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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
LEVEE AT COLUMBUS BREAKS.

Columbus, Ky.-The leyee at this
place broke, and the entire town was
from five to eight feet under water
Practically the entire population Of
the city was marooned in the upper
stories of houses.
The break came suddenly. The dixie
seemed to crumble in several places at
the same time, and within a few min
utes a large body of water was flowing
over the town.
The mayor Of Columbus, by tele-
phone, communicated with Lieut.. VIII
SON, of the state militia at darlington,
and he in turn communicated with
Acting Adj.-Gen. Ellis and the COVER
nor. at Frankfort. 1t is believed all
had time to escape after the warning
was given.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
AsHLAN0's FLOOD EXPERIENCE.

Ashland, Ky.-The crest OF the f1ooo
has passed after the water reached a
stage exceeding that of 1884 by more
than one foot. Ali factories were
closed and all business in the city was
suspended, but there has been little
suffering considering the magnitude of
the flood.
About 800 or 400 persons were rem
dered homeless, but no outside aid was
needed.
Those who have been forced to
leave their homes were cared for in
the school buildings of the city and
in the churches.
The water reached only the lowest
part of the city, and Winchester ave
nue., which is the second street from
the river, was free from water.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat-No. red S1.O9@1.11, No. 3
red S1@1.06, No. 4 red 87@98c.
Corn-No. white 57@5Sc, No. 3
white 56@57c, No. white 53@55c.
No. yellow 57@58c, No. yellow Sc
@57c. No. yellow 5S@55c, No. 2
mixed 57@5Sc, No. mixed 56@57c.
No. A mixed 5s@55c, white ear 51@
55c. yellow ear 52@56c, mixed ear
51@55c.
oats-No white SIC. standard
white 361h @37c, No. 3 35h@36hc,
No. white 35k @361sc. No. 2 mixed
35@351ss No. 4 mixed 32@34c.
Hay-No. / timothy $16.50@17.50.
standard timothy $15.50@1650, No. 2
timothy $4450@15.5O, No. 3 timothy
$12.5O@13.50, No. l clover mixed
3.75@14.50, No. clover mixed
$115O@12.50, No. clover mixed
$11.5O@12.5O. No. clover $9.50@11.5O.
Eggs-Prime firsts 1870, firsts 16c.
ordinary firsts 16c, seconds 1870.
Poultry-Hens, heavy (over lbs)
15c, a lbs and under) 15c, young,
shaggy roosters lie, old roosters 10c.
springers g lbs and under) zoe,
springers over 8 lbs) 16c, ducks CA lbs
and over) 18c, white under lbs)
15c, turkeys Is lbs and over) 21c, tur-
keys, young (under s lbs) 10@12c;
turkeys, toms 19c, culls Sc.
Shippers $750@8.25; butch
er steers. extra sSl0@8.25. good to
choice $7.25@8. common to fair $50
6.75; heifers, extra S8.10@S.25. good
to choice $750@8, common to fair IS
@7.25; cows, extra s7@T25, good to
choice S6.50@7, common to fair $4.25
@6.25; Gamers s3.50@4.25.
Bulls Bologna $s@Z5O. fat bulls
s7@7.50.
Calves-Extra s12.75@1s, fair to
good $10@12.25. common and large
$75O@11.
Hogs-Light shippers and pigs ex-
tremely dull and 25c to soc lower. Sc
lected heavy $40. good to choice pack
ers and butchers $s.s5@1o. mixed
packers $s.75@10, stays s6@7-5O. COM
mon to choice heavy fat sows $40
$50, light shippers $8.25@9.50; pigs
(100 lbs and less) $5@7.50.
Sheep-Extra $3.50, good to choice
$6@6.40. common to fair $4@5.75.
sLambs--Extra $3.50. good to choice
seS@9:40, common to fair s6@8.75.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
LICKING VALLEY TOWNS.

Carlisle, Ky.-The whole Licking
river valley presents desolate appear.
ance. Residences and dozens OF bust.
ness houses. mills and schoolhouses
in the villages of Point. Milltcwn,
Upper Blue Lick Springs. Parks Ferry,
Pleasant Valley, Lower Blue Lick
Springs and Abner's Mills were deep
in the. muddy water, and most of the
buildings in some Of the towns were
partially submerged.
The food was higher at most places
than in 1884. being. foot higher at
Milltown and at exactly the came stage
at Parks Ferry.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
ANXIETY AT HICKMAN.

Hickman, Ky.-The West Hickman
levee is holding. and Is said to be In
good condition. The crest of the food
will not reach here for possibly sew
eral days. The water is several feet
over the top of the leyee and being
held back by sand bag walls. Mrs.
George Sheaves, who was assisting her
husband in their flooded home, caught
cold and died within an hour. While
they are working day and night on the
West Hickman levee, equally as hard
fight is being made on the Reelfoot
levee, which extends from Hickman to
Tiptonville, Tenn. Hundreds of mon
are working on this levee.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES.

Louisville, Ky.-William Mahan, one
of the Southern soldiers of the Civil
War, who refused the oath of allie
glance. died late Sunday at the Con-
federate Home, in Pewee Valley.
He entered the army in September,
1868, as a member of Company A,
Sixth Kentucky cavalry. and served un-
til April, 1865. He entered the Con.
federate Home from Danville, Oct. 10.
1905. He was a member of Camp
Breckenridge at Danyilie.
Mahan, after refusing TO take the
oath, of allegiance, was held prisoner
of; the Union forces until exchanged,
and was discharged at Richmond. Va
He was born in Ireland July II, 1S45.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
MEAT FAMINE IN owEnssoRo.

Owensboro. Ky.-The Ohio river at
this point attained the highest stage
that has been reached since the mem.
orable flood of 1884. The water is
over the pavements on First street.
There is meat famine in Owens
boro. and meat was brought here from
Evansville in an effort to relieve the
situation.
The most distressing situation in the
county was at Stanley. ten miles west
of oWensboro. The little town was an
island, inhabited by more than 500
people, more than hundred Of whom
were driven there from the lowlands.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
cox PAYS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE
To the Heroic Work Of Ohio National
Guard Doing Flood Duty.

Columbus, O.-From their command
er-in-chief. Gov. James M. Cox, came
heartfelt tribute to the Ohio national
guard. The chief executive, in a for
NAL statement given out from his Of
fee, praised the citizen-soldiers who
served the state in time of stress and
disaster. It was regarded by the gov
ernor as a fitting tribute to the men
who have risked their lives and under
gone great hardships in behalf of the
stricken.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-The cities and
towns devastated by floods in Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky are being reha-
bilitated and are recovering from the
damage and ruin caused by water and
fire. The loss of life was not as great
as at first anticipated, but the loss Of
property and business amounts to mill
lions Of dollars. The railroads are the
greatest sufferers from loss, and 1t
will be months before bridges washed
away can be replaced and the damage
TO roRdbeds repaired.
Factories and stores that have been
closed are gain open for business, and
IN Dayton and Hamilton, where the
food did the greatest damage, plans
are already under way for rebuilding
the cities upon larger and more elab-
crate scale.
Relief for the food-stricken cities
poured in from all over the country
and reached the million mark. People
who lost their homes and property
will have to be fed and housed for
weeks to come.
Great credit is due the Federal Gov
ernment and the Red Cross for prompt
aid and assistance.
The Ohio river is again within its
banks and towns that were under
water are again resuming their normal
condition.
Epidemic Of Disease Feared.
The sternest work in the flooded dis
tricts of Ohio and Indiana Is yet to
come-the preservation of health and
re-establishment of an Industrial basis
This work, as was the case in the
Mississippi floods of last year, has
been placed in the hands OF the Red
Cross society experts and quartermas-
ters Of the United States army
Federal aid in the way of. rations;
tents, blankets and help have been ex-
tended freely to the hood-stricken dis
tricts. The Ohio legislature has ap-
propriated $250,0OO for relief work,
municipalities throughout the entire
district are opening city treasures. and
people everywhere are. responding to
the call. -
The. rescue work, the immediate re
lief and other measures taken. while
the waters were raging and business
xas at a stanstill. we're attended BY
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
OLD CUSTOM REVIVED

Observation-Disclosures Wilson will
Tuesday afternoon and personally
read to the assembled senate and
house of representatives of the Sixty
third congress the message which he
has written on the tariff. 1t will be
the first time in a little more than
$50 years that such thing has been
done. Washington and Adams sup
piled the only precedent. The custom
died with the close of Adams term.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
DECLINES TO YIELD.

Cettinje.-The little kingdom OF
Montenegro has thrown down the
gauntlet to the six great powers. She
declined to yield to the demand Of
the powers to abandon her attempts
to gain possession Of Scutari, and has
officially announced that there will
be no departure from an attitude
which conforms to the necessities Of
the state of war existing between the
allies and Turkey"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
FLOOD DEATHS PUT AT 454,
WHILE 1913 NEED AID.

Washington.-The death toll and
the extent OF the destruction result
ing from the torrentiai rains of near
" two weeks ago are becoming def
nltely apparent.
Baslno their figures upon reports
received from their field agents
through the Ohio Hood districts, Of
ficlaIs of the Red Cross Society, who
have been placed in charge of the
relief work in this stats, have issued
statement, estimating that 454 per-
sons lost their lives during last
weeks flood, Ohio numbering 7,133
In need Of aid for rehabilitation, ac-
cording to the statement. The esti-
mate follows:
Estimated
Number Needing
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
a LAND MARK WRECKED.

Lexington, Ky.-A gale struck Ash
land place. once the home of Henry
Clay. and unroofed a stable. in which
Col. McDowelrs famous race mare
Kings Daughter and her foai by Og-
den were sheltered. 1t took several
hours to set the mare and her colt out,
but neither was injured.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
LOSE Log BOON.

Somerset. Ky.-The Kentucky Lum-
her Co, at Burnside, lost lnrge log
hoomsin the flooded Cumberland River,
,enta8iing loss OF about $4,000 or
moro. The Bauer Cooperage Co. also
lost 10000 slaves. 1t is estimated. that
the loss TO Tinrnside and vicinity will
run. close 70 1906, 900.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
NEW iNTERuRsAN.

Mayleld, Ky.--A franchise has been
granted by the Graves county fiscal
court permitting the building of an in.
terurban line across the county by the
fKentuelry Southwestern Electric. Rail-
way, Light and Power Co.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
HOLIDAY EXTENDED TO AeRlL 12

Columbus. O.-Acting upon requests
from banks and business men in some
.of the Hooded districts, Gov. Cox ex-
tended thel ten-day holiday which he
proclaimed recently to and including
April 12. THE governor was impor-
tuned to take this action by the state
banking department.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
zAnEsvlllLE LossEs COMPLIED.

GAINESVILLE, o.-Dun's and Brad
streets local agencies are compiling
the damage estimates OF the recent
food. Their figures thus far place the
loss to individuals and business men
and com panies In the city at more
than $4,000 900, but their flgures are
not complete.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-08
FLOOD DEATHS REACHED Asa
REHABILITATION WORK UNDERWAY

H,l35 Need Assistance in the Vast Task Of Re-
pairing Damage Made by Flood in Ohio
Millions of Dollars Required for Restoration
Work in Devastated Cities Visited by Flood
and Fne-Bankers Ready to Lend Money.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-02-25

take much interest in any Of them un-
til went to the agricultural window
and the moment he looked out of that
he said: That is my field, that is
what | would like to do. / have one
of the finest farms in the state of New
York down along the Hudson river.
Ny father never did anything with it.
am going to make that farm an ex-
perimental farm along scientific farm
lines and everything do there will be
told to the people Of the country"
Mr.. Aston is very intelligent
young man. He means well and wants
to do real things He has got good
sense and good ideas. He is not fool
ish In his ideas. He is not going to
waste his life. He wants to do some
thing beneficial for humanity, and he
now thinks agricultural development is
his true field of endeavor"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-02-25
Vincent AStOr to
Become a Farmer
Tells Governor Sulzer He Will Make
Experiment Station of His
Large Farm

Vincent Aston has selected the field
of agriculture for aiding humanity.
He has so informed Governor Sulzer,
who has announced that he has ap-
pointed Mr.. Aston to head the delega-
ton which viii represent New York
state at the meeting of the general as
sembly of the International Institute
of Agriculture, to be held in Rome,
Italy, next May
Governor Sulzer, said Mr. IAstor re-
Gently asked him for his advice on how
to be useful man. Various plans
were discussed, including the naval
militia, but the young man selected
agriculture He told the governor he
would use the Aston farm at Rhine
cliffe for scientific and experimental
purposes with view to benefitting the
farmers of the country.
Vincent Astor recently spent the
night at the Peoples house." said Gov
ernor Sulzer, land we talked over MANY
things. He wanted to get my views
and advice as to how he could be a
useful man in the progress of the
world
4 told him he was living in house
with only one window, that he was
looking out of that window every day
and his views, were, consequently linn
tied and contracted. / said: You have
come to me for advice and my views.
| am going to put nine windows in
your house. You can look out of each
OF these windows with me and you win
get greater perspective After you
have looked out of all the windows,
select the view you like best, and the
field wherein you think you can be the
most useful, and then go to work and
do something for your fellow. man.
He spent some time looking ont of
these windows, and he did not seem to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-02-25
President Elect
Tells Ills Plans
Plans For President Will
son and His Family Are Finally
Announced

The formal Inauguration plans of
the Wilson family as decided upon by
the President-elect and the inaugural
committee were given out last week
by Mr.. Wilson. They are as follows:
On Monday, March, 5, the President
elect and his wife and three daughters
will leave Princeton late in the fore
noon on special train, escorted by
1000 Princeton students. They will
reach Washington late in the afternoon
and go to the Shoreham Hotel.
The President-elect will attend the
smoker of the Princeton alumni. Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters will dine at
the Shoreham and spend the night
there Gov. Wilson will make no speech
at the alumni smoker, as the Presi-
dent-elect feels that his inaugural ad
dress should be the only one made by
him at his Inauguration. He will spend
the night at the Shoreham.
On March the President-elect will
drive to the White House from the
Shoreham shortly before noon to meet
President Taft and ride with him, Taft
on the right side and Wilson on the
left, to the Senate to witness the inau
guration of Vice-President Marshall
from the executive gallery. Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters will drive
from the hotel to the Senate for the
same purpose.
After this event the Presidential
party will go to the inaugural stand in
front of the Capitol, where the oath
of Office will be administered to Mr..
Wilson and he will then deliver his
inaugural address. This finished, he
and ex-President Taft will drive back
to the White House over the route to
be taken by the parade, Wilson on the
right this time and Taft on the left.
Mrs. Wilson and the daughters will be
driven to the White House at the
same time by short cut, to get there
ahead of the parade.
w Heu Tic " llSOllS culcf Tic w lilIS
House then it will be to take posses
sion of their home for four years to
come. Immediately following their en-
trance will come luncheon at which
there will be a number of guests, some
of them probably the new Cabinet
members.
After luncheon the President and his
family will go to the stand in front of
the White House from which to review
the inaugural parade.
Gov. Wilson last week said that nei-
Their he nor his family had accepted
any social invitations for the inaugur-
alton period. He said they would have
several relatives as guests, but the list
was not given out.
When Mr.. Wilson's attention was
called to the report that his brother,
Joseph r. Wilson of Nashville, had
withdrawn as a candidate for Secre-
tary of the Senate, he said:
That is something / have known
nothing about | have had nothing to
do with it at any time"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-02-25

As | have retired from farming,
viii sell my imported Percheron stall
lion- No 51709. Color, black, eight
years old. Weighs nearly ton VIII
sell cheap to quick buyer Lars Trued-
son. Walnut Grove, Mimi, Box "a.
30-4t-
For Sale-Twenty full-blooded bar
red Plymouth Rock cockerels, at 81 90
apiece Harris Peavey. 36-2t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-02-25

vazol-MenthOl Plasters, quick
r.lief in Lumbago, Backache, Sciatica,
Neuralgia and many painful affections.
They drive aw " the pain until it is quite
forgotten. 1aid rolls 81 90: s1nallersize 25c.
Dealers have tie 4 in s ock, or direct from
DAVIS Il Lawrence Co Few York.
Samples mai ed up. n request. SC. stamps.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13
SOCIAL MARTYRS.

Making 1900 calls in 120 days,
an average of more than thirteen a
day, is the high water social record
in Washington's official life, record
held by Mrs. Marshall, the charming
wife of the vice-president. And she's
kind enough to say that she makes
these rounds not only because they're
part of the official goings-on, but
because she delights to meet folks.
Still, we've a notion that in her
heart she'd prefer fewer five-minute
formal calls in fuss and feathers,
with cards to the butler, an eye-level
hand-shake and a quick escape, on
people who are a mixture of interest
ing and stupid, and more time for
real visits with friends worth while.
The trouble with the formal So
ciety call is that it doesn't get you
anywhere. It's dolled Up bit OF
pretense in which the game is to be
as bogus as possible and to break
away before the human nature un-
derneath has a chance to show
through.
There is some heart in a visit when
good friends swap greetings, advice
and gossip. 1t breaks the tedium OF
the days routine and makes you feel
that there are some who care.
But to spend hours each day on a
dreary round of formal pop-about
calls. not upon those you like to see
but upon those you meet-why, il
seems we'd rather serve a sentence in
jail Wouldn't you?
Is the custom worth its bother?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13
The Auto Speed Idiot.

Recently young man, who had
nearly killed himself and half doz-
en- other people while auto speeding,
was brought before a Cincinnati
judge to answer to the charge of vio-
lating the law. This is what the
judge said to him:
Young man, stand up. You be-
long to class of young maniacs who
act as if you didn't have as much
common sense in your head as an
ordinary horse. Who gave you the
right to go tearing along the streets
at the speed of a railroad car? Who
gave you the right to use our streets
in such manner as to constantly
endanger peoples lives? Who set
you down in this community as a
complete example of a man driving
dangerous machine without any
brains, care or prudence? You are
shame to the town, to the decent
father and mother who begot you.
We can have sympathy for a natural
born idiot, but we fail utterly when
we look upon a man who has delib-
erately made himself such with an
automobile. 1 will put you where
you will not endanger any more lives
for the next three months and assess
you the cost of this action"
Such an admonition and sentence
would do good in this town. There
are young men here who are just as
culpable as the Cincinnati youth
and at least half a dozen of them
need the same penalty every day. On
some of the best paved streets and
avenues it is critically dangerous for
pedestrians to attempt to cross. The
only remedy seems to be the kind
handed out by the Ohio judge. The
good hard fact is, something must be
done with the speeders or many lives
will be sacrificed to crafty the de-
sires of class of people who have
no respect for law or the right OF
others.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13
FOREST NOTES.

There are about 81 pines native
to the United States, of which 25
are western species and IL eastern.
Much of the cork used throughout
the world comes from Portugal,
which harvests about $4,000 tons a
year.
Paraguay has valuable forest re-
sources, the most important of which
is quebracho, particularly rich in
tannin
Germany is said to have an over
supply of foresters, so that well-edu-
Gated men have hard work to secure
even inferior positions.
One of the largest forest nurseries
in the United States is conducted by
the forest service near Haugen, Mon
tana. 1t is known as the Savenac
nursery and has capacity of 4,O00,-
600 young trees a year.
The forests of Norway are mostly
in private or municipal ownership
the nation owning 2S.5 per cent OF
the total forest area. The national
forests of the United States occupy
only about 20 per cent of the total
forest area of the country.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13
RAP AT MORALITY STANDARDS

That men do not want the double
standard" of morals abrogated, and
that they are in reality polygamists
although specifically and nominally
monogamists, is the charge hurled
by Miss Clara Louise Thompson at a
suffrage meeting in Washington.
Miss Thompson pointed out that
when woman falls" she can never
regain her social position, while men
constantly violate the moral law,
sometimes even openly and flagrant-
ly, and nothing is thought of it. 1t
is customary to look on these
breeches of morals as Sowing wild
oats" when men are concerned, but
the woman who steps over the line
is lost. she said That this is the
result of ages of oppression of wom-
an and that this situation would
change when women stand on an
equality with men, was the conclu-
sion of the speaker.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-13

There are hundreds-yes. thou
sands-of people within a short dis
tance of town who scarcely suspect
what there is for sale in your store.
Let them know where you are. In
vite them to your store. Tell them
about your bargains. Show them
that you want their trade Just as
much as it is wanted by out-of-town
merchants and a little more, by the
way-and they will begin coming to
you. But if you sit and expect them
to hunt you up, you are going to be
very sadly disappointed.
1t costs more to keep goods a year
before selling them and they get
shopworn and out of style. You
can't get business without asking for
it, and the best way to ask is by
attractive advertising.