The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-27

for proht. Tie says that men mean
enough to do such . thing must have
also done other thinSs which are out
side OF the law and he viii hold them
until no learns thoir recorde. Just DO.
fore the supply Of bread give out TO-
day the price was ~ c"r's n loaf.
From Peru came word to-day that
rhers are Asty bodies Of dead there and
List Of . hundred missing. The water
has recsded considerably. and there
have been no serious hres. The part OF
the city which suffered most yesterday
and the day before 10 still out Of reach
by the rescue committees.
lieut.. Gov. O'Neiil. the head Of the
Peru general committee. has heard Of
several safcs In wrecked buildings
which were dynamited last night by
men who pretended to DO rcsouers. He
vii, ask for the establishment Of martial
law and for added troops II these
stories are confirmed.
The snowfall at Peru has reached the
depth Il three inches.
LoGansport sends word that only one
life Vas known to have been lost there.
Five bridges were destroyed and 1000
homes ruined. The city IL under martial
law and Is patrolled by the cadets of
Culver University.
SURVIVORS NARROWED THREE
DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR FUEL.
Reports from flooded cities in the
Wabash Valley are that survivors have
been for three days without food, fuel
or drinking water.
Diseases arising from unsanitary
conditions and the exposure Of the
food victims threaten to claim a
greater toll than the waters. Five
women rescued and taken to Tomlin-
son Hail are suffering from pneu-
monia. and whooping cough and
measles have been discovered among
the refugees.
Those suffering from contagious
diseases were removed and inspectors
from the city Board Of Health. aided
by nurses detailed from various hos
pitfalls. set TO work to prevent expos
urs Of the refugees to contagion and
to take care Of the other sick.
Tomlin-on Hall refugees were sup
piled With 500 mattresses and ESQ
Fort Benjamin Harrison.
TROOPS 70 AID REscUERs ARE
CALLED FOR At Lo0ANsPoRT.
by indirect telephone routes Gov.
RGlston to-day received an urgent call
from Logansport for troops to aid In
Losansport had been cut OF from re-
liable communication with the outside
world since Tuesday evening.
| Reports give no details Of loss OF
life. but the continuance OF the high
waters 10 adding hourly to the heavy
property losses. and the snowstorm
and bitter cold of last night caused
the refugees intense suffering and
threaten additional deaths.
kokorno. Wabash. LoganSport and
Lafayette were In q terrible plight
without relief Of any kind In sight
Several persons were reported to have
gone insane from thirst ana hunger.
No further details have been received
from the flooded region along White.
water River. In Franklin County. The
latest estimate was that seventeen per-
sons were drowned at Brookville and
that the loss Of life at witemore. &c.
dar Grove and New Trenton, three
smali towns in Franklin County. which
were wiped out, was unknown.
The Vandsiia Railroad bridge over
the White River here went down 70.
day with . crash. carrying with II ter
cars put there TO hold II In place.
At Terra Hauts light and transporta
ton facilities are paralysed. The rive
II at thirty-ons feet six inches and bust
ness has been abandoned. The electri
light plant and the gas plant hav
ceased operations. Street oars stoppe
entirely. Four thousand persons ar
homeless - the result Of the GOOD