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DEATH TALL ? OVER 3,000 SOULS AND 0 IN PROPERTY L1IEB FLAMES LENBI The Heavens Opened and tl Death ani Destruction in t Flood?Real Extent of the ] Hot Yet Known?Figures ] Points in the Sricken Distric Placed at Two Thousand. Chicago, March 26 ?Three thous- j and may iiave pensnea in me ueiu^c j which swept the northern hair of the Ohio River Valley yesterday and. today. Probably half a million were made homeless by the flood in Indiana * and Ohio and property damaged in both States will be at least ?100,000,' - 000. An additional horror Was reported | ^ this evening from Dayton. Fire there j which was wide spread and uncon- i trollable in view of the paralyzatioa the water plant, brought death to many who sought to escape drowning by climbing to upper floors of buildings. Railroad officials are authority for j the statement that lines converging ; into Indianapolis would have to stand | a loss of $25,000,000 in that city and j * vicinity alone. * DAYTON UNDER MARTIAL LAW. Dayton, Ohio, March 26.?Flames that destroyed eight buildings in Day. ton's submerged business section tonight cast a jed, weird glow pver the flood stricken city that added to the fears of thousands of refugees and I maroonied persons and led to the apprehension that there may have been many of the water's prisoners in, the burned buildings. ? , ? Soon after notice was posted inheadnnarf^ra of the emergency committee announcing that the city was under martial law and several companies of - soldiers arrived from neighboring Ohio cities. The soldiers were employed to patrol edges of the submerged district and prevent further looting of homes freed from the flood's grasp. Up to a late hour tonight there had been no material disorder. FATE OF HUNDREDS IN DOUBT. Rescue squads worked frantically to/ day to throw back the veil that hides the trne story of the Dayton disaster? the number of dead. Late tonight the arrival of motor boats gave the hope that by tomorrow the northern section of the city now cat .off by the big Miamia's impassable barrier, may be penetrated, and then may be. learned the fate of hundreds imprisoned hy the torrent that poured down from the broken Tarleton resevoir. The list of six known dead was added to thi9 afternoon by the death of a refugee: It was reported late tonight < that a number of dead had been found in houses in och and Eagle streets, but when rescuers' worked their way into the partially suome ged dwellings they . found a number of the flood's prisoners were weak from fright and hunger. * COLD INCREASES SUFFERING. ./ * Already overburdened victim's of the water*S wrath were compelled to suffer again today in a cold, smarting : rain. Fire that appeared to threaten the business section tonight was confined to the block bounded by 2nd and 3rd streets and Jefferson and St. Clair streets. It was impossible to get within two miles of tte fire and from that distance what appeared to be explosions, probably of drags, made the fire seem of larger proportions than it was. It appeared to have about burned itself out and was not believed it would spread to other blocks. > ; It was impossible to ascertain even Vf i approximately the nnmber of persons who might have been marooned in this section and who died after beiDg "i% trapped by flood and fire. Ne vert-helesst rescue work went steadily on, and about 3,000 persons were housed in pliees of refuge tonight. At least '>o,000#per>ons are imprisoned in homes and ia business buildings. It is feared that their two days' imprisonment with accompanying hunger and fright has caused tremendous suffering. The flood came with such suddenness that food supplies in homes were whisked away by the torrent that reached to second floors in almost the flc3h of an fivp. Skiff* skirted the edge of the flooded district, attempting to take food to those wbcm it wa9 impossible to carry off, but the fierce current discouragingly retarded this work. . BEGGED TO BE RESCUED. r Two oarsmea who braved the current that swirled through the business section of the city today reported that J the water at the Algonquin Hotel, at thesontinVe^t oon or cf Third ard Ludow street.-. wu3iifU feet avep From FROM FLOOR !YER ?103,009,000 WQRTH DESTROYED. iiOR TO TOE SCENE! ie Rains Descended Carrying Their Wake?Another Noah's Disaster in Ohio and Indiana Based on Reports irom Many it -Casualties in Dayton Alone 1 windows in ike hotels and business blocks, hundreds of the marooned betr ged pitily for rescue and food. Toe oarmen said they saw do bodies floating on the flood tide, but declared that many persons must have perished in the water's sudden rush through the streets. A shortage of provisions was threatened this afternoon when it was reported many relief trains, bound to Dayton from neighboring cities had been stopped by high water. Every grocer in the city had been "sold out" before noon. It was believed that the relief trains might creep in during the night. LEAPING FROM ROOF TO ROOF." The Dayton informant confirmed the information that refugees, driven from the places where they had sought safety from the floods, were leaping from roof to roof to escape the new terror. W.ITKOUT FOOD AND WATER. The Dayton man said that the water was ploughing through the streets in a mad 1 ,yh and that he had had nothing to eat id very little water to drink for 48 hou . ^ , HEARTRENDING SCENES. West Dayton, Ohio, March 27.?At the rescue stations, the scenes enacted today were heartrending, and the most pitiful scenes occurred at the temporary morgues. At the Wost Dayton morgue frantic crowds watched everybody brought in hoping against hope that it wss not some loved one. Men and women became hysterical at times, while searching for members of their families. In addition to the refugee homes, the authorities in each section are maintaining an identification bureau, where all persons cared for are registered. Militia at Dayton shot down four men for looting on March 28. A-Systematic work of relief has begun as the waters recede. THE STROM AT OTHER PLACES. Louisville, Ky., March 28.?A large number of bodies are floating down the river from flooded sections above. With water already sweeping over the lower section of the city and the Ohio river steadily rising, Louisville today faces the second flood of the year. % Profiting by the experiences in January when many persons were caught in the rapid rise of the river, the board rv f rv n Kl " o oft f 1?*a 1 Jam vi yuuiiu octiClJ lillC IdSl' UI'UCI" ed a special detail of policemen into the flood threatened section with orfl ders/ to forcibly remove thqse who would not leave. Early today the water began to sweep over what is locally known as "the cut off,'' but it found only deserted homes. Chicago, March 28.?Captain Henderson in charge of the government life-saving -service in Chicago and vicinity, today prepared to send fifty power boats and yawls with crews to the flood zone. Lynchburg, Va., March 28?The James river this morning registered 23.3 feet, the highest stage since the record was established in 1892. Hal* a dozen plants employing upwards of a thousand people are flooded. The flood is confined to the manufacturing district. Pittsburg, March 28.?The Ohio river reached 30 5 feet at 8 o'clock this morning and is now stationary. Information from up-river points on the Allegheny river, from which the flood came is that the river has begun to fall. . Albany, N. Y., March 2S.?Scores of cities and towns throughout the Mohawk and Hug on valleys are partially inundated as the result of the worst flood in years. The waters of the Mohawk river were reported as receding this morning but the Hudson river continues to rise' and already has shattered the high water mark of 1887. At 8 o'clock the Hudson had passed the 22 foot mark in Albany and was still rising. Middletown, Ohio, March 28.?Miamisbufg was reached last night and reported that the death list there *ill not exceed 25. Miamisburg is still under 8 feet of water. The river is receding rapidly. In Middletown the dead is estimated at 50. An epidemic of measles developed in the hospital here last nigbt. Powder doesn't necessarily blast a woman's reputation. It takes a shrewd mac to get rich iu spite of his wife. the members group themselves about j the cabinet table the Secretary ,of j Commerce looms up, to use a jaded | figure, like Mars at rerihelion. Thirty-two States have ratified the j direct-election-of Senators' Amend- ; ment to the Constitution, ohly four ; more States being needed to make it [ ? t a part of the historic document. 1 Supporters of the amendment are | hopeful that it will be ratified this spring, in which event it would put a stop to the fruitlass balloting now going on for two Senators in Illinois. Should its ratification come early, the people of Illinois would be called upon immediately to express their choice at the polls in order that the State may ! have its proper representation in the upper branch of the national legislature. I Stops Bs Sloan's Liniment is a sprc joints, rheumatism, neuralgia ai rub it in?just laid on lightly it p Best for Pair Mr. Geo. Buchanan, of Welch, C K iment for the past ten years for pain i g Liniment I ever tried. I recommend I I a is good for sprains, strains, br m muscles, and all affections OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. An interesting Budget c-f News from ! the Seat of Government. i Washington, D. C. March?(Special) j "Fifty millions a year for waterways5', the slogan of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, will be realized for | this year at least. Besides contract'* authorizations of $8,795,SCO the River and Harbor bill of 1913 made cash appropriations amounting to ?41.073.,094; the Sundry Civil bill for the fiscal year ending June 3d., 1914, which failed of passage during the closing hours of the 62nd Congress, but which will be passed early in the extra session of the 63d., will carry ?10,045,795, making upwards of fifty-two millions of dollars available for rivers and harbors?a tidy I sum to-be expended in the interest of 1 commerce. In a general review of tl?e river and harbor bill, the National Rivers and Harbors Congress says: ''But this is the time, not for the relaxation, but rather for the redoubling of effort. Much has been accomplished but much remains to be dene. The waterway cause has enemies as well as frieuds and our very successes are bringing increased opposition, both open and secret. The Congress of the United States is responsive to public opinion, and the work of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, which is that of creating an intelligent and forceful public opinion regarding tbe benefits of improved waterways, must be continued until a great natioua) system of improved waterways has become an accomplished fact." While the new Democratic Administration proposes to be economical, it is * well understood that economy is not | to be practiced at the expense of great j public interests. The Panama Canal | i9 to be completed and maintained \ with a proper garrison of troops; river j and harbor works are to continue un- 1 der the present advantageous program; j an adequate Navy will be provided and i efforts will be made to establish a ; military policy which will improve j the present mobile Army of infantry ( and field artillery. Owing to the de- | pletion of the infantry to garrison | Hawaii and the Canal Zone there is a j demand for an increase of that arm of j the National defense. The present day fashion in facial . adornment for men is reflected in the Cabinet of President Wilson in a most impressive manner. All are smoothshaven with the exceptions of Attorney General McReynolds and Secretary of Commerce Redfield. The former has J a perfectly good black moustache, i while Mr. Redfield displays a hirsute j adornment not unlike the youth of | Piccadilly sported in the days ot Wil- 1 liam Makepeace Thackerav. 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