The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
COLUMBUS cieanino Up.

Columbus Cleaning Up.
/ COLUMBUS, o., April 5.The work
of rehabilitation of the flood-swept
cities of Ohio is progressing rapidly
Everywhere optimism prevails. The
death roll is still unknown and will
probably not be complete for months
but it will not reach over three hun
dred throughout the entire state All
of the stricken districts have been
reached with food and other supplies
while the Ohio National Guard, assist
ed here and at Dayton by federal Off
GERS, has the situation we'll in hand as
far as order and sanitation are con
cerned. The total property loss can
only be roughly estimated at present
| By those who are in close touch with
/ the situation 1t is placed around $780,
600 zoe.
This Is summary Of the flood sit
uaticn in Ohio tonight. Although the
waters receded over week ago,
many OF the afflicted cities are still
badly In need of food, clothing and al
so money.
The state food relief commission
has received almost half million dol
lars up to date and about 100 car
loads of supplies, but there is still
an immediate need Of further aid. In
this city alone twenty thousand PEG,
pie are being fed daily by the relief
committee. In addition to the relief
re iSE q he 9clo I,s,e,
appropriated $4,000. The National
Red Cross announced tonight that
they had nearly 100000 in contri-
buttons for the relief Of flood suffer
lers. This amount, however. will be
used to aid flood victims In other
states as well as Ohio.
Col Edward T. Miller, in charge OF
all supplies consigned to the relief
commission, stated tonight that cloth
ing, shoes and food was still urgently
needed
I'VE have only begun the work OF
relief" he said.
Governor Cox conferred with United
States Senator Pomerene tonight rela-
tive to the immediate Introduction
into congress of a bill appropriating
s2,oo0,000 for Ohio flood sufferers
Eighty-seven bodies up to tonight
had been recovered in Columbus and
tons of debris still remain to be
searched. It is believed the death
| list will reach one hundred here.
/ Martial law is still in force in many
of the many flood-swept cities. The
fear of an epidemic is rapidly pass
ing. Because of the immediate and eff
| ficient measures taken by both the
federal and state officials, the ques-
ton OF sanitation is rapidly being
solved.
Dayton Recovering.
i DAYTON, Ohio, April 5.-With the
debris rapidly being cleared from the
streets. the spectre OF disease ban
ished, business places opening and
transportation facilities assuming nor
/ NAL proportions the gem city of Ohio
was considered we'll on the road to re
coyery tonight from the disastrous
flood of the last week.
Hundreds of signs bearing the In
spring legend Open for business, z
caused the city to throw off the mantle
of depression. Martial law still pre-
walls.
Major Thomas Rhoades, the United
States army officer in charge of the
sanitation work, stated tonight that
there need be no apprehension of epi
demic. Two field hospitals have been
established and all our cases of dis
ease are being efficiently taken care
OF. Thousands of volunteers and
those impressed into service are
rapidly clearing the streets of debris
Supplies of all kinds are still ur
gently needed, hogever Thousands
are still in the bread line and the
food supply is by no means ample.
At Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April with a
guage near the record tonight, forty
three feet, Memphis has about six
/ hundred homeless as the result of a
break early Saturday in the south
levee protecting a low section Of the
city from backwaters in Bayou Gayoso
connecting with the Mississippi.
A brick wall, part Of the leYee de
Tense, broke under the weight Of
water. Five blocks were flooded Pc
lice and fremen rescued people who
had not moved No lives were lost
Fearing that the north levee would
also break, about four hundred PEG
pie in that section have moved out.
A whole area of the city subject tc
overflow at any stage is twenty
blocks out of four hundred. The bust
ness section of the city is on bluff
100 feet above the residence districts
The water plant is protected by 6
levee which is holding, also the gas
plant which Is In the low area. There
is no suffering A refugee camp ii
charge of Major Normoyle of the Unit