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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
The Stricken Indiana Town
Will Receive Assistance
From Neighboring Cities
Today.
.PERU'S CONDITION
MUCH IMPROVED
indianapolis Damage Will
Exceed All Estimates
Heretofore Made-Other
Indiana Flood News.

BROOKVILLE, Ind, March Is
Nineteen bodies of the Brookville flood
victims have been recovered. Those
identified are Sophia Buckingham.
Margaret BuntZ, John Fries, wife and
three children, Margaret Fries, Lizzie
Siefert, Kate Headrick, Mrs. Robert
Sears and three children, Charles KEEP
pei and wife, Margaret Colebank and
Joseph Sennefield.
The Fries family drowned in sight
of many who were trying to rescue
them. The man held his aged mothers
head above water till both were swept
away. His wife and children died
earlier. The Rev. Father Schiff pro-
nounced final blessing on the dying
family.
Heroic Deeds.
Fully confirmed reports Of unusual
heroism when part of Brookville was
flooded have been received here.
Charles Westcott, an express agent,
and expert canoeist, saved 11S lives.
One of his feats was to paddle to a
tree three-fourths Of mile from the
town proper and save julius Weber,
wife and children, and their dog. The
family had fioated to tree tops in the
wreckage of their home. He spent
several hours in rescuing others.
Saved Seventy-five.
Another man working with a raft
saved seventy-fve people, including
James Luce, eighty-two years old,
who had been marooned six hours and
was lying crosswise of a mass of tele-
phone wires. Luce had dashed him.
self fast with strips of his shirt and
was unconscious. He was revived and
will live
Six men and three women were ma
rooned in The third story of the re-
naming portion of the wooden mill A
rope was shot to them by means of a
skyrocket and coffee and sandwiches
sent them. Later they were rescued
with stronger ropes. The remainder
of the building pitched into the water
ten minutes after the last one had
escaped.
Metamora Not Swept Away.
Later reports from Metamora, north
of Brookville, show the town was not
swept away. Several houses, includ-
ing the station, floated out People
were warned of the rising waters, and
air escaped to hill nearby. No de-
pendable reports can be had from
Cedar Grove or New Trenton, south
of Brookville.
Brookville's hundred-year-old hotel,
the Valley house, has been turned in
to house of refuge.
The receding of the waters at Con-
nersville, has permitted the delegation
of twenty-five to go to the relief of
Brookville. The total dead there is
not known. Only eighteen bodies had
been recovered up to this afternoon.
Whitewater river is subsiding rapidly.
and definite news from the flooded
valley districts above and below
Brookville, where dozens of farmers
were caught, is expected soon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
DEAD AT DAYTON

DAYTON, O., March 29-FoIlowing
is partial list of the dead at Dayton:
GEORGE MORGANTHALER, War
rem and Vine streets.
JOHN N. HAVERSTACK, manager
Bell Telephone company.
L. c. HAUPT, police operator, wife
and three children.
MRS. COLLINS and child.
LILLE EICHMANN, thirty-one
years. Bolton street.
MRS. SCHMIDT and daughter,
MRS. BOND.
BODY OF UNKNOWN GIRL, age
about twelve.
ANTON SHARTLE,, Vine street,
near Main.
MRS CARRIE SCHUNTZ, Vine
street, near Main
MRS. THOMPSON, Burns street.
GEORGE RICHARDSON, Wayne
and Heart streets.
SMILEY CUPP, JR.
JESSE WALLACE, los Montgomery
street M4
ETHEL EIDERMAN. Richards and
Eagle street.
BESSIE MOSELEY (colored).
JOHN MCCONNELL (colored).
MRS. - ABEL, 25 Burns
street.
MRS. LILLIAN TINGLEY, forty
four.
TWO UNKNOWN BABIES.
MRS SCHUNCK.
JOHN F. CARRIER
ARTHUR STAT
GOETSCHALL.
OLLIE SEATTLE
PATROLMAN WILLET.
CARL DUEUR, age sixty-fiye.
MRS. TREE.
UNIDENTIFIED BODIES, MAN
AND WOMAN.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN.
MISS BONN, forty.
MRS. LUCY ABEL, seventy.
BODY OF UNIDENTIFTEED WO-
NAN. sixty years old.
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL, seven years
old
BODY IDENTIFIED AS CHRISTIAN
HEBERLE. thirty-five.
BODIES OF NINE UNIDENTIFIED
MEN TAKEN FROM NEAR OHIO
FOUNDRY COMPANY'S PLANT.
BODY OF YOUNG NAN, twenty
fo,,rrears old
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
WARNING

The people of Richmond are
warned against going to Dayton
unless they go as bonafide men,
bers of the relief committee.
Conditions are such that it is ab-
soluteiy necessary that anyone not
needed for relief work should stay
away and not make the troubles Of
the troops and officers any great
or than they already are.
The city Is under Federal mill
tary control and under no condi-
ton will sishtseers be allowed to
enter the city.
The Palladium is emphatic in its
request that everyone not connect
ed with the relief committee shall
remain away from the stricken city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
PERU CONDITIONS
Show Improvement Though the Dam
age to Property Will Be Very
Heavy.

PERU, Ind, March 2S.-Conditions
tonight in Peru were much improved
over the early morning. though the re-
ceding waters bring into view the
damage that was done to property of
every character. The loss of life,
however, is very much less than was
reported twelve hours since and this
fact alone is encouraging to the people
in general
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
AT INDIANAPOLIS
Water Service is Again Established
Much to the Delight Of the
Peonie

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March Is
Tomorrow Indianapolis viii have it's
water works system in working order
after four days of complete shut down
Late this afternoon the boilers at the
Riverside station were fired up for
the first time since the floods began
to recede ard water was turned into
the mains. though il win take several
hours before the supply win be ade-
quate- The property damage in India
napois win run up very high and 1T
viii be many months before things in
general win be restored to the normal.
Relief work has been well system
affixed and those in charge feel that
the funds in hand will be suficient
without taking advantage of outside
ezeEs OF ASSISTANCE,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
BREAKS RECORD
OF LOCAL OFFICE
Manager Ryan of Western
Union Has Unprecedent-
ed Volume of Business.

| All records for the volume of bust
ness handled at Western Union COM
pany's Richmond Office, have been
broken during this week Because of
its position geographically and also
due to the fact tina. Richmond Jared
more fortunately than most cities dur
ing the food days, the Richmond
Office of the Western Union was the
real connecting link between the out
side world and Dayton. In addition
to hundreds of messages brought in
to Richmond from Dayton by mes
sengers to be dispatched from the
local Office of the Western Union,
hundreds of messages have been filed
by travellers niarooned IN the city as
result of the railroad blockade. All
of this business has been handled
over limited wire equipment.
Manager Ryan has spent the week
at the key" helping out his force of
operators and with all the rush has
found time to answer several thous-
and questions daily put to him by
patrons. Two of the regular office
force, Messrs. Tuppes and Graham,
have been in West Dayton for two
days handling business that can now
be cared for without transfer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
~" To GIVE
BIC BENEFIT

Attend the show at the Y. NJ C. A.
tonight and enjoy yourselves and at
the same time help the flood sufferers
at Dayton and other places. 1t won't
cost you more than ten cents and you
can pay as much as you want to. The
show opens in the gymnasium at 1870
and will consist of drills, gymnastic
dances, vocal solos and recitations. 1t
will be a performance of real merit
and well worth seeing
Sunday four benefit performances
will be given by the vaudeville bill at
the Murray theater.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
FIND DEWEESES
At THEIR FARM
NORTH OF DAYTON

Burton Carr returned last night
ing the day in an effort to get trace
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin De Weese. He
was successful in his efforts and
brought home to relatives the well
come news that Mr.. and Mrs. De
Weese are safe and well, though they
experienced the thrill of a very mar
row escape. Mrs. De Weese former
ly was Miss Maud 'Westcott of Rich
mond. The De Weese country place is
north Of Dayton proper about three
miles and the tract of 800 acres was
inundated last Monday night
Mr.. and Mrs. De Weese were driven
to the upper floors of their home
where they We're marooned until the
following night when they were
rescued by boat and taken to the home
of a tenant on the farm where they
remained until yesterday morning.
The farm itself was directly in the
path of the greatest volume of water
that poured over the country in. that
section and in consequence it suffered
damage of the severest sort. Other
country seats in the same locality
were likewise badly damaged.
General Condition.
In speaking of general conditions
that exists in and about Dayton Mr..
Carr said to the Palladium last night
that even citizens of the stricken city
apparently were. unable to give much
information as to the number of IA
talities. Il was unable to get into
Dayton proper" said Mr.. Carr, low
ing to the stringent rules laid down
by federal troops now on the ground.
Every bridge spanning the river from
the suburbs into Dayton proper is
guarded by these troopers and no such
thing as a mere pull from some
citizen of influence will get one en-
trance to the business section. I saw
Dayton banker who really seemed
to think he must get through the lines
apply to the adjutant in charge for a
pass, but he was no more successful
that the most humble applicant. The
soldiers are there not to annoy citizens
but to protect the business interests
of the city and they know that there
restrict entrance to the city proper to
those persons who have pressing bust
ness therein.
Inside the lines the dealing out
of rations is done on the army plan.
and while all those in need are sup
piled, there is no promiscuous giving.
Food is dealt out according to the
needs of those applying and the rules
laid down are being strictly adhered
to. If the federal soldiers continue
tomorrow and Sunday as they started
to do this afternoon, it will be useless
for mere sightseers to try to get into
the central section of the city. A
pass is required to get through the
lines and to get pass requires some
thing besides a pull
Stories Differ.
I'm my trip north to the De Weese
farm l did not see a dead body though
it had been reported that through this
section many persons were drowned
/ met and talked to several Dayton
men whose ideas differed SO greatly
as to the number of people whose
lives were lost, that / was puzzled
For instance I talked to one man who
said that he did not think the death
list would reach two hundred Five
minutes after talked to another man
who appeared confident that there
must have been thousands who lost
their lives"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
Mother and Daughter.

There were brought to the morgue
today the bodies of two women taken
from house at 500 Second street
i One was the body of an old woman
the other a ycdng one. A note pinned
In The bodies indicated calm pEsRsra-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28

DAYTON, O., March 28.-The re.
lief Committe tonight announced that
1T was greatly pleased at the generous
response to the appeal for aid and
ventured the opinion there would be
no difficulty in caring for the sufferers
unless the volume of supplies received
tomorrow and Sunday should be less
than those which came today Every
thing considered the condition tonight
in Dayton in SO far as the relief work
is concerned is hopeful and by to.
morrow morning every section of the
stricken city will have been covered
Danger Of Thieves.
Beware of thieves and burglars, y
said an official bulletin given wide cir.
culation. Don't leave your houses
without protection. 1t was thieves
who scared you about the reservoir
and natural gas explosion. The nat
ural gas has been turned off, and there
is no danger of explosions.
Sixty Catholic sisters of the acad-
envy of the Sisters of Notre Dame
and eighteen persons for whom they
had provided refuge were found by the
Louisville life saving crew today to
have been entirely without food or
water since Tuesday There were
several cases of illness ana their suf-
ferings had been intense. The life
savers left a supply of bread and
water and planned to take further
help.
Water Reached Roofs.
The Louisville men also took re-
lief to several hundred families in the
low district in the vicinity of Ludlow
and Franklin streets. Here the water
had reached the roofs of all two-story
buildings. Only few of the most
desperate cases were brought out, the
first move being to leave bread and
water in as many places as possible.
There had been little hope survivors
Nsuld be found in this district, and
the fact that there proved to be few
deaths brought hope that the death
TOSS would be lower than expected.
AFTER returning for supplies, the life
savers started for North Dayton
Algonquin Hotel Accessible.
For the first time in four days the
water is off the street in front of the
Algonquin hotel. In the first two days
story of the hotel Relief boats
brought food and water today to the
famished guests of the Algonquin, the
Becker house, the Phillips and the
Atlas hotel
There was an air of holiday re-
joicing in the ruined boulevards today.
People were glad that they were alive
They joked and cried with joy by
turns when friends, coming from the
south side of the city, found them.
Most of us made up our minds that
II We had to die we would rather die
drowning than burning" said DR.. Sal
unnewo, who was imprisoned in one
of the buildings. "We prepared to
cash in by way of the water Hun
dreds were camped on the roofs OF
the hotels and skyscrapers. inspired
by the mad notion that the water was
reaching toward them even to the
top floor OF skyscrapers. As the
flames. veered toward them they
sshouted warning across the roofs
Many prayed. AT midnight the flames
shifted and the downtown section was
saved
Mother and Daughter.
There were brought to the morgue
today the bodies of two women taken
from a house at 500 Second street
One was the body of an old woman
the other yodng one. A note pinned
- The bodies indicated calm pEsRsra.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
FINDS MRS. MILLS.

]. HI. Mills. president Of the Rich
mond Casket company, succeeded in
locating Mrs Mills in the Phillips
house at Dayton. She had been In
Dayton visiting friends Yesterday the
company sent another shipment Of 500
cCffip1- to- Dayfon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
WHAT DAYTON
SITUATION is

Dea - Number varies
from 500 to 1000.
Number of Homeless
10000.
Sick and Injured - At
least 1000.
Government-Strict mar
tial law.
Needs-Still want food
and milk for babies; also
drugs and candles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28

Cecil Clark has received word from
his sisterin-law, Mrs. Lewis Clark at
Ruchville that she and his father,
mother and sister are safe He also
received a telegram from Mrs. N. G..
Mills, a sister at Connersville saying
that she is safe
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-28
Shot
By Soldiers
A Number Are Arrested;
A Policeman is Killed;
Need Milk for Babes
(By Staff Correspondent

(By Staff Correspondent
DAYTON, o. March %, 100 m.)-Bands of looters
were giving troops Dayton considerable trouble all
tonight difficult apprehend them owing to the fact
that the city was IN utter DARKNESS Inc homeless s b be
shot by the wahfu the night the crack OF
that the vampires and the guards sn
night that number captured would be
court martialed and if found guilty would be shot TN.
looer tonight The murderer has not been apprehendsd
forms s to OF as Worn aI M to get beyond the
lines Two automobile loads of soldiers have been sent out
yesterday attachment of United States regular
se e eas Is a hd
delight by the flood victims who know they will stamp out all dis
desired by the Dayton physicians who also fear the
T @ ravs M be- to
city supplied with food for days and milk want
for pe lack of proper The are falling
@ Of
the greatest assistance rescung marooned
been with
out aS susy I sn
plies Longfelow in
man and woman were rescued late yesterday on the
aters of the attic of their home The had birth
during the flood but her condition and the bab not er
It is estimated this morning that the death list will not
Farmers from three four south Dayton have
brought the National Cash Register Co, bodies
farms when the water subsidized The line of residences of the
s es s
and let wall of water with the floors down
thirty feet deep One Of the disaster Ohio
5 canal h .ans @ % of s
tho the w I the but % init I by
part of the CITY only 70 20 ed dead there
were immediately distributed Edgemon suburb the south
eat yesterday afternoon People in the Bece hotel
report they saw Of and M suicide
An appeal has been made by Dayton for Candles and lanterns
work done by autos and the glass in the streets playing
recedng floods in Dayton reveal new horrors in many
parts of the stricken city Under the layer mud which
uncoverng the corpses found
in the being Register Co..
ing absolutely impossible to estimate the loss of
windows of the houses Only
hotel They Were employees The confusion in the bust
sewn about the streets in the mud who day
n Ms4e 9p of the 3 sd s IN @ Of
rush of the flood and dashed to pieces against iron barred
building except the strongest stone and brick collapsed
The big ewely Dayton heavy guard as
ooers active The hooters being large
them The Dayton Telephone making Strenuous u
sI bave to e at least telephone T and
issued the first since the flood today they
Bread lines have been established parts city and
to the
city number of people still second
stories OF the houses Some of the have
AT the Third street bridge the extends
east OF the bridge and the
squares The water on the bridge is about knee deep.
Several OF the automobiles
that Richmond people get word back their
the Palladium has special leading con-
dons confused that impossible get infora
from of the city another
without the aid vehicles boats
other see are being used to the being
school buildings and churches where
lief committee. - - -
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15
CHAPTER XIX.
Tho Devil Smiles.

~ TUART returned with renewed
~ energy and enthusiasm to the
practice Of law. The wide fame
he had achieved as district at
brney brought him the best clients and
rom them he was able to choose only
be cases which involved principles
forth fighting for. His spare time he
ave in a loving effort to restore the
pctor to his old cheerful frame of
ind. He had returned Bivens' money
spite of his protest and made his old
lend loan sufficient for his needs,
king his personal note for security.
He had no difficulty in learning the
fogress of Bivens In his search Of
urope for health The daily cabled
ports to New York always gave his
&ndition as better. But Stuart knew
be truth. He received two or three
T. tiers week from Nan She had told
m in full detail the little mans suf-
4 ring, and at last Of his homesick-
bss, fast developing into a mania
HHe was not surprised at the end of
rec months to hear her familiar voice
Fer his telephone.
'Yes, we've returned, Jim-sailed in
,1gnito to escape the reporters. He is
ry feeble. We haven't been in the
s Puse three hours, but he has asked for
|u a dozen times. Can you come up
once"
Stuart hesitated, then, "T1l come" he
swered slowly.
He lost all sense Of danger in the
hrmth and tenderness of Mans greet
g. He not only forgot his fears but
preached himself for his low esti-
: ate of her character IN supposing that
e would allow herself or permit him
cross the line of danger. Her solici-
!. de for Bivens seemed deep and genu-
Bivens' joy at meeting Stuart was
thetic, and moved him deeply. He
r bs surprised to find him so strong,
parently. in body and yet so broken
! spirit
rhe little shFunsen hand chung to
friends.
You know, i felt the thing creeping
me for the past two years, but /
uldnt let up. That's why ] tried so
I'd to put some of the load on your
builders. AT least you can help me
get we'll To the devfl with the doc
Fsl I'm tired, TOO. OF all the syeo-
ants, liars and fools who hang
bund. I didn't mind 'em when was
= Ell. But they get on my nerves now.
% doctors kept dinning into my ears
ut I've got 20 rest and play, and
ally one old duffer over In France
an idea into my head that brought
back home TO see you. He told me
get on sman boat with a single
rse and q congeniai friend. get away
IN land, cut every telephone and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15
BEWARE OF OINTNIENTS FOR Ca
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MER-
curry,

as mercury VIII surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains 10
mercury, and IS taken internally,
acting directly upon the brood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15
GIRLS STUDY INFANT HYGIENE.
Get Experience at First Hand With
Real Live Babies.


Five hundred girl pupils in the
eighth grade Of the public schools Of
Cleveland, O., have begun a practical
study Of infant hygiene with real live
babies to experiment on. The fnttia-
ton Of the course took place at the
Sterling school, where Edward Parsch,
eight-month-old son of Mason Parsch,
a machinist, was stripped and given a
perfectly hygienic bath before an in
terested class of girls in short dresses.
II believe this is an epoch making
innovation in public school instruc-
tion," said Mrs. Ada B. Williams, city
supervisor Of domestic science instruc-
ton, who is sponsor for the course.
At the Sterling school class Florence
Girz, fourteen, who had obtained Mas
ter Parsch for the experiment, undress-
ed the baby. After the instructor had
washed his eyes, nose and ears other
pupils bathed his body. Then Lorna
Booth, fourteen, dried and powdered
him and put him to bed He demon
strated the value of infant hygiene by
going to sleep at once.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15


better fight it out here and now in
the beginning Of this trip, It's useless
to deny 1t. You hesitated to come on
deck with me In the moonlight this
evening. Your assumption of such
chilling virtue is insulting. wish an
apology and a promise never to do so
again"
"Have l really made you feel thisT'
he asked contritely.
You have and feel It keenly. Let's
come to an understanding. You and !
both live In glass houses set on a very
high hill. No matter what may be the
secrets of my heart. I'm not a fool.
and you can trust my good sense"
Stuart pressed her hand and said
gently:
-Tm awfuliy sorry II I've made such
an ass of myself that you have receiv-
ed this impression"
Then 1 forgive your she cried, with
laugh, releasing her hand and rising,
~but on one condition"
'Name IT"
THAT from this hour you be your
old self without restraint and let me
be minA~
Il promise faithfully"
.-rben you can help me down that
sbeep companionway and I'll go to
bed. Good night"
But he didn't spend a good night.
The longer he thought. Of 1t the more