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Siehtscers Impressed.

But the authorities understand All
this perfectly and they are making
sightseeing as Improbable and un-
popular an amu0cmcnt As breaking
stone. If a man chooses his own work
and demonstrates its usefulness, we'll
and good. but If he can show no press
ing business the corporal il charge Of
the nitia guard at the sarcct corner
will intcrrogatc him and tbcn put him
to work doing what he. t.hc corporal
considers 10 be Of the most. importance.
Like as not there are banl presidents,
travelling men and walters, not 40
mention those in other soft handed
trades, 5weating in unison with every
squad Juggling at the unr lcasant az
cass of a horse along Dayton'S streets.
In other words. Dayton is cXpcricnc-
ing all the rigors of martial law. The
hand Of the military feels heavy in tho
town even i'm the daytime. Al night II
rests upon it like the mailed first Of a
Jupiter \ pedestrian in the dark IS
challenged at every block. so his life
is in Jeopardy. The slightest suspicion
leads 10 death and all this on top Of
the hazards which the flood and fire
have strcwn in his path.
Automobiles are held up,doo, bat in a
moro respectful manner. In spite Of
the danger TO life and limb cntailed in
motoring over this city through wreck
age and plunging into water and mud
in the complete darkness which pre-
walls il is safer 10 wait for an automo-
bile II enc has 30 90 block al night
than to walk if. And il is still safer
not TO venture forth AZ all. Dayton in
the daytime is horror. but Dayton At
night is surely the valley OF the
shadow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
Families Separated.

ono ot the distressing features of the
Hood Was tine TACT that, coming as 1t
did IT business hours. 30 separated A
barge majority of Dayton's families
Fathers and husbands and brothers
were caught downtown ln their stores
and Offices and mothers and wives and
sisters were maroon,d 900 home. Nci-
Cher cunting ut could know how the
other Jared. and the widest rumors re-
eardiug the loss of life and destruction
made the rounds. The city was fun II
frantic ana helpless people for two
DAYS. since communication oven ot the
most meagrc sort was next to impossi-
Dole. The current would not allow row.
boats Goo ltc. II was not until Thurs
day afternoon. when tho first naval re-
serves from tho Great Lakes reached
Tho town with their heavy motor boats
that Ola. work az rescue and that Of
slppisup food 90 the starving people
could Joe undertaken.
But as bad ass was thc onslaught OF
tho flood that Of Tho fire which threat
,urd to roast alive the popuace
marooued and helpless IN upper stories
proved oven more terrifying When
on Wednesday afternoon. after thirty
hours Of flood and suspense, the flames
broke out at So Clair and Sd streets it
seemed to the paytonitcs that the Day
az Judgment had arrived. The town
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
Outgrew His Clutches.

Tho latter was ORC Price. a veteran
of tho civil War and peanut Ncudcr.
who developed surprising agility al
though accustomed iu every DAY life to
walk with clutches. Price got .cros5
the bridge To- the roof of the shed and
then climbed Jp the side of a brick
building t. a jutting stone window SILL
and thence into the house But he
wanted - get even further away from
danger and $50 tool, the next boat tina,
came along with food.
4. II. Callahan. assistant cashier ed
tho Fourth National Bank. and Roy
Wilson and Lon lIollor two rahn
clerks. who were Imprisoned in In.
bank building 10y the flood, were
rescued 10y boat and taken 10 the
Ecckcl House across the street when
the fire seemed 10 doom the bank
building. I'm the end the bank buid-
ing withstood the flames imposing an
cncctuaI obstacle TO their spread
ward the Bccl<ol House. where mon.
than - hundred persons had pecr
caught.
Henry G. Kruger who deals in barber
supplies at No. 2o3 East Sd street ca-
capped. when the flood came from the
loft of his shop 10 the Ohio Lodge
rooms. next door. by means of a plank
from window 10 window. He found
eighteen men maroon"d there all of
whom had To- move the next day when
the ire started.
The second escape had the nra
"fdcd." IN the language of Mr. Kruger
They loopcd a rope about the feed wires
strung along the telegraph poles i'm the
street. climbed hand over hand {,
these wires and along them for block
10 bridge over the canal. where they
" ere rescued by boat.
Kruger saw two boys i'm a rowboat
capsized as they were taking food from
the Bcckel House 10 ;,man in tree IL
Library Park, two squares away. on,
of the boys was saved and the Other
! was drowned. The Library Park, how
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
DIES IN RIVER
Ferry Passengers in Panic as
Animal BUSHES Boat.

An elephant owned by John Robin.
son. who had been exhibiting il with
four others at Kcith's Union square
Theatre. broke away from her keepor
in Jersey City last night. created 4
panic among the passengers on the
Lackawanna ferry and then plugged
into tho North River. where she vas
drowned. The animals were i:ker
from the theatre about II O'Clock last
night preparatory for a journey up.
state.
When the ferrybOat arrived at .Jcr.
Soy city. shortly before midnigh1 a
passing train scared Lizzie one Of the
biggest elephants Of the herd. TIE
keeper tried TO pacity the animal. bTf
she broke away from the others and
was tossing frightened passengers aside
as she ran across the tracks.
Lizzie turned down Newark street.
ran three blocks and just before she
reached the Hamburg American piers
almost overturned a milk wagon. The
animal then raced INTO the Lackawan-
na ferry house.
4 crowd had just left the ferry boat
Bremen and the gate was still open.
The elephant rushed on to the boat
and plunged into the water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
Saw Mo Bodies.

"Did you SEQ any bodies noa,ug by"
he va. asked.
NO" hc replied. 4 did not. The reports
of tho loss of life are mostly bunk.
There weren't more than two hundred
drowned. But ! saw plenty of horses
ana autos sailing by. Some of these
big touring cars rode past us on the
current. which Wds running twenty
five miles an hour. just as If they were
running 10y themselves on she street
pa, cmcnt You would bc surprised.
That current wa "a wicked thing.
And I saw "a good many fcats II
hcrolsm. too. Why this has got the
Titanic skinned = mile. Nou SEQ hat
overturned trolley ear lying there in
On" street" 9TH" conversation was lr-
ing held IN front of the Ahg9n.
gum iIotcD. = Jaw young
fellow from the Young Mems Chris-
tah Association Building opposite
SWIM out to that ear with a
rope tied to him. The car WAS fun If
l'tll' WHO 'pbiNH w III SifDhr.
lie tied the rope to the car and then
10y means Of it rescued every one of
them and got back To- the building
himself"
The water in this section of the city
reached Il maximum OF between twelve
and fourteen feet. At the Plat Iron
Works. OF the other hand. which are
on the opposite bank of the Mad River
Just above its junction with the Miami
there Was only five feet of water. Mr.
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From STAFF Correspondent ~ The TrinNr'.I
Dayton. Ohio, March ~. Dayton is
ENJOYING unique SUNDAY. Practical
~ all of The churches stand in ~"
central part Of town whore the H1o'
did it's worst. and with pcws and ai>'cs
desert Of thick black mud. inoy
yawn uninvitinely at tho muiutud"
Outdoors. on the other hand She
spring sunshine is bcstowing Jay
long bcnediction. drying mp every
thing it. can reach 1t has hearte"ed
everyone and made the city hum with
the industry Of rehabilitation and re-
organization.
For the first time since the rivers
rose and ongulfcd Tho place Main
street was passablc this morning RON
beginning 10 end. or rather as FAR az
the Riverdalc end f the bridge across
the Miami. This means tremendous
saving Of energy for the thousands
who must travel between tho Cash
plant on tho high ground 10 the south
of the business section and 'hair
store and homes. for IT gives them ID
direct Path from headquarters To- WORK
and they need 1t almost as much rs
the sunshine.
The sun is accomplishing one serious
evil. j. is causing Tho hundreds 81
bodies Of horses strcWn along t".
sides of the streets 20 swell with
putrefaction. The Dayton Bicycle
Clul. an influential organization. has
charge Of the removal OF these mcnac-
ing cdrcassos, but with the means aut
force Of men at its disposal u "a,
handle only about 100 day and IVORY
days delay increases tho danger 81
DcFtilence.
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Twin batter,no Rars.

4 mic or $50 .outh of Saltwater June
ton tho Mad River NoW into tine Mia
mi from jho opposite or eastern side.
Poor Rivordalc 20, thc fan benefit of
this tibutary's contribution ou ITS
southern edge Here tho force of the
two rivers burst the levcc which rises
a dozen fcct above the level of tho
streets Tho results were unusually
DISASTROUS
Wolf Creek. tho least important Of
the four streams. joins the Miami from
the west. mile below the Mad River.
This helped To- inundatc the west side
and Edgemont the negro section.
Tho National cash Register plant is
situated just across tho Miami from
itdgomont. bat on a higher bank Of the
river. Tho water did no moro than wet
it's front YARD little.
The business section Of the town.
which suffered so much. lies directly
south Of the junction Of the Mad and
Miami rivers. Just above this junction
the Mad River broke through its lcvcc
over The freight yard of tho Big -Four
and into what is called the NJ. and H..
Canal This canal which threads its
way about tho cdgc of the PRINCIPAL
/ business district. suddenly took on say
age life. swept over it's banks into the
factories and dwelling houses which
( Rugged it and stacked sheds and barns
/ and houses IN little hills Of wrcckaGc
/ against every one of the bridges span
/ ming il.
1t IN" same time the swollen water.
struggling against the distractions
which every minute damned it more
and more an tho bridges burst in q
/ food down the streets running east and
| west Down 30 street for instance.
/ past the banks ana the hotels and the
/ biggest stores 70 tn" west of the canal
/ Tho Miami. cur,ins round sharply Just
TO The north was no; idle. Its current.
sWirlirg round the horseshoe curve.
! rose right over tho lcvoe ON it's southern
, bank. flowing freely down the streets
running north and south.
! In other words. the food burst upol
! the business section from both nor.h
and east. one current ddshing mldIy
! against another the yellow waters
/ combining and kissing in a terrifying;
manner through those broad streets
where only an hour before pedestrians
had been going To business in peace.
/ And yet the effect was not that If a
! tidal wave at all
Reichmsnn's Experience.
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of New York. and siill president of tlc
platt Iron Works. ono Of tho famoJs
Cummine companies which is situated
in Dayton. wa eating breakfast in %
caft iu Ludlow street. one of tho pr!h-
ripal north ana south Noncompliance.
M Oh" time. u was about 80 o'clock
Tuesday morning nc figured when a
man rushed into tho caft with the r"-
port That tho lovoc had broken Nj
Nei,hmaun took the news calmly Nnd
in a. fcv minute. when hc had finished
his mcal ho and his companion walked
put "n to tho sIdcwall, and looked 800
Ludlow street toward Tho Miami River
40 saw only 20 little water boz OBJ"
street up there. not much more of d
puddle than heavy mu might have
lon THINKING that If tho worst there
could boo no un.d of hurry. hc st.u-
tered into thr citizens National Bank
across thr street to transact 90 li,u-
tu.inoe. 10. may har" spent nfc co.
ton minute, bon there talking 20 ono of
zinc t,Hrrs before Doc turned to descend
to tln street again. Then Do. disrD,-
cred tp his conformation that inc
water was ur fo h. knees. with n
strong current IT," had looked before
toward iH' Miami l'N'" when h'
should have looked in ih' direction q
the sluggish Nii.c canal which every
"n' '"u.i8'icG ds hainI"ss d- park
brook.
Ih" situation Wa rather 60 serious
"n" io- Mr. I;oichmauu who is some
ihna .of cripple. having tp walk
slowly with % came for IMPORT becau e
of tN' STROKES of paralysis suffered
some years 'g" I'' water -hr'|i"r' .
io sweep man of ht i''l ana hH
h"''h 'n' Algonquin. "'a block
''" ne iI'd' l'I d. none th" 'r f
ana i'''h'd i ID safety.
li' -u'~'. OF 'h' h"t'L s"WeN bat
frightened AN" l'i' uaui'ht. watched
Cd" water rush through 81 street from
Oh" canal and down Ludlow street from
ih" Miami 81 ~ r"s" above the first
floor inr> dIl lr"op'd upstairs. the u'n
calming OBJ" women and children. OF
course. tn" hotel fires "cr" cNungUishcd
aim 50 Immediately. and the dampncss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
ALBANY FEARS EPIDEMIC
Lack of Drinking Water Men
aces-The Hudson Recedes.

Albany. March 3O.--Colections were
taken to-day in all tho churches to aid
food sufferers in this city and IN the
Middle West. With the Hudson and the
Mohawk rivers rccedins hourly. with local
and intcrurban trolley cars running al-
most on schedule time and with electric
light and power restored, conditions in
this city and in the entire capital district
are rapidly becoming normal.
However. the great majority of Al
hanians still lack a sufficient supply nj
drinking water. and local health official.
and physicians are cxcrtins their best e.
forts to prevent an epidemic Of typhoid
fever It is expected that the Hudson
River viii be well within its banks b,
morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31

manuel, who has always remembered
MIR. Morgan's .cncrosity in returning
10 Italy the famous Ascoli cope when
he learned that il had been stolen
made private inquiries concerning INC
patients progress although his MAJ
cs.y - at present abso from Rome
Later dispatches from Rome stated
that Mr.. Morgan was resting relatively
quietly. II was said that he had slept a
little. Mr. Sattcrlcc stin gave 1t a. his
belief that owing TO the robustness oil
Mr.. Morgan's constitution nc was not
Do, immediate danger
lie added that the whole trouble was
Quo To strenuous efforts during the last
fcw months i'm which Mr.. Morgan had
expended much energy.
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Bankrupts the Rule.

This may last month or moro while
these poor people are cleaning up and
fumigating their town, for the rehabill-
tation is bound to be hampered and de-
laved by the fact that there is no nsur-
ance except i'm the case ~ the burned
over block downtown TO dcfray the eX-
penses Of repairs. Bankrupts are the
rule here. No fire could have caused
the same paralysis.
Tbe,ironY Of the. situ9tion Is, apparent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31

huntington w Va March - via tclo-
phone to Pittsbursm.-This city. IN totai
darkness. is facing food and water
famine tonight. 5000 cot of the ioe'
iuhs bitauts are homeless. - persons are
reported MISSING ana the property dam
ago. according 10 close estimates Of lead
iuE business men. will amount to nearly
Sl.0OnGo.
This afternoon at 8 O'Clock the river
reached "a stage OF 652 feet 1c highest
IN the history of Huntington. and Is now
stationary.
The entire business section is inundated.
water being mp to tho second 'lo'g of all
buildings Many homes have been
wrecked and thcr occupants have bceI
forced To- seek refuge ~ houses IN the
surrounding country.
Governor ~. r.. Hatfield arrived here at
: o'clock tonight on special train from
Charleston. The train brought supplies.
inotorbcats and skiffs The motorboa;s
and skiGs are being Usrd IN different sec
lions of the city TO rescue hundreds who
are marooned The local military com
pauy has taken charge Of the rescue work
and is pushing it forward Just as rapidly
as conditions Will permit
The electric light plant las been forced
to shut down. and this afternoon tho gas
supply was cut off as Il precautionary
measure against fires and explosions.
NlthouGh supplies have reached here
from Charleston. the city Is sill iu great
reed of both food and water. Word has
been sent 10 tho capital city II West Viz
einia Tor more provisions and il is OK
pected that another special train will
reach here tomorrow
Huntington. with the exception Of one
telephone line is cut of from the world.
While al late hour to-dar no reports
lave been received from POINT Pleasant.
W. Va: CatlettsbUrg, Ky. and lronton,
Ohio. II is believed conditions similar 10
those here prevail i'm those cities. Re
ports received on SaturdaJ would indicate
that. especially Al Cauettsburg and Iron
ton. there is great suffering.
William sullivan. whose wife and chill
dren were rescued on Saturday. commit
ted suicide by taking poison when h
found that his life could not be saved.
Just hoN many lives have been lost will
not be known until the conditions will per-
nit thorough investigation of all houses.
Twelve, however cannot be accounted Tor.
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ParkersburC. W. Va. March 30.-The
crest of the Ohio River food reached here
late to-day. with stage Of $50 feet, six
feet higher than the record Of 1884. The
river is receding slowly. Two companies
II militia are guarding the town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31

Ecichmaun said practically the ouly
damage done there was tn" carrying
away Of the pattern shed. This ,hed
broke through the little bridge across
tho Mad iRrer. just below tn" Plat
Iron Works. swept around into the
Miami and stacked mp against Ca"
south butmcnt of The Main street
bridge in a mass OF wrcckago.
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Reicnmsnn's Experience.

Joseph r. Reichmann. former presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Trust company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
FREE SPEECH IN THE TRIBUNE

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Too much praise cannot be gwen
To the excellent management OF The
Tribune for the readiness with which 1t
accords valuable space to the discussion
of various farrcaching and epoch MAX
ing reforms There is not paper pup
lished in the city that has given ITS
readers the opportunity of Weighing
woman suffrage and anti-suffrage SO
thoroughly as has The Tribune. The
best writer's on both sides of the ques-
ton have found your paper ready anu
accommodating forum. This has proved
great attraction To earnest men ana
women.
Also for its splendid stand on the sub
jet Of cugenics as presented by BrieuN $
Damaged Goods" on last Friday we
owe The Tribune "A debt OF deep graft
tude. The splendid notice given this
epoch making performance by your pa
per surpassed all others. The great re-
form suggested by BrieuX was echoed
splendidly by the extended notice The
Tribune gave ii in It's columns.
HELEN NJ. BENT.
New York March II, 1918
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a DENIAL FROM MT. VERNON
Cosmetics Are Not Used by High
School Girls, 1t Is Asserted.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of Saturday there
occurs this statement. made By the Rev
DR.. H. II. Beattys, pastor of the Chester
I'LL Methodist Episcopal Church, OF
Mount Vernon:
Il am utterly amazed and astounded az
the extent to which painted faces preVa'l
I'm the Mount Vernon High School
This statement is not true, and nope
that Or. Beattys has been Inisqno'ed'
am a school trustee of the city school &c
partment, and visit the high schooi proc
ably oftener than any one not connected
with the teaching staff. In schooi Vi
about one thousand pupils 1t would DC
surprising IL there were not sporadic cases
OF the use OF cosmetics. Certainly, now
ever. there Is no prevalence or such
thing. The young women OF the high
school represent social element that
would not stand for IL; the faculty OF the
school would not tolerate IT for an Instant
II Or. Boattys will take the trouble 10
visit tho high school he VIII learn MS
error. j. w REL -
Mount Vernon School Board
Mount Vernon. y. Y, March i6, 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18

TEACHING MARKETING.

Let no one say that the schools have
fallen into Il rut and are able to see
no possibility beyond their routine.
There is Il school in Oregon. in rural
village. where credits are given 10 the
children for the "chores" they do M
home. for milking the COW. feeding the
chickens, choppinG the iirewood ana
similar tasks. which Il few years ago
all country children used 10 have 10
perform. Similarly in the Erasmus
Hall High School, in Brooklyn, there
is teacher who is giving his pupils
credits" for doing the family mar
keting.
OF course. We suppose these BROOK
lyn children when they grow up VIII
do their marketing 10y telephone OF
wireless. or not at all if the Kitchen.
which has now become a kitchcnettc'
disappears entirely. But what vivid
idea of history il gives them TO re-
enact il themselves. basket on arm
every morning. after the manner ol
their grandfathers and grandmothers.
or course. the art of marketing Il a.
dead as the language of Julius CAESAR
but then. what an insight into the
stern virtues of the past II furnishes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
A FRIEND OF ALL CHILDREN.

The happiest and luckicSt OF All roih
who write books or paint them Vi
draw them are the few who can speak
straight into the hearts of children.
In their search for friends they nnd
no limitation Of place. or time, or iah-
cuagc. The test is severe. The list OF
childrcn's classics is short. But to VIII
ones way there is TO have loving read
ers of every age. world without end.
OF such. surely. was Louis Maurice
Boutct de Monycl. who died yesterday
in Paris. rich in years, in friends ana
beautiful work. Along with Caldecott
and Kate GrceBdwa shaH we
admit Walter Crane:-hiS pictures
take rank with the few lasting addl-
lions 10 the childrcn's shelf that each
century contributes. There could be
nothing sweeter in spirit or Surer III
line and meaning.
What if the "Chansons de France
must remain in their native tongue
dcfying translation. ''Margoton, the
Young lady who fell down the well I"
=
be rescued. feet first 10y the tlrec
younc men in brown hats. "liat-a-
plat.a.plan." even the sentimental
"NIalbrouck" -of rrilhy-SvcnGali fame
mood no words after tho Routct de-
Monvcl pictures.
or that absorbing volume of object
lessons known a. ia Civilite Pucrii'
we speak with some trcpidation. ON
the one page it presents the good 'h'l'.
ON the other the naughty chiid-ahu
we are Obliged to confess that the az
ventures and wllcS of the latter are
Too often distrcssinely attractive. Inc
moral force Of this book We agree u"
doubt. 1t certainly will not suit the
standards of those modern educators
who insist upon uniformly piouS at
mo-phcrc for the young.
However. for children of much larger
growth il has few equals. and can DE
safely recommended along with tina,
mature and perfect book. the Jeanne
dare" Therein is chief beauty o. th'
chiIdrcns shelf. You never outgroW II
or if YOU do for 1t while in that pre-
poStcrously aged period Of life known
n the sonile twcntcs, you VIII surely
return 70 If amid the reiuvcnaiion 81
the bopcful thirtics. the roaring for
ties. and al the gay reckless years
Lcyond