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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
GOVERNOR cox FEARS
VILLAGES WIPED OUT
Hardly Less Than a Miracle, He
Says, if Some Are Not De-
stroyed by Floods.
-R, reLesraph 70 The Tribune.

columbus. ONO. March 25.-The follow
INK statement Of the OHIO flood situation
WAS issued by Governor Cox at II ocloc.
tonight
The exact extent or The appalling f"od
I'm Ohio : still unknown. Every houi I'M
presses u. with the uncertainty of the
situation The waters have assumed sucn
unknown heights in many parts Of th'
state that 10 Will be hardly less than
Attract. if villages and towns are not
v,ined out Of existence Zoo the southern
and southeastern parts or ONO
The storm j. moving south OF e">'.
,.,i,,,ohus WAS the centre Of an ACTIVITIES
in behalf of the stricken cities. "'''l
hour has apparently been filled Win an
accumulation OF dramatic circumstances
piteous appeals have been made h' men
who we're surrounded by water ana con-
fron,ed by the approaching confederation
I'm the city OF Dayton
Every human energy has been eNef''d
IA give relief. and Vet the measure OF as
assistance has been comparauNeN smHh
II is the belief however that oy day
light tomorrow those imprisoned in th'
business section of Dayton can De- 70
lIeved
The day BEGAN with storm Slsna
from the Weather Bureau advising mat
there would be- dangerous rise m me
waters of the MuSkingum River Al the
towns along its course. including lanes
yula and Marietta. were advised.
Before noon the situation assumed
critical aspect AT GAINESVILLE ana INC NE
toric " bridge was blown up WIN
dynamite The loss OF life In IanesVi'e
is unknown. because all telephone COM
munication ceased At noon. Marietta YES
further south on the OHIO River II can
not be reached. but IL IS safe to assume
that the same devastating results "'
GAINESVILLE were carried on To Marietta.
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cred was transmitted TO the America,
Telephone and Telegraph Company's sta
| ton at Phoneton. six miles north Fror
that point the messages received were for
warded in substance to this city and given
OUT AT the company's Offices here
At a late hour the company announced
that ii had established a telephone sta,io,
at the flood limit i'm North Dayton. nIacod
an operator In charge and turned tho STA.
ton over to the committee Of safety for ~,
uses. All day the telephone wires had
been successfully tapped by company em.
ployes at gradually nearing points TO the
flooded city and messages sent to the
Phoneton station. These messages con.
firmed many points in other accounts NJ
the disaster and the progress of the roscus
work.
one OF the most important messages re-
ceived late last night. stated that the
serious Tres that had been raging mad
then died out.
stu later. however-near midnlght-a
message said:
For the last hour burning buildings la
Dayton have been plainly visible from
our office here. The .ain has subsidized
now. so the fire has practically nothing
10 check it,"
y report received at the Phoneton sta
ton about the same time and transmitted
here said the town of Piqua was on fire
There was no confirmation Of this report
There t. "A school building said To con.
tain six hundred persons and indication.
T., Ia,
time Two men seen using "A pleasure
boat to view the scene had to he pressed
into rescue service by the police at the
points of shotguns.
People are being transferred 10 safety
As rapidly as possible with the limited
means at hand. Farmers and others for
miles are trying to prevail upon rescued
ones to 20 to the rescuers' homes. but in
most cases families are split up and the
members picked up refuse To- leave until
all have been rescued.
The National Cash Register Company
has hands at work making boats and cof-
fins and has ordered 90 collins from Gin
cnnati.
The beautiful steel high school build.
ing is a wreck
\ summary of conditions IN Dayton, As
thus reported. includes the following:
"One OF our employees who returned this
evening from the north side of the sub.
merged section of Dayton says the scenes
there are Undesirable. People are hud-
died in churches and public school build
ings. and there is danger of these col
lapslng.
Three babies We're born IN one church
this afternoon. one was born in boat
while its mother was being conveyed 10
safety. The rain was pouring in torrenU
at the time and the mother had been tor
six hours or more without necessary aid.
Such scenes are common.
Last reports from our Nh Anderson.
who is stationed at telephone, and who
is heading relief party In North Day
ton. Indicate that ne thinks he reports OF
the loss Of life have been exaggerated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
SIX Suhocated.

The most reliable information obtain
able from Peru said that only 3 single
block Of the city remains altogether
out of the water. and that thousands
are packed into buildings in q small
area downtown. Six were said to have
sunocatod in the crowds at the court
house. which still is out of water.
AZ Logansport flood waters Of The
Wabash are sixteen feet deep on the
floors of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
station. and cadets from the Culver
Military Academy were rushed 10 Lo-
ganspori To- aid Ina the rescue
I'm West indianapolis one pitiable !ale
after another added 10 the horrors of
the food story during the entire day.
Night fell there on an uncomplete /
wo,.i of rescue. after more than I've
hundred persons had been taken - a
single landing station at Blaine avenue
and Morris street. where facilities were
increased To- nineteen rowboats. a
launch and two canoes.
Many women rescued in West Indian
apolis were taken from their noodc |
homes unc nscious or succumbed TO
the excitement after realizing ihcy
were safe. Physicians were unable 10
meet the demand for medical attention
for the refugees and worked at great
disadvantage. for all the food victims
suffered much exposure. even after ne
ing removed from the water
Declaring that crisis was on the
state, Governor Ralston issued proc
lamation tonight calling on the citi-
Zcns Of Indiana to contribute means
for the flood sufferers of the state
The Governor says the number of dead
cannot now he approXimated. but the
loss of property will run into millions
Of dollars.
Hugh DoughcrtN. banker of Ind
! annapolis. was made trustee 20 rccciv,
checks or drafts. and Adjutant Gen
cral George W. Mccoy was directed
| To receive food and clothing.
indianapolis streetcars remain stand
ing in the streets where they were
stopped yesterday morning when the
power house was flooded. all interurbar
| lines are at IA standstilI and the steam
roads are having poor success in get
ting trains out Of the city. The water
service probably cannot be resumed
within thirty-six hours. All available
water supplies are being taxed to the
utmost 10 provide IA scant supply OF
good water.
f.. l.. Bryan, president of Indiana
University, announced postponemcnt of
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before any measure could be- taken To
protect them. This. left the wires with
ont current and cnectually cut of Day
ton.
stohl rummaged around and found a
uneman.s test set" Win this be- made
his wa, To- the roof OF -hc building. cut
in" ou the line To Phoncton and reported
10 Williamson. whose batteries were stll
300 condition over this meagre equipment
messages We're exchanged hy means of
th. underground wires OF the company.
which held up untii after the noon hour
Tucsday before IN" cable IN which they
We're iu,ascd gave way The break. how
over was south Of DAYTON and Phoneton
$50. sru ~ touch with the food stricken
city.
Since Then. except TO- pnet intervals.
stohi has remained on the roof Of the
building suffering the discomfor,s 81 pour
ing rain and low temperature 100 order
that the waiting world might have some
word from Dayton.
Delaware ohio. March - scores 81
persons Who We're mafoonei on mouse
roofs and LOO tnc treetope early Yesterday
inofu.ne are -tli alive although many "
them have, mad uu food FOR thirty -siN %
forf,-.ight hours Walter l;aines Who
was washed into tine river when the bis
-Four bridge went out 20 1850 Yesterday
morning Was still ,InSins 10 tree IN
fN. fIIadI. of the river Tonight ti' udI
tied himself with bis belt and kept waving
his arms W. an effort 20 keep warm. large
crowds gathered to-day 10 wau'h the res
.cupr- attempt 10 get him several uish'-
,a--f.I attempts wrr. made Go s,t ropes
and boats To him
Eir coal nrcs were burned along the
river banks To- lci ID" stranded iroplc
l.rno that the -eecuets Wer" stiI vorNng
iDI them.
GAINESVILLE OHIO March ,' y uuwNel oi
toatu,n 81 Ozark this WoruinE refused :"
I.note u.rsons from iWp'ri'led homes 900
TN. flooded district unless paid bur a
snIlad of militlueu which mad ucen or
derrd 0ut forced tie noatm"n ~ 10" inu|-
ll.. of guns 10 assist in the work of res
4
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the opening of the spring term, which
was to have been to-day, until railroad
service may be re-esta blished TO Bloom
ington. No students have been able 10
reach the university.
The east span of the West Washing
ton street bridge fell into the river late
this afternoon. and shortly afterward "A
pier washed out beneath the Ken
lucky avenue bridge nearly mile be-
low. which is momentarily expected to
give way completely. This leaves only
the Oliver avenue traffic bridge and
two railroad bridges. which can pos
siby be used in rescue work in West
Indianapolis.
Sixty passenger trains are shut out
of the city on the lines entering from
the West. and all the passengers are
practically sharing the lot of the home
less refugees.
The Assumption Parochial School. in
charge Of Father Joseph Weber, is
sheltering and feeding about one hun
dred women and children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
Damage Inest'mab ..

indianapolis has a certain loss of life
in the western part Of the city from the
great flood eNpanses along White River
and an inestima ble property loss in the
most substantial residence districts
through the overflow OF FAN Creek
Water fell rapidis in the latter distric;
during the day. bat there was no con-
sequential abatement OF the waters in
West indianapolis.
Three distinct flood districts prevail
throughout The state. each only few
miles wide yet sweeping across tho
entire width OF Indiana. In the north
all the towns and cities along the Wa
bash and III larger tributaries are af-
fectcd. White River sweeps through
Contra Indiana. with indianapolis the
greatest sufferer. while White Water
River drains valley In the middle
southern portion Of the state. where
manv towns and small cities have been
affected
Efforts of All food relief workers
were directed to-day toward rescung
persons still IN dangerous places and
relieving the suffering and wants Of the
homeless Tie Peru death list still is
placed at from sixty to three hundred
Six deaths were reported from Fort
Wayne. three from New Castle. two
from Lafayette. one from Rushvillc.
one from Muncic and five scattering
throughout the state. IN addition 10
definite reports of deaths in several
places Yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
NATIONAL GUARD ALL
ORDERED TO DAYTON
First Trainload of Provisions
Arrives at Stricken City
Few Bodies Seen.

Dayton. Ohio. March ~ A message
from Governor Cox tonight ordered
tho entire ohio National Guard 10
hold themselves in instant readiness to
proceed To- Dayton 49, soon as IL he
comes possible for them Ia enter the
city.
II understand the importance oil
having the militia there" the Governor
tcleGraphcd.
The first trainioad Of provisions from
Cincinnati. together with detail Of
policemen 10 help in the rescue work.
reached here tonight after being
twelve hours on the road. This with
two cars from Springfield during the
day. relieved the immediate suffering.
Word also was received that a carload
of supplies was ON the way from De
troit
Late this afternoon q number OF
refugees brought i'm from simpson
street told stories that gave an insight
into conditions i'm East Dayton. hither-
To- uncXplorcd. The flood victims do
clarcd they knew of no loss OF life H.
this section because a great number Of
the people had availed themselves of
warnings and fled
Mrs Van Dcnberg, who remained
until the flood cnvclopcd her home. de-
clarcd when rescued this afternoon that
she had seen no bodies in the flood
Nothing tonight had been heard
from Mayor Phillips Of Dayton. or
from Adjutant General Woods. ma
rooncd IL WAS believed. in North Day
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
MANY LOOTERS CAUGHT
AMONG DAYTON RUINS
/ Rescue Work Continued in Mil
Race Torrents Only by
Tow Line Boats.
AUTOS CONVEY REFUGEES
Firemen Met by Wall Of Water
Heroic Wire Chiefs
Keep City in Touch
with World

DAYTON GuI0 March o. humorous
stories of Iootio.. hat, Ia,1 heard fn-d, -
and man, pr..oncrs nave been taken aud
locked up I'm most cases th,... had eye
tered houses and had Teen searching for
valuable
Reueai.d retofvcr shot. psy. rise Do flI.
renor,s tb., soni.. 5.s,,.r.,t.. househo.d....
b,d ebot ,ha,,.,l,.o. ..tbc,. ina, el0.r
death by drowuiur When som, of The
shots were traced tn-day bov,rcr the.
proved ia have he.r -r-d lbs men I'm AN
Effort IN attract ,es.it,.rs
Rescue work mas h.., continued IN ID
disconnected f,.hiou and ,.an. bo,tlo.l.
of women and children vel. brought from
The houses within r.v wards of the
sbn,e Tn. nn,,.rr,J ,.i-f.nf nr .teb
cross street ,oado IL ,ruuos.ihI. for tho..
manning tb. bosts ia mass "a. tr,st. cr,s..
iry u.ithou, ,,...ot,t .f t,.t ,o,.. Limos
b.vo loo, s,,..,b,d ID. man.. ,ls,.e and
,rollev tos, ,,t,s troue,t many victim.
mn, Evor,. o,,to,,ot,uc iu th.. ,it, has
hoer nross.d mt, .o,.,i... and 4. used ia
moo, ,a,b, .,t ,,,l .,oC,,,,..... ..,..t.k,, at
ono =. Tho ,os,.i,.ls
Tho ruror that the - 1.lizabctb Hos.
,,,sI Min siy h,,,d,.d ,otio,,s had moon
su,er, .u.oy which .ai,.d ,irc,Iatio, /. -
rigb, ,o.da,. ,roved IN bsvo been fals..
.I,nouob g, bad t..a, i.nrnssibi. to roach
tho boeri,,l eaid ol,es.s yh,u.J tina, th..
nuud,ng IL s,u standing The wafer =
,,t tboue,ht a. ~. ,,i,, ahove tho FIRST
no,, az ,b. b,,;ldirp
=, grarlic storv us told Ia. Eds, Vim
cen, a member of the Dayton Fire De
,ar,mont Tile eneine ho,iso v.,s within Il.
fou doors of Ta,lor street vber. tbo
breal< in tho levee occ irrcd Tin, dena-t-
mont watchers fearing hcinp food boi,nd
sounded the fire. call simultaneously with
tho hre,L In tho 1.v.a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
TWENTY DROWN AT SHARON
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Face Serious Floods.

Pittsburgh. March 26.-Nestern and
Northern Pennsylvania and parts Of West
Virginia are facing a serious food situa-
ton tonight A few fatalities have been
reported. Tho property loss will run into
several million dollars.
Twenty persons are reported to have
been drowned at Sharon when the
Shcnango River overlooked It's banks
Tho property damage In Sharon and vi
entity IS said TO lie close to 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
Day of Heroic Rescue Attempts
Has Done Little to Aid Thou
sands of SuffererS-Three
Distinct Floods.
DEAD LIE ABOUT IN HEAPS
Twelve Bodies Recovered from
Single House in Peru-Six
Suffocated in Crowd of
Refugees-Great Dam
age in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS. March 26.-Night fell
upon food swept Indiana with but 1T
tie comfort for its many thousands of
food sufferers Conservative reports
from throughout the state estimate the
loss of life at not fewer than 1916. while
persistent rumors from various points
indicated that possibly many more have
persisted There is none TO attempt
even guess at the property damage.
communication established with Con
nersyile, from whore Governor Raj
ston on Tuesday received frantic APP
peals for aid that he was powerless to
answer. brought unverifed rumors
that at least forty persons persisted in
Brook yile, Franklin County, on Mon
day night. Unconfirmed dispatches
from the same region declare that the
smaller towns of MetmOra. Cedar Grove
and Trenton are swept away com
pletely.
Late afternoon advices from Peru,
sent 10y telephone through South Bend
say that twelve bodies were recovered
from single house there. and insist
that the largest death figures for that
city are not exaggerated Peru is tn
most completely demoralized city in tire
great Hood districts in Indiana. but
Fort Wayne. Logansport. Lafayette
and Terre Haute have experienced loss
Of life and great property damage. with
practically all public service destroyed
in each.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27

Peru. Ind. March 26-Nivid details
Of the disastrous food which visited
Peru wer learned late to-day. when
rescuers succeeded in propellng boats
through the inundated streets. The
facts established were.
Number OF persons drowned estimat-
ed from sixty to as high as three
hundred. ii being impossible to learn
exactly. because many bodies are hid
den in houses still wholly submerged.
Number of persons homeless. 100,
property loss. S2.JoOrc.
Two hundred and twenty-five injured
or sick survivors rescued and removed
10 temporary hospital at Plymouth
Ind
Winter quarters Of big circus
menagerie destroyed about five hun
dred valuable animals being drowned.
Citizens. finding lawlessness in every
block Of the city above water. organ
lied p vigilance committee. with orde-s
10 shoot looters
Tonight several thousand person
are stiil marooned IN the courthouse
hospital. factory buildings and other
structures because the various relief
parties sent from South Bend and other
cities had not sufficient boats 10 carry
them 10 the nearest dry land. three
miles away. SNOW is falling heavily.
and the suffering IL intense because OF
the lack Of heating facilities. The city
is IN darkness except for scant up
ply of lanterns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27

ConncrSyille. Ind, March 26' Prob
ably forty persons We're drowned at
Brookyille Franklin County. last night
when they We're caught by the east and
west forks of Whitewater River. which
meet in that town. Survivors tell Of
attempts OF men. women ana children
to escape by the light of lanterns after
the electric light plant had been
swamped. cross currents rushing along
streets and alleys carried them down
t. united stream mile wide just
south of the town.
Five children. all # one family. were
seen clinging to posts of an old-fash-
toned wooden bed. when they were
swept into the main stream and lost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27

Chicago. March &.--Two employees Of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. NJ. -. Stohl. wire chief at Day
ton and {. -. Williamson. wire chief at
Pboncton, Ohio. by almost Unprecedented
devotion TO duty have kept Dayton IN
touch with the outside world.
At midnight they had been on duty con-
tinuously for forty-cight hours. and. al
though there was no prospect of their
being relieved, they gave not the slight
est indication of any inclination TO leave
their posts.
Mr. Stohl reached the Dayton Office just
before the flood broke in the small hours
Of Tuesday morning. The water came
with such suddenness that all batteries
and power were put out OF commission
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
* Special Notice
. Account Western Floods

On account Of floods in Ohio and Indiana all tram
service to points ON the p. & {. & ST. L. Ry Pan Handle
Rm,tc) via PITTSBURGH has been temporarily discontinued.
Cincinnati is accessible via Washington. and the (hesa
pcakc Ohio Ry Columbus. OHIO. can be reached VIA IL"
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. and the Norfolk Western n.y.
Trains for Cincinnati via Washington leave New ORR
PENNSYLVANIA Station 9:l5 a. NJ. 1908 T. NJ and throug"
train at 5OS y. NJ
All train service to points on the TT. Wayne houe
west of Alliance has been temporarily suspended
A limited number of Chicago trains are running
through via Alliance Cleveland and the Lake Shore
Route.
The sale of tickets has been suspended to all points 10
which train service is interrupted, but will be resumed a.
soon as the train service restored of which prompt notice
will be given the public. Consult ticket agents.
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TELEPHONE REPORTS
TELL OF CONDITIONS
Persons in Sight of Dayton
Describe Narrowing Scenes
and Serious Fires.

From as close TO the stricken districts
of Dayton as telephone wires could Ne OPP
Grated last night such news Of conditions
i'm the city and suburbs as could he gain
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-05-02
VOLUME VIII

The friends of the saloon argue that if a county
should vote against saloons, thereby making every city
and township dry then the ought to be true
that county should fail to vote out Saloons in that
case no city township within the county should be
allowed to vote dry.
This is catchy argument yet it has no basis
either in morals or in justice.
Our supreme court has said, constituting the local
option law "No that be taken, under the act,
will of itself authorize the traffic, the issuance of
license but municipal legislation is necessary for fix
ing the license fee providing for licenses and regulat
ing the traffic"
This means that the laws of this state have always
been fundamentally Prohibition laws, with provisions
granting license by municipal authorities as the
ception
To ILLUSTRATED The people residing in a block of
residence district would seriously object to the esab
ishment of pest house in that block. But suppose
the residents of the block should not object have the
people outside the block and within the of danger
no right to object?
Suppose on the other hand, that the people out
side were Indifferent and offered objection should
not the people within the block nevertheless be given
the right to protect themselves?
If IS per cent of the people in village desired
gambling houses, should the people outside the village
have right to suppress the evil? And to reverse
the proposition if the people outside refused to vote to
suppress gambling, and the people inside the village
opposed gambling, should not the people of the village
have the right to suppress the evil?
The saloon is evil. The supreme court of the
United States has declared that more misery and
crime results from the open dramshop than from any
other source"
The people of any affected by that evil have
moral right and ought to have legal right to sup
press it, And if the people of large indfer
ent and fail to vote to suppress it, then if any COM
munity within the larger unit desires to eliminate the