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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-16

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real merit. For sale by all dealers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
Crazed by Loss of
Family in Ohio, Man
RoveS Streets Here

Apparently mentally deranged by the
disaster i'm Ohio, when his wife ana
two children were swept to death in
the food, a man. who was too dazed to
give his name, to-day is wandering the
streets of Atlanta, vainly trying to find
a ray of hope in the messages that are
coming in from the stricken district.
The wanderer entered several local
hotels this morning and attracted at
tention by requesting that any letters
that might come for him be destroyed.
why should ! want to read them ?''
he asked when astonishment was
shown. There is no reason now why
l should ever read anything again. My
wife and children gone, my home swept
away, every one I ever knew and loved
carried TO destruction by the water or
burned to death-why should / want
any letters?
When l left Dayton two weeks ago
left a happy family, my wife and two
little girls My home was in the very
heart Of the district that is now swept
by flood and fire, and all the word ]
can get from Ohio proves that my fam
ill is dead and my home destroyed"
We STAYED only few moments wher-
ever he stopped Before any definite in
Formation could d. obtained from him
ar .a- some wandering aimlr-sly
.1"ur a. streets s.eue at the pass
es-hy with Gusseug ewes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
Figures Far
Below Real Toll.

These few recoveries. however, are
sadly below the total In many in
stances the final figures will mount to
five and ten times as many.
The same lack Of detailed informa -
ton is manifested i'm undertaking to
foot up property losses.
The loss in MidaletoWn is wildly
guessed IA be $4,000 600; in Peru, 81
500. zoo; in Delaware, 100000; in In
dianapolis. $4,000. 600.
Here again, however, figures fail to
convey a truthful mental picture of the
tremendous loss of property. II may
be no more than the vague estimates
thus far made: it likely will be much
heavier.
And with all of this, the worst has
not yet been done. More lives, thou
sands Of them. are to be snuffed out
more property, millions worth of it, is
To be ruined
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
BOAT EXPLORES
DAYTON TRAGEDY

DAYTON, OHIO, March 27-The first
motorboat launched in the strange wa
tiers to tour the flooded district was in
charge of e. G. Mcconnell, of Cincin-
natl, who was accompanied by a guide,
a physician two police officials and a
reporter.
The first trip was made primarily for
the purpose of getting the lay Of the
ground determining the points where
the greatest good could be done. and 20
assure the surviving imprisoned suf-
ferers of the certainty Of their early res
cae. The crew confined itself to the
administration of temporary relief in
cases of dire necessity and where it
was a question of life or death. There
were piteous and pathetic appeals for
instant succor, but for the reason OF
accomplishing the desired purpose Of
the initial trip they were disregarded
but all were made to feel certain that
the release from their long and hideous
imprisonment was near at hand
The survey made on this trip served
to dispel the faintest suggestion that
the seriousness Of the situation had
been exaggerated. The area devastated
by fire is broader than was at first be-
licved, a number Of large buildings in
which 1t is certain a large number Of
persons were marooned having beer
destroyed
The fire is still ragtdg, and how far t
may continue in its spreading course
can not be foretod. Definite plans are
being perfected 10 dynamite building on
the border of the destroyed zone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
Reports Meager, But
All Tell of Great Disaster.

The awful loss of life and property
heretofore reported is small in compar-
ison with what seems fated to come.
Reports from relief parties are meager,
but all tell stories Of frightfu loss of
life. tragedies and woe.
Cincinnati is anticipating the worst
The Ohio is reaching far into the city
now. and more and more water con
stantly is pouring into it, The river is
away above the danger line, and rapid
~ rising.
Efforts at rescue have been abau-
doned I'm many instances because the
pressing necessity of the hour now is
to save The lives and property Of thosc
heretofore untouched.
From Portsmouth, Ohio, Catues-
burg Ky, Petersburg. W. Va. and
Marysville. Ky. reports are Uniform in
horror. In no direction is seen "A hope
ful sign for Cincinnati Every physi-
clan and nurse in the state Is being
worked overtime and at high tension.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
REFUGEES SAVED
ONFRE|GHT CARS
-AQN

DAYTON, OHIO, March 27.-Hun-
dreds of refugees were released from
their prisons Thursday, when a cut Of
twelve cars were backed into Third
street and the Pennsylvania railroad
yards. In some manner people living
on Walnut street. Wayne avenue, Com
mercial Second, Third and a number Of
side streets gained a way to cross 70
the cut of cars, which We're partly in
water. Ladders were put into use and
hundreds of people climbed the ladders
and along the cars. The line appeared
to be never ending and it was made up
of all kinds of people. The most pa
thetic sight of the entire plight how
old baby being carried along the roofs
Of the cars on mattress.
Some of the people released by the
steady drop of the flood lived near the
fire zone and many said that the fire
had been a big one and that it was
still burning. William Riley, former
Cincinnatian, who is doing yeoman
service during the flood had just re-
moved a woman named Mrs. Tree Of
Wayne avenue. near Oak street, from
her home when she died in the slIiff.
The last time DR.. II. r. Palmer Of
Dayton. a physician of the National
Cash Register, saw his wife was on
Tuesday morning, when he dropped her
from his auto on Main street. just aft
err DR.. Palmer left his wife the levee
broke and he i'm some manner found
himself at the National Cash Register
plant minus his machine. While ad-
ministering medicine and encouraging
others the physician is worrying him
self as to the whereabouts of Mrs Pal
mer. She it is thought, IS in one of the
large downtown buildings
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27

People who have never been in flood
districts" she asserted. "can never have
any idea of the terror which rising
water brings You can see it creeping
up and creeping up, covering heights
that il had not attained before. and
then you feel like flying away to the
safest possible spot"
The Hood has broken up some plans
which Mrs, Noodle had for visiting At
lanta. She would have been here next
Wednesday to visit her daughter. Now
Mr. Yarbrough has planned a trip to
Cincinnati and from thence to reach
Dayton in some way by boat. to rescue
Mrs Noodle. provided she has not
reached safety to-day He is waiting
for a message.
Mrs. Yarbroughs father was at one
time president of the National Associa-
ton of Master Plumbers. and he ha 4
contracts on some of the largest build
ings in Dayton, which are now either
under water or destroyed by fire
Among these was the Memorial build
ing, which cost $250.00O. and the Y. NJ.
c. A. which was erected at a similar
cost The Wright building cost prob
ably S75o00o, and the Beckel building
destroyed by Are, about S25O,OOG. The
latter was Is old as the KimbaI house
in Atlanta.
Mr., and Mrs. Yarbrough have great
admiration for J. II. Patterson, the Ma
tional Cash Register head who was re-
Gently involved in the cash register
cases. and who is now leading the ..-
lief UurN. They attribute 10 him
large part Of the success of Dayton as
une af Tine most beautiful cities ia lug
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27

OF Hamilton before the deluge of the
combined waters Of the Great Miami
river and the reservoir swept over the
city Of $4,000 souls.
They tell Of whole blocks. now bare
as the open country. which once We're
built closely with residences IN such
places it is feared that scores have per
ished, their bodies whirled away in tine
rush of water never to be recovered.
The unaccouuted for. the missing, it
is believed to-day. will be the longest
list in the history of the flood. 1t now
numbers hundreds. That the list of the
known dead viii be much longer than
had been expected. before the waters
began to subside to-day now is certain
How many have persisted it is even now
impossible to conjecture
The lowest estimate of dead is 250.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
FLASHES OF LIGHTNING
BARE HAVOC; THUNDER
BROWNS DEATH WALLS
Gale Sings Funeral Dirge Of Dayton
Victims Hopes.

DAYTON. OHIO. March 27.-The
third night of Dayton's devastation was
battle Of humanity against the ole
ments. seemingly bent on the destruc-
tiou of life The glare Of the bonfires
on the shores of the raging torrents
was dimmed each second or two as
flashes of lightning split the heavens
and lighted up the scenes Of desolation
i'm the flooded district
Thunder. rolling from the far dis
tant clouds to what seemed within a
few feet Of those on the banks, drowned
out the cries and means of those still
trapped In floating and burning houses.
The wind seemed to sing the funeral
dirge of hope
Houses. made into islands far out
into the swirling torrent and but dim
Iy visible with the naked eye, could he
plainly seen in the glare of the vivid
lightning. As fash after flash lighted
up the city of the dead and dying. the
signals Of those marooned on the
wrecked houses could be seen. If the
bowling wind blew in the right direc-
ton, the heart rending cries for help
came mournfully to those on shore,
growing fainter as the night pro-
crossed.
Heroes There Are On All Sides.
When the call of the women and chill
dren who were trapped in the houses
reached their ears. many We're ready to
plunge into the swirling torrent and try
to swim to those in danger. Others,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27

flame was belching forth as though
from volcano. \ groan of despair
arose from the watchers as they saw
the murky atmosphere change from d
sickening gray to the brightest Of
crimson.
No one knew what one Of the big
buildings had burst into flames, but
nine out of ten Of the men. women and
children on the banks or huddled close
together on the straw beds at the Ma
tioral Cash Register plant had some
kin in the district of the blaze Prayers
mingled with sobs and curses. The
cries of babies. held close to their moth
ers breasts. added to the weirdness of
the scene as the blaze. from the far
away fire sent ghostlike shadows over
the murky waters.
Newspaper men. hardened as they
are to pathetic scenes, stood aghast at
the first two days and nights Of the
food
Women Fight for Life.
Women fought for places in the frail
craft that were sent to save them. Ba-
bies fell from boats and We're swept
away at lightning speed, in full view
of the thousands that could not save
them. ola men and women, some of
them welded for many years. were
welded forever by death as they We're
snatched away from their rescuers and
carried miles and miles down stream.
Men wept as they saw the appealing
hands Of the drowning held out toward
them in mute appeal. Women scream
ed as a brave rescuer was gripped in
the hand that knew no unclasping.
William Riley, a Cincinnati boy, kept
at his work of rescue all day Wed =
nesday and all Wednesday night, in
spite of the fact that he had had no
sleep for "a hours
tie saw an old man and woman
standing on the roof of a house 800
yards from the shore. He set out in a
small boat Before he reached the
couple. they were carried away.
\ tiny girl was kneeling at the side
Of the onrushing stream, her little
hands clutched in front of her face.
Her little form shuddercd as she sob
bed, Cod. oh God, oh, be good to me;
and God bless mama and papa, and
In a second she was clutched in the
arms of Riley, and was being carried
to the warm quarters at the National
Cash Register Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
HOW CITY WOULD LOOK
IF FLOOD WERE HERE

II the Dayton flood waters were
loosed on Atlanta they would extend
northward approximately as far as
Broozwood, southwark over West End,
eastward beyond Inman Park and west
ward nearly to Western Heights; the
water would be TO the ceiling of the
Fourth National bank in the Fourth
National Bank building, eight feet high
in the Central Bank and Trust Corpora
ton, Gambler building, a like distance
above the Whitehall street viaduct, ana
all hut floating the Union depot. Office
building employees would be huddled by
the hundreds in the upper stories. while
people around Five Points would be
stepping out of seoond-story windows
into batteauN on their way to lunch. In
addition to this predicament, fire would
cause downtown workers to take to the
water like rats leaving sinking ship.
Here and there along Peachtree a help
less individual would be clinging to a
floating spar.
That is the picture which is present.
ed to-day to Mrs David Yarbrough.
wife of David Yarbrough. the well
known plumbing official, of 7S4 North
Boulevard, and whose mother, Mrs.
Anna Noodle, well known here, is ma
rooued at her residence. 222 North JEFF
fersou street. Dayton. once before. in
1886 the water became high at Dayton,
and Mrs Narbrough then Miss Noodle,
q high school girl. helped TO move the
books and furniture as near the roof as
possible and to put tine piano on props
THE waiter -luughtd away before Il
.Hur utH tHr nuuSe. uuj NrS Nar-
Nruuga ur,.uHg- that she Nil never
I0H get abe experiences,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27

but the total effect is slight, so wide
spread is the disaster.
Trains, packed and jammed. are
leaving as fast as they can be made up
Some are rescue and relief trains,
others are vehicles merely Tor convey
ing the demoraiized and terror-stricken
people TO places Of safety.
In is work Of destruction, death and
disaster water is being aided and abel-
ted by fire. From city after city come
stories of confiagrati~ns. unrestraincd,
finishing the work Of devastation where
the raging waters have inclined 70 leave
off.
Everything untoward in nature seems
TO have combined against pgostgate9
Ohio. sharp drop in the temperature
has brought bIizzards and snow to some
points This greatly increases the suf-
fe~ins and seriously cripp]os the efforts
to relieve
Dynamite g. being employed wherever
ii seems likely 20 do any good, in a
concerted effort To spread the waters
over as much territory as possible here
and there, i'm the hope that this may
lower the crest Of the flood somewhere,
somehow.
The Ohio National Guard and the
state naval militia are being used
everywhere their services can effect any
good. In the matter of relief and RESI-
cue the militia is proving invaluable,
but the amount of work in hand is far
beyond the troops ability TO handle.
To-day throughout the entire food
district the weather Is bitter cold. In
city after city pail Of smoke-laden at
mosphere has piled another horror upon
those already sustained.
At bursts mill more than thousand
persons are cut off from the outside
world. like rats in a trap. They are
without food and fire Is eating its way
toward them. Apparently they have a
choice between death by fire or flood
no more
Efforts to estimate the total loss of
life are futile. Every calculation is
upset by additional terrible news before
figures conveying the approximate
truth can be assembled
Sixty bodies have been recovered in
Columbus, 125 at Peru, Is at Middle
town, $50 at Hamilton, Is at GAINESVILLE.
IA at Delaware, 90 at Akron, and 40
at Piqua
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
VOC WROUGHT BY STORM WHICH SWEPT


TEN which h cydOne A the is OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
DEATH WAVE ROLLS UPON
Fl. WAYNE As DAM BREAKS
Continued From First Page.

kingum Sc.oto and the Two Miamis
constantly are augmeutlng the raging
Ohio's tremendous volume OF water
Cincinnati has given up hope Of es-
spng the dooc. The Central Union
station long ago was abandoned. the
lower sections Of the city already are
flooded and the higher sections are pre-
pairing for the worst.
The rivers tributary to the Ohio are
swollen far in excess OF any recorded
rises Of the past. and no man can r.
call any previous flood comparable with
the one now sweeping death and de-
st-uction throughout ohio and Indiana.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
Bursting of Reservoir
Spreads More Terror.

The bursting of the Great ST Maryz
reservoir and the other calamitlns tina.
undoubtedly viii follow in its wate
have completely terrori2eG The state.
The st. Marys reservoir sthe great
est artificial body Of water in the world.
II stretches from Mercer county east
ward into Augulaize. and its water viii
flow into ihc st Marys river and
thence into Indiana.
The Lewiston reservoir IS east OF tho
Grand reservoir, and it expected 10
break at any moment
From an points in Indiana comes
nothing but the gloomicst Of news. Lo-
gansport Is from II 10 10 feet under
water Brookyne is helpless Evansville
is in gravest danger, West IndianapCIis
IS Frustrated, and there are many
points from which it Is impossible to
get detailed reports.
In GAINESVILLE. Ohio, the business sec
ton is Hooded and the loss Of life is
heavy. The Baltimore and Ohio bridge
has been swept away, and the big
WOODEN factory has collapsed
In Delaware. Ohio. "a dead bodies
have been recovered thus far but the
rescue work is slow because Of the con-
stantly increasing difficulties Of the sit
uation.
Half Of TiGiu now is under water,
and an area OF two square miles in
Troy is from % TO 10 feet under the
flood
Franklin is three fourths under wa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
Savannah Council
Starts Fund for
Flood Sufferer

SAVANNAH. CA. March o. A..
meeting of city council was bal5 tt,J ssya1
ernOon for the purpose of making sr y,
preparation to relieve the distress NJ A.,
sufferers I'm the West President vnsor
call for aid was announced 10 ceuncii i..
night. but that being a special meeting \
a speclnc purpose the matter could M
be acted upon at that time d"
Mayor DaVant will also omen q s,A
scrlption list from his office for the hen.
Ut OF the general public. The SayarT,
Benevolent association also mel his NJ
ernoon for the purpose of contrlbgring
the flood relief fund
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18

PROPOSALS will be received at the
Bureau Of Supplies and Accounts.
Navy Department, Washington, D. c.,
until 10 o'clock a. m, December %,
1913, and publicly opened immediate
ly thereafter, to furnish at the naval
station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, one
railroad platform scale. Applications
for proposals should refer to sehed-
ule 6015. Blank proposals will be fur
ntshed upon application to the navy
pay office, Honolulu, Hagaii Terri
tory, or the Bureau. +. J. COWIE,
Paymaster General, L. S. N. h1-7-13.
5705-Eov. Is, 25. I
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
the United States in and for the Dis
trict and Territory of Hawaii. II
Bankruptcy No. go. In the matter of
Albert Davis Angus, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Albert David
Angus of Honolulu, in the district
aforesaid, bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of November, A. D. 1913,
sad Albert David Angus was duly ad-
judged a bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will bel held
at S46 Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu,
on the 10Th day of November, at $50
o'clock a. m, at which time said cred
itors may attend, prove claims, ex-
anime the bankrupt, elect a trustee,
and transact such other business as
may come before said meeting. -
GEO s. CURRY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
November II, 1913.
5705-1t.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
OCTOBER YIELDS
..,, OF MALAY RUBBER

Reports of the output of the Ma
layan rubber estates in which it is
interested, received by the Water
house Company, Ltd, show the yield
of TanjoHg Olok for October to have
been 14,S00 pounds, as compared with
1890 for September, and that of Pa
hang 1920 pounds, as compared with
1880 the previous month, an increase
Of 500 pounds for Tanjong and a de-
crease of 2400 pounds for Pahang.
They are recognizing the tapping, -
said Albert Waterhouse this morning,
so we. shall expect slight reduction
ID the YIELDS for one or two months. :"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
SHEET
RANCH WINS ON
IAXAPPEAL

= - \
The Humuula Sheep Station Com.
pany has won its fight against the tax
assessor, the supreme court today
handing down a decision sustaining
the company's appeal and fixing the
firms property valuation at $500, 900,
the figures originally returned by it.
The assessor had raised this to $685..
600, and his appraisement, was sus'
tanned by the tax appeal court. The
latter is In turn overruled by the de-
cision given Today.
considering all the facts disclosed
by the evidence we think the prop
erty was returned at its fair cash
value" says the decision, which is
unanimous ',''
The land Except an Insignificant
portion) is held under a government
lease which has an unexpired term of
II years and contains the usual home
stealing clause. The annual rental
is $3.50, which is said to be a fair
rent. The corporation is capitalized
at the sum of 100000. A block Of
shares comprising nearly one-half of
the capital stock was sold during the
year at par. The scompanys state
ment of its tangible, assets, estimated
separately, shows an aggregate valua-
ton (exclusive~ of the government
land) Of $107, 400. The assessor claims
that under Section 283sR r. l. the value
Of the fee of the lanas must be includ-
ed. The value OF the land at eight
times its annual rental would be
S65, 200, and this, with the value Of
the herd of sheep which the assessor
valued at $S7,127, would show a total
valuation Exclusive of the small
er items) of $152,327, which
the assessor admits would be
excessive. Hence his assessment at
the figure stated. Under Sec. 1916
R. L., the aggregate value Of the sep
arate items of real and personal prop
erty comprising the whole is only one
test Of the value of the enterprise.
Other matters are required to be ia
ken inta consideration. The testi.
mony shows That the annual net prof
its for period of four or five years
past have averaged $1,000. The chief
source of income is the. wool raised
and the prospects were that the mar
ket price of wool would average less
in the immediate future than during
the period mentioned.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
Welsh |! | GASElS
ON InAL;RECORD
BE|NGlExAMINED

The case of John P. Dias VS.. J. J
Medeiros and Mrs. William Welsh
>garnishee, is being heard { in the dis,
trict court this afternoon, having
been called at 3 ofctock. One of the
first actions to be- tahen By. the court
was the overriding sof the demurrer
made by J. A. Magoon. attorney for
Mrs Welsh, which contain a number
of items relating to the initial hear.
ings. Attorney Magoon then asked
for specifications of the Indebtedness
of his client, and a recess of Is min
utes was taken. IS 4
During the recess, the attorneys for
Medeiros secured the required partic-
uIars, which showed that Mrs. Welsh
Is in debt by note to the amount 0s
1910, which. with her other debts,
including sums borrowed. makes 20
tai of $5297 so Clerk Of the Court
Hooa was then called to the stand to
testify concerning the records which
he took during the hearing ID which
Mrs Welsh IS alleged TO have COM
mitted perjury.