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MEDFORD, OREGON, TJIUKSDAY, MARCH 27, 19J3.
NO. 4.
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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
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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
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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
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. 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
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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.
Only three perhotiH nro known to ho
dead hero tin u rcHitlt of tho flood sit
uation. Tho wnler is rapidly sub-nidini,.
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WIDOW OF REAR ADMIRAL EATON, WHO IS ACCUSED
OF MURDERING HUSBAND. PICTURED AFTER ARREST
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Mm Joseph Gllcn Katon, wife of Hear Admiral Joseph O. 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.
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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
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HOLDS
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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."
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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
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GOES
SURVEY
FLOOD
DISTRICT
LNES
HAUL
MARIE LAW
PROCLAMEO IN
FLOOD
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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
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