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Dead in Ohio Less
than Five Hundred |
Forty Thousand Persons Must Be Fed |
and Sheitered For a Week and 20,000 |
For a Longer Period.
Investigations tended to confirm the
estimates of fewer than 500 deaths in
the floods that swept over a score of
cities in Ohio and Indiana last week.
As the waters receded from Dayton, |
Columbus and other places, leaving a |
thick coating of mud, alarm was |
caused by a rapid rise of the Ohio |
and the Mississippi rivers, inundating
parts of cities along their banks.
There is not much danger of loss of |
life in these places, however, as the.
inhabitants have hills to flee to and
are used to floods.
Revised reports indicate that the
pumber of drowned in Dayton may
not exceed 150, although there are,
those who say the number will be
much greater.
The death list at Piqua, Ohio, fell
off from the estimate of fifty to twelve
known dead :
Conditions In Dayton.
With the water in the flooded riv-
ers rapidly falling to their normal
stage, Dayton, Ohio, has a tremendous
task on hand.
The officials say the death list will
not reach 500, while those in charge
of the morgues estimate the dead at’
250. Others equally familiar w'th the
situation, especially those active in
the rescue work and the search for
bodies, insist that the number of dead
will not exceed 150.
Here is the problem presented to
Dayton, as summarized by George F.'
Burba, secretary to Governor Cox, and
representing the latter in Dayton:
Forty thousand persons must be
fed, clothed and housed for a week
more.
Twenty thousand persons must be
cared for indefinitely. These are per-
sons who lost their all when their
household goods were swept away.
They must be provided with a few
necessary household articles, such as
bedding, pots and pans, stoves and a
few dollars. A half mililon Jollars
could be used in this way by the re-
lief committee. Fifteen thousand
houses and other structures, or what
remains of them, must be pulled
down.
Thousands of tons of debris must
be removed.
Following are some of the accom-
plishments since the flood broke over
Dayton: |
The water works pumping station
is in operation, but the distribution
of water is greatly retarded by open
pipes in wrecked houses. The pres-
sure is feeble, but growing stronger
as leaks are checked.
The main sanitary sewer is in oper-
ation, although many of the laterals
leading from houses are clogged with
mud and backed up water.
By order of Governor Cox the reign
of martial law over Dayton was ex-'
tended to take in the whole county.
The flood did more than sweep away
property, for it swept away the city
administration, temporarily at least,
and brought in what amounts to a,
commission form of government.
Emerging From Flood.
As in other Ohio cities conditions
in Columbus as a result of the Scioto
river floods have been greatly exag-
gerater.
The death list will run from 75 to
100 in all probability. The property
loss will exceed $1,000,000. The wa |
ter has receded to a point where near |
ly all the inhabitants of the inundated '
sections, whose homes were not com- |
pletely destroyed, may return to
them.
The district affected embraces a
large extent of territory to the west
and southwest of the state house,
where mostly working people live.
Hundreds of homes were swept from |
their foundations and some were car |
ried down the river. The flood will |
require the rebuilding of thousands of
other houses. The finer residences and
business sections escaped damage.
Thousands of people were taken from |
perilous positions and hundreds of he-
yoic rescues are reported.
Sixty-five Dead In Indiana.
Sixty-five lives are known as lost in
the Indiana floods, which have almost
disappeared in the central portion of
the state, but still threaten Evans-
ville and the smaller cities along the
Ohio river.
Verified reports show that fifty-six
persons were drowned and four are
known to have died from exposure.
Flood devastated Indiana cities re
ported, authentically, weath lists as
follows:
Peru, 20; Brookville, 16; Fort
Wayne, 6; Terre Haute, 4; Washing-
ton, 4; Frankfort, 2; Logansport, 1;
Rushville, 1; Muncie, 1; West Indian-
apolis, 5; Lafayette, 1; New Castle,
1; East Mount Carmel, 1; Shelburn, 1.
Chillicothe Death List 15.
Thus far there are fifteen known
dead from the flood in Chillicothe, O.
The waters have receded, but the af-
flicted districts are badly in need of
relief in the form of food and cloth-
The town of Richmand, having a
population of 250 inhabitants, was iit
erally wiped from the map. Jesse
Brandon, who was plowing in a field,
was swept away and rrowned. Ten
other lives weer lost in the village and
vicinity. i 1
Conditions In Western Pennsylvania
Are Slowly Improving.
Western Pennsylvania is slowly
covering from the effects of the
general and disastrous flood in
history.
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Greater damage than ever before
was done to property, more lives were
taken and more homes made desolate. |
Now that the danger is past the vast
flood-submerged section is gradually
clearing of waters.
Pittsburgh's monetary loss is at
least $1,000,000. The steel industry is,
paralyzed for the time, many plants.
being submerged. Two months will
pass before all operations are again
resumed.
The property loss in Wheeling, W.
Va., is estimated at $5,000,000. The
loss in Youngstown, Ohio, is approxi
mately $2,000,000. The Shenango, Ma-
honing, Beaver and Ohio valleys show
heart sickening scenes of desolation.
Along rivers and smaller streams are
strewn the wreckage of homes and
factories, many of whose owners, af-
ter years of labor to accumulate a
competence, must start out penniless
again.
Every wooden bridge in the flooded
region has been washed away, and
many steel spans are weakened. Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down.
Allens Die In Electric Chair.
Floyd Allen and his son, Claude 8.
| Allen, were put to death in the elec
tric chair in the state penitentiary in
Richmond, Va., for their part in the
Hillsville court house murders. Other
members of the notorious gang are
! serving long sentences in the same
prison.
The Allens were put to death, after
a dramatic eleventh hour attempt to
save them had been thwarted by Gov-
ernor Mann's unexpected return to the
capitol, thus preventing Lieutenant
| Governor Ellison from acting upon a
' request for a respite or commutation
of sentence.
The old mountaineer, once the ter
ror of a whole section of the Blue
Ridge, and his strapping young son
died within ten minutes of one an-
other.
Father and son, occupying separate
cells, heard the death warrants read.
Tears were in Floyd Allen's eyes as
he looked upon his boy. There was a
pathetic farewell as the old moun-
taineer, bent and feeble, was led away.
Two minutes after he entered the
death chamber the signal was given
and the current was turned on.
When the prison surgeon announced
that Floyd Allen was dead the body
was hastily removed and the guards
went back for Claude. Floyd Allen
was muttering a prayer as he was
placed in the chair. Claude showed no
trace of emotion.
; a state of coma, unable to respond to
Corpse Thrown From Coffin.
During the funeral of the three-year.
old baby boy of Ambrose Eisenhour,
at York, Pa. the horse attached to
the hearse ran away, and the rough
box containing the casket was thrown
into the road.
The box and the casket burst open
and the child's body fell out. The
horse was so badly injured that it
had to be killed.
Charles Ellicker, of Rossville, the
undertaker, and his young son, Rob-
ert, were severely injured. Ellicker
was driving the hearse, and in an ef-
fort to avoid siriking the minister's
buggy ran the team into a fence.
Sherman Elected Senator.
Following soon after the breaking of
the deadlock in the Illinois legisla
ture and the election of James Hamil
ton Lewis, Democrat, to the full term
of six years in the United States sen-
ate, the secondary deadlock broke and
Lawrence W. Sherman, Republican,
was elected for the short term. !
Sherman will fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the ousting of William Lorimer
from the senate. His term will expire
March 3, 1915. Lewis was the Demo-
cratic primary choice for senator and
Sherman was similarly endorsed by
the Republicans. !
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Yale Men Welcome Taft.
Three thousand Yale students, head.
ed by a band, rared a welcome to,
former President Taft when he ar
rived in New Haven, Conn., from New
York to take up his duties as Kent
professor of law at the university. !
As Mr. Taft stepped from the train
he was presented with a huge bouquet |
i wise he displayed no sign of vitality
| Morgan & Co.
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dies in Rome, Ttaly | The Philadelphia Record is promoting an
tractive and valuable book proposition for
Physicians Say He Hal Neus Prog. itis Sutots lobed fron, tue Telly It
will send to any one a copy of the New Modern
tration, Followed by General Col £ ee ;
lapse—One Blames “Money Trust” The $4.00 volume, of full limpleather, flexible,
Probe. stamped in gold on back and sides, printed on Bi-
| ble paper. with red edges and corners rounded,
J. Plerpont Morgan, master of beautiful, strong and durable, for § coupons and
hundreds of millions of dollars and $12. including Rostage. Shige he general
the greatest financial and commercial contents, there are maps over 600 subjects
power in the United States. died In eres abies 07 onstones 16 pes of ‘00
his hotel in Rome. Mr. MOrgan | cationsl charts and the latest United States cen-
would have been seventy-six years gus
old on April 17. | The $3.00 book, precisely the same as the $4.00
The body of Mr. Morgan is to be book except in the style of binding, which is in
embalmed and sent to the United half-leather, with olive edges and square corners,
States. A funeral service will be held Will be mailed for the six coupons and $1.3, in-
before its departure. Italian troops, postage.
will assist at the ceremonies. It is: The $2.00 book, in plain cloth binding. stamped
in gold and plack, which has the same paper and
said that Mr. Mergan has left his art’ j.crations, but with the color plates and charts
treasures to the United States govern: omitted, will be sent for six couponsand 70 cents.
ment. | The Record is to be commended in its promotion
Dr. M. Allen Starr, of New York, of this offer, presenting every one with a valua-
called into consultation in connection ble [adjunct to their educational opportunities at
\ with J. Pierpont Morgan's illness, at- a minimum of cost,
, | ‘Those desiring these books should send cou-
tributed the financier's breakdown to pons and nce 10 the P :
emotion caused by the investigation Record,i Dicti D trent Chestnut
carried out by the Pujo committee at Record 10%es ” St
Washington into the operations of the
so-called “money trust,” of which Mr.! , amacazing or MERIT. ~ Mount and Stream,”
Morgan was considered the head. a journal devoted to the interests of game, fish
A statement giving the full history | and forests, published at Harrisburg, has been
of Mr. Morgan's illness has been ca-| considerably enlarged and vastly improved. It
bled by his physicians to his son in entered upon its third year with the March issue
New York. The statement recapitu-| anil cielival Sd ie Eeh i ib us ropsiate mass
lates the s toms of Mr. Morgan's "e" a courageous consistent advocate
malady ng first oe oh of the rights of the hunter and fisherman as well
| as the conservation of fisk and game and richly
Egypt. It qualifies his illness as ner-| genero pport
vous prostration, but says that his in| dri tho geherons pu of the lumi wi
telligence remained normal until Eas
ter Sunday.
When the death of Mr. Morgan was |
seen to be approaching rapidly, Pro
fessor Giuseppe Bastianelll and Dr.
George D. Dixon forced Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert L. Satterlee, son-in-law ni
daughter of the financier, and Miss
Helen Hamilton, a niece, who had
been in constant attendance, to leave
the room. Mrs. Satterlee had been
with her father from the time he left
New York, and Mr. Saterlee had join-
ed them in Egypt.
Mr. Morgan toward the end showed
he was suffering internally only by a
movement of his right hand. Other
OCK HAVEN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Geo. P. Singer, Principal,
The spring term of this important
Normal school will begin April 7th,
with a larger attendance than usual.
On May 12th, a special seven weeks’
course will be started for the benefit
of teachers preparing for either the
: per-
be given, together with special work
in pedagogy. This is an excellent
opportunity to prepare for these ex-
aminations. Free tuition to teach-
ers. All other expenses including
board and room will be $4.00 per
week. High school graduates can
save time by attending the spring
term, and will receive the same rates.
For further informationffand illus-
trated catalog, address the Principal.
58.12.5¢
except by continuous heavy breath
ing.
Mr. Morgan was unable to assimi-
late nourishment artificially adminis
tered, and his physicial weakness was
extreme. Heart tonics were injected,
but these had no effect, and for sev:
eral hours before his death he was in
any questions or to recognize any of smn
New Advertisements.
those at his bedside.
John Pierpont Morgan was born on
April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Conn., the
son of Junius Spencer Morgan, a
banker. His mother before her mar
riage was Juliet Pierpont. Both of
his parents were from old and weil
known New England families. Had |N.lL
Morgan so chosen he might have en
tered the ranks of the “idle rich,” for
his father left him $10,000,000, but
his was a will to work, and work he
always did in a thorough-going, mas
terly manner.
He was educated, first in the public
schools of Hartford, later graduated
from the Boston English high school
and finished his studies at the Univer
sity of Goettingen, Germany.
He entered the banking house of
Duncan, Sherman & Co. as a clerk in
1857. Became United States agent
for the London banking firm of George
Peabody & Co. of which his father
was a member, in 1860,
Married Amelia Louise Sturges in
1861, who died in 1862.
Married Louise Tracy in 1865. Had
one son and three daughters.
Became member of the respective
firms of Dabney, Morgan & Co. and
Drexel, Morgan & Co. in 1864 and
1871. The latter firm became J. P.
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ANTED A NURSE GIRL.—Wanted a neat
and a me end girl,
wages wili be and a pleasant
Floated bond issue of $62,000,000
during President Cleveland's admin:
istration.
Organized and floated securities of
United States Steel corporation 1901,
capital $1,100,000,000.
Secured American subscriptions to
British war loan of 1901, amounting
to $50,000,000.
Controlled 50,000 miles of railways,
N. B. SPANGLER,
Attorney.
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Catharing A. Mongan va. ‘Dennis Mon-
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before you settle for it.
WIARD PLOWS,
In fact everything the agriculturist needs.
We HAVE Barcains For You 1¥ You
Are Looking For THEM.
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BELLEFONTE. PA.
VAAN
fl Special Sale
Thursday, Friday and Saturda
OF THIS WEEK. .
Double J%( Green stamps given
with all Dry Goods,
50 Extra 4% Green stam
given with all shoes over $2.00;
all shoes reduced.
Come and see our Special Sale of
Groceries and get free /*4" stamps
& house at rear of Mrs. Jennie
nee Michelle, proventy on Lows glee |®
Morris & Sheffer,
General Merchandise, Bellefonte, Pa.
of violets. The former president jarge American and British ocean
smiled broadly and doffed his hat to transportation lines and English trac
the continuous cheering of the crowd. tion railways.
The procession headed for the college Gave $1,500,000 for site and buiid
buildings and Mr. Taft received an ings for Ivingin hospital in New
ovation all the way. | York. Other benefactions total mil
Sentenced as White Slaver.
H. E. Kulp, the Wilkes-Barre, Pa,’
detective, convicted of
women from Pennsylvania to West'
Virginia for immoral purposes, in vio
lation of the Mann white slave act,
was sentenced in the federal court in
Scranton, Pa., by Judge Thompson to
two years in the Leavenworth prison.
His accomplice, Steve Stevens, got six
months in the Luzerne county prison. |
Kulp gave $10,000 bail pending an ap-
Bank Cashier Goes Free.
William W. Montgomery, of Pitts-
burgh, Pa. former cashier of the Al
legheny National bank, who was con.
victed for abstracting funds and un-
der a fifteen-year sentence, left the
federal penitentiary in Leavenworth,
Kan., pardoned by President Taft, one
of the last official acts of Mr. Taft as
president. He departed immediately
for Pittsburgh.
Grace Succeeds Schwab. .
B. G. Grace was elected president
' uation and dumping millions of dol
2 1 0 of the Gi 1
CONTI
lions.
Twice won the international yacht
races with the yacht Columbia, which
he caused to be built to defeat Sir
Thomas Lipton’s challenger, the Sham:
rock.
Checked a disastrous panic in 1907
by personally taking hold of the sit
lars into the New York stock ex:
change.
Testified before the Pujo committee
in 1913 that there was no ‘money
trust,” and could be none.
Made famous collections of paint
ings, bronzes and antique art, includ
ing the famous Gainsborough paint
ing, which ne later turned over to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York city.
Preacher Turns Undertaker.
fhe congregation of Christ Luth-
eran church in Easton, Pa.,, was com-
pletely surprised when their pastor,
Rev. Elmer E. Snyder, announced his
resignation, to take effect May 11. Af-
ter the services he explained that he
intended to retire from ministerial]
WASHINGTON
SPECIAL 10-DAY EXCURSION
"Thursday, April 24th, 1913.
$8.25 from Bellefonte.
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Parcel Post Maps
We have Parcel Post Maps
showing rates from Belle-
fonte and neighborhood,
which we will send on
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The First National Bank,
Bellefonte, Pa.
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