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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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IPIERPQNI MORGAN !
HAS PASSED AWAY
END CAME TO FINANCIAL KING
IN ROME HOTEL.?UNCONSCIOUS
AT THE LAST.
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END WAS NOT UNEXPECTED
The Physicians Say That The First
Breakdown Came From His Experience
as Witness Before The Pujo
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Investigating Committee.
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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
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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
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