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.. . inn, mm'wiMVi' '! .,. ..,. . . , , ,..u-i( .UvyK,,,,, Ci cut " '& SHrtiti tun tJV. Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itillll iotllftllt and HstHnlar. Ma, At, .MIh, 10, I'rre. ,04 I'm I V llilf.l Vmr Pnllv I ikMIi Vr M13DF0RD, OiWION, IMWAY, AIAKCir 28, 3913. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm FLOOD CONDITIONS IMPRgVINGJAPIDLY; OF FATALITIES CUT TO Rnpltlly neccdlnii Waters and Cessa Iln'n of nalns Mnkc Explorations by Rescue Parties Poslhlc Weather Prevents Danger of Pestilence Ohio nivrr on Rampage anil Cincin nati Threatened Refugees Housed and Fed CI.UVI2t.ANU. Ohio, .Miirrh 28. Improved condition ovorywhero throughout tln flooded districts of Ohio nml Indiana were reported to ilny. ltapldly rcci'iltiiK waters nml n ooMatloi) of ruins made xplra ttiimt by rescun parties popwlblc, nml lhi'hi rrvurn that tliu onrly fill iMnliM of ilciUli In both Ohio nml In ilUmt wero Krenlly exaggerated. Iti'Vlnil nml rdimi'rvMtlvii cull mntort plant the tdtul number of dead In Ohio an low as (100 nml tho fnlnll Hhs in Indiana an low ni 100. Many Columbus ami Indlnnspollu reeuor rmtnril those figures tis too low, lint mwi Hut most rsdlrnl estlmatm now pttirA i ho number of dond under IJOO. HiifforliiK from Inrk of wood has lu-nii ullmlimtcil, nml with clear nml rohl weather prevailing In both ol tho Mlrlnki'n lnr, thv danger of ihilliii) over, (llilo on Itnmpsur. Tun Ohio river It on n rampage In certain sections, hut reports from Dayton nml Columbus nay condition. nr grimily Improved, although com umrrlnl paralysis will prevail for lIllJ'H. Ti'li'Krnph nml rnllroail service Is iloinorulli'il In Ohio, them being no wire for thn ltaiiMtnlnlon of me, wigim iixeejit (bono of tin priii awn elullotm. A similar sltuntlnu pre tails In Inillntm. II wn hollovcd hero loilny (lint by night every refugee In both Imllniui nml Ohio wnulil bu housed nml fed. ln)toii I Interne, from I'IoimI, DAYTON, Ohio, March 2S- -For (ho flrnt tlmo slum tin flood nil llui water In off th streets In front of tho AIkoihiuIu hotel. Thn wntor rivirhcil tho Hi'cnnd story llin first two days. Tho downtown section Ik villi floodud. Tho people rejoiced on tho flooded street. Thi')' worn glad to bo nllvo. Tho refugees jukod, Inughcd nml erlod In turn. They hnil boon (Continued on Page 0) F, COI.lTMUl'R, Ohio, March 2S. At 1 o'clock this afternoon Coroner llonkort estimated that 200 persons uii't death In tho flooil hero, Res cuers report that wholn families worn foil ml deud In some of tho flooilml homos, Oovurnor Cox thin nftcrunaii sent a apodal mossngo to tho statu logls lutiiro, HummnilzliiK tho Iorh of Ufa nml iluuinKO by flooil, lln milil sup pllrw hml lynched 'uncHVlllo iin-1 Pliitiu; that reports of tho fatulltlcH hnil boon ovwrnleil anil Hint ovory city iisklitK for tioopH hnil hcm rmichcd. Tho slnln Iiiih lalcon ovnr control of (ho rnllroiiilu and mo iihIiik thoiu for wllof purposoH, (lovornor Cox (IiIh nflnrnnmi ro colvcil tho follinvlm; from Ocori;n llurbi, IiIh pilvatu Hoi-rolary, who Is nt Dayten: "Thoro will bo no furthur fnlnlltlnii In Uayton, Tho propriety Inns Ih much Kii'iilor Hum tho flmt roportii lndlcat'iul. Hvory Iioiiho In thn flood ml illtitrlct Is priicllcnlly ruluml unil clolhlui; Ih lmtlly numlcil," MA II W N 0 WHUE HUES FOUND FLOODED HOMES A ESTMATES OF DEATH LIST Dayton Prohahly Lost 200, Columhus 200, Cltllllcothc 50, Tiffin 50, Drookvllle 50, Hamilton 50 to 200, Troy 125, Zanesvlllc Unknown No More Deaths In Dayton Govern ment Uslnn Every Resource to Etem Wave of Death and Ruin rOI.I'Mlll'H, ()., Mnrch 'JH. Willi tin1 hi en toot tiiirorlniiitlly -t ill pro viiiliiiK tn o the lU'tmil iiuinlirr lio hnvc prriKlKil in llin diMislrouM DooiIh in Ohio nml Indiana, it linn be mum' it prnclii'nl rirtninty Hint fours Hint tho ilonlli lit would run into the llioiiMimls wore ill-founded. Ho fnr iin nil he itiuint'il nml nny csll uiiiln is a mrrr hiiphk llir totnl ilrnif probably will not oxcird ciylit linn iltnl. In D.iytou, Ohio, the jrriito)t Mif. fcrcr it In now' lirlirvnl not morr limn two liuiidii'd nnmi'N will nppcnr in lln fatal list. ColumliUN, Ohio, pnilmbl.v ill mill two hundred; Chit licollie filly, ifml Tiffin fifty. Hrook ville, Intl., may linvo fifty, llmnillon, Ohio, nuiy liuvi from fifty In Iwo liiimlrril, Tmy. Ohio, is nnii to mn rjr, nnoMiltr, Ohio, hnx liccn linril hit but it is Nolnfiil nml llm fntnliliiH nro Htill uuknonn. UsthimiiN Mrro iirsi. In it Monro of oilier oilirn and (owiih there linvo been deaths from flooil nml fin' but till ntlitiiplN to oHliiunlo tliro iiiiihI fur tile pieseul bo futile. "Tlieio mil be no mure ilcnllit in I lay Ion," turn I ho tvolooiiio uiosnj;o from hiri M'i'ii'Inry uliieli Huh nfler nnoii lenelied flovrnior Vox in Colum bus nml from nil over the stricken re gion reports liontly nrrito Hint Iho MitiMiluii; wnlers arc nl lns nllnwuitf Hio fronicil offoilN of roiouofH to loll in tho lixlit for liummuty nKaiiiht Hio deadly blows of flooil nml firo. TIiioui:Iioii( (be whofe region strick en by tho ilihiixlor, tho United Slnlort oxornincnt nml the tdate pivorucmnU n ro tisiii ovory losourco o stout llio wave of ilonlli nml ruin. Most of tho suffororN i-olnleil )y wntcr tlirouch out tho ri'Kioii will bo roMoiuil nml most of them foil by nicjit. Kail roads lutvo hei'ii lukcn rliarK'e of for tho work of rrsouo nml tolcKrnpli nml telephone wire mo lioinj usoil solely In niil tho Hiifforors nml to carry tho proHH (lespnlolios which help llio world to realire (lie oulumity nml to hasten In thn work of rosnue. l'looil liio nt Kvn list llio. Ivtmisvillo wiir warned Hint (lie Wnhnsh rivor flooiln linvo passcsl Torro llnulo, Iml., nml nro cxivctoil thoro tonight. HoiiIh nro fust re moviui' inhabitants of tho oily in places of safety. Kuonnoim tlnmuKo ih expected hut it Ik not believed nny fatalities will result. ME GUESSES TRAGIC STORIES OF FLOOD VICTIMS CI.HVKI.AND, Ohio, March 2S. TiukIo stories of tho sufferings on d ii rod by Columbus flood victims' worn told bora today b rofiifios. Statu HeprcHontatlves Klrltputrlck and Coopor worn among tho arrlvnlu, both hiriooIur that tho reports of fatalities lutvo boon Rrontly exagger ated, "A bIhrIo hrhlKo," Bald Klrkpnt rlclc, "remnltiH atandliiK In Columbus. Tho rcscuo work thoro, however, has boon Hystomatlxcd nnd muroouod pornons nro lining carried to R.tfoly. "Last nlglit-l snw it mother nnd sovun children, tho oldest of whom wiih but 1 1 yours, ' rescued. Thoy worn faint front oxposura nnd lack or food. Tho husband uml futlior wan :iulHsliih", "At ono of tho moving plcturo hIiowh Wodnosdny whuu tho rcol iitoppod, Bomo ono shoutod that ACCU8ED OF $300,000 FRAUDS HMMHHMHIMMHHMiMMM. MHHanMnMMtlllMSHMaBMMMai Philip Musicn, eldc-l son of An tonio MiiMoa, Hie head of llio l'nil.l Stnto llnir ooinpuny of New York, won caught nt Now Orleans with other niemherH of llio family on their way to Honduras with about $100,. 000. Tho fntmls of tho Musicim, for hioh lliey hnto been indieled in Now York, nro believed to icnoh nt least .f:illO,fino, petlinie tico Hint Num. nSGufitr DOOMED TO DEFEAT fiAttlAMKNTO, Col.. .Mnrch 28. An inootnpletc rnnvnsA of Imtlf linuse of Hio legislature today indicated Hint Hio proposed nti-jriroflltt bill will notcr tvnoh Hio ootcrnnr. If tho otunploxlon of the IcRiKliittiro rrmntUM iiui'linnctil, tho following can bo snfo ly prodicloil iin llio oourso tho pro posed legislation will tnke: Auti-fiKht hills trill bo rejsirted out of committee in both houses, with ro commendation Hint they do pnss. The assembly will vote iiKinnst llio lull by n liberal majority. The vote ull bo close in Hio senate. BUSGH, THE BREWER, ST. 1.0U18, Mo., Mnrch 2S. Tele crvtphlni: front Pasadenu, Cat., Adolphuti Uuvch, ami of tho owners of n blR browory hero, Instructed his firm to contribute IU5.O0O for tbu relief of flood victims In Ohio uml Indiana. Hunch nlso wired tho Na tional Hod Cross to draw on his firm for Hint amount at once. ANGLING FOR CORPSES WITH GRAPPLING HOOKS rOI.l'Mlll'S, O., Mnroh 28. The polioo of Cirolovillo, 2.1 miles south of hero, telephoned Ibis nftcninon Hint corpses uro flouting about ott tho river thorn nml Hint men with crnp- plinjf hooks linvo recovered sevontl. it btorago dam had broken, When I reached thn street I saw people everywhere, boiuo half dressed ami Bomo carrylnR bird cngos nnd vt dogs, Ono saloonkcopor dashed from his plnco of business with n cash leglntcr In Ills amies. Ho novor stopped until ho reached the top most point of tho capltol dome. "When tho flood started tho wator cumn no fast thnt men starting to glvo tho itlnrm failed to reach tho bridges on tho west sldo before thoy woro swept away, "I saw a strootcnr swept from a bridge, falling against a, building. Tho passengers clambered tip to tho wlndowH of tho building nnd es caped." O, K. Harton, another refugee, said ho saw seven persons who had been swept Into a tree top slowly succumb to tho cold yesterday nnd drop Into, tho water, i LOSS OF LIFE DAYTON m NOT TO EXCEED Sections of City Supposed to Have Longest List ef Fatalities Almost Free of Them Famine General Throughout City, Being Remedied Indiana Escapes With Slight Loss of Life but Heavy Property Damage Indianapolis Has No Deaths DAYTON, Ohio, Mnrch 27. The Iciiil by flood nml, tiro in Dayton will not oxo.il thrro liumlml jK-rsonw. This Mfnlcinont is linsod on nn investi- ntiiui which covered all part of the oilv. Those dislricU which hail been ci pocled to show Hie largest roll of ilcnths linto been found nlmot fret from fatalities. Reports, however, nn still awaited fnnu North Dnylon, nnd llixerdale, whore the levees uro supjKmcil to have broken. The first men to penetrate these regions report Hint there linvo not boon more tlinn ten dentin in North Dayton ami but few in Hlvenlnle. The flood is rcocilinj- quickly jnrl it Ls ex pirleil thnt mnny dfiid will he recov ered by mjjhtfnll. j Famine is geiiorfll (lirouliout the oily, but this oomlitou, too is htinj; rapidly rrnuilieil, qotj.- Hint HiefnllinK wntorn teniiu Inurslt to tho blrickeii sections. Koroiirniftnu lUsrt. INDIANAPOLIS, Iml., March 28. Knooiintgini Ileports from floodiwrpt Indiana was received hero today, al though it will bo months before nor mal conditions nro restored. Actual information Ik tncLini; but it is be lieved that relief lias reached flood cofferers in Noll hern ami Central Indiana. ('ooinumioation was partially ro stored today with Peril. Its- chief of jiolice said the situation there had boon prenlly exaggerated and the fa talities; would not exceed fifty. IVanklin county wns hard hit, cs ivoinlly tho town of Hrookville, hut it is not believed tho dentb list in the country will exceed fifty. The most discouraging reiwtrtu today onme fmm the lower end of the Wnhnsh titer. It wns retried tho flood crest hnd just reached this section mid the trouble there wits just ritartiug. ProiHM-ty toss 9.10,000,1)00. More than two thousand refugees nro being enrod for hero and boats tire scouring West Indianii)vlis and llrond Hippie for marooned sufferers. Heorts of ciionuous loss of life in West Indinnnpolis could not ho con finned, tho police estimating tho fit tulitlcs at not more (linn ten. Tliu projH'rly loss throughout tho slnto may reach $r0,000,000. Tlionuigh search of the houses in West Indinnnpolis today failed to re veal a single death. The river is nenrly nt its normal depth. Humors of heavily fatalities here arc all dis sipated here today. CHURCHILL APPOINTED STATE SUPERINTENDENT SALEM, Or., March 28. J. A. Churchill, for 20 years superintend ent of llio city schools nt llaker, Or., wns appointed today by Governor West to succcced L. R. Aldorninn as stnlo superintendent of schools. Al derman, who bus accepted the super inlemlenoy of llio Portland oily schools will remain in office until July 1. FIFTEEN CORPSES RECOVERED AT BR00KVILLE, INDIANA CONNKItRVILLE, Iml., Mnroh 28. Telephone tnessnges from Hrook ville, 1ml., say (lint 15 corpses buvo beou recovered .there. THREE HUNDRED GREATLY I HUNTINGTON WILSON Iluntiii",lot) Wilson, assistant ;.eoi rclnry of state, who wm prominent in the forcipt affairs of the joern tnent during the four years of Hie Taft administration, has hastened his depnrture I mm the state depart ment. L FLOOD DISASTER AT ZANESVILH COLUMUl'S, Ohio. Mnrch 2S. -A frightful story of conditions In Xancsvllla was reported to Govornor Cox this afternoon by 8. K. Mitchell, superintendent or the Ohio Electric Hallway company of Zanesvllio. Mitchell climbed a telephone polo four miles west of Zanesvllio and, attaching nn Instrument to the wlr, telephoned tho following message: "Wo havo only enough food to supply Zanesvllln for 24 hours. "Fatalltlen n tho seventh and eighth wards have been heavy. "Tho city west or Main street Is under wator. extending back three niliea from tho National road. "rTvo hundred porsons from Put nam who are penned In tho fair grounds are starving. Quick action Is necessary." SEVENTEEN LOST LIFE AT CHILLICOTHE. CHILLirOTUK. Oiiio, Mnrch 2S. Seventeen nre known to be dead hero ns a result of the floods. Nine of these nre identified. Threo fourths of the city wns flooded Tuesday. A famine is threatened. FUED LEADERS DIE RICHMOND, Va March 3S. Overwhelmed at last after a century of mountain feudal tyranny, tbo power of tho Allen gang was forever put to an cud today whoa Floyd and Claude Allon, father and son, died In tho electric chair for the quintuple murder In tho Ulllsvlllo courthouse 4 March U, 1912. Just a year and a, fortnight after their desporata ef fort to avongo tho conviction of a kinsman by a mere court, (hoy en tered tho death chamber after all avenues or posslblo reprlevo had boon barred against them. When a Jury foreman tremblingly announced a verdict or guilty ngainst Victor Allen on a chargo of perjury in a ntoonshinlng cbbo, tho rage or tho patriarch of tho clan vented It boU In a pistol volley, In which other members or tho family Joined, Judgo Thomas I,. Masslo, Commonwealth Attorney Thornton I Foator and Sheriff Low Webb were carried from JY,or" how Wol,u u' courtroom dead or dying, Juror FRIGHTFU SI NO. 5. EXAGGERATED IN EARLY REPORTS B MD TO DY Georurt Porter Representing the Coun- cllmen Requests City Ailorrwy Boggs te Tender His Resignation on Political Grounds Boggs Refuses to Resign and Council Will Remove Him at Its Next Ses sionSix Solid Now O. Carter Hoggs will be removed as ejiy attorney nt the next regular ses sinn of the city council to he held next Tuesday evening. April 1. The "solid six" not the "n,u four," hnv so decided and will so vote. Hepresenting tho council, George Porter, councilman from Hie first word, called upon the city attorney this morning and requested him to tender his resignation. Itoggs abso lutely refused to accede to this re quest nnd so forces the council to re move him. nomrs declares thnt he intends to put the coiineilmcn indi vidually on record as regards the George II. .Millar case, nnd for this purpose is said to have refused to re sign. As the coiineilmen arc prac tically unanimous in their denuncia tion of the "trinl," Hoggs' declaration ns to putting them on record is not viewed with any alarm. Council a Uttlt. It"-- "V The members of the eitv muiimI declare that Hiey believe City Attor ney Hoggs removal is demanded for the welfare of the city. They hold him responsible for the turmoil which has existed since tho new administra tion took office and declare that if it was not for his notation nnd in fluence thnt they could get nlong with Mayor Kifert without any jangle or discord. They ohnrge him with using his office for iwditienl persecutions. "I view the matter in this light," stnted Councilman Porter today. "The people showed at the recent election what they thought of the change in appointive offices nnd of the ehnrges ngainst Mr. Millar. The people are the supremo court in af fairs of this kind nnd I certainly will obey their mandates. I believe thnt Mr. Hoggs is responsible for this dis eonl nml that ho should go for the best interests of the city. Want Harmony. "In the future I believe there will he no further split. votes on appoint ments. We can and will get togethor, but a new oily attorney must bo sc oured first." Members of the city council stnto they have no particular attorney in view to fill tho office of city attor ney. The mayor will not bo hampered in chnsiiig nn nltomoy to take the place of Boggs. The chief change directed by the coiineilmen at Mr. Hoggs is to the ef fect that Roggs used his office fo political persecution in the Millar case. ELECTRIC CHAIR Fowlor and Miss Elizabeth Ayres, stenographer, died later from wounds. When tho great needle had swung slowly backward for tho last time today nnd the current was shut off after dealing death to tho "patriarch of tho Allen clan" and his son, Jus Hco had triumphed over a contury of rulo by a family whoso power dated back for generations and which took unto Itself tho dominion over life and death, Tlmo and again tho Aliens havo dofled tho law and ns their power grow they became mora Insolent. It was their boast that nouo or their breed should know any law save God's and tholr own. So when a Jury found Victor Allen guilty tho clan made good Its boast. There was a Hash of steel, a volley nnd when tho shrloklng spectators who had tied crlngod back again they round Judgo Masslo dying, Sher iff Wobb (load and Prosecuting At torney Foster mortally wounded. RESIGN CITY OONC IT'S HARD TO DIE SAYS SWANSON; TRIES 44 TIMES When Dynamite Falls Man Bileved to Be Demented Drives Tw Frew Reem and Hacks Howlf Over Head With Ax and Knife Forty-three Gashes Are InfHcterf While Brothers Leek m Afraid te Interfere With Crazed Man That it is indeed hard to die eren when a man wants to, Is the belief of Chris Swanson today following many attempts by fiim within 24 hours to kill bimseir. The first time ho tiled dynnmito and then he attempted to bent out his own brains wilh nn nx ns well as cut his throat with n knife. In spite of the two attempts Chris will recover, nenrding to Dr. K. R. Sccly who is attending him. Swunson attempted Thursday morning to blow himself up with dy namite. It was believed thnt this wns. an accident until early today when he arose from bis bed, chased his two brothers out of the room, secured nn nx and a knife and attacked himself. Tho knife wns employed first hut ns it was dull he used the nx to cut himself over the head while his broth ers watched him powerless to feter- fere. He cut his scalp in -13 places. Finally ho grew tired 'of, slushing, threw tho ax away anaretMrBcd to his bed. His scalp wns cut to ivuln. Dr. Secly was hurriedly summoned and dressed tho wounds. Tho bed wns literally soaked with blood. Dr. Seely attempted to bring Swan son to the hospital hut ho absolutely refused to come. He premised to be. have himself. AT T SAY AUTHORITIES DAYTON, Ohio, March 2S. At 2 o'clock this afternoon 22 bodies lay In tho general morgue here. Identi fication of the corpses ls proceeding slowly. Water Is being pumped out of tho basement of tho Algonquin hotel this afternoon to repair whatever damage may havo been done to thi Algonquin's artesian well, so as to get a supply or water for protection in tho evont of fire. Another arte sian plant will be In operation before night. When the city authorities h.t.l tlmo to look around today it wn officially announced that tho tire losses to the city were slight except along Third Btreet between Jefferson and S,t. Clair avenues. There Mm Dayton gas light company's building and rows of three story houses were burned, Tho only other fires of note wore at the Troy-Pearl laundry plant and some small apartment houses on the west stdo ot tho city. Not a single municipal building, theater or club or church was de stroyed. AT CINCINNATI, Ohio., March 28. With tho river horo recording 03 P-10 root of water, thirteen feet over tho dnngorlino, mid still rtaiug, Cincin nati today faces a serious flood. Ifosi- denls in tho lowlying districts uro fleeing to higher ground. Six bodies which had flonled from Miami were recovered at oYnlce, near here today. No nun fell hero, today and none UMS DAYTON m RISING CININAT is reported ut Dnytou. t '.) -t3i