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THESE TALES Of fLOOP AND ftAME AND CYCLONE SSS FAVORH) SECTION 1ST ARTICLES fT NOW IS VOl'U TIME. A mnnll ml In Tlio Times mint rolmnn limy bring you results im mediately. Try one. tOT . vl a?sUbllslicu in wo VOL XaaVI.m xiio Count Stall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913. EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. A. Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll and Coos Uny Advertiser. No. 213 BY TORNADOES THREE INCHES OF SNOW ADDS i MBMDKIl OP THE ASSOCIATED I'RES il REPORTS FROM DAYTQ K TOWNS WRECKED LOSS Miami River Breaks Through Ml3U ce and Torrents In undate Big City. ' PARLY REPORT OF m 1500 DEATHS UNTRUE Conflicting Statements About Loss of Life and Property Latest Reports. ..... ... ti rttaM luv Tlmea.1 C0LUMUU8. Ohio, March 26. Governor Cox has telegraphed tho Red CrosB nt Washington, appealing for aid for Day ton, on .V. ......nninl nn thnt tllOro was a Brent Iqbb of llfo there, j D; AuHI"1 I'i" ,0 (-'0" " Tln""'l DAYTON (via Telojihono to Cin cinnati), March 25. Dayton It) see Ine the deep muddy wntor of tho Miami river rushing throiiKn her down town streets. The water la many feet deep and tho streets nro Impassablo except hy 'ont1H' ,. Tho principal corner. Third and Munn, Is three feet under water. Tho Mid and Stillwater rivers nro far beyond their hanks and have hurl ed their walls of water Into tho rapidly rising Mluml. Daton lies on a lovel pralrlo, and the river Is very shnllow when normal, nnd levees protected tho city. Willie high enough during other floods they hnvo proved In adequate with tho present stngo of water, and the result Is that tho city Itself nnd the country for miles around tins heuu turned Into n treat lake. Railroads running nt tho out skirts nf the city net ns embank ments to hold tho water In and ns toon as tho level reaches n height to flow over them, It will quit rais in;, as the amount of country thnt Ue ators will cover will keep It at a BtnndHtlll ror two or three days. I'robnbly by this time, tho crest of the flood will hnvo been passed and tho waters will begin to recede. Many Industrial plants nro built on the prairie In tho eastern part ol tho city nnd these nro nil flood ed. Tho most of tho industries nro manufactures of Iron, nnd tho wntor Hooding the plants will cnuso hea vy losses. The railroads will also bo heavy losers, by reason of their shops nnd storehouses nnd yards being flood ed. Dayton Is n groat railroad cen ter, the greatest In tho stnto, nnd the flood will hit them particularly hrd. T.lUSi OK REFUGEES. (lalm That Water Is 15 Feet Deep mi Main Street of Dayton. IB; AuoclitM I'rraa to Coot liar Tlmra.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 25. The Western Union oporntor at Wilson. Ohio, snys his olllco Is flll "1 with refugees from Dayton. Looters nrc shooting people- down a the streets, according to those refugees. The Fifth street brldgo at Dny wa was washed down against tho railroad bridge and arrangements being mmlo to dynamite both "ructures. The operator snys tho wntor is ' jeet deep In the main street of )ton and soven feot deep at tho lnta station. Most of tho refugees nt Dodson !e f0elR.ners' wl" nr Pnnlc strick en and tell wild stories of tho flood, '?, neary every part of tho n is undor water. Conditions "Me aro rapidly becoming worso. the city U without flro protection r street car sorvlce. e anoftrep'!?rted tn.at Troy nn(l '"P flooded. y "0rtU of Dayt0"' are serT.ne,w.at?r ,n 80ni sections Is twenty ep nnd ,n ot,ier nlncea MlDDUTTOy HARD HIT. "r 200 liouses Under Water and ult Uti l"t' ,0 Co0' D Tlm.i.1 4t nET0WX' oh,. March 25. Is ahia. the cc"DnntB aro seok Ma .& lhe M,aml ,8 no mle 4 thii. . p?lnt aml u ,B roport Wi ot water six feot The t.ho..way from Dayton. ot nn ,,dB0 ovor th Miami Scores nV Mnn' nro missing. ream, es aro floating down iii- n!!"' aTJ11yettR. i Vui,,ed 0,,t " Many 'B'ASPAro Missing. UPaVp Pr,M U C0M DX Tim.., vC"wn stree?n,, 'f We8t end of tho lah was i , rldg0 ove" tho Wa- P0d thnf Bh?d 0Ut' " 8 ro- ? tchinll iarge nunber who Isr. a,cl"nB tho flood are miss- SHOW APPEALS Toil AID. OF LIFE IS LESS COLUMBUS is ALSO FLOODED tHy AmoiIiiIkI hni to Too III, Times.) COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25. Governor Cox has ordered tho Na tional Guard to patrol tho flooded districts of tho city. Tho' flood con dition snro said to bo the worst in tho history of Columbus. Bridges connecting tho west uldo with eastern portion of Columbus woro Bwcpt away todny. Dozeim of bridges guve out. Hundreds of men nre mnrooncd In fnctorleu on tho west side. THRU STREETS Hr AmocImhI Vtrtt lo Cooi llnjr TlniM,) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 25. The llttlo Mluml Itlver broke through the levee at Dayton. The report stated that the waters aro rushing through tho streets of Dayton llkn a mill race carrying de struction in its wnke. Hundreds of homcB were wnsbed nwny, only tho strongest buildings being able to withstand tho tldo. lttil'OItT ill IHtOWXKI). Mayor Iamin and '-( C'ltleiiH of Deln wait), Ohio, Lost. llr Auotltlxl I'it. o Coot ll.jf Tlmra, COLUMI1US, Ohio, Mnrrli 2R. An appeal for help received from Doln wnre, reported that bcsldo Mnyor I), V. Lend, twenty citizens were drown ed. Efforts to got detnlls are ham pored by crippled wires. cixiuimmsT- i.v omo. DowiilMiui' of Water Woods Part of Cliiclnnatl. Pr AiwltM l'rri to Cooi Pr Tlrnn, CINCINNATI. March 20 A cloud burst hero today caused tho Ohio river to rise, flooding the lower sections of tho city. HAD I.V SPItl.VCKIKLD. Many Kaetorlc.s Closed as Itcsult of High Water. Ill AwocUleJ I'm. lo Cooi llajr Tlmra SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 2C. This city Is In tho midst of tho worst flood In its history. Doth Hack croolt and Mnd river hnvo broken over their banks and tho lowlands nro all under water. Sev eral hundred houses In tho castorn section of tho city aro flooded. Many factories aro closed. TWELVE LOST AT nr AuofUlf J l'ra to Cooa Par Timet.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 25. Twolvo persons aro known to havo been drowned and others may have beon lost in a flood that is sweeping Dolawnro, twenty-five miles from Co lumbus, today. DENIED IX CHICAfiO taiaa n oD "! P)IV 'nl CHICAGO, March 25. Chi cago is In communication direct ly with Dayton by one wire. No loss of lifo is reported. Reports from Indiana aiid Ohio in dlcato no great loss of life. The flood waters nro un precendently high in both states and great financial loss will re sult. HITS SUXDAY PAPERS. Magazine Sections to He Classed ns Magazine Freight. Dy AtaoUate-4 I'rraa to Cooa Bay Tlmea.) WASHINGTON, March 25. Tho magazine sections of Sunday newspa pers shall bo carried on railroads at tho magazine freight rato and not at tho newspaper rate, according to a ruling of tho interstate commerce commerce commission. .iTTKVn lllfi HALL at HAZEL- TON'S IIAMi on SOUTH IXLET next SATURDAY nlgnt. uoou noor, good music, good time. ALL CO.ME. WATERS DELAWARE Between Twenty Five anil Thirty Reported to Have Been Killed at Makanda, III., and Leslie, Ark. tnr AmocIUM Prtae lo Coot Bar TlmM.J CAIRO, 111., March 20. A tor nado struck Maknndn, 111., last night. Twelve aro reported klucd nnd many injured. REPORT 13 DEAD. Illinois Town 100 Miles .South nf St. IiuIh Wrecked. ST. LOUIS, March 20. Fifteen are reported killed by a tornado nt Makanda, III., luO miles south of here, Inst night. LARGE NUMBER tllr AuoclatM Pra to Cooa Hay Tlmaa.) LIMA, Ohio, March 20. Ton miles of railroad trains aro stalled by washouts between Llmu and Lafayctto. tllf Auorlaltil I'rraa to mot TU, Tlmat.1 KOKOMO, Intl., .Mnrcn 20. The southern part of this city Is flood ed. Tho electric plant has failed nnd tho use of the militia has been authorized. tllr Auorlaln Prrti lo Coot Ilajr Tlmn.) MARION. Ind.. Mnrch 25. Tho levee has broken. Five hundred had to flee for tholr lives. (Mr Aiiorlalad ftrta lo Cooa Day Tlmra.) ELWOOD. Intl.. March 25. Three hundred aro homeless here ns n result of tho flood. (njr AaaorlalM I'ma to Coot Ila, Tlmnt; Sf. LOUIS, March 20. Ono was drowned and liiiiny families had to fleo from tho western part of tho city, owing to a rise In tho river Des Tores. EARLY REPORTS L Tho following is tho first report received nbout tho Dayton flood, which Inter advices from in and near Dayton indicato Is not nearly ns grent a disaster as was Intlmnted it would be: Illy AiixUtr4 I'rxaa to Cooa nay Tlmra.) IXDIAXAPOLiS, March 25. THE WESTERX UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE RECEIVED AT 11 O' CLOCK A REPORT THAT 1H00 PERSOXS HAVE IIEEN DROWXED IN A KliOOD AT DAYTON, OHIO, FIOOD CONDITIONS PREVAIL IX MAXY FLACKS IX OHIO AXD IT 3S FEARED THAT THERE HAS REEX COXSIDERARIiE LOSS OF LIFE. RATTLE IN MEXICO. Desperate Fighting Near 1'arnio Is Reported. Uy AaioclateJ I'rraa to Cooa Day Timet.) EL PASO. March 25. Desperate fighting In tho streets of Santa Bar bara, a suburb of Pnrrno, Chihuahua, has beon on since early yesterday morning. Tho Constutlonallsts aro dofending tho town against tho at tack of tho federals. TOWNS DEFENCES OF ADRIANOPLE FALL Bulgarians Report Capture of First Lines Around Be leagured City Progress iny Aaaoctated Treaa to toot Hay Tlmea.) SOFIA, March 25. Bulgarian besiegers today captured the flrst lino of defenses around tho Turk ish fortress of Adrlanoplo after a bombardment lasting several hours. STOP HOMRARDMEXT. Sen la Halts Attack on Fortress of Scutari. lily Auoclatel I'rrtt to Cooa Day Timet.) BELGRADE, March 25. Tho bombardment of Scutari Is under stood to havo stopped on orders from tho Servian government. HALKAX ALLIES COXCEDE. Accept Terms of Powers About Bul garia In Peace Medlnitiou. lUy Aaaoclate4 freae to Cooa Day Tlmra.) COLOGNE, March 25. Reply of the Balkan allies to tho powers on ARKANHAK TOWN HIT. Eight or Ten Killed ut Lcsllo by Tornado IjOHt Night. tUr Aatoeltlfe Vma to Coot Ma, Tlmm.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 25. A messaga from Leslie, Arkan sas, CO miles north of Llttlo Rock, says a tornado last night killed eight or ten. OXE IS KILLED. Mttny Houses at Clnrksvllle, Ark., Destroyed by Storm. Hjr Anoclatad i'rru lo Cooa liar Tlmaa.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 20. A tornado nt Clnrksvllle, Ark., killed Miss Ida Urazcll and blow down many liouses T OFF RESCUERS Ry AnocUtM Treat to Coot Day Timet.) COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25. Adjutant General Wood haB receiv ed Informntlon from Dayton that tho flood tins submerged n large pnrt of tho city. An nppcnl Is mado for help. Touts and hospital sup plies aro being prepared for a spe cial train. Appeals for help also camo from Larue, Marlon county, which Is practically Inundated, Tho railroads havo cancollel nil trnlns to Dnyton. It Is impossible to reach the city owing to flood conditions. Efforts to reach Dny ton from Richmond, Intl., by nutos, luterurbiin or train woro futile. The washing out of soveral bridges across the Scioto river In and near Columbus caused tho sus pension of railroad traffic out of that city today. Tho west Bide of the levee has overflowed a largo portion of tho western part- of the city and hun dreds were driven from their homes. Y T Tho Times has recolvcd ninny in quiries today from Coos Bay people, who hnvo relntlves In tho storm stricken sections of tho Middlo West, Few hnvo been able to secure any direct news, other than came In tho press reports, J. N. Burko of Fomdnlo formerly lived In Omaha and relatives there. Mrs. J. H. Mills has a numb or of relntlves nt Galesburg, 111., nnd wns alarmed by tho reports of tho el clone there. Mrs. D; C. Greono'H rolutlves ro sldo near Indianapolis. Mrs. A. E. Adolsporgor, Miss Daisy Dean Rush and Mrs. Claybaiigh of South Marshfleld havo relatives at South Bend, Ind. Dr. A, L. Ilouseworth Is waiting for news from couslnu and other relntlves In Omaha. L. K. Dalllngor's parents rcsldo In Lincoln, Nebraska, and ho was much concorned until dellnlto news came that it was out of tho storm bolt. Mrs. J. M. Knox and children, who left Marsbflold some tlmo stneo, returned to Dayton, Ohio, tholr for mer home, and friends here will wait anxiously for-news. A, II. Stutsman was born In Day ton, Ohio, and has many friends In that city. Dorsoy Kreltzor'e parents and his slstor resido In Dayton, Ohio, where no was raised tho suggested mediation proposes that tho luturo frontier between Turkoy and Bulgaria shall run from Media on the Black Sea by way of Muradll, above Rodosto to the Gulf of Sarcons, nn Inlot of the Aegean sea. In this way, Bulgaria will bo excluded from the sea of Marmora, in accordance with the deslro of me powers. REPLY OF MOXTEXKflRO. Concedes to Austria's Demand Rut Will Apjieal to Powers. (Dy Aaaoclated i'rraa to Cooa Day Tlmra.) CETTINGB, March 25. Tho Montenegrin government, In reply ing to the Austro-liungariau note agieed today to permit tho civil ian population of Scutari to leavo tho city. This wns the most radi cal of Austria's demands. At the same time, Montenegro Informed Austria government that the Mon tenegrin government has addressed a note to tho powers protesting against Austria's action which it calls u breach of neutrality. IN A TO MISERY THIRTY-ONE OIE IN ONE HALL Illy A.norl.lM t'rrat to foot Hay Tlmra ) OMAHA, March 20. Sixteen ad ditional bodies were recovered from Idlewlld Hall today, making a to tal recovered thcro 31. Tho build ing burned, following the storm. IS FLOOD SWEPT f Sir Aaaorlalri Trraa to Cook Day Tlmra.) INDIANAPOLIS. Intl., Mnrch 25. Fifteen hundred families In In dianapolis were forced to leave their homes nt noun today by the high wa ter cnusod by tho Incessant rntns. Whlto Rivor, Eaglo Creek and Pleas ant Run are rUIng six Inches per hour. Only ono lnterurhan line Is operating, and trafllu on steam roads Ik at a standstill. Tho water company warned Its patrons to draw an emergency supply as tho company expected to bo out of business before night by the Hood. Tho plant of tho Indianapolis Gns Company Is undor water. Tho leveo nlong White River In Brond Ripple, a suburb of Indianap olis, wont ont Into today, driving 1100 more families from their homes. Flood conditions throughout tho state aro tho worst in thirty years, and It Is cstlmata (hat more than 5,000 families were forced to leavo their homes. So far, four deaths by drowning nro reported. PERU IS HARD HIT. Properly Iiss Over WOO.OOO Ii gansMirt Also Flooded. Illy AaaorlatCNl I'rraa to Cooa Hay Tlmra, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Mnrch 25. The Hood Iosr In Peru Is half a million dollars and the water In somo places Is twelve feet. Tho buslneess district nnd south nnd west sides of Lognnsport nro un der wnter. Soveral bridges nro out. (lly Auoc Iatt4 I'rraa to Cooa Day Tlmra.) AKRON, March 25. The big Btato reservoir south of Akron has broken and tho waters aro pour ing Into Long Lake. If its banks burst Akron's business section will bo flooded. The dam north or the city has broken. Horsomen rodo through the valloy warning hundreds who fled to high ground. L IN CITY JAIL Yesterday wiu a bad day f' i a number of 'oggers nt Coaledo. They came to town on tho noon train, und a fow hours later three of them landed in the city Jail. Fred Elssolo and Herb Davis started a llttlo game of "chuck luck" on tho water front. Marshal Cartel spied them putting up tho "ante" and arrested them for gambling. There was fifty cents lu the "kitty" which ho took with the dice to use as evidence. A llttlo lator another Conledo icggot bumped into two women on tho sldownlk. Ho was protty nadly Intoxicated and when Marshal Car tor suggested that If ho did not go to his room and bohave, he would havo to take liliu to Jail, "No hlankety-blank man in Marsbflold can put me In Jail," re torted tho logger. Ho was a great, big chap and wlfon bo put up his list, Marshal Cartor grabbed his billy and landed on his Jaw. It looked as though thcro might bo a rough and tumble, but Patrol man Levi Smith came along and took ono arm and Marshal Carte the other and tho logger went to Jail. Ho gave his name as Jack Kuko. Nl BID RESERVOIR BURSTS TODAY LAND IN OMAHA TODAY Final Figures Show That Over 200 Were Killed by Cy clone in Omaha Alone. WIRES DOWN AND DETAILS UNOBTAINABLE Thirty-One Bodies Taken from Ruins of Idlewild Hall Following Fire. OMAHA LOSS. I (By Associated Press.) OMAHA. March 25. Tho Commercial Club Issued tho following statement: Mouses totally destroyed and uninhabitable, M2. Partially destroyed, 1.02T. Peoplo homeless, 2179. People entirely destito, I, 2C2. lllr AaaorlalH I'rraa lo Cooa Ila Tlmrj.) OMAHA, March 25. Shivering with cold, scores of men, women and children todny struggled in tho snow to reacuo the dead and in jured bodies of rolntlvcs nntt friends who lay burled beneath the wreckage of homes and buildings, crumbled In Sunday s tornado which killed more tlmn 200 per sons In Omaha alone. The snow storm which seriously hampoied tho rescue work began Hi.ortly after midnight and contin ued until more tlinn threu Inches covered the dobrls early this morn lug In the strlcken district. Fedoral and stato soldlors partic ipated In the search and rejcu work. City olllclalB worked In tn devastated district distributing food nnd clothing to the sufferers. Mora than $00,000 has already been sub scribed for their relief. Injured nt tho hospitals aro re ceiving tho best of attention. Tho snow storm, which accord ing to reports Is prevailing from Colorado to Central Iowa hns ser iously Interfered with tho slender threat! of telegraphic communica tion which yesterday afternoon waa established with Omnhn. Llttlo In formation can be had from tho de vastated sections of .Nebraska ant Iowa. Today all of Omaha rallied to tho nsslBtnnce tif the victims. Tho hos pitals aro filled. Churches, frater nal orders and public Institutions opened tholr doors nnd city omclala and hundreds of citizens nro holp Ing to relievo the nurforlng nnd Hcores of homes woro opened tc homeless and Injured. Governor Moroliead notified May or Dahlman thnt ho should bend a special messngo to tho stnto loglu laturo asking n appropriation suf ficient to tnko euro of tho homoloss throughout tho state. Public sub scriptions nro being InKen at var ious nowspnpor offices. RALSTON IS WRECKED. Owi- 200 People In Nebraska Town Rendered Homeless by Cyclone, (lly Aaaorlatfrt I'rraa to Cooa Hay Tlmaa.) OMAHA, March 20. Two hund red people nt Ralston aro homoloaa and tho town almost completely wrecked. Mnyor C. M. Skinner hnH Issued nn urgont appeal for cloth ing nnd food. TOWN IS WRECKED. Ten Killed and 7ft Injured by Cy- clonn at Rerlln, Neb. Dy Aaaoclale4 I'rrci lo Coot Da, Timet.) OMAHA, Mnrch 25. But two buildings in Berlin, Nebraska, aro Intact. T..o dead number ten and the injured 75. WRESTLER BREAKS SHOULDER. Jack Gllnor tins boon relogated to the background as a wrestlor by his elongated partnor, Frank Gil bert. Jnck has somo pretouslons in tills sport, and has mots several good men on tho mat, but now concedes thnt ho Is nmong the hnsbeens. While working out at tho skating rink on Tuesday, Mr. Gilbert bolng his playinato on tho rug, Jack waa thrown with such force as to dls locnto his right- shoulder.- -Coqulllo Sentlnol. AID HALL TEAM. Ono of tho merriest affairs which has been given In "Dreamland," tho dance hall In Dinger Hermann block, was tho St. Patrick's Masquerade, for tho benefit of tho Myrtlo Point Bears, this city's 1013 ball team last Saturday ovonlng. Myrtlo Point En terprise. BASEBALL AT COQUILLE. At Tuesdny's basebairmeotlng, at tended by nbout twenty-five enthu siasts, J. E. Norton wns elected prosldont, Lew A. Catoa secretary and Chas, Evlnnd treasurer. Theso olllcors also form an oxecutlvo board tho duties of which shall bo to so lect a manager, look after finances and conduct nil tho business nffalrB of tho association. At tho closo of the season any fundB remaining in tho treasury will bo divided equally among tho players forming tho teal Coqulllo Sontlnel.