The Omaha Daily Bee
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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
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4 .m
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41
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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. No fJMat damage
Everyone who has
stock or egjjs for sale,
as well as those who
want inlormation as
to where to buy the
best m siock or eggs
will find the "Poultry" eol"
nam la th elaeelried section
ot exceptional Interest
Thl column offer those
interested In poultry th bead
posaibl way to set together.
The rate is moderate
and it will be observe!
that The Bee reaches by
far the greatest number
of people who are inter
ested in poultry and
egg. . ',
Tyler 1000
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