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The Omaha Daily Bee Silk Hat Harry Stunts DaiTj wTATHEK FORECAST. . Fair; Cooler His Side Splitting : Om Oar Maputo Page, VOL. XU NO. 254. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, APKIL 9, 1912 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. FIRE IN STEAMER STIRS SLEEPERS Passengers on Ontario Boated Early Horning by Cries and Smoke Clouds. CAPTAIN BEACHES BIS SHIP Wireless Operator Stays by Post and Summons Aid. WOMEN PEOVE THEIR COUBAGE Ten Persons Biding; in Steerage Cause Only Trouble. LIVES ABE NEVEB ENDANGERED Accident Which Hrasita la Excite- neat Opportaaity Iw Stediee I Hamaa Kilirc Tarns Oat Perlaaately. BOSTON. Mass., April S.-A group af tired, hunsrr passengers of tha Mer chants' and Miners' steamer Ontario. which was driven ashore binding on Uontauk Point, L. I., arrived here lata today from New London, Conu , where hey were landed by a tus. Most of them were without baggage. tome had dressed ao hurriedly In tha X element that they ha acarcety sufficient clothing. . . ' When the Ontario was run gshors it cunled thirty -two passengcrr, twenty too first and second cabin, and ten Hal tuna in the steerage. All but two ot tha uasaensers were brought to Boste't. Deslut their trying experience, they took the altuatlon philosophical y. "It waa an unavoidable nU.'otiuj-!, said one. while others declared they be lieved no one waa to blame. Then km no panic except amonc the etoera.t pas sengers, who, not understanding- English, could ot be calmed ad direct il. They were forced by the ahlp'a crew Into the saloon. Some of them Insisted on run. ring on deck and a few tried to climb the masts, thinking tha ship would sink. Women Braver Thaa Btea. "The women." said H, W. Sanborn of IXiver, N, H., "behaved better thaa tha men, in my opinion, and they are deserv ing of much praise. Of course wa all lot a little excited, but who would not? I was eleeplnf in tha stateroom next to that ot the wireless operator, Herbert Ingalls ot Lynn, Mass., snd right on tha other side the rife waa raging. About I o'clock this morning I swoka and looked out at the weather and saw people running out on deck crying Tha ahlp Is afire.' I thought It was a firs drill, but the next minute smoke enveloped us. "If there were - sny heroes an that boat they were Ingalls. tha plucky wire less operator, and Chief Engineer Disney oBth ot them atuek to their posts until ' their duty wsa done, and they were tiwitls Msaeaslsla for our safety. "One ot the busiest Men on the boat waa Purser James. lie assisted In awak ening passengers. Ha also skied In calm ing the Italians, who wars bordering on hysteria." That the (Ire started before tha ship left Baltimore waa the opinion expressed by U. C. Cannon, one of the passengers. Cannon says he saw stevedores who were storing ths cotton smoking and It is his theory that, a smouldering match rlaaretta started a blsae before the sseamer left port. PITCH PLAIN L1FE8AVINQ STA TION, Long Island. April a The steamer Ontario, 2.001 tone burden, Baltimore to Boston, with fifteen passengers snd a crew of forty, wss run en the rocks off Montauk Point by its captain early today when fire was discovered In the hold. Ths passengers were transferred In lifeboats to the tug Tasco, from Ne London, Conn., which rushed to the scene In response to- the Ontsrto's 8. O. 8. wireless signals, and after alx hours ths (ire waa brought under control. Tha 'vessel is hard aground with a light sea running and but little wind, and there is little danger, apparently, ot lu going to pieces. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED IN PANIC IN CONCERT HALL AVENSNES. France, April t-Bevea women and children were killed today In this city In a rush to the doors la a concert hall,' following an outbreak of fire. Fifteen other women and children were injured. ' The Weather For Nebraska Fair; cooler. For lowa-CaneraUy. fair; wanner. Temperatar at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. iseg. a a. m.... 4 a, m.n, TLB. las. as. Ma. re. II a. m. 11 m.... 1 p. m. 1 p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. S p. m... 7 p. m. 4 S p. m ft CeseparntiT Local Record. mi uiL it. not Highest yesterday...... M 71 44 Lowest yesterday 43 8 at ' X Mesa temperature 66 4 St Precipitation 4 .00 M .40 Temperature and precipitation' depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature ............ 47 Eirwi for the day t Total deficiency since March 1. 130 Normal precipitation , . Inch JJefiolency for the day inch Total rainfall since March 1.... 1.57 inches Excess since March 1 ". ... .54 Inch Deficiency for cor. period. Itil. .43 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, ill. 1.01 tncbas Hrserta Freaa Statleae at T p. as. Station and State Temp. High- Raln of Weather. i p. as. est. fail. Cheyenne, pt. cloudy.... 62 e . Davenport, clear H tf .ee Denver, pt cloudy.....' je Des Moines, Clear 09 Dodge City, clear 43 Lander, clear O North Platte. cJoody SO Omaha, pt. cloudy........ 44 Pueblo, clear ... a Rapid City, clear . at Sait Lake City, clear St Santa Fa. clear............ 40 Sheridan, cle.tr, M Sioux City, Vter tt Valentine, dear M .. 4 .m M .as 7S 41 C B as 7 U A. WLLSH. Local Forecaster. .. at . 9 a as erO ........... 64 ........... a S7 Sioux City Loses Fight for Lower Rates on Grain WASHINGTON. April t-The Inter state Commerce commission today de clined to disturb the existing through freight rates on grain In the middle west The petition of the Sioux City Terminal Elevator company against the Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul railway and other rail carriers was rejected, except, as to certain local rates. It waa urged by the Sioux City peti tioner that existing rates in and out ot Sioux City were discriminatory against that city aa a grain center and gave preferential advantage to the cities of Omaha and Kansas City, direct com petttors of Sioux City. Ths oommisatoa held that aa to the great bulk ot lu grain tonnage Sioux City labored under no substantial disadvantage. The existing local rates on grain from the states ot South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa to Sioux City ware held to be unreasonable and the rail roads were given time In which to re adjust them. Auto Outruns Train in Race for Contra band Ammunition EL PASO, Tex., April t-Kacing with a train for war supplies destined for Mexican lnaurrcctoe, an automobile in mud and rain beat the train today. The prise was S6.00S rounda ot ammunition. which left here for Torntllo, Tex., forty miles east of El Paso on the Southern Pacific. The fact that the ammunition was aboard the train and destined for Uueda tups, Mex., opposite Tornlllo, waa dis covered after the train left Et Paso. There was neither telegraph station nor telephone station by which ths ammunl tion could be headed off at Torntllo. United States secret service men Jumped Into an automobile and after a wild thirty-two-mlle ride caught the train as It stood at the station of Fabena. When ths ammunition was unloaded at Tor nlllo ths officers piled out of ths auto mobile and seised it. Committee Votes to Unseat New Mexico House Members SnNTA FE. N. M.. April t-The house bribery committee, by a vote of S to 4, today decided to make a report adverse to the four bouse members accused of bribery and recommend that they be un seated. A minority report In favor of the defendants will be made. Rehearing-Refused. in Patent Case WASHINGTON, April 1-Rehesrtng of the so-called "patent monopoly" mimeo graph case wss today refused by ths su preme court of the United States. - On March 41 the court decided that In selling' a patented machine the patentee may require the purchaser to see only sucn supplies tor tne machine as are purchased from the owner of the patent notwithstanding that tha supplies sra not patentable. The government Joined In the applies tion for a rehearing and asked to at made a party to ths case. - me rules or tne court provide that a rehearing will not be granted unless a Justice who concurred In the Judgment desires It, No ground waa announced for the court's action today. Two-Score Lives Are Endangered by Fire CHICAOO, April t-Twenty persons sleeping la the Chicago Inner Mission society house of the Evangelical Lutheran church were aroused from their bads and aeat hurrying Into the street, two auto mobiles were destroyed and a scare of firemen were Imperiled early today by a blsse which stacked the garage of Clif ford M. Leonard, 1M La gal la avenue. A few minutes after ths firemen ar rived a tank containing a large quantity ot gasoline exploded, shattering the wall which separated the garage from the mis The firs, which Is behved to have been caused by crossed wires, wss discovered by Rev. V. i. Tengwsld. superintendent of the mission, who sent la aa alarm by telephone. The loss wss 0.000. FIRST MOVE TO SAVE UFE OF RICHESON BOSTON. April t-Tbs first move to save the, life at Clarence V. T. Rleheeoa. the oonfoseed murderer of Miss Arts Un- whe Is sentenced to die In the elec tric chair during tha week of May 11. was made today. The former minister's attorney. William A. Morse, had a short conference with Executive Secretary Hamlin at ' the atate house, following which ft waa announced that on April counsel for the condemned man w'll appear before Governor Foes and argue on the ejuestloa of referring a petition to the executive council, which rests en tirely with the governor. The National Capital Meeday, April lata. Tho Senate. In session Ian. Assistant Secretary Wflsoa of State de partment told finance committee free r bin would make abrosatloa of reciprocity agreement with Cuba far a) per cent' preferential. The House. Met at noon. Agrlcultare committee listened to argu ments ta favor of bureaa of markets to laveetlgate methods of marketing farm products, James A. Cora-ay. director of the port of Boston, urged Maasaf bueette dele, gartoa to oppose preposal In Panama gov emment bill to dfverce railroads from sirsmihln linen. ROOSEVELT PUTS HOPEINILLINOIS Colonel Fights All Day for Victory in Primary and Says Hat Will Stay. ASSAILS OPPONENTS WITH YIG0B Goes on Becord Against Taft in Begard to Beciprooity, FIVE SLATES IS COMPETITION Voters Will Face Complex Election Ticket Today, FBOX FRESHEST TO CORONER Taft, La Fellette aad Iteeeevelt Are Biddies far KKty-Elskt Dele gates ta Nalleaal Bepab llcaa Ceaveatlea. LAFAYETTE. Ind., April S.-AII day long Colonel Roosevelt fought as hard as he could tight for victory In tomorrow's presidential primary In Illinois. In Ms opinion, as he expressed It today, the -suit will be ot first important la deter mining the outcome of his whole cam paign. When It was all jver and the colonel waa ready to board hit train to pass out of the atate, he said: "My hat Is in the ring aad it is going to stay in tha ring." In one of his speeches todsy the colonel said: "We look to Illinois to set tne keynote of this campaign. Illinois Mania In the most important position of any state In this campaign." In some other states, tie charged, his supporters had been defeated by the un fair tactics of federal offm hodtrs and by other methods which he characterised as Improper. Ths people of Illinois, ha said, had obtained the presidential pri mary and on ths morrow would sxpress their preference ss to the nomine for president 'If you are against m In a ftlr vote," he said, "I shall have nothing to say, but If you are for me and the bosses record you as against ma, I ha,l have a great deal to say." Attacks His Oppoaeat. Ths colonel handled his opponents with out gloves today. Hs assailed Congress msn McKlnley, campaign manager for President Taft, in his own district and put himself on record ss opposed to Pres ident Taft In regard to reciprocity. He repeated his broadside at Senator Lari mer and paid hla respects once more to the country's multl-mllltonalres and the heada of great corporations, saying It would be for their own good to follow ths policies he sdvocsted. Ths colonel made nearly a dosen fight ing speeches. The day's run took him through ths districts of congressman Mo- IKnley and former Speaker Cannon. Hs delivered one speech In ths shadow of MoKlnley'a tome-tri Champaign, and a fsw hours later was whirled In an auto mobile by Mr. Cannon's chocolate-col red dwelling In Danville and made speech a few blocks sway, he also made addressee at Clinton. Decatur, Sullivan. Mattoon. Tusloea and Urbane. Atfer leaving the ststs he made several speeches In Indiana. Vetera Have Man's Job. CHICAOO, April a-llllnols voters will ballot tomorrow In the most complex pri nary In the slate s history. Members of the two great parties will Indicate their choice for president ot ths United Klstes. United Btatea senator and local offices down to county coroner, while In Chi eago the question ot the advisability of woman suffrage also la up to ths electors. The republican candidates for ststs of- flees ere divided Into three distinct siaies. one claiming to be 1 regular." one having the support of Senator Lorimer and one backed by ths "progressive' element. Other candidates, not aligned with any of these three factions, are up for endorsement for msny stats and county offices. The democrats are divided throughout the slate into two general factions. though "unattached" candidates sre ex peeled to make good runs. Adherents of National Committeeman Sullivan will. In general, support one elate while the other will receive the support of a party led ny Mayor Harrison. Both big parties will give aa ad vlsory vols on candidates for the seat In ths United States senate now occupied by Shelby M. Cullom, who Is a candidate for re-election. The stste's first preal oenoai primary flnda Roosevelt, Taft and La Follette bidding for Illinois' fifty eight delegates to the republican national democrats. The democrats will choose between Clark and Wilson. Willi Mas ta Star Pat. DANVILLE. Ill, April t-The attend ance of many residents of the Old Sol diers' homo caused Colonel Roosevelt to ism ot the etvti war and Its lesson In his final speech today la Illinois. la those days, he said, a soldier waa always interested to sea whether a crult would stand fire or run. "It made ne difference what waa his religion or creed or whether he wss a merchant or a bricklayer," said Colonel Roosevelt, "but R did make a difference If he would stay put In a battle. That la what we want now, men that will stay put when we put them In places of trust and high honor. The former president then urged young men to light tor the same principles for which the old soldiers la his audience fought. President Taft, he said, was trying to revise a saying by Lincoln, and It takes a mighty big man ta do that. Opposes eelpreeltjr. MATTOON. III., April . -Colonel Roose velt put himself on record today as di rectly opposed to President Taft on the subject of reciprocity. He declared he would never sanction the reintroduce; on of such a measure as the Canadian reci procity Ml passed by congress last year. have looked Into It carefully, aad under no circumstances, as far as I have any power, will I ever sanction the re- introduction of such aa agreement as that reciprocity agreemeat. "I am perfectly willing aad I am sure t speak for the farmers when I say K, that tha farmers should pay their fair "hare, but they are not to be required to pay everything for aa agreement like that. And la any future tariff arrangement iOtmUaiMd oa Secoad Page.) By From ths 61. Psul Pioneer-Press. OPERATORS DEFEND PATTEN Witnesses Tell House Committee Wheat Wu Not Cornered. ACTION - ASSERTED BENEFICENT Merrill Bars tCadas '. Profit Were Not Cellecled by Pettea, bat that Millers dot Big Bad of Deal. WASHINGTON. April l-When James A. Patten operated In May wheat in 1M hs did not conduct a corner ot wheat, several prominent grain' operators told hs houxe committee on sgrleulture to day. Instead ot cornering wheat and holding out for enormous profits, Mr. Patten performed a "beneficent action." according to John C. F. Merrill, presi dent of the Council of Grain Exchanges, who acted as spokesman for ths Chicago Board of Trade and other wheat and corn exchanges at today's bearing. Mr, Patten waa exonerated of having collected undue profits. His deal was In May wheat. Mr. Merrill said, but ha closed It out In April and by doing so sold at a time and a price which pre vented exportation of wheat and conse quent Importation ot the grain to supply American consumption. TO millers got the big profit, Mr. Merrill said, and raised ths price ot wheat X cents over the price Mr. Fstten got. "Was thst Patten's purposer- asxea Representative Sims of Tennessee. I do not know thst Mr. Patten bed any philanthropic motlvs In mind," en swered Mr. Merrill, "but that Is the fact There la's great deal of misinformation about the so-called ratten corner. There wss no corner. He never had wheat cornered so that he could squeese the (Continued on Seoond Psge.) Commission Plan Where to Vote Polls Open FIRST WARD. First list South Sixth street. Second eat Pacific street. Third law South Tenth street. Fourth Kit Bancroft street. Fifth 4M Lincoln avenue. SECOND WARD. First a South Twenty-ninth street Second tm Vinton street. Third-US Vinton street. Fourth 1711 Vinton street. Fifth 2201 South eliternth street. THIRD WARD. First 151 Webster street. Second lit South Tenth street. Third OJ North Fifteenth street. Fourth J3 South Thirteenth street. Fifth-en) South Thirteenth street. FOURTH WARD. . First 1814 Davenport street. Second lilt Harney street. Third TU South Sixteenth street. Fourth 14 South Twentieth street. Fifth 3MT Davenport street. FIFTH WARD. First 1804 Sherman avenue. Second 1901 Hherman avenue. Third JS9I Shermaa avenue. Fourth 144 Sherman avenue. . Fifth UW North Sixteenth street. Sixth 498 North Twenty-fourth street. SIXTH WARD. First S41 North Twenty-fourth street. Second Wl North Twenty-fourth street. Third mat North Twenty-eighth street. Fourth ICS North Thirty-third street. Fifth tSOt. Military avenue. SEVENTH WARD, i First 1715 Leavenworth street. Second 1US Georgia avenue. Third 1334 Park avenue. Fourth Slot South Thirty-third street. Fifth 1M1 Leavenworth street. EIGHTH WARD. First UM North Twenty-fourth street. Second 1721 Cuming street. Third Sll North Seventeenth street. Fourth M21 Cuming street. NINTH WARD. First SS7 Cuming street. Second aa Cuming street Third ON Devenport street. Fourth m South Thirty-sixth street Fifth 214 Farnata street. TENTH WARD. First Hit South Tenth street. " Second l&a Leavenworth street. the Process of Himina La Fayette Young , Wants to Be United States Senator DCS MOINES. Is., April f.-Formel an- nouncemenLof the candidacy of Lafayette Young for United States senator. Is suc ceed Senstor W. B. Xenyon, waa made today In tha Dee Moines Capital, of which Mr. Toung Is publisher. Colonel Young succeeded Senator J. P, Dolllver, by appointment of Governor Carroll, and served In ths sensls until Senator Kenyort waa elected by the Iowa legislature In February of last year. Senator Hitchcock Will Come Home for Harmon Meeting WAHlflNGTOn, April 1. -Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska will leavs hers Wednesday to address a democratic mass meeting at Omaha Friday when Gover nor Harmon of Ohio will formally reply to personal attacks by William J. Bryan. CHILDRN ROLL EGGS ON WHITE JHOUSE GROUNDS WASHINGTON, April l.-Thousands of children today orowded the main grounds of the White House, ths prssldent's back yard, to Join In the annual Eaater Mon day egg rolling. The air was chilly, but otherwise the dsy wss si most perfect, snd children of sll sorts snd conditions, with their mothers, big sisters and nurses, flocked In to plsy on ths Whits House grass. Primaries Today from 8 a. m. Till 9 p. m. Good Men for Commissioner VOTK FOR THE9B FIVE I Alfred C. Kennedy. John J. Ryder. ' Albert C. KugeL W.O.Shrlver. Harry B. Zimman. AND TWO MORE OCT OF THESE John D. Weaver. O. H. ThummeL ' J. B. Hummel. ( Louis Berks. . Beecher Hlgby. H. F. Meyer. Rev. M. O. McLaughlin. F. A Furay. W. A. Redlck. (Make up your own stale at home. Cut out this slip and take it with you to the voting booth.) Third 12S South Twenty-second street Fourth IKS South Mxteenth street Fllth-KH South Thirteenth street ELEVENTH WARD. Firsttint Hamilton street. Second 3K Farnam street Third 14M Leavenworth street Fourth 705 feouth Twenty-seventh street Fifth Ssfil Leavenworth street TWELFTH WARD. First-Kit North Thirtieth street Second- -I Ml Grand avenue. Third 11M Amee avenue. Fourth 322 North Thirtieth street. Fifth WIS Orby street. Slxth-lkll North Twenty-fourth street Seventh 1104 North Twenty-fourth 8t Eighth 41C4 North Twenty-fourth street Ninth 4411 North Twenty-fourth street tion ALDRIGH AUEAYENWORTH Governor Makes Trip South to In ipeot Federal Prison. PENITENTIAET NOT TXT QUIET Tswstr Make Mia Heaaae) grass at alde Balldlag aad Msay Believe Mere Wee peso Are Hidden la the Cell. (Prom a Staff Co tree pendent.) LINCOLN, April a-(Mpeolal.-Oov- ernor AMrlrh, L. B. Fuller, the governess private secretary, and Stats Anhitxct Miller went to Leavenworth, Kan., last night and will spend ths day snd possibly longer Investigating the big federal prison st that point Tha governor desires not only to hsvs a personal talk with Major McClaughrey, the warden, but to see fur himself how things are managed there. Mr. Miller will examine the buildings and get some Ideas on prison construction. Ths results of the Investigation, tt is ex pected, will be applied to tha Nebraska prison so far aa they commend them selves to ths governor and are practi cable with ths prssent facilities here. C'eavlet K see pes. Fred Schaffer, a convict aent up from Cherry county, and a trusty, took French leavs Isst night and haa not been located by the prison authorities. He wss work ing st ths time at one of the buildings outside the prison ysrd and tbs author ities did not suspect hs would attempt to get away, as he had a good time allow ance which would have given him his lib erty August 17. Before coming to the penitentiary he had served a term of two years snd nine months In the Industrial school at Kearney. I eadltleaa at Prleee. Persons familiar with conditions at the penitentiary and with tha ways ot con victs express ths opinion there are still revolvers and explosives concealed at the prison by convicts which the officers In their vsrlous searches have failed to find. From the actions of Martin and Forbes, who wars sent up for ths same Job as Shorty Gray, It la thought they were supplied at the same time aad by the earns parties who gave the weapons aad explosives to Gray, If their supposi tion la true there Is likely to be sa at tempt most any time to repast ths break of Gray, Dowd and Morley. Prleoa offi cials, however, do not believe such Is ths case, though they, admit tt la a pos sblllty. One thing Is certain, thst all the turmoil of recent date baa caused a bad. feeling among ths convicts which Is requiring the best efforts ef ths officials to keep under. There Is also a bitter feetlng between the white and colored convicts snd If given an opportunity this feeling Is likely to develop soms out break or assault GOVERNOR Gl'EST Or WARDEN Metbede Ess played la Federal Peal, teatlerr leepeeted. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. April l-Oov-ernor Aidrieh of Nebraska was at the federal prison here todsy aa ths guest of Warden McClaughry. . "After the terrible tragedy at our stats prison," he said. "I made arrangements to come here and get pointers for a com plete reorganisation of prison methods. I find the prison system at Lincoln has been all wrong, many of the employes being old. Incompetent and underpaid. Politics also has cut too much figure there. "We are going to put the prison under a board of control and probably will build a aew prawn, using the eld on for the lower das of criminal May Thirty Delias a Tarn. CINCINNATI. O.. April g Hay sold higher here today tban at any time since the civil war. For good hay S3 a ton wae the ruling figure on the floor of the Cincinnati Chamber ef Commerce. BITER IS RISING AT YICKSBDRG Great Flood Now Crests in Northern Louiiinr-A and Southern . Arkansas. BEGINS FALLING AT XEXPHI3 Several Minor Breaks Seportei South of the City. GENESAL SITUATION IMPROVING Thousand Persons Are Seported ' ' Marooned at Wyanoke, Ark. ELLIOTT CITY IS INUNDATED reeple la Town Near Bates Rente, . Law Drlyea frees Hemes by Break la Lore Aleag Ataefalaya River. , MEMPHI8. Tenn.. April t-Anxlety over the Mississippi flood situation cen tered ta the threatened reaches along tha Arkansas and North 'Louisiana river shores this afternoon. Ths trend of the flood Is shown in ths report ot the river stages, which shows that tbs Mississippi had receded ana. toot and two-tenths st Memphis and had risen ene foot and one-tenth at 'Vlcksburg this afternoon. South ot Memphis today there were minor breaks la ths am hank menu pro tecting the Arkansas shores, snd. while these crevasses temporarily reliava ths strain an the Tensas and Yaxoo dikes, yet the wstsr hourly works back Into ths main torrent In Mississippi, Arksnsss snd Louisiana villages behind the levees alarm over ths on-oomtng crest Is spreading, and hun dreds of villagers and farmer bar fled to the highlands. One thousand famished, thirst-plagued persona are marooned by the flood on mounds, housetops and In a church at Wyanoke, Ark. according to Mayor Crump of Memphis, who returned her today after an Inspection twelve miles south of Memphis, Boots war sent to their rearue. Tha refugees In the church built np safety stages of pews as the water res. . Two hundred levee workers narrowly escaped being swept away when ths em bankment caved at Mile Post St, six teen miles south of Helena, Ark., yesterday. The town of Modoc, near the break Is twenty fest under wstsr todsy. Medne .I... II J.u.hI. 1 .mI t,u who remained look to flight whoa tbs roar ef ths water gsvs warning of its coming. Hundred Reseaed trews Barge. The steamer Ksts Adams was near L-Modoc when the levee broke and resouedj those Imperilled. A hundred . or more paale stricken negroes were taken from a government barge. Later motor launch ea want Into the flood aad rescued a number ef farm hands from the roots f their cabins, from ths trees and tha peak ef knells which were above ths water. The work of earing for the refugee! from the lowlands Is fsst being system Itised. rents and supplies have been re ceived st ths mors Important center! and arrangements hsvs been msds for the establishment of a central relief head- mi.rtv. t 1 1 . 1. .. New Madrid. Mo., overflowed to a depth ot several feet Is aeverthelssa "dry. At least ths "drys" wen In a local option election Saturday. Voters cams to the pools la skiffs. In motor launches snd on rafts snd when ths rubber-boote4 election clerks completed their oeunt It was shown thst ths wets were beaten by 300 votes. Belated returns from lbs else tion were received here todsy. Three Mississippi river steamers reach ed Memphis carrying hundreds ot home, less persons from ths flood-swept lands of Arkansas In the Mod ere territory. Msny of these report loss ot life In severs of the small towns that wars Inundated when tha smbanlrmsnt wa breached. Staire et the River, WASHINGTON. April l-The weather bureau's report on conditions on ths Mississippi river this morning says: 'Ths stags ot tbs river at Cairo, III, Is U.I feet with a falling tendency. Tit Mississippi Is falling above Helena. Ait with a atage at Memphis ot 417 feet. , fall of 1.4 feet from the high water mai of Saturday. From Helena southward the rise continues as previously forecasted P.lllelt City laaadated. BATON ROUGE, La, April t-Cltise. of two towns of Louisiana hsvs beooJ flood refugees during ths Isst twen four hours, the crevasse la the west I of ths Atchafalaya river Saturday nlil having forced those living la Elliott Ci( snd Lottls to desert their homes, TU water already has Inundated Elliott City and today Is moving toward Lottie, sttts ated between Batoa Rouge and the riven. No loss of lit has boea reported. . , Oeveraaeal beads gappllea, ST. LOUIS. Mo.. April a-Toe Missis sippi river was 344 feet her todsy, alight fall la twenty-tour hours, but tea water la still above tha danger Una, At Hannibal tha river waa 1 feet, t fee above the flood stage. 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