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DOLLAR ISNT SO HARD TO GfT SS Jj ANYONE IN ORDER TO GET !T 01003 inci' articles I "on tn vni it time. D A siiml I ml In 'I' lie Times unlit column limy bring 3 on results mi mediately. Try one. iKau i-toa tie I)0st f "I tllllHIBll ''''"""4 U""t ul '"""" lN ""'"" T"y , ri'MillH. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRES .acajKrajA'ira.gi.-iry.c.a: I ..uvwi Estnuusiicu in 10m IVOL. XXXV 1. 4S Tl0 Coast Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. 4 Consolidation of Times, Const Mull and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 214- flOUSANDS DIE IN THE MAD RUSH OF SWIRLING WATERS; rLAMtb AUU 1 U THJi AWFUL HORRORS OF DAYTON DISASTER 1 Hi T TO DESTROY EOF The Times Will Receive ! Contributions for Flood Sufferers (By Associated Press,) miiimriis. Ohio, March 26, Governor Cox received j r... nnutnn M 0'A7 ihls fifiprnnnn llml ilio pnllm Rvora wuiii uujwy , - .r"w;"r,w" . , i V; business section is on uru unu mo. iuuiucuiuiis meuiai u vill be destroyed, reopie were lupuneu to ue jumping Pill TOO! 10 IUUI Ul UUIIUIIIgO, IU COOyu IIIG IIUIIIUO, oy rtssociaieu rruss,; 'PHnMFTON. (via Chicago) March 26, A bad fire has Ibroken out in the central part of Dayton's business district and the area tmeaieneci is in uiu miusi ui me noou dis trict. The fire is reported to have started from the explo- ISlOn 01 an Oil UUIK. uuiiiumuig uuiiuiuua ui kcuiuiio emu which bumped into a submerged building near Fourth and IJefferson streets, E Direct communication with an independent teiopnone company at Dayton was established for a few minutes this. afternoon and then broke, .,..,. An operator named Davis reported tngiutui conditions, water running through the streets to the second and third stories and bodies of human beings and dead animals passing by, The building in the rear of the Homo telephono office. from which the information came, had just caught fire and the Beckel House, nearbv, was burning, Refugees were jumping from house to escape the flames, The fire was approaching the Home Telephone office from which tho op erator was talking, Communication finally ceased and it is believed that the operator had to flee for his life, (By Associated Press,; DUnMTTml I... T.ll,.,, 4ft PMftorrft Mni-ftN OC Telephone reports from Dayton late this afternoon said no explosions had occurred, Tho operator at Dayton, how ever said that there was a fire a block or two away, but that he did not wish to talk about it over the telephone for fear that the telephone girls who were marooned in the same building would be thrown into a panic, (by Associated Press,; WOLF CRFFK. Ohio. Mnrnh 26. (Two miles west of Davton) According in rannrts that have reached here, at hast 1000 persons lost tholr lives in Dayton, Most of the victims are residents of North Dayton and were caught without warning, The city in some places today is under fifteen feet of water, WOLFE CRFFK. Ohio. Mnrnh 26. "Thnrn has been an explosion in the middle of Dayton and the town is on fire. ne loss of life has been increased, People are burning P- We have no way to get to them or the fire, either, T II E Brent nnd overwhelming disaster that lira befallen the people of the Mlddlo West must touch nil hearts. Tho Im mciiBity of tho misfortune grows greater with each fresh report, un til It has become, as President Wil son states In his anneal for nld, "n nntlonnl calamity." Tho gonor oiis peoplo of this favored section nro always quick to respond to any call for nld that comes from those In distress and Tho Times feels certain that President Wilson's ap peal will not go unheeded. Until such time us a local rollef association Is organized or ol'.'cr definite movement Is in a do to tnko action In tho matter, Tho Times will recelvo contributions, mako acknowl edgement nnd turn same over to tho propor authorities. Owing to the grcnt dlstanco the only contri butions nvallablo will bo ensh offerings. president asks COUNTRY FOR All). (By Associated Pros,.) WASHINGTON', March UO. ProJdont WlNon issued to tiny the following appeal to the nation to help flood mif feicis lu Ohio and Indiana: "The terrible floods In Ohio and Indiana Iiac assumed the projKirtloim of u national ca lamity. The loss or life and Infinite suITeriiig involved arc such un to prompt me to issuo mi earnest call to nil to nld In hmvutvr small a way nnd to assist tho laborers of the Am rrlcnn Iteil Cross. Send contri butions nt once, to the Itcd Cross nt Washington or to the local treasurers of the society. Wo should make tills n com mon cause. The needs of those upon which tills sudden nnd overwhelming disaster has coiiiu should quicken every one capable of sympathy nnd coin ImissIoii to give Immediate aid to those ulio nro laboring to rescue nnd relloc. "WOODROW W1LSO.V." BETWEEN 210 AND 12.000 DROWNED IN EASTERN STATES (By Associated Press,) CHICAGO, March 26, Definite figures on the loss of life in the great floods that swept Ohio and Indiana are not available, but the latest estimates based on reports from the scenes of disaster or from nearby points did not diminish the earlier estimate of a minimum of practically 1300. It k mnrp limn liknlv ilmf snnrnc ntul ouon linn- Idreds of persons are not counted in the estimates that per ished in the country districts, I lie figures available early this afternoon are as follows! n ' s s 2000 MAY HE LOST IN DAYTON mfiSSflPn pninn frnm flip Wp.ctprn llnlnn nnRTfltnr this afternoon, . All but two railroad bridges leading into Dayton have wen Washed away, mu Aiwruus, Ind,, March 26, A further , message fOm WO IR flmpk Qnvc "F,;or hnur rr sn PYnlnsinns nnmir J Dayton due to fires, T!ie condition is simply frightful and indescribable," AYT0N HORROR IS GROWING WORSE AS THE AFTERNOON ADVANCES miliums (By Associated Press,) CO MR Q nuift irti . 1 oc- c,n Uft tnnA n rnUi buildings in Third street, Dayton, between Main and Jef ler?n The fire is burning South. n re has started in a row of buildings in Third street, uayton, between Main and lefferson, The fire is burning rear is expressed that the wholesale liquor district would Fnr iUn .i. . V ii i il. n i i. vi in tii km tiicit i turn ctKOM ic iiino cinn inp i .11111 !Sinti?rrV8nes itis thought that the flames could be ! ThAr .th.ey spread t0 0th6r sections of Dayton. RpI fJ" lI5 Wlimn a D'OCK ot tne teiepnone exenange mv HMonLe Co') from which John Be" has for than,2i cnnHit: V" "umiue worm i iiornieu us uc&i no uuuiw ui conditions in Dayton, fidd H, W' Hanley telephoned from Dayton to a Spring gu newspaper that while impossible to estimate the num- EtthW he is of the opinion that not more than 3000 Wlr, lives, Oavtnn 5 cl?ck Gvernor Cox received a message from CrJ jjaylng that the Fourth National Bank building had Coo nf Times. Aur lcl. (vla T'ebanon) Jlarch foK Cov. nurb". represont W X Co ana J. H. Pat M0fk.'8rwd ?f th0 ,ocal relief Slllf- m hJJl noon that tho loss 80111 llarMWSen 500 a"l 1000, - . uowever, that tho estimates were based on conject ure. Danger from fire seemed to have disappeared at noon. Tho flood still presents a barrier that pre- vents uoatBrencplAS"a'X,niS5S- (Continued on Paco Two.) River Four Miles Wide with Water Up to Second Story of Large buildings Worst Disaster Since Galveston Tidal Wave. (Dr AuotUlfel Prru to Cooa llr Timet. COMJMI1US. Ohio, March 2C Oovcrnor Cox this afternoon received tho following telegram from his sec retary, who went to Dayton last night "Deaths may run as nigh as 2000. Probablo loss Is $10,000,000. Rlvor Is four miles wide. Cannot get any where toward the center of the city. Water up to second story of Phillips houso. Worst calamity In country since Galveston." That great disorder prevails In Dayton Is tho Information conveyed to tho governor by bla secretary, when ho told tho governor that tho demand for troops Is Imperative. Xml Drinking Water. Governor Cox received a messago by telephone from Dayton, from a tolephon- operator, in which It was stated that 200 bodies had been found. Tho bodies found wore in somo Instances a mllo from tho riv er on Wayno avenue. Governor Cox established communication with a re lief committee nt Dayton and was told that tho greatest need of tho flood sufTerors was drinking wator. Governor Cox was told that thero was no loss of llfo at Sidney. I'lro Clilef iost. Secretary Burba said that Frank DAYTOX .MAIII.VK I.VKKIt.NO. (Uy Associated Press) DAYTON, Ohio, March 2C No ono enn picture tho sicken ing situation. Last night Day ton was marlno inferno. Fires lighted the sky, illuminating the rushing wnters and tho bwIbIi of tho rnln and swirl of tho cur rents sounded a sybalaut requi em for unknown nnd uncounted dead. Dayton 1000 to 2000 Delaware 50 to 100 Sidney 25 to 50 Tippecanoe .. 3 Total Ohio--J 890 to 2750 New Castle. 3 Indianapolis .. 100 to 200 Scattering ... 3 to 25 Grand Total.2020 to 12,870 Pioua Mlddlfltown . Hamilton ... Scattering .. Peru Lafayette Noblesville ... Indiana 130 to 50 to 50 to 50 to 30 to 540 100 12 200 40 2 2 282 lllr AuotlilM tti to rwH my Tlraw. DAYTON, (via Lobnnon. O.) March' 20. Dayton Is devas tated. No one can oven esti mate tho number of victims. Deneath tho yellow sea that Is seething through tho city may sleep ten thousand or may hap the death list may not ex ceed one thousand. Rambo, chief of tho lire department at Dayton, was bollevcd to be drown ed and that Adjutant Goneral Wood was marooned and cannot act. The Dayton police are unnblo to copo with tho situation, Tho governor, upon receipt of tho mesngo, requested tho Associated Press to notify mayors of all cities and towns surrounding Dayton, who could -reach that point, to mako haBto with boats, as tho buildings were burning up with peo ple in mem OMAHA BUSINESS IN TRY TO SUCCOR STORM VICTIMS Dr AuotUteJ rrn lo Cooe IU Time. OMAHA, Nebr., March 2C, Bury ing the dead and work of reconstruc tion occupied tho people of Omaha tqday, Funerals wore held In all parts of the city during the night and early today, the work of rescue con tinued, nut few bodies were re covered. Tho authorities are tak ing steps to uncover nil wreckage at once, Plans for rebuilding the stricken district are being worked out by n big company of Omaha business men. Martial law Is still In force In the stricken district. Tho health au thorities aro actively engaged In bringing about sanitary conditions. Another period of unseasonable cold followed yesterday's snow storm and Increased today tho al ready long list of sufferers from the storm. Vehicles of all kinds were commandeered to carry re lief to the storm victims, fuel be ing most In demanu. Among tho victims of the Omaha storm were: Dead William Fisher, Mabel Mc Brlde, Nels Larsen. G. F. Copley,, Walter Peterson, Sam Denegler, P, B. Harris, Mary Harris, T. B. Norrls, Benjamin Barnes, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs. B. F. Fitzgerald, Jean B, Brooks, Henry Bleauvert, A. B. Stanley, Bert H, Fields, Infant son of Morris Chrlstlansoif, Mrs. E. A. Sawyer, Mrs. J, D. Hogg, Ferguson, Bach, Mrs. Holm and baby, Barnes, C. B. Welson, Henrietta Grlob, Helen Nowus, Cliff Daniels, mall carrier, Mrs. Cliff Daniels and two daugh ters, Mrs. R. R. Van Dovan, Mrs. Ada Nowman, Miss Freda Hultlng, Mrs. Davis, Baby Tholma, Sam Riley, Roxle, Miss Corall I.orrls, Mrs. Mrs, B. Davis, C. F. Coploy, Jlmpson, Miss Heine and sister, J. B. Nichols, Peck. Dead at Council Bluffs Mrs. Wil liam Poole, J. R. Rico, Mrs. J. R. Rice, Mr. Schools and wife, Baby Norgaard, Benjamin Bennlngboff, Dutch Hollow. Dead at Ralston H. E. Said. Mrs. 11. E. Said, Mary Marian, Mrs. Edith Kimball, Winnipeg, Can,, Frances Kimball, two years old. Known seriously Injured In Oma ha W. D. Crutohers, Isabel Doylo, Kenneth Patterson, Anson II, Big elow, chest crushed, CecclUa Big elow, Internally Injured, Frnnk Guy, Waterloo, Neb,, Mrs, Frank Guy, William Schultz, Elkhorn, Neb., Frank Bell, Elkhorn, Neb., Mrs, Cora Curtlss, Lawrence O'Connor, hurt in ternally, Clarence Cady, dangerous ly, may die, George Anderson, may The estimates of the property loss is fifty million dollars or more, Factories, farms, homes and railroads were de stroyed throughout the affected territory, Bridges were wrecked at hundreds of points between the Illinois and Pennsylvania state lines and livestock in hundreds of thous ands were lost in the deluge, In addition perhaps one million persons were thrown out of employment while the loss to business cannot be fig ured, Cities all through Indiana and Ohio, including Indianao- olis are isolated, Roadways are flooded and railroads are washed out so that train service has been abandoned on many lines, Plans for the relief of the sufferers have been put under way in various places and by various societies, The condition of the survivors in many towns in tho del uged districts is pitiable, it is reported, Late reports in dicate that the worst is over' so far as the flood is concern ed, The crest has passed and a recession of waters is no ted in several places, Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad says the flood dam age in Indianapolis will amount to twenty-five millions of dollars to the railroads alone, WiWei'ik 300 WO AT ) Flood Inundates All Except One Block of City No Bodies Recovered. III? AiocIatl I'm, lo Cooi liar Time.) SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 2C An official report reclved by Mayor Gootz of South Bond this morning was that U00 pcoplo woro drowned at Peru, Ind,, that no bodies had boon recovered and that thero was less than ono block of tho entire city thnt was not under tho water. Tho mayor has received word from a rellof party sent to Peru that only two foot of tho uppor portions of tho houses In tho sub merged districts could bo scon. Twolyo bodies woro recovered from a slnglo houso In tho southern part of Peru. This Is taken to Indicate, that tho loss of llfo in that section of the city is great, Tho court houso and factory buildings aro crowdod with refugees. Mayor Goeta rocelved n messago from tho rollef party at Peru, saying at loast 300 woro drowned. In tho belief that 16,000 poople of Peru are hungry, another tralnload of provi sions was started this afternoon with 11,000 loaves of bread In tho ship ment. Thousands KiiUVring. At Peru, 5,000 aro camped with out shelter. In a park on the hill. Tho court house Is crowded with 1, 000 survivors, the hospitals with 1, 000 and 3,000 children aro Impris oned in school houses. No fires nre allowed to bo lighted nnd thero Is great suffering from cold dampness, Tho bravery of Edward Mack, n flshorinan, Is credited with saving GQ0 lives. Ho ran through tho darkened streets warning tho unsus pecting Inhabitants. A third relief train is boing pre pared hero to go to Peru. Two hun dred twenty-flvo aro Injured and suf orlng at Peru, and will bo taken to Plymouth, Ind. Cots to establish hospitals at Plymouth were sent from here. tnr AMorle. I'tfM to Cooa It.jr Tlmee.J CHICAGO. March 2C. Ilotwooti one thousand and six thousand per sons perished yesterday ami last night In a storm which swept over Ohio nnd Indlnnn. With towns: flooded by swiftly rushing torrents, which boats could not stem, and with Inky dnrkuess owing to tho prostra tion of lighting servlco, nnd with wire communication almost prostrat ed, no estimate, oven approaching accurucy, was possible, during tho night. Dayton, Ohio, was tho worst suf ferer. Horo it Is estimated to run from considerable less than 100O lost to 5000. Peru, Ind., comes next with un ostlmnto that ranges from less thun 100 to over COO . Besides theso Inuumerablo cities, towns nnd villages havo boon flood swept and In many of these tho doath toll Is known to run as high as 20. From Columbus west and south west, clear across western Ohio nud through central Indiana, horo and thero in Illinois and In a fow In stances states across tho Mississippi Rlvor, rlvor after rlvor and creek af tor creok has brokon over Its banks and spread out into tho lake. Ohio and Indiana aro, In fact, said to bo almost ono vast sea, so numer ous aro tho swollen streams. Tho cities and towns where tho conditions nro tho most serious in clude: Dayton, Hamilton, Piqua, Lafayette, Frankfort, Indianapolis, Fort Wayno, Lebanon, Terro Haute, Connorsvllle, Anderson, Noblesvlllo, Elwood, Shelbyvllle, Columbus, Middlotown, Cincinnati, Zanesville, Now Castle, Kokomo, Poru, Marlon, Richmond, Munclo, Petersburg, Tipton, Hartford City, Bloomington, Logansport. Estimates of tho damago aro placed at not loss than $50,000,000 ,-Tho weathor bureau last night tjavo no encouragoment for prosont relief of weathor conditions. Throughout tho night strouuouB efforts nt rellof work wero In opera tion. Governor Cox of Ohio had ordered out tho ontlro state milltln to aid In tho work of rescue In tho various cities and oftlclal appeals for holp woro sont to neighboring statos. Preparations are boing mado to se cure quick action by the state legls. XyXTU-U-W UVTlf "niM " he- (Cpntlnued on Page Two,) M