The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 26, 1913, Page 1

— a you thought Seattle was “reformed” and respectable, didn’t you? ut listen to t Garbage graft won't down, facts showing graft in connection with the burial of : ( 7 5 aft e pauper dead have not been refuted, and few~epmes the old reliable election pee —_— Pr pr og press ete) Pag = 70 - citizens, as if you had better dig up that old anti-graft club and go after 'em again. If the day of mean grafters and croo ction officials has not passed in Seattle, let’s make it pass in short order. Let's jail the grafter d the election oi ig e: se hee ee ata pale eouthes ae ea J e grafters and the election cheaters, Seattle is too big, too clean and too prosperous RAIN TONIGHT OR THURSDAY; MODERATE SOUTHERLY WID bs ORE flood news will be found on page 6 compervation lesson, When you cut aff the This is the most serious flood siftce the la treés off the hills and there is no vegita destruction of Galveston by a hurricane tion left to hold the water during rainy weather, it runs off quickly and a flood follows. tidat wave in 1900, when 6,000 lost their lives . | Ohio used to be a vast forest. THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE VOL, 15—No, 23 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913. ONE CENT U8 ti ains ann ROME EDITION FLOOD’S DEATH LIST AY REACH 2,000, IS “WORD TO GOVERNOR § COLUMBUS, O., March 26.—Fire is sweeping Dayton this afternoon, and idents are meeting death in the flames, according to information received . Cox here. At 3 p. m. the governor announced his determination to reach Dayton with ate troops and assistance, regardless of cost. He plans to send a train to Cleve- and from there to Toledo, hoping to reach Piqua or Troy from that city. ; to send the militia and supplies and newspaper men into Dayton by ' om Troy. NICOWS STANDS Be This picture shows Main st., Dayton, O., down which is rushing a torrent of water 20 feet deep. The white line jrawn along the build each side ir es how 1 o fthe st 's are under wa- ter Several buildings shown here are reported burned, and others have collapsed. Boats npted to make their way through this street to rescue people imprisoned on the up- per floors, but were unable to stem the current. ietur atte ™GOLUMBUS "OK March 26.—“The deaths in Dayton may reach 2,000. It worst calamity since the Galveston flood.” This alarming messbge was received here today by Gov. Cox from George the governor's private secretary, who wired from Springfield. “The river at Dayton,” the message added, “is four miles wide. I cannot anywhere near the city. It is awful.” Teleshoning from Dayton today, John Bell, a Dayton wire chief, said: “The Russell apartments, at West Third st. and Boulevard, are on fire, jumping into the water. The rear end of the Steele high school caved in. | “The first train load of supplies arrived from Springfield this morning. } Abridce was dynamited at Zanesville at noon to make egress for the r aes Run the water at noon was running five feet above the ROOFS JAMMED: SEATTLE FOLK Wilson Calls AYTON, ©. March 26—(By Messenger to Lebanon, O.)—Dayton today is a eny| HUNDREDS WAIT i ASKED TO HELP Glelp Want to : <= = — ~ = B dead, the dying, the homeless and the grief-stricken. The tragic story will be un-| * se é AKE Fs ARBO a Wa until the last bodies are removed from the flood or from the ruins of the fire that is ‘ retims 4 unchecked in the southern section of. the city , Dy United Preae vote | iSi A Fy i FP A i whole story probably will never be known—the heroism of men, the martyrdom and the mad hysteria which caused some to leap into the flood. Oy eeretield hae eee | Stattle w 1" ; P ; f CINCINNATI, March 26.~-South A Man marooned on the ro of of his home shot and killed his wife and three children of Dayt jes a low f hi Major ( nt ¢ ts rain. DORM of the sent 2 bullet irto his own brain rather than see them burn to death. A man who > - d the act gave me the details. Thei: bodies, he said, floated away. of -th . an ha . nie pe may be a hundred dead—or a thousand. The death census will not be taken the certain | CFOM® Kotict appe to ie S i A the waters receds, leaving their prey behind. ; ag pit. Me bdople of city for aid for “4 Money lose ts heavy—but nobody about the mc lows, | ee was ‘hegood suffe ~ 4 Will run into the miliions. Dayton, cnce proud and wealthy, cpa : aoe ned the following y the most u thing in its hour of disaster. It does not S f a ae ea 2» fond t this x! "] The Harbor Island s , conceived by frenzied- ~ y; ft asks only for food, clothing, nurses, doctors and ummary o r wat ram the f build te vet ha ters and zh by their ‘a ings ha¥e been swept aw Edge beet ® , ad Hall, {n charge of the relief committee, sent the following Flood Damage mont and” Dgyton a Harly Indi how ess age as prove at at people suspected : hrough the ! Press | i T flooded peice SY ; fo be k an ake, and now dead, we cannot m n fe bite, wr ten bait yo om the flood center, which it wo States iss Aiea ens nT jotn tr The t ~ Eastern ¢ alists” is ty where ba skyscrapers, hotela ant stores INDIANA.—Peru — Many are] district are r attle to « Tages ¢ trol of Seattle's har- 1 e city and s lies a whirlpool. Only c nile | reported dead. The city is iso tories of dw the un i ; f ie ag well be miles word of what has |] ) 4 blocks, and the great flood : ‘ uate whirlpool since noon yes y has come across 4 Many were reporte 1 know thet the response lime tt it full o r Indianapolis is flooded by the fio the tops of trees a F ibe sponta and le A his afternoon will discard HES ARE AWASH; BIG White river, 10,000 homes are . : a P and re v I ne hat Th r adve cated on 1 1 n ea the mat- FENT STORES FLOATING AWAY inundated, and there is immense property damay Fort Wayne flooded, the ighting plant is out of commis wy water al sion, and a water famine is No one beyond the flood zone knows the disaster that has over Threatened that part of Daytor which wae the center of wealth. There Marion, Elwood, Broadrippte, ig hotels are stores keep them ceed with their sroval of the sue from the fothing but t ten glare of flames last night to light up the La Fayette, Rushville, Muncie | é Vivo and its mysteries. It was a night of terror, and that part of and Noblesville are partly under ; vi : be knowhas the Hee \ terminals and the in- having homes to sitep in woke up this morning heartbroken water At Richmond 20 bridges flames iast night showed men, women 1 children perched |] sre gone and many are home Toofs of houses in th h of the fl ng the tire lees d as and th er n A very Z Rontured iaie the Ituouws stream and rescued some of Metaese [a flocded by Wildent . ; erated lea ech Ges. 5. $ \P creek and 1,500 are homeless. from Piqua, 3 F. COTTERILI » said Ma The | ¢ n Tuesday which rship of Fred Pattersc nen chopped @ T wae of the city of Shelbyville is d Ha Mayo Star a ‘ ; . e fire dis bs of three. Then |] under water. Logansport is iso h an as t ! It said bite the port of Seattle omen. Tbe |T tated and scores of houses have ref ‘ C t evide frau veomnts and the prommenp ucked |T been washed away. Its resi ‘ 1 : tragi DUT dence eection of Terre Haute is th k _ , : flooded, railroad traffic is dead tr f rair 1 of ¢ ' botara working out of here |] 2n¢ 500 homes are under water m ip “9 greet: OHIO.—The Miami vailey is =< SSS SSS BS 1 oe ee ee es ater. I tiooded, inundating Dayton, 40,000 ph gets ptt ot ee heard fr It came |] pigua, Troy, Sidney, Carrollton voter maa aha trike y on t no one was prepared. Miamisburg, Hamilton and a statement AYERS FADES AWAY ESIDENT OF GREAT COMPANY dozen other towns nier valley wa apani oO ee hates aa ADES BAREFOOT, HELPING RESCUERS in the Mad river valley, West Agreement,’ att have ‘0% ron since the commission, over the only organiz ef work is that being con od h Liberty and Springfield are fact, the R 4 eople Robe igned t Duk no wart I Cash Regis’ er any whose plant Hes jus flooded IN THE y M C A voted overwh \ F fre A renident of thi Pacitie resin fire zone. The 5 OE The Scioto river overflowed, e e e ° Jeg exe hy Dey terday New York “capitalist The » charge of the gigantic inundating part of Columbus nent was signed by t small communities. flooded. Twenty tal, and th ting rich Yovered Supply for t and adjac Delaware mmission, for $500 ca tock “The Harbor Island plan, as outlined by those behind the project ABSOLUTELY FREE }) °° : Barefooted, John | five perso: are reported dead ‘the 400 1 there n any, “the man b a there and 400 homeless. originally,” said Gen. Chittenden The Star today,” has been fni, saving many { The Ottawa river flooded all y y e ally a @ row hepa celle | IA Me ig the (3s 1: he | abandoned. The agreement will be cancelled, and the commission ine ars old , re and a daugh e * : f th oblate $8 Pee Dorothy. The the rescue work and the daughter || Muskingam river is flooding the Every boy in Seattle may become a member i tends to Fesubinit to the Beople the $2,000 000 bond issue for the location the rain for t rrp city; 2,000 are homeless, and the . me 4 Eve dab hae: : ii eeate 5 The Gouioane’s bets divide whet aeae Bik Wreck” Oridge bee of the Y. M. C. A. without a penny cost, by : toed ne terminals. as outlined by Gen. Chittend ms include plans for jere not enor lant P build 100 plants Reports o * tn fad a chance t re . ; | a f] N BOY'S CLOTHES O CROSS CABLE TO SAFET y | FIFTY DROWNED George Dayto ~ bee the | h ose and i lood Ww J ordered b ers || been swept away Star’s employ. Here is your opportunity, boys, so get busy and come to The Ster office and let us tell you how easy it will be for you to be- | i Senda we Mc, Wels, ond they oil | FOR SURVIVORS U.S. SENATE NO i 1 ¥ i w i spending a few hours for a day or two in The VY VERY ILL AGAIN his boat. Sudden! w baby. Bo'h wer » akiff to enter tell you all about it. Every mother should en- | ‘aPRINGPIRLD, i a at : house, Ho had Fenguiled |r - for th bershi 1 WASHINGTON, March 36.— eee ee fone svt agency here : coed Scott, formerly of the Cash Re TOLEDO, O ch 26—The, courage her boys to try for these memberships, = []_— secretary of War Garrison to- {James Hamilton Lewis, democrat,| Pat me. Saye thee Th eae mpany. asconde td’safety across a|To News-Dee, a newspaper, re : <del oC in day ordered that 50,000 tents | S| had'a serious Yelapee today and ache he fell ceived word by special méssenger for there is no other institution in Seatle which gy ge i ce tag jana Lawrence Y, Sherman *| had a serious relapse today and Mies Norma 7 ared at a relief iogay from Tiffin, O,, that 50 per so much builds up the moral and physical wel- |] futhed to Onio trom Phitadet lican, were Alected United States} is again confined to his bed. e sald had » could cross the > } , phia for the relief of the suf- |senatofs here today by a ¢ j x wire Phim pers a Meyers, sons had perished in the flood faré of the boys. Only a few hours’ work after ferers |tion Of democrats an@ republican a to have been. fecsived, whem an infant in a m walked & waters there, He said Chief of Po » . ADNCADS Toxed to have been received when Seross & high ca was a thin jico Myers and Mayor Kaeppel are school and you become a member of the Y. M. FUNEI ERVICES eventy democrats and 60 repub'he w E by Frank Morgan| ce Myers and Mayor Kaepy 5 ! ‘ ' |licans pledged themselves to voie!at Enumclaw May 21, 1912, has) fe along i by H. A. Adama,‘ n and R. A. Howelly! fa Hvery stable, of the day, fought Wm.|*mone the me are ol ed to put her ina boat, She, Water soven feet dep gy running ore ‘lalong the sireets of Tiff_u, | oN ” held from Hanne for Lewis the lon 1 roadway ve at, this | Sherman for short se = SSS ae! | 1100001 Lewis formerly lived in = .