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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Indiana Will Soon be Dry
Again But It Will Take
Months for State to
Recover.
ALONG THE OHIO NOW
Work in Ohio to Recover the
Dead and Take Care of
Those Who Lost Every
thing in the Water.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
CAIRO. Ill.,. March 29.--With the
river 1913 feet tonight and 81 feet
predicted by the weather bureau for
Cairo, the city is making every prep
aration and using every precaution to
protect itself from the raging waters
and there is no cause for alarm.
During the food of last year the
lcvees safely protected the city from
so foot stage and they are in much
better condition now than they were
at that time. A large number OF men
are already at work strengthening
them and 1t Is now believed that
Cairo levees can hold back a 81 foot
stage of water
A large army OF men is at work on
tie drainage district levees north OF
Cairo; the entire levee Is being bulk.
headed. The drainage district con.
tains 1000 acres of land, the village
of Future City, with population Of
1900; many mills and factories and
a number of fine farms This district
| was flooded last year causing heavy
loss. Water is rushing through and
flooding the east half OF Mississippi
county, Missouri
The railroad terminals at Birds
Point, Missouri, are isolated
Service between Cairo and Birds
Point by the transfer steamer Mar
quand was suspended last evening
No trains were operated today out OF
Birds Point on either the Cotton Belt
or Iron Mountain. The Cotton Belt
was put out of business by the water
over their track at Henderson, Mis-
souri,, and the Iron Mountain is cut
| out between Birds Point and Charles
ton. Water is two and three feet
1 deep over the tracks of these roads
] In many places Steamboats, were
busy today moving farmers with theil
4 stock from Missouri to the hills In
Kentucky. They are not waiting un.
/ til he last moment as they did last
year but are moving early thereby
/ saving much valuable live stock. The
/ river now covers vast territory
being several miles wide above and
below Cairo. The wheat crop through
4 out this section will be a total loss
and great damage will be caused by
the food.
Rains Are Over.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 2s.-The
rains are over and the sun sank to
4 night in cloudless sky and although
a stage Of As feet is expected In the
Mississippi river, the people are pre-
pared. Officials do not expect the
crest of the flood for several days
but they are prepared for 43 feet and
not over As feet. The levee people
say they can handle that much wa
ter without trouble. Warnings have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
THE WEATHER.

[Unitad Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, March 20. Weather
forecast:
Illinois: Fair Sunday and probably
Monday.
Missouri: Fair and warmer Sunday;
Monday probably fair.
Iowa: Fair Sunday; Monday unset
tied. probably showers and cooler.
Local Observations.
March Bar Their. Wind W'th'r
20 Z a. 3002 40 SW CPdy
20 Z D. m.29.92 Sc S PtCpdy
River above low water OF 1854, 1873.
Change in "a hours, 5.
Mean temperature 29th, 30.
Lowest temperature. 40.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, 40.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Rumor Of Kings Death.

LONDON, March 29.-The rumor
that King Nicholas of Montenegro was
dead, tonight was discredited by Sir
Roper Parkington, Montenegrin con-
sui in London, who said he had re-
ceived no official word regarding 1t.
News agencies today received re-
ports from Cettinge by way of Rome
and Paris that the king was dead. 1t
was not stated how he died, whether
by assassination or in the siege of
Scutari, which he personally conduct.
ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
University Graduate Did il
Once Before and Tries it
at Leavenworth.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LEAvENWORTH, Kansas, March
29.-Clyde Stratton of Indianapolis,
serving FIVE year sentence in the
federal prison here for postoffice rob
berry, either escaped or is dead in the
sewer leading from the prison Off
GERS at the prison think him dead be-
cause others who attempted to escape
were driven back by gas. 1t is pos
sible stratton crawled through the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Relief Fund Only $4,000
When Much More Money
Will Be Required.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
OMAHA. Nebr., March pa res
'ofation committee Of fifteen appoint
ed to compile ways and means. of
qhlckly rebuilding that portion Of
omaha destroyed by Sundays cyclone
To-Day recommended that Douglas
county vote s1.o0o,0O0 in bonds to
Start a relief fund.
Inc money will be used In aiding
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Loss at zanesvIIIe.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 20
GAINESVILLE and Muskingum county
suffered a property loss estimated at
$4,000, 900, and a score of lives are
believed 70 have been lost in the
most destructive flood the valley has
ever known. Thousands of homes are
still under water. The relief and
rescue work is just beginning, The
town is without gas or fuel; the cleo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
FIFTY CITIES
DRAINING DRY
Cheering Confirmation That the Total
Death List All Over tho
State VIII Not Ex-
oeed 600.
CARING FOR REFUGEES
Situation Along the Ohio River Is
Now Serious and Record Break
Ing Flood ls Pre-
dlcted.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CLEVELAND, o.. March 29.-Fifty
water-swept cities, towns and hamlets
In Ohio reared themselves from the
rapidly receding floods today while
the thousands of Official and unofficial
rescuers swarmed upon the ruins to
begin the great task of re-habilita-
ton
With the cheering confirmation that
the death lists will probably total
less than 500 in the whole state. the
main efforts of the workers were di-
rected toward caring for the half
starved homeless thousands, and
guarding against pestilence.
Although Dayton, Columbus, Hamil-
ton, GAINESVILLE and other hard-hit
communities were rapidly draining
dry. the furious wastes of waters that
/ had taken SO heavy a death toll and
caused quarter OF a billion dollars
loss In property damage throughout
the state, were sweeping into the al
ready swollen Ohio river and threat
ening Cincinnati and the cities furth-
/ er along its course with the worst
flood in the history of the valley.
So critical was the situation tonight
along the Ohio river that Governor
Cox issued public statement prophe-
sying the highest water on record and
urging the citizens of the state and
nation at large to continue their re-
! sponse to the appeal for assistance
Secretary of War Garrison and his
4 aides reached Dayton today and i'm.
1 mediately got in communication with
! Governor Cox, after which the federal
/ authorities took complete charge OF
4 the work of sanitation. In co-opera-
4 tion with the state militia already on
/ the scene The stricken city was d.
vided into four military zones, each
under separate commander, and q
+ strict martial law established Sc
strict were measures the authorities
were forced to take to prevent loot
ing and infection, that rule was es
tahlished prohibiting anyone from en-
tering the streets of the formerly
Il flooded sections after O'Clock in the
evening.
j The work of removing the deaG
progressed rapidly, BY dark seventy
eight bodies had been recovered ant
1T was estimated that not more thar
7 the same number were In the ruins
and under the heaps of mud -plasteret
4 debris thaa filled the streets ant
heaped high against the shattered anc
twisted buildings
In Columbus the work of rescue an6
reconstruction proceeded with simila
celerity There, too. the death esti
mate gradually lowered until It wal
figured that not more than $50 hat
perished In the flooded west side o
the city Sixty-two bodies had beer
officially recorded by evening.
Special parties of state official'
pushed through the length of III
Mimia, Scioto and Muskingum valleys
where scores of little settlement
were nearly wiped out of existence
Almost every hamlet reported at leas
one victim.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Problem Of Food.

COLUMBUS, O., March 29.-TBy
James NJ. Cox, Governor of ohio.l--
We now face problem OF food within
our borders.
Cincinnati, in her bounty shipp ed
train loads of supplies into the lower
Miami valley and the southeastern
parts of Indiana as we'll. Philan-
thropy displaced prudence and to-
night the Queen City of the west ap-
peals to the state for assistance.
Dayton and GAINESVILLE, the two
troublesome points so far as exten,
sion of relief was concerned, are in
pretty fair shape.
Ten carloads of lime, FIVE car tanks
of gasoline and train load, consist
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
People Had Warming.


CINCINNATI. o., March 2s.-Com-
munication with Lawrenceburg, Ind,
a town of four Thousand population,
25 miles west, was restored tonight,
five hours after the levee broke
there. Fear that the rush of the
Ohio river flood through the break
had devastated the city proved I'm
founded. Residents, warned three
days ago OF the, danger. had moved
to territory above any possible flood {
line. The greater part OF the city ID
under two to three feet Of water and
many are temporarily homeless but
there has been no loss OF life.
Telephone girls remained at work
surrounded by water. United States
army relief workers have been dis
patched in boat to render aid.
AZ Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 20
With extra details OF police guarding
the acres of streets In the Ohio river
lowlands, Cincinnati tonight hoped
that the crest of the flood, which has
threatened to exceed the high record
OF 1884, was near, The river stage to-
night was 67.2 feet, only four feet be-
low the record mark. Two deaths by
drowning have already resulted from
the flood. Property estimated at
hundreds of thousands OF dollars has
been ruined.
The flood district includes the en-
tire ''bottons," and extends far into
the wholesale. terminal and bust
ness sections. Railroad traffic is at
/ q complete standstill No trains have
entered for twenty-four hours except
the federal flood relief special Of the
war department
Hundreds of families are water
bound In their homes along the wa
ter front. Gas connections are brok-
en-. Mails are stalled. No mail has
been received from New York since
Monday. The postoffce is jammed
with outgoing mail.
Many interurban lines are out of
commission. Freight houses are
closed. Telegraph service is Grip
pied Thousands Of people are idle.
4 Hundreds are marooned here, all ho-
tells being crowded, guests sleeping on
the lobby lounges.
i Business houses as far as Third
street are moving their property to
higher floors. On the lower streets
4 dozens Of small stores are flooded up
4 to the second story
Across the river In Kentucky, fifty
4 blocks are submerged in Newport.
Seven thousand persons are reported
In idleness. At Covington, Dayton
and Bellevue, Kentucky, similar con-
4 ditions prevail.
Relief forces are aiding homeless
persons here. Sanitation and fire pre-
! vention rules are being rigidly en-
forced. The hope of the entire Ohio
valley near here is the promises that
the waters will begin to recede by
Monday.
j A proclamation by Mayor Hunter,
!! putting the flooded district under
military law, which was to have been
enforced by United States troops was
recalled. Police Chief Copeland has
the situation in hand
. officials of the traction company
announced tonight that there was
fear that the east end power house
would have to suspend. Another foot
of water will make this necessary, II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Bio German Heart.

Written with lead pencil in broken
English. but displaying the sublime
unselfishness being made manifest by
the entire nation toward the Ohio
flood sufferers, letter went to CO.
lumbus this afternoon, in the inside
pocket Of a time worn broadcloth coat
which relief workers here declare Is
the most unusual offer of help they
have ever seen. The letter follows:
"Nfein Leiber Herr:
II gif you good cheer. Years ago
meine hause ist by the flood at Gal
weston destroyed. l know then, your
feelings when you are stricken. II
you would seek for new lands we Will
gif you a home with us. All we ask
is a character from your last employ
er. Meme frau, und are old and das
of vaterland; if you too speak the
language, it is much better. Your
family bring, our hcme iss large.
am poor and cannot offer the ticket
here but / can gif home and Job
until you get your feet again"
The relief committee refused to al
low the old mans name to be made
public.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
|ONC list Of THE DEAD
N FLOODED DISTRICTS

Snivey, Katherine.
Rednegge, Gary.
Dorm, Miss Mary.
Dye, Miss Nora.
Lynch, Kenneth.
Lynch, Iris.
Lynch, Myron.
Wolfe (baby), Luther.
Groeber, Gus.
Ford, Mrs. c. e.
Howard, Walter G.
Howard, Mrs. Walter G.
Panner, Mrs. Nance.
Takum, Mrs.
Soville, Mrs. Sarah.
Holbaugh, Mrs. Samuel.
Griffin, Mary.
Deiss, John.
Guy. William, wife, brother and
baby.
Eleven unidentified women.
One unidentified man.
Two months old baby.
Three year old baby.
Dayton.
Morganthaler, George, Warren and
Vine streets.
Haverstick, ]. N, manager Bell
Telephone Co.
Haupt, L. G., wife and three chill
dren.
Collins, Mrs, and child.
Eichman, Lille, 81.
Schmidt, Mrs, and daughter, Bond,
Mrs.
| Body unknown girl, 70 years Of age.
Shartlt Anton.
scun.z, Mrs. Carrie.
Thompson, Mrs . 'it
Snyder, George, u.
Richardson. George.
Cupp, Smiley, Jr.
Wallace, Jessie.
Eiderman, Ethel.
Moseley, Bessie, (negress).
Mcconnell, John, (negro).
Abel, Mrs.
Blitz, Mrs.
Youtz, Mrs.
Scott, Frank, (negro).
Blitz. John.
Tingley, Mrs. Lillian,
Two unknown babies.
Bodies of three newly born babes.
Schunk Mrs.
| CARRIER, John F.
Slat, Arthur.
| Goetschall,
Seattle, Ollie
Willett, Patroiman.
Dueur, Carl.
Tree, Mrs
Unidentified bodies of man and wo
man
Unidentified bodies man. woman
and child.
Two unidentified men, 20 years old
/ Unidentified young woman, 20 years
old
Bohn, Miss.
1 Abel. Mrs Lucy.
Body unidentified woman, so years
old
Unidentified girl, Z
Heberle, Christian.
Bodies nine unidentified men.
4 BODY young man, "a years old.
/ Snyder, Mrs George.
/ Clemmerson, Mrs.
Abel, Mrs.
Youtz, Mrs.
Harkeader, B. p.
| Ford, Alexander.
Bowen, Mrs.
| Hawke, Mrs. and daughter.
| Mason, Inez, 4.
Quinlan. B. F.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Reaches $4,000 Mark.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, March 20
The Minneapolis relief fund for the
Ohio and Indiana flood sufferers
reached the $4,000 mark tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
RELIEF FL0Qp
now 51Rs IN
Thanksgiving Services In Dayton
Churches Over clty's Deliver.
ance From the Raging
Torrent.
EVERYBODY CLEANING
Money 10 Pouring In to be Used in
Putting the Flood Refugees Of
Ohio Upon Their Feet
Again.
EVERYBODY CLEANING

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
[By Staff Correspondent of the Unit
ed Press.]
DAYTON, Ohio, March 29.-Thanks-
giving services were held today in all
the churches Of Dayton that escaped
the flood.
Many denominations united in wor-5
ship.
Although thousands Of its homes
have oeen destroyed, Dayton is CRATE
full with the sheer Joy of living,
Latest estimates show that the
death list will not go over IT'S, while
the first fears were that FIVE Thousand
had perished in tn flood.
Layton counting its dad is already
starting on its big job Of rebuilding.
Men, women and children are tax.
ing part in the cleanup. Women clad
in their husbands clothes are helping
remove the debris. Children are re.
moving the mud. The boy scouts are
cleaning the streets.
Money can't buy anything in Day
TON. a man VIII miillOH uOlidTs
could not buy loaf Of bread, but M
could get at the relief station as
many loaves as he needed for his
family. The homes Of the xich in the
fashionable parts OF the city were
devastated just like the cottages OF
the poor.
| In every section Of the city there
are long bread lines composed of the
well-to-do and the poor and the well
dressed and the ragged waiting for
supplies of food at distribution quar-
! ters. There is no food on sale anv-
where All supplies come from other
cities.
| Rich and poor stand in line at the
free coal oil distribution stations, for
the gas has been turned off and ev-
erybody has returned to the oil lamp.
And with all, Dayton is very cheerful
Thousands went sightseeing today
through the business section, which
used to be composed of splendid
| boulevards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
Here Are the Names Of Some
Who Lost Their Lives in
the Torrent Which
Swept Ohio.
AND MANY ARE MISSING
Scores Of Bodies Have Been
Recovered Which Cannot be
Identified and May
Never Be.

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CLEVELAND, o., March 29.Re-
vised lists OF the known dead In the
smaller cities and towns In flooded
Ohio tonight, received here tonight
contained the following names Of COM
munities:
Ada.
Morse, Charles.
McE1roy, Nolen.
Akron.
Knarry, John.
McAlyain, r.
Sell, Milton.
Newman, Edward.
Baby, unidentified.
Man, foreigner. unidentified.
RellefontaIne.
Buraden, Carl, 15.
Barbcrton.
2 Neuman, John.
Brighton.
Dixie, George, Toledo.
shankling. William, Of Massillon.
Burr, Fred, Of Massillon.
Brlnkhaven.
Goddard, Mrs.
Goddard, E. W., and two children.
chillIcothe.
Baxter, G. s.
Baxter boy, 9.
Eight missing.
coshockton.
Hawley Mrs. Edward, and infant.
Steve John.
Columbus.
Merit, Briggs, Of Briggsdale.
Gore, Albert.
Griffith, VIM G.
wright, Mrs. Il. Is.
Mcdonald. Mrs. Roy.
Huston, G. H.
Muller. Mary.
Cooper. Emma.
Weisengardner. Arnold
Stottler, John and wife.
McNerney, Mrs. Della
Deiss, Miss Alma.
Deiss, Hilda
Wheethe, Mrs. Hannah.
Greenlee, Mrs.
Underwood, Josephine.
Underwood, Albert.
Ford, Gladys
Underwood, Baby.
Preston, Howard.
Hurd,
Hoffman, Kenneth.
Belt, Miss.
Cooper, Mrs. Emma Louise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
RAINBOW OF HOPE PAINTED IN THE SKY
GREAT FLOOD TR|CMES
OUT Of THE TWO STATES

been sent down the river and all
weak spots are being repaired. En-
gineers this afternoon repaired a pos
sible weakness at Reel Foot Ilake
and there is no danger there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30

Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
THE WEATHER

Probably Colder Monday.
Saturdays temp a. m.
42; Z p. m. 56.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30

s,b,cribers o. Ths Daily oats City
3. served the full Leased Wire Ser
..,.. i q the United Press Association,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-02
THE TURF EXCHANGE INIQUITY

about time for the City Council of Wheeling
self from the turf exchange and exchange
week days the important license ordinance dealing
business interests of large number of citizens directly
otng large number of important
City Council because certain faction Council
insertion in the license ordinance Of license for the
Stated in cold blood the turf exchange gambling
II violation
ure of West Virginia could legally Wheeling
the right license amazing thing
the turf exchange has been allowed
has remarkable evidence indifference Wheeling pub
lie things that ought be tolerated.
The Mayor of the Wheeling, calling special session of
Council night makes the
that the license ordinance will without
clause therein 1t the that the spoke authority
The regular license ordinance should be
without exchange Councmen further
hold business the purpose forcing advantage
the turf exchange ought much consideration
fellow citizens.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-02
GETTYSBURG TRIP
UNBALANCED MIND

COiJMHrs o.. July Instead o.
go.ng hask o. Geff,eburv when. Did.
fought YEAR aco fo JOIN ir obi.
c'Iebraf .. There John rIr'e. l-,I sd.
Who vac % member o. Tho Teeff..
Ohio Infantry rae rort.ted fo mo
Columbus State ho-rr.f Viii. vhr.
tinr razor Yesterday rifle remarked
that ho intended fD kI. bis wife later
ho announced t.af re Intended 10 got
a pistol Ncoree and phan he hrg-h'
nis revolver fe rIa ro.rr fn k.u hI--.
.rf 20 hc R1If rY. I.re fr por-,
with fhe boat Tho asfru-.ftsa uerr
notified 1.f when i.. wee arrested. o.
maN rlffrF r.nfa.f.uF nearly fr1I
Dol ro'd and paper money pr-a found
nn NF... together r.h a harEhrut
ard rHfrI H.I .Ia.r
Dr. r 'ioIrHf ffff fNr .H rlr vI.
Dad rnI" 90 n. rD..- FL. gtff..f.r-
Dad become lrn1Iar..d fI.urr Odd.
Dr'hu Ism over Visiting fu. OLD t1f
tleicIa
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-02
TWO MORE VETS
TO GETTYSBURG
LEFT LAST NIGHT AS GUESTS OF
INTELLlGENCER AND WHEEL
ING PUBLIC.
Did Not Leave With Party Owing 20
Advanced Years, But Call Was
Too Strong 10 Resist.

Two other old soldiers. one OF them
We're able TO attend the Gettysburg
reunion through the efforts o. the In
telligencer and Wheeling public Last
evening MT samuel Gephart, of South
Wheeling. who did not receive a no
tice In time 20 be ready Monday. ano
Mr. " ". Moore. o. Martins Ferry. A
veteran Of the battle Of GettyshurL
LEFT for the great reunion. and their
transportation was furnished from Tho
funds being collected and 70 b. col.
lect"d by tho Intelligence for that
purpose Bott these ole soldiers are
naturally well advanced ia years. and
~ frs felt unable 20 MAKE the frit
But ia'"r the desire C meet agair,
some Of the mer who participated
with them in the battles of he great
war. end especially the desire 10 SEQ
again tho great battlefield o. Gettvs.
burg became So Intense that they De.
ciied 20 20 90 possible
Application was made tc The Intel
iigeucer Office and arrangements were
promptly made with the q q % hv
which fransportaf was furnished
Them. When they arrive at Gettys-
burg they become the guests 81 tho
United states government Never
again ir fhe tinted States will there
ho another reunion IKE hat which is
now I'M Gro~-ors ir Goftvshurr. and %
.- nr' strange that the men who PAR
ficipafrd iu This great fight and the
thousands ~ others Who know the
par ..'rartz on one side or 'hc other
should feel 1u earnest do-iro fo take
par 100 f'I- reunion To MANY OF them
~ 7iil ha .he browning event ~ o. l.fa.
frr". H'd % should no pleasure as
rrII as FL duty % every iora' and ov.
arr patriotic citizen fo help contribute
.r some eu1r measure fo me s0fsfa~.
Nor Rh..h 'ree' OIL veterans may feel
.n fNr 'r.r arI reunion