood sufferers in Ohio.
Indiana, Alabama and other states, the
big Chamber of Commerce campaign
will start Monday. Already some funds
have been received by President w. P.
C. Harding and other officials.
The cry for aid from the stricken
cities where the flood waters have
taken their terrible toll of death and
destruction is being ably responded to
by Birmingham. The subscriptions re-
ceived by the local branch of the Red
Cross has reached nearly $500, which.
together with several other private
subscriptions started, will make a total
of considerably over $1,000 already sub
scribed.
The chamber special committee
named Friday by President w. P. G.
Harding issued an appeal yesterday to
the citizens of Birmingham. The COM
mittee will meet Monday, when each
member of the committee will become
the chairman of sub committee of
three persons TO be selected by him
self and the campaign to solicit funds
for the suffering will start. The ap-
peal issued by the committee yesterday
follows:
ITO the Citizens of Birmingham
"The undersigned being appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce as special
committee to raise funds for the flood
sufferers in Alabama and other states,
appeal to every man and woman in
Birmingham and vicinity to contribute
to this cause and we urge everyone to
send in his contribution to Mr. w. A.
Porter. treasurer of the Chamber of
Commerce, who will make acknowledg
ment of same. 1t is unnecessary to
dwell upon the urgent necessity of
prompt action in this matter. Send in
your contributions before being called
upon by us or any other committee
which is out on this great work of
charity.
I'VE hope that all the churches, bus
mess organizations and fraternal or
ders of every character will take i'm
mediate action in assisting in this work.
AZ. A. VAN HOOSE,
wv. n. MALONE,
''r. H. MOTION.
"F. NJ. JACKSON,
"R. NJ. GOODALL.
ROBERT JEMISON, SR.,
u. B. GIBSON,
"Chamber of Commerce Committee"
w II. Manly, treasurer, reports ad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

of Kentucky are suffering from flood
waters this morning. The crest or the
flood which did enormous damage
throughout western Pennsylvania anu
a part of West Virginia, passed Wheel
ing and is making trouble from PAR
kersburg to points beyond. Parkersourg
has been cut off communication Tor
the mast IS hours and Huntington was
lost after o'clock last night The
business districts of both cities are al
most entirely under water, something g
unknown in their history. Just below
Huntington at Cattletsburg, KY ac-
cording to reports received here, there
was considerable damage, numbers OF
homes, it is said, having been de-
Communication from Huntington to
towns surrounding ordinarily prompt,
was also lost with little hope of re-
storing wires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
OHIO RIVER STAGE
EXCEEDS RECORD
Reach Stage of GOA Feet.
Record Stage Was 52.9
At Parkersburg

Washington, March ga special
flood bulletin issued tonight says:
The weather bureau has received
through the Associated Press an unof-
ficial report showing the Ohio river
at Parkersburg, w. Va, 10 have been
at a stage of GOA feet at a. m, Sat-
urday morning and this report has re-
ceived partial confirmation in press
dispatch received at Columbus, stating
| that the Ohio at Marietta has exceeded
] the previous record by six feet. The
f, highest previous stage at Parkersburg
was 539 feet in 1884. The present
stage, therefore, exceeds the record BY
6.5 feet. This tremendous volume of
water was doubtless discharged by the
Muslxingum, which enters the Ohio al
Marietta. > miles above Parkersburg.
The Ohio at Cincinnati at p. IN.
Saturday night was 6I1 feet, Ill feet
above flood stage. 1t is expected that
the river at that city will reach the
crest some time Monday at not less
than 10 feet
At Louisville the stage was 419 feet.
1879 feet above the flood stage, and still
rising. The crest stage will probably
be reached on Tuesday at not less than
As feet.
At Evansville some of the outskirts of
Will probably reach that city Thursday
April g. with at least 40 feet. The Read
ing was 1873 feet, SIS feet above the
flood stage.
The Cairo stage was 30 feet, five feet
above the flood stage The crest of the
Ohio flood will probably reach Cairo Mon
day, April Z, with a stage close to $50
feet If that stage materializes on the
Cairo gauge it would seem probable that
Memphis will have at least As feet about
April IA.
The output of the Muskingum, from
which no accurate measurements had
been received has made it necessary to
increase somewhat crest stages previ-
ously foreeasted along the Ohio.
The Mississippi at st. Louis was at a
stage of 25.1 feet and falling. The flood
stage at st. Louis is 80 feet. No material
changes have taken place in the gauge
readings south Of Cairo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
INTERESTING TALES
OF DAYTON FLOOD
TOLD BY SURVIVORS
CONTINUED From Page onc)


LET hay and water down to him by ropes.
Still another equine which escaped the
flood may find gerater difficulty in escap-
ing from his refuge. This animal, having
entered a building on Main street half a
square from the Phillips hotel 20 escape
the onrushing waters, never halted till
he reached the third floor. There he was
found today when the water had subsided
and there he remained, as no one cared
to take the risk of trying to drive him
down the impaired stairs. Furthermore
Dayton has other and more pressing
duties
Two blooded horses were deliberately
granted asylum in the Fourth National
bank building and their owner brought
feed to them by boat.
The city is full of such stories and
such sights, but great trucks rumbling
through the streets with the carcasses
of horses yesterday and today indicate
how many perished. More of these car
ca sses lie at the roadsides and protrude
from heaps of wreckage everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
ALLIES DISREGARD
POWERS COMMAND
TO CEASE FIGHTING
Continued From Page one)

west of the city when the Twentieth
Servan infantry stormed and captured it,
On the following day Shulxri Pasha was
handed over by the Servans to the Bull
garian commander in chief Seventeen
thousand Ottoman troops also surren-
dered to the Servians and the quantity
of war material captured by them in the
taking of the fort was enormous. The
Bulgarian headquarters staff has been in
formed that Servian cooperation with
the Bulgarians troops is no longer neces-
sary in the opinion of Servia and the
withdrawal Of Servian forces from the VI
cinity of Adrianople will begin today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
NASHVILLE MAN
KILLS HIMSELF

Nashville, March 29.-When arrested
here tonight on states warrant sworn
out by a local furniture dealer, Albert
Carroll, aged %. the moment the door
of the police station slammed to behind
him swallowed a quantity of poison, from
which he died three minutes after be-
ing rushed to the city hospital. Carroll
had been employed by the furniture COM
pany as a collector and claimed that he
had used the firms money to fight di-
vorce proceedings recently instituted by
his pretty young wife. While the amount
charged by the warrant to have been
noisa ppropriated is small. it is believed
bv the police that investigation may show
that larger sums were taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
LATE REPORTS SHOW
BIG DECREASE IN THE
FATALITIES OF FLOOD
tContinued from page One,

telephone cable was stretched across the
Muskingum to Putnam, and communica-
ton with that part of the city also was
restored by boat.
The city was stirred by the report late
today that % bodies had been found in
Mcintyre park, but investigation proved
the report unfounded. Soon afterward
William Waller found five bodies in the
northern section of Putnam. They have
not been identified.
Columbus. o., March 2s.--official infor-
nation obtainabe tonight placed Ohio
flood death list at 466. AS the flooded
rivers recede the death list gradually
grows, bodies being picked out of the
debris and found in the lowlands. Ultra
conservative estimates place the number
of dead in this state at not more than 500
However no authentic Information has
been received from Marietta, Portsmouth,
Ironton and scores of smaller cities and
villages where small losses may have re-
suited.
The largest increase in the death list
was at Hamilton Colonel Zimmerman,
in charge of the militia there, reported
to the adjutant general office in this city
tonight that 81 bodies had been recoV-
cred Previous information from Hamil-
ton stated only 90 persons had lost their
Ees; Ea;,o,,n. !. ,.nu,,teo ,,s+ Of n. dead.
Victims:
Dayton $50. conservative estimate.
Hamilton, 81 bodies recovered.
Columbus GA bodies recovered.
GAINESVILLE, five known dead.
Delaware. IA bodies recovered.
Chillicothe 10.
Miamisburg Is.
Piqua 125.
Tiffin -.
Mount Vernon 10.
Fremont IA.
Franklin f.
Troy o.
Coshocton 3.
Middletown o.
Valley Junction 6.
Harrison u.
Cleveland %.
Venice 3.
Mansfield ].
Globe Center l.
Van Vert g.
Wooster l. =
LoudonVille |.
New Bethlehem l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
BROOKS FOUND
GUILTY OF CHARGE

Huntsville. March 29.-(Special.)-Th
iurv in the case of Percy Brooks, prom
inent merchant and planter, charged with
attempted criminal assault. late today
returned a verdict Of guilty as charged
The Jury was tied up "A hours.
Brooks, who has been at liberty on
.21 600 bond several weeks. was sent to
iail Judge Ballentine declining to enter
tain a question of fixing his bond after
oryction.
The judge withheld sentence. but inti-
mated that it would be over five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
FLOOD SITUATION IN
CINCINNATI CAUSING
GRAVE APPREHENSION
Continued From Page one)

tCOntinueu from fhSe OneD
Evansville were driven from their homes
today by high water. The Al foot stage
was passed tonight
A ferryboat loaded with refugees is
said to have sunk in the Wabash below
Mount Carmel, ILL., A boat brought a
load of women and children into Hazle-
ton, H., today from the "Hells Neck
region of Gibson county. The men We're
forced to stay in their homes. already
deep in water. The Wabash and White
rivers are higher than ever known and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

still rising. The Illinois Central railroad
bridge over the Wabash went out tonight.
The White river bridge of the Evansville
and Indianapolis railroad at Rogers is
gone. Water is over the Louisville and
Nashville bridge across the Wabash. The
Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Cen
trail TO the south of Evansville is prac-
tically cut off tonight. The Ohio will
rise at least four feet higher here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Known Dead at Peru

Peru, Ind, March 29-The waters have
receded here until now the river is with
in its banks. The property loss will
reach $3,0Go,0O0.
The known dead are:
Mrs. Louis Stumm
Mrs. James Rossmann.
Miss Bessie Shields.
Mrs Rose Stedler.
John Friend
Edward Kellog.
Fred Mays.
Ben York.
Bert Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Grand total

Grand total ................,. .$I27.2U
That all shipments to the flood dis
tricts will be carried free was an
nounced here yesterday by officials of
the Southern Express company. The
company requests that all packages
marked to some authorized committee
and must be shipped in packages
Weighing 100 pounds or less.
The announcement here followed in
structions received from the executive
offices that all agents notify civic
bodies and others interested that such
shipments would be handled without
cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Ambitious

From the Kansas City Journal.
"Why don't you make Johnney wash
his hands once I'm a whie?'
"They are taking finger prints at his
school," answered tho wife, ''and you
know how the child loves to excel.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Flat Dwellers

From the New York Times.
Baker-Im going 10 give my neigh
Dor photograph for Christmas.
lBarker--I thought you were bad
friends
Baker-We are. but II he has phon-
oeraph himself he'll have II stop com
planning 70 the agent about ours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Fefurees Flock to City

Paducah. Ky. March 29.-Refugees are
fiocking into the tty from surrounding
districts. people from cairo being included
In their number The river had reached
4s.9 feet here tonight. and is rising at
the rate of a tenth of foot an hour.
The local forecaster predicted 90 foos
stage. five feet above the DANGER line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Declare Legal Holidays

Charleston, w. Va, March 29.-Gover-
nor Hatfield today declared March 2s. %
and 81 legal holidays to protect the banks
in the flooded districts of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
To Give "Silyer Tea"

The Missionary society of the Twen-
ty-first Avenue Methodist church will
give silver tea at the parsonage
on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Prcnnre Cor Flood

Henderson, KY, March 29.-Prepara-
tions are being made here for the highes.
stage of the Ohio river on record. Few
PERSONS remained In the lowlands and
all moveabe property has been taken
out of reach of the water,
The stage here tonight is 621 feet,
rise of IL feet in "a hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
snfferinr From Flood

Pittsnurg, March 3o.-tVia Telephone
from Various Points in West Virginia
and Kentucky ky.)-Parkersburg. Hunt
ington. W. Va. ara the bordering cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Watch Situation Closely

Meanwhile the authorities in three Oh
the most important cities along the
river which are intensely interested are
watching the situation closely. cairo
reports a stage of 50.2, at ! o'clock to-
night, a rise of IL since a. m. The
flood stage at that point is 40 feet, but
the levee authorities declare 1t can
withstand Sc feet and shut the water
out Of the drainage district which was
!oyerfiowed last year.
At Memphis the rate of rise Is less
pronounced. The guage tonight stood at
BAT. a rise of q, and at Vicksburg the
reading showed 38.S. rise of 3. Thirty
Ave feet is the danger stage at Mem
|phis. and As feet at Vicksburg.
|. Activities among the various levee
boards in the Memphis. territory were
continued today with vigor. The St.
Francis levee board, which, with gov
|ernment engineers. supervised levee
work from New Madrid, Mo, to the
mouth of the White river in Arkansas
reports no break in the line Levees at
Memphis, where the water backeI
Through bayou last year and Hooded
several blocks, are being built higher
and at Beulah, Miss, where serious
situation existed during the February
rise, rapid progress is being made In
icompleting the revetment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Hears Chur3


See this hypothetical.1 ?
first time in years,
who has been deaf, he&|
bells. She Is in ecstaq
morning has she beett 4
the prattle of her grQ
the voice OF her dau
three years ago she'-
self becoming deaf, al
merous remedies, nj
hearing devices and sli 49,
pent, she found 1t m4
difficult to hear. OF i5
was harra ssed by pecu
NJ head. which added
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Memphis Threatened

Memphis March 29.-Slowly rising from
Cairo to Vicksburg, the Mississippi river
has started on another lap of the ex-
pected flood stage, due largely to the tor
rent being poured into the big stream
from the Ohio. Reports from a number
of places along the Mississippi indicate
that the work OF strengthening the levees
is being pushed at least one levee patrol
has been established and that farmers
in the lowlands are moving to high
ground.
But one point on the river reports an
unusual situation. considering the near
flood conditions. At Drinkwater, Mo-, op-
posite Cairo, the water is pouring through
what is known as the Roark gap
short stretch of river front where the
levee is low.
This opening is considered relatively
unimportant Parts of three counties
will be affected.
In that vicinity also two companies Of
Missouri National Guards were called out
today to do patrol duty.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
of
Consumption
Yield to Vinol

The medical profession does not be
lieve that consumption is inherited
but a person may inherit a weakness
or tendency to that disease.
a prominent citizen of Evansville,
Ind, writes: II was i'll for FIVE
months with a pulmonary trouble. and
had the best doctors: I had hemor-
rhages and was in a very bad way.
Through the advice of a friend | tried
Vinol. and 7 fell that it saved my life
1t is all you recommend il to be. I
believe it is the greatest medicine on
earth. I have advised others to try
Vinol, and they have had the same
results CName furnished on re-
quest.)
Vinol soothes and heals the inharn-
ed surfaces and allays the cough. vi
mol creates an appetite. strengthens
the digestive organs and gives the pa
tient strength to throw off incipient,
pulmonary disease
Try a bottle OF Vinol with under
standing that your money will be re-
turned if ii does not help you. c. L.
Kitzmeyer. druggist. Carson City. Ne
vada.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
SELL
THE LANDS

c. H. Asbury, Indian agent for
Nevada. visited Fallon Friday and
Saturday. Mr.. Asbury may shortly
take up the project OF adjusting the
ownership OF something like 700
acres OF land on the reservation east
OF town. allotted to members Of the
Piute tribe who have gone to the
happy hunting ground. Just whether
the land in question will be allowed
to pass on to other tribal heirs or
be sold by the government Is not
known. though the latter ~cxpedient
has been recommended. The allottes
III these instances never had posses
sion of the land. probably being dead
when it was placed in their names in
10 acre tracts and carries a vested
water right by special arrangement
with the reclamation servicc.-S,and-
ard,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
CAL|FORN|ANS
FIGHT THE BILL

In California the Compulsory Com
pensation Act, officially known as
Senate Bill o15. which aims to make
all employers of labor liable for any
accident resulting i'll injuries of what
ever nature to employees. regardless
of fault or negligence, is meeting with
much opposition. This new law would
work great hardships on the small
orange grower who has to employ
much outside labor. \ simple acct
dent may cause the owner 20 lose his
ranch.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
SHIPPING
GYPSUM
WESTWARD
Nevada Product is in
Demand in California

That the gypsum production is one
of the big items Of western Nevada
there is no question. The Mound
House quarries are busy with full
shifts both at the mines and the mill.
The same condition now exists in
Mason Valley. Most of this product
is consumed in California where gyp-
sum has about taken the place OF
lime plaster. Practically all the build
ings at the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco are to be finished with
stucco. which is made from gypsum.
and this means thousands of tons OF
the material Nevada will furnish
this refined product The Mason
Valley Times states:
The Nevada Douglas has a big
force OF men at work in the gypsum
pit. A big crane and hoist have been
installed and are at work daily. A
contract has been made by the COM
pany for the production OF 500 tons
of the material daily. This will add
greatly to the earnings OF the com
pany. The Ludwig section is produc-
ing its usual moun or ore. The big
incline shaft is being pushed down
toward the 00O-foot level As rapidly as
three shifts can do the work. Doug
las Hill Is increasing its production
owing to a tramway bein" in opera
ton. Everything is m"Ting along
with the vim and energy Characters
tic of the management OF this hig
property.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
Bic BLAST
To Be USED

Plans have been completed at La
honton for getting all the rock to be
used for paving the dam, which will
be LOO feet long and have a bottom
width of 600 feet, at one explosion.
Twelve tunnels will be run into the
side of the rock quarry a distance of
SO feet each. These tunnels will be
loaded with nearly twenty tons OF
giant powder. The air drills and com
pressors for the tunnels are already
ordered and the intention is to rush
this part OF the work as much as prac-
teal.
With the side OF the mountain
blown down, it is the intention, after
high water. with the recommencement
of danl-building, to load the rock by
means OF a steam shovel and haul it
to the galloway, which is 1000 feet be
tween the towers. which ale 104 feet
high and which will be used, as now.
in placing the concrete for the pool
and spillways OF the great project
during the day. The placing OF the
r'p-rap will be done during the night.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
L APPROVED

The following bills have been APP
proved by the Governor:
Senate Bills Nos. ia, 3. lO4, 50, 6Z,
81, "A. 20. 70. II. IS. 50 y 9 100 "a %
80 81 80 and ia.
Senate Resolution No. 2.
Substitute for Senate Bills Nos. AZ,
4S.
Assembly Bills Nos. l23. ll3, l3l.
Sc. 81 81 So 1873 $50 l39 % l20 81 100
50 AZ 167 Is p so 70 lis l39 1873 l4S
IS 100 10 144 1874 l6l 10I.
Substitute for Assembly Bills Nos.
8. SO.
The following have not been acted
upon: Assembly Bill No. 22l. Sen
ate Bills Nos. "a. So. 81. Substitute
for Senate Bill No. 81.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
FISH BILL
THAT FAILED

Yesterday in the Assembly the
Ascher fish bill. which applied to the
Truckee River failed to pass. The
bill brought ought considerable dis
c~ussion. which tended to show that
the bill would allow the taking of
trout in the spawning season. The
question was argued by both Senator
Asher and Senator Mills. They each
presented such arguments that it was
a question which mar was on the
right side of the fish stream.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
Limit
For Red Light

Again the proposition OF disturbing
the red-light districts OF the state has
been stirred up. This time it is pro,
posed 10 make the districts move to
an SOO-yard distance. Every Lcgis-
lative session some one e~ndeavors to
disrupt this settled question. to scat
ter the women about the towns and to
make a fuss and muss of the entire at
fair. The people are not SUFFERING
under the present law and regulations
and in this case it would seem to be
the best plan to leave well enough
alone.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-03-14
INCREASE
PROMISED
BY MINES
State Tax Collector
Submits Report

The gross value OF ore mined IN
Nevada in 1912 promises to exceed
$%36,0O0,000, according TO the annual
report Of Bullion Tax Agent Adam
son, which has been received by the
Bonanza. The report shows a healthy
increase in profitable mining opera
tons, and figures for the first three
quarters indicate that the value OF
the ore mined during the entire year
will exceed all records since the
Comstock.
The tonnage and value throughout
the state has increased. The increase
in tonnage in the first three quarters
of 1912 is more than 100000 over
1911. Gross values for the same per-
iods show an increase OF more than
$2,000.00O. 1t is expected the last
quarter Of 1912 will exceed the same.
period in 1911 in about the same
ratio.
Considerable trouble in collecting
the bullion tax is noted in the report
Several typical illustrations OF at
TENS on the part Of mine TO
evade the tax altogether or to defraud
the collector OF what was justly due
the state are noted. In one instance.
according 10 the report, the agent
found a stamp mill in operation
where he was not aware one existed.
He found it was working at a good
profit without the knowledge of ever
took mp the matter Of the collection
Of the tax.
Figures in the report show that
Spool. % was collected from the
entire state for licenses Of all sorts.