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III HEARTS GO OUT IN SYMPATHY g TggM Of THE MIDDLE WEST mzZZZZZ-- I m " " : (E00S VOW IS YOl I! TIMK. A Mimll ntl In Tin Times want bcfl rouiHi .h....iL.,'lJ!lJIil,,i tma t t'mi tlienil They rdliitnn iimy liHm; you u'snlls mi ninllMloly. Try one. MJ3MIIKII OF THK ABSOCIATKO PItKS . .. a 1.. 1UfU flL XXXVI.' fllocot mii. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913 EVENING EDITION -SIX PAGES. A Coiuwlldatlon of Times, Const .Mnll anil Coos liny Advertiser. No. 215 t J I film ire V IH OFFICIALS tSIMIt 5.000 MAY BE DROWNED TIDE (By Associated Press,) DAYTON (via Miami), March 27, Many dead are being id from the river at Riverdale (a portion of Dayton), v are being stacked three deep along the bank, accord- LunrH lust received from the Western Union headciuar- 5 It started snowing again this afternoon, The esti ' ' .frionfl nt fiOOO is annarentlv nearlv cormr.t. Tim tn- -alnumber of dead may never be known and Dayton dreads 4 day when the receding waters will lay bare the full stent of the disaster, Up to this time there can be no rtelligible estimate of mortalities, however, All of today's bodies washed up were exposed as the tikrc fell. No one knows how many have been recover-, J) Five different sections of the town are practically cut ,(?'fmm finch other, Through it all prominently in front, jtands the fact that a firm belief in the strength of the treat Miami river levee added much to the hugo death loss, tarry Tuesday morning volunteers hurried through the 'Mtened district warning residents to move, These iariiings were largely disregarded and at 8 o'clock that ,:M those who took the warning lightly were battling for r lives in the msh of waters, The west levee had gone i.i, Other breaks followed, A reservoir broke and added 'j the torrent homos jerked from their foundations in torn feces. The toll of life was also augmented through lack fftoats. Riverdale, where the greatest number was saved, y 25 boats taken from pleasure seekers and volunteers b risked theii lives to remove persons from trapped fres. Women and children first," was the order, and many Stands and fathers ware forced to stay in their homes if 'e their families were removed to satety, Swim," rescuers told the men who wore able to do so, Before the first day was over boats could not bo used, i;5 and again tbey were smashed. m the root ot one house all day yesterday, a little boy He was removed more dead than alivo today, GettnnnE The News THk. TIMES believes Hint "notions spenk louder than words." lt'i code of othlcu Ih to "do things" rather than talk uhout them. It ran not refrain, however, from referring to tho splendid reports of the IIOOM mid cyclone disaster.! tlmt Imvn imiumnwl In Tim fl,..u ti,i ...... ho dorm hnrnuBo It Is n compliment to the Associated 1'reBs, rather l inn this jmpor. This great news gnthcrlng association of which The limes Ib n member handles big things In a big wuy. The nwful calnm Ity tlmt hiiR befnllrn the middle-western states Is quite tho most stupen dous happening since the Galveston tldnl wove and when tho returns aro all received It will probably provo the greatest natural disaster In tho history of tho country. Only those familiar with the wldo extent of territory covered and the conditions prevailing, with nil tolegrnph and telephone wires down, railway and mnll service suspended, ran npprecloto tho vast energy and expense entailed In tho comprehensive report published In yesterday's edition of The Times. This oxtonded report was an expensive one for a country dally to asume, but the people of Coos Hoy and Coos county hnvo eotno to depend upon Tho Times for the nows and this paper will not disappoint them. Tho Asoclatod Press reports of this great event aro In keeping with Its past history and performance, wonderful feats of news gathering un- hit iiuvcTBP nun trying conditions. IS N ADDS TO W D I GARRISON TO FLOOD DISTRICT HURRQRS OF 1 00 s Head of War Department Will Take Charge of Relief Work Government Sends Tioops and Life Savers. WILSON MAY (JO. - I i-T. I WASHINGTON. March 17. ' President Wilson will go to the I , Ohio flood scones If his pros- ' I once will do any good. lie i , will nwalt word from Seen;- ' l tary Garrison, who Is already en ion id to the district. ' employes In the Fourteenth district Have been ordered taken there with all available small boats to do re lief work. Ail) rito.M Chicago. REFUGEES SUFFER FROM SOME VERY SEVERE COLD-LOOTERS ARE SHOT DOWN BY GUARDS WASHINGTON. March :7. Sec retary Garrison of tho United States War Department loft Washington for the flood district to take per sonal charge of relief measures. Ho personally represents President Wil son. The llghthouso tender Golden Hod near Louisville, capable of navigating tho swollen rivers wrih relief accommodations for 300 per sons was ordered Into tho Hooded district. All the lighthouse service I'liltcil Suites Troops mill l.lfc Sav ers (' to liHllat.ii Today. Illr AmwIiiM Vrrn to I'om llr Tlmr J CHICAGO. March ST. Six yawls loaded with provisions mid water to last a week. "i2 recruits and two surgeons from tho Pnlted States naval recruiting station In North Chicago. III.. In charge of First Lieutenant John .1. Loudon, loft for Lognusport, IniL, today In a spe cial train, In response to a request from the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Captain Carllu and live men from tho United States life saving station at Chicago left heru for the Indiana city today with power boats to rescuu 75 children mnrooncd at the orphan asylum. Sccrotary of tho Treasury Me Adoo will admit free of duty relief supplies from Canada for flood suf fers In Ohio, Indiana and elsowhere. .Illmnn , (By Associated Press,) CHICAGO, March 27, A summary of conditions in Day ton last night, as reported over the American Telephone and Telegraph line to Phoneton and forwarded to this city was as follows: "One of our employes, who returned last evening from the north side of the submerged district of Dayton says the scenes there are indescribable, People are huddled in churches and public school buildings and there is danger of these collapsing, Three babies were born in one church this afternoon, One was born in a boat while its mother was being con veyed to safety, Such scenes are common, "Every effort was made by us to aid the sufferers .with supplies and such other help as we could, , "There is one building said to contain 600 persons, -anti indications were that it would collapse in a short time, Twr a pleasure boat to view .the scene IIC IMl UOIIlJ (By Associated Press,) uAYTO.N. Mai ch 27. Most of the mfucoas have boon oposed to a cold, nonotrntiiiff wind and tho driving rain Jtjre it, since Tuesday noon, Early today there was a .fClded drOD in tfimnnrninm. The city was proclaimed under martial law yesterday af- Wln I -1 ..! 1. 1 il.i C t.j ..!. I.! I I wii. LitM nii-iH, a inier was caugni rouumg nomes, Has shot dead uy state guardsmen doing police duty, r ersons laKen from flooded homes were numerous, AnJlOUSfl nil tlw nrnrnrw ctnrne mifcirln ilin flrmrJprl nmn f sold out their stocks yesterday, food was soon sup ; m by other cities, though its distribution is difficult and ""ff U'flrrt nAi 11A... I II l il !-. J J j iicu uui luuuneu, especially inose in me mam iiuoguu r.k -f 1. u,"& MIIMUIU IU IUUWII IIIVJI,, uiiu.fc, IU "I" i ui me waters, Doctors and nurses were rushed from nearby towns and e doing great work, Nearby towns were called upon-to-Lte6 apparatus, frfW' 0hio' Mai'cIi 27, Last night's devastation of J winch was apparently under control this morning, has ' again to burn fiercely, COLUWIBUS REPORTS WORST OF FL000 IS APPARENTLY OVER Streams Are Subsiding and Measures for Relief Are Be ing Rushed Estimate 2, 000 Dead Fear Looting and Disease. MANY RESCUERS LOST.1 mi num. n (By Associated Press,) kk of the Dayton city sanitary department, reported atternoon that two truck loads of bodies had been re- H T !e point on tho west side' b -.u Ul PU0Pie are SIIN marooned in ineir nooaeti J with rescue impossible, In the swift currents many t'fre oJJ j 7 UV uvilUMICU ( 1 10 uvea ui odvui ai iw- Cte5aaded n thn tnii irarltu? d.ath list numbers only 1000 I will consider it a 2fA dispensation," telegraphed Govornor Cox's sec- ?fiay' f !t is ten thousand I will not be surprised, I flaw b T " ll ICJ" llltJ iei sunering win giuw wuiae iui fcathn f1FeeiS are bein fed from hand to mouth with 5uian a Hnw'o f,i fi.. i i ii j o iuuu -auppiy ciiieuu, COM'.MHUS. Ohio, March 27. Karly this oftemoon tho Day- ' ton firu was reported undor con- trol. I llr AiiorUtM 'rr to Coot IU) TlniM, COMJMnilS, Ohio, March 27 With tho Ohio river streams suhsld Ing, tho stnto is enierKlnn from tho Kreatest Hood It haB ever know. Tho loss of llfo has hcen very heavy. When tho full count Is mado It is holiovcd that tho total death list will run well over two thousand and tho property damago $100,000,000. In Dayton tho loss of llfo will reach 1,000, it Is said, and tho property loss perhaps J50.000.000. From nil sections of tho state, militia equip ped with food and hlankcts are has tening to tho rollef of tho Dayton sufferers. Already tho advnnco guard is on duty, cheeking rulllan Ism nnd looting. Bridges nro wash ed out ovorywhero, and railroad trar lie Ib Impossible or perilous. Ar rangements nro being mado to quick' ly restore sanitary conditions. It Is feared that thoro will bo epidemics of all kinds, as already dlseaso from exposure Is prevalent. Tho llrlgadlor General received a telephone message from Limn Grand saying that tho resorvolr at St. Marys had broken. Owing to tho grcnt vol umo of water contained by tho res ervoir, St Mnrys, Rockford and oth rr towns will bo hit hard and tho Hood would sweep through Decatur, Ind Into Mnuincevillo, R IS NOW CUT OFF Wire and Railroad Communi cation West and North of City Cut by Flood. (Djr AxoclatM Trm to Ct.o pi? Timet.) IMTTSIM'UG, March 27. Who communication with Ohio river points south of Wheeling was lost today. Train bchedules west of Pittsburg have been nuandaned. 'Ihoro is no telephone or tele graph north of Krlo. The washing out of tho Glovoland & Pittsburg railroad Hovers connections with t'lovoland nnd points north. J"K iinirTTnTT? IT -- i i a. :&$".,!'!"'" m in..,, w u in ii. rnnaiiiMn,! by "aounilea on tho 1st v rst street ., ,. IVJ the8' street on tho tr rd t llW: ou "8 south , iJ . street nini i. ta,ye Boulevani V " " an n . .- iuo ffB4t ,.of. n,o "locks v"1. Th ",lr wl'lo was nlon i SSS, " .S 111R Ilea o . ' p :.r" Vnlon " '" noil8. 'tr?lal B,vH"e' th? ' Vt structures. Villi: STILL ILWJKS. DAYTON, Mnrch 27--A fear ful flro is still raging. Hund reds of persons marooned on tho top floors of business buildings nro In danger and It Is Impossible to rondor them I aid. Tho snow continued at I noon. I (nr Associated Tmi to no. Dijr Times. DAYTON. Ohio, March 27. Snow added to tho terrors of tho ele ments today. Hundreds of refug ees nro bolng taken out of Hick ory street. Tho woathor Is blttor I0-1'!'. AdJ!.uA -?- Jl'" 1"fforliig of (Ckmtlnued on Pago Two.) t'lovoland nnd points north. OMAHA RAISES QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO AID TORNADO VICTIMS men were seen and were pressed into rescue service by the police at the points of shotguns, "Many buildings in a portion of the down town district were destroyed by fire this afternoon, Indications are that there will be a great loss of life before enough help arrives to get the people to places of safety, "A relief committee which met in the north side of Day ion tin's afternoon reported betwen 50,000 and 100,000 arp Homeless, Many dead bodies were floating past," (By Associated Press,) CHICAGO, III,, -March 27, The menace of fire continues today in the floodod districts of Ohio, Dayton is still burn ing and appeals have been sent out for dynamite to blow up the buildings in tho path of the flames, The weakened Lowiston reservoir is still holding and men are being rushed to protect and strengthen it, A blizzard is reported from parts of the inundated area, Cold weather and snow hampers the rescuers and lifo sav- !.-.... I. ' r i i 'i in& iiiousuies cue uemg penecieci in many cnies, Carloads of provisions, clothing and other supplies are being moved into the affected district, The Ohio Na tional guardsmen are preparing to move into the flood area. At Zanesvllle the flood conditions are growing worse ev ery minute, The Ohio river is rising, Western Pennsylvania is facing a grave situation, Sharon and New Castle report 15 feet of flood In the Shonango river, Industrial plants in the Youngstown, New Castle and Sharon district are closed and tho interurban electric lines, as well as the lines of the Pennsylvania anti Erie railroads, Estimates of loss of life In Ohio and Indiana are still inaccurate although 1500 is placed as the minimum and other estimates which included a large loss of lifo in many towns and districts ran as high as 4000, Governor Cox is of the opinion that 1000 perished at Dayton alone and that the loss of life in the state would total at least 2000, The latest reports from Piqua say the dead will number over 500, but, there is no verification. Waters in most of the flooded districts are receding, Ic Indiana the estimates of the dead run from 200 to 2000, , REPORT 500 LOST AT PIQUA. (By Associated Press,) COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, Five hundred were lost at Piqua, according to information received this afternoon by Senator S, E, Kiser of Piqua, His informant was J, G, 0'Donnell, prosecuting attorney of Miami county, Governor Cox has issued a proclamation declaring holi day in all the flood stricken district of Ohio on account of negotiable paper that might be subject to protest, UP TO DATE, 112 DEAD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OMAHA AND 32 IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AND NEARBY TOWNS MANY INJURED WILL DIE SEARCH RUINS FOR VICTIMS. (nr Aitoclilod rrot to Coot 117 Time ) OMAHA, March 27. This city was able to put to work today a largo forco of men scouring the ruins of tho tornado stricken dis trict for additional bodies, many of which tho coroner belloves aro still burled In tho ruins. Up to this time 112 dead have been Identified within tho city of Omaha. Council Muffs and other adjoin ing cities report 42 identified dead. A largo number of injured are still in tho hospitals. Some will not re cover. It is estimated thut nearly 1000 porsons will reuulro assistance un til pormnnont relief Is arranged for them. Nearly a quarter of million dollars has been subscribed for this work. OMAHA. March 27. Tho list of idontlfled dead, as tho result of Sun daynhjhtBtornadolsglyen (Continued on Page Two.) ,ny AwocliteJ Trfii to Coo n7 Tlmei.) CHICAGO, March 27. Not a word of cheering nows canio from tho flood stricken district during tho night, whllo tho bad nows was incrcasou by information that tho Ohio Illvor from Pennsylvania to Cincinnati had gono on a rninpago that presages a disaster as groat as that of two years ago. Tho flro which swopr Dayton all night Is bolloved to hnvo added to tho toll of llfo taken by tho flood and another fire at Piqua did tho most serious kind of damngo. Tho weather shows no signs of abating, a cold sleet-llko rain cutting llko a knlfo ull tho refugees In practi cally ovory portion of the floodod district or Ohio nnd Indiana. Nono of tho dovastated cities and towns havo given up yet a suffi cient number of dead to form any thing that resembles accurate esti mates. As near as can bo determined from data at hand, 3000 or more woro lost nt Dayton, ovor GOO nt Pinna, nt least 150 at Peru, pos sibly 200 at Columbus, an unknown number at IndlnnnpollB, which may run as high as 200, In addition to those In n score of towns such as Zanesvllle, Mlddletown, Hamilton. Tort Wayne, Muncle, Lnfayotto, Lo gnnsport and scores of othors which have sent In practically no esti mates. Tho total of estimates In tho two states aggregate tho hugo total of nearly 0500 lives. Tho proporty damago Is vast. Not Including the damago to farmers, ? 100,000,000 h conhidered n conservative estimate. Of this sum tho railroads havo suf fered an estimated loss of $25,000,-000. WATER LOWER AT M (lly Auorlited I'rru to Cooi lltjr Tiu-Mf HAMILTON, Ohio, March 27. Wator has receded In tho straw U of Hamilton so thut today tnorj (Continued on Pago Two ) A