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i RESCUE Ml ! . ' STRICK I /Ml / TOPOGRA While the death list in this region Is GOV. COX WRITES THRILLING 1 STORY OF FLOOD DISASTER j By JAMES M. COX. ' (Governor of Ohio.) , Columbus, March 28.?The rnnnpn- ( sua of opinion is that the property loss ' in Ohio will exceed that sustained by ' 1 San Francisco. This apparently in- 1 ' credible statement is easily under- 1 stood when the widespread destruction to railroad property is calculated. 1 It is safe to nssuine that more than 1 half the lurge railroad bridges In Ohio ? are down. ' The waters are receding at Dayton, 1 Piqua, Zunesville, Fremont, Titilu, 1 Chilllcothe, Hamilton, Middletown and Columbus, and while the cold weather ' which came was welcome, because of ' the certain deterrent effect it would 1 have on the rising tide, still the pinch 1 of the cold adds to the difficulties, be- ' cause untold thousands of people are ! ? homeless. Besides, the full of the ' water will bring the real tragedy of ' the whole situation. ' The indications are that the list may ] not run as heavy as forecast at Dayton, but there are grave fears that a ( tremendous tragedy will be revealed * beyond the Scioto River, where the 1 western part of Columbus is complete- 1 ly devastated. < Dayton is relieved in one respect. The ten or twelve thousand persons ' penned up in the business buildings > were freed, the relief trains coming in from the North, the Hake Shore having surmounted the difficulties from Toledo south. From the west of Dayton troops and supplies came from Katon. From the northwest 600 troops, with stores,, came by way of Troy and Tippecanoe City. The good effects of this relief work added much cheer to the dis-, tressed. The city was alive with ' boats controlled by hands that defied the elements. People were rescued from the residential sections of North Dayton, Riverdale, West Dayton, Edgemnnt anH Qotifli Puil' r- A ?..w uv/u V J tit n, t?>iu MIT; 111(1111 streets of the city were alive with craft filled with people. In the main business section the water receded to about 12 inches, and with some difficulty foot truffle was 1 resumed. Columbus awoke in a blizzard, which gave a cheerless aspect to things, but the first word from Bell, the hero of; * the whole situation, the operator who has stood by his guns throughout. ' were: "Good-morning, Governor. The ; sun is shining in Dayton." lie was still at his post, and apparently firm in his faith that things would still come out ail right. Adjutant-General Wood was heard from for the first time. The circumstances attending his imprisonment give a good idea of the precipitant movement of the waters, and show how it was that the whole business < population was trapped. General Wood was within a square of his residence on North Main street, and yet It was impossible for him to : get home. He took refuge with Dr. t C. W. King, and remained there until t . Thursday, when he attempted to join i his family. The boat was upset and ^ ? he was compelled to swim into the . , Dayton City Club. } It develnnmt thnt the Bro on?lnA ?-J -- - *"**v "*l """w c,,ft,,lu n,,u dynamite sent from Springfield really 4 saved the city from destruction by ( fire. The preater part of one city block t la destroved. It Is bounded by Sec- j ond. Third. Jefferson and St. Clair j streets. The square Immediately south, with Fourth street the south- ' ern line. Is nretty badly gutted, but 1 the fire is under control. North Dayton has furnished some s surprises. The water there In many ^ parts of the residential section was $ over 20 feet deep. but. very strangely, few bodies wore found. t The recession of the waters revealed 1 only two bodies in the business sec- 1 \ ? ES REACH Otl EN WEST m PHICAL SKETCH OF THE FLOOD t not likely to be as large as at first shown on the map there has been .Ion. Oonornl Wood requested "?00 cofPus. This we accept as a gruesome ndex to the situation. The citizens of Dayton have organized a relief committee and are preparing to co-operate vith the outside world in bringing succor to the suffering. The call cauie all lay for warm clothing, food and water. Every available engine on the divisions close to Dayton was called nto service and water was carried in lie tanks. Zanesvllle presented a problem, making the nearest approach to the Dayton situation. Communication was ut olT from that city. The complete solntion of the place gave rise to all manner of reports. Communication was procured by way of Cleveland. It developed that the six or eight ellef sections encountered rather unjsual difliculties about fifty miles >orth of Springfield. At West Liberty i railroud bridge was out and a relay lad to be *made. The farmers responded, but by the time the last seclion arrived carrying the life saving :rew from Cleveland, teams and drivers were worn out. the result being '.hat a new force had to bo recruited. That delayed the life saving crew for lulte a while. A complete Relief Commission has peen formed under the combined auspices of the State and the Red Cross Commission. Railroad traffic is almost at a standdill, and the separation of travelling nen from their families is bringing Copyright Underwood and Underwoo , The pho ograph shows the nany piteous appeals every hour lor acilities to Ret them homo. Riverdale, because of the large num>er of houses that were, washed away md upturned, may turn out to he the greatest sufferer from human loss, fhe water is still high In that section. 3n the west side 100 bodies were ound in a bunch on Williams street. Cleveland is paralyzed by the flood hat has inundated miles of territory, nade hundreds homeless, flooded a lundred factories, cut off the city from aitside communication, and caused nillionB of dollars of property damage. Lumber valued at $600,000 was iwept down the river. Eight miles of locks were inundated at a damage of 1300,000. Nearly every factory and plant in he Cuyahoga Valley was flooded. Twenty thousand men will be out of vork for at least a week. % 10 FLOOD II ES FOR FOOD i 'ji ED REGION IN OHIO AND INDIANA estimated, it is feared it may reach tv loss of life and property. NEW YORK FIORDS BREAK RECORDS GENESEE RIVER DOES MUCH DAMAGE IN THE BUSINESS SECTION OF ROCHESTER AND BUFFALO. FLOOD Ui ALBANY WORST IN A HALF CENTURY Rochester, N. Y.? Unprecedented floods are sweeping New York State. The whole country between Buffalo i and the Pennsylvania line is affected. At Albany it is predicted that the Hudson will pass the high-water mark of 1857, which was 2i.l?i feet. Part of Schenectady. N. Y.. has been abandoned. Rivers in the Adirondaeks have caused great damage. Part of the International Paper Company's dam at Glen Falls has given away. The flood in the Hudson River at Castleton, nine miles south of Albany, caused the abandonment of the New York Central's Hudson River division for through trnins. Most of the trains from Albany and 1 the West were sent over the Harlem i ' J, N. Y FLOOD DANGER IN EAST. Post Office and general store at He division by way of Chatham,, but some used the West Shor?- to W'eehawken. I The floods along the Central hold up i most or its milk trains. The flood record of 1st;.", has been! broken in western New York, and tromf nearly every hamlet and town come' . tales of damage nnd suffering. In Rochester the (lenrsee Rivorl overflowed its banks and flooded I'ly-ll mouth avenue and Front street, the ; latter in the heart of the business sec-* j tion. j At Lyons the Clyde River has riser 11 feet, and many families have beer forced to leave their homes. Hargr canal work, representing thousands o i dollars, has been destroyed. Canadalgua, Seneca and Keuka lakes are at the highest level ever known. The Erie, Pennsylvania and Nou York Central railroads and trolley Hues are badly crippled throughoi t I 4= is! IB COFFINS ?T" 1 vo thousand. In every town and city < this mm linn, and srh? dulcs am merely { a inaiti r uf luck. The '.enosee Vallley, south of Kochi r. Js a vast lake, and hundreds of head : livestock have perished and tally lot) - families are out of their lioiucs. Buffalo.?A cold wave and clear weather" have checked the tloods in western New York, and streams in Chautauqua. Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Niagara and Krie counties receded almost as ra.ddly as they rose. Hundreds: of families driven by the high water*} are returning to their mudtilled (homes. Frotrn Buffalo, Olean, Hornell and other cities gangs of laborers aro being sent to repair washouts and to strengthen railroad bridges strained to the breaking point by unprecedented bitgh water. At Olean the damage is estimated at $200jl)00. Hundreds of miles of highways nro still Impassable and as many highway bridges were destroyed Normal eonditiofns cannot be restored for several weegs. Three great barge canal gates ut Fort Plain have been swept away. \yhlte River Junction, Vt.?Floods In the Cbnnecticut River Valley drove people from their homes in Rutland, wen Kutiaml. ('hlttenaen, Barnet, Wfyite River Junction and at Woodsj v. J jlena, N.Y.. partly submerged. Service on the Boston and Maine Central and (' ntral Vermont railroads was demoralized. Telephone service In many places was .interrupted and heavy property damage was done. The population of Chittenden, nrnr Rutland, were forced to flee to high land When the Crp.'U Its banks. How Dayton Was Overwhelmed. For the most part the city of Day| ton lieR on level ground. Three rivers, the Miami. Stillwater and Mad, join with another stream, known as Wolf Creek, almost in the centre of the city. When the dain at the big Lewiston reservoir. 50 miles above the city, broke an avalanche of water went rushing down the rivers and joined in one great torrert to overwhelm dwellings and buildings of all kinds. , ' ' * IPIERPQNI MORGAN ! HAS PASSED AWAY END CAME TO FINANCIAL KING IN ROME HOTEL.?UNCONSCIOUS AT THE LAST. ?? END WAS NOT UNEXPECTED The Physicians Say That The First Breakdown Came From His Experience as Witness Before The Pujo I Investigating Committee. ^ ,y JD Rome.?J. Pierpont Morgan, the I American financier, died at five minutes past twelve o'clock (ti.05 a. m. New York time) Monday. When the death of Mr. Morgan was 1 seen to be approaching rapidly, l'ro; t'essor Bastinnelli and l)r. Dixon forced Mr. and Mrs. Herbert I... Satterlee, ; his son-in-law and daughter, and Miss i Helen Hamilton, who had been in con! slant attendance, to leave the room. Mr. Morgan toward the end showed that he was suffering Internally only by a movement of his right hand. Otherwise he displayed no signs of vitality except by heavy breathing. Frequent bulletins were issued during the morning showing that his conPIERPONT MORGAN^ dition was gradually becoming worse and by 11 o'clock the physicians had given up all hope. Mr. Morgan was unable to assimilate the artificial nourishment admin istered during the morning ami his physical weakness was extreme. Heart tonics were injected but these had no effect and for several hours ; Uerore Mis death he wus In a state of coma, unable to respond to any ques tlons or to recognize any of those at his bedside. One of his relatives, Mrs. Pitzsim mon, wife of Kev. Mr. Fitzsimmon, arrived from Cannes and was shown into the death chamber but her presence remained unknown to the dying man. Resides the four trained nurses in attendance. Miss Helen Hamilton was of great assistance to the three physicians. Professor Giuseppe Rastianelll, I>r. M. Allen Starr and Dr. Geo. A. Dixon. ' They Must Not Resign. Washington.?Secretary Daniels o! the Navy Department announced that he had taken a decided stand against accepting the resignation of midship- i men and other naval officers before 1 they fulfill their contract with tin Government. The Government regard?' itself as having a binding contract with the officers to serve eight years, | including the four years at Annapolis. Secretary Daniels said that since the Government was at considerable expnnse to educate and train these of1 Moors, he believed It should receive a permanent benefit for tlie expense in volved. Will Raw Sugar Go On Free List? Washington President Wilson will i ueciue ir raw sugar mail go on the free lils or carry a small duty in the now tariff hills. Congressional loaders are willing to defer to his attitude. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee is waiting to ! hear from the president. Worst Flood on Record Now Feared. Cairo, 111. The Cairo executive flood committee sent an appeal to President Wilson asking for nid for Cairo and towns nearby. The message was as follows: "The worst bood ever known in the Ohio Valley and Mississippi Valley is now expected. All previous high water records at Cairo south may he broken. We are making every effort In our power tr take care of local situation, but the river communities near us should have assistance. Boats, sacks, food and other supplies are needed. Monteneqro to Reply In Negative. Ontije Montenegro will reply In the negative to the representation of the powers, made collectively, that en envoy of the powers convey a cipher message to Grzada Pasha, the Turkish commander, continuing the Porte's orders to permit the civilian popualtion to depart. This information which came from an authortative source gives as a reason that King Nicholas on three occasions offered to allow the consuls to leave the city hut each time the commander of the town rejected the suggestions . Y * ' ?'r s . mraiaikm smsonol Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR APRIL 6 JACOB AND ESAU. LESSON TEXT-Gen. 17:22-14. GOLDEN TEXT?"Jehovah is a Ood of Judgment; blessed are all they that wait tor him." Isa. 10:18. Jacob Is one of the great figures presented to us in the book of Qenesls. His birth and purchase of the birthright are recorded In Chapter 25, and in chapter 27 we have presented Ul. a aU UIO ft, I Cttt Dili. It Is absolutely necessary to read carefully all of thlo chapter before we can properly present this lesson. Moses did not record Jacob's deception because he commended It. but rather as a warning to all who read and ponder thereon. The Bible spreads before us the sins of Qod*a people as well as their virtues, which ought to be a comforting thought to us all. who .are sinners "saved by grace." I. The Deceit, vv. 22-29. Lying, duplicity, profanity, and compounded felony, are presented in the preliminary verses to that section selected Tor our study. Jacob's conscience rebelled (v. 12), yet he gladly listened to the voice of his unwise mother who thought she knew best how to circumvent God'B will; see ch. 25:23, 25. 28. This mother's foolish ambition and teaching had developed a 3elf-seeklng, deceitful son. By nature Jacob was unlovely and the greatest lesson we can learn from his life is that he, a 'cheater," should by the grace of God be transformed Into "Israel." a prince, he that hath power with God. A Rough Man. We first have presented the temperamental difference between these two brothers, then the story of the birthright, and lastly the stolen blessing. Esau was a rough man of the chase, cunning, clever and skillful as a hunter. Jacob was a plain man, viz., one who incllued to the conventionalities. He loved a settled, quiet home life, for he "dwelt In tents." Again when we consider the episode Df the birthright we have set before us another illustration of the great contrast of these brothers. We do not value birthrights as do the Orientals, and further, we must remember this Is the story of God's development of a chosen race. Esau, mastered by his appetite, governed by selfish instincts, gledly and flippantly spurns?"despised"?his right. He denied his responsibility to the future of that race of whom Abraham was the first, and virtually said that nothing was of value that did not serve this present lifetime. Jacob, on the other hand, estimated this birthright at its supreme value, aa of the highest importance. From Bad Stock. Subject as Jacob was to the rule of a seeking, scheming, mother, yet we must remember that she, too, was actuated by the same high estimate of the value and the importance of the birthright. Her mean manner ot seeking to accomplish her purpose did not succeed, but, In fact, delayed the desired end for Jacob had to fly for his life. Let us look at Rebekah. She came from the same stock aa I^iban, who was a fraud, a cheat, and a liar. She taught her son to follow those same methods and had to smart for it, for' she lost his companionship through long years, and never saw him again. Is it ever right to do wrong? Ood's word tells us no see Rom. 3:8. Rebekah was more concerned with her partiality than with the purposes of God. (Ch. 25:28) Jacob's conscience was aroused as we see from v. 12, though It was probably not so much fear of the error of the act, but rather fear of being caught. God would in his way and In his own timo have given Jacob the promised blessing without the aid of his deceit. As it was Jacob engendered his brother's hatred, was separated from his home and endured multiplied suffering. II. Esau's Sorrow, vv. 3C-34. Esau had sold his birthright and sought to regain it. Now he is too late to secure the blessing that should accompany his birthright. The brothers bartered for the birthright. One brother secured the blessing and with it, banishment. The other brother lost both birthright and blessing and gave vent to a bitter cry. (Heb. 12: 17.) Esau was himself to blame. What a wrecked home partiality auu OTcelt Drougni ionn. JteoeKan s anticipation (v. 45) was never fulfilled and her conduct with that of Jacob well deserves the censure and the punishment inflicted. Because the Bible records no word of censure some have asserted that God approved of Jacob's course. Even a casual reading of his life, of its delays, its disappointments and Its misfortunes, reveals God's vindication of the moral law and that retribution, follows wrong. As' much as we sym-' pathlze with Esau we are compelled! to acknowledge that Jacob was thei fitter man of the two. He was tena-i clous, self-reliant, constant In his af-' fectlons, devoted to the covenant of God and sensitive to spiritual lnfltt- ' ences. Esau was impulsive and shaK 1*W | ^