Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-04-04
DAYTON DEATH LIST
IS NOT OVER zoo
LIST or FLOOD CASUALTIES
GROWS LESS AFTER
CAREFUL CENSUS.
MARITAL RULE TO CONTINUE


Dayton. O., April z-Tbe soas u
Iife Is result 81 the food Ia this city
grows less as careful census d the
clty Is taken Brig Cen, Woods. al
sutsnf general a Ohio Who ~ 10 mili
tary cam1an5 of TIE city. said today
IT looks now ~ though tse loss
~ life viii fall below 299 Certainly
II sill not exceed thai"
To date 1zs bodies have been 10
Gated and the hope IL expressed that
It may not 20 ADORE 10,
Martial Law 70 Continue.
40 emergency form N government
viii rule 10 Dayton during the period
81 reconstruction and rehabilitation
Until the city has recovered FROM fts
disaster Il vii be kept under martial
law The soldiers viii be directed
by tie eStizeng' relief COMMITTEES, %
which, John n. Patterson, president o.
The katif AL cass Register company,
81 head. III effect the affairs Of Day
ton during the process Of rebuilding
and renovation BilI be administered
by commission form 0f government
Tie work Of cleaning up Is proceed
ing rapidly. The great need now Is
money with which 10 put the city in
shape 10 defy any pestileuce and 10
give those gla0 lost their bones and
All their personal effects IN the food
chance 70 gel on their feet again.
Have Enough Fooo Now
Supplies bad been contributed in
ssea generous measure that MT. Pat
ferson announces that the relief com
mittee has ~ ite disposal All The food
and clothing needed 10 meet the Ioss
Of the food sufferers ia Dayton.
Money, however he said, lis nr.
gently required fof putting our city
IN . condition 70 prevent tie outbreak
" serious disease and 70 rehabllitate
the Thousands, many u whom lost
their homes entirely aud All u whom
los tier household aud personal II,
reefs
force sishtseess 70 Work
The task 81 clearing away the debris,
the slime and the mud ieft By the
food 10 Dayton IS proceeding with
great expedition. The soldiers are
aiding witil siloyels aud axes, gangs of
laboFers are busy eyerywhere, while
men who venture into The devastated
district merely to look on are being
impressed into service by squads Of
soldiers and are forced 10 aid IN
cleaning 10 the city.
IN the business section merchants
apd sllOpkeepers are cleaning out
their places Whole stocks Of mer.
chandfse are piled out On the side
walks, ready for carting away, while
streams from fire hose give the mud
deposits hydraulic treatment.
Seventeen Looters Shot.
Seventeen men have been shot aad
killed 10 the streets Of Dayton as
ghouls aud hooters since the decIara-
ton Of martial law. Ten were killed
between darkness Sunday night aud
daylight Monday morning Nine were
negroes and the tenth white man,
the only white man Of the seventeen
whose crimes brought instant death
as punishment
Orders Were Shoot 10 Xiii.
Individual and squad firing WAS
heard throughout the night ii tie
business district where 1ewelry and
other gaiHables lie 81 the mercy 81
providers except for tile invisible lines
of the gentries' bullets After the
cnrfew bells toIled at o'clock the
orders were 10 shoot and shoot 10 xiii
all persons present IN the guarded lis
frict who refused to answer halls and
obey the guardamen's commands. The
orders were obeyed
Shortly after 2 O'Clock Monday
morning the sentry on post at Third
and Main streets halted young white
man who he discovered in the shad.
ows OF the unlighted streets. The
sentry called upon him to advance.
The man stepped forward and dis
played on his left arm the brassier
~ the Red Cross. He said he was a
physician and had been out on. an
urgent call from a dying woman.
With Sixteen Stolen Watches.
The sentry noticed that the man
held his right hand behind his back.
lie demanded credentials. The man
said he had none other than the badge
n the Red Cross. The soldier pre-.
sented his rife at the mans breast
md commanded him 70 bring his righs
land from behind BIZ back and open
1. The order was oOeyed and the
,psn hand held two gold watches.