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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
State Votes $3.50, 900
For Immediate Aid.

The house of representatives to-day
passed bill appropriating $250,000 for
the relief of flood sufferers. The sum
is to be placed Immediately in the
hands of the governor for distribution
Relief trains are being rushed into
the flooded districts. Food, pure wa
ter in tanks. clothing, blankets, tents,
medicines. nurses and doctors We're
carried on the trains. Collins are be
ing carried into the death zones. Many
bodies, however, viii not be found un-
til the flood recedes.
At Springfield nine persons are miss
ing. Hundreds are homeless. The Mad
river and Buck creek overlooked their
banks at Springfield causing many fac
tories to shut down.
The Mad river is on a rampage ut
West Liberty. Wreckage did terrific
damage there by carrying away houses
and bridges. At places the torrent
| was clogged with drift
From thirty to forty injured at Sid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Great Bridges Are
Futilely Dynamited.

The Main street bridge, which is OF
concrete, gave way, and the Fifth street
bridge, a steel structure, was lifted
from its abutments and carried down
against the railroad bridge. Both of
these structures were dynamited. but
this brought little relief. The Union
station, a few squares from the railroad
bridge, was reported under 10 feet of
water
The water spread out over the city,
submerging streets two and two md a
half miles from the central part.
Panic-stricken people fled to the up
per stories of their homes.
Although a warning had been sound
ed Monday night of possible flood con-
ditions, due to the excessive rains,
many people were caught unprepared.
Ten members of the militia who were
guarding the levee were swept away
and drowned. A house was sent float
ing down the great Miami, on which
was a woman. crying for help, holding
in her arms a child. apparently I'M
conscious. The house hit a bridge and
went down, both being thrown into the
water and drowned.
Policeman Lanker lost his life while
trying to rescue marooned flood vic
Tins.
Bodier DON We're floating down the
main streets of the town. The bodies
of horses, cattle, dogs and cats are seen
on every side.
Two policemen, while trying TO make
a rescue, were hurled into the water,
but swan to a lamp post, where they
chung until they were rescued by per-
sons who threw a rope and drew them
into a third-story window.
The flood put the gas, electric light
and water stations out of commission.
People are now huddled in second
story rooms and on housetops waiting
for attempts to rescue them.
There is untold suffering, and many
have now been without food for hours,
while those who escaped the flood and
fed to the hills are being supplied with
short rations.
John a. Bell, chief operator of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
AtlantanS Fear for
Mother Living in
Flooded Ohio CITY

David w. Yarbrough 1S4 North
Boulevard, to-day is anxiously await
ing news of Mrs. Anna B. Moody, the
mother of his wife, Mrs Helen Moody
Yarbrough who, it is feared, has met
injury in the flood at Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. Moody lives at % North Jeffer-
son street in Dayton. She is large
property owner in this city and widely
known here.
Mrs. Moody's home is less than 1 900
feet from the flooded river and one
block from Main street, which Is under
water, some of the structures on that
thoroughfare having been washed
away. Sunday the Yarbrough family
in Atlanta heard from Mrs Moody. The
letter told of a great thunder storm
which seemed to be threatening the
city, and of a tremendous rain The
storm and rain, dispatches have dis
closed, were realized, and no word has
come from Mrs. Moody since.
Fears also are expressed for the safe
ty of John Kirby, Jr. Mr.. Kirby, presi-
dent of the National Manufacturers A.
ISOLATION. was in Atlanta Saturday en-
route to his home in Dayton, after a
visit to former President Taft in Au-
gusta. Mr., Kirby's residence is near
that of Mrs. Moody No word has come
from him to his friends in Atlanta since
his short stay in the city Saturday.
Mr.. Yarbrough plans to leave Atlanta
tonight for Cincinnati and thence to
Dayton, in event of the continued lack
of news from Mrs. Moody
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Trains Tied Up by
Washed Out Tracks.

A train load of militia was sent to-
ward Middletown. but the train was
stalled because of the flood. Many
passenger trains were caught by wash
out tracks or weakened bridges and are
delayed all over the state.
The Ohio river is rising rapidly.
From Pittsburg to Cincinnati the trib-
utaries are pouring their torrents into
the rising river. Warnings have been
issued at points where the Ohio banks
are bulwarked by bikes.
The flood was due to the breaking OF
the banks Of the Loramie reservoir in
Shelby county at Z o'clock Tuesday
morning. A great wall of water struck
the city and overlooked the great Miami
and Mad rivers. First a levee in North
Dayton broke, and then the levee at
the Main street bridge, in the central
mart of the citV collapsed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
100000 Buildings
Are Washed Away.

Railroad traffic over the greater
part of the state is dead. Telephone
and telegraph wires are down. Many
sections in the central part of the state
are cut off. Probably 10000 buildings
have been washed away or ruined by
the cataclysm.
Railroad bridges and trestles have
been washed out. The damage to rail-
road property is conservatively esti-
mated at $25,000,0 GOO.
At Piqua the Miami river and the
Erie canal Joined forces. making a tor
rent a mile wide in the lowlands. Part
Of the city was destroyed. An uncon-
tirmed report said that from 500 to 500
had lost their lives there.
Fifteen persons are missing at Mid
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be sent from st. Louis to Omaha IN.
day.
Secretary Garrison also telegraphad
the governors of Ohio and Indiana ~
fering the services of the United Stata,
regular troops and any tents. bedding
or provisions that might be needed
The war secretary placed at the dis.
posal of the two states about two thou.
sand troops. The army posts, if called
upon, can furnish the following troons.
Fort Niagara, N. Y, 300 men; Colum.
bus barracks, Ohio, 500 men; Fost
Thomas, KY, 500; Fort Porter. N Y
250 Fort Sheridan, $50; Fort Leaven.
worth, Kas., 300.
The war department has the reserve
supplies in posts throughout the middle
west in readiness for immediate shio.
ment if a call be made
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Towns Flooded
And Cut Off.

The town of Troy, near Piqua, has
been food-swept, and Tippecanoe City
is reported to be half under water. Eff
forts to go to the relief of these towns
have been made from various direc-
tions, and all have been unsuccessful,
owing to the fact that the bridges are
washed out.
A report that the grand reservoir at
Celina had broken is doubted as the eff
fects of its flood have not been felt in
towns near it's path.
Details of flood suffering in Dayton
were reported by a telephone lineman
who reached the telephone building aft
err a struggle. He said the business
section of Dayton is like a stormy sea,
with the water from 10 to Is feet deep
and rushing in torrents between the
buildings, so. that it is impossible for
boat to live. One boat went by with
two men in it, rowing desperately, try
ing to keep the bow to the waves. The
boat overturned, but both men escaped
drowning by swimming to lamp post
They chung to the post for half an hour
before a rope could be thrown to them
After repeated casts, the line fell near
enough to them to be caught, and the
capitolS
men were rescued with great difficulty
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Toledo Also Is
Threatened by Flood.

NEW YORK, March 26-Toledo,
Ohio, is in danger of being FLOOD
swept. according to an announcement
issued by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company here to-day
A dispatch received by the COMPANY
also reports that the Vandalia railroad
bridge over the White river at Indian
apolis has given way. Traffic on the
branches of the Lake Shore railroad 10
Indiana is completely at a standstilL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
PRESIDENT MAKES APPEAL
. To NATION To AID VICTIMS
Everybody Is Urged to Assist the Red
Cross Relief Work in the Flood Dis
trict---Secretary of War Sends Tents
and Food and an Offer of More

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Presi.
dent Wilson to-day issued the following
appeal for funds to aid the flood suf
ferers:
The terrible floods in Ohio and
Indiana have assumed the proper
tions of national calamity. The
loss of life and the infinite suffer-
ing involved prompt me to issue
an earnest appeal to all who are
able in however small a way to
assist the labors of the American
Red Cross to send contributions at
once to the Red Cross at Washing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

ries from the terrors of the flood. Al
least 5000 square miles are under wa
ter.
Disease, brought on by exposure has
added to the horror.
One thousand persons are reported tc
have been drowned at Hamilton by the
bursting of a reservoir.
From 40 other Cities towns and ham,
let's came reports of death and demoli-
ton of property
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

dletown, on the Miami. The c., II. and
D. railroad bridge over the Miami river
at Middletown was demolished, or at
least partially destroyed
The most of the towns and cities in
the vast disaster zone were in total
darkness all night. In spite Of the
enormous quantities of water, the tor
lures of thirst are felt in many places
where public pumping stations were
put out of commission.
Rescue and relief work can not be
started until the waters start to re-
cede. The Federal authorities will CO.
operate with the state officials in re-
facilitating the state.
The entire Ohio National Guard has
been ordered out by Governor Cox to
take relief measures.
From $4,000 to 10000 men and women
toiers are idle, due to the closing down
of industrial plants.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

Refugees arriving at Xenia to-
day said that Miamisburg, a town
of 1000, has been swept away.
Scores of bodies are floating in the
flooded waters Of the Scioto, Miami,
Mad, Tuscarawas, Maumee, Mahoning,
Saltwater, Big and Little Sandusky and
Hooking rivers.
High lands were seized as sanctua-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Flood Now Falling.

Communication was also established
at intervals with Phoneton, the tele-
phone station six miles north of Day
ton.
A report from Dayton to-day said
that the flood had reached its crest at
midnight and is falling at the rate of
half an inch an hour
Reports that the Phillips House,
hotel at Third and Main streets and
the National Cash Register Works had
caught fire were circulated, but ii is
impossible to confirm them
Every office building, hotel and bust
ness block in the city has been turned
into a place of refuge.
Three trainloads of foodstuffs have
been sent from here, but as yet there
has been no chance to deliver them,
and suffering from hunger as well as
exposure, is bound to occur within the
next few hours The rain continues to
pour down in torrents.
Numerous fires have been burning
throughout Dayton. and several build
ings have burned to the waters edge.
The mayor of Dayton. in an appeal
issued early today, asked for food for
the stricken people of his city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
A CORRECTION,

Owing to a typographical error, the
advertisement of the Cash Grocery
Company in the Home Edition offered
"hog lard" at 79 cents. This should
have read "hogess" lard at 70 cents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Narrowing Tales
Told by Survivors.

Narrowing stories of violent death
and narrow escapes are told by refu-
gees. Wanderers from Dayton, who
reached Xenia, said Dayton is wreck
ed city
Martial law was declared at Dayton,
and militiamen were put to work guard
ing property and fighting the fire.
The Dayton Union station was fifteen
feet under water to-day. At some
points in the city the water was 80
to 40 feet deep.
Fire swept the 100000 plant of the
Champion Coated Paper Company in
Hamilton.
The waters of Buckeye Lake, near
here, rose so rapidly that the banks
were cut. Fifty cottages were flooded
or carried away and the flood threatens
the city of Newark.
The situation in this city is serious.
The Broad street bridge, the final link
between the east and west sides of the
city went down at l a. m. The Sciojo
river is rising fast. Seventeen are re-
ported dead in the district around Co.
lumbus.
Two hundred skiffs and motor boats
were pressed into service by police,
firemen, volunteers and militiamen.
Scores of persons marooned in The
upper floors of their homes were car
ried to safety. The city was in dark
ness last night. Thousands of families
in this community were separated by
the flood.
The flood districts are being patroll-
ed by six local militia companies.
Fifteen thousand persons are home
less here
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ton or to the local treasurer of the
society.
We should make this a common
cause. The needs of those upon
whom this sudden and overwhelm-
ing disaster has come should
quicken every one capable of SYM
pathy and compassion to give i'm
mediate aid to those who are labor
ing to rescue and relieve.
WOODROW WILSON.
The president also dispatched the
following telegram to Governor Cox
Of Ohio, and Ralston, of Indiana:
l deeply sympathize with the
people of your state in the terrible
disaster which has come upon
them. Call for federal support in
any Way
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

ueN.
Governor Cox telegraphed to Major
McQuigg, battalion commander of the
National Guard at Cleveland, to mobil-
ize the 700 militiamen in and near
Cleveland and rush them on a troop
train to this city. They will be as
signed to relief work in Springfield,
Piuua and Davton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
RAIN TO CONTINUE
!. IN FLOOD DISTRICT;
, COLD WAVE COMING

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The
rains will continue in the lower
e Mississippi and the Ohio water
. sheds. The flood situation. there
fore, is largely dependent on the
. amount of the rainfall of the next
as hours in those watersheds, ac-
. cording to the official weather
forecast to-day.
Rains will continue in the At
lantic states, with lower tempera-
ture Thursday The cold wave in
the West is advancing eastward
very slowly, but it will cause de-
cided falls in temperature in the
. Gulf states within the next sc to
Q As hours, with freezing tempera-
ture in northern portions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
DDS TO HORRORS OF OHIO FLOODS
FEATURES OF STORM
WHICH SWEPT OHIO

Houses floating down the river with and chill
dren the roofs crying for help.
The bodies of horses cattle dogs and other animals
those of human beings floating the
of Dayton.
The flood put the gas and electric light plants of
mission and the city last night in total darkness
The is from 10 to IS feet Deep and spots
deeper in the of Dayton Its force great that
boat not live.
building housed no less than 400
children entirely submerged and all the pupils believed
drowned.
The third floor of the Algonquin hotel is under
bridge 600 feet long reported
a Franklin, Ohio
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
War Department Helps.

In response to an appeal for assist
ance by Governor Cox, of Ohio, Secre-
tary of War Garrison to-day ordered
the immediate shipment of $4,000 tents
now restored in army barracks az
Philadelphia to some fifteen towns in
Ohio. Army orders also were issued
for the shipment into Ohio of 100000
rations which were asked for by Gov
ernor Cox
Four hundred tents capable of shell
tering 1000 persons were ordered to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Many Appeals for Help.

Many appeals for cooked food, cloth
ing and blankets were received at Red
Cross headquarters early to-day.
Heading the requests was a telegram
from Governor Cox, of Ohio. in which
he appealed for aid.
Arrangements are being made to for
ward all supplies that can be obtained
from cities near the devastated towns.
At st. Louis and other large cities,
corps of nurses and trained physicians
are being organized
Director Ernest Bicknell, of the
American Red Cross, to-day will take
personal charge of the relief workers
at Dayton, Ohio.
The following telegram has been re-
ceived from T. J. Edmonds, one of the
agents now conducting the Red Cross
relief works at Dayton, Ohio.
Wire to all nearby cities for food.
blankets, clothing, nurses, doctors and
medicine"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

Central Union Telephone Company,
whose office is in Ludlow street. near
the Algonquin hotel, sat on a chair sur
rounded by water, working the only
wire he could command. He was I'M
able to get any ore in Dayton, but was
able to talk to Governor Cox, at Co
lumbus, long enough to appeal for aid.
T.
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ton of property
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-06-20

second revolver. while the two fore
men beloved indistinguishable threats
at each other. Chaplin lost no time IN
Withdrawing his guests out OF the
turmoil, but Helen kept her place. her
face chalky but her eyes very bright.
What are you tryin' to hand us7~
roared Gallagher.
Still Bill was quick to take q cue.
Don't get hectici" said he There's
nothin' In the articles about runnin'
straight Let EN- run around the cor
raj"
But at this suggestion every voice
seemed to break simultaneously.
"Humpy Joe ran straightaway,s de-
clared Gallagher.
Yes, an he kept at It," piped WI
lie. 81 favor the idea Of them runners
comm back where they start from"
Listen, all OF YOU" Speed an
nounced. Il am going to run around
and around and around this corral.
If MI. Skinner chooses to accompany
me, he may trail along: otherwise I
shall run alone"
-Never heerd OF such q thingis
Gallagher was dancing IN his excite
ment, but Skinner Gained him by an,
nouncfng. CURLY:
-TIl beat him any way he wants 20
run"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-06-20
-nn TnInK ne conidT

Jou InInK ne coutuI
Glass apprehended that look OF sus.
picion. Certainly" said he. Didn't
l say so. all along7 Now take that
clothes line of of me: I've got to run
some more"
:
That evening j. Waliingford Speed
and Helen Blake a tn0athar In the
hammock, and much OF the time her
hand was in his. From the bunk
house acros the courtyard hoated
the voice of the beloved Echo Phono
graph. now sad. now gay; now shril
ling the peaceful air with Nine. Mel
bas ~Holy City," now waking the
echoes with the rasping reflections Of
"silas on Fifth Avenue To the
spellbound audience gathered close
beside 1t, It was divine; but deep as
was their satisfaction. It could not
compare with that Of the tired young
son of Eli. Ineffable peace and CON
tentment were his; the whole wide
world was full of melody.
"And now that I've told you what
a miserable fraud | am, you won't
stop loving met" he questioned
Helen nestled closer and shook her
head. There al no need for words
Jack Chaplin came cut upon the
porch with the chaperon- well. Fres-
no caught his train" he told them.
sAnd we have had such a glorious
drive coming back The night Is
splendid!"
Eyes. 80 nice and moonlight" Wal
~ agreed pleasantly. whereat Jack
Chaplin laughed
TITS as black at pitch"
@Why 80 It isi- Then as a fresh
song burst forth from the very heart
of the machine. he murmured affec-
tionatefy; ~By Jovei there goes The
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-06-20

speed east one lingering farewell
glance to the skies. and said. devout-
iy: What a beautiful. beautiful
dayf-
Now the starter was shaking IN an
ague OF fury.
Listen, ycu!" he chartered. shrilly.
I'm goin to shoot twice this time
once In the air, and the next time at
the nearest foot-funneE Now, get
sell" and the speaker pulled the trig-
ger, wherenpon Speed leaped as II the
bullet had been aimed at him
Instantly a fuillunged roar went up
THAI rolled away to the foothills, and
the runners sped out of the pandemon-
FUN. their legs twinkffng against the
dust-colored prairie Down TO the
turn they raced. Speed was leading.
Fright had acted upon him as an cleo
trio charge; his terror lent him wings;
he was obsessed by a propeiling force
outside Of himself. Naturally strong.
1.-THE, and active. he likewise pos
sessed within him the white-hot flame
of youth. and now, with a nameless
lco1 W epuH hAm OAs 10 kdn do au1
healthy. frightened young animal
would run. At the second turn Skin
e had not passed him, but the thud
OF his feet was close behind.
This unparalleled phenomenon sur
prtsed Lawrence Glass perhaps most
OF all. Was this a miracle7 He
turned to Covington, TO find him dane
ing madly, his crutches waving over
his head. in his eyes the stare of a
maniac His mouth was distended,
and Glass reasoned that he must be
shouting violently, but could not be
sure Suddenly Covington dashed TO
the turn whence the runners would
be revealed AZ they covered the last
half lap, for nothing was distinguish
able through the fence, burdened by
human forms, and Larry numbered aft
Cd him, ploughing his way through the
crowd and colliding with the box upon
which stood the Echo Photograph, OF
New York and Paris He hurled
Mariedetta out OF his path with brutal
disregard. but wen before he could
reach his point of vantage the sprint
ers burst into the homestretch. Larry
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-06-20

Glass saw 1t all at a gfance-Speed
was weakening. while Skinner was
running easily. Nature had done her
utmost: she could not work the i'm.
possible. AS they tore past, Skinner
was ahead.
The air above the corral became
biackened with hats as If a flock OF
vultures had wheeled suddenly; the
Shrek OF triumph that rose from the
Centipede ranks warned the trainer
that he had tarried too long. Heavily
he set OF across the prairie for New
York.
The memory OF that race awakened
Speed from hts slumbers many times
tn later years When he found the
brown shoulder of his rival drawing
past he realized that for him the end
OF an things vas at hand. And yet,
be Il said to hts credit, he held dog
gedly to his task, and began to fight
his waning strength with renewed de-
termination Down through the noisy
crowd he pounded at the heels of his
antagonist. then out upon the second
lap. But nov his fatigue increased
rapidly, and as 1t increased, so did
SINNERS lead At the second turn
Wally was hopelessly outdistanced,
and began TO sob with fury. In an,
~uctpation of the last, hng. terrible
stretch Back toward the final turn
they came. the college mar desper'
ateiy laboring. the cook striding on
like q machine. Waify saw the rows
of forms standing upon the fence, but
OF the shouting he heard nothing
Skinner was twenty yards ahead now,
den. As he turned into the last
straightaway he looked back again
and grinned trtumphantfy
Them. Wallingford Speed gasped.
and calling upon his uttermost atom OF
strength. quickened the strides Of hia
haden legs Skinner had faileni
A shrek Of exultation came from
the Flying Heart followers: It died as
The unfortunate man struggled to bis
feet, and vas of again before his op
RON1CNt 500 0FOA N6ROA hAAA 4OWA hLJ
alley Of human forms the two came;
then as their man drew ahead for an
instant or two. such q bedlam broke
forth from GaIlagher,s crew that Law.
renee Glass, well started on his over
hand trip. judged that the end had
coma
But Skinner wavered. His ankle
turned for a second time; he seemed
about to fall once more Then he
righted himself, but he came on hob
bling
The last thirty yards contained the
tortures Of q lifetime to WaIly Speed.
His lungs were bursting. his head was
rolling, every step required a separate
and concentrated effort Of will He
knew he was wobbling, and felt his
knees ready to buckle beneath him.