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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
Suffering in Columbus.

seems reasonable to estimate that
thousands are dead in the most i'm
periled cities
The last telegram that left Dayton
was at +. Nj This said that it was
impossible to give the number of dead,
bat that the property loss would reach
millions of dollars
Refugees on Buildings.
A hint of the dreadful conditions
into which Dayton's 1875, 600 people
we're thrown was given by the state
ment that within a radius Of two miles
from the center Of the city the up
per stories of office and other tail
buildings were crowded with refugees
These were watching hundreds OF
burning buildings. There were peo-
pie in the buildings who faced the al
tentative of death by fire or drown.
ing.
The yellow waters made mill-racea
in the streets, II was impossible, ow-
ing to the sWiftness OF the current
for boats 10 reach the burning build
lngS. and TO rescue the persons trap
ped in them
Adding to the horror Of the situa.
tion Of the people who had fled to
roofs and upper stories was the spec
tacle offered by the flood Bodies OF
people who had heen unable to es.
cape and who had been drowned when
the leVies broke, drifted by on the
rising food
The governor has ordered conn
panies Of militia from various parts
of the State to fhe relief of Dayton
Three companies we're attempting to-
night to reach Dayton from this city
Militiamen from other places have
managed to reach the flooded district
Several soldiers have lost their lives
while trying to rescue citizens. Two
were drowned early this evening willis ]
attempting rescues
Relief Expeditions.
Every effort is being made in this
city 70 organize relief expeditions for
Dayton and MiddIetown Cincinnati
sent forty small boats. a force OF po-
lieemen, companies of firemen. and q
large supply of provisions by special
trains and traction cars,
Physicians and nurses are being
rushed TO Dayton. But reports re-
ceived here before midnight Indicated
that the relief expeditions had been
hampered, and blocked by the COM
tinued rise of the rivers.
Cincinnati has contributed $5.069
from the municipal emergency fund
to be turned over TO the flood sufferers
In Dayton and Hamilton. An attempt
will be made to distribute the money
tomorrow morning. &
The breaking OF the leyies Of 60
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26

HARDLY LIKELY THAT ANY
FURTHER APPEAL WILL ne
MADE TO GOVERNOR.
WILL DECIDE TO-DAY
VICTOR ALLEN ARRIVES TO BE
WITH BROTHER AND FATHER
10 THE END-MISS wIssLER
ALSO EXPECTED.

Whether the sympathizers Of Floyd
and Claude Alien will have the temer-
ity to approach Governor Mann in be
half Of the condemned men once again
in the face OF the executives firm
declaration that he had washed his
hands Of the case, Viii probably be
decided today The probability is that
they VIII not pursue the channel of
executive clemency further but aC-
cept the inevitable
u. c. DFIaherty. who, with r. II.
willis. went to Washington TO make
an appeal 10 the United States SUI
preme court In behalf OF Claude Allen.
returned 10 Richmond yesterday Mr..
Willis went hack To hts home In Roam
o}Sc. MIR O'Flaherty stated yesterday
that the petition for a writ Of error
was pres nted Ia four of the Justices
of the highest tribunal In the land
and successfully refused. The point
al issue vas whether Claude had been
placed In Jeopardy Of his life more
than once and thereby deprived Of ais
constitutional rights. II this allega-
ton had met with the favor of the
Justices the supreme court would
have had the right TO interfere with
the procedure Of the Virginia courts.
1
opinions. and the last legal hope fer
Claude was shattered
Hold a Conference
a conference of Allen sympat hizers
was held late yesterday afternoon.
but no decision was reached as to
whether TO go to pains Of a further
appeal TO the governor in the face
Of his positive statement that he has
done with the case. and cared 10 hear
no more about It. From the tone of
those approached last night il IS prac-
tiCally certain that they have de
cided to abandon the fight as hope
less
An ante-mortem statement of some
sort has been expected from Cloude
Allen, Int up to last night he had not
prepared 1t, nor has he said anything
to his spiritual adviser. Rev DIT Geo.
" Mcdaniel concerning such a state
mont
Victor Allen Here
Victor Allen. son and brother Of
the condemned men. arrived Yesterday
and is stopping at the Richmond hotel.
yesterday afternoon. Miss Nellie Wis
sler, the sweetheart Of Claude. Is OK
pected here today
With Just two days now to live.
both father and son in their death
cells at the State prison. are said
10 be bearing up Well and apparently
have acquired that spirit of resiEna-
tioin which comes to all condemned
men as the hour of their inevitable
doom approaches The jury has been
summoned, and everything is in
readiness 70 rthe execution at an
early hour Friday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
Rebuild Bristol Church.

BRISTOL. VA. March 25.-Rev ].
w. Repass, pastor. will begin this
week the work of rebuilding the Vir-
ginia- Avenue Methodist church.
which was destroyed by fire last fall.
He Will be aided in the work by va
rious congregations in the Holston
conference.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
FLAMES FROM BURNING BUILDINGS
LIGHT UP SCENES OF TERROR
Relief Expeditions Set Out from Twenty Cities but
SpoLcn Streams Suspend Trqfic-AH Along Miami
Valley Prosperous Cities Are IsoLated--Rdin Contin-
ues to FaU---Loss In Property Cannot Be Estimated

COLUMBUS, MARCH 25.-The from Dayton that
reached this city tonight that thousands lost their lives the
flood that submerged three-quarers Of the city.
That the flood catastrophe the worst in the history OF the
positive but only details obtalnabe
the failure Of telegraph and telephone communications
Flashes of from Dayton say that the death list is far
greater estimated and place the number nj
the thousands 1t is absolutely impossible to confirm these
reports
Dayton is almost entirely off from the world. Darkness
has increased the of the flood Buildings the heart OF
the city burning The flames light up vast expanse of
upon the surface which the bodies OF and
animals are floating.
Thirty Thousand Homeless.
are reports that many Dayton unable to flee
from office and apartments building which later took fire. The
that have been driven from their homes
placed at thirty housanda fourth of Daytons population
From twenty cities relief expeditions the
companies Efforts to relieve the suffering and
homeless handicapped by swollen streams that have
pended railway traffic.
Tho reliable that be obtained that Dayton
tonight lake in the darkness darkness relieved only
by burning of buildings that thousands gathered
in the upper the roofs of houses praying for
Suffering in Columbus
This city suffered severely from the food sixth of the
city under There report of lives lost here
the property damage is great
All along Miami Valley the damage by flood and
storm unparalleled in the history of the State Prosperous
cities isolated Thousands peril is reported that
Delaware Piqua. Troy Sidney and Hamilton half ruined
Rain continues fall tonight. Nearly all down.
Few trains running.
The resulted from coudbursts which started last night
and which worked their way this into Pennsvl
vana.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26

SPRINGFIELD. O.. March 25,-~
The last news that reached here as
to the loss of life in Dayton is said
10 have come from the mayor Of
that city.
The mayor Of Dayton, according 10
the report. has telegraphed that i've
thousand persisted in his City In the
food. after the breaking Of the levees
Of the Big Miami river.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
RApPAHANNOCk CONyOCATION
BE HELD IN NORTHUMBERLAND

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. March
25.-The spring meeting of the Rap
pahanneck Valley Conyocation of the
Protestant Episcopal Church will be
held in st. Mary's church, Fleeton,
Northumberland, April Sth to 18th.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
GREAT LEVEES BURST
FLOODS SWEEP CITIES

CINCINNATI. March 25.--Broken
levees and tremendous floods have
drowned hundreds in Dayton, Middle
town. Hamilton and other cities that
are cut of from communication with
the world.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down, or dismantled, but alarming
news comes from villages and towns
near the food-swept cities.
In Dayton alone. the dead number
scores-one estimate places the loss or
lice at more titan one hundred. While
the people crowd the upper stories
and roofs. the dead float in the streets.
Buildings are burning. Three-quar-
ters of the city is under water from
the caviug of the levees of the BIg
Miami river. In many streets the wa
ter is fifteen feet deep. The latest
reports received here were that thirty
thousand are homeless in Dayton.
HUNDREDS in Hamilton.
Hamilton and Mddletowu are ex-
reriencing the worst flood in their
history. There is an unContirmed re-
mort that hundreds have been drown
ed in Hamilton. and that in Cokeotto,
n factory suburb, one hundred have
lost their lives,
In MiddletoNn the loss of life and
damage to property are fully as great
as in Hamilton. Those cities are pitch
dark tonight. all Of the lighting plants
having been submerged. People have
taken refuge upon roofs and tree
tops
Companies of militia have been or
dered to Dayton, to Hamilton and to
Middletown, but the railroads are
submerged and the work of rescue
and relief is slow. Meanwhile the
failure OF the Geographic and tele-
phonic communications increases the
alarm and suspense.
Ohio River Rising.
Cincinnati is not yet in danger from
the fast rising Ohio river. The river
is still ten feet below the danger line
of SO feet Cumminsville ond other
suburbs OF this city are inundated
and no trains are running on the
railroads in or out of the city
Even the fragmentary news received
from small towns and villages that es-
capped the worst of the floods makes
ii certain that central and southern
Ohio are experiencing an unparalleled
disaster from water. Allowing for ex-
aggerations and contradictions, 1t
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
Cyclone sweeps Kentucky.

LOUISNlLIE, KY, MATCH Zo.---A
wind storm of e@clonic dimensions
swept Kentucky today, leaving in its
wake demolished houses buildings
without roofs. and In several instances
injured persons were unable to reach
safety Hundreds are homeless over
the State Early reports indicate that
the situation was serious.
Reports tonight from Paducah.
Greensboro, Fulton and many smaller
towns which lie along the Kentucky
and Licking rivers state these streams
are rising rapidly. and that the danger
line viii be reached BY tomorrow morn
ing,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
THOUSANDS ARE VICTIMS
OF OHIO FLOOD AND FIRE.
BIC MIAMI RIVER BURSTS lEvEES
BRINGING DISASTER To DAYTON.

Thirty Thousand Are Homeless, People Flee to Tops
of TaLlest Buildings While Water Rdgcs Through
Streets, Surfing Dead Bodies Abo Darkness Adds
TO Horror
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
Governor Appeals to World.

CLEVELAND. March 25.--Governor
Coz. with the sanction Of the legisla
ture, in session in Columbus tonight,
issued m appeal to the world for as
sIstance for Ohio food sufferers.
More than seven thousand lives
were lost in the flood which swept
through Ohio today. leaving in its
train damage estimated far into the
millions.
The State is paralyzed. Railroad.
trolley, telephone and telegraph traf-
fic is blocked, and the cities in which
hundreds of lives have been lost are
cut off almost entirely from Communi-
cation with the rest Of the world,
According to reports which are be-
iieved authentic, five thousand were
drowned in Dayton, fully one thou
sand in Hamilton. and six hundred in
Piqua.
At 40 o'clock tonight the dam of
a reservoir north Of Hamilton burst
the city, According 10 word from
pie were drowned.
In Piqua the river hurst the levees.
poured through the town, and trapped
hundreds of people in their homes.
The swift current undermined the
houses, and il Is estimated that sac
were swept to their death.
In Delaware the Olentangy river be-
came lake, which covered most of
the city II is estimated that fully one
hundred We're drowned People were
left clnging to trees. roof tops, and
telegraph poles, crying for assistance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26

C0LIMBJ OHIO, March 25.--Dc4a~
ware, Ohio. is under seven feet of
yellow water tonight News received
here is that twenty persons have lost
their lives in that city, and that fifteen
hundred people have been driven from
their homes, and are awaiting rescue or
relief There are reports that place the
number Of dead at Delaware at fifty.
Hundreds Of people were huddled to-
night on the east bank Of the Olentangy
river having escaped the rush Of wa
ters that submerged the city These
waited with apprehension for news
from their friends. or relatives, who
had to seek safety upon the roofs or
in the upper stories of buildings in
the city Bridges have been destroyed
and there are no trains running,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
sprineaeld Vote. $4,000.

SPRINGFIELD, ONO, March 70
The city council tonight voted $50, 0o0
out of its contingent fund for the relief
of the food sufferers in Dayton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
Southeastern Kanses Farms, near the
City Of Chanute:

city population These produce alfalfa
High
poultry raised these farms Farm
Apples peaches, cherries pums and berries do well in
listed have natural wells them which
The
boom land has reached this vicinity yet but due any time
number
county living farms the vicinity of Chane We
you 0 carefully consider following
smooth land miles station miles Chanue mile
buildings
farm nearly powed Large
Has for dairy
Plenty abundance Pre$9000 $500
balance
lying mile rock miles Chunue An nice
soil 30 hay meadow balance land Fair buildings mile Of a
good back soil miles station mile school and church
powe pasture and meadow bargain price
hay mile station; buildings This
payg d the Price $500
of
n
free gas to IN;
will and the
should be $3 for several
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

command, not because Big Business
pays the bill, but because the public
may not buy so much at the higher
rates. But if wage raise is wrung
from these vigilant protectors Of the
Big Dividend, then the public is called
upon to empty its jeans Of coin r to
pay all the wage raise and about 200
per cent more. The expense Of figuring
out new wage scale and putting it
into practice is apparently a little piece
of enterprise for which the coal mag
mates want more than SO, 600 0OO
This fact illustrates strikingly the
helplessness Of the public COMPETE
tion has been all but eliminated in
trade and the small buyer must pay
whatever mercenary business magnates
demand Wh,n the oil trust was dis
solved, oil prices scared Busting the
trust will not help, if the oil dissolu-
ton is a typical instance.
Either downright, genuine competi-
ton must appear in every phase Of
trade, from the manufacturer down to
the retailer or thpre rnugt he rao.1Ia-
ton, definite and thorough. The high
cost Of living is annually making its
depredations more and more severe. 1t
is a condition which can find its relief
in law, quick and effective, Then such
disgraceful conduct as that Of the coal
trust will be a matter Of ancient his
tory and the householder will have
cause for rejoicing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
LAFOLLETTE VISITS PRESIDENT
WILSON

Washington, D. c.. March Is Sen
ator LaFoIette made his first call last
night at the Whitehouse in more than
three years He was the invited guest
of President Wilson and spent almost
an hour with him in his study in the
executive mansion He would make
no statement as to the purpose of his
visit, but it has been an open secret
for days that he was expected to dis
cuss matters of legislation with the
president.
President Wilson, it was generally
understood, wished especially to get
the views of Senator LaFolette, as a
progressive, upon tariff revision, cur
rency legislation, Alaska, and the eff
feet Of physical valuation Of railroads
as provided for by congress in the clos
ing days Of the last session. The con-
ference was merely preliminary to
Others to be held later as the situation
in congress develops
Other progressive senators will be
asked to the Whitehouse from time to
time and the president hopes that many
of them will find it consistent 60 line up
with the Democrats in passing what he
believes is progressive legislation
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
Bitter Root Valley, Montana

the
a
to
Linden
themselves We onvestiate the following
8
The Co will for this lot Price
$4500 easy
block planted commercial apples Tansen
This lot 1910 planting One mile from Bitter Root
1914
years
spring selling These prices include develop
mentan ms
Please askf descrp literature
M & carwi a md
the fine frui fromw Montana
For literature and other nformaton enquire Of write
HOME REAL ESTATE AGENCY Mineral Point Wis.
WNT. CROFT,
b. !. BENNETT
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

fellows Thus may be described
single one OF the campaigns, OF which
many are held during the year.
Strictly speaking, a by-product OF
the work is the changed impression OF
university life which gets out among
the high school boys, particularly IN
the towns visited. They have thought
of the university student as rather
stylish fellow, with a cigarette In his
mouth, his cap a little on one side
and a full fedged swagger. They meet
an entirely different kind OF student.
The kind with all the ability and
qualities of leadership, but who does
not smoke cigarettes. who INDUCES In
no braggadocio talk and one who
shows a real interest in the high
school fellows and their welfare.
Thus is developed a more whole
some respect for the Christian reli-
gion and. in add ton, by the constant
personal work scores Of fellows are
brought face to face with the practi-
cal every day sort OF Christianity
which the university students believe
In and which many of them are try
ing to practice
During the holiday season just past,
teams from the University Of Wiscon-
sin visited Evansville, Lancaster, Lake
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

team composed of five leading stu
dents OF the university to some
town or small city, ranging from sew
en- or eight hundred TO five thousand
population
One Of the secretaries Of the asso-
citation visits the town in advance and
meets the pastors Of the local
churches, who have already agreed to
invite one of these teams to spend
from five to eight days in the town,
g0ns over with them very definitely
the ways I'm which the teams have
previously gotten the best results.
During the days of the campaign
the members Of this team are tire
mendously busy They spend either
their morning or afternoon in inter
views and the rest OF the day they are
mingling with the older high school
boys skating, playing games, or any
thing to get the interest of the young
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

kind aid Of the University Y. NJ. c. A.
that have obtained the two positions
/ now have. It would be impossible
for me to remain in school without
earning a large part of my expenses.
When first came to this city I was a
stranger, but through the Y. NJ. c. A. I
found help that made me feel at
home. Not only on my arrival at Mad
ison was the Y. NJ C. A. a help to
me, but the reading rooms and the
rest roo are always open and in
them | spend many hours among CON
genial friends and home-llke surround
ings"
Expressions of this kind could be
duplicated almost indefinitely. but
among the members of the Y NJ. C.
A. it is taken as a matter of course.
For years the employment work has
been a part of the regular association
activities. True, it has grown so in
recent years that it can no longer be
handled by volunteers alone, but occu.
pies about one-half of the attention OF
the assistant secretary.
During the summer months when
the university is not in session, the
visits all the possible en-
ployers Of student labor and gets them
listed in a card catalogue. Every year
an increasing number of young men
ask for employment The value OF
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
If Women Only Knew
lyhaf Heap Of Happiness II Womb
Bring 10 Mineral POiTf TONES.

Hard to do homework with an aching
back.
Brings you hours of misery at leisure
or at work.
If women only knew the cause
That backache often comes from
weak kidneys
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Many residents of this vicinity an-
dorse them.
Mrs. Charles WehIs, 4o7 Water ST.,
PlatteviIle. Wis, avs About year
ago was greatly annoyed by backache
and distressing pains through my KID
ueys. / also suffered from headaches
and spells of dizziness My kidneys
were disordercd and caused me annoy
ance. Learning Of Doan Kidney Pills
/ procured them from N0uman's Phar-
macy and short use relieved the back
aches and an other symptoms of kidney
complaint have not been troubled
since
For sale by alld dealers. Price 50cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name lDoan'sl and
take no other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

Geneva, Oconomowoc and East Troy.
Besides the general wholesome inhu-
ence of their visit, forty-four older
boys and men made decisions for the
Christian life, and many who had al
ready made that decision took ad-
vanced ground
Trains Men for Service.
Each year many young men who
have gotten their training in the
Young Mems Christian association are
going out to occupy places Of useful
ness and service in the world In the
Far East there are at the present time
a score of men who were active in the
University Y. NJ. G. A, and who
since graduation have gone to the mis-
sion field to occupy high places Of
leadership and of unusual opportunity.
Three OF them were secretaries of the
Y. NJ. c. A. at the University of Wis
consin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20

fee Of the association secretary there
are hundreds Of letters that read Xix
this
1T is a positive fact that witnou,
work / could not remain at the univer
sity AT present ! am occupied by
work obtained through the Y NJ { a
employment bureau. Unless / had this
job or some other, I would have to
leave school AS a new student. IT
would have been practically impos.
sible for me To find work through ms
own efforts. but through your bureau
I was Immediately successful As facts
nov stand ] am indebted to Won for
this years schooling"
Another says Fit was THROUGH Is
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
Montana, THE Treasure State"

Montana
Agriculture exceed the the
Of Illinois Missouri and Nebraska from 81 2
sell the Judith Basin where grows the finest wheat produced in
seeded The
all of the The these farms will 10 to 20
which sells
o bushe. Investigate Yourself
Hbson
m rom Hobson. Price
mile from Hobson 2i0 under cultivation
seeded wheat Good well
third cash. Price per
100 cultivated 20 alfalfa Fenced good barn
andsp spring Price SGT
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-03-20
Dray, Baggage : Express
COM PAW
COMPANY

Having purchased what was formerly
the Robt James dray and express line
and coal business, we desire that the
public know we are fully prepared to
accommodate promptly anyone wanting
service in our line.
Baggage handled carefully. All calls
promptly attended TO- We are also
equipped for heavy hauling.
Hard soft and blacksmith coal on
hand at an times. Orders filed on
short notice. N. HI. LINDEN.
23tf J. p. KIEFFER, JR.
The Mineral Pit. Dray & Coal Co.
Office Phone , $ $ under Hotel Roya.