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FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS SEBVICa BY LEASED WIRE, OL. XVIII, NJI ' ' ' m .. ... ' . ' ' ' ... ' ' . " " ' ' " LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast RAIN AND COLRKH. huh ASHEVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 25, 1913. -"-PRICE THREE CENTS 01 IS SWEPT 40 LIVES LOST BY I BREAKING OF DAM Day ion Is Submerged; Wall of Water Rush ing to Middleton. TRAINS BLOCKED; PEOPLE MAROONED Mayor of Deleware, Oi( and Ten Others Drowned There Pennsylvania Train Plunges into River and Passen- . gers Have Thrilling Escape Wires Down. DEMOCRATS FIX PRIMARY DATE BLIZZARD IN STATES SWEPT BY TORNADO ' By Associated Press. Columbus, 0., March 25. (Bulletin) Information was received at the state capital building today from Dayton that 40 persons had been' kil led as a result of the flood in Hint city. Adjutant-General "Wood issued an order directing that the railroad brigde over the Big Miami river be blown "i;- : ; '.-::" A eroding to reports received the Main street bridge, , steel and concrete structure, had al ready been swept away. Akron, O., March 25. The big state reservoir south of Akron has broken. Men on horseback are spreading the warning. Residents of the nearbv section are fleeing for their lives. Water from the reservoir is pouring into Long Lake. If its banks burst, Akron's .business section will be flooded. At 11:30 today Governor Cox order ed out the local Ohio national guard for patrol work In the flooded dis tricts of this city.' Safety Director Bnrger, who made the request for troops, said that flood conditions were the worst In the city's history. Governor Cox -received a telegram from a railroad tower near! Dela ware asking for aid for Delaware flood sufferers. The despatch said that state troops probably would he necessary but did not give the number pf casualties. Columbus. O., March 25. (Bulletin) ' Reports of disastrous Hood III Ohio "vp reached hero. A repoit from Dayton says that as the renult of the breaking of a (lain and water is stand ing In the town five feet deep. At Delaware, reports say, from 10 to 20 persons Itave been drowned hiding the mayor of the town. In Columbus high waters prevail and lieople have been warned to leave the low district No loss of life In lol unibu. Mlddlctowr), O., March 23. It was imported hero a wull of water six feet high was on It way to Middlctown from Davtnn. At 11 o'( lock 200 lioitMPH were submerged here. Columbus. O., .Mnreh 25. Practl eally the entire stiite of Ohio was cut elf from communication with the out side world early today, nroperty dam age estimated In millions of dollars was done, ninny live were lout and mure of town were under water ne- caiise of flood fro ma three days' ruinrnll. Train In every direction wen' blocked by washout. At Delaware. .. Mayor It. V. Leas and ten citizens were reported drown ed in the high waters. Many arc ma rooned and in imminent (lunger. Dayton arid Findlay were reported entirely under water. At Mansfield It was wild two feet of water was run ning in the streets. At Akron a re port estimates the flood damage at more than $1,0(10,000 and 500 famille. are homeless. Akron faces one of the worst crisis In its history. The clty reservoir threatens to break and flood tho city. . Practically the entire southern sec tion of the state Is flooded and no re ports can be secured : from there. Telephone and telegraph wires are down and the telephone companies report that many of their exchanges are under water. In Columbus street car service was stopped. The police battled with flood conditions and attempted to warn and rescue endangered persons. In Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio all streams are at flood stage and the property damage is large. In north western Ohio, In the vicinity, of To ledo, all the small streams are raging torrents, street and Interurban car service has been stopped and many lives endangered. Wooster, Orrvllle, Mount Vernon and Delaware, all on high ground, are reported entirely surrounded by water. Conditions at Columbus Serious. Columbus, O., March 25 Columbus this morning faces a Berlous flood. Swollen by heavy rains of the last sev eral days the Scioto river is at a re cord high water stage of 21.7 feet. Many families have been driven from iheir homes and the entire police force was called out to assist In the rescue work. Train service In anq out of Colum bus Is practically cut oft. Delawure, )., Under Water. Columbus, O., March 25. Delaware; l town of 10.000 Inhabitants 25 miles north of here, is completely flooded and all Its Inhabitants have Hed to the hills for tHelr lives, according to ro nort reaching here today. Delaware's mayor, B. V. Leas, was reported drowned. An appeal for help was received by Mayor Karb of Columbus from Dela ware, it was reported that besides Mayor B. V. Leas, . 2 Ocltlzens of Delaware were drowned. Efforts to get details are checked because wire communi cations have been cut off. The first break in the levee came at 4 o'clock this morning at Stratford avenue, according to-the Interrupted dispatch. ThU was followed by other breaks. All of north Dayton save the extreme uplands, are Inundated. The Miami Is more than a mile wide tie low the city and thousands of acres are inundated. Pour companies of the Third regl ment Ohio national guard spent the night aiding the city officials In rescu ing families in the flood-stricken dis tricts. Levee Itrenk at Dayton. Cincinnati. O., March 25. It Is he lleved here that the Miami river went 131,530 Democrats Apply For 1 0,384 Federal Jobs By Associated Press. Washington, March 2G. When fed etal statisticians finished figuring to day they discovered that Just one out i f vrv 47 men who votej for Wood row Wilson for president,' was a can- ""ate for a federal position. They also deducted the fact that there will I e an army of heartsick and disap pointed office-seekers numbering up ward of li 1.0(10, for there are 10.8H4 Jol to be ftlled and 131,620 patriots who have slgnllled their willingness to alii the government. The question of patronage la giving Ptf-ildent Wilson and member of his cabinet some unen'V Jioor. Every effort Is being made to jpare the feet' In.; of those whose applications must be turned down, while at the same time the available and fit men for the various ulacea are being sought. The task of singling out the proper male rial without causing offense to those whose ambitions necessarily must be wrecked In the process has proved a delicate . task. While Potmater-,Oencra. Burllson ha the distribution -of a greater num ber of "plum" than any other mem ber of the cabinet, he Is In a happy position a compared with Secretary Wilson of the new department of la bor. Mr. Wilson must organise hls entire department and although he has at his disposal only twelve position, he tins more than live thousand applica tions on file. over the levees and flooded the city of Dayton, .O., early today. A Western Union operator working with an operator In this city at 9 o'clock abruptly cut off a dispatch he was sending and said: , ' "Good-bye, the levee has broken." 1 1,000 Men Out of Work. ' Toungstown, O., March 25c. The Mahoning river and Crab creek rose to an enormous height during the night and nearly all the big indus tries of this district are closed down. The Republic Iron and - Steel com pany and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company are the biggest plants to suffer and 14,000 men are thrown out of work . emporarlly at these plants. .. One Drowned, Many HoniclcsH at . ,(.' ; St. Louis. . St. Louis, Mo.. March 25. One per son Was drowned and several fami lies were driven from their homes by the rising of , the river Des Peres which flows through the western and southern part of the city today. , Mississippi River Rising. New Orleans, March 25. Another rise has started in the Mississippi river and it Is expected that the big stream will within the next few weeks ex ceed the flood stages at all points south of Cairo. A slight rise was re corded at Cairo today and at Mempnis a rise of 2.7 feet was recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. Train Plunges Into River. Bellefontaine. 6.. March 25.- The locomotive and rear sleeping car of westbound Pennsylvania train No'. 3 jlunged Into Mad river near West l.iberty early today, but the sleeping car fell at the side of the stream and the passengers crawled through the windows and waded to shore. The other :.ix coaches of the train re mained on the rails. The two days heavy rains had swol len the river until the bridge was swept away just a short time before the train reached there. The train was being dotoured over the Lis Four from Urbana to Belle forlalne because of washouts on the Pennsylvania lines. Conductor Phillip Ham of Spring- Held was swept oft the front of the engine Into, the river, but landed on a bridge down stream. Washouts prevented Immediate aid from reaching the train. Inhabitants of West Liberty tried to get to the train by boat but the current was too swift. Vor nearly a quarter of a mile behind -the train the river has risen over the tracks. Severai passengers are marooned on an island in Mad rlVer near West Liberty, wheje they swam after the accident occurred. The. weather may today showed the following heavy rainfall In Inches In the Ohio and central Mississippi val leys: Cincinnati, 2.24; Toledo, 2.68; Indianapolis, 3.4; St. Louis 3.8.. Precipitation was general over the greater part of the country during the pastB 4 hours.. Dr. CMne, district forecaster of the weather bureau at New Orleans, today iredlcted a further rise In the Mlssis- Ippl river, but until tho Hood waters rom the swollen streams in Ohio. ln- llana and other middle western states each Cairo it will not be po'sible to letermlne the effect those waters will have on the Mississippi river. Levee Give Way at Columbus. With a roar the leevee at the foot of Hroad street here let go shortly before It o'clock today, sending a deluge of water that swelled the Scfoto river, overlng a great area. Several small buildings collapsed. The police at 10:40 o'clock ordered ill persons in the lowlands to flee to the highlands. . All Are and police apparatus assist ed in the work. The residents were told not to stop for clothes or val uables, . No loss of life has yet been re ported. Hamilton in Danger. Hamilton, O., March 25. Hamilton Is practically Isolated today. The Cin cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, with three bridge out and waBhouts west and north of here, and the Pennsyl vania, with three bridge out, have practically annulled all aervice and the Ohio Electric Is giving only crip pled local aervice. The Mlnml river, rising ten Inches an hour threatens .to go to 25 feet by noon, three feet higher than any previous flood In the history of the city. Buy ton Deeply Flooded. Cincinnati, O., March 26. (By tele phone from Dayton, O.) The deep muddy water of the Miami river are rushing through Dayton's downtown streets. Near the Algonnnln hotel at Third and Ludlow street the flood Is many feet deep. I The principal corner, . Third and Main streets, is three feet under water and the courthouse I like an Island In a sea of mud. ' The Mad and Stillwater river are swelling far beyond their banks, Great levee have given way In many place. Through these gaps the water 1 rushing. The entire central portion of the city I flooded. The residence section lying east of the ex clusive boulevard district Is a Venice. ltiverdale and Edgemont, low lying suburb, protected only by the levee that dyke-like rise far above the Ntreets. are many feet deep tu water. ircat IMidirot Threatened. , Hundred of home are tilled wlth (Continued on page 3) April 15 Is Time Agreed Upon to Name Candidates for City Offices. FOUR ARE ANNOUNCED IN RACE FOR ALDERMEN They Are W. R. Patterson, A. G. Barnette, Cloyd Pen nell and W. E. Johnson. TAKEQUTWQRKS OF i Bulgarians Capture First Line of Defenses of Great Fort ress Says a Sofia Dispatch. Snow and Bitter Cold Add to Misery in the Storm Area. There was further activity ' In the municipal campaign today when the democratic executive committee as sembled at the call -of Chairman S. C Bernard and named Ailril 15 aa the date for holding the primary, and when four candidates formally an nounced their entry into the races for tho positions of aldermen. These can dldate are Wr. R. Patterson, A. G Barnette. Cloyd Pennell and W. E. Johnson. . Mr. Patterson announces himself as a candidate for re-election from the second ward, and his renomination If strongly urged by his friends. They declare that It is the custom for the democratic party to return its officers if their record Justifies it, and they contend that Mr. Patterson's certain ly does. They claim that he has been tlreles In his efforts for the city; that during his term as chairman, of the sanitary committee, the senitary de partment has made Wonderful strides. and that the city sanlUiry department Is one of the best in thtf south. They point out that the city laboratory and the abbatoli' have both been added to the department tJiWt1 he..- has v been serving In this .capacity, and that the department has well defined plans for making still further Improvements to .which Mr. Patterson has unstintedly contributed his time. They say that he should certainly be given a chance to carry out the defined policies of the department; and that he has per formed many services for the city In other respect". Further, that he has always been loyal to the party anil citi and has answered every call for his sen-ices. Cloyd Pennell cornea out as enndi date for the nomination as alderman from the fourth ward In opposition to F. Stlkeleather. In advancing his 'a:mj for the place, bis friends say that there Is need for young blood In the city council and that Mr. Pennell is well fitted to do this work; that he has been a tireless worker for the party and If chosen to this position would be just as faithful In his work for the Interests of the city. About the same claims are made for A. G. Barnette, who announces hlm- If a- a candidate for the nomination of alderman at large. His friends say that his success as a conservative bus iness man assures tit ability as an alderman, and that he can be of great value to the city with his wide ex perience In carrying on a large busi ness; that a business administration is what the city needs and what the peo- ole want, and that Mr. Barnette is fitted to help give the city such an administration. Mr. Barnette comes cut for the place now held by R. I Fltzpatrlck, who some think will an nounce for the position of mayor. Among the claims that are made for Mr. Johnson, who has announced hi1 candidacy for renomination for alderman from the sixth ward, la that he Has been on the board a compara tively short time and that the reason for choosing him in the flrrt place obtain now In greater degree than be fore; that his record has shown him to be safe and conservative nnd that he can be Just a useful to the city as he ha been, and a great deal more so; that hi success as a business man in dicates hi fltne for service on the board. , liy Associated Press. London, March 25, (Bulletin) The Bulgarian besiegers ., today captured the first line of defenses around the Turkish fortress of Adrianople after a bombardment lasting several hours, according to a dispatch for Sofia. Belgrade, Servia, March 25. The bombardment of Scutari is understood to have been stopped on orders from the Servian government. Servia acted on jthe advice of the French and Russian ministers, who notified the Servian people that the powers had come to the unalterable decision thnt Scutari must belong to the future state of Albania. Allies' Reply to Power. Cologne, Germany, March 25. The reply of the Balkan allies to the pow ers on the suggested mediation will propose that the future frontier be tween Turkey and Bulgaria should run from Midia on the Black sea by way of Muradli, above Rodosto, to the Gulf of Saros, an inlet of the Aegean sea. In this way Bulgaria would he excluded from the Sea of Marmora In accordance with the desire, of' the powers,- .'--,,.,.,-. w".-i'. ; Bulgaria, however, and the other Balkan allies insist upon the payment of an Indemnity by Turkey. DEATH LIST STANDS AT 202; INJURED, 320 Wires Again Prostrated by Storm and It Is Feared Suffer ing in Remote Country Districts Is Intense' Federal Troops in C ontrol at Omaha. Ell SHE FOR POSTMASTERS Department Is Finding Con siderable Difficulty in Making Tests. DIES. AFTER TAKING FRIEDMANN VACCINE Physician at Bcllcvue Refuse, to P'" ( tin Dealh (There HI Case Thought Hopeless. By Associated Press. Washington, March 25. The prob lem of providing civil service exam inations for the thousands of fourth class postmasters placed under the class! lied service by executive orders, was taken up at a conference ut the postoffice department yesterday. Post master General Burleson, Assistants Uoper and Dockery, several minor postoflice department officials and Civil Service Commissioner Jlcllhenny went over the situation. Tests will be framed by the department and the civil service commission Jointly and will be submitted to President Wilson for his approval. The order for the examinations would have to come from the president. The department officials are find ing considerable difficulty In arriving at a bnsbj for tests which would en sure the securing of competent men and at the same time not be so diffi cult as to frighten off applicants, 25 PEOPLE KILLED By Associated Press. Olinma, .Neb., .March 25. Shivering from'colil, but spurred on by the na ture of their work, scores of men. women and children tills morning struggled In the snow to recover the dead or rescue the injured who lay buried beneath the wreckage of homes and buildings crushed by the tornado which Sunduy swept with dcuth-dcul- ing force over l-ovn and Ncbrasku. killing more tliiin 150 persons In Omaha alone. Latest reports this morning give the nunilicr of injured at 320 while tin diicth list bus not Increased. over the night report of 202, The snow storm which Is seriously liuiiilH'ilng rescue work la gan short lv after midnight and continued with gathering force. More than three inches, of snow covers the debris in the section of the city which was struck by the wind. Privations of the storm sufferers are being increased by the heavy snow storm following so closely In the storm's wake. Women tugging at heavy beams, hoping against hope to find the bodies of dear ones near the wreckage; men gruffly cheering their sorrowful mates, and weeping child ren wrapped about with shawls and blankets, were drab colors in the scenes which were revealed by dawn to the federal soldiers patrolling the fflicted district. City officials distributed clothing and other necessities among the suf ferers. Many Are Homeless. More than $50,000 has beien sub scribed to a relief fund $25,000 b; the city commissioners and a.n equal amount by citizens. The Injured at hospitals are receiv ing the best possible attention. Physi clans of Omaha and Council Bluffs have volunteered their services) an trained nurses have willingly follow? the example of the physicians. Those patients who have shown improvement today will be moved from temiwrary hospitals to places provided by city officials. Most of the Injured are homeless, the storm having destroyed their abodes. Many of the patients whose iondl- l.uiio are considered more or less crit ical have not been told of the com plete loss which the tornado maJde of their property. The snow which, according to re ports, Is falling blizzard-like from Col orado to Central Iowa, has serhmsly Interfered with the slender thread of telegraphic communication established from Omaha. Practically no Infor mation has been obtained from tie and Mrr N TWO TORNADOES By Associated Press. . New York, March 25.- Professor Frederick Oitrander, a teacher of languages, who wa inoculated by Dr. Friedmnnn In Bellevue hospital last Friday for tuberculosis of the lungs, kidney and bladder, died in that insti tution last night. The physicians In Bellevue refused to dlseuas tho case. (Professor Ostrander, It 1 said, had been a sufferer from tho dlnease for year. From what -little could be learned at the hospital, It wa said that the man's condition was so bad that nothing could have been done to help him. Borne surprise was ex pressed that Dr. Krledmann consented to treat htm. 7 By Associated Press. St. Louts, Mo., March 25. It I re ported that a tornado occurred near akanda, III., last night, killing about 15 people Kansas City, Mo.. March 25. A message received here today from Les lie, Ark., about 60 miles north of Little Uock, stated that a tornado In'that vi cinity last night killed eight or 10 persons. Little Rock, Ark.. March 25. Clarksvllle, Ark., was hit by a cyclone at 1 o'clock this morning and several houses blown down. Miss Ida Brasell wa killed by falling timbers. C. T, Itawl Suggested a Arbiter. Kx-Oovernor Northern Icad. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., March 25. William J, Northern, former rovernor of Geor gia and prominent In state politics for many yeari. died at hi home here thi morning. Dath was due to ocm- tion of mllttinmcn , from serving on plications resulting from a car-'jurlc wa a "vicious and despicable luinde, ' pice of legislation, By Associated Press. Raleigh, March 24. Judge Carter this afternoon suggested to the city and the Wake Water Co. that either Charle T. Rawls of Ashcvlll or J. Allen Taylor be agreed on as the third arbitrator In the waterworks deal, The city agreed but the' water company asked until tomorrow .to decide. Judge Carter remarked while se lecting grand jurors that the exemp- lovastated sections of Nebraska and Iowa. The fact that such Intense suf fering is being caused here by the present storm in spite of herolo ef forts made by the city to provide for and protect all who have been made dependent on It. caused Governor Moorehead to fear that the conditions within the state are In deplorable ehape. He stated that he would hast en action before the legislature to e cure euffietent funds for the Immedi ate care of storm victim. Adding to the suffering which' fol lowed the toriuido which demolished section of tn. city Raster Sunday, a heavy now began to fall late last night and by morning two Inches' of it covered the ground hampering the work of rescue nnd reconstruction. Bodies of dead or Injured still lie in the debris and wreckage and the search by federal soldier and anxious relatives of possible victims continued through the storm last night and thl morning. -Some resident of the dis trict declare It their belief that- at least 100 bodle are hurled In the ruins of the house and brick buildings of amusement places which are known to have been filled with pleasure seek ers on Easter Sunday. Martini I jiw Knforced, Score of business men delayed In that section of Omaha until after dark were denied the right to pass through the wrecked portion of the city to their home. . A dead line ha been established at Ike avunue from Sixteenth to Thir tieth streets. City police are stopped hy aoldler when Lake street I reach ed and told that ,thelr patrol end there. , i The storm and falling temperature this morning discouraged many of the searchers and no additional bodies have been recovered. The death list of Omaha victims remained at l!i2, while surrounding towns In Nebraska and Iowa reported last night a total of 50 more dead. Communication with many small towns In the two slates Is yet Impossible and it is the belief of many that when telephone wires will have been reconstructed the total list of dead will be materially Increased. Wire Communication Threatened. Residents of Omaha who were out of the city at the time of the tornado are returning by the score. Telephone , and telegraph communication, al though re-established in a measure. ., yesterday afternoon, agajh laces de moralisation by the storm or almost blizzard proportions which, according to reports, is raging throughout Ne braska. Commercial telegraph com panies today are deluged with mes sages from persons who await knowl edge of the safety of friends or rela tives and offers of aid from otner municipalities and states. . Among the searchers today was Mrs. W. W. Sherwood. Ill in Pea, Mm Sherwood was holding her week old ha by In her arms when the wind descended upon her little household. The house was unroofed, the Infant torn from the mother s arms ana blown away and so farlt has not been found. In spite of her weakness and suffering from injuries, Mrs. Sher wood, aided by her friends, Is hunt ing the hospitals and Improvised morgues about the city. Incidents or the Storm. In Ralston, a suburb, Edward Mote, his wife and three children were slt-y tlnir in tlveir home when the tornado suddenly carried them and the house to Palo creek, 100 yards away, dropped them into the water. Mote was drowned. In the same town Postmaster D. T. Ham, with his daughter, Mrs. Kim- . ball, and his grandchildren were landing In the doorway of tneir home when the wind struck them. Mrs. Kimball and her two years old daughter stepped outside the door, which slammed Bhut. Their bodies were found last night. H. E. Said and wife, married a month ago, were In the Ham house. Warned of the approach of death by Mr. Ham, the two sought solace in each others' arms. Thus they were- found dead, Mr. Ham was slightly njured. When the tornado rushed upon . Omaha 50 nuns were In the Sacreu Heart convent. Seeing Its approach they hurried from the live-story build ing and sought refuge at the home of Bishop Klehard Zannell, Just across the street. No soorusr had tha last of tho women left the convent than the building collapsed. The 160 girl atu dents at the convent were spending their Easter Sunday at their homes. Today all Omaha is rallying to the assistance of tbe tornado victims. The hospitals of the city are tilled, church es, fraternal orders and public Insti tutions have opened their door, the city officials are busy with relief work and hundreds of officials are offering their homes and money to aid the stricken one. ' $50,000 Vvallalde for Relief. The city commissioner yeterday pased an ordinance appropriating $25,000 for relief work. Cltixena at the meeting subscribed to an equal amount Onvernor Morehead notified Mayor Dahlman last night that he would send a special message to the state legisla ture asking an appropriation of fund to care for the hotnele throughout the tate. . , Public subscription are being taken by various newspaper and the amount already pledged for relief . work run Into thousands. Governor Moorehead after an In flection of the storm damage said: "This Is my conception of hell. It ,1s horrible and ft ha presented a most complex situation. The loss of life snd damage to property I the great t conceivable bio., not onlv to Omaha but to the entire slut of Ne braska. I shnll call upon NchniKk. to render every asHlKlnni' snd 1 sin cure the stnte will re- ii-v."
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