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TARIFF LETTER READ
PRESIDENT WIL80N READS HI3
ME8SAQE TO CONGRESS
TO CABINET.
EMPHASIZE MONEY QUESTION
Chief Executive, In 1,200 Word Docu
ment, It Is Stated, Will Confine Hit
Suggestions to Duties Wants Re
vision Downward.
Washington, March 31. Tho final
draft of his first messago to congress,
which ho will send at the opening of
the Bpeclal session April 7, was read
Friday by President Wilson to his
cabinet.
The message, it can be said author
itatively, will confine Itself to the
tariff. In 1,200 words, it will give the
president's views on this subject, and
will stato it is tho president's position
that nothing shall bo done by either
house to take from the tariff its placo
in the center of the legislative stage.
This does not mean that there la
to be no other legislation during tho
session. It morely means that the
president intends to usu all 'his influ
ence to seo that nothing is allowed to
Interfere with first place for tariff re
vision downward.
Tho message is expected to put this
- In so many words, but it also will
declare that a number of other sub
jects of vital Importance to tho Amer
ican people are awaiting legislation
principally the currency Question.
The president will specifically re
frain from commenting upon these In
his- message, although reserving the
right to touch upon them in later spe
cial messages should congress mako
sufficient headway with the tariff
problem to leave room and timo for
other work at the special session.
In this connection It became known
that Representative Carter Glass,
chairman-to-be of the banking and
currency committee of the new house,
has completed the draft of a monetary
revision bill and that It is ready for
Introduction whenever tho president
desires it. Representative Glass, how
ever, will not put It in until President
Wilson feels that Its introduction will
not interfere with tariff legislation.
Representative Glass and the presi
dent are said to fear that to start the
money reform task and then to leave
It open until the winter session will
only add to the difficulties of the situ
ation. As far as President Wilson's views
on the tariff are concerned, It can ds
stated that he will take tho same
ground ho took in his speech of ac
centanco last summer, that the tariff
must be taken out of politics, and that
Its revision downward should begin
by taking out of every schedule every
rate that can be construed as a "fa
vor to any Industry.
"There should be immediate re
vision," ho said at that time, "and it
should be downward unhesitatingly
and steadily downward. It should be
gin with the schedules which havo
been used most obviously to kill com
petition and to raise prices In the
United States arbitrarily and without
regard to tho prices pertaining else
where In the markets of the world,
and it should, before It is finished or
Intormltted, bo extended to every item
In every schedule which affords any
opportunity for monopoly, for special
advantages to limited groups of bene
ficiaries or for subsidized control of
any kind in the markets or the enter
prises of the country until special
favors of evory sort shall have been
absolutely withdrawn and every part
of our laws of taxation shall have
been transformed from a system of
governmental patronage Into a system
of just and reasonable charges which
shall fall where they will create the
least burden.
"Whon we shall have done that we
can fix questions of revenues and of
business adjustment In a new Bplrlt.
Wo shall be partners with tho busi
ness men of tho country, and a day
of freer, more stable prosperity shall
have dawned."
136 KNOWN DEAD AT OMAHA
Commercial Club Figures Show 402
Injured and 1,700 Homes De
stroyed In Tornado.
Omaha, Neb., April 1. Tho follow
ing was compiled by the Commercial
club and 1b given out as authentic:
Tho known dead In Omaha and Im
mediate suburbs totals 130, tho in
jured number 402, while many sus
tained minor bruises; 1,700 homes
were entirely destroyed or badly
wrecked.
The citizens' relief commltteo Is ta
king up in detail all cases of destitu
tion and they aro disposed of as rapid
ly as brought to tho attention of this
body.
Lincoln. Neb., April 1. A deelgatlon
of Omaha men asked tho legislature
to pass a bill authorizing Douglas
county to issuo bonds In the sum of
$1,000,000 for tho purpose of rebuild
ing tho houses in tho tornado district
of Omaha.
Man Blows Out Brains.
Lexington, Ky., March 31. After
making a will bequeathing his body
to scientists for the purposo af ana
tomlcal research, Emll Frederick,
Elxty-ono years, blow out his brains
with a revolver Friday.
Rail Executive.
Los Angeles, Cal April 1. Georgo
fl Nicholson of Chicago, vice-president
of tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo
railroad, in charge of pessenger and
freight traffic, died at tho California
hospital here Sunday,
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when completed. It will cost $1,200,000.
'.vill bo a garden of palms and shrubs.
DR, FRSEDMANN IS HIT
PHYSICIAN SAYS "CURE" IS RE
FINEMENT OF CRUELTY.
Declares 70,000 Will Read of Remedy
and Grieve Because They Will
Not Be Permitted to Use It.
Philadelphia, March 29. The turtle
vaccine "cure" of Dr. Frederich Franz
Frledmann was scathingly arraigned
Thursday by Dr. Lawrence F. Flick,
the eminent tuberculosis expert, and
head of tho Henry Phlpps Institute.
"It is the last refinement of cruel
ty," he emphatically declared. "Do
you know what It means to thousands
of pursunu all over this country suffer
ing from tuberculosis?
"It means despair," snld the doctor,
"utter despair. Do you know that
there are 70,000 persons in this coun
try suffering from tuberculosis who
will die within a year? Yes, and
half that number who will die within
six months?
"How many of these could benefit
from this culture, even If It were all
that Is claimed for It? It would bo
necessary to dovlso some means of
getting it to the people, and beforo
this could possibly be dono most of
these people will be dead.
"If you know these poor consump
tives as I. do you would realize what
it 1b for thorn to read these wonder
ful cures and to know that for them
It means nothing that they will bo In
their graves beforo it could ever bo
brought within their reach.
Doctor Flick contended that tho con
duct of Frledmann was open to crit
icism on tho ground thnt he had not
taken into consideration the effect
the announcement of his supposed
cure wouldfhave on the class, for
which It was Intended, but was pri
marily exploiting It and himself. Tho
pioper course, ho said, would have
been to havo explained his prepara
tion und method fully to the medical
profession of his native country and
experimented until there was no furth
er question of Its efficiency before an
nouncing such claims as had been
made for It.
WILSON RECEIVES FIRST PAY
Chief Executive Is Handed Treasury
Warrant for $5,625, His Salary
for March.
Washington, April 2. Woodrow
Wilson received his first pay check" as
president of tho United States Mon
day when Secretary McAdoo present
ed him with a treasury warrant for
?5,G25, representing his salary from
March -1 to 31. Tho president Is tho
only official whoso salary Is paid by
tho treasury department. Vice-President
Marshall received from tho sec
retary of tho sonato the portion ho
has so far earned of his $12,000 an
nual compensation.
U. S. Senator In Hospital.
Baltimore, Md., April 1. It was ro
ported that United States Senntor Ed
v in C Burleigh of Maine has been a
patient at Johns Hoapklns hospital
lor soveral days. Tho nature of tho
ailment from which the senator Is suf
fering was not disclosed. He Is sev
enty years old.
Engineer Begs to Die.
St. Paul, .Minn., Apt II 2. Pinned
against tho hot holler of his engine,
George Murphy of St. Paul, a North
ern Pacific onglneer, for three-quartern
of an hour begged policemen and
firemen to kill him Monday.
Quake Hits Behrlng Straits.
St. Louis April 2 Tho seismo
graph at St. Louis recorded an earth
quake of unusual vlolenco at a point
estimated to bo a 4.200 miles away
Monday. Tho shock, It la thought,
was felt In Hearing straits
MORGAN & GO. BANK
four-story bank building of J. 1. Morgan & Co. in Wall street will look
Tho walls will bo of Tenncsseo marble throo feet thick, and on the roof
WE BRITISH ENVOY
WALTER H. PAGE SELECTED BY
WIL80N FOR COURT OF
8T. JAMES.
WILL AWAIT SENATE'S ACTION
New York Editor and Publisher to
Start for London as Soon as He
Is Confirmed by ipper House of
Congress.
Washington, April 2. President
Wilson's offer to ambassador to Great
Britain wbb accepted Monday by
Walter L. Pago of Garden Clt, L. I.,
editor of World's Work, and a mem
ber of tho firm of Doubledoy, Pago
& Co., publishers.
Mr. Pago was born In Cary, a small
town In North Carolina, In 1855. He
was first educated at Randolph-Macon
college, a Methodist Institution at Ash
land, Va., and later was a follow at
Johns Hopkins university, following
much tho same courso thoro as that
made famous by Woodrow Wilson.
Roforo graduating at Johns Hopkins
ho cntorcd Journalism, in which he
has been conspicuous for many years.
His first important editorship was
that of tho Forum, which lasted from
1890 to 1895. Then he was literary
adviser to Houghton Mifflin company
for four years.
During thp three years prior to tho
founding of the publishing house of
Doubleday, Page & Co., In 1899, ho
wns editor of the. Atlantic Monthly.
Slnco then ho has edited his own mng
nzlno, World's Work.
Mr. Pago said that If tho senato
confirmed his appointment ho would
leave Immediately for London. The
senato meets April 7 and tho Pago
appointment will bo one of tho first to
como before It.
TWO ALLENS ARE EXECUTED
Floyd and Claude Pay the Penalty for
Murder In Electric Chair at
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va., March 29. Floyd
and Claude Allen were electrocuted In
tho peultontlary horo Friday. The ex
ecution of those mon Is tho direct
outcome of a partial massacro of the
Hlllville courthouse March 14, 1912,
which was engineered by Claudo Al
len and several of his relatives. On
that occasion flvo persons wero killed
and wounded. Those killed were Judge
Thornton Masslo, Commonwealth At
torney William M. Fontcr, Shcrltf Leo
F. Webb, Juror Fowler and Miss
Elizabeth Ayers. Tho causo of tho
tragic ncRault on tho officers of tho
lav In tho Httl mountain courthouso
with tho Bontenclng of Floyd Allen by
Judge Masslo to three years' Impris
onment for assaulting a deputy sheriff,
who had arrested ono or two of his
nephews.
8aloono Closed In Cairo.
Cairo, 111., April 2. Tho city flood
commltteo lssuud nn order Monday
closing all saloons and rotnll stores.
with tho oxcoptlon of bakorlos nnd
drug stores. Manyv merchants are
moving their stocks to second stories.
Wu Ting Fang for Prceldent.
Canton, China, April 2. Wu Ting
Fang, former Chlneso minister to tho
United States, was mentioned Monday
for president. Tho Canton industrial
bank v. Ill bo capitalized with a $5,000,
000 American gold loan.
Six Months for Haywood.
Patorson, N. J., April 2. William D.
Haywood, organizer for the Industrial
Workers of tho World, was sontencod
Monday to six months In tho county
Jail horo on conviction of cautlng un
lawful assemblages
BUILDING
GOVERNOR IS SLAIN
CHIHUAHUA EXECUTIVE THROWN
UNDER TRAIN.
Abraham Gonzales Meets Violent
Death While In Custody of Diaz
Huerta Officers.
El Paso, Tex., April 2. Abraham
Gonzales, constitutional governor of
Chihuahua and former minister of in
ferior under Presldont Madera, was
thrown beneath tho wheels of a train
Monday at Mnpula, a small station
south of Chihuahua by Dlaz-Huerta
army officers in charge of tho escort
conducting him to Mexico City, ac
cording to an investigation made -by
friends In Kl Paso of tho murdered
man.
Tho governor's body wan almost
cut In twain by tho car wheels, but
as this did not Instantly kill him, one
of tho officers drow a revolver and
shot him as ho lay writhing in agony
through tho head
Shortly after tho Dlaz-Huerta coup
do otat In Mexico City, Gonzales,
loynl to tho constitutional govern
ment, was arrested In Chlhunhua by
General Antonio Rabago. He was'
hold prisoner for somo tlmo and then
camo an order for his removal to tho
City ot Mexico.
When tho special train carrying tho
govornor reached Torreon it halted
and on an order from a stato cotnt
In Chihuahua, started baclc towards
Chihuahua. Lieutenant Colonel Ca
marenn, commanding tho Dlaz-Huerta
escort, was In communication with
General Huerta by wlro during tho
Btay at Torreon and It Is thought that
hero ho received direct orders from
the general to "dispose" of Gonzales.
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Cleveland, O., March 29. Flood con
ditions hero, while not serious as re
gards loss of llfo, wero estimated to
havo caused $1,000,090 property dam
age Thursday. Tho Cuyago river over
flowed Us banks.
Belgrade, March 29. Tho Montene
grin army opened a fierce attack on all
sides of the fortress of Scutari, tho
order for the attack being given by
King Nicholas.
City of Mexico, March 29. A report
Is current that a boat with moro than
400 soldiers on board has boon sunk
off Gimymas, In the Gulf of California,
as tho result of nn explosion. Con
firmation of the report Is lacking.
Philadelphia, March 29. Jamos Mc
Creo, former; president of tho Pennsyl
vania railroad, died at IiIh homo horo
last night. A complication of diseases
caused death. Mr McCrco was sixty
llvo yearn old.
Washington, April 1. President
Wilson nccoptcd honorary member
ship In tho Chevy Chaso club Satur
day. In a lotter ho Bald that ho had
declined tho club'u Invitation several
wooks ago under n misapprehension,
Washington, April 1, -Postmaster
General Burleson ordored annulled tho
parcel post legulation wlilch requires
doublo postage collected from tho ad
(Irosseo when ordinary postage Btamp3
havo been affixed to parcels.
Five Hurt as Train Jumps Track.
Hagloy, Mich., Apr!'. 2, Flvo pas
Rengors wero Injured when a passon
gor train on tho Chicago & North
western road Jumped tho track and
went Into tho ditch near hero Mon
day afternoon.
Pope Resumes Audiences.
Romo, April 2. Tho popo resumed
hla audleiif.es at tho Vatican Monday,
Indicating that ho has practically
recovorrd from hla rccont lllnesh.
Tho pontiff appeared to bo In excel
lent spirits.
SURVIVORS TELL
OF FLOOR THRILLS
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Lecturer Saw 28 Bodies Recov
ered at Delaware, 0.
MEANEST MAN A BOAT OWNER
College Girls Relate Death Scenes
and Heroic Rescue Work by the
Studonts Stories of Other
Refugees.
Chicago. Thrilling Btorlos of tho
floodod districts In Ohio wero told by
Rov. E. O. O'Neal, who returned to
this city from a lecture tour. Ho
saw rescuers tako 28-bodlos from tho
river at Delaware, O.
"All of tho small towns along tho
rlvor havo boon swopt away," ho said.
"Tho greatest problem Is food. Tho
victims aro starving and freezing to
donth. Those who aro ablo to work
aro making every effort to rescue nnd
help others. Thoro is no communica
tion between towns.
"When at Dolawaro I saw collogc
Btudents mako many thrilling roscuos
by swimming out Into tho swift cur
rent and swimming back with a flood
victim. Ono young man swam out and
and rescued 30 persons In ono day. Ho
was tho bravest fellow I over saw.
Women and Children Afloat.
"I saw a houso with ono woman
and thrco children clinging to the roof
floating down tho stream. Tho houso
was whirling and bobbing up and
down in tho water. Tho woman wan
screaming for help. Porsons on tho
edgo of tho flood had a small boat,
but thoy could not row fast enough to
caech up with tho houso.
"Tho houso boro down on the Ponn
aylvaula railroad bridge and crash
ed against it. Tho mother caught tho
bridge nnd weni down. Tho children
went down, but camo up again near
k tree. The oldest child helped tho
other two nnd help on to tho trco. Tho
bont put out and rescued all of them.
"A few minutes later a hoUBO with
a man about 75 years and hie wife
floated down tho stream. Tho woman
was lying on tho roof. Tho old man
was holding her. Suddonly tho houso
struck a trco and the brick chimney
fell off. Then wo saw tho old man
lift his wife in his arms and cany
her to tho chimney holo in tho roofjttllv.i-j?jrat,jt waaBix inches," doop in
and lot her down into it. When the
rescuers put out in u boat and caught
up with tho hoiiBO, ono of the res
cuers inquired ot tho woman.
" 'alio Is dead,' said tho old man.
'Sho died two hours ago, and I was
afraid to let her Ho on tho roof bo
cause tho water would carry her
away.'
Sees Man and Woman Drown.
"I huw another houso with a man
and woman clinging to tho chimney
to keep from falling off. Tho houso
struck a truo and tho chimney crum
bled, lloth wont down beforo tho
boat reached thom and wo never saw
them again. Theso aro only a few
Instanco of tho horrible things seen
In tho flooded district.
"I wont from Dolawaro to Prospect,
and tho same tragedies woro ropoatcd.
At Prospect I saw tho meanest man
in tho world. Tho meanest man, I
think, Is a farmer who ownbd a boat
at Prospect. Ho lived ncrosB tho rlv
or from tho town. Ho lent his boat
to a BaptUt minister who used it for
roscuo work. Thoy saved moro than a
dozon women and children during tho
day. It waa tho only boat In tho
town.
Farmer Demands His Boat.
"Although tho minister could ros
cuo but two persons nt a tlmo ho
was doing noblo work. Many persons
wero swept away before the bout
could reach thom. Lato In the after
noon the farmer came to the uhoro
and announced ho wanted the boat.
Hu declared lie would take thu bout
by foice. He buld he wanted thu boat
to go ucroau tho ilver und attend to
Borne business.
"Tho minister rofused to give up
tho boat, but offered to row the fann
er across tho dangerous river, It ho
could keep tho boat. The farmer
grudgingly nssonted, nnd a newspaper
man from Marlon and tho minister
rowed him across, it was tho first
attempt to take the bout across tho
Bwltt river and was extremely danger
ous. "Tho preacher declared ho would
tako any risk In order ,to keop tho
boat. They landed tho farmor across
tho river with much difficulty. Thoy
started back and when In tho mlddlo
of tli J) Bticam tho boat capsized, and
both went down. With tho boat hun
dreds of persons couldltavo been res
cued. Bread Famine at Delaware.
"Tho victims need food moro than
anything else. Thoro 1b a broad fam
Ino at Delaware. To show they wero
willing to do anything to help tho suf
ferers moro than 100 Btudents at Wes
loyan college volunteered to leuvo tho
city ho thero would bo 100 less to
How to Paint a Tin Roof.
In painting a now tin roof, clean nil
rosin and acid off with coal oil, wnHh
with strong soda water, and rlnao
with clear clean wator. Treated In
this manner, tho paint will ndt scalo
oft and leave tho tin oxpoBcd.
First Power Houoe.
Tho first electric power houso in
this country consisted of a small
shack nt Apploton, Wlu., housing a
imall gonorator driven by a water-tvhonl.
foed. Tho Btudents departed at night
for their homes In different parts of
tho country.
"At Cellna I eaw tho samo Buffer
ing. Tho town was under ten feot
of water. 1 saw them tako ten bod
ies from tho water nt Masslllon, O.
Prospect, O., Is under 14 feet ot water,
and tho rlvor at that point is four
mllcfl wldo. 1 saw thom toko moro
than a dozen bodies from tho water.
"Tho ropartB of tho dead havo not
been sont in from thoso small towns
and tho country will bo appalled whon
the full number 1b known. From what
I saw I do not think the reports havo
boon exaggerated.
"Plqua and Fostorla aro undor wa
ter, and many pcoplo aro 'drowned.
Tho nenrust I could get to Dayton
waa Plqua. Most of tho town was un
der water. It was impossible to get to
Dayton."
Co-Edo Tell of Horrors.
Four weary young women, co-cda
from Ohio Wcsley.in university at Del
aware, O., climbed from a Pullman on
a delayed Lako Shore train In tho La
Sallo Btreot Btatlon. Thoy wero tho
first arrivals In Chicago from tho ac
tual scenes of death nnd desolation
attending tho Hoods throughout cen
tral Ohio.
Engorly questioned by nowspaper
mon, tho young women talked freely
ot their experiences and painted
graphic word plcturos of tho horroro'
of the Inundation ot a largo part of
Dolawaro.
Thoy wero MIbb Florence Wyman of
3C33 Sheffield avenuo, ctudont In gen
oral work and instructor in tho art
school of tho university ; Edith nnd
Esther Quaylo ot 233 North Harvey
street, Oak Park, and Mabol Lees ot
325 Elmwood uveuue, Ouk Purk,
Fear Horror to Follow.
Miss Wyman, who had chaporoned
the party on tho trip, was tho spokes
man, but the other girls broke in from
tlmo to tlmo with eager ejaculations
to emphastzo tho horror of tho talo
she told.
"Tho thought that Is uppermost In
my mind," Bald Mlsa Wyman, "Is not
bo much ot tho horror that haa passed
bh of thn greater horror that mut In
evitably como to thoso poor pooplo In
Dolawaro and clsewhoro throughout
tho flooded district. Thoro aro some
dead bodies still in tho Iioubos at Del
aware, and thousands elsewhero in
Ohio, and it is staggering to tho imagi
nation to attempt tOicc?r.jUrpup tho
picturo of desolation, famlhe and pes
tilenco that will follow tho. recession
of tho waters.
"The flood itself was Uko a horrible
nightmare. The water crept up slow
ly, but, oh, bo steadily and rolontlesB-
some or tho 'lower Btreots; then a foot
deep, and nt last It had covered nil
tho lower part of town and was lap
ping nt tho foot of tho hills, while tho
houses in tho flooded porton stood,
many of thom, with only tho upper
stories and roofs visible
Hoar Prayero for Safety.
"And on nearly overy houno thero
wnn a family, or whnt wns loft of tho
family, clinging to the ridgepole nnd
chimnoya.nnd praying for deliverance.
"Tho university stands on tho highest
hill In town, and wo wero not affectod
by tho flood Itself. I3ut all night, thnt
first night, tho 200 girls In Monnott
hall, our dormitory, walked tho floor
nnd wopt and prayed as tho walls of
tho unfortunates only n few blocks
away wore borne to tholr cars. Closed
windows could not kocp out tho
Bound. Now nnd then a woman shriek
ed abovo tho general lamontatlonB,
and wo know when that Bound reached
us that somo one had seen a loved
rolntlvo, an aged fathor or mother, or
perhaps a child, Iobo tho grip of
numbed fingers mid olldo off into the
black, chill waters.
"Throughout tho night tho mon atu
dontB nnd mombers of the faculty did
what thoy could to rescue tho suffer
ers, but wo had no boats nt tho uni
versity and It was almost impossible
to guldo a raft through tho blackness
of the night, which was Intensified by
a cold, drizzling rain.
Rescue Work Makes Heroes.
"Au boon us dawn camo tho boyB
gut together In an organized reucue
corps. Our Bchool produced a hundred
heroes In half an hour. Every ono ot
thoso students risked death on tho
flimsy rafts thoy wero ablo to con
struct, but they never hesitated. They
found somo small boats, too, and did
as woll as they could with theso. Prof
W. E. Dixon, tho physical director of
tho university, headed tho work of
icscue. He had a dozen nctlvo lieu
tenants In tho work of directing op
erations. "Some of tho houses could not bo
reached at all. Tho rafts woro un
manageable, and tho fow boats woro
smashed ono after anothor as they
woro caught by tho eddying currents.
Every tlmo n boat waa smashed two
or three oftho boys would bo thrown
Into water ten or fifteen feet deep, hut
thoy all Bwnm out In safety.
"Well, whon thoy found how Im
possible It was to get actual contact
with tho houses thoy went tothonoar
est housoB thoy could reach and took
ropes and pulleys from a hardware
Btoro that hud escaped tho flood.
"Thoy would tie a bolt to a light
lino and throw It over to a houso
INVENTION NOTES.
The new anesthetic composed of
eBBonco of orango, ether and chloro
form has been officially adopted by tho
United States navy,
A pneumatic machlno for cutting
wire ropo or chain undor water, whoro
It would bo Inconvonlent to use hand
tools, has boon Invented In England.
To nmuBO Children 'and teach them
to buvo money a Connecticut man has
patented a bank Into which tho figure
of a dankey butts a coin when placed
In a slot
whoro thero woro persons clinging on
tho roof. Theso people would catch
tho light lino, pull over a heavier one
nnd n pulley nnd set up a running lino
of cablo by making fast to a chimney
or hoUBO tower.
"Tho boys must havo known nome
thing nbout breeches buoy work, for as
soon as thoy had a lino to a house
thoy would rig up n chair and pass it
over. Then tho pcoplo would bo haul
ed across. I guess they must havfl
taken moro than 100 off tho different
roofs. Ono woman, who weighed mora;
than 200 pounds, started across In a
chair. Tho pulloy was fastened to a
chimney and tho chimney toppled over,
Tho womnn went Into tho water, but
thoy kopt hauling her in and sho clung
to the chair. Sho was half drowned
whon thoy got her up.
Take Refuge In "Frat" Houses.
"Tho men studentB have responded
nobly in time of distress, nnd tho Phi
Knppa Pal, Sigma Chi, and Rota Theta
PI fraternity houses, which aro on
hills, hove boon turned over for Bleep
ing places for women and children. A
Mr. Houseman nnd a Mr. Sulllvcr
manned tho boats sent down by the
llfo Baving station at Toledo, and
Bnvcd fifteen persons. Tho students
nro doing practically all of tho work
of saving pooplo and bringing wha
food thero is to the starving men,
women and children.
"Tho property loss in the city, not
counting porsonal property, is over
$2,000,000. There is dansor of fire,
bocnuso the, co-eds are using candles
for lights.
"Wo know of thirteen denths: Mr.
nnd Mrs. Frank Melchor and their two
sons, Ralph, 8 yearn old, and Lewis, 4
years old; MrB. Silas Smith and her
two Bona and one little daughter, 1
year old; MIbb Hazel JonoB, a 15-yoar-old
girl; Miss Hazol Dunlap, Mrs. Slos
Bon, William Hcssey, William Fielding
nnd James Malno.
Dies After Being Rescued.
"William Fielding clung to a tree
tor threo days and waa roscucd only
to die of oxposuro. A Mr. Ralner waa
marooned in tho top of a treo for
threo days and a hnlf and was res
cued. Ho Id now ill from exposure
and It is thought ho will get pneu
monia. "A llttlo girl was picked up from a
raft on which Bho had floated live
miles from Stratford. She is ill of
exposure, but It Is believed, she wllL
live."
Other Refugees Arrive. '
Evory train that camo In from tho
cast brought men nnd women who hat)
escaped from Indiana nftor arduous,
roundabout trlpn and disheartening:
dolaya. Perhaps none ot theso refu
gees had a ra.rirBjiyInscxpcrienca
thnn that of frank VJantleson, a""tom
merclal traveler ot Munclo, Ind.
For thirty-six hours' Jamlesorr waai
marooned with olghty-flvo other mon.
and women guests and omployca of
tho Darnott hotel In Logansport. The
basement and first floor wore flooded,
water standing eight feot deep In the
office. All thoro was to eat was soma'
corned boot and coffee, which ono ol
the women heated over a small' gaso
llno atovo. In tho basement, under
water, was $3,50G worth of fine food,
which could not bo reached.
Wednesday afternoon a man rowed
down tho Btroot nonr tho hotel and'
Jnmlcson hailed him. Ho had only n
smnll skiff and thero was room for one
passenger. Jamloson offorod him ?10
to bo ferried out of lown and tho
boatman nccoptcd tho offer. No ono
elao In tho hotel dared risk the trip,
fooling safer in the building than
adrift on tho waters, but Jamloson
climbed out of tho aecond story wln
dow and took a scat in tho boat.
Flvo Miles In Row Boat.
"Wo rowed for flvo or Blx miles, P
should think," said Jamloson, In de
scribing his experience. "Tho watoi
gradually grow shallow and finally I
doburked In n field, where I was about
knee deep In mud and water. I got a
former to drlvp mo a fow miles fur
ther on, whoro' I caught a train at a
crossing of the steam and lnterurbao
tracka. "Ab tho train was passing Warsaw
wo saw a horrible thing, A farmer
wiih driving a team attached to a light
wagon. Ho had u passenger, appar
ently a travollng man, nnd thoy waved
at the train, which slowed down nnd
was about to atop tor them. The
horses woro kneo deep in water and
the bed of the wagon lapped the flood
now and then, but they camo on con
fidently and scorned likely to make
tho tracks in Bufety.
Suddonly, however, tho waion and
horses disappeared from vl-jw, It
seemed an if thoy must havo struck
n slnkholo or something, but tho queer
part of It waa that thoy didn't como
up. Tho train waited for ton minutes,
but not even n bubble camo to tho aur
faco of tho pool whoro tho men and
horaea had disappeared. It waa a tor
rlblo thing, nnd sovoral women on the
train who bow it became hysterical
and wero reatorod with oxtrerao diffi
culty." Incanlty and Suicide.
At llrookvlllo, where tho loss of llfo
la catlmatod at 20 to 50, Insanity and
Bulcldo followed In the wake ot tho
flood. Flvo patents who had seen
their children drowned or who feared
thoy mot that fato aro roported to
have committed suicide,
Avoid Overheating.
Tho danger of ovorhoatlng which at
tends Incnndescont lamp sockets con
taining a reslstanco unit to lessen tho
brilliancy of the light la avoided by
distributing the resistance through a
cord, provldod with a regulating
switch at tho end.
American Typewriters.
Tho United States supplies Russia
with three-fourths of its typewriters,
twenty kinds of American machine
, being Bold there,
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