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"'"T,!!:;!" i 1 Medford Mail Tribune 4 SECOND EDITION WEATHER lUfn tontftfet MHt Pri4f, Warmer. Ma v. 47, Mtn, nt, port) -third Var lull) Mlulitll Vrnr ' '.J .I.Uii i ' ' i ' ' MEDFORD, OREGON, TJIUKSDAY, MARCH 27, 19J3. NO. 4. ,'n.u i m i ' - J him j iiii.i.. . u BLIZZARD INCREASES FLOOD'S HORRORS FLAMES FANNED D NG IMPERILING AT Survivors of Flood, Cold and Starvation Fnco More Terror Fire Spreads Eastward Toward Residence District Loss by Flames Already Reach $750,000 No Estimate Possible of Those Who Perished In Flames or Whose Bodies Llo In flulns of Flooded Homes Thousands Upon Thousands Isolated, Famishing and Suffering From Exposure Res cuers Must Hasten or They will Be too Late 26 Bodies Recovered MMMf SUMMARY OF DEAD AND HOMELESS IN OHIO l)n) lim From 300 to 3000 deud, htialnia section Mm swept: 30.000 persons homeless, and damagn estimated to bo at least 130,000,000, Columbus- From 60 to 200 dead; several buildings burned, 20,000 homeless, and damage at east $10,000,000. Delaware Thirteen known to 1m dead; 1000 homeless, and properly damago estimated at It.otiO.OOi). Zniifvllli Hrn known dead; 4000 hnntelesB, and loss fled al J I. too, 000. HamiltonThirteen dead; sevcrar hundred homeless; spvcral factories valued at more that f 1,000,000 burned, other col lapipd; Iota lo estimated at fl.wOO.OOO. .Mlddlpton Seven known dead and at least 100 missing; prop erty Iom estimated at $500,000. A acorn of towns In tho flooded districts cannot be reached. Complete report nrp expected to support tlovernor Cox's state ment that tho flood have, rendered 250,000 persons homcleka. All Interurban and streetcar service. In the Hooded districts la at a standstill. Tiffin Fifty reported dPad I'liiun Twmty reported dead; scores missing. Tho fatalllle al Troy. Sidney and Fremont cannot ho estlmat ed at thjs lime. Tho" loan to public nil Ityrompnnle alone It efctlinnted at StO,-000,000. (lly n United Press Rlotf Corre spondent ) DAYTON. Ohio, March 27 Driv en by a how linn billiard u tilrh mill inceit imabalud, the flames v. litrti are eating up thl dettolnled city marled to spread eaxtnard at 3 o'clock ltd ntieriioon from Third klteet toward tint risddonro district, ImperlllliiK the live of liuudredH who o far hae survived Hi" terrora of flood, cold and starvation. Ouo of tho first limine attacked by tho ansMceplug (lumen vtaw u paint houso adjoining a building In which 300 persona have been trapped lnco Tuesday. Ah tho United Pre inotorboat, carrying Flro Chief Ilam by and representatives of tho United Press, paused throtiuh tho flooded streets, hundreds and thousands of those, marooned leaned from tho wlndoMH of Ihelr refine, plendltiK for dor lor and begging plteounly for iiewa of Ihelr friend In other piirtH of the city. ItHtlmittert Iiiihis.iI(. Chief llatuby estimates that the loxu by flro already hit reached 1750.000. No estimate whatever ' jiohhUiIo at thin tlmo as to tho num ber who perished In thu flame, or whoso dead nud noildon bodies llo In tho ruin of their flooded home. Tho tour of tho United Press boat showed thousands upon thousands of pcoplo Isolated, moHt of them fam ishing, and mo do It certain Mint If L 10 NACO, Alii;., MiiicU 27. After lliiity-Hi Iiouih of liplilmj without food or water, Colonel Moreno Iiiih Mineiidoied III todenil Kiorixnu lit Cimmicn to tho Sonoui Male icIicIh, iicoiiliiiK' to niitlientio repoiln lime todny. Tho Hiineiuler wiih niioondi lioiuil. II in hcliowd tlint tho lniw oners tnkim by tho icIiuIh will lie imiolcil. Ai'ConliiiK to llm mesfiiiRou fioni Cniiiiiii'ii, neveiity federnlH wero Kill ed nud wounded during tho fight. Two liuiidred ichels nio Hiiid to lmvo i'tilluii, FEDERA ARMY SURRENDERS SONORA REBELS BY HURRICANE DESOLATED DAYTON I . . help iIoch not oon come utarvatlon and exposure will atly Incrcaao the already terrible roll of tho victim of tho dlMWter. Tweutls bodle had lipon ror entl hero up (n 2:30 o'clock thl afternoon. They had been awept to ward ah 0 re. One of tho bodlv wan that of n baby. FIihmI 'iiler Hecrle. Tho flood water are recedliiR rap idly, limine entirely disappeared from two block heretofore partially Mltllliorr.ed. At 2.15 o'clock till" ufternoon a flro waa mill racing in tho flooded dlatrlct of Dayton, aud 21 building had been devtrnyed, A mutiny hna atarted In tho city workhouo, wblcli ioukh 100 prison em. All aro terror atrlcken aud de maud thnlr freedom, Nhoutlm;, "We woni not avnt hero to dlo." 17io prisoners aro beatliiK on tho coll doora and MioiiUiik linpn-ca-tlona, Huperluteudent JoIuibou lua appealed to tho inllltln for help. WANT RELIEF WIRED 10 FLOOD SUFFERERS IoriTI,AND, Ore., March 27.--FollottlnK tho receipt of u telesram from (Invornor Cox of Ohio vtatlnR that ho feared that tho damage und dipt reus In Ohio la nrcutur than car iler ndvlrea Indlcuted, and iihIUiik that contributions! bo toloRraphed, Mayor Hiishllght has deHlguated tho Chamber of Commerco thu recipient of tho fund contributed by 1'ortlaud peoplo and tho pooplo of tho Bur rouudliiR country, Practically all of tho commercial organttatlonH In tho city lmvo wired offors of financial uld. Financial uld will ho tendorcd tho BiifforeiH In Indiana and Ohio uIho. THREE MORE VICTIMS OMAHA CYCLONE DEAD OMAHA, Neb., Mnreh 37 Three of thoho injured in Sunday night's eyolono died today. TIiIh Iiuiirh tho total deud up to J.'tl. Moro tioopti wo io orderod out tliia nftoriioou, OSAND IVES E LET IN WAIT Hundreds eLft Behind In Their Flood ed Homes In Death Stricken Dayton After Families Rescued Already Corpses of Victims Visible Little Done Yet to Save the Thous ands Imperiled In Flood and Fire Ravaged City Few Boats DAYTON, Ohio, March 27. -Women and children firm In tho rule In death ntrlrken Dayton today. Hundred of men have been left behind In their flooded home after tholr famlllea er moved becaute thero wan not room enounh In thu boat for nit. Many of thei are fa cing death from fire, whllo their an KuUhed wive and children watched tho flamp from point of iufety. Al ready tho corpnen of tho flood victim aro becoming vlalb e. From the outh nhoro of the flooded district tho bodlc of men', women and chil dren can bo seen floating with the debrl of hoiiB and tho carcaaAes of dead home. Mlne'ed M-th of Dead. Tho mlnnled niBK of dud human ity and animal I belnK carried Hw'lftly aloni; by tho wave, and II ', believed few of tho bodle will b recorered. All tho bodlPB thus far taken from tho water aro bplng conveyed to tho chapel of Wood lawn cemetery. Tho tlrat corpso recovered thla mornlei: was that of Ml Ltllle Kid mann. who vna.i drowned on Tueaday when a bont capsUvd. A policeman perished In a desperate effort to wive tho Kill. Whllo hut lit t Io has jet been dono to &avo tho thounand Imperiled In tho flood and flro ravened city, every pORslbto effort that humanity can exert or daring supply I being bent to tho work. Cold ltotiinl Work. Such few boats as are, avallablo ar Mng worked at top speed by eager rescuers, and already scores of women and children, famishing and ulmoat freezing, havo been landed on tho hlfther spot In tho city wbero tho flood waterM lmvo receded. Hit ter cold, however, Is retarding tho work of rcBCiic a well as making tho Buffering of tho survivors almost un endurable. Tho deatlm from expo Biiro probably will materially Buell tho fatal roll, which cannot bo made up In an) thing llko complotenebs for probably a week, Throughout all tho lower part of tho city It Js likely that hundreds of porsons may be found dead In their devastated home when the. waters Hiitmldo sufficiently to permit of a search, WAaiMNOTON, Murch 27. All tho United Rtate llfeuaving Btatlons In tho neighborhood of tho flooded district woro placed at tho disposal of Governor Cox and Governor Hal Hton of Indiana today by Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo. The crows woro ordered to icspond without fur thor notice to tho rcqueuta of tho Kovernora. Surgeon Gouoral Ditto left todny to porBonally aid tho government health servlco offlcoru rendering nHRUtauco to tho flood aufferors. ONLY THREE DEAD FROM INDIANAPOLIS FLOOD INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Mnreh 27. 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Fa ton, who died udduily In MutMcbult a few week ngo, ban ticen charged wlib tbc Ad in I ru l' murder. Arculc oUon. annllng to the authorities, was the method of destruction uied. Mr. Fntuii, who U now lu the county Jail at Plymouth, Mat.. ha pleaded not guilty. , i "Sirs. Knlon M Indleuant that be uliould lie cliargol with uch an offence. Rhe will make no statement at the preterit lime." Thl U the statement of Francl Oeognn. the Katnn family attorney. E E TALE PREMATURE 4 rOl.t'MIU'S, Ohio, .March 27. rr.mlie telephone meinRcs fro ruSt. Marya and vnriouH older towns in Ohio and Indiana, telling of tlio hreakinjj of the Grand Jlccrvoir, were found at noon to hne been pre mature. The enit wnlls of the reser voir showed signs of collapse nnd its Rttnrds allowed a quantity of water to etenw Io reliee the iressure. This Milume of water, rushing on St. Mnrys and other towif, threw their residents into n panic, leading to the repot t that the tvsorvolr had lHtt-.t. A large force of men labored nil night htreiiRtlienini; the walls of the reservoir. At noon it wan pronounced Jntuet und safe for the present. Re inforcement of the Lewistou tcser voir also eouttmtes, EXP0sis PEOPLE MAROONED IN DURST PLANT DAYTON', Ohio, March 27. Tho peoplo mnrooned in the Durst plant here today nre without food or water. They nio lieinR soaked with rain, and it is reported sotno nre dying because of their clothing becoming frozen. A band of loscuerft left tho plant of tho National Cnuli Register company enrly today. It i expected they will bring back many lefugecs. Three hundred nnd fifty persons nro trapped in the upper stories of the Currier Cm company building. Fire Chief Ft auk llnmby declared that many firemen wore drowned enr ly today in trying to reneh tho flames. They woro wot king in boat, many of which were upset. Somo of tho fire men grappled with horses swimming ncniby, nnd wo drowned when tho nuimal.s sank. CHICAGO PACKERS TO BUY ALASKA PACKERS ASTOIUA, Ore. .Mnreh 27. It was authoritatively announced here today Hint Libhy, McNeil and I.ibby, tho Chicago packers, nio negotiating for tho piiiehoso of tho Alimka Fisher men' Packing company nunneries nt Bristol Buy, Alaska. A meeting of tho stockholders of the packing com pany will be held on April 10 to eon alder tho offer, GRAND RVOR HOLDS mm niAM:i& deexjAN ATTQtWE TOW WW KTUri BY JOHN H6COTT STATE OFFCBH TO WASHINGTON, Mnreh 27. Prcsi dent Wilson today asked Secretary of War Garrison to go to Ohio and personally sttnev conditions in the flood district. He will be accom panied by General Wood nnd will leave this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Unless conditions materially im prove, President Wilson himself roav go to Ohio. Tins morning be vir tually decided to go, but later decided to send Secretary Garrison on n spe cial train ns bis crsonnl tepresenta tie. The president sent the following niesage to Governor Cox of Ohio and Governor Hnlston of Indiana "I linye directed the secretary of war to proceed immediately to the flood districts, with the necessary staff, In order that every possible assistance may be rendera dlhe suf ferers more promptly than would be Missihlo if he bad toOevrcome the present imperfect means of communi cation from Washington." L RELIEF SUPPLIES PORTLAND, Ore., March 27, W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the Hill lines in Oregon and the North Bank railroad, stated at noon today that tho Hill lines in Oiegon, the Grent Northern and the Northern Pilcifio nnd their associated lines in the cast will carry donations for the relief of tbc flood sufferers in Indi ana and Ohio free of charge. Skin iter also stated that eastern connec tions of the Hill lines hud wired hjm that food articles of paiticular valuo would bo canned salmon nnd other canned goods. IN ATTIC OF HOME DAYTON, Ohio, March 27. Jer ry Connors, sporting odltor of tho Dayton Nows, was teacut'd from tho rafters In tho attic of his homo horo with his wlto and baby, Chrtstophor Kmerlck resettod his wlfo and two children by carrying thorn on his shoulders lu water up to his armpits. WA AY GOES SURVEY FLOOD DISTRICT LNES HAUL MARIE LAW PROCLAMEO IN FLOOD u Waters In Indiana Are Subsiding Suffering Frm Expwwe and Fa mine Intense Relief Workers Un able to Reach Many Towns West Side of Indianapolis Cut Off and Famtoe Threatens No Food and No Drinking Water INDIANAPOLIS, March 27. Be cause of the chucit'u; conditions re sulting from (be general floods, mar tial law was proclaimed here early today. Conditions throughout the city nre grate and a famine is threatened. Tbc West Side of tho city is cut off from wire communication from the busiiiPSA section because of flood. It is expected the death list here will be small. ' The flood waters in Indiana are subsiding toduy. The suffering in the Wabash valley, which has been without food nnd feu! and drinkine water for three days is intense. A train carrying sixty boats and sup piles, rencKed 'Peru last night.. It found three;1 thattsand ersous mar rooneil"JnKe cotirtKottfp. Belief trorken so far have been unable to reach LaFnyette, Kokomo, Wabash and Lognnsport. II is re lortcd that several persons have gone insane from lack of food. The latest estimate of the dead at Brooktnllc is seventeen. Fatalities also have occurred nt Wliiteraore,' New Trenton nnd Cedar Grove. The latter town is reorted destroyed. FRIGHTFUL STORY OF FIRE VICTIMS DAYTON, Ohio, March 2". A frightful story of tho plight of the flood and fire victims was told this afternoon by Abblo and Mamie 'Hedges, residents of Hess street, who wero rescued during tho day. "Hundreds of peoplo marooned In that neighborhood," they said, "aro slowly starving to death. The res cuers must work fast or they will bo too late to render much aid. Many will not survive even If they are res cued now. It is already too late." On Pulaalct Mrect two families, consisting of nine members, escaped by lashing themselves to shutters and sliding down the roofs of tholr houses Into tho water. Hopes wero attached to tho shutters, and they finally wero pulled to safety. Mrs. Katherlno O'Connor and daughter Illancho wero rescued, tho husband and son remaining behind, They were among tho missing this afternoon and It Is feared they per ished. 100 DEAD AT F1QUA 25 AT TROY PERISH PHONRTON, Ohio, March 27. Militiamen reported 100 dead at Plana and 25 at Troy. A tralnload of provisions, they said, arrived at Plu.ua today. A man who arrived from Dayton reports that 650 persons wero fed and clothed tbore by relluf commit tees. Two cars of chlck,ous and pigs, ho said, havo been killed and aro bolng dressed. Information rccolved horo today from tho manager of tho telephone company at Sldnoy said that both tho Lowlston and (Jrand reservoirs aro holding. HUNDREDS I IN WEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS Thickly Populated District of OWs Capital City Almost Wlp Otri Impossible to Make Any Accurate Estimate af Dead Train Leads af Relief SuppttM Sftt Dayton Receding Water Shows Corpses Hanging In Trees EAST HAMII.TO.V.Ohlo, 3frt, 27. Half starved men thU afternoon swam oat of the Hood 10 high ground here used n headquarter by tho stato militia. Earl Ilramlrgc. o of tho refugees, said: "Director of Safety De Armani! of Hamilton told mo tho toll of death would bo 1ROO in Hamilton aad the surrounding towns and county. Ham- Hton 1 a city of horror. Hundred aro dead." COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27. Firemen who returned from the flood ed West Side of this city declare that nt least one hundred corpses havo been found in the United Brethern church there. The West Side, one of Columbus' most thickly populated" districts, k alsaost wiped out. It la usposaible at this time to mako any accurate estimate of the number of dead. The estimated damage to prowrty on tbc West Side is between $10,000. 000 and SIS.OOO.OO.' Rapidly receding water revealed corpses hanging to trees, some lodged in the debris and others floating nboufpartly submerged buildings. Refugees brought tho names of hun dreds of missing persons, who are be lieved to have been drowned. Kuconraging ndviccs, tho first to come from the stricken city, wero re ceived here today by Governor Cox from George Burba, his private sec retary, who is in Dayton. "One thousand persons," Burba wired, "have been rescued along tho right-of-way of the Pennsylvania railroad, which now Is nbovo water. "The first trainload of supplies has passed Springfield nnd should reach Dayton at noon. A second train bearing militiamen is forty minutes behind it, nnd a third train, carrying militia nnd life savers from Cleve land is half an hour behind the sec ond. FIRSTrMIAf DEATH LIST OF DAYTON, Ohio, March 27. .Tho first authentic partial list of the dead In Dayton's great flood and flro was obtained hero today. It follows; George Morgenthalen. J. N. Haverllck, manager of tho Ilell Telephono company. h. C. Haupt, wlfo and three chil dren. Mrs, Collins nnd son. Utile Klchmann. Mrs, Schmidt and daughter. Mrs. nond. j Antonio Schartte, Mrs. Carrlo Schuntz. Mrs. Thompson. Au unknown girl. Twenty-five policemen and a do en firemen aro missing, Including Fireman Charles Phillips, who leaped Into tho flood, believing bis family had perished, MISSISSIPPI RISING CAIRO, 111., March 27,-r- " Tho Ohio ond Mississippi riv- ers hero today reached a stage " of forty fito and three t tifths feet. DAYTON VICTIMS i T TH TTTT:: fl t l