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Undoubtedly the worst conditions are
in Peru, where the Wabash River. :wol-
len Ivy phenomenal rams. burst its banks
and swept through the city. At least
5000 people there are homeless and in
the utmost need Of heip, but 1t has been
nearly impossible to get supplies to
Peru by rail.
Attempts are being made by expedi-
tions organized in Fort Wayne. South
Bend and indianapolis to reach Peru
with food and medical supplies, but few
trains are running. officials of the
Wabash Railroad notified the State
authorities that their tracks were under
water and that they could not run
trains TO the distressed city, The Lake
Erie and Western is also submerged
near Peru.
Gov. Ralston is indefatigable In at
tempts to relieve conditions He has
been In communication with the Mayor
of Fort Wayne and the Mayor of South
Bend.
The Governor has asked for contribu
tions and, liberal responses are being
made. The problem appears to be how
TO reach the marooned people in Peru.
South BEND reported by telephone that
the only means OF getting help to tho
citizens was by motor boats or skiffs.
Masor krutzer OF the city is pris-
oner of the flood. Confined to his house
with ten feet of water under him. he
has been using the telephone vigorously
in describing conditions and appealing
for help From the Mayors calls to
South Bend and from other reports re-
ceived here the news was obtained that
hundreds OF people were clinging this
evening to the roofs OF buildings or
were precariously holding out in the
upper stories Of their houses
Only Four BLOCKS Not submerxed.
Bodies were floating in the streets,
buildings have collapsed The city is
without lights and drinking water. ONLY
four blocks Of the whole city are no,
submerged and this district is damned
with refugees. who have no food.
telephone operator stuck to his
switchboard this morning and sent such
news as he had. He told South BEND
that Tuesday night was a night of ter
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1000 REPORTED DEAD
IN INDIANA CITIES
Hundreds Perish at Peru,
Where People Cling,
to Roofs.
INDIANAPOLIS Is SPLIT
White River Cuts or Western
Part Of TOwn--200
Perish There.

rNprANAPoiis. March 26.--The best in
formation obtainable up to II o'clock
tonight is that upward Of 1000 persons
have perished in the floods that have
submerged Indiana cities in the White
Wabash. whitewater. Miami and Ohio
River valleys.
No one can approximate the property
damage, but millions of dollars will be
required TO repair the losses caused by
storm and flood
Owing to the wrecking Of telegraph
and telephone lines and the inability Of
the companies to handle the press des-
patches on the few wires that are needed
for Government and personal messages
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LEWIS AND SHERMAN ELECTED.
senate Roster Vow Full with New
Illinois Members.

SPRINGFIELD ILL.,, March 26,--Col James
Hamilton Lewis. Democrat, and i.awrenC,
Y. sherman. Republican we're elected 10
the two United States Senatorships from
this State to-day.
Seventy Democrats and sixty Rapubl!-
cans voted for Lewis for the long tern,
and for sherman for the short term
WASHINGTON. March 2G,--By the cleo.
tion ~ two senators from Illinois to.day
the Senate roster IL now full for tho frs,
time In many months. In the senate the
Democrats now number nsty-one, or a
majority over all opposition OF six The
opposition Is composed Of forty-hvc Sena-
tors, OF whom one At least senator poIn.
dexter OF Washington, has announced him
self Progressive. while Senators Brls-
tow, Clamp and Norris are Independent.
Several Senators 'iaSsed az Republicans
are progressive Republicans who have
voted with the Democrats on many aics-
tions.
The Democrats feel certain Of a work.
Ing majority on tariff and currency leg,s-
lation. :.
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ware. They are cooped up in schools
and churches and they are hungry.
1000 Homeless in ZanesviIIe.

There are 1000 homeless in GAINESVILLE
tonight according TO the fragmentary
reports. The Muskingum River is flow
ing through the streets. The bridges
went out this morning. How many are
dead is not known
Lima. ohio is flooded by the Ottawa
River. but what the damage is. how
many are dead how many are homeless
Is not known. The cities OF West Lib
erty and Springfield ohio. are under
water from the rise Of the Mad River.
Houses have been washed away there
and people ar homeless. So much is
known, hu, only a courier can tell the
news
Thus the roll runs all the way down
TO Cincinnati, following the winding
courses of the little rivers Jumping
from east to west The little rivers have
been the dangerous rivers. and those
who lived in safety along them are the
ones who suffered
The State OF Ohio Is doing all that It
can. but It must act as the world would
have acted hundred years ago.
Twenty thousand soldiers tents have
been released for use OF the sufferers,
but they must he carried by wagon or
hand
Every militaman in the State is on
duty. hut he must march to his destina
ton afoot through floodswept districts
in binding rains.
1t is reported from all telegraph ana
telephone offices that men are at work
tonight trying TO repair wires. 1t IL
hoped that tomorrow may bring definite
news II Is hoped also that tomorrow
may see some way devised whereby
bread can be rushed into the stricken
territory That Is the most important
Of all tasks.
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ROOD is Inc great cry at Dayton, ac-
cording 10 every word received to- night.
Food must reach those thousands of
homeless men and women by tomorrow
and in Cleveland tonight they are max
ing ready TO get II there. all that Cleve-
land has to spare, all that the outside
world Will send to II to be forwarded
GOV. Cox is al Columbus. preparing to
start for Dayton ana the word comes
from here that more than 200 may be
dead in Columbus, while the Scotu
River was reported to he rising.
The estimates Of the dead are based
upon the reports OF rescuers who late
this afternoon could count bodies by the
score lodged in the flooded districts.
Two bodies actually have been res
cued. an aged man and a woman, and
the man had bullet hole through his
forehead, showing that in the horror he
had committed suicide
The city is on the verge OF a panic
alfhough the greater part of the city ~
safe. An Instance OF this came this
afternoon ~ I O'CLOCK when a repcrt
was spread that the big storage dam
north of tho city had given away.
Thousands were in the street In an
instant rushing pell nell, Knocking
each other down. crawling over one
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SMITH HURRIES TO DAYTON
Vice-President Of the New York
Central Laments Delay Here.

Sentral La ments Delay Here.
Nice-President Alfred II. Smith OF the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad waited with some impatience
for the Royal Mail liner Arcadian. in
yesterday from Bermuda. to reach her
pier at the foot OF Morton street. North
River.
The ship had crept up to Quarantine
through a fog that sometimes was so
dense that she was forced to stop while
her skipper and her pilot meditated on
the problem OF her proper course. After
she cleared Quarantine she had a time
coming up the upper bay and the North
River. which were crowned with a heavy
Vapor that was the result OF warm
breeze from the southwark blowing on
the cold surface Of the water.
This vapor did not rise much higher
than the main deck. but II obscured
every small craft that might he in the
course of the liner and she had 10 pro-
coed cautiously and merely with steer
age way.
Mr., Smith did not like the progress
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he was making. as he knew tina. a spe-
cial was waiting for him at the Grand
Central Station 10 take him to the
nelghborhood Of Dayton Ohio. 10 direct
the work OF the railroad men in tho
rehabilitation Of things wrecked in tho
floods. MIR. Smith. besides being vice
president of the railroad. Is in charge of
the operating department. He had TO.
ceived wireless notifying him Of the
havoc wrought along the New York
Central lines and It's branches and he
was the only man aboard the ship whp
knew of the disaster before the Arcadian
got to Quarantine. as she had received
no wireless news of it.
II was late in the afternoon when
the Arcadian got to her dock and she
found II blocked by harges and other
river craft. While she was manpuvr-
ing 10 work her way into her berth tie
strong tide took charge of her and slung
her diagonally across the end oi the
pier. She stuck there and the impli.-
ence OF NiCe-President Smith increased
Mr.. Pollock, the foreign freight man
ager OF the New York Central. was nn
the pier waiting to take Mr.. Smith to
an automobile and whisk him to tho
Grand Central Station and the Two
greeted each other. lamenting the plight
Of the liner.
The pier superintendent solved the
problem Of getting Mr.. Smith on his
way by bringing down to the end Of
the pier 75 foot ladder. which FIVE
men put up against the high side of the
Arcadian. The five held the ladder while
Mr.. Smith came down it, jumped into
the automobile and was rushed to the
Grand Central Station.
He left all his baggage in charge Of
his valet. who came off the ship an
hour and a half later. when she docked
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another in haste to reach the hiIher
parts of the city.
| Dam 4. Thirt,- Feet High.
There has been no verfication OF this
report received nj Cleveland. The dam
Is thirty-two foot high wall to retain
water six miles northwest of the city.
Ten feet OF water had been reported
flowing over the breast Of the dam dur
ing the day.
Columbus Is making every prepara-
tion for any emergency. Gov Cox who
has not been TO bed for forty-eight
hours. asked this afternoon that all
West Virginia points be notified to shut
or the natural gas supply for fear Of
broken gas mains. He also signed the
bin which releases s25O0oo at once for
relief OF the sufferers.
News From small Towns IL Vague.
When the smaller towns are reached
there are only the vagucst reports.
Troy. Carrollton, Miamlsburg and n
dozen small towns in the Miami Valley
are said to be under water with many
dead How many dead no one can now
learn
Delaware, Ohio. reports thirty-two
dead-that Is. known to be dead-with
more missing The property loss Is ST.
O00. 900 or more.
This news was brought here by Hayes
Main. q Delaware resident, who crawled
to the east side of the river this morn
ing on the remaining strand OF bridge
cable. lie said that among the dead
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Melchng and
their seven children. The entire family
caught by the inrush!ng water. was
drowned with the exception of a young
daughter. who was rescued. but who
died soon after. Hayes Main. the man
who made his way out Of the city. said
that 1000 persons are homeless in Della
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Sam uel Kra mer Not KILLED.

Samuel Kramer. son OF Jacob X Kramer
OF i%b Prospect Park West BROOKLYN was
not killed in the tornado AZ Omaha, Neh .
on Sunday. ms reported in a despatch re.
ceived by the family on Tuesday Mr..
Kramer yesterday received word from her
brother, Louis Berman OF Chicago 'ha'
Samuel had escaped injury and that the mis-
take was due to confusing his name "'h .
Kramer who was killed
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II Is difficult to collect authentic details
of the disaster.
1t seems certain that the number of
dead in Peru is fully 400, that 200 have
been drowned or died from exposure in
the outskirts Of this city and that in
Brookville. Franklin county. fifty lost
their lives. II Is believed that when the
full details of the loss OF life In the
cities and towns that suffered most are
received the number OF dead will reach
1000.
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low employee of Scott, The house
was in the path OF the fire.
Girl In Mans Clothing.
what is your name asked the reg
istrars who received the refugees at the
National Cash Register plant of n sen-
der young person in mems clothes.
Nora Thuma" was the reply
Nora" they asked
Yes. I'm girl" was the answer,
She had put on a mans suit In orde =
to cross the perlous span of wires un-
hampercd by skirts.
She came in with Ralph Myers, his
wife and their little baby. Myers had
climbed telephone wire pole first. He
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George H. Schaefer, a rescuer who
went out into the Hood with sk!n and
sayed a woman and baby, told of his
perlous trip this aft rnoon.
"A house that had been torn from its
foundation came floating up behind u.s."
said SChaefer, THE woman was fright
ened. told her there was no danger.
Suddenly she stood mp and jumped
over with her baby in her arms She
went straight down and never came up
again"
Tnen there was the horror that Will
lam Riley. salesman for The National
Ca>h Register company. saw,
We saw a very old woman standing
al the window of a house waiting for
rescue" said Riley We rowed up to
her, suddenly the house parted and
the woman was "ngulfed II was the
last We saw of her
There was the man who was nearly
rescued, II" had stepped into the skiff
and then walked back into his home.
which short t.me later hoated away
with him incidents "f this sort were
multiplied
And thu s,ury of the negro mother
who was being rowed 10 safety with
her two bnhics when the skiY struck a
tree and he lttl" Graf capsized, so
that tho babies were drowned and the
mother rescued by I;nhert Burnham,
the owner of the skin, only to die be-
fore sh" reached the hospital
John Scott assembled telegraph pole
and guided across the cable TO places
of shi",y men women and children
rescued from Hooded houses.
scot had guided dpzen persons
otross the awaylnG bridges of wire
when tho explosion that started the
NM occurred, The shock knocked
Scott from the pole and he fell into a
Tree
THE last saw of him he was trying
TO get into the window of an aba ndoned
house by way Of one Of the branches
Of the tree" said Frank Stevens, a fell
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STRICKEN DISTRICTS CUT OFF.
Area DevastRted IL Ohio's Richest
Rnd Most POpnlOns.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 26.- Draw
land to Columbus. diverge sharply to
the west to Dayton and then drop down
to Cincinnati almost directly south and
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FIRE SPREADING IN DAYTON.
i:.OOO Who sought Hefuue In Tall
Buildinxs Are In Danger

TorEpo Ohio, March a6-Flood
stricken Dayton Is threatened with a
new danger, Fire has broken out in the
who have taken refuge in the upper
floors are threatened with death in the
smoke and flames
II was reported to Coy. Cox tha.
some had lcaped from the buildings into
the flood. The Governor received word
via Springfield that 1000 to Il. 900 per
sons We're in the burning buildings
fighting the fire by water lifted in
buckets from the flood
Gov. Cox received word Ma Spring
fed from Edward Hanley that he es-
timated the loss of life at 3 80 at not
NOR" than 1000
The Beckel Hotel at Dayton caught
rtre at noon and hard fight with the
aid of chemical extinguishers and the
food water was being made by the
employees and guests to conquer the
flames
Gov Cox following the infnrma-
tion that Dayton was on fire and that
those who had sought refuge in the
| upper stories OF buildings were in dan
ger, determined at 6 o'clock to reach
Dayton with troops and assistance.
Relief Expedition to start.
The latest plan was to start train
from Columbus, at 4:30, go to Cleve-
! land then to Toledo, and try to get to
Piqua or Troy from Toledo Al Troy
the Governor expected to get boats and
send militia officers into Dayton from
there.
GOV, Cox now places the homeless in
this State at 100000. All the State
militia has been called out and is being
rushed to flood districts.
The heavy rain of Monday and Tues
rushing down the Great Miami River
from the Lewiston reservoir In Logan
county was responsible for the Dayton
disaster
A man marooned with his family on
the roof OF his home shot and killed his
wife and three children and then him
self rather than suffer death In the
flames. according to a report received
by j. j. MunselI employment superin-
tendent of the National Cash Register
Company, from man who actually
saw the occurrence. The bodies foatcd
away on the floods.
There may be a hundred dead or
! thousand The census of the dead can
! not be taken until the water recedes
and leaves its prey behind
whirlpool IL Vile Wide.
Between the city and safety there IL a
whirlpool. only a mile nicrvcnes, but
J II might be 900 miles or / 900, for no
| word Of what has happened beyond the
| whirlpool since noon - TUESDAY has
| come across the BRIEF milc Of Wator.
Centre "f City Inundated.
| II is known only that the big hotels
are crowded with guests and are under
| water. the theatres are flooded tho
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The answer to Spring
weather
Double" shoes for busi.
ness and all-round wear.
Two layers Of leather, each
waterproofed separately.
Oiled silk turned into the
seams around the soles.
A layer Of cork between
the soles.
Result-a smart business
shoe, as waterproof as it's
possible to make a leather
shoe.
Sc.
Cloth hats for rough
weather.
"Whirlwind" umbrellas
that can't turn inside out.
Mackintoshes.
Everything men and boy,
wear in the Spring.
ROGERS PEEr COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stsres
warren St. 18Th St. SAth n.
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YOU have covered an area. the richest
and most populous of the State. an
area of devastation by food and fire
More than 5000 men and women may
be dead in the scores Of large cities and
small towns along the Miami, Sciota.
Mad and Other small rivers tonight, but
Cleveland cannot obtain definite infor-
nation, although every possible resource
that human ingenuity can devise is
being employed
score Of small towns may be in
names; Cleveland has only rumors to
tell the property loss may amount to
more than $50. 600. but no one here
can tell tonight, and there may he
hundreds and hundreds and thousa ands
suHering for want of food there are
only fragmentary reports to toll
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formed into great theatre Of death is,
80 far as definite information is con.
cerned, as far away to- night as a Euro
pean. country. The telegraph wires are
down and only an occasional telephone
wire can be made to carry the human
voice.
All railroads are out OF commission
County roads, except those on the high
est ridges, are impossible for anything
except the sturdiest OF slow horses and
certainly barred 10 automobiles. 1t Is
absolutely impossible to give any salts
Factory definite estimate OF what has
been done.
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Was Due 10 R-~er,oir.. Collapse.

The severity OF tho food nat hit
Dayton Vas Guc 10 the collapse Of the
Lorraine r5yerVoir IN shelby county
abou' : O'Clock on TUESDAY morning
Rushing down tho Miami Vale, the
water carried everything before II a.
Plqua Troy, Sidney. Dayton, CARROLL
ton. MismishurE and Hamilton
The extent uf the loss of He IN othc~
cities in the valley canno, be estimated
as the same conditions p"eyaiI there as
in Dayton.
Scenes VI .ndescrihlhIe horror are TO-
ported by IN, r"S unrs under Adil Gen.
George n Wool Among those VINO
perished are said to IaN" been ten
members uc the ONO Nauorai Guard
who We're guarding the bridge
one man mirupned VIII his family on
the roof Of his hom" shot and Killed
his wife and three children and then
himself iath-g than - suffer death in
the flames, according To a report re-
Ceived by j. j Muuseil employment
Eesis'er. COMPANY. from a man who
actually saw tn occurrence. The bod
les hoaied away on the flood
Resgu ue's ty ed 80 to a raft that bore
q man and four women thai whred
Ike spool in the rapid waters. Then
darkness and another chapter was added
90 tho tragic doubt that now exists as
70 the number that died
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and Jefferson streets on the north aide
60 the waters edge
Eight large business blocks have been
destroyed and there is no hope of ar
resting the blaze which is sweeping the
city.
Explosions Are Feared.
The first sign Of fire was in row OF
frame buildings along Third street be.
tween Main ana jefferson streets and
near the library building. The point
II two blocks south Of the Phillips
House and tho flames appear to be
working further south. toward the
wholesale liquor district
Fear is expressed rhat II tho flames
reach this point the inflanmable fluids
will cause explosions and probably fur
ther loss of life. Nearly eighty build
inss in tho business sections are filled
with tenants who were shut off from
escape hy the rushing waters while
engaged in their daily work.
ts.VVV NNFoOucu IN Hultutn8s.
Twelve thousand persons are crowded
in tho upp,? noors OF homes that are
completely surrounded 10y water. They
cannot obtain nrinking water and they
are entirely without neat. light and
food There is twenty square miles of
water, with a current flowing too strong
Tor any boat or any oarsman.
All the women and children who We're
1n one burning block were removed to
the Bca,cr Power Buildinc. There were
forty of them. Nearly twenty persons
are housed in the Home Telcph one
Building. hut they have risged up a
block and tackle IN case tho fire forces
Them To- get out
In the north side the homeless are
huddled IN churches and public SCHOOL
buildings. many of which srrou .,ded
by water. are in danger of collapsinG
il is reported that three babies have
been born IN one Church and one child
came into the world III a boat while the
mother WIS being conveyed I" a place
Of safety.
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The school buildings in which the
homeless have taken refuge are all
reported to bc in "A dangerous condition.
One large building. the largest in the
city. in which are 500 men, women and
children, is reported specially 10 he on
the point of collapse.
The city Is under martial law tonight.
Notice was posted n. the headquarters
Of the emergency committee this after
noon that the sold ers would he in COM
mand and several companies Of militia
have already worked their way in to
take command The soldiers are being
employed to pa;rol tn" edge "f the
burned dis,ric; t" prevent lootins of
homes freed from tn" flood
The soldiers showed their spirit this
evening when boat with siN sirhtseers
was discovered toatiH: with he cur
rent The boat was cmptled at the
poin, Of rne and Impressed FOR ser
vice. investigators nigh; report that
six add ional dead hav" been found.
While the r'scucrs We're removing the
bodies hey found number Of persons
weak from hu1C = and cold and these
have ueeH taken II a place OF safety.
OarsmeA who have managed 20 get 10
the outskirts "oport that go persons
are mdropned IN me Arcad' Bi.lGins
and zoe more in tho Y. NJ. G. \. Build
ing
President George Il. Smith Of the
Chamber of Commerce made his way
out Of the city 'h.s morning and $. 1t
an urgent appeal for h"!p TO Gov. Cox
from .iclanum. n short distance out Of
the city.
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Centre Of City Inundated.

II is known only that the big hotels
are crowded with guests and are under
water, the theatres are flooded, the
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whirlpool IL Nile Wide.

Bet ween the city and safety there IL {
whirlpool only a mile inicrvcnes bu
II might be 900 miles or ! 900, for n,
word Of what has happened beyond tn,
whirlpool since noon - TUESDAY ha,
come across tho hrie' milo Of water