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THE ' WEATHER Fair- tonight A and tomorrow; . heavy frost to- ' -olght; north to east winds. - - TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, S a, ... ' Portland, 8 ft. m.,Sd' 5jfw,Tork' - 1 .8t Charleston Boise - ,.aa "WashlngVa " ..-"Baa THUS. ,.A Chicago, V a. BU.SO Bosebarg ,, XftB. City " . ..38 Spokane St. Paul v. is lMr.Ui.14 . Portland humidity, a . m. .13 VOL. XII. NO. 14. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH - 25, 1913 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS, gJrAtPcV7l THOUSANDS1 .HOMELESS' M , , ., ,... . ... ' J ' : ' t . . t H it It .'' H . K ! . , v n ' Tornado Kills 15 in Illinois Town; Rains Following Gydoni;GisCPIlions Loss OHIO, DAYTON' UNDER 5. FEET OF WATER; LEVEES BREAK; 10,000 FAMILIES HOMELESS IN INDIANA TOWNS; v SEVEN DIE IN WATERS AT DELAWARE, OHIO, DISASTER MIAMI RIVER CUTS OFf 1 LOSS UNKNOWN Believed That Some Were Drowned Although Timely .Warning Saved Thousands, United Preia Letted Wire.) Columbus, Ohio, March 93. Governor Cox issued the following- statement this afternoons ' "Stupendous at.pa must b. taken by th stats afttr the water subsides to alleviate th. suffering of thousands In 'Ohio. Tha suffering' for want of food. elothas and homes promises to ba to "Trom reports reaching mo X judge th. situation la worsa at Dayton, Syd ney and lMq.ua. W. sr. doing- all po. Ibis to rush supplies to the., points from nearby cities.'" Mayor Heer of Mlddletown, Ohio, to day wired Mayor Hunt or Cincinnati to rush boats on a special train, adding: "Do It quick, as necessary to- save Urea." The special train was sent at one. , . , v Through Safety Director Cash of Cin cinnati, the Chamber of Commerce at Hamilton, Oho, today asked that Gov ernor Cox be requested to order a bat talion ""of militia to Hamilton. .That body also adopted a resolution asking Governor Cox to declare Hamilton tin der martial law. Three bridges over the Miami river fct Hamilton have collapsed. A bill approprlatiim $100,000 for the relief of the flood sufferers was intro duced into the Ohio legislature today. It la estimated that there ara K0O0 people homeless -in the state.; v Dayton' Facing Ruin. PnltMl Ttiwo CmhwT Hlr . Phoneton, Ohio, March 25. (Six miles north 'of Dayton.) Almost ,t,ha entire city of Dayton -r"Tmtfri',-T-m- twy,"ta seven feet of water as the result of the breaking of a levee on the Miami river. Thousands hate been forced to flee and (Continued on Page Two.) :Akron Under Water; 700 Are Driven Out of Mount Ver ' non; Traffic Abandoned, (Cnlted Ptpwi Iyiwd Wire.) . " Cleveland. Ohio, March 26-Wash-outa are reported everywhere, and all fnterurban and railroad traffic is at a standstill, The Cuyahoga river la badly swollen. In Muskingum county a boy waa drowned while attempting to ford the stream In a buggy. Police Captain McGowan waa drowned at Findiay while trying to rescue ma rooned families in the low lying dis tricts. Two feet of water is. reported in several Klndlay districts. At Cincinnati. Valentine Boeh. 22 years old, was drowjned in the Miami and Erie canal. The Scioto river at Columbus Is far above the flood stage, and Is rising rapidly. Scores of factories are closed. More than 500, residents were forced to abandon their bom at Akron today. Several parts of (he city are under waters Seven hundred families were driven from their homes at Mount Vernon when the Koskosing river broke through the dike. .... . . Hears Disaster Rumor. Cleveland, Ohio, March 25. The of fices of the Big Four railroad talked for a few momenta this afternoon with Springfield Ohio. The operator at Springfield ;said many persons had met death in DaV ton. It is not known where ' the operator got his' information, as the wire broke before this could be learned. Many Towns; Flooded. " Pittsburg. Pa.. March !$. Half a doien towns north of here ara Inun dated." Toungstown, Meadville and Newcastle are flooded, and the indus trial plants there are closed. , State Reservoir Breaks. Akron. Ohio, Ifareh 25. Akron's busi ness section will b flooded. If ., the banks of Long lake burst. They already are brimming over, through receiving a great torrent 'from the' state reservoir south of Akron, which already has broken. 1 . -lewrt-lhfeig-iLomes,. " . Middleton, Ohio, March 2S. Residents , of more than ZOO .houses had deserted ; their, home here at noon and were flee ing for safety before tha rapidly Hslug waters of the .Miami river. Dayton, it la reported Here, tsitture tu be deluged. STREAMS WLOW; , MANY ARE DROWNED A PRAIRIE CYCLONES LOOK LIKE THIS ' ' ' .i"...i.i,.M;r ; :: ' l'','-', '"' :': ''mm ' n i ' ' ' ' " ': r' ' : ' '' " '' '" " .' ' " ' - ' vX1' I - . :v , f x ' I L , , f -(.-. l I 4 ' ' ,i . tf'Zc&e'af "'1 ' & " t ' . ' t v -a . f Remarkable nidurcs of an actually approarliins cyclone, taken during a The Xebrawka eycloue Sunday night resembled this. During a cyclone PORTLAND'S PURSE IS OPEN AND WAITING A CALL"' FROM OMAHA Chamber1 of 'Commerce,. Com-' mercial -Club, and Mayor Ready 4o Extend Aid.- With purse open, . Portland today Is awaittngjreplles from striken Omalm as to what measures of relief are needed. Immediately upon the receipt of tele graphic information yesterday giving an idea of the Immensity of the disaster, telegrams were . sent to the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Dahl man, from the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the Commercltal . ctub and Mayor Rushligh't, offering to forward money or dp whatever Is wished to allay suffering and want. , . Up to) noon today' no replies had been received here to these' messages, but it is anticipated that there will be soon. Should Omaha ask for aid, President Averill of the chamber of commerce said today that a relief bureau will be Organized and money raised along: the sane lines as were followed in 1D0S, when the chamber raised $246,000 for the relief of the fire and earthquake victims of San Francisco. City Council to ' Act, "' Mayor Rushlight said he 'would take the matterup with the city eftuncil at lt meeting tomonow, provided Omaha asks for relief, with a view of securing an appropriation to forward to Omaha. "I have talked with the majority of councilmen and tfier-feet as I da. that w have- right to appropriate funds under such distressing circumstances aa thi,!-'iaid- tba.raay&r, 'l:;:.: l'L President Piper of the rommerclal club said the club stands ready to ex tend whatever aid It can also la event it is needed and b wired thla In effct tc Mayor, Dahlman .yesterday. Scores of local Nebraska na who have relatives and friends resfdlnsr in Omaha fate today 7 ths receipt of telegrams from . Omaha advising Jlhem of" their . . ... . ... safety. ' - . (. Testerday -fie wlre of the telegraph (Continued' on Pag. Six.) - , i Ifmts About Dayton, O. Four streams come together at Day ton, Ohio, the great Miami and Mad rivers, and Stillwater and Wolf creeks. They form the Miami rrver. ' By "the-1910 e'ensus. Dayton ls'given a population of 116,577 persons.'. The city of Dayton .is the county seat of, Mont gomery county! and is 67 miles south west of Columbus and 60 miles norh of Cincinnati. It has an area of 10 square miles. . ; 'Dayton is "one of tho older cilles of the United States. Laid out In 1795 by General' Isaac I.udlow, it was named after ' General 'Jonathan Dayton. Tho first real settlement of the townsite be gan in 1796. It is thn third largest manufacturing city in Ohio. In 1909, based on government figures, the value of its product was $fl,S7S.0OO. Situated In the fertile Miami valley, it Is the 'marking point for great crops annually of corn, wheat, tobacco, and Is a shipping center for much live stock. The people of the city have sought to minimize the flood dangeV by building many miles of storm sewers. Figures complied several years ago gave the town 67.9 miles of these storm sewers. Dayton's manufacturing interests are widely diversified. One of the big plants there la tfte National Cash Reg ister company. Its manufacturing es tablishments likewise Include plants for making railroad cars, water wheels, ag ricultural Implements, sewing machines and foundries. Many of these plants are so large that they employ from 600 to 2500 persons. ' Dayton' is a Urge railroad center, es pecially for electric interurban lines. Nine of these lines, with a total mile age of 38S miles, radiate from the city. It Is also situated on the main line of S'large-ralhread- systems, -and 1:5 -trains enter the city dally. In 1910 its clearing house transactions aggregated. 1111,063, 10ft, ' and i.ts Internal revenue receipts amount 'to about J3.000.0OO annually. There are estimated to be -20,000 phonies laths etty.. -.'. . ;, as ; well as its -lnuuatriai accomplish 11 it., n,T. -fTr-AiJ. f ' menta. It had the- first library Incor porated in Ohio,, which was established In 1J03. There are five dally newspa pers ami 17 church and' other publica tions jubliUed la th citr . great Mtorin in southern Minnesota. the air becomes black with dust. IN $1,250,000. Issue. May Be Authorized to Run 30 Years; To Condemn Property, For the purpose of taking up" the question of Issuing $1,250,000 bonds to secure funds to defray the cost of con structing municipal docks and paying for dock properties 'that will-be con demned, the commission of public docks is holding a meeting In its offices in the Worcester building this afternoon. There is every prospect that the bonds will be Authorized. They will run for 30 years and draw 4 4 per cent Interest annually: This afternoon's meeting follows a decision of the commission made last night to condemn' the Martin dock prop erty, at the foot of Seventeenth street, adjoining the west side slip of the Low. er Alblna ferry, and release the Amer ican Can company's property at "the foot of Fourteenth street from further pro ceedings in connection w'ith a condemna tion suit filed against It by the com mission, several months ago. ' The Martin dock site is owned by the Martin estate and a strip of it, having a frontage of about 64-feet on the Wil lamette rivr,tfyTne Northern Pacific Terminal company. Assessed at 978,000. In all it has a frontage of approxi mately $90 feet on the river, and ex tends back to. Front street, a distance of about 40O feet. It is assessed at $200 per front foot, giving it an assessed valuation of practically $78,000, The alto at preaent is occupliH by the North Pacific Steamship company's dock and warehouses ' and the dock and ware-' houses of the International Harvester company. .... - The commission already has filed con demnation suits against the Star Sand company's property and the holding of adjoining, and with all three properties condemned the city will come Into pvw sesaion of land giving it a frontage of something over 1000 feet on the river. (Continued on Page Six,) DU MISSION SESSION CONSIDERING havoc of Nebraska storm NEW CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS KILLS 15, PICKS UP A TRAIN Makanda Wrecked by Wind, Followed by Torrential Rain; 25 Cars Are Blown From Track; Crew Injured. SLEET STORM SWEEPS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN Wires Down and Damage Can Not Be Learned; Terre Haute Suffering. (United Prem fitMrd Wlra.l Anna, 111., March 25. Fifteen persons met death In a cyclone at Makanda, 111., last night, according to reports received here. A fust freight train was blown from the Illinois Central tracks and SB cars dumped Into a ditch. A torrential rain followed the cyclone. Engineer Waggoner and Fireman An drews of the wrecked train are -known to have been Injured. Michigan Mas lllizzard. Detroit, Mich., March. 25. With s. 60 mile gale sweeping the northern sect lop and a terrific sleet storm holding the southern part of the state In Its grip, Michigan Is shivering today one of the worst bllzaards of the winter. All Wires to a number of cities and towns are down, and It is impossible to get acourate details of the damage or the list of casualties, if any. It was estimated thla afternoon that the damage In Michigan by floods and storms would reach $1,000,000. Hun dreds of dams ore out in the northern counties, paralysing, numerous Indus trie. All railroad and interurban traf fic in these districts Is ut a standstill. As the result of the weakened road bed a passenger car on the Jackson tk 1snslng division of the Michigan United Traction company's lines, was wrecked today. One person was killed and eight seriously hurt, - 1MK HonmlUM t Ti riff liinrfrv-' Terra Haunte, Ind March 25. With 20 known to be dead, five missing, and 100 injured, Terre Haute today is slowly recovering from the effects of Sunday's cyclone. More than 300 persons are homeless, the city housing the destitute In the public schools. Mayor Oernardt today was forced to Issue a threat to prosecute storekeepers who were caught charging exorbitant prices for food. They had increased I heir prices in some casee nearly 100 per cent. The working class district here was wiped out The militia Is patrolling the district and searching the debris for bodies. A relief fund has been started for the sufferers but subscriptions are coming in slowly. , Two Women Killed. Murphysboro, .Il!,,j March 25. Mrs. Bud Walker and Miss Rebs Patrick were killed and several were Injured lid a cyclone 12 miles south of here last night, . EL. Is t r r2L - v -Isi . f f- ,,r"' " . ' ",;'7i,r"sc ' p. t r 7;; 'i. .,, i These vlcw were tftken after tornado had laid waste- Hie town of LonisvilWv Neb. several year ogo and give a general idea to the western people of a tornado's dct ablation. " VR S Fatalities Increase in Small Towns of Nebraska as Re ports Come In; Much Stock Killed by Cyclone. MANY FARMERS KILLED; CANNOT SECURE HELP Negroes Died as Gambling Club Collapsed; One Looter Is Reported Shot. I United I're !.ed Wlre.l ' Omaha, Neb., March 25. With only one fifth of the homes wrecked by Sun day's cyclone examined, a careful check of city morgues today disclosed- 1 in dead In Omaha alone. Tho relief com mittee, beaded by Governor Morehead and Mayor Dahlman, declare that 1669 homes, exclusive of churches, schools and mercantile institutions, were. either wrecked or partially destroyed, and It is feared that today's explorations will bring the list of fatalities In Omaha up close to 200. Shelter stations today cared for 2179 homeless men, women and children. Of this number, 263 reported themselves destitute and entirely dependent on finite and county aid. Scores of wagons were llhed about the relief stations at day break to carry supplies to ths destitute. Yesterday's estimate of $10,000,000 damage in Omaha still stood today. City officials fixed the loss to homes alone at $5,000,000, mercantile institutions, churches, schools and club buildings di viding the remuinlng loss. Snow Hides Bulns, A two-inch fall of snow during the night hampered the work of the res cuers today, and it Is now feared that it will require the remainder of the week to explore the remaining wrecked and partially wrecked residences. A regi ment of militia is patrolling the strick en districts, but very little looting has been reported. Only two looters so far have bfen arrested. They gave the names of John Fletcher and Arnold Dillon. Fourteen of the 110 bodies choking the various. morgues are still unidenti fied, and relatives and friends of the missing are flocking there to view the remain., A score of funerals were planned today but most of the victims will be burled tomorrow and Thursday. Plans for the - rebuilding of the stricken district already have started. It Is expected that Omaha's big cor porations and financial Institutions will form an organization to loan money to the cyclone sufferers on easy terms. A score of newly built residences In the city's most fashionable district were demolished, but not one carried tornado insurance. The mapsion of George Jos lyn, multimillionaire, was wrecked, He will not rebuild. "Bead" Wegro Blses. Fourteen hours after the storm and while the soldiers were digging In the (Continued on Page Six.) TOMO FLOODS IN INDIANA SI IN HISTORY; CITIES UNDATED Thousands of Homes Sub merged in Kokomo, Muncie,; Terre Haute and Peru; Peo ple Take Refuge in Trees. WHITE RIVER HIGHEST IN YEARS; STILL RISING Damage Already Amounts to Many Millions; Dams Go Out, Industries Halted. . (t'nlt(l rr Leiaed Wli.t.) IiKlrahapolls, lnd., March 15, Ten thousand families are homeless in Indi ana toduy as the result of the worst flood In the history of the state. The ' property loss runs Into millions, and all industry, Including transportation facil ities. Is suspended. Four persons are known to have been drowned. -Other large Bectlons of tha state are isolnted, and It Is feared the death list will be materially Increased when communication Is restored. Borne of the largest cities in the stafe will be in darkness tonight, the flood waters of various rivers putting electric light and watr plants out of commis sion. The floods follow a two diys' downpour, which was general in Indiana as well as adjoining states. Five hundred persons are homeless at Marlon, Iifd. At Mlssissnawa4 lnd., the river burst the levee on the east side of tho city, and factories there Were forced to shut down. Kokomo Is with-, out light and water, and s mile sriuart area In the center oftho city is flooded." The schools are closed there and the militia are patrolling the streets. ' The known drowned In the state dp to noon were Hay Ilothenburger and . his brother, Roscoe, Frankfort; Wal-, lace Garrison, Burlington; John Dag. ner, Newcastle' . ; ' -, , Wauatt Threatens Terre Haute, " Prm'T&vy. -tnif., MnrcV 25. Wlfh (lie Wabash river already three feet over the danger lino and rising at the rate of six inches hourly, Terrs If aute, barely recovered from Sunday's ' Vy ' clone, today faces one of 'the worst, floods in Its history. The flood wai ters already nave driven 2000 persons from their homes at Taylorvllle, a suburb. , , , M uncle Is Flooded. Muncle.' InVl., March 25. The Whits river is the highest in its history her today and Is rising four Inches hourly. The railroads throughout the district are crippled and thn situation Is fast becoming, critical. Hundreds are home less here. The pumping station Is flooded, cut ting qff the city's water supply. It is (Continued on Page Two.) T IN E Incumbent Stands on Record in Office; Indorses Commls-; sion Form of Government, -. Standing on his record of the past' It months as mayor of the city, A. Q. Kush- light today filed a declaration of his intention to become a candidate for re election to the office, In making thi declaration. Mayor Tlutihllght calls attention to the jvrom lcs"be made Jn a glmHar statemen.t be fore the primaries In 111 and he leaves to the cltlstens the question of whether he has or has not carried out ths prom ises then made. ' Principal among the new features ad vocated by him on his present platform are commission form of government, a (Continued on Paga Fifteen) JENNIE CROCKER NOT (United Tress Td Wlre.l San Francisco, March 2&. Charles Templeton Crocker, brother of Mrs MaU colm Whitman, declared here todmy there is no chance that she suffered in the Omaha disaster, Mrs. Whitman's train was located yesterday at Itr.iniie, Wyo., and she and her two stepchild ran were-safe, -f-.w - - v , Husband Was Worried. i KJnltert lr Leaned Wlr. . Brooklyn, Mass..-March 25. That Mr. Malcolm Whitman. . formerly Jn,, Crocker of Kan Francts'o, may pmnnir the vtctlms'of the Omahj rvclnni Whitman. It Vi-hS IrU-v I tv:S f .ri San Francisco belle, with I f children, was-In or n : ' 1 on Sundiiy wl.cu f . HIGH FILES CAMPAIGN PUIFOI MAYORALTY N OMAHA STORM AREA A r