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informed as to the conditions at
Lewiston and Grand reservoirs.
state Relief Commission.


COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 27.-Goy
ernor Cox appointed the following
state relief commission to dispense
the s250,0oo state appropriation and
private donations for the relief OF
flood sufferers in the state to act on
behalf OF the citizens. the state and
the Red Cross:
John n. Patterson Of Dayton, presi-
dent National Cash Register Co.
Homer w. Johnson. of Cleveland.
Jacob Schmidtatt, of Cincinnati.
s. A. Richardson. of Toledo.
George W. Lattimer. of Columbus.
Col ". NJ. Wilson. of the Ohio Ma
tional guard who will act as treasurer.
False Report Started Panic.
COLUMBUS. O., March PA
false report that the storage dam, six
miles northwest of the city, had brok-
en-. threw flood-swept Columbus into
a terrible panic late yesterday.
The origin of the report is un-
known, but police In automobiles
dashed about the whole city shouting
storage dam burst; flee for your
lives" Thousands fled aimlessly about
the city Extra editions of newspa-
pers denying the report, failed for
hours to quell the panic. Engineers
declared that IL the dam had broken
It would not have materially affected
The local flood situation.
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You Can Cure That Backache

Pain along The back. dizziness, head
ache and general languor Get a pack
age of Mother Gray's AROMATIC
LEAF, the pleasant root and herb
cure for all Kidney, Bladder and Urin-
airy troubles When you feel all run
down, tired, weak and without energy
use this remarkable combination of
natures herbs and roots. As a tonic
laxative 1t has no equal. Mother Gray,s
AromatIc.Leaf is sold by Druggists or
sent by mail for 50 cts Sample sent
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co.,
LIE Roy, n. Y.--Adv.
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Appeal From ST. Mary,s.

yANWBRT. O., March 27.-Fort
Wayne has been appealed to by st.
Mary's for aid. The city. which has
been flooded by the breaking of the
Grand reservoir, is in need of men
and boats to rescue people marooned
In buildings.
A telephone operator at ST. Mary's,
standing In water up to her knees,
talked with Fort Wayne and made the
appeal for help. She Sad that every.
body had deserted the Eng. leav.
ing her alone.
1t is probable that a relief train
will be sent from yanwert to st
Mary's this afternoon.
Fort Wayne sent word to ST. Mary'a
that it could send boats but no men
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One Thousand Rescued.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27.-One
thousand persons were rescued this
morning along the Pennsylvania right
OF way, which is now above water,
was the telegram Governor Cox re-
ceived at IL O'Clock today from his
secretary, George A. Burba, in Day
ton All food supplies in the stores
outside of the water district are ex-
hausted.'' said Burba.
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officer AsIeen.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March 81
Governor Cox today refused to ADMIT
to his office State Superintendent Of
Public Works John /. Miller, because
Miller was asleep at his hotel last
night while the governor was fighting
to save the immense Lewiston reser.
voir from bursting and pouring MANY
cubic miles OF water into the flooded
Miami valley The governor last night
had Miller called from his bed and
censured him severely Today Cox
put State Highway Commissioner
Jas. r. Marker in charge, keeping him
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A SPECIFIC for pain-pr. Thomas.
Electric OH. strongest. cheapest Iini.
men ev'r devised. A household rene
dy in America for % years.-Adyer.
t.sement.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago Cash Grain.
CHICAGO, March u wheat-No.
red, s1o1@Io7; No. red, $3.50
s1.O4: No. hard, ss@92c:: No. hard,
S7G91c; No. 3 spring, SS@s6c.
Corn-No. 8, 501a a SIC; No. white
52A a 53c: No. 8 yellow. 5o1a @52lsc:
No 4. 400 soc; No. 4 yellow, 49@50c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 32l4 @3sc. No. 4
white, 30@31&c;;s standard. 34@35c.
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LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
United Telegraph Market Repo.. o. =
Leased W1rs. -s City
The Grain Market.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO. March 27.-Wheat weak.
ened today. The market started bear
ish and with nothing to give it sup
port, but private foreign cables re-
sceived IN roundabout way, the bear
ish feeling predominated.
Both months lost from sc to &c in
the forenoon trading. Leaders were
inclined to buy. when May wheat de-
clined below 80 cents.
Pit leaders in corn were bearish to-
day and the options dropped. At
noon both May and July were Nc
under the opening price.
y Oats opened fairly steady with lit
tie trading. Later the market de-
veloped an easier tone, in sympathy
with wheat and corn.
There was fair commission house
demand for provisions and the market
was steady with no marked advances.
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INDIANA FACES
A NEW TERROR
Communal from page ID

plunged into that boiling, tuning tor
rent.
The next moment found myself
in the water. saw little arm stick
up for moment, but it went down.
There was no chance to swim in that
Niagara | struck the stern OF the
boat and gradually drew myself
aboard
i picked up one of our oarsmen
soon afterward. He was still alive.
Later we were bringing another
boat load to the court house when a
woman lunged out despairingly and
all OF us went over. Four times al
together | was thrown out into that
muddy stream and / am still wonder
ing how managed to escape.
The current swept around the
street corners with tremendous force
and only the most experienced oars
men could propel the boat with any
degree of safety.
Il was able to get to the relief train
by padding three miles through pro-
truding trees and debris to the relief
train. look back on the experience
as nightmare
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Another Town Wiped out.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 27.-Re-
ports from McConnellsville Ohio, via
creoksyilie. Ohio. today said that
Malta town of 400, across the Musk
ingum river, had been completely
wiped ont by the flood. LOSS OF life
Is unknown. Residents had been
warned to flee yesterday.
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Death List Unknown.

PERU, Ind. March 2T.-The loss Of
life here is still unknown with more
bodies being hourly reported floating
down the streets. Twelve bodies
were found in one house.
One report stated that twenty
bodies had foated as far as Iogans-
port and were taken from under the
interurban bridge there.
Reports from Logansport we're that
many lives had been lost in that city.
Several hundred inhabitants fed 70
the hills and thousands of others were
crowded In school houses and
churches.
The identified dead at Peru are:
Mrs. Rose Whittle and Mrs. Opie
Smith.
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To save Dayton.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March 27.-Gov-
ernor Cox was advised by long dis
lance telephone at II o'clock that the
f1rst train Of troops and supplies from
Toledo for Dayton had passed Spring
field safely and should arrive In the
stricken city by noon. The second
train carving the naval militia and
many boats was forty minutes behind
that, and the third train, carrying the
Cleveland militia and life saving crew,
Was thirty minutes behind the second
The governor received word 400
soldiers of the Eighth regiment had
arrived In North Dayton this morning
by way OF Troy and Tippecanoe.
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Continued on page 81
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Trying to Get into Dayton.

COLUMBUS, o., March 27-Accord-
Ing to word from Toledo News-Bee
correspondent at Bellefontaine this
morning, the Toledo military special,
rushing relief to Dayton, will be met
at West Liberty with wagons.
The expedition will then go to
Springfield over the Big Four and try
to get into Dayton from there
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Relief Train.

{ COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2f.--5Tig-
General John c. Speaks announced to-
day that a relief train would leave
the Hill Top district this afternoon
and run directly to Dayton over the
Pennsylvania road Governor Cox is
arranging TO have legislators and 9TH
ers whose homes are in the flooded
district accompany the train.
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Six Boats for Logansport.

WAUKEGAN. ILL.,. March 27.-Lieu-
tenant John G. London. with fifty
men and six boats from the United
States naval station. is due to arrive
in Logansport, Indiana, early today TO
relieve food sufferers.
Two cooks and several men from
the hospital corps accompanied the
party when 1t left last night. The
boats carry provisions and will ac-
commodate sixteen persons each.
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Warnings Are Sent.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. March 27.-
The report from st. Mary's of the
break in the east bank of the Grand
reservoir. which means that the St
Mary's river viii catch the overflow.
means rise of from three to four
feet in the river at this point. 1t is
expected that the crest OF the flood
will reach Fort Wayne before 800
o'clock.
Warnings are being given and all
precautionary measures possible
adopted The flood will reach Decatur
an hour before 1t reaches this city
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100 Dead at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March N.-Wtth
nearly score known to be dead and
the names Of between 100 and 200
persons reported to the police today
as missing. conservative estimates Of
the death toll in the Columbus flood
were 100. The scioto river Is down
16 inches and slowly receding. Rescu-
ed persons from every section OF the
flooded district are bringing stories
OF having seen people swept away I'm
the flood. Relief work was material
ly extended today.
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WSSP''S s'ttU fffttfOIS'
CARMI, H.. March 27.-Fiood con-
ditions in the Wabash valley have
reached an alarming stage. The Wa
bash and Little Wabash rivers rose
steadily all night and are crowding
into the lowlands, causing farmers to
move.
The river rose at the rate OF IL
inches an hour all night. and is past
the food stage.
In the Skillet Fork bottoms farm
ers moved live stock to the hills and
prepared for the food. At Maunie,
Ill. the Wabash river rose FIVE feet
in fifteen hours, and is stretching out
into the danger zone.
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refugees from the flooded area about
PIMA the loss of life there will reach
500. This. however, is believed TO bs
TOO large an estimate as it is known
that most OF the people in that dis
trict had ample warning OF the rising
aters and escaped.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
PAESTUM AND CALABRIA.

tinues. and the wealth of material Of this
nature is continually. on the increase. A
large cremation cemetery. Of the bronze
age apparently. has recently been found
in the Central Apennines within the an
cient Picenum. Excavations have also
been carried on at various cemeteries In
Etruria, notably near Leprignano. close
to the site of the ancient Capena, where
important discoveries had already been
made in past years, while Prof. Tara
melli has prepared a long report on the
discovery OF an important Phoenician
metropolis at Cagliari, in Sardinia
The past year has thus been one of con-
siderable activity. and the fact that work
will be continued on many Of the sites
mentioned augurs well for the future. A
number Of casual discoveries were made
In Tripolitania and Cyrenaica during the
war; and now that these territories have
become Italian colonies we may expect
that their archaeological exploration Will
be carried on more thoroughly and me-
thodically than has hitherto been posi-
BILE.
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NOTES OF THE SCHOOLS

Which company will win tie COM
petitive drill?' This is the question asked
again and again among school people
and outsiders interested in the soldier
boys. The work of the companies on
the field tomorrow and Tuesday will de-
eide the question. The companies drill
ing tomorrow are E, ], F, B, A, and G,
of Business. Central, and Eastern; those
on Tuesday will be H, d, c, L, and K, of
Western and Tech. The official judges
OF the drill will be announced tomorrow.
The beautiful new flag, which is to
take the place of the one which has been
used twenty-five years, has been COM
pleted by the art department Of Tech.
and is a work OF art 1t is made of rich
white bergaline, on which a five-pointed
star and the words "Star Prize" are ex-
Quisitely embroidered in gold-colored silk
On the reverse side are II. s. c. in gold
silk letters and the entire pennant is
finished In gold-colored silk fringe To
the top of the stan are attached the
twenty-five silk streamers indicating the
various winning companies Many of
them are faded, stained, or worn in
shreds. and it would seem wise to encase
them with the old pennant and begin the
second Quadrennial with the new flag
only going on general exhibition.
Cadet suppers will be served in all high
schools Tuesday evening whether to win
ming companies or not This practice has
become general of late years, and helps
minimize the dreariness of defeat
The Principals Association met Tuesday
afternoon in the board room Of the Frank
lin Building and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President,
Miss Janet Mcwilliam;S vice president.
Miss Estelle Fisher; secretary, Miss Cora
Pimper, and treasurer. Miss Metalla King
On the evening Of June IA the associa-
lion will entertain members of the Board
Of Education, school officials, and beads
OF departments at q reception and lawn
fete at Chevy Chase School Miss Ella
Given, principal Of the school. is chair
man of the entertainment committee.
School officials have arranged the schedy
ule for high and normal school commence
ments In June. Normal School No. I. will
hold its commencement exercises in the
assembly hall Of James ormond wilson
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From the London Times.
At Paestum the excavations have
brought to light archaic terra Gotta dec
orations from the Oldest temple-the So
called Basilica-and 1t now appears that
this. and not the best preserved and finest
one Of them all, must be called the Tenn
pie of Poseidon, the protecting deity Of
the town. The main street has been
cleared for over 100 yards. and remains
Of buildings of the imperial period have
been found along its course, including an
angle Of the Forum. Here we may hope
that further Investigations will continue
to provide interesting results.
The official accounts are now available
Of excavations carried on by Prof. Orsl
in Calabria in 1910. At Locri Epizephyrii
q metropolis was explored. in which
owing to the absence of suitable stone
for sarcophagi, large tiles were used for
the burial Of the bodies. Over $50 tombs
were found, placed extremely close to-
gether. and extending over three centu-
ries, from about $50 B. c. to about go
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B. c. II was not rich. and no vases of
special note were discovered: but num-
Der of fine bronze mirror handles were
found, in several of which the form has
been borrowed from Ionic architectural
motives. large Doric temple was also
found, with numerous fragments of its
terra Gotta decorations. belonging appar-
emily to the second quarter Of the fifth
century B. c.. and a small sanctuary Of
Athena was also excavated. The famous
Temple Of Hera on the Lacinian promon-
tory near Croton was also explored. The
wall Of Enclosure Of the peribolas was
found. with a fortified entrance to It from
the great road which led to the temple
from Croton. belonging apparently to the
period of the Roman republic. OF the
temple itself very little is left. except the
one column which still stands close to
the shore and is In danger Of being de-
stroyed by the waves. Architectural and
decorative fragments Of marble and terra
Gotta were dug up.
The exploration Of prehistoric ceme-
teries in various parts Of Italy still con-
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school on Wednesday, June IS, at 40;
western High School, Monday, June Is,
at 4:s0, in assembly hall: Mckinley
Manual Monday. June Is, at s, O'Clock;
eastern, Friday, June g. at 40, in az
sembly hall; Business. two.year course,
Friday, June Is, at o'clock, ana four
year course Monday, June Is. at O'Clock.
Central High School will hold its COM
| mencement at Continental Hall, the date
not yet decided upon. The two coiored
, high schools, Armstrong and NJ Street.
will hold joint exercises at Convention
Hall Wednesday, June IS. at O'Clock
Normal School. No. 2. will hold its COM
mencement on Friday morning, Junt L.
at 10 o'clock.
Receipts from the presentation Of his
torical tableaux and dances, given at
Western High School last week, show
IL to have been the most successful
spring entertainment. financially, that
the school has ever given. The total
receipts reach the thousand-dollar mark
from which the school will clear SIS
for various educational interests.
This is the season of the year when
eighth grade pupils who are going to
high schools next year are requested
to designate which OF the schools they
from the chosen course before the OPEN
ing of the fall term, temporary organ
ization Of high schools Is made possible
before the close of the school year.
A revival OF interest in penmanship
Is spreading through all the schools Of
the country. For years the Spencerian
system was almost universal: 1t was
supplanted by the vertical style, which.
though clear and legible, seemingly lack
ed muscular command Or. w. NJ. Da-
wilson, superintendent of schools. has
given demonstrators of several systems
the opportunity to present their meth
DDS to school officials by giving lessons
to classes of pupils In their school,
rooms.
s. E. Kramer. supervising principal Of
the third division. viii conduct q party
Of tourists on European trip this sum-
mer.
Henry Turner Bailey. editor Of TIE
School Arts Magazins. sxvs mageuiy
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LoNG.sUFFERMG INDIA.
Hindu Say. United States Alone
Can save Country

Only Intervention by the United Stafes
can save India from a total anaihiIa<
ton toward which British oppression.
centuries old, is driving, declared Mo-
manned Ali, a native OF Lahore, India
who was at the Hollenden Hotel
The Pundit Ali is lecturing IN thi(
country on the affiiction and SUFFERING
that has come to his people through Britt
ish rule. A tall. swarthy. typical Hins
doc. with linen turban. he attracted con-
siderable attention about town.
Interference by your country II tho
only thing that can save India" said
he earnestly. when Abraham Lincol1
said that no man Is good enough 10 ruis
over another without the consent of that
man. he said something which applied
equally to nations
Lord Curzon once said in the House
Of Lords that were II not for India
England would be a second-class power
The country pays annually In pensions
for retired British officers 100000, for
which II receives no benefit whatever
True. India Is not taxed directly, but
Indirectly it is taxed more thas any other,
country under the sun. They have killed
our Industries and the people have been
driven to farming. in which occupation
they are taxed so per cent Of their gros1
income
Think Of having durbars that require,
squandering s4oooo.ooo In q land Of FAM
Inc. Once the famines came only every
forty or fifty years, now they come every
four or five years. II is true that We ara
further away from self-government than
We were $50 years ago. but that 10 be-;
cause the British have been successful
In keeping our people ignorant.
You talk about government schools,
and Institutions for the eniightment OF
the Indian people-thelr true purpose VI
TO school the people to subsection. We
would not want England to leave NJ now
I'VE are not ready yet But the awak-
ening is coming and some day u the
great United States hears cur appeal
for freedom We will be free"
The opium trafiic between India and
China Il the bane Of both eonnfslnR ~
sa16 ~ -
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DR.. Wedderspoon. pastor of Foundry
N. z. Church. viii give the Peace Day
address At McKiniey High School to-
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TAKE
"KurO-Ta b|etS'

The greatest known laxative. For
mula of eminent physician. Easy TO
take, easy to act. No gripping nor incon-
lvenience. Price. Csc. O'Donnelrs drug
store, F St.. bet. 9th and 10th; Thomp-
sons drug store. 18th ST. and Pa Ave.
BealIs drug stores. Conn. Ave-, and
other drug stores.
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exposition Of the value Of free hand
drawing In the development Of every
form of industrial work, before all the
teachers Of the District at Central High
School Hall, Thursday afternoon. He
stated that the manufacture Of every
article Of necessity, convenience, and
luxury 10 based on q free hand drawing,
and made numerous clever and interest
ing sketches to prove his assertion. He
repeated his lecture In the evening at Z
O'Clock at Mckinley High School under
the auspices of the Public School Ar
Teachers Association.
Among the visitors to James Ormond
Wilson Normal School during the past
week was Dr. Manuel Valdez RodriEuex.
a professor Of the University of Havana,
Cuba He u IN the States to gather new
educational ideas for his island republic.
A swimming club has been organized
among the boys Of Western High School
by Policeman Drummer, an expert SWIM
mer. The use of the pool at the In
dustrial Home School, one Of the best
In this part Of the country. has been
given the boys Harry Jones is captain,
and Philip Pepper secretary Of this new
feature Of public school athletics.
Miss z. Baker. a member OF the ia
Guilty at Tech. won the tennis champion
ship for ladies at the recent tournament
at Chevy Chase.
The athletic girls Of Business HiRh
School made merry at their annual sup
per and stunt" party last Thursday. In
vitations were limited to members of the
club and the faculty athletic advisers,
and freedom. fun. and froiic were the
order Of the evening. The costuminr In
some Of their fake folk" dancing was
remarkable. In one. the girls did q weird
stunt In big coats topped with waste
baskets Tor hats draped In faring Bull
garian coiors and decorated with enor.
nous birds and feather ornaments.
The employment bureau connected with
Business High School II one of the most
practically useful Institutions connected
with the school system Positions are
found for all capable graduates who wish
them. Ten Of the June graduates are now
holding responsible posftfons in news.
paper ohces, banlkA railroad ofices, with
Q typewriter concern. and In the once OF
the secrstary Of the Board Of Education.
win ths understanding that they ere to
sfaAunessin Juns veth ~ alassss. thair