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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

feared the death list will be increased
when communication is restored. The
floods followed a two-day's down.
pour.
Dayton, Ohio, March 25.-Thous-
ands are homeless in Dayton and vi
cinity and are being sheltered in tents
and public buildings, following the
breaking of the Miami river levee in
three places. The river has passed
the flood depth and is still rising.
Scores Of factories are closed.
Riverdale, North Dayton, and other
suburbs are inundated. Meager re-
ports indicate it is the worst flood in
years in Ohio. One fatality is report
ed. The crop and property damage
will be a hundred thousand dollars.
Munice, Ind, March 25.-While the
river is at its highest in the history
of this section, it is still rising four
inches hourly. The railroads are Grip
pied and the situation is becoming
critical. Hundreds of families are
/ homeless
Detroit, March 25.-With a sixty
mile gale sweeping the northern sec
tion and a terrific sleetstorm in the
southern part, Michigan is in the
throes of the worst blizzard this win
ter
Phoneton, Ohio-(Six miles north
of Dayton) March 25.-Almost the
entire city is under from two to seven
feet of water as a result of the break
ing of levee on the Olentangy river.
Thousands were forced to flee. Wild
rumors of a great loss of life have been
currnt but 1t is not believed the ru-
mors will be substantiated as the peo-
pie had ample warning of the weak
ened condition of the levee hours be-
fore il broke
The business section of Dayton suf-
fered greatly and many office build
ing were abandoned. Business is
paralyzed. The main bridge over the
Olentangy river has been dynamited
as the debris floating down stream
formed a dam. Aid has been rushed
to Dayton from surrounding towns.
All communication with the stricken
city is spasmodic and unreliable.
Belle Fontaine, Ohio, March 25-
An engine and a Pennsylvania pas
senger train plunged into the Mad
river when the bridge was swept away
by flood waters. All passengers es-
capped injury.
Guelph. Ontario, Canada, March 25.
ALI factories along the Speed river
are flooded The waters are rising
The property damage has been enor-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25
dayton, 0HI0.5 5..1ER WATER AND
IT'S FEARED MANY ARE DEAD
Four Story Building COIapses and Score of Per-
sons are Believed Buried inthe Ruins Reports
From Flood Districts Show Tremendous Proper
y Loss
20 PERSONS DROWNED AT DELAWARE

Cleveland, March 25.-Offices of
the Big Four railroad talked a few
moments this afternoon with Spring
field, Ohio. The operator at Spring.
field said many persons have met
death at Dayton. 1t is not known
where the operator got his infor1na-
ton as the wire broke before this
could be learned.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 25-Three
fatalities are the result of floods in
this state. The Cuyahoga river is
badly swollen. In Muskingum coun-
ty a boy was drowned while attempt
ing to ford a stream in a buggy. Po-
Zee Captain MCGOWAN was drowned
at Findlay while trying to rescue a
marooned family in the lowlands. At
Cincinnati, Valentine Boeh, %. was
drowned in the Miami and Erie ca
nal
Phoneton, Ohio. March 25.-Trains
have been unable to reach nearer
than ten miles to Dayton since four
O'Clock this morning when the levee
first broke Two other breaks fol-
lowed and then the whole structure
gave way. Residents were warned of
the danger and it is practically GER
tain that all escaped.
Columbus, March 25.-Meager re-
ports to Governor Cox from Dayton.
caused Secretary Burba to estimate the
damage at Dayton at millions of dol
lars. He believes there have been IA
talities. Later. Governor Cox receiv-
ed reports that the Leonard building
in Dayton, a four story brick. collaps-
ed burying a score of persons who
were working in the offices.
Kokomo, Ind, March 25.-Eight
feet of water is in the streets of the
lowlands and a thousand homes are
submerged Inhabitants are perched
on roofs of dwellings. Practically all
the boats were swept away. People
are marooned and foodless. The dam
age is a million dollars here. Enor-
nous damage was done at Peru. In
diana.
Columbus, Ohio, March 25.-Cncon-
flrmed reports say that Major B. V.
Leaas and twenty citizens of Della
ware O., were drowned today in the
flood waters of the Scioto river. Eff
forts to communicate with Delaware
failed.
Delaware. Ohio, March 25-Of the
seven known drowned in the flood wa
ters of the Olentangy river. three have
been recovered.
Columbus, Ohio. March 25.-A
wreck train on the Indianapolis di-
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad
went through a bridge near Urbana.
according to advices here. The train
carried a crew of twelve. only six of
whom are reported accounted for.
Anna, H., March 25.-Fifteen met
death in a cyclone at Makanda, H..
last night according to reports re-
ceived. A freight train was blown
from the Illinois Central tracks and
dumped into a ditch.
Indianapolis, March 25 Ten thou
sand families are homeless in Indi-
ana as a result of the worst flood in
the history of the state. The proper
ty loss will run into the millions. All
industries are suspended. Four are
known to have been drowned. Large
sections OF the city are isolated. 1t is
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ed out, Militia is patrolng the dis
trict searcing for bodies A fund
has been started but subscriptions are
coming in slowly.
River Rising.
With the Wabash river already
three feet over the danger line and
still rising six inches hourly. Terre
Haute faces one OF the worst floods
in its history. The water already has
driven two thousand from their
homes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

Nebraska Society to Assist Sufferers,
Los Angeles, March 25.-The Ne
braska society of southern California
has issued call for a mass meeting
tonight to consider plans for finan-
cial aid for the sufferers in the Oma-
ha cyclone. The society has several
thousand members.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25
ITO Are Dead in Omaha Alone AC-
Cording to Revised Estimates
Made Today.
REBUILDING PLANS MADE

OF Looting Unconfirmed-Onc
Negro Reported To Have Been Shot
by Soldicr-91 Dead Have Been
Taken From RuinS-Berlin Report
ed Wrecked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25
BOTH SIDES LOSE
MANY IN BATTLE

Douglas. Ariz., March 25-
Ninety are reported killed and
wounded in YESTERDAYS rebel at
tack. The Sonora rebels are
said to have lost sixty. the de-
Tenders thirty. An armistice was
declared until noon today. Cen
eral Obregon. with nineteen hun
dred constitutionalists are en-
camped within striking distance
OF Cananea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25
MANY LAMBS LOST
ON CONDON RANCHES

Condon. Ore. March 25.-(SpeciaD
Last night was the coolest one of
the entire winter here. the govern
ment thermometer registering two
degrees above zero. There was suf-
ficicnt snow on the ground 10 protect
the wheat. II was very costly to the
sheepmen, however. for lambing is in
full progress and many lambs were
lost. II Is moderating this morning
and the snow is going fast.
John p. Harmon of La Grande is
4.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

Revised table of the dead in
Omaha and other cities and
towns swept by Sundays cy-
clone:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

Guelph. Ontario. Canada. March 25.
ALL factories along the Speed river
are flooded. The waters are rising
The property damage has been enor-
nous.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

Belle Fontaine, Ohio, March 25-
An engine and a Pennsylvania pas
senger train plunged into the Mad
river when the bridge was swept away
by flood waters. All passengers es-
capped injury.
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CONTINUED on Page s.
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CONTINUED on page eighty
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Munice. Ind, March 25.-While the
river is at its highest in the history
of this section. it is still rising four
inches hourly. The railroads are Grip
pied and the situation is becoming
critical. Hundreds of families are
homeless.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

feared the death list will be increased
when communication is restored. The
floods followed a two-day's down.
pour.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

Detroit, March 25-With a sixty
mile gale sweeping the northern sec
ton and a terrific sleetstorm in the
southern part, Michigan is in the
throes of the worst blizzard this win
ter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-25

TO ADVERTISERS
The East Oregonian has
the largest paid circulation
II any paper In Oregon, east
Of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton Of any other
newspaper.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-10

Robert Potter I'm. the new con-
gresham from Marion, H. is Dem
ocrat. n lawyer, and is thirty-nine
years old lie has held many public
Offices aud h~s II i member OF the
Illinois legislature.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-10
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-10

News com"a from Lakeland that
there Is a great deal ~ work going
Oh IN THE building line and the
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hurgstlnn Record
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-10

And now, Bro. Hether!ngton,
will you k!ndly tell us where you
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SEPTEMBER 10 IN HISTORY

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dor" harolay. In battle Of
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-09-11
MOMENTS WORTH LIVING FOR
One Must Have the Soul OF Poet to
Appreciate the Rhapsody Hero
INDUCED In.

/ was skating on a patch of Ice in
the park, under a poverty-stricken sky
flying pitiful rag of sunset Some
little muckers we're guying a slim,
raw -boned Irish girl of fifteen, who
circled and darted under their banter
with complete unconcern. She was in
the fiedgling stage, all legs and arms,
tall and adorably awkward, with a
huge hat full of rusty feathers, thin
skirts tucked up above spindling
ankles, and a gay aplomb and swing
in the body that was ravishing We
caught hands in midhight, and skated
for an hour, almost alone and quite
silent, while the rag of sunset rotted
to pieces. | have had few sensations
in life that would exchange for the
warmth of her hand through the rag
ged glove, and the pathetic curve of
the half-formed breast where the
back of my wrist touched her body.
l came away mystically shaken and
elate. 1t is thus the engels converse.
She was something absolutely authen-
tic, new, and inexplicable, something
which only nature could mix for the
hearts intoxication, a compound of
ragamuffin, pal, mistress, nun, sister,
harlequin, outcast, and bird Of God
with something else baff1ingly suf
fused, something ridiculous and frail
and savage and tender. With world
offering such recontres, such aery
strifes and adventures, who would not
live thousand years stone dumb?
would, to think on the shut lid and
granite lip of him who has done with
the sunset and skating, and has turn
ed away his face from all manner of
Irish William Vaughn Moody, in the
Atlantic.
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CLING TO ANCIENT BELIEFS
Allegiance to Their Idols
and Their Gods.

Cable dispatches recently received
from Pekin relate two marvelously
contradictory pieces of news. One is
that aeroplanes have just been pur-
chased by the Chinese republic. and
the natives are to be taught how to
pilot them. The other item of news
is that during a cyclone that sunk
100 junks thousands of Chinese fired
bombs and crackers to placate the Of
tended gods.
According to letters sent home by
missionaries and United States Off
cials in China, adhesion to a republi-
can form of government after centu-
ries of royal ruling is not at all a
hard thing to expect IL the deeper
roots of the inhabitants of the coun-
try are not disturbed. That is, the
Chinaman would just as leave have
a president as an emperor, provided
his belief in his idols and his gods
is not attacked And his solemn con-
sideration of his ancestors must not
be interfered with nor made light Of
These and some minor elements of
belief If treated automatically will
insure his allegiance to the new order
of things, but disturb them and the
Chinaman may join an uprising at any
time, whether in the name of another
empire or a kingdom.
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Public Sale.

In pu rsuance of an order of the Probate
Court OF Highland County Ohio will offer
September, 1913 at O'Clock p. m, at the
door OF the Court House in the town of
Hillsboro, the following described real estate
State of Ohio, and in Hamer Township on
the state road leading from Danvlle to Bu-
ford, about two miles west of Danville, de-
scribed as follows to-wit
In John A. Fulton survey No. 1875 and
1854 and d. Duvalls survey No. 1875 and
bounded and described as follows beginning
at stone an original corner to said Full
tons survey No 49, 1885 witnessed by two large
whiteoaks and corner to the land of A. p.
Harris, Amos Willett and Isaac W. David
son; Thence with line of said Isaac w.
Davidson 1eh degrees, E. 69h poles to a
stone s. W. corner to said Isaac W. David
son; thence s. IA degrees, E. So 35 poles to a
stone; the ce 81 degrees, E. II As poles to
a stone corner to John Lemons 25 acre lot;
thence S. 66h degrees, w. 10 As poles to a
stone corner to Clark Cadwallader so acre
a stone corner to NJ Marconett so acre lot;
thence with said e. Marconetts line N. 36 3-4
degrees, w. 107 10 poles to a stone N. W.
corner OF said K Marconetts land; thence
N. 4-5 poles to a stone corner to Benjamin
Davidson 25 acre lot: thence N SO degrees,
w. 10 poles to a stone corner to said
BENJAMIN Davidson; thence S. As degrees,
W. l3 poles and links to stone on the S. e.
side of the road leading from DaDville to
to stone corner to John wilkins IS acre
lot; thence N. degree, e. SO As poles to
stone N. E. corner to said John Wilkin;
thence e. 81 Is poles to a stone in county
Harris; thence 73 degrees, e. 65 poles to
the place of the beginning, containing lO4
acres and thirty poles of land, save and ex-
cept "a acres sold off of the south east cor
ner of the above described tract of land by
William Flor ence to John R. Shaffer and
conveyed by deed January 30 1906. Re-
corded April Q, 1906. in deed book No. los.
page 401, of the Recorders once of Deeds
Highland County. Ohio leaving balance of
So acres and 20 poles of land more or less
The said premises appraised at S4,o92.18 and
cannot sell for less than 2-S of the appraised
value.
Terms of sale, one-' alf cash in hand and
the remainder one-half (1d) in one year from
day OF sale. deferred payment secured by
mortgage on the premises sold to bear inter-
est at rate OF 6 per cent. from day of SALE
Choppers rights reserved
r. 81. Hopkins administrator of the estate
of William Florence deceased. Old adv
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Sale of Free Turnpike Bond.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Auditors office. Hillsboro. Highland county,
Ohio until ~ O'Clock noon. Monday, Sept.
22 1913 for the purchase of one seven hum
dred G70000 dollar six per cent interest
bearing bond interest payable annually af-
ter March l. 1914, to be issued by the COM
missioners of the Buford and Sardinia Free
Turnpike No. 96 for the completion of said
road. Said bond to be nu mbered 8 and
dated September 1. 1918. and due March 1st,
1919, as Is provided for by Sections 2294 and
2295 the General Code of Ohio, passed
March 22 1888 Vol 80 Page SO Ohio Laws and
the act supplemental thereto passed April
8, 1913 Vol. i03 Page 179 Ohio Laws. The
first interest coupon to be for six months.
SAID bond will not be sold for less than par
value and accrued interest and the right is
reserved to reject all or any of the bids Of
fered.
Bidders will be required to deposit with
their respective bids a certified check in the
sum OF $50 90 as guarantee of the faithful
performance of their contract in case of the
acceptance of his or their bids.
Checks deposited by unsuccessful bidders
VIII be promptly returned that of the sue
cessful bidder will be credited on the
amount bid for said bond
L. e. STARR. President,
Q. o. FoUST. Secretary. r. F. D.
No. 2, Sardinia, Ohio.
b. n. ROBBINS, commissioners
OF Free Turnpike No. 96 Highland Co.. o.
L. r. Duckwall. Attorney. 9-ls- adv
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Touched Her Sympathy.

kind-hearted lady was collecting
for the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. She paid a Sc
ries of house-to-house visits, and at
one door her knock was answered by
rather stupid-looking servant, says
Pearson's Weekly.
The lady explained her errand; that
she was collecting small sums for the
funds of the Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Children, but the
girl found this title rather too much
of mouthful. She went upstairs to
the nursery, where her mistress was
hard at work bathing and dressing
half dozen lively, shouting children,
and trying at the same time to coax
the recently arrived baby to go to
sleep, and : announced: "Please'm,
there's somebody at the door collect
in for the Society for the Prevention
of Children"
The worried mother sent down a
willing donation of half a dollar.
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Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition will
be presented to the com missioners of High
land County, at their next session, October
9Th, A. u 1918, praying for the alteration of
county road on the following line. to wit :
Located wholly within Clay Township,
Highland County, Ohio
The present location of that part of said
road which is proposed to be altered. begins,
at stake in the center of the Taylorsv lille
and Stringtown road, free turnpike No 90,
in CLAY township of said county. which stake
is at distance of 81 feet from the E. cor
ner of the Stringtown school house along a
line bearing S. SO deg. 20 min E. thence from
said stake following the present road bed,
26 deg 40 min E. S. feet to a stake near
an elm tree; thence N "a deg. 80 min E. 1868
feet thence 81 deg. E. SO feet thence N
deg. 30 min. E 1923 feet thence N. 25 deg 30
min. w. 36l feet to stake in the center of
the said Taylorsville and Stringtown road,
being distance OF 1900 feet
The proposed road when so altered, begins
at stake IN the center of the Taylorsville
and Stringtown road, free turnpike No 90,
Clay township of said county, which stake is
at distance of 81 feet from the S. E corner
OF the Stringtown school house along a line
bearing SO deg 20 min. E.; thence from
the said stake N 26 deg 30 min E. 745 8 feet
through a go acre tract of lar d of which
John Mock died seized, to a stake in the
center of the said road.
c. S. UNDERWOOD, AND OTHERS
August 80, 1918. adv (9-ls)
Wilson Mcbride, Attorneys.
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Uncle Sam as a Solomon.

The departments at Washington are
now and then called upon to settle
petty questions of the most intimate
personal nature. For instance, the
treasury department once acted as
judge in a dispute between man and
wife.
This couple had had a spirited
struggle for the possession of several
bank notes, each holding fast to the
end of the roll" A ten-dollar bill
was torn across the middle, and each
contestant carried off one-half of it
in triumph. Just here the treasury
department was brought into the dis
pute. 1t received half of the bill
from the wife, with the statement
that the other half had been de-
stroyed, and she requested a new
bill. In a short time there arrived
the second half of the bill from the
husband, with similar statement
and request. AS the government then
had both ends of the bill, it rem
dered a Solomon-like decision and
awarded five dollars to each of the
claimants.-Harper's Weekly.