Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1913, Page 1

PRICE TWO_ CENTS ‘The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population LOOTERS BEGIN THEIR GHOULISH OPERATIONS AT DAYION Reports That Some of the Cold-Blooded Plunderers " Have Been Shot---Excitement High and Trouble Apprehended LOSS OF LIFE NOT AS 6 ‘Number of Deaths in Flooded- REAT AS WAS FEARED District May Not Exceed 2000 —Probably Only 200 Have Perished in Dayton—Prison- ers in Dayton Workhouse, Without Food Since Tues- day, Are in State of Revolt—Sightseers Barred From the City—Another Fire Breaks Out at Dayton—Governor Cox Threatens to Seize Railroad to Provide Relief For| Dayton—Frantic Women Which Were Rescuing at Peru Leap From Boats Them—Conditions in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Western New York Grow- ing Serious—Martial Law Threatened at Indianapolis. West Dayton, March 27.—The police and militia report that looters are working the central district. All per- sons not able to give a satisfactory explanation of their actions are ar- rested. Persistent but unconfirmed ru- mors tell of looters being shot. Ex- | citement is high. The wildest rumors | mre in circulation and serious trouble Is expected most any moment. Revised estimates of the loss of life in Dayton, Ohio, received last night give hope that the dead in al] sections gffccted by the flood will not exceed 2,000, and may go below that figure. Daring investigators who penetrated | the flooded section revealed hundreds gafe whom it was feared were lost. Unless increased by a death list in he foreign settlement on the north side, as vet unreached, there may not be more than 200 dead in the whole city. From other points than Dayton the death list grew rapidly yesterday and | last night. There was far heavier loss of life in the west side of Columbus, Ohio, than ‘was thought. One estimate placed the number of dead at more than §00. Apparently authentio reports from {;‘iqua indicated that twenty were dead cte. At Peru. Ind., the-authorities esti- maied the death list would reach a least 150. From Fort Hamilton, Ohio, 50 persons were reported drowned in the collapse of a hotel where they had sought ref- uge. Twenty-five deaths were reported from Troy, Ohio: 30 in Midadletown and five in’ Massilion. Deaths from the flood in Chillecothe will not exceed 25, according to latest advices, Barlier reports were that from 200 to 500 lives had been lost. A report from Linton, Ind, gave 16 persons’ drowned at Howesville, 25 Imiles south of Terre Haute. There were teh deaths in Pa. Estimates are that 70,000 persons are marooned in Dayton's flood district, where 15,000 homes have been sub- merged. Rescye stations are provid- ing for 5000 Romeless. The property damage in this city is figured at $25,- 000,000. Alarmist reports were frequent dur- ing the day. In most cases these were | quickly contradicted. Rumors that the | Grand Reservoir, near St. Mary's O, | had broken proved unfounded. Similar | ports that the Leadstown reservoir ag broken were likewise found to be | untrue. ‘Threatened breaks in both | were repaired, and reports to Gov. Cox | at Columbus last night indicated that | the danger from this source was past. Latest reports from Zanesville are that 150 lives are believed to have been lost there. About 15,000 are Lomeless. A score of buildings cilapsed. Fire broke out at one point, but it was not believed it would spread. the report stated. All Dayton suffefers who were reach- ed were fed. The chief obstacle was lack of means for distribution. Pro- vision trains are expected today. Flood waters are receding. Fires in Dayton’s flood district sub- sided vesterday, but broke out again Tast night. Sightseers are not permitted in the city. Two cars of them on an incom- ing train were switched off and left stranded below the town. Flood conditions along the Ohio are owing worse. Low lands in Ohio, fodiana and Kentucky are Inundated, BUill higher stages and further damage is predicted. Flood conditions in West Virginia have become serious. Eastern Penn- vivania is suffering severely. Many anthracite mines are shut down. Vandalism in West Indianapolis caus- ed a threat of martial law. Several deaths from drowning have occurred. Organized relief work has buen begun in Indiana flood districts. Northern and eastern New York are flood_stricken. Heavy property dam- 2sze has followed in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys and in the western part of the southern tier. President Wilson has announced his readiness to g0 to the scene of the Ohio floods If his presence will aid. Under his direction Secretary of War Garri- son left at once for central Ohlo. His train was delaved by washouc: In west. ern Virginia last night. WORKHOUSE A MADHOUSE. Prisoners in Dayton Institution De- mand Their Liberty and a Chance to Fight for Their Lives—Loss of Life at Dayton May Not Exceed 200 —Beckel House Probably Safe— Many Appeals for Bread and Water Sharon, | i | Dayton, 0., March 27.—aAll but a few of those hundreds of persons who have Eeen marooned in the downtown sec- tlon of flooded Dayton since Tuesday morning are safe. This was the news Trousht out late today by an Ass- clated Press staff man, the first to succeed In _the perilous ‘task of pene- trating as far north as the Big Mimi river, which runs through the center of the city. 3 Chiet of Police J, N, Allaback, him- selt marooned, who has been directing the rescue work, gave the frst infor matlon as to the situation In which has heretofore beem the waterbound district. Loss of Life May Not Exceed 200. Ixcept for possible loss of life on the north side of the river, there wik 2ot be more than 200 dead in Davton according to Allaback’s estimate, after he had been given information as to the situation on the south side. The worst condition found near th center of the flood was in the work- Bouse, whero 60 prisoners had not had a drop of water mor a bite of food since Tuesday. Workhouse a Madhouse. The men revolted Tuesday night and demanded their lberty chance to fight for their lives. Sinc. then the workhouse has been a mid- nouse, according o Superintendent Johnson. The prisocners repeatedly fought with Johnson and threatened te kill both him and his family Johnson asked that a detachment o. the national guard be assigned fo hel, him handle the men. He declared tha the prisoners would have to be shot 1° they escaped from their cells. Mayor's Fate Unknown. No‘word has been heard from Mayor Phillips. The chief of police had been unable to get near the Pnillips houss and did not know whether the mayo would be found dead or alive. North of Burns avenue as far as Fourth street the water was found to be from three to six feet deep. Grocers’ Stocks Commandesred. Beyond Fourth street the water has receded to make it possible in many places to proceed on foot. From Fourtl: street to the Big Miami river reliaf work was taken up by a committee headed by Chief Allaback. All of the &rocers’ stocks were commandeered, and although in most cases the goods were covered with water, vet sufficient €upplies were found to prevent grea. suffering among those in the interior dry strip. ‘While there may be many deaths in individual homes which have been without food or drink, there was nu place but the workhouse where any considerable number of people were held without food. None had had enough, Mut no case approaching ac- tual starvation was found. Apreals for Bread and Water. Knowledge that the death list is likely to prove so low in the down- lown section tonight gave rise to a hope that even in North Dayton, abouc which nearly all hope had been aban- doned, there might be comparatively fow deaths. The progress of the first canoe into the waterbound district was greeted by appeals for bread and water. In rearly every house left standing thc face of a person was to be seen press- ed against the window panes. All of these were asked whether there had been any deaths, and with only a few exceptions all replled that there had not. 10,000 Unaccounted For, Although heartened by news from the flood zome's interfor, Governor Cox's secretary, Mr. Burba,was scarce- 1y able to credit the assertion, From his own investigations of the southern district he was unable to belleve that the death list would be under 1,500, “There are ten thousand unziccount- ed for on this side of the river” he said, “and if all but two hundred of these are found it will be the greatest wiracle of the time. Beckel House Probably Safe. It was impossible to approach with- in several blocks of the fire zone, even in the canoe, but there appeared every indication that the Beckel house had not been burned and that the fire ha been confined to the blocks beyond Jefferson and Third streets. The 300 guests of the Algonquin ho- tel have been kept comfortable, excep* for the continuous dread that the fire would spread to them. The water reached to the second f8or, but.all supplies had boen moved to places of safety and those in the Lotel experienced little discomfort. Women and Babies in Paint Factory. Two hundred women and bables found refuge in a paint factory in North Davton, where it is believed and a they have found sufficient food to.keep | them from acute suffering. An effort is to be made at once to rescue them. The suburb of Riverdale up to Hel- ena. street has been penetrated by the downtown relief commission and con- ditions found much similar to those in the southern shburbs. Everyone has been crowded to the second floors or roofs of their homes, but few of the more stable dwellings were washed away. Body Found in Courthouse Yard. Nothing is known of the foreign set- tlement in North Dayton, close to the Miami river. It was this part of the city where the flood first made its way and where the occupants of the houses had fgnoreq warnings to leave. It was here also that it was feared most of the deaths would occur. The only Dbody found was that of Charles Parker, a liveryman, discovered in the court- house yard. Estimate of Conditlon: The following Is a tabulated estimate of conditions tonight: Dend...Accurste estimates fmpessibie Persons marooned .. ceers 7,000 Residences submerged ,......., 15,000 Miles of streets inundated...... 120 Persons provided for in re: _stations ocseosvosnes 5,000 Horses killed g 500 Auromobiles damaged 1,000 These were tentative figures of dam- ags that placed Dayton's pecuniary loss at $25,000,000 estimated by persons who had yxplored part of the flood area. Loss Probably $25,000,000. Several statisticians estimated the 108 at a higher figure, but most expert ‘opinion ‘sgreeq®on $25,000,000. It was said 2,000 residences were damaged to | the extent of $2,000 each, 6,000 homes were classified under qamage figures of $1,000, and it was believed 7,000 could not be repaired for less than $500 each. Sightseers Barred from City. Colonel H. G. Catrow arrived with his military aides from Columbus this afternoon and immediately took charge of the militia on duty. Governor Cox ordered that no more sightscers be permitted in Dayton, and when Colonel Catrow attempted to have railroad coaches of an arriving train vacated many of the passengers showed fight and refused to leave. Or- ders were given the tralnmen to cut off the two rear coaches and they were left standing on the track. Demanded Wife’s Rescue at Pistol Point. One of the remarkable features was the cheerful spirit with which flood victims viewed their plight. This was Dayton’s first big flood in many years, much of the submerged area had been considered safe from high water, but as the majority of residents of the sec- tons looked cut on all sides upom a | great sweep of muddy, swiftly moving water, they seemed undisturbed. In &ome of the poorer sections the attitude of the checrful. As a motor boat passed be- neath the second floor of one partl | | submerged- house, a man leaned out enc threatened to shoot unless thes took off his wife and a baby that had | been born vesterday. The woman, al- | most dving, was let from the window by a rope and taken to a place of refuge, Water Reaches Housetops. Futher on, members of a morterboat party were startled by shots in the sec- ond floor of a house about which five feet of water swirled. The boat was stopped and a man peered from the | window of the house. | “Why are you shooting?” he was | asked. “Oh, just emusing myself, shooting at rats that come upstairs. When are you going to take me out of here?” he replied. wptain of Police H. E. Lackhart de- clared that water in North Dayton, Mi- ami City and Fast Dayton reached the housetops. His estimate of the num- ber dead In that district was 300. Number of Fire Victims Unknown. The bodies of a woman and a baby were scen floating down Jefferson street, vne of Dayton's main (horough- fares. Tt was thought that they came from the district north of the river. Accord- ing to city officials it is impossible to esti) e the number who perished in the fire which last night swept the entire district on the north side of and the canal, a distance of more than a square and a half. All patrons in the Beckel hotel are safe. Extensive preparations were made last night for their rescue whef the buildings was threatened by fire. Police and volunteers constructed a bridge over alleys and the tops of ad- Jol: g buildings to a point of safety. Water Receding Rapidly. The flood situation tonight appeared brighter than this morning. There was food for the town's brealc- | fast and dinner left after 6 o'clock to- night, but it was belleved the many trains of food and provisions on the way would reach here tomorrow. The water receded rapidly today. An occasional snow flurry and biting gusts of wind added to the discomfort of the rescue crews, but they remaliged steadily at work. An Emergency Newspaper. The emergency committee tonight | began publication of an official news- i paper from the plant of the National | Cash Register company. It was a one { sheet poster desigmed for free circula- tion in all accessible parts of the city. | Its leading article warned the people to beware of thieves and burglars, Frantic Crowds at Morgu At the West Dayton morgue franto crowds all day end tonight watched every body brought in, hoping agatnst hope that it was not that of some loved one. Women became hysterica! at times when searching for missing members of their families whom they bad failed to find at the relief sta- tlons. In addition to refugees’ homes the authorities in each section are maintaining an identification bureau, where all persons rescued or eared for aro registered, There friends are di- rected in thelr scarch. 600 Rescued from Station. Six hundred persons trapped in Union station here reported to have been drowned were rescued tonight. | For three days they have been stand- ing packed like sardines in a box. TO SEIZE RAILROAD. Ohio Governor to Resort to Drastic Measures to Relieve Dayton. Columbus, O., March 27.—That Gov ernor Cox would commandeer one or moro railroad lines in Ohio and place their operation in the hands of ths military authoritias was announced by_the governor tonight. The governor did mot state which line would be taken over, but sald tha+ the object would be to have a direct route over which to carry supplies into Dayton and also to allow persons hav. ing relatives in that city to reach them. The governor emphasized the fact that every effort will be made to keep curiosity ~ seeking visitors and sight- seers out of Dayton and that strong measures will be adopted to attain that end. ~ WOMEN DRIVEN MAD. Lo.n Out of Boats to Death—Graphic Story of Peru Survivor, Plymouth, Ind, March 27.—Graphic description of the horrors of the flood that swept Peru, Ind., was given today by Gllbert Kessler, one of the heroes of the calamity, Weary and almost unnerved from loss of sleep and the sights he had witnessed, young Kess- ler staggered from the relief train from the stricken eity, Kessler's most vivid picture was the suicide of peveral fear-crazed wemen who leaped from the rescue boats, The rushing current and the terrible sights, he_declared, had maddened them, “It was teo awful ever- to forget,” ald Kesslor with e shudder, “Tt was cold and damp and misty and the sizht of the black water rushing on vililewsly seemed to take the heart out marooned was not so | Thirq street between Jefferson street | of most of us, especially the women. “Night and day you could hear the | shrieks of women. "I was piloting ono jof the rescue boats to our < | Yirough ‘the courthouse, ana the boat was pretty well filed. One of our passemgers was a women. We were moving rather shakily throush one of the main streets when suddenly I saw tEts woman rise from her seat and Dbesin to wail. ‘Oh, what is the use? We'll all be drowned, apyway,' she said, and plunged nto_the torrent. fhe next momeaut I found myself in the water. I saw ah erm sticking uF for a moment. I made a grab for jr, but it went down. There was no shance to swim in that Niagara. I struck the stern of our rowboat and Feized it with one hand. Then I grad- wally drew myself aboard. I picked up cne of our oarsmen a little later. He was still alive. “Later we were bringing another boatload to tRa, courthouse when a woman leaped out despairingly and all of us went over. Agaln it was a fight and I was engaged in saving myself. Four times altogether I was thrown out, and I'm still wondering how I managed to escape. “The current swept around. street corners with tremendous force and only the most experienced oarsman could propel craft with any degree of safety. One of the life savers from Michigan City took too wide a turn and we all landed in the treetops. Kessler gave a description of the flood on the first night. “We heard the roaring of lions and neighing of horses and realized that the_eircus which has winter guarters }in Peru had been engulfed. The lions and other animals in eages died in the trap, rearing until the water swallow- ed them. The elephants eseaped into | the watéer and started fer the shore, {and that was the last we saw of them. | | {750 Persons Homeless—No Water: or | Light—Loss $350,000. Wabash, Tnd, Mareh 27.—Seven | hundred and fifty persons are home- {less as the result of the high fiood in y_is without SITUATION AT WABASH. the Wabash river. The ¢ gas, water, or lighting facilities. The schoels are closed and the mayer this afternoen issued a preclamation or- dering that all saloons and business houses be closed at 6 o'clock and in- the streets. Citizens have had to use coal ofl lamps and candles during the last two days. There has been no loss of life, but the property loss will be more than $850,000. ALBANY UNDER WATER. Police Rescuing Householders in South Part of City in Boats. | Albany, N. Y. 27—The Mo- hawk 2nd Hudson valleys are experi- encing one of the worst floods in years. The Hudson river at Albany | was 18.8 feet above the normal level at | six_o'clock tonight and still rising. | Power plants have been’ put out of commission, street car traffic practi- cally suspended and schools and factories closed. The south end of the {city is under water and the police | householders in boats. Heavy rains | continued throughout the greater part | of the day. | FEDERAL ACTIVITY. Government Affording Every Possible Facility for Relief. ‘Washington, March 27. — %residen: Wilson today threw open the re- sources of the federal government to the homeless thousands fightin= against water, flame and famine in Ohio and Indiana. More than $850,000 already has been ! expended, and the president is deter | mined that no red tape shall stand in | the way of instant relief everywhere Secretary Garrison of the war depart- ment left today on orders from the president to relleve the situation in Ohlo, to direct the government's relief | expeditions, and Mr.Wilson announced | that if communication with the flood districts continued imperfect and ths Dresence of the chief executive was required to issue emergoncy executive orders, he would go to the zone of the édisaster himself. Postmaster General Burieson 15 con- templating & quick journey to Ohio 1 the mall situation is not soon im- proved. The navy department issued orders tc its recruiting stations in the central west to send its matines, physlcians and officers trained In rescue work to co-operate with the army medic: | staffs. Power boats and yawls wers despatched from naval stafions on the Great Lakes. Becretary MecAdoo of the treasury department sent Surgeon General Ru- pert blue of the United States public health service to the flood area and placed at the disposal of the governors ot Ohio and Indiana all United States life saving stations in those states. Secretary McAdoo also waived custom- regulations so that relief supplies could enter free from Canada. of commerce ordéred all avallable hoats in the lighthouse service near the Ohio river to take part in the re- Iief worlk. WEDDING OF SURVIVORS. Marriage Scheduled for May Took Place Yesterday. Columbus, March 27.—Rescued from the flood district on the West Side of the city this morning, Miss Flor- ence P. Shaner was married this af- ternoon to Willlam G. Wahlemaler. The couple had intended being mar- ried in May. The girl was rescued by ‘Wahlemaler. Her mother was drown- ed and their home swept away. Flood Near St. Louis. St. Louls, March 27—The Meramec river overflowed its banks today and the eastern half of Valley Park, a town 19 miles southwest of St. Louls, is under water. More than 100 homes are flooded and in some cases the occupants have taken refuge on sec- ond floors. State Troops Stalled. Troy, Ohfo, March 27—The state troops who arrived here last night with provisions for Dayton have been stranded and find it impossible to ze forward, The mumber of dead at Pi- qua is officially reported as 20, Twenty-Five Deaths at Troy. Troy, Ohle, March 27—Twenty-five deaths’ from the fleed have been re- ported here so far, One third of the town s eut off from gas, electricity and water supply, Man Floating on a Log. ¢ ‘Wheeling, W. Va., March 27—Three men on & raft, & man on a log and & structed the police to keep people off | Secretary Redfield of the department | | { b | +and Main streets caught fire. Cabled Paragraphs Postal Agresment Approved. Paris, March 27.—The postal agree ment between France and the United Btates was approved and adopted ‘without debate by the French chamber of deputies today. General Castro at Berlin. Berlin, March 26 —General iCpriano Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, ar- rived here today from Hamburs. He intends to go to Dresden for a short sojourn. - ing Thrown from Pony. Madrid, March 27.—King Alfonso of Spain, while playing pelo vesterday, fell somewhat heavily from his pony. No bones were broken but it was fear- ed that the king might have been in- Jured internally. Pope Did Not Suffer a Relapse. Rome, March 27.—A rumor that Pope Pius X had had a relapse was in cir- culation here today, but the authorl- ties at the vatican and the doctors in attendance on his holiness deny the report. Shepherd Inherits $7,400,000. Montpelier, France, March 26—An inheritance of $7,400,000 has fallen to a shepherd of this region named Mari- s Bonnaud. It comes from an Eng- lishman whose name is not made pub- iic. Bonnaud is a natural son of benefactor. King's Body Reaches Athens. Athens, March 27—Hscorted by forelgn warships, the royal' yacht Amphitrite, bearing the body ef King George, arrived at Piaeus shortly be- fore noon todey. The coffin was car- ried ashore by the princes and placed on a gun earriage, which was drawn by 44 sailors to the rallway station. Dense crowds displaying emblems of mourning lined the route. Zirl en a small house floated past this- city late this afternoon in the Ohio river, They were last seen pass- ing Moundsville. Unsuccessful efforts were made to rescue them. They wers reported to have been carried away from Wellsburg, sixteen miles north of here. Eight Families in Schoolhouse. Dennison, Ohio, March 27—Eight families are marooned in the school- house at Port Washington, ten miles west of here, on the Tuscawas river. An_attempt was made by Panhandle Railread officials to rescue Operator | A, W. Davis, who has been isolated in a signal tower since Tuesday without food or fire. The attempt failed and it is feared he will be lost as the wa- ter is rising rapidly. Western New York Flooded. Buffalo, New York, March 27—Fvery stream In Western New York 1s out of its banks tonlght and there is scarcely a city or town in the valleys between Buifalo and the Pennsylvania line that has not a story of danger and destruc- tion. Thesproperty loss will reach several millions. New Haven Raises $1,029.60. New Haven, Conn., March 27.—New Haven raised $1,020.60 today for the relief of the flood sufferers. Killed While Watching Flood. Pittsburgh, Pa, March 27.—D. J. Thayer, a wealthy oil operator, while watching the flood waters of the Alle- gheny late today, fell from a third story window in his office and was killed. | | Big Railroad Bridge Goes Down. Charleston, W. Va., March 27.—Tel- ephone headquarters here heard this afternoon that the big Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridse between Marietta and West Marjotta had Jjust gone down. The bridge spans the Musk- ingum river near its junction with the Onia. 2 | Bridgeport Mayor Takes Aotion. Bridgepdtt, Conn., Mareh 27.—Mayor Clifford B. Wilson tonight called a spe- cial meeting to be held Saturday morn- ing of the Business Men's associa- tion, the Manufacturers' assoclation and the board of trade to devise ways and means for the rellef of the flood sufferers in the middle west. He has also called a special meeting of the common council. | | Sixteen Drown at Hewesville Ind. Terre Haute, March 27.—Sixteen persons were drowned this afternoon | When Eel river flooded Howesville, a small village about 25 miles south of Terre Haute, according to a report from Linton. Thirty others are ma- rooned on housetops. Hartford Raises $9,500. | Hartford, Conn.,, March 27.—Sub- scriptions amounting to $9,500 wers recelved here today for the benefit of the sufferers 1in the fiood-strickea cities in the middle west. 25 Drowned at Chillecothe. Columbus, O., March 27.—Twenty- five persons were drowned and great Droperty damage was wrought by the Scloto river floods _at Chillecothe, which has been cut off from conmuni- catlon until late today, according fo the statement of G. W. Perry, editsr of the Chillecothe Gazette, over the ieng distance telephone, this evening. Fire Breaks Out at Zanesville. Zanesville, O., March 27—(Via Tele: phone to Pitteburg)—Ii is believed bere tonight that 150 lives have been 1ost here. Over haif the town {s un- der 30 feet of water. Fifteen thousand persons are homeless. A score of Luildings. weakened by the water, col- iapsed -today. Tonight the Builders Supply company building at _Second 1t is not Dbelieved the fire will spread. Orphans Rescued by Life Savers. Washington, March 27.—Seventy-five inmates of the orpHans’ home at For: Wayne, Ind., marooned by flood, wers rescued early today by life savers with a power surfboat sent from Chi- cago last night. Rose Three Feet in 12 Hours. Louisville, March 27.—The stage of' the Ohlo river here at 7 o'clock to- night was 86.6 feet, a rise of three feet In the last twelve hours. The rate of the rise tonfght is .3 feet an our. Food and Coffing Needed. Columbus, Ohlo, March 327.—Food and coffins ‘are needed most in Day- ion, according to a message Governor Cox recelved this afternoon from Ad- Jjutant General Wood, who is in the flood stricken city. The survivers are nearly starving and there must be cof- fing in which to place the dead bodies as they are recoyered, according to the adjutant general Ancther Fire at Dayton. West Dayton, Ohlo, March 27.—The First Natlonal bank building in cen- State Will Rid Flood Victims APPROPRIATION OF $10,000 VOTED | BY HOUSE! NO ACTION IN SENATE Resolution Has Not Yet Reached Upper House—Senate Confirms Tax Com- missioner Corbin by Vote of 18-14. Hartford, Conn, March 27.—The confirmation of William H. Corbin a. state tax commissioner by the senate today was by a vote close to that pre- dicted after the democratic caucus yesterday. It was 18 to 14, with three democrats absent, two of whom at least would have prubably voted egainst the governor, while Senator McCarthy, the third absentee, had signed the favorable report but vet had felt that party duty required him to abide by the vote of the caucus tu raject. $10,000 for Flood Sufferers. In the house a resolution was pase- ed almost unanimously to appropriate $10,000 as the states’ contribution tow- ards relief of the sufferers from fam- ine, flood and fire in sister states. The senate adjourned before the resolution reached it, but it seems certain that the senate will pass the measure on Tuesday. It was stated in debate that Governor Baldwin opposed the princi- ple involved in this sort of legislation because an appeal had been made to the people of the state for conmtribu- tiens to the Red Cross fund, and a legislative aprropriation was not necessary at this time. One Saloon to 1,000 People. Both branches had short sessions teday and omnly a smmall number of measures 'were acted. upon. In the Pouse chamber this afternoon thosc tavoring restriction of saloons to one in a thousamd of vopulation were heard before the excise eommittee. Short speeches were the rule and H. H, Spooner of Kensington had charge of the propoments’ side. fie called upon as many gentlemen as could be Peard in speeches averaging above five minutes each in two hours. Rev. M. A. Sullivan of Hartford, Prof. Wil- liam North Rice of Wesleyan, Winslow Russell for the state federation of churches, Levi T. Snow, F. M. Ward of New Haven, Rev. C. H. Barbe-, president of the Temperance union. Dr. Rockwell Potter, J. M. Bennett, Rev. D. . Jones and many _others spoke, and varlous church and relig- lous bodles were represented. Would Be Better for Community. The main argument was that one saloon to a thousand-of populmtion is better for a community than a greater number of saloons. Some of the speakers said that in this one to a thousand plan they had found opposi- tion among opponents to saloons to any law which would segregate the saloons in a few wards of the city, while others who favored the plan were opposed to having saloons locat- ed in residential districts. The pro- ponents for a change in the law frank- Iy stated that while the one in a thou- sand plan was supported there were honest differences of opinions as to location of saloons. Others arguea that conditions could be bettered under a new law than under the present one. County Commissioners Criticised. Bome speakers claimed that counts commissioners had made little effort to reduce the number of saloons unde - the existing limitation law, while other commissioners had done well in this respect. Russell Winelow of Hartford | read a letter which had been written by a saloon keeper to the effect that when Charles Gunning is made com missioner of Hartford county thin would begin to “hum” in the granting of licenses. On_Tuesday the opponents of fur- ther limitation will be heard MURDER INDICTMENT AGAINST MRS. EATON Charged with Using Polson In Tea and a Cereal Beverage. Plymouth, Mass., March 27.—A grand jury returned an indictment today charging that Mrs. Jennle May Katon poisoned her husband Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, who dled suddenly on March 8. The bill contains six counts alleg- ing that the accused administered ar- senic to her husband In tea, in a cereal beverage and in small quantities as he_gradually succumbed. The widow, who has been confined in the county jail here since her ar- rest last Thursday, will be arraigned tomorrow. District Attorney Barker admitted tonight that the state had not been able to determine where or by whom the poison alleged to have becn ad- ministered to the admiral was ob- tained nor to discover the receptacle | that held it. It is probable that the trial will not take place for several months. ABLE TO BEND KNEES FOR FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS. Girl Patient of Dr. Friedmann Making Remarkable Recovery. New York, March 27—Seven of the thirty patients whom Dr. Friedrich F. Friedmann innoculated with his tu- berculosis vaccine at the hosplital for deformities &nd Jjoint disease last week have shown marked Improve- ment, according to a statement today by Dr. Henry W. Frauenthal, head of the hospital staff. Several of these cases are of ten and the others of five years standing. One, a girl, is able to bend her knees for the first time in five years, Dr. Frauenthal said. Connecticut Elks to Raise Funds. ‘Waterbury, Conn, March 27.—John H. Cassidy, distric’ deputy for Con- neeticut of the Order of Elks, has sent letters to all the lod=es in the state calling a special session at which to take steps towards aiding brother Elks and their families whe are in distress because of the famine and flood in the west, Lodges are also asked to prepare contributions and tu arrange to send sucl to Themas F, Shannon, secretary of the Hartford lodge of Elks. with an engine succeeded in getting across and all persons who wish to leave are being brought out, The third sireet bridge over the Big Miami river is safe and it appears . that by davlight the militla now guarding the district will knew the full extcnt of the disaster there. Many Dersons there tonight refuseq to leave believ- ing they could better secure food and Condensed Teiegrams Sir Thomas Lipton Was Fined $50 for auto speeding. The Kentuoky River is Higher a Frankfort than at any time in the last 20 years. < A Cold Wave, Accompanisd by Snow. | hag put an chd: (o (he Gownpour i middle Tennessee. Fred Carlson, Aged 15, was drowned At Hartford yesterday while boating ‘with several companion; Mayor Marx of Detroit vesterday sent_Governor Cox $6,000 by wire for relief of Ohio flood sufterers. Storekeepers at Indianapolis have advanced the prices of foods, in somc cases, to double the ordipary rates. The Body of a Baby seven weeks old was found in a glass jar near River- head, L. L It is believed to have been thrown overboard. Binghamton, N. Y., is on the Verge of a serlous flood. Iamilies and goods are being removed from houses in the low-lying districts in boats. Five Women Rescued at Indianapolis are suffering from pneumonia ans cases. of whooping cough and mes were discovered among the refugees. An Inspector of Weights and m: ures examined the scales of the post- cffice at Bayonne, N. J. found them two ounces short and condemned them e J. W. Gaver, Justice of the Peace at Briggsdale, O., swore in several depu- tles yesterday and armed them, with instructions to shoot down all looters Mlss Zora Reed, an advocate of woman's suffrage, was appointed mes- senger In the United States health scr vios in Seattle, Wash, at %5 menth. 8ergt. Luther Goodwin, U.S.A in the Bridgeport hospital vesierday from hicooughs, from which he had suffered continuously, night and’ day, for nine days. Railroad Bridge ove: at Tndianapolls wen! morning, carryine The Vandalia the White river down yesterd: with 1t ten cars put there to hold it in place. Love and Life, the painting pr eented “fo the rican people” dur- | ing the administration of Cleveland, | Las been returned to the White Hous. | from the Corcoran Art-gallery | Two More Victims of Omaha's Ilast- do aied during e Sunday tor) nesday night. They were Mrs Adams, a bride of three weeks, Mre, E. S. Snyder. Col. D. N. Oyser, an attache of the Columbus sanitary department, report ed yesterday afterncon that two truc { loads of bodies were, removed from one |pOln1 on the West/Side James McCrea, F¢rmer President o the Pennsylvania Railroad compan who has been ill for some time, to & turn for the worse yesterday and his condition 18 very grave. Never Before in the History of the United States has there been such general prostration of telegraph and telephone wires as exists today in the | flood-swept regions. “The Floods show conclustvely | | | in Ohio and that we must waterways velop a great national 3 project,” sald Secretary Lane of the interfor department vesterday. President James B. Mahon of the New York stock exchange vesterday appointed a committee of five to col lcct subscriptions from members for the relief of the flood sufferers. Grain Trading on the New York pr duce exchange was completely tied up vesterday by the worst dem | of wire service, as a resuit of floods, in the history, of the exchange. | The Kentucky River is Rising rapid Iy and many people living ulong its course are fleeing to the hills and mountains, driving eir livestock ahead of them. In a Freight Wreck on the Falls branch of the New York Cenfral yes- terday morning near Albion, N. Y., Ray Egan and William Grinnell Rochester firemen, were killed and five persons injured. May C. Broke, aged 69, the last s vivor of the Laura Keene C v vlayed at Ford's theatre shin the night President Rjncoln was dled of cancer in North Adams, gtor Mass. i i Pittsburg Has But Two Days’ meat supply. Decause of the recent hish prices packers have been huying spa ingly and shipments on the way from Chicago have been tied up by flood condition: The_ Maine Central R New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Maine railroads will transport without charge supplies for the relief of tornado and flood suf- | ferer The Trial of B. L. Legere of Bridge- | port, Conn., a member of the Indu trial Workers of the World, probabl will be taken up DMonday. He charged with rioting during the striko at Little Falls, N. ¥ Iroad, the Frank J. Gould Sailed for Paris ves- | terday, probably mnot to return to | America. Mr. Gould said he was dis- gusted with the way the United Statcs government interfered with bustness in this country and that he preferred to live in France. QGovernor Cox Yesterday lesued a proclamation declaring a holiday in all Bistricts flooded In Onio during th fext ten days. This was done to pro- | tect negotiable pavper that might be | subject to presentation. Impeachment Proceedings against Lewls W. Moulton as sheriff of Cum- berland county, Me., for alleged non- enforcement of the prohibitory law were instituted by Gov. William T Halnes in a speclal message to the | legislature Testerdzy. More Than a Thousand Families have been driven from their homes at Hast Liverpool, O., five thousand pot- ters have been deprived of employment temporarily, and the city waterworks are out of commission as the result of the flood In the Ohlo river. K. of C. A-propriates $10,000. New Haven, Conn., March The board of directors of the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus today aeppwopriated $10,000 te be ap- plied to relieving of distress in the floaded districts in the west and are sending their agents to that section Lo essist in its distribution. Will Revise Income Tax: Peltio, March 27.—The Japanese diet tral Davton is burning. The flood wa- lery lave so far receded that firemen clothing there Dayton. than in other party of ! | from Boston | over | the low [ American embas: The Gonnecticu Now on Rampa VERMONTERS /'COMPELL TAKE TO HILLS TOWNS -« IN DARKN Pla Water Puts a Power n—The River at Comm est Point for Twenty Yea, White River Junction, Vt 3 Floods in the Connecti drove people from their b: in Rutiand, West Rutland, Barnet, White River Jun Woodsville, N. H. Ser Eoston and Maine, M Central Vermont railros alized. Telephon places was inte property damage reported at some Do in 20 years. Late turned colder, with snow believed the ficods wc morning. Washouts Hold The Boston and M left Boston at 11. held up at Sout washouts. The so left Burlington at was stalled at traln from Burlin farther than Montpe Towns in Dark West Lebanon, arinking w of the mains Hartford, White West Lebanon we: water invaded the powe Hartford Water comps Bridge Carr The covered White river at this eway when a log troke, hurllng tw: Gown the crest of t end of the bridg sbutments and down against Passumpsic alv Maine railr hat structure. across Ri save the rai mated that it w place the wooder Fled to High The entire poputat near Rutland, high land wkh its ba Jand was fi troets in Rutls the water stories. Hor At N lowlands river, tho dry had to be the horses swimn turing plan the engine roor No Serfous D: Hartford, Con o'clock tonight the wate neoticut river wa low water mark three inches an houw local weather burea the present rate of will epproach t morrow. T far as known, 1854. No 4 0 far been Tefo: has overtiowed backed water No Great Damage Midadletown, Con Conneeticut steadily all time 13 abo: fec mark. The river ha over the Cromwe meadows, but been done. AMERICAN WOMEN TC DEMAND INT aay Aroused by Impriso can Suffragetts March Mich London of Detroit, don because her daughter suffragette, we v | mission by the 2 see her daughter. Misg Seelie Emersc | along with Miss Sylvia serve & two mor dow smashing. Bot: hunger _strikes. released a few grounds.” Mrs. Emerson says has received tyustw tion that her diughter | cruelly treated that drtven med and that ered with bruises, Miss Scott Troy smnounced tonight head a deputat. to sccompany mand the embass behalf of the y CUSTOMS CLERK AND HIS WIFE Charged with Conspiring maker to Defraud Governem Boston March 27.—Ter Hn a clerk in the local o and his wife, Annie W. arrested today charged conspired with Miss K. nan of New York and oth the government of c Other arrests are expec Shevlin was formerly & collector of the port in c coming forelgn buggage b quished that post because o two years ago. Miss Bre: resident of the New Y. ng firm of the Misses C com) s Bneviias were arrats held in 332,000 bonds each I ing tomorrow, Bteamship Arriva Copenhagen, Marck: steamer Hallig Olav, N Havre, March 37.-—A Le Provence, New Yo London, March 27. ers Ascanis, Portand; St_Jobn, N, B, for Ant Halifax, N, &, Marcn steamer Pretorian, Gl Boulogne, Mar 2 Steamer Rotterdam, N was_prorogued today after pas: a BIL for the revision of the lncome Lix. Rear Admiral Mertz ha. on the refired list.