Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
RELATIVES BES|ECE
PAPERS FOR NEWS
Manv Anxious Queries Re-
ceived Concerning Folks in
Stricken Territory.
TELEGRAPH OFFICES
ARE ALSO BOMBARDED
Cong ressional Residents, Failing to
Receive Word, Rely on
Newspapers.

Residents of Washington who have
friends or relatives in the flooded dis
tricts of the middle west have bombarded
the ewspaper offices and the offices of
the telegraph companies since early
morning with requests for information
from the scenes Of the floods. Rumors
OF the bursting of the st. Mary's reser-
voir. in northwestern Ohio, and of the
Levi ,ton reservoir, near Hamilton. I'm the
southwestern part of the state, brought
fresh flood of queries to The Star. To
teleg raphic communication with the dew
asteo parts of the country is uncer-
tain and in many cases is entirely broken
off, and the dispatches that trickle
through, by devious routes and often
after hours of delay, contain only gen.
eral news. and do not mention individ
uals except in extraordinary instances.
Ths family of Thomas w. Cissell of IA
r street northwest anxiously awaited
news from him all day and night yester-
day, and up to noon today had received
no tdings. Mr.. Cissell is in Elwood, Ind,
supe rvising the work on the new post
Office building there. Elwood is one OF
the Indiana towns reported to have suf-
fered from the floods in that state.
though, from the towns location there is
little danger that serious flood conditions
exist there. Elwood is slightly northeast
OF Indianapolis. from which it Is about
forty miles distant. 1t is located on
branch of the White river. which Is small
enough that II is not likely dangerous
floOC could exist there.
Cincinnati in Danger.
Shortly after noon today the weather
bure au issued a bulletin to the effect that
Cine innati is not out of danger as yet,
but hat the flood crest of the Ohio river
prob ably will be reached by noon to-
morrow. The railway mail service this
morning reported that the Union sta
ton at Cincinnati has been abandoned.
Indianapolis persons residing or visit
ing in Washington are unable to get
wore through to their friends and rela-
tives in the HoOsier capital, though 1t
appea rs that the worst of the flood
there is over. The damage done by the
high waters in and about indianapolis
was in a manufacturing district, where
not "a great many residences were located.
RipI lie. village about ten miles north
of Indianapolis, was swept by the flood.
though no lives have been reported lost
Their. The reports also indicate that
parts of North Indianapolis, lying north
of Fall creek, are under water. as well
as a low-lying part Of the residence sec
ton Immediately south of Fall creek,
a VIDE stretch Of low land whereabouts,
rents sufficient to wreck or wash away
nous eS.
Making No Reservations.
The Pennsylvania railroad yesterday
declined to make any reservations for
poins west of Pittsburgh, and a num-
Der OF Indiana visitors in Washington
are unable to return to their homes. The
Ches apeake and Ohio and the Baltimore
and Ohio railroads also refused yes.
terdsy and today to sell tickets or make
Pullman reservations farther west than
Pitts burgh or Cincinnati. The Western
Unicn and the Postal telegraph COM
pant,s stated yesterday that they can
handle no private business or personal
mess ages with anything even approach
ing lromptness or certainty west OF Gin
cinntti or Columbus Ohio.
Fr;.nk Gull. private secretary OF Rep
reseitative Buckley of Ohio, is con-
cerned over the safety of his brother. who
is city editor of the Dayton, Ohio. News,
and who lives in Riverdale. a suburb of
Dayton that was in the direct path of
the flood. Mr.. Gull has received no news
from his brother since the flood broke on
Dayton. His father and mother live at
Miarlfsburg, a short distance from Day.
ton, and which is also reported to have
suffered severely from the high waters,
and no news has been received by Mr..
Gull from his parents.
Anxiously Await News.
Every ring of the telephone bells in the
homes of those Washington families who
have relatives and friends in the flooded
area gave renewed hopes of assurances
for leir safety. Some stood by the tele-
phones all day awaiting news from the
stricken area which might contain re-
ports Of their friends. Efforts were maze
to get both kilograms and long-distance
telep lone messages through, but were un-
succe ssful. The newspaper offices were
besieged for information, and in some
cases they were asked to inform the
anxious ones in case any news came
through.
Em.ene Allies. brother of Milton +.
Allies vice president of the Riggs National
Bank, whose mother, three sisters and a
broth ef live at Sidney, Ohio received a
telegram at 10 O'Clock TINS morning from
his sister declaring that although Sidney
was flooded all danger was passed ana
the family safe.
Mr.. Allies stated this morning that he
had trled all day yesterday to get tele-
grams through to the stricken area. he
said he even placed a long-distance call
in for Sidney early yesterday, but up to
late this morning he had not been in
formed that connections were established.
Sidney he said, was ABOUT Twelve miles
north of Piqua, which town was reported
destroyed.
AT the home of Mrs Frank Hume it was
declared that nothing had been heard
from Mrs Hume's daughter, Mrs. Thomas
w. Cook, who is now with her husband
and their children at Dayton.
Rev, Roland Cotton Smith, rector of st.
Johns Church, whose son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Emerson are
in the flooded area, said he had heard
nothing from them. He last heard from
them Tuesday from Columbus. They tele-
era nj ed that they were all right at that
time. and intended to go to Dayton.
Messages Are in Vain.
Robert E. Mcnamara, an attorney in
the Columbian building, had heard moth
ing from his brother, John p. Mcnamara,
assistant superintendent Of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company at Peru.
Ind. He said he had tried in vain to get
MESA ;ges of inquiry through.
T. F.. Diesman of 452 K street north
west a clerk in the Office OF the quar-
termaster corps, War Department said
This morning that he had heard nothing
from his sister, Mrs. Peter Centner, who
lives at 1890 South I'd street, Hamilton,
Ohio. He said he sent a telegram of in
curry today. although he didn't know