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MORNlSGr OKEGOMAN. BA1UKUAJC, MARCll 1U13. m0 - 7 i " 1 TENSION RELIEVED BY LATEST HEWS FLOOD AND STORM DAMAGE IN INDIANA SHOWN IN PICTURES, Portland Relatives of Those in Stricken Area Take New Hope. MANY ARE STILL WORRIED - - - i i - I? Few Art Able to Get Direct Mes sages From Kinsfolk or Friends aind Scan Xews Reports Sirs. Wonder Starts for Ohio. Receipt of the glad news yesterday that the fatalities In tha flooded dis tricts of Ohio and Indiana were not nearly so heaTy as at first reported brought much mental relief to those Portland persons who have friends and relatives In the affected areas. While few have been able to get ln- formation direct from relatives they are going? somewhat on the theory that . "no news is Rood news." However, they are eagerly scanning the news bulletins for the names of those In whom they are most interested. Some persons with kin in Dayton. Zanesville. Indianapolis or other cities reported Inundated have been telegraphing- to Cincinnati. Columbus. Sprinefield and other nearby points in the hope of gettlnc Information in this ' Indirect manner. These inquiries have been no more fruitful than have the messages to the flood centers them selves. Mrs. F. Q. Wonder, of Sellwood. who his a son in Dayton, is planning to leave Portland, tomorrow for that city. She is greatly worried over his prob ' able fate, as well as that of other rela- : tives there. Zaaeavllle Folk Here. A. Speer. of 132 East Thirty-ninth street. Is a former resident of Zanes- ville. and has many relatives in that ' cltv. He is well acquainted with the surrounding territory and with all the districts reported now to be Xlootlt'l. Other residents of Portland, who for merely lived in Zanesville. include George tV. Kennedy, of 678 Clackamas ' street. Charles Mott. who lives in Sun nyslde. and Francis Varner, of 170 East . Thirty-first street. Mrs. Gertrude L. Stone, of Vancou ver. Wash., has been seeking Informa tion about Mrs. Elizabeth Dodds Elliott and family and Mrs. Richina Curphey and family, all of whom live in Iayton. C. B. Coffman. of Hood Rlvsr. has two brothers in Dayton. Mrs. J. w. Polnce. with the Olds, W'ortman 4 King store, has several relatives in Dayton. They are D. W. Poince and W. S. Polnce, brothers of her husband and Clayton Furnas, a nephew. Mrs. F. G. Wonder, of Leo avenue, has a son. Dr. J. B. Wonder, in Dayton. She has heard nothing from him since ' the flood. He lived at 717 West Third street. In the affected district. Terr Haste Folk Worried. Mrs. Mary Cole, of 124 South Six teenth street, has the following rela tives in the stricken states: Mrs. Julia Johnson. 2S South Ninth street. Terre . Haute, lnd.. her mother: W. B. Ladry, 1521 South Twelfth street. Terre Haute, ' lnd.. her father: Mrs. Alice Frlck and . family. 214 Springfield street. Dayton, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Drew. Irving and Surlnafield streets. Dayton. decree O. Hewitt, of 400 East Thir tieth street, is seeking Information con . -ernlng C. R. Hewitt and family, of 9 West Long street, commons. J. Walter Slifer. of 147 Thirteenth street, has a sister. Mrs. Fred Weber, at 254 North Capital avenue, Indian apolis. Mrs. L. B. Cahlll. of Seventy-eighth itr.fl and Foster road. Is a former res. Ident of Dayton and has many relatives In that city. Mrs. McEllinrott and Miss Helen Mc Kllingott. of 17 St. Clair street, are former residents of Columbus. ana ' have relatives there now from whom they have not heard. Ohio People Seek News. G. M. Lowman. at the Imperial Hotel. Is an ex-resident of Dayton. Members : of his family still live there. R. L. McKarland, of Sherman. Clay " Company, has relatives In Columbus. Both he and Mrs. McFarland formerly - lived there. Miss Marie Rustln. who Is visiting with Dr. John H. Boyd and wife, at til Montgomery Drive, has an aunt and a brother in Omaha, from neither of whom she has heard since the recent tornado, but as their names are not In the death lists she Is confident that thev are safe. A. W. Miller, curator of the perma nent eshlbit at the Chamber of Com merce, ia a former resident of Massil- lon. O.. where five persons lost their . lives on Thursday. He baa a sister and other relatives there. Walter F. Gergn. a member of The Oresonian local staff, is a former rcsl ' dent of Columbus and has relatives - there. He is well acquainted there and ; furnishes the following description of the conditions that caused the ilooos ' there: "Just north of Columbus the Scioto River Joins with the Olentangy and : makes a broad sweep to toe eastward It is the basin thus left on the west ' ide of the river that is affected by the -disaster. It contains approximately "' one-fourth of the built-up section of ' the city. and is largely given over to -- industrial plants and the poorer homes. - The remainder of the city is on higher - ground against which the river swings its current, and is not endangered. l.at Serlras Floed tm 1SS4. "No serious flood has occurred In 1 the river since 1S84. when the low cround was inundated to the depth of several feet, but there was no loss of life. la addition to the local suffering, flhe overflow of the Scioto will have a verious effect upon the suffering tlis. trict in the Miami Valley between Dayton and Cincinnati, as all routes ' of communication from Columbus, the capital, to these places. Is over the bridses which have been swept away. ". The flood-plain is about three miles wide along nest iiroaa street, oetng ' shut in on the west by the highlands in which stands the State Insane Aay lum. one of the biggest single struc lures In the world. Clarence Tomllnson, a building con tractor living at 1524 East Fourteenth street, last night received from his sister. Mrs. Laura Haas, of Rlverdale. a Dayton suburb, a message, saying he had heard that Mrs. May Fudge, a sister: Mr. Fudge-and a 13-year-old ' daughter, had been lost. Another sis- - ter. Mrs. Anna Gordon, she said. Is sate. This is one of the first private tele grams to be received direct from the scene in Portland. While there Is a gleam of hope, the message not being ' definite. Mr. Tomllnson feels almost certain that his sister and. her family have met death. Sangamon Lrrre Breaks. srr.IXGFIELD. 111.. March IS. Hun dreds -of farmers near Petersburg were terrified today, when the levee along the Sangamon Hlver broke. Many rest, dents of the city are camping on the Courthouse lawn, .no one was Killed. SOUTHERN INDIANA WAITING IIS TURN Dorvr flttor.it: nitifis as Risina Waters of Ohio Presage Rsnewed Horrors. UPPER STATE RELIEVED Strict Quarantines Established at Wet Indianapolis and Fern, In Belief That Disease JTwr Is Greatest Enemy. - nST TO U..nli T R Tn iaFlft'S flood death toll remains uncertain to night, with all reports connrmuw conservative estimates of the loss 01 life- Panic is attacking cities in ern valleys of the White and Wabash Rivers and all along the Ohio, as ris ing waters threaten repetitions of tne up-state horrors. Sunshine and disappearing waters relieved sufferers in the cities that have been Iiooooa, uui -- i. localities face a great prob lem in fighting off disease. Refugees are demanamg in5""j , . be permitted to return to their devas tated homes. Strict Qaarantlae Ordered. . .... T I - anil TT"tl vvesi imimiwi'ut"" - placed under the strictest quarantine . ...... ....vl in tne today. our ocuum w..m.. Courthouse last night. Serious sick ness among r-eru threatens greater loss of life than was . .i Th TTMiianaD- causea oy io "avcio. - - oils city board of health quarantined West Indianapolis tonight, after eject ing hundreds 01 persons . - 1 w jutripf since noon. terea Tne --- when Mayor Shank opened the Oliver avenue and Michigan-street bridges to the publlo. . ct. . i - wat-ji found In Brook ville and six still were missing today. Pern rescue workers report that the j-..h n. there will not exceed 25 and some believe it will be less. No bodies were louna in In dianapolis after a diligent, all-day search, but rescue workers assert they saw a number drowned and swept down the river. Receding watera left West Indianapolis coverea nu ind filth ana in gri Epidemic City Aatherttlea Clash. ...hA.iHaa elanhed ever the ad mission of the public to that section of . . . . i health netlnr tne city, - , r under extensive powers conferred by a law passes vy mn ' --- li. i M.M.. Rhsnh rescind his action and established a quarantine rith a close picket line. .n uuv lief workers will be Kept oui 01 flood districts until sanitary condi tions are estaonsnea. . i . m- kw th. c.la.frinhff in . .i . i nt.iM Th newlv-threat- ouirr . - j .i iatrif.t are t .akin a ex- treme precautions againsi rams of the Ohio and other rivers, and per sons In all danger districts have had ample warning 01 a rram" '''" breaking water mark. Vow Worst Diutr. New Albany and Evansvflle cltisens i. .tarniMl at the COS" were cruiv,..,j ... .i a i .-n r tv. oi I o and all mov- l 111 liao v ables are being carried to places of certain safety, rour uiuui"b. reported from Terre Haute, where ine Wabash Kiver roininura i i- ..m n hA in areat danger, CCUIIC8 IB " ' " - . . , i...- .11 ltoKl communication Willi VUl ... .v.. ".. Indiana s worst oanger no . taaasA that nrav follow the floods. Government health authorities r rh nr the ftonnern Valley from Chicago and Dr. u. J. uoo, n i .e h VnrlnA riosni- our60oji-cw v a s tal. at Chicago, wiin a m" will aid state ana city uuiurui l. rmm T.KllTTlwl In 111 11 ater an . i m " m. it- . V. I .fl.rnnnT, with Warn nian&puiiB ing issuea mat tne wr used for drinking or looa purposes 1 1 j Cw-MM.tmr aarvlm VU TO- ICSS UWiiCTi- . v ---- stored on all lines except tnose cui by washea-ont onages. !00 HOSIELESS IX PIQTJA Scores Bellercd Drowned Keport to Relief Committee. PIQCA. O.. March S8. (Via telephone to Greenville.) Early estlmatea of death In Piqua dwindled to SO tonight . - mi..lrB ones believed ai-.er cuit:b ----- - to hava been drowned, reported to the relief committee Kiser. . Two hundred and fifty houses are m i - .i -, uaBi a&oo are homeless. Th. residence district known as East Piiiua was devastated and many per- -.-. yi c- thi hieh levee. sons lucic, . . r, - - - which was thought unbreakable, stayed in their homes until too late to escape. .. rw- i .1 . nA AmaA are Albert BecK er, Mrs. Clarence Dillon. James Glllard, Isaac Karns. Mrs. Sarah Wolford. Miss . . Mvne.n xr -m rznr Rchlosaer. George Sublet. Mrs. Louise PohendorL BODIES II AXGINXJ OV BRIDGE FJeven Recovered From Wreckage ol Homes In Chillicotlie. CHILLICOTHE. O.. March !S. First authentic Information regarding the loss of life shows that IS persons were drowned. Eleven (bodies have' been taken from the wreckage of hiTies in VT- rr n f1 11 K - ! n i fVt JCft ' - -s,S!Vf'' ABOVE-HOlSliS I.V IXDIAXAPOLIS SIBROVSDED BY FLOOD WATERS ,OF EAGLE CREEK. BELOW -WRECK OF ROOT GLASS FACTORY AT TERRE HAUTE. AZssoSuiety Pure Economizes Batter, Flour, Eggs; makes ttie food more appetizing and wholesome The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar relief of the flood sufferers. The El lensburg Chamber of Commerce has stationed 87" young woman In a down town store window ana in a tew umi this afternoon over tlOO was paid to her, most of tha money being In small sums. EUensburg Knlshts Templars have telegraphed 100 direct to Gover nor Cox. of Ohio. Ranchers are offer ing carloads of potatoes and apples. A Box of Delicious Candy Free With Children' Shoes the East End, where many railroad men live. With field glasses seven more bodies were today discovered hanging on the Kilgore bridge, three miles south of here, but It has been impossible to recover them. Conditions are much improved. The light plant has been able to resume service and the water supply is again adequate. The estimated damage to property is $1,000,000. The removal of wreckage has begun. WIRE FACILITIES MMITED Telegraph and Telephone Companies Pnt Relief Messages First. NEW YORK. March 28. The Ameri can Telephone & Telegraph Company and the Western Union Telegraph Com pany have found it necessary to issue the following announcement: "In the use of the necessarily limited wire facilities reaching the flooded dis i.iAi. nf rvnln, anil nl rh horin a states. due Importance Is being given to pub lic officials, reiiei bhsouwijuiib, .uv press and to such urgent messages as t. a .... H. with rnAARures of relief, be lieving that thus the public will be best served until xuriner service cau be restored. nrhiu . v. v.aa n.n no time. In the past week when the Joint facilities of the two companies have not arioraea com munication with the larger cities ano towns, local conditions nave rpnaerea it Impossible in many cases to deliver telegrams or to make local connections by telephone." HEROIC RESCUES MADE OXL-Y FOtrR KNOWN' TO BE DEAD AT ZAXESVTLLE. City Still Half Submerged Several Buildings Collapse as "Waters Recede. ZANESVILLE, O.. March 28. With communication being slowly restored. rumors are rife of loss of life!, but there are only four known deaths In this city as a result of the flood. Prac tlcally all of the Seventh. Eighth and Ninths Wards and a large portion of the Second and Tentti Wards still are under 10 to SO feet of water, and few boats have dared to brava the current. About half the entire city Is still sub merged. Five men successfully crossed the Muskingum River to Putnam Thurs' day afternoon and saved 13 lives. They recrossed the river to- the Zanesville skle this morning. The property loss in Zanesville Is es tlmated at between 86,000,000 and $8,000,000. Water completely covers the Y bridge to a depth of IS feet, and it cannot now be told whether it is still standing. The Sixth street. Third street and a portion of the Monroe- street bridges and two railroad bridges In the city are washed out, and it Is said not another bridge remains stand ing between this city and Marietta. The city has been endangered by several fires, which died out of their own accord, as no flre-flghting ap paratus could approach the scene of the conflagrations. The worst of these fires was at the Old Burl Mule Barns, where a carload of carbide was stored. At least 200 homes have floated down the rivers. With the receding of the waters sev eral buildings nave collapsed, includ Ing the Munson Music Company build ing. In which too pianos rrora tne more flooded districts were stored; the In dianapolis brewing plant and several smaller buildings. Comparatively little looting has been reported and the city is under strict martial law. M'OAFFRT LEAVES FOR OHIO The Dalles Man Fears Parents Were Victims of Dayton Flood. THE DALLES. Or, March 28. (Spe claL) Almost frantio because he could get no news ef relatives In Dayton, O., L. M. McCaffry, employe of the O.-W. R. At X. Railroad Company here, left last night for the stricken flood district. He haa a father, mother and several rela tives at Dayton. Relatives of Mrs. Mc Caffry also live at Rlverdale, one of the hardest-bit districts or Dayton. flOT ALL IN NEED Analysis of Flood Conditions in Ohio Is Prepared. CHILLICOTHE'S PLIGHT BAD Telephone Company Manager Re ports That Many Cities Affected Dy Flood Are Able to Take Care of Their Own Relief Work. CHICAGO, March 28. Alonzo Burt. vice-president of the Chicago Telephone Company, received by wire tonight the following analysis of flood conditions in certain Ohio cities where data were not available. The analysis was com piled by K. A. Reed, general manager of the Central Union Telephone Com pany at Columbus, where he bas been directing relief work. Delaware without light, water and telephone service. City and country people who are not affected are re lieving the local situation, rio outside help needed at present. Washington City slightly damaged and railroad and telephone facilities somewhat crippled. Sending relief to other places.' Sewark Aiding Zanesville. Newark Telephone, transportation and telegraph facilities crippled. Peo ple able to relieve their own suffer- ng. Planning to send relief to Zanes ville. Circleville No suffering that cannot be relieved locally. Lancaster No flood conditions re quiring outside help. Mansfield Transportation and tele graph lines crippled and city without water and light, but this will be re stored in 21 hours. No outside relief needed. Sidney Merchants taking care of the people. Both reservoirs considered safe. Troy Local people able to take care of the flood sufferers. Plenty of pro visions. ChlUIcothe Keeda Money. Chillicothe Flood conditions bad. Five thousand persons driven from their homes and 600 families need as sistance. Provisions available for one day. Outside help needed, principally food. Money probably could be used mora advantageously than supplies snipped irom distant points. Logan and Kelsonville No help needed. Piqua Need one additional company of militia east of the river to prevent looting and to protect property. Sup plies being forwarded daily from Greenville. Union City and Winchester. Ind., on the west and from Urbana on the east. Well-organized citizens in charge of relief work. Fremont Some loss of life and prop erty, victims taxen car of locally. Tiffin Suffering being relieved by local citizens' committee and supplies oeing sent irom Toledo. Ottawa Securing relief from Lima. Lima and Defiance Both cities able to taKe care of their own conditions. Shawneetown Calls for Help. SPRINGFIELD, III., March 28. In response to an urgent appeal from citizens of Shawneetown. Gallatin County, Just below the Junction' of the Wabash and Ohio rivers. Governor Dunne directed Adjutant-General Frank S. Dicks tonight to rush 200 tents, clothing and a quantity of food to that place, where many families have been forced to leave their homes by floods. Honolulu. Sends $5000 by Cable. HON'OLULTT. March 28. Five thou sand dollars for the frood sufferers in Ohio was cabled from here tonight to Governor Cox. More money will be cabled tomorrow. Woodbnrn Response Is Ready. WOODBUHN, Or March 28. (Spe clal.) Over $200 was raised here today within a few hours, of wmca 10 w telegraphed to the Governor of Ohio and $75 to the Governor of Indiana. One carload of onions baa already been secured and will be sorted and sacked ready for shipment Sunday. Over 100 sacks of potatoes have already been delivered and It is thought that four or five carloads will be secured tor shipment during the next few days. Eugene Gives $500. EUGENE, Or.. March 28. President L. L, Goodrich, of the Eugene Commer cial Club, today telegraphed $500 to the Ohio National Bank of Columbus, as the first installment of the city's contribution to the flood sufferers. Astoria Expects to Raise $1000. ASTORIA, Or., March 28. (Special.) In response to a proclamation issued by Mayor Gray, popular subscriptions were started here today to raise funds to aid the flood victims In Ohio and Indiana. It is expected that not less than $1000 will be secured. Moro School to Hold Benefit. MORO. Or- March 28. (Special.) Moro High School will give a benefit entertainment at the Moro opera-tiouse next week for the Dayton flood suffer ers. Centralia Responds Readily. CTENTRALIA. Wash.. March 28. (Spe cial.) Although a fund for the relief of flood victims in tne iast was oniy started in Centralia this morning, By noon the fund had totaled $100 and was still growing. Roseburg Subscribes $200. BOSEBURG, Or March 28. (Spe cial.) 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