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DEATH TOLL NEEDED-DISEASE MENACES
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XVIII, No. 87.
IN SUNSHINE AND RECEDING FLOOD
THOUSANDS ARE SAFE AT DAYTON
Relief Work Started Promptly—Chaotic
Conditions Improving, But Current Still
Swift in Main Street—Refugees Pour
Into Stations in Steady Stream
Systematic Distribution of
Food Begins At Dawn With
Instructions to Militia Against
Offenders: “Shoot At the
Legs First, Then Shoot To
Kill”
Boatmen Have Yet To Battle
Against Stream in Attempt to
Get Into River dale and North
Dayton With Populations of
12,000 and 15,000 People.
Dayton, Ohio— Baffled In attempts to
explore all sections of flood-swept Day
ton, because the water had not receded
as much as expected, citizens this
morning renewed efforts to reach homes
partly or wholly under water. Thous
ands were taken from perilous positions
yesterday. Fourteen bodies were re
covered.
The water had receded six feet from
the crest but even then the current in
Main street was so swift this morning
that it was dlfflcul to navigate any kind
of boat. A life saving crew from Louis
ville, Ky., started out early today to
explore regions where heretofbre it has
beert Impossible for less experienced
boatmen to go.
TURN BACK.
Boatmen who have attempted to go
into Riverdale and North Dayton have
had to turn back because of the current.
North Dayton Is a factory section
with abotu 15,000 Inhabitants. River
dale is a residence district with an esti
mated population of 12,000.
After the waters had receded some in
the highest portion of the business dis
trict, persons caught there and cut off
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SECOND FLOOD
FOR MILE
Water Creeping Over Lower
Sections of City. Bodies Seen
Floating Down Stream.
Louisville, Ky.—With water already
■weeping over the lower sections of the
city and the Ohio river steadily rising,
Louisville today faces the second: flood
of the year. Profiting by experiences
In January when many persons were
caught In the rapid rise of the river, the
board of public safety late last night or
dered a special detail of police Into the
flood threatened section with orders :o
forcibly remove those who would not
leave. Early today the water began to
sweep over what Is locally known as
‘‘the cut off" but It found only deserted
homes.
Feeding Homeless.
Charity institutions are today feeding
homeless at relief stations while others
are being cared for at hospitals and
other public Institutions. Cold, biting
winds with snow and sleet gave way to
day to sunshine and higher tempera
tures.
At several points along the river be
tween Louisville and Cincinnati bodies
have been seen floating by. At Mays
bllle j a body was taken In tow by a
boatman but the current caught It and
carried It under before he could get it
ashore. These bodies are believed to
come from the flooded sections of Ohio.
In the western part of the state,
around Owensboro, Henderson and Pa
ducah, the water Is spreading over the
lowlands.
All Schedule* Qo.
Already high water has played havoc
with railroad transportation. With
washout, weakened bridges abd in rome
Instances the tracks entirely gone, con
ditions have resulted in annulling all
schedules. Yesterday a limited from
Florida and other southern points was
forced to go up one branch line and
down another, zigzagging across the
state, and much to the edification of
the Inhabitants, of little Motions ac
customed to only “jerk water” accom
modations, stopped occasionally for ham
sandwiches an- coffee, permitting an In
spection of Its "real” Pullman cars.
NA TION’S RESPONSE
TO FLOOD APPEALS
Instant Action Taken Throughout Country To Aid the Suf
ferers —Sums Ranging From SI,OOO To $35,000 Tel
egraphed Officials —Carloads of Provisions and Clothing
Being Rushed From Many Cities and Towns
Chicago. —Acting under orders from Surgeon General Rupert Blue
at Washington, Dr. C. O. Cobb, surgeon In charge of the marien hospital
here with a staff of assistants, w ill leave today for Indiana to take
charge.of relief among flood sufferers in that state.
ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Jefferson City, Mo. —Gov. Elliott Major has issued a proclamation
calling on the pec/le of Missouri to contribute towards the relief of Ohio
and Indiana flood victims.
$25,000 APPROPRIATION
St. Paul, Minn. —As the result of appeals made by Vov. Everhart,
head of the Red Cross for Minnesota, and by local newspapers, several
thousand dollars have been collected for relief of flood sufferers in Ohio
and Indiana. The board of directors of the local association of com
merce adopted a resolution last night asking the state legislature to ap
propriate $25,000. Announcement was made that a musical comedy com
pany would give an open air benefit next Monday.
$93,764 IN CURRENCY
Chicago. —One hundred and fifty thousand dollars have been sub
scribed to the flood relief fund of the Chicago Association of Commerce
Of this sum $93,764 was paid in currency yesterday.
Congressmen Madden and Hobson told a committee of the associa
tlon that motor boats are needed now more than anything else.
Ten thousand dollars was appropriated at once by the committee
to equip a fleet of thirty motor boats to be sent at once from the naval
training station, life saving stations and the naval reserves.
A carload of clothing was shipped to Peru, Ind., today.
FROM PACIFIC COAST
San Francisco— Relief funds and supplies of food and clothing are
going forward from all sections of the Pacific coast to Ohio and In
diana.
San Francisco, Los Ageles, FYesno, Stockton, Seattle, Portland and
other cities have wired sums ranging from SI,OOO to $5,000. Oakland, Cali
fornia, telegraphed $5,000 to Gov. Cox of Ohio yesterday with the an
nouncement that $20,000 would follow today.
WIRE $35,000
St. Louis, Mo.— Thirty-five thousand dollars was telegraphed last
night from here for the relief of fl ood sufferers in Ohio and Indiana.
FIFTY MOTORBOATS
Chicago. —acting on requese from Dayton, Wm. Ilowle Thompson,
commodore of the Associated Yacht and Power Boat Clubs of Chicago,
last night called on the commanders of the various yacht clubs for motor
boats to be used In rescue work In the flooded districts. It is the plan to
send fifty of the craft today and where possible crews will be sent to
man them.
RETURNING AFTER PANIC;
MIAMISRURfi UNDER 8 FEET
Franklin, Ohio.— Panic of the populace precipitated yesterday when
the rumor of the breaking of the Lewiston dam came, was calmed today
and fleeing residents were returned to their homes.
The homeless are being fed in the central school building and pro
visions are adequate. The Big Four railroad is reconstructing tracks and
expects to reach Miamisburg tonight
EPIDEMIC OfT/HEASLES
Middletown, o.— Miamisburg was reached last night and reported
that the death list there will not exceed 25. Only one body has been re
covered. The property damage will run high. Miamisburg is still under
8 feet of water, but the river is receding rapidly.
In Middletown, the dead is estimated at 50. An epidemic of measles
developed in the hospital here last night.
FLOOR HAVOC REVEALED AT
HAMILTON; MANY CORPSES
Hamilton, Ohio. —Search for the
dead here was resumed today, the
waters of the Miami having receded
during the night, reaveallng to the
survivors the havoc of the flood.
Scarcely a building on the east side
of the river withstood the torrent.
Williamsdale, Coke Otto and Over
peck, the north suburbs of Hamilton,
are In ruins. No accurate estimate
of the dead has yet been made but
before night the authorities expected
to explore a greater portion of the
ruined section. They expect to find
hundreds of corpses.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28. 1913.
TWO JAP OFFICERS FALL
1,000 FEET TO DEATH
Tokio.—Two Japanese army officers
were killed today, while giving an ex
hibition flight in an aeroplane for the
members of parliament. Their ma
chine broke when making a turn at a
height of 1,000 feet and they were
dashed to the ground.
On the west side of the river many
residences have been saved but there
Is despair among the survivors, who
are unable to get word from husbands
and father* who were caught on the.
east side and unable to cross after
bridges were destroyed. Efforts to
get lines across the river have been
unavailing thus far.
Provisions for the homeless are ar
riving In abundance, but the gas,
electric light and water plants are In
ruins and this adds to the terrors of
Photo Showing Condition in Ohio’s Flooded Towns
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PRESIDENT STILL READY TO GO,
SECRETARY WAR TRAIN DELAYED
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Washington—<Wluu» 'PreeVdaot--Wilson waa.advised today of the ppor
progress of Secretary Garrison's special train toward the lood district,
he was still holding himself In readiness to go to Dayton at an hour’s
notice, If his presence there could do any good. A special train of re
lief supplies leaves late today.
. BRYAN TELLSPRESIDENT
Washington. —Secretary Rryan who was caught In the Ohio flood
district and for whom fears were felt, conferred with President Wilson
today and gave the president a first hand account of conditions on the
edge of the flooded area.
HAVE TO DETOUR
Roanoke, Va. —The special train of Secretary of War Garrison after
being delayed through the night by washouts and forced to make a de
tour passed through here at 9 o’clock this morning. Secretary Garri
son and Major General Wood, chiefof staff of the army, have decided to
try to reach Dayton and If that is Impossible to go to Columbus.
Revised Estimates Show
Death List Exaggerated
Revised estimates which camo In early today from the flooded dis
tricts of Ohio and Indiana, showed that reports of loss of life in many cit
ies had been exaggerated.
The greatest anxiety still centers about Dayton, where an accurate
estimate of the number of victims of the flood continued to be an Impos
sibility.
The death tolls promises to bemuch less heavy at Columbus, Ohio,
than first reported from the western part of that city Indicated.
In the parts of Dayton which have been explored by a motor boat,
the death list has been greatly reduced from first estimates and unless
the number of victims In the north section of the city Is found to he
large, the dead In the entire city may not number more than 200.
In Plqua, where more than 500 persons were reported drowned,
less than 2o lost their lives, according to advices today.
In Chilllcotho where the number of drowned were reported to be In
the neighborhood of 800, the dead will not exceed 28. Similar results were
expected as to Zanesville and other Muskingum Valley towns.
Indiana points continued to report Improving conditions during the
night with estimates as to deaths shrinking as more accurate reports
ports were made.
LOSS OF $4, 000,000 AT FORT WAYNE;
RESCUE 56 INMATES ORPHAN HOME
Fort Wayne, Ind.—With the flood receding at the rate of three
Inches an hour this city has the situation In control. The property loss
Is estimated at $4,000,000 and it Is almost certain that the loss of life will
not exceed six.
The pumping station was started again last night,
Water Is being pumped direct from the river and the only drink
able water available Is brought In bottles. Captain Garland of the Chi
cago Life Having Station, with a life boat yesterday afternoon rescued 58
Inmates of the Ellen County Orphans Home.
60 Catholic Sisters Rescued; Without
Food or Water Since Tuesday Last
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Dayton, Ohio,—“Beware of thieve- and burglars,” said an official
bulletin given wide circulation. “Don’t leave your houses without pro
tection. It was thieves who scared you about tbe reservoir and natu
ral gas explosion. The natural gas has been turned off and there Is no
danger of explosions.”
Klxty Catholic sisters at the Academy of the Sisters of Notre Dame
and eighteen persons for whom they had provided r. fuge were found
by the Louisville life saving crew today to have been entirely without
food or wo ter since Tuesday. There wer.- several eases of Illness and
their sufferings had been Intense. The life savers left a sunnlv of bread
and water and planned to take fur their help.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
DM FACES
TREMENDOUS
TASK, MENACE
OF DISEASE
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Strict Guard Bv the Militia.
State Board Health Heads
Come. Carloads Lime Disin
fectants To Arrive
5.000 APPEAL FOR PASSES
TO SEARCH FOR FRIENDS
“Be Satisfied You Are Not
Dead Yet,” is Response of
Military Commander.
South Dayton, Ohio. —Facing the
tremendous task of caring for Its ever
Increasing army of refugees anil re
covering its dead, Dayton began Its
fourth day of flood under strict mar
tial law. With headquarters at Bam
berger Park, Cal. Zimmerman, of tho
Fifth Regiment, Ohio National Guard,
Initiated plans for the organization
that will protect the city during the
ensuing weeks of reconstruction.
Militia companies from all parts of
the state reached Dayton during the
early morning hours and by noon nv
ery accessible section was under
strict guard. Members of the state
board of health, bringing carloads of
lime and other disinfectant:-- expected
to reach here during the day and be
gin the work of warding off the ever
increasing menace of disease.
Col. Zimmerman stated that boat
loads of provisions continuously wore
going into the still inundated dis
tricts. Milk for babies and medicines
for Invalids were not forgotten by the
rescue squads.
THE DANGER LINE.
It was the aim of the military or
ganization to keep from the danger
line all persons seeking friends.
“Be satisfied you are not dead yet”
was the colonel’s disposition of many
of the applicants.
Men of the Toledo Naval Reserve
launched their staunch beats into the
swift, current that cut off the fire
area about Third and Jefferson,
where it was reported there had been
tremendous loss of life. But the dead
were not so sought as the living, ex
cept by the dozens of undertakers
who almost fought each other in the
competition to obtain corpses that
occasionally eddied out of the main
flood Into plies ol debris now high
and dry.
ARMY OF WORKER 3.
The problem of providing for refu
gees was bravely faced by an army
of workers, many of whom came
from neighboring cities equipped with
carloads and trainloads of food. In
several Instances carloads were de
clined,
“We can tell how much we need
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WATER CREEPS
SLOWLY INTO
THE STREETS
OE CINCINNATI
70 Foot Stage Expected, and
All Save Two Railways Will
Be Out of Commission
OHIO RISING RAPIDLY
AT ABOVE CITY TOWNS
Warning Issued At Evansville.
Rising At Wheeling. Station
ary At Pittsburg.
Cincinnati.—After three days of
ceaseless toll, making an effort to re
lievo stricken cities throughout the
state, the rolie committee of this
city were forced today to give atten
tion to their own homes. The water
of the Ohio river crept Into block af
ter block of the lower business dis
trict during the night. At daylight a
stage of 83.1 feet was registered. The
rate of the rise was two inches an
hour.
in many .places the water has
reached Second street and a rise of a
few more feet will severely cripple
the street car system. Railroad ser
vice is badly crippled and It Is be
lieved that if the water reaches the
70 foot stage, which Is probable, all
except the Louisville and Nashville
and tho Cincinnati, Lebanon and
Northern roads will be put out of
commission.
From above the city on the Ohio,
comes word that at Porthmouth and
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Defer Recognition
Chinese Republic
Washington.—Although It ex
pected that some formal recognition
of the new Chinese republic would be
made today, President Wilson and the
cabinet deferred tho subject of recog
nition until after tho meeting of the
Chinese assembly on April 7, which
will proclaim a new president of the
republic. ' - i
Georgia Peaches
Withstand Cold
Macon, Gat —Reporta to The Newa
from 17 of the largest orchards In
the middle Georgia peach, belt indi
cate that the crop withstood the cold
last night and that a very little dam
age was done. Growers are expect
ing frost again tonight but the tem
perature will bo higher than las*
night and they believe tho crop In
the main is safe.
Thoughtful Buy
ing Will Lower
Your Cost of
Living
By JOHN P. FALLON.
It has been laid downs as eco
nomic law that lowered cost
gained through simple ohange In
supplying your wants carries
with It no loss of pleasure In
consumption.
This moans you can often
times lower your cost of living
by thoughtful buying—for ex
ample: Mercerized silk serves
the purpose of Its and
gives as much pleasure as the
more expensive kinds. A sew
ing machine stripped of its
nlokle plate and artistic finish
(but with the same mechanism)
costs less than the original ar
ticle. A coat lined with cam
bric coi ts less than one lined
with high grade silk, yet the
wear Is practically the same.
You should think not only ot
what can be saved as between
different articles and their uses,
hut as between different stores
and buying seasons as well.
Read the advertisements In
THE HEALD closely and con
stantly every day and they will
help you keep your cost of liv
ing down to a mlnmum. They
wll! direct you to the right store
at the right time.