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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26

OhiO Cities and Towns Flooded. |incinnati, March 25.-Ohio, it's les, towns and fertile farm landg swept today by the greates: pd in its history. Millions of dol Of damage is reported and no pos- estimate of the death roll can be be-
 Dayton thousands of persons e made homeless when the levee tne great Miami river broke in ee places. The business section of city was floded within a few min and the water was from three to feet deep in the main thorough es of the city.
 sseral companies of the National rd were ordered out with the en-
 ponce reserves One telephone ls.or remained at her post and 'r'eo the collapse of a large build opposite the exchange. A relief ' was sent from here, carrying 'ce and boats to aid in the res-
 Al a late hour tonight a report
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
WORST FLOOD EVER EXPERIENCED

The Middle West is tonight in the grasp of the worst flood ever experienced following the wake of the terrific of the clements, which in the past days has kept practically the entire country from Nebraska to Vermont, in it's grasp.
 The State of Ohio from the Maunee to the Ohio is practically vast inland lake and at midnight the wild est 11ors concerning the fate of the city of Daytol afloat.
 A lrvce restraining the river at this point broke during the morning and soon the city flooded to depth of from to l2 feet. Many buildings have coap- sed when the final link of communication with the out side World-onc telephone w wirc-was lost.
 Up to six o'clock tonight reliable reports placed the number of drowned at 3O but from that hour of greater and almost unbelievable disaster began to tllcke in from remote reservoir near Lew iston reported to have broken and sent further flood upon the stricken city. Another report the effect that more than thousand persons have lost their lives and that the city had been cnglcd by water to an enormous dcptll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
[WN M RAGING IN 0H0 INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK;
 MANY LIVES ARE LOST AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL RUN INTO THE MILLIONS

snocal dispatches to the Graphic up to o clock this nng from the International News Service told of atb dealing and destructive floods that sweeping
 uch many of the Eastern and Northern states lcav-
 the dead and debris in their paths The storms that 70 heen raging the uy for the past three days kmpd to have centered over Ohio, New York Indiana. 5nnsyvania and several of the southern states but the mace in the latter is not reported heavy In Ark
 as yesterday the storm general but the heaviest mace was done at Clarksvie, where tornado blew +av buildings and left a woman dead The reports from Ohio last night were frightful blnmbls, Dayton and Delaware were hit hard. The at Miami river levee gave way at Dayton yesterday rnng and in ten minutes the business section of the was under five feet of water Thousands were left meess.
 In Columbus ten thousa nd persons were driven from ir homes by the rushing waters. The city was in to- darkness last night. All traffic is suspended on eet ca railroad and interurban lines and one part of
 city is isolated from the other, connecting bridges wing been washed away. The damage here will run o the millions of dollars The water supply has been M off and the city is threatened to total destruction ould fire break out.
 At Delaware, Ohio nine teen lives lost in the od Among them were M IFS. Sam Jones and Miss Es- r Jones' wife and daughter of the late evangelist Sam hes. The city is under water.
 With Buffalo, N. Y., partially inundated the heavy n continued last night. Manufacturing plants are oded and great damage has been done In Pennsylvania several cities and towns report avy property loss and fatalities.
 Flood conditions throughout Indiana are the worst thirty years. Five thousand families have been ven from their homes in that state, 300 of them being Ecued when a fevee in Broad Ripple suburb of h. napolis, gave way yesterday.
 In Omaha, Nebraska, the tornado swept city, condi- ms are improving Mayor Dahlmann wired the Inter- hona News Service last night that 150 dead and
 wounded. The property loss estimated by him three to four million dollars. He says the people ere are responding nobly and no outside assistance needed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26

Buffalo reported that Buffalo river is rising and two of the big railroad bridges may be carried away before morning.
 Montpelier, Vermont, reports that the Witooski and North Branch riv- CTS are flooded to the danger points and if the heavy rains which have prevailed for the last IS hours keep up much damage will be done.
 At Indianapolis the water and gas supply was shut off this morning when the flood reached the pumping station and the gas plant and the city is in darkness tonight. All con-. munication and transportation with the outside world has been cut off, Heavy winds have caused several fires in the best residential districts
 Throughout Indiana thousands of families have been driven from their homes by the flood, which are raging along the rivers and streams of the state. Nearly every factory and mill in the State has been forced to close down. Food and clothing is being distributed by city officials in many villages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
TRAIN BLOWN OFF TRACK.

St. Louis, March 25.-lt is reported that an Illinois Central train has been blown off the track at Makanda, H., and several persons killed. Railroad wires are down.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
WRECkING TRAIN WRECKED,

Urbana, O., March 25.-lt was re- ported that a Pennsylvania wrecking train on it's way to West Liberty, O., to clear up the Pennsylvania passen- ger train wreck there today, went through bridge No. 91, near here, to- day. The train carries crew of 13.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
FEN DROWN AT DELAWARE.

Cleveland, O., March~2a.--Thef efs Big Four here, which at 10 o'clock was in communication with it's operator at Delaware, Ohio, received from him the statement that the town was under water, ten persons had been drowned, and that scores of others were ma- rooned in their homes, in danger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
BIG TRAIN WRECKED.

St. Paul. Ind, March 25.-A vest bound Big Four passenger train was wrecked near here today and the com bination baggage and smoking car was thrown into the creek. The pas sengers crawled through the windows and waded ashore. The wreck was due to a WaShOut
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
TRACTION SERVICE UNCERTAIN.

Traction service in all parts of In- diana is uncertain and in some sec tions it has been abandoned entirely. At Marion, where the breaking of a Mississinewa River levee forced 800 persons to flee from their homes, no attempt is made to operate the trac- tion cars, while at 'Elwood, where a break in the Duck Creek levee made 300 homeless, property damage is es- timated at $75,000.
 At Lafayette the Wabash river has reached stage of more than twenty one feet after rising foot an hour, and is still rising. There the traction traffic has been suspended and the detention hospital is under water. The inmates were removed before the wat CT reached the building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
200 Dead At Peru, Ind.

Indianapolis, ind, March 25.-Two lives are reported to have been lost by drowning in the flood which swept over Peru, Ind, accord ing to dispatch received from that place tonight by Governor Ralston.
 'tSend two hundred collins and food and clothing at once," wired the Governors informant, man named Baker, who added in aminous word: This will probably be the last mes- sage you will get from Peru. Two hundred or more are drowned and the remainder of the residents are
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
2 Appeal For Assistance.

Colmbus, Ohio, March 25.-Gover- nor Cox, with the sanction of the leg
 islature in session tonight, issued an appeal to the world for assistance for Ohio sufferers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-26
South Buffalo Under Water.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 25.-A tre- mendous doWnpour of rain through out Western New York during the past two days has developed one of the worst floods in fifteen years. To- night the entire area of South Buffalo is under water. Street car service is suspended and row boats are plying in the streets
 The scores of big manufacturing plants along Buffalo river have been inundated and the loss there will reach thousands of dollars The Buff falo river and the Cazenodia creek both went over their banks with a rush at 10 o'clock this morning and the dWellers ill the south part of the city had no chance to escape. Hun dreds of homes were soon flooded, Bremen were sent out in boats to rescue those who desired to leave.
 Tonight it is still raining and it is feared that at least two of the biz railroad bridges will be swept away before morning. Hundreds of work CTS are marooned in different parts of the city and are unable to reach their homes.
 Throughout Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania the situation is most serious. To the south of the city traffic is at standstill
 The Buffalo and Southwestern tracks between this city and James, town have been swept away in many places and the loss is many thous- ands of dollars.
 The village of Salamanca is inun- dated and heavy loss has been sus- tained there. Scores of homes have been damaged by the flood.
 At Bradford, Pennsylvania, large section of the city is under water and the damage has been enormous.
 The total loss throughout Western New York is well over one million dollars and with the rain continuing even more serious results are ex- pected before morning.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-03-13

The real meat Of the school quest
ion IN LambertVille is not whether we
have new schoolhouse on the hill
or on North Main Street, so much
as it is whether we shall have a new
schoolhouse at all, but alter and re-
pair those that we have.
There is not difference in cost
of sufficient greatness between the
hill site and town site to make it a
great factor It's largely matter
of personal preference, and conven-
fence.
Everything else considered, we
would at first say that if a new
school building is to be constructed.
the North Main Street site is the
best, but there are other factors
which make the matter one of serious
consideration.
Even though the price proposed
by the Board of Education may be
double or treble what the land is
worth, actual value, the amount
would be but ten percent, of the total
estimated cost of the building
AS to the actual value of the land,
we 40 not know. Our acquaintance
with Lambertville real estate is not
extensive enough to permit of val
uation being named, therefore, we
are willing to accept the Board of
Education's estimate until shown
otherwise
On the other hand the question
of getting water to the SchoOlhOuSe
on the hill is not so serious as has
been anticipated by some. The
writer has personally checked the
elevations with an engineering hand
level, and the bottom of the lowest
of the reservoirs is higher than the
very top of the present school build
ing by some fifteen or twenty feet,
According to the data of the
United States Governments as located
by the Geologic Survey, the reservoir
is about forty feet above the ground
level on the northerly side of the
school buildin.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-03-13
WHOLE No. 2,O85

cry and including the present ball
ground was an impossible bog.
After unusual rains considerable
water always stood in the easements
of the Ely row, also in the Huselton
row on Coryell Street. near Frank
lin. The brick houses on Franklin
Street, west side, north Of Coryell,
had not then been built, that piece
of ground also being muddy when
not actually under water.
AS Wilkinson HoIcombe filled in
and built each additional house on
Franklin Street. north of York. each
one was the jumping off place, it
being impossible beyond. Where
the houses on the Delevan Street
side of that corner now stand was
row of wide bitches where boys
waded in summer, and where a few
of the neighborhood children skated
in winter; and everybody remembers
when the present backgrounds made
famous skating place if the mead
overlooked at the proper time in the
winter.
But not everyone remembers that
the late John S. Holcombe, father
of Mrs. Gervas Ely, cultivated that
same meadow.
Most, if not all, of the houses in
that corner of Lambertville have
had water in their cellars after big
rains; but, also. most if not all of
them have succeeded in keeping
the water out by walls of stone
or of concrete.
The question has been raised
with regard to the health of that
section. To my certain knowledge
there has never been an epidemic or
even noticeable number of cases
of any disease in that section of
Lambertville
With the example of good health.
water kept out of the cellars when
properly guarded against, the fact
of the swampy condition having de-
creased to one third if not one-four-
tn of its former depth, and the
water at the foot Of the wooded hill
reduced to the drainage of that hill
except in very rainy times, there
can be no reasonable objection on
that score to placing the new school
house on that land.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-03-13
THE SCHOOL LOCATION
Differences in Cost Not So Great Factor as The CUES
ton of Personal Preference.

So the water question could easily
be settled. The most serious object
ion, in my mind, to the hill site is
the difficulty of climbing up there.
The building is located about one
hundred and forty feet above the
average level of the city, and this
distance must be overcome in about
one thousand feet, or less. Children
also use various by-paths, each high
ly dangerous, going to andfrom the
school in order to save the walk
around through York Street and up
or down the incline.
Approximate levels were checked
from points on the North Main Street
site to the small stream flowing
on the Northeasterly side thereof,
and to the sidewalk line on the
street. There is a drop of appoxi-
mately six feet from the sidewalk
level on North Main Street to the
surface of the stream.
If the new building should be set
three feet above the sidewalk level
of North Main Street. there would
be an allowance of nine feet to the
drainage level. This would hardly
be enough, so it would probably be
necessary to place the first floor of
the building at least five feet above
the sidewalk level, and, while this
would not be Objectionable in itself,
it would necessitate more filling in.
The North Main Street site is not
a bog by any means. 1t is fairly
solid ground, and compares very
sfavorably with other ground. The
water levels in excavations, as re-
ported in the controversy between
Mr. Hayhurst and DR.. Salmon, are
so nearly in accord with these levels
as to climate argument, and are the
points beyond which drainage could
not be carried except under unusual
and expensive conditions.
There has been so much said
about this ground, and its water
capacity that the following state
ment, by an old and well-known
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-03-13
Back in SO and go.

Back in SO and go.
Sometime earlier than 1855 the
York road stream flowed down
Franklin Street and into Swan Creek.
By 1855 (perhaps earlier the stream
was turned nOrthward, after flow
ing as far as a small brick house
(south side below the corner where
one turns up the schoolhouse hill.
Then, and for years later, it was
noticeable stream at all times except
in drouth, and at times a big,
rushing, roaring stream.
Each successive change shorten
ed its course until compelled to
cross the York road abruptly at its
present point and confined by stone
walls, the bridge every time built
larger and eastward. Even then it
would break its banks, sweep down
its old course york Street to Frank
linz, filling cellars as it went. It's
last outbreak was in September,
1889. The sides of York road be-
ing denuded of trees caused a de-
crease of the stream until nothing is
left except after a rain.
Down to 1860 there was not
building north of York Street and
east of Main, unless possibly the very
small brown house the third on
Franklin Street, north of York, and
that was a barn, and the approach
to it was much below the present
level. The double house between
it and the big house at the corner
of York and Franklin was built sew
eral years later.
On the East side of Main Street,
just above Delevan. was located
Captain Kohl's brewery, the site
now covered by brick houses. The
big house was built by the late
Wilkinson Holcombe. father of Mrs.
Edward H. Holcombe, and he was
the builder of the barn and nearly
all of the houses now in that corner of
Franklin and Delevan Streets, having
built most of the houses on York
Street, east of Franklin, before 1860.
All the land back and north of
Wilkinson Holcombe's house, corner
of York and Franklin, and of the
late Mrs. Gervas Ely's row on York
west of Franklin, back of the brew
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-03-13

resident. and owner of several pro-
perties, is better than anything we
could say:
The evening world., 1913-01-02
DYNAM|TERS GET
WRIT Of ERROR IN
FEDERAL COURT
double Cross" Hotkin viii
Not Join in Effort for Appeal
ALL at Work in Prison.

fSDIANAPOIfS. Ind. Jan AFTER
attorneys Tor the thlriy-thrce cow ted
dynamite conspirn'orp hsd Withdrawn
their application FOR q writ Of saper-
scdcns Federal Judge i. -. Anderson
to-day granted thor prayer for a writ
Of error. During the heating W. n.
Harding announced that Herbert =.
Hockin would not ask an appeal in HE
case.
The hearing was brief. The granting
request for . supcrscdcss writ wall be
taken 10 the United states Circuit Court
Of Appeals or one OF the Judges OF the
court.
LEAvENwoRTII, Kan. Jan. with
tie taking OF their Bertillon measure
ments and their assignments to prison
work to-day, the thirty-thrcc union mcn
who entered the Federal prison here
following conviction as dynamite co,-
spirators entered the routine % y, ieral
prisoners.
Those who were a3lc To sleep were
awakened from their hfst night ~ the
cell by tn" sounding OF tho revclile
which echoed through tho stone and
s'cel-bound cell house at $40 A. NJ. Ex-
ceptinE Herbert =. Iiockln. former 100.
rotary Of the fronworkers' Union. who
has been labelled the bctraycr OF his
fellows. tho men bunked two In u cell
on double decked beds" The cells.
like all those accorded new prisoners.
were bare. In marked contrast to ;hoE.
Of the oil inmates who nearly all have
covered their walls with pictures. postal
cards ana souvenirs.
After breakfast the mer were called
up ono By one. examined and questioned
as to their fitness for the different line,
OF work about the prson.
The evening world., 1913-01-02
,eOT INSURANCE
FLOR $4,000 ON
/ GOODS WORTH 81
Policies and So-Called House
hold Effects Shown at
carson Exhibit"
-OPENED BY THE MAYOR.
Fire Commissioner Points Out
Ease With Which Policies
( Are Obtained.
OPENED BY THE MAYOR

with IAN arson exhibit" Mayor Gay.
nor and Fire Commissioner Joseph
johnson has set out TO show insura nee
men and the public generally why there
ere 90 many incendiary nrcs In New
York.
: The exhibit" has been placed in
the storeroom at No. CT Chambers
street A nsg-arapcd platform has
been erected at one end OF the room.
hut the other walls have been papcrc,i
witt insursnc policies. They represent
total OF si:7.5oo In insurance OBJ
Kitchen chairs. an ancient gas heater.
a pair of soiicd lace curtains. q sait
shaker. a kitchen knife and fork and a
few other household trines. the total
value amounting to O.; All thcss
are grouped together In n wire screen
cage In the centre OF the room.
William y. Northrop. a mild man
nered man. wearing an old fashioned
Prince Albert and a pearl gray Fedora.
who migh, easily have been mistaken
for tie high school principal Of . coun-
try town. obtained all the Insurance. lie
would rent a Hat for a month. install
his ~ worth Of artcles--or sometimes
only a part OF them an5 then proceed
TO get II insured.
Sometimes he went to an agent or
sent a fireman detailed to assist him.
Generally he used the telephone. said he
wanted a policy for Siooo or rome other
sum ON his household goods and then
sent the agent the premium.
He said to-day that nS~ inspection.
were made. lie WAS not asked by the
AGENTS Of the Insurance companies u
stew that nc had any household goods
at all. Only the premium was asked,
and he go, the policy In return.
Mayor Gsynor was the chief speaker
at the formal opening OF the exhibit.
The evening world., 1913-01-02
vEN1Na WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY g. 1918

birthdi! yes.orliS ani cane to-day 20
wish happy NS Year 10 h's goo.
father" Tho Ey ng World.
Eugene came into noisy and uj'l,n:
world Just ten seconds after midnight on
Jan. !. 1901. And by his prompt,,rie In
following the new year and .ac nav
century into OK stence, ne won the prizes
offered by TIE Evening World for the
twentieth century's first baby.
The prizes were n gold medal and a
handsome crib.
Every year. beginning with mis- second
birthday. Eugene has paid visit to The
Evening World ONCE. on Jan. ., TO re-
ceive the papers heartiest compliments
and good wishes.
Eugene has grown into a tail. fine
looking chap. lie Is a pupil AZ St
Cerllia's Parochiai School on East One
Hundred and sixth street. His sturdy,
bright personality and his school re cord
The evening world., 1913-01-02
BROTHER OF CAR BANIsHeD
Removed From Com MAJ nd Bc~s vsr
Ne Married Divorced woman.

st. PETERSBURG. Jan. The ON.
''al Gazette announces that tho Cars
brother has been removed from com.
mana OF the Mounted Guards regiment
and directed to reside In the provin ,es
Or abroad for eleven months
No of,cial explanation II given Of
this. hut 1t 10 supposed to be In pun
'Shnent for marrying the divorced vito
Of a military omcer. II II also report ID
that thc priest who married them will
be punished.
The evening world., 1913-01-02

a Beautiful Art Calendar for the
IL months OF 1913 free with next
Sundays World. Order in advance.
The evening world., 1913-01-02

which will he maintained for n month.
wills o. Robb. superintendent OF the
New York Fire Insurance Exchange and
E. r. Pierce, chairman ~ the New York
Board OF Underwriters Committee on
Fire Patrol. were interested spectators
at the cc. cmonics.
Mr.. Johnson started the proceeding Is
by announcing that at least twenty five
percent. Of all the fires In New York
tity are OF inccndlary origin. lie said
this estimate was a conservative one.
but that eight or ten alarms out OF the
:hirty-nvc or forty which cone In daily
were started purposeiy.
we are not dealing with ere profess
iioi.al flrcbus." said Commissioner Jahn-
son. although We have uncovered or.
sanixed bands Of criminals who make IL
business OF setting fire TO premises to
get insurance. We are dealing broadly
WITH The msthed Of issuing Hrs tnsuy-
aass psiioiss without prs-inspsction OF
proper kaswlsAss Of the risk, watch
vlases . vrsuiuA upon arson ~ Of.
fssiaS the Anaaoially weak, tettsriAg
or bankrupt ~ irrsslstabls tsmpts-
t1en."
Mr.. johnson SAID the public Was be-
ing compelled 10 pay ~ excessive pre-
MUM because Of the great number OF
lncsndiary fires
The evening world., 1913-01-02

show tina. The Evening World has every
?e,aon 70 lie proud OF its century god
child."