Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1915, Page 2

TWELYE DROWNED | NEAR VALLEY, MO. { Meramac River Rises Rapidly in| Night and Drives Thousands from Their Beds. HUNDRED PERSONS ARE MISSING ST, LOUTS, Aug. 23.—The Meramec river, which rose swiftly Baturday night and Sunday, flooding a large wart of the manufacturing and sum | ner resort town of Valley Park, nine teen miles southwest of St. Louls, fell rapidly today, making possible a areful Inquiry to determine the ex- ent of the flood damage. Reports of drownings were uncon- firmed this morning, though the cor- cner last night said twelve drown- inge had been reported to him. None | was missing in Valley Park today, ln: far as could be learned, though 8,500 | persons were driven from their homes. Thousands of acres of farm lowlanda wlong the river were still under water and it was imossible to learn definitely whether the scores, mostly whits, who who had been reported missing last night, had been mccounted for. The water stood In the streets of Val- ley Park today from two to four feet deep. The Meramec river fell slowly hecause of the high water in the Miacis- | Hippl. The Merameo is flooded along ita | ontire course of 100 miles through the Osarks. More than 100 miles of terri- tory In the heart of the Osarks between Springfield, Mo, and St. Louls fa out off from communication with either city Heavy Damage in Ilinots, Equally distressing conditions prevall throughout southeastern Missourt and varts of western Illinols, where the toll, | iess severe in the number 7f lives lost, s far groater in' damage to property and crope. Rallroads, telegraph and tele- phone facilities are demoralized, the physical damese may aggregate 65,000, W0, and tens of thousands of farmers and villagers are homeless, The Meramec river rose during the night while thousands of campers and plenickers slept in the club houses and summer cottages which dot the river's bank. From 2 o'clock yesterday mom- ing until laet midnight the river rose a foot an hour. The flood waters of swol- len Osark mountain streams, which empty into the Meramec, came rushing | down the Merameo In layers a foot high, tearing farm houses, club houses, bridges and barges from their moorings and hurl- Ing them against trees, telegraph poles and against each other in the mad rush toward the Misslssippl river. Resouners Toil All Day. Calls for help were sent to St, Louls and hundreds of rescuers with motor boats and other crafts were on the soene at daybreak. They tolled all day and all last night and rescued 800 persons. This morning men and In & few cases women, who hed oclimbed tree tops and roofs Still were crylng for heip, Most of the population of Vallsy Park—2600 families ~~were driven from their homes a!d large manufacturing plants, about whioh the town s bullt, were rendered uselews, prob- ably for weeka, ’ Newport, Ark.,, is Flooded. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. #.-White river is coming over the Rock Island levee at Newport and the town will be flooded, according to reports here today. The 35,000 causeway just completed over Newport lake has broken. Hundreds of volunteers today were working on the levee and negroes had been forced at the point of shotguns to join them. The Btevens steel levee at Ingleside, near Newport, has broken. Reports were receiveq here last night that & family of five persons had been drawned in the bottoms near Ol Trough. In Newport wll business has been sus- pended. The water and electrio light | plants have been put out of commission by the water. The damage to crops in ‘White river bottomsgwill be enormous, as thousands of ncred are flooded, “The steamers Muskogee and Mary G Lucas are running day and night res- cuing families from the overflowed dis- tricts, many of the dwellers of the low- lands being taken from trees. | Hundreds of head of stock driven out of the bottoms by the water are roaming the streets of Newport and vicinity REED'S DECISION HITS MOREHEAD (Continued from Page One.) Other Officors. | The reports of the secretary of state show that the fees of that office during the last biennium amounted to $206.978. | Under the interpretation given the con-| stitution by the attorney general the sec- | retary of state should give a bond of more than $400,000, and his bond of $50,000 s mot a legal bond and, therefore, Mr. Pool has not complied with the constitu- {on and has no right to the office. te Treasurer Hall admits that under the ‘ruling of the attorney general he should give & bond of about $0,000,000 | That wocount the Russian Baval Victory st B L e R b LEO FRANK LAID TO REST —At the left i3 shown the casket being taken down the steps of his father’s house in Brooklyn, to the waiting automobile hearse the mother of the dead man being assisted down the steps after the casket i admits thut there are probably some things which may need looking after, but to what extent he will not say and until he has secured some more legal advice will take no action. Smith Holds Up Voucher. State Auditor Bmith this morning held up the first voucher coming from the | raliway commission, He with other | state officers Interested in the matte were in consultation durtng most of th forenoon. They have been critioising State Treasurer Hall because he would wnot abide by the opinion of the attorney yen- eral when the attorney general ruled that Fire Commisgioner Ridgell w mtitled to draw money on his warrants, ang now they must decide whether to taie the advice of the attorney general In this matter, Just what the auditor will do will be made publio after holding sine more conferences with his state house brethren and a few seances with the attorney gene eral Refage in 014 Theory. State officers most interested in the ef. feot the decision of Attorney OGeneral Reed will have on the officers bonds are not sufficlent to ¢o oconstitutional requirement apprar to také comfopt from a decision of the su: prome court In the Eugene Moore case, where he, as state auditor, was charged with appropriation of fees, that the fees ©oming into the different departments are not state fees untll they have been re- celved by the state treasurer. In othor woirds, they are claiming that the state has no right to the fees collected by them until they get raiy to turn them over to the state treasucer. To a buwh of patriots who have Leen condenning such acts, this 1s decidec!y interesting. In the meantime the wtate house s standing up all right under the strain, but when Lieutenant Governor Pierson comes down from Morefield snd demands of Governor Morehead thal he wet out and give him a chance the old doms may tremble a little, ALLIES REJOICE OVER EXPLOIT OF RURS WARSHIPS (Continued from Page One.) may have large effect on the German plans. Italy's declaration of war on Turkey has not yet led, #o far as is known here, to definite results, but it is expected to have a great effect on Roumania, which long has been connected closely with Italy. From the Franco-Belgian front comes reports of artillery duels, unaccompanied by infantry activity. Russian Official Report. PETROGRAD, Aug, 28.—(Via London.)— The recent maval battle in the Guit of Riga 18 described as follows in a state- ment from navy headquarters: i “The Cerman fleet on August 16 re- newed with large forces its attacks on our positions at the entrance to the Guif of Riga. Our ships, during August 16 and 17, repulsed the attacks of the enemy, Whose secret preparations for entering the gulf had been favorwd | singularly by misty weather. | “Taking advantage of a thick fog, hos- | tile forces of considerable sive entered the gulf on August 15 and our veasels ' retired at the same time, continuing to | resist the enemy without losing touch | with them. | “On August 19 and 20 the enemy recon- Military Wedding Upon Camp Grounds CRETE, Neb,, gram.)—The field of the Fifth regiment was @ busy place today, ending with a regimental parade at & p. m. Hard arill- & of the companies has continued from early in the morning. Last night's program was concluded at 7:30 p. m. with a military marriage, the principal parties to the affair being Lieu- fenant Elmer Lunstrom of Fremont, member of the signal corps of the Fifth rogiment, and Miss Georgia McCreedy of Fremont, Neb, The officers formed at the headqu ters tents and escorted the bridal to the platform where the religlous fces were held. wedding march, The bridal couple was accompanied by ‘Captain and Mrs. Jess of the slgnal corps, both dresed in white. The groom was dressed in full military white, and the bride was dresed in blue silk. The cere- mony was performed by R Bev Geerg: A. Beecher of Kearmey, chaplain of ( Fifth reglment. Tomorrow will practically finish the week's work In fleld work and hard drill- Ing and marching. Captain McMillan has left the field and his mechanician, C, ¥. 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Plans studied then, It Is su ', can immediately | be put Into metion | Tarkey and Dulgaria Sign Treaty. | BERLIN, Aug. 2.~(By Wireless to Say- ville.)~The Overseas News Agoncy today gave out the following: “Otficial reports from Sofia and Con- stantinople state that Turkey and Bul- garla have signed a new treaty, Turkey | granting Bulgaria ita desired direct rail- | road connection with the sea, and Bul- garia agreeing to observe a benevolent Unofficial reports late In July stated that & convention had been signed on July 23 by which Turkey ceded to Bul garia the Turkish portion of the Dedeag- hatch rallway. The reports stated that the treaty left Bulgaria unpledged con- cerning Its attitude in the war, | Constantinople Without Gas. | SOFIA, Aug. 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