Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-01

! bringing the total of the Hood up &c
| 1873, according TO an estimate by Coz
oner ]. W McKemy The lowlanda
/ south Of Dayton are being searched
and the coroner is making an effort
| to get q complete list Of the dead
! from undertakcrs.
/ 4 carload Of automobile tires, con-
| tributed by an Akron rubber conf
pany for use in relief work, arrived
today.
WASHINGTON. April lit will be
necessary to supply rations for nearly
/ $4,000 food victims for two weeks at
| Dayton, in tho opinion of Major
| Rhoads President Wilson'S aide. lie
| reported to the war department to-
day that the problem OF feeding was
o serious one. as many merchants
would not be able to resume business
| for some time.
| For that reason Major Rhoads suS-
gested that supply trains diverted to
! the flooded districts along the Ohio
river be sent TO Dayton. tIe also pro-
poses a commission of army engineers
| to be sent to Dayton at once to dc
|
Of the city. either through the control
of the head waters Of the river OF
| the reconstruction OF the levees.
CAIRO. Ill.,. April THE Ohio river
rose steadily through the night and to-
day stands at q point between 59.2 and
/ 53.3 The population was astir early,
and the fact that the water had sub
stantially passed the 81 mark caused
| considerable anxiety.
All expected that the day would
prove the crucial one in the fate OF
! the city. The crest Of tho food Is
expected to reach here today, and If
the levees hold i, Is the belief that
| tho worst viii be passed. Much
trouble was experienced during the
night in the drainage district along
the Big -Four levee. Three times
slides occurred and only valiant work
| on the part of those watching 1t saved
| the day. Dozens of carloads of sand
bags were placed about the weak
| spots and serious trouble was 3vertca.
Water seeped through under the
concrete wall and stood i'll the main
street of Cairo today, but the levee
has shown no signs Of weakening. \
| big force of men worked all night
! placing sandbags and other fhold-
backs along the city front.
| 1t is expected the mayor and sheriff
here will give the military complete
control of the situation. Word was
received from Major General Wood al
| Cincinnati by the general relief COM
mlttee that the situation would be
handled the same as last year.
Refugees continued to leave the city
all night and crowds are still waiting
at depots to get out.
The water is rising much more
rapidly than yesterday. and the de-
| mand for more workingmcn became
urgent. At o'clock the guage read
| 53.5 and was creeping up. The SUR
| face of the Ohio now stands about
/ one foot higher than the highest
street level. which is the main thor
oughfare of the town.
! In case OF q break the flood waters
would not rise to more than one or
! two feet in the buildings on the
| street, but all of tho town back OF
this street becomes gradually lower,
and most of the houses would be
| completely submerged
Block subway TO Save City.
\ large subway, which was d, the
only passageway from Cairo into the
! drainage district, has been blocked
to save the city The place was
boarded up and dozens of carloads
OF sand-bags placed to hold 1t Sc
| curt.
Accordingly as worlSmen are able
| 20 battle no longer with the levee
situation in the drainage district
! they are brought into Cairo and set
| 20 work along the river front. Most
of the houses and places of business
In the drainage territory have been
abandoned. and it is the prediction
that the section is doomed. 1t is
held that this break cannot result i'll
Cairo proper being flooded.
\ The State troops were sent out in
| squads of Ave today, each accom-
panied by policeman, to visit the
rendezvous Of men who are either
unwilling or have refused to work.
One of the purposes of closing all
places of business which do not
handle goods needed for the comfort
and necessities of the people was to
give opportunity TO get out the
strongest working force possible. En-
ployees of closed concerns have re-
sponded willingly for duty and have
reinforced TO a great extent the work
along the river-front.
The Rev NJ II. Love. of the Meth
odist Church, who has had charge of
relief work In former years, is again
at the head of the relief committee.
He viii have about twenty assistants
and a temporary hospital, which has
been arranged on a large wharf boat
in the river.
Cairo is situated on lowlands at
the fork of tho Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. It's safety depends absolutely
on levees from all sides. There Is no
way by which people walking or on
trains could escape except by going
back into the drainage district.
Consequently. hope Is placed IN
boats in case Of great trouble.
About one-half of the population
has left tho city already. They were
chiefly women and children There
is .. large fleet of river steamers
here.
CINCINNATI, o.. April THE
Ohio river here rose two-tenths of
foot during the night and early today
the stage was 6s.s feet. Weather
Forecaster Devereaux said he ex-
pected the river to rise another tenth,
after which 1t probably would re-
cede. The fall, he saidSs would De
slow at first because of the large
amount of water above.
Up-river points report the river
either stationary or falling slowly.