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TWO 15,000 ARE DRIVEN FROM HOMES BY THE OHIO’S TIDE 3,500 Houses Are Altogether or Partly Submerged—Flood Con ditions Are Assuming Grave Proportions Kentucky Side of River Opposite Cincinnati is the Worst Sufferer —No Lives Lost So Far Electric Light Plants Cease Operations—Only Two of Five. Bridges So Far Affected—Fear From Clogged Sew erage Systems and Stagnant Backwater. Cincinnati—With nearly 16,000 peraons In the towns on the Kentucky side of the Ohio river driven from their home 1 by the rising yellow tide that ha sweep ing: down the Ohio Valley, and with motre than 3,600 homes altogether or partly submerged, the flood situation In this vicinity is assuming graver propor tions hourly. Here the, water front buildings are all partly under water and much damage has been done. An ln oreaae in tho river *tago at this point will mean the complete Isolation of the city from the Kentucky side and the •bopping of train servtco In this direc tion. Late today the government gaug* •bowed 67 feet and according to the weather bureau tho Indications werfj that before many hours there would be •txty-eight feet In the rver here. Fire* Victim Bo far only on life has been lost an A direct result of tho high waters here. Mias Anna Smith, the first victim drowned In on attempt to reach New port In a skiff that captiMd In mid stream. Newport and Covington, opposite virt ually are surrounded by water. Condi tions there ore worse than elsewhere •/rid nearly 10,000 persons have been driven from their homes. Relief meas ures, however, are adequate. Manufact uring plants In the lowlands have coas •d operations. In these two cities the RELIEF AT LAST HAS REACHED ZANESVILLE; MANY RESCUED Biq Manufacturing Concerns Emolovinq Over 6,000 Men Not to Resume Operations at Once—Force Will Help Rehabili tate Citv Zanesville, O. —Via telephone to Pltta buru Relief reached Zanesville late this afternoon and for the first time since the flood come upon the olty last Tues day, the tired civil and military officers felt that the worst pf the story had been told. Five additions were made to the list of known dead reported this morn ing. bringing the total to 10 and the re ceding waters showed that the best es timates iui to the property damage had not been sxoeded by the foots. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad construc tion orew, working from New Concord, succeeded In reaching a point within two mtlei of the depot In Zanesville and there heavy wagons, loaded with provis ions and clothing were sent overland to the city. A dosen collapsible boats were received and were at once manned and •wit through the district# where the current was not too swift to Inter fere with their progress. By this means many persons were rescued from houses that for days have bean surrounded by watsiy 800,000 Meals Are to be Served Vets of both Sides at Gettysburg Re-union Gettysburg, Pa,—Bight hundred thou sand meat* will be furnbdied by the fed eral government to the Union and Con federate veteran* of the civil war whUo they are in camp on th* battlefield of Gettysburg, next July when the seini oeotenntnl of the Mr lotto battle will be celebrated by *ll the states that par tMpated n the struggle. The preparnton* for the ortaMUhment of the great camp where will he quart ed the survivors of the battle are well under way. They are In charge of Cart H- F. l'alton, of the quartermasters departnmn t of the United SUt lor Army. Thl* oamp is to oar* for 40,000 veterans and will open at supper on June 10 and Cast Piqua, Ohio, is Now a Tangle of Demolished Houses; 2,500 Homeless Ptqua, OhK> —Plqua !* recovering from the flood which may h»v« cost twenty lives and hundreds of ihontttnds of dol hu* property damaue. WtM*t of M>Un ertoet the town Is fljmln normal but east Plqda, a residence district around which the Miami river curves «tnd over which the flood wuter surged. In a tangle of demolished housow. The volunteer relief committee is working hard to care for the 1,500 home less ones and to find the bodies of those drowned. Those In charge today said that st the outside not more than 50 were drowned. CLUTCHING S6OO BAG OF GOLD, BOBBER SHOT DEAD Barnes, K y. —Robert I Brown, cash ier of the Baraus State Bank was only fear Is that health conditions will he seriously affected because of the clog ging of tho sewerage system and the stagnation of backwater. yet the water works has continued in operation. The electric light plants already have had to cease operations but the gas plants are not Interrupted. On Kentucky Side In the Kentucky towns of Dayton, Ludlow, Bellevue and Bromly Indention! conditions exist but In their case* com munication with Cincinnati and Covng ton has been stopped. In these towns there are a total of 2,- •000 persons bong cared for by relief committees and more than 600 homes have disappeared under the flood waters. So far only two of the five big bridges across the Ohio at this point have been seriously affected by the high w fl ter. Railway service into and out of Cincin nati virtually Is at a •standstill. Flee to Highlands Cincinnati, O. —The telephone opera tor at Aurora Ind., notified Cincinnati authorltes late today that the rising waters of the Ohio River had broken over tho levee at Lawrehceburg, Ind., and that the people were fleeing to the highlands. The operator had been talk ing to the Lawrenceburg Exchange and was informed that employes In the building wore forced to abandon their posts. The Detail* The details of the plan for cleaning up the city wore completed when the active heads of manufacturing conerns employing In the aggregate some #,OOO men, decided not to resume operations, hut to turn their forces over to the au thorities for street work. The gas supply whloh has bcon fitful, failed entirely lhl» afterooon and 600 men were »ont to coni mines nearby to got out coal which will he distributed to the destitute. One hundred and fifty trained nurses have been put to work by the relief committee. Doctors also are arriving and the health authorities believe they cun take cure of the situa tion. Two oases of smallpox are said to have developed among the refugees. The waters of the Muskingum and Dlcklng rivers are receding rapidly. The city was stirred by the report late today that 23 bodies had been found in Mclntyre Park, but Investigation proved tbo report unfounded. olotw after breakfast on July 6. Allow ance will be nuule for 20 meals for Jhdl veteran. This will require 800 oooks and a« many helpers ami 135 bilkers, the baking to be done In field bakeries and Ihe preparing of meals’ln field kitchens. The fecilug of this army of veterans win require 40.000 mess kits, compris ing one plale, cup, knife, fork and spoon for each man. In the oiuup will be mors than 9.61X1 tents, which will be pitched In fields not far from the scene ol Pickett’* charge. The oamp will be ex clusively for veterans. Pennsylvania will allot space In the camp by states, the commlseloner for each state being In charge of the space assigned to him. The recovered dead are: Albert Decker. Kllsabeih Cruse. Mrs. Caroline Dillon. Jam*? GUUard. Mrs. Louise Holdudorf. Isaac Korns. Mrs. Geo. Scholsser. George Subble, Miss Eva Thomas. J. C. Ward. Mrs. Sarah Wblfret. C. B. Jam loon. John Eiber. I shot anil killed today by a robber who tried to make off with a bag of S6OO in gold. Within three blocks of the bank the i robber fell before a volley of citizens’ i bullets, still clutching the bag of gold | He has not been identified. GEORGIHUBURN IN EVEN BREAK Georgia Boys, However, Land the Series After Two Contests at Athens Saturday. Athens, Ga.—Georgia, and Auburn broke even in a double header here Saturday afternoon, giving Georgia the series. The first game went to Auburn, 4 to 3; tho second game went to Geor gia, 11 to 0. The second game was called at the end of tho fifth inning. The batting of Georgia was a feature. In four teen Innings they rapped out seven teen hits, three of the se being home runs, by McWhorter, Henderson and 1 I'm rrlson. First game—Score: R H E Auburn 030 300 000—4 3 5 Georgia. 000 000 310—3 10 5 Harris and Williams; Morris and Hutcheaon. Second game—Score: R H E Auburn 000 oo— 0 4 5 Georgia 305 12—11 7 0- Driver, Locke. Davenport and Wil liams; Corley and Hutchens. DOPE FOR FANS Atlanta —Ty Cobb’s volunteers were easily defeated here today by the At lanta Southern team G to 1. Cobb in three times at bat failed to roach first base. At Annapolis, Md.—Navy 7, George town University 6. At Philadelphia—Holy Cross 3; Un iversity of Pennsylvania 0. At Princeton—-Princeton 9; Ilutgers College 3. At South Bethlehem, Pa.—Colgate G Lehigh 2. At New York—Columbia 2; College of the City of New York 0. (7 Innings) At Chapel Hill, N. C.—LaFayette 3; University of North Carolina 4; (It Innings). At Ttalelgh, N. C.—Amherst 9; A. and M. of N. C. 10. At ttalelgh, N. C.—-Providence In ternationals 4; ttalelgh, Carollnas 11. At Charlotte, N. C—Buffalo Inter nationals 14; Charlotte Carollnas 2. Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia Tech again defeated Clemson College here today by a score of 3 to 1. The visitors lost two of the threo gatnos played in the present series. Score: R. IT. E. Tech ... s 3 2 Clemson t 4 3 Eubanks and Attrldge; Ezell and Dean. Philadelphia.— Charles F. Conklin, of Chicago, defeated Dr. Walter Euf fenheimor, of Philadelphia In the af ternoon game of the National Ama teur 19.2 balk line billiard champion ship tournament by 400 to 257. Conk lin had a high run of 59 and an aver age of 9, 22-42 Euffenhelmer’s high run was 4 5 and his average 6 12-32. Dallas —Now York National League 12; Texas League 3. Norfolk. Va —Washington Americans recruits 4, Norfolk, Virginia League 3. Utica, N. Y. —Howard 4, Cornell 0. At Charleston: Wofford College 6 Citadel 0. At Charleston; Brooklyn second team 3, Charleston, South Atlantic Leaguo 0. Plnehurst, N. C. —Tom McNamara, Boston professional, was the winner today in the open event of the 13th Riuiual United North and South Golf Championship Tournament with a card of 146. A. J. Brady, Wollaston, Mass., and .Tno. Dowling, Scarsdale, N Y, tied for 2nd place with 150 each. High amateurs were: Dr. C. H. Gardner, Agawam Hunt Club, R. I. 161, and H. J. Topping, Greenwich, Conn., 162. The amateur championship is scheduled to open Monday. At Henderson, N. C.— Wake Forest College 13; Trinity Col lege 7. At Charlottesville. Va.— University of Virginia G; Montreal In ternational 12. At Washington— Washington American League 12; Phil sdelphUv National League 1. Louisville, Ky.—Chicago National League 13; Louisville American As sociation 5. Chattanooga. —Cincinnati National League 4; Chattanooga. Southern i in min o. At Memphis. —Detroit Americans 4, Memphis, Southern 10.’ At Savannah, Ga. —Brooklyn Na-' ttonals 1; Newark. Internationals 0. At Macon—- Boston Nationals 3; To ronto, Internationals 2. Balt Lake City.—Governor Spry to day signed a woman's minimum wage bill placing Utah on regord ns one of the first states to legislate for reform In the condition under which women labor In the various industries. The bill provides a minimum wage of 75 cents a day for the frst year’s employment and $1.25 a day there after. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA- Warns Husband Against Bigamy A fflP%Wi W&v&WS? jgy -'&’• jnmm' > , ;>f \ \ \ ;fc ' 14 " J yjA’ ' r ‘'. \, />'■.,, -p . >. *%!!/ / N, ''-»^ > ''' ' <: -' l'/..,,.... -■— DR. ISABELLA FRANCHI HAMMOND New York—The lawful ecclesiastic ceremony on December 27, 1897, uniting in bonds of matrimony Isabella Franchi and Dr. Frank E. Ham mond, is still In force. This statement was inserted in a Freeport, L. 1., newspaper by Dr. Isabella Franchi Hammond for the purpose, it is beleved to warn him against making another matrimonial venture, which he is said to have been contemplating. Dr. Frank Hammond has made one unsuccessful attempt to have his marriage to Dr. Isabella Hammond annulled. THE DEATH LIST Investigations yet tend to confirm the estimates Of fewer than 600 deaths in tht floods that swept over a score of cities In Ohio and Indiana last week. As the waters receded from Dayton, Columbus and other places, leaving a thick coating of mul alarm was caused by a rapid rise of the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers inundating parts of cities along their hanks. TherS is not much danger of loss of life in these places, however, as the inhabitants have hills to flee to and are used to floods. Revised reports indicate that the number drowned in Dayton may not exceed 150, although there are those who say the number will be much greater. The death list at Plqua, l Ohio, fell off from the estimate of 50 to 13 known dead. The latest estimates show the follow ing deaths: OHIO Dayton, 150. EQUINES SHARE WITH HUMAN BEINGS ADVENTURES OF THE DAYTON FLOOD Horses Taken in With the Families and Saved From Waterv Death —Manv Carcasses, Though, Protrude From Heaps of Wreckage Dayton. —Human beings by no means monopolized the adventures incident to the flood. “Pete,” a brick colored horse owned by Eben O. Sny der, was swimming bravely when he came to a second story porch open ing off a second floor on which there were several refugees. They caught the horse's halter and assisted him to flounder on to the porch. It was cold outside and “Pete” promptly bolted inside. Here he remained with his rescuers until the house caught fire. By this time the water had sub sided considerably and the human occupants fled, leaving “Pete” to perish, as there was no way to rescue him. Yesterday Snyder, who suppposed that his Bleed had drowned in his stable, was standing with the crowd at Third street when he observed a stray horse dodging automobiles, wagons, push carts and wheelbarrows in which refugees and supplies were being handled, aud aviodiug every effort to capture him. "Pete, Pete.” "I believe that's Pete, he said, and shouted "Pete! Pete! - ’ “Pete” re cognized the voice, trotted over to his master and in very human fashion hung his head over Snyder's shoul ders, whinneying his delight. Another horse stood for hours clear of the flood on top of a broad brick wall. Presently a bundle of hay came floating with the current and became wedged against the grat Columbus 56. Hamilton (x) 60. Miamisburg (x) 50. Tiffin 18. Chillicothe 18. Middletown 14, Fremont 14. Plqua 13. Harrison 12. Troy 9. Valley Junction 6. Zanesville 10. f Massillon 5. New Bethlehem 2. Cleves 2. Ohio total—429. INDIANA Peru 20. Brookville 16. Fort Wayne 6. Terre Haute 4. Total Indiana—46. Grand total—4B9. (x)—Roughly estimated. ing. The horse strained his neck for it, toppled over and went down with the stream. He snatched at the food as he went past it, hut missed. Another horse was deposited tight ly between two lines of freight cars in the union depot yards. There he remained today unable to move but fed and watered by a sympathetic yard man who let hay and water down to him by ropes. On the Third Floor. Still another equine which escaped the flood may find greater difficulty in escaping from his refuge. This animal having entered a building on Main street, half a square from the Philips Hotel, to escape the onrush ing waters, never halted till he reach ed the third floor. There he was found today when the water was sub sided, and there he remained, as no one cared to take the risk of trying to drive him down the impaired stairs. Furthermore Dayton has oth er and more pressing duties. Two blooded horses were delib erately granted asylum in the Fca th National Bank building and tneir | owners brought food to them by j boat. The city is full of such stories and j such sights, but great trucks rumb | ling through the street with the car : casses of horses yesterday and today indicate how many perished. More ; of these carcasses lie at the roadside and protrude from hearts of wreckage [ everywhere DAYTON RESCUES END; REHABILITATION BEGINS Secretary of War Wires President Deafi List Will Not Exceed 500—Number Dead in Morgues Estimated At 250 Medical Supplies Are Reported As Very Short —Trainload Expected Soon From Wash inqton Undertakers’ Feverish Activity Brings Forth the Appellation of “Ghouls” From Mayor Dupuy. Dayton, Ohio. —The work of reha bilitation began here Saturday as the work of rescue approached its end. The all-important weather showed improvement as viewed by refugees, for it was warmer and pleasant to frost and w : a,ter-chilled bones, but the sanitary experts accepted the risie in temperature with mixed feelings for the cold had retarded the decompo sition of animal matter and refuse. Secretary of War Garrison con ferred with various officials and heads of committees, wired President Wil son that the death list would not reach 500, and otherwise epitomized the situation and departed for Cin cinnati after a flitting view of the city from an automobile. It is prob able that he will go to Columbus Sun day. W. E. Blackwell, in charge of morgues, estimated the dead at 250. of the citizens’ relief com mittee are apprehensive of a water famine. Bottled Water. It Is believed there is little chance that he present supply can be made tol ast until the water mais are in use again. R. H. Grant head of the relief supplies commute, Saturday night issued an appeal to all cities In the country asking that as much bottled water as possible be shipped to Dayton immediately. It is espe cially desired that this water be strictly pure as it is practically im possible to boil the water for drink ing purposes. Medical supplies were reported woe fully short by \Majot T. V. Dupuy, who is in charge of sanitary and medical work. Drug stocks were largely destroyed and the medical chests of the militia, as well as sup plies sent by other cities, have in many instances been delayed by wash outs and other mishaps of the flood. However, a trainload of supplies is expected soon from Washington. The activity of certain local under takers! called forth the. wrath of Major Dupuy, who issued a statement in which he called them “ghouls” for their feverish activity in seeking out bodies, and, It is alleged, sometimes burying them without making report to the authorities. He declared they were "trying to work a hold-up game ' n helpless friends and relatives of those who have lost their lives.” No Visitors Wanted. Chairmen of the various commit tees were unanimous In asking that word be spread broadcast that mere sightseeing visitors are not wanted here. The railroads have been Informed of this attitude and conductors are refusing to accept passengers who cannot show that their presence here Is necessary. There were thousands of visitors in the city Saturday. Most of them were from surrounding towns. The signs, “relief car," which many of them bore were manifest forgeries. The majority of the bodies of flood victims will be found buried under the debris in the Miami canal under great piles of wreckage and far down the Miami river, at Miamlsiburg, Mid dletown and Hamilton, in the opinion of men who hdve examined the ground. Few people were caught in their homes as most all of them had received sufficient warning of the ap proaching disaster to enable them to get out before the flood assumed dangerous proportions. Those who were drowned, for the mots part were caught In the streets either while on their way to their places of business and employment or while trying to get to pieces of safety when forced to flee from their houses. Floating Down. Lieutenant Leatherman, surgeon of the Third Regiment, O. N. G., who went through the flood In West Day ton, said he saw scores of dead bodies floating down the Miami river and many people were swimming but there was nbt one chance In ten thou sand that these were saved, he sa*d. The water was Icy cold and the cur rent terrific. "The flood,” he related, “came when thousands of persons were in the streets scoffing at the idea that a flood could come. Hadn't the levees always protected them? Had Dayton ever had a serious flood? Why be alarmed? And so they were carried to their death. How many, of course, no one knows exactly.” In one district it was stated at the sanitary department headquarters dozens of bodies could be eeen under piles of wreckage, here a hand and there a foot sticking out from under the debris. Efforts were directed for several hours in an attempt to get at those bodies, but none had been taken out when night fell. Heaps of Wreckage. The work of extending succor to the marooned inhabitants of the dis tricts which still are flooded contin ued during Saturday. In many sec tions were to be seen rowboatss skiffs and canoes making their way with ex treme difficulty among the heaps of wreckage and overturned h »qses, UN DAY, MARCH 30. among tangled meshes of telegraph and telephone poles and electric light wires, seeking out possible victims. Among the organizations engaged in rescue work is the company of naval reserves from the United States ship Essex at Toledo under command of Captain A. F. Nicklett. The com pany reached Dayton on a special re lief train from Toledo Thursday and immediately launched a number of boats in the raging torrents which were sweeping the city from end to end. Up to six o’clock Saturday night the sailors had been constantly on duty and had to their credit 979 lives saved and they were not thinking of sleep when darkness fell. Rescued 375. One crew in command of Ensign E. E. Diebald, with two boats, rescued 375 persons from the business sec tion and that district Immediately east of Main street and west of Eagle street. Many of the people were taken from their homes only after the sailors had mounted to tho tops of partially overturned houses and chopped their way through the attics where the inmates were huddled to gether waiting for death to enter. Another crew under Junior Lieuten ant Ross Willoh succeeded in saving 360, while three boats in command of Senior Lieutenant Theodore Schmidt rescued 244 persons. The majority of these latter were taken from box cars, warehouses, freight sheds and grain elevators in the rail road yards. Greatest Violence. It was here that the water attain ed its greatest violence, rushing in whirlpools between the irregulrn buildings on either side of the tracks. Navigation was extremely perilous on account of many submerged box cars, flat cars and overturned sheds. Several times the sailors were capsized but managed to keep with their boats and right them again. Not a single life was lost, either among tile reserves or among the hundreds whom they attempted to rescue. While sailors worked incessantly to save lives, Lieut. Walter Gayheart, also of the ship’s company, succeed ed in establishing a supply station in East Fifth street where many refu-' gees congregated and issued rations to the sufferers. He slept tonight af ter 71 hours of continuous labor. Relief Work. Only those doing relief work or having official business were allowed out of doors after sixx o’clock to night. With the additional military forces which arrived, the city was thoroughly policed. The city was in darkness again tonight. Even with the careful policing during the last few nights some robbing has been done. It has been impossible to do much relief work at night and the curfew order was due in part to the advisability of keeping the men where they can protect their own households if necessary. Fronts of stores have been broken down and merchandise is exposed. Some of this has been stolen. One thief gathered a quantity of jewelry and was making away with it in a traveling bag when arrested. Major Dupuy is angered at certain under takers and expressed it in the follow ing statement: Report Recovery. “These body snatching ghouls who operate as undertakers will be treat ed as they deserve if it takes the en tire military power at the command of the medical department of the O. N. There are a number of re liable undertakers in Dayton who have complied strictly with the order to report the recovery of all bodies, but there have been reports received here of numerous instances of under takers grabbing bodies and rushing them to their own establishments. Then they either prey upon the grief stricken relatives or the public who will have to pay for the burial of the unidentified dead. “All medical and military officers have received orders to promptly ar rest any undertaker or any other per son who recovers a body and does not immediately report it to this depart ment. It was said at military head quarters that a total of only 46 bod ies was reported up to this evening, although it was known that no less than 121 bodies had been taken to different morgues and to private homes. Rescuing Squads. This was ascertained by a compu tation of the returns made by differ ent rescuing squads engaged in the flooded districts." Major Dupuy stated that he fears an epidemic of some kind unless the most rigid sanitary r ules are en forced. There are thousands and thousands of dead horses and other animals strewn about the city, said the surgeon, “and while we are pressing into service large numbers of men it will require many days ta dispose of the carcasses, as many ot these are buried beneath great heaps l of heavy wreckage, which it will be necessary to remove before th# bodies can be takeen to the incinen ating plants. “To add to the menace of the sit ' uation. we found that with one ot two exceptions every stock of drug< in Dayton wag destroyed by th< flood. Many of cur officers are with [out medical or surgical supplies.