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ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1913.
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REFUGEES FROM DAYTON
CUT DO WN TOLL THERE
Efforts to Penetrate
Stricken District
Being Made.
REPORTS ENLARGE
DISASTER'S SCOPE
News from Remote Towns
Indicates Life Loss
In Places Thought
To Have Escaped.
By Associated Press . . .
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f IiIwiro, M.ircii 20 Definite
HenrrH hh to hiHM of life In tho '
floods which swept Itidiajia
nr.d Olilo ,yeterdny Were not
available today but latent esti
mates nre tiiat from 2020 to
21MT people wore killed. From
1:100 to: 1500 worts drowned In
Dnjton,
Intimites .-on propoHy loiw
luce It " nt -30,000,04)0, Of
more, . .
Hardly an Ohio City
But Reports Life Loss
More than 25,000 People Homeless, Official Advices Indicate
and Property Loss Is Far Into the Millions -Continued
Rain Is Forecast.
Dayton, Ohio, March 20.
(vi;i Lebanon, O.) Dayton is
devastated. The dead no one
can even estimate. " Beneath
the yellow sea that is seething
through the once gem-like city,
niny sleep several thousand
drowned or mayhap the death
list may not exceed one thou
sand. No one can picture the
sickening situation. Last night
Dayton was a marine hell.
Fires lighted: the sky, illumi
nated the rustling waters and
the swish of rain and swirl of
currents sounded a funeral re
quiem for the unknown and
uncounted dead. -Fiftv.
thousand people jam
med in the upper floors of
their homes no gas, no fresh
water, no light, no heat, . no
food this is the situation to
day. John II. Patterson, of the
National Cash Register com
pany, has 1C0 carpenters build
ing boats; he himself has saved
numbers of lives.
Miamisburg .is under water
find there is no food. Country
people are taking them food.
Twelv.v hundred of them are
bring lodged and fed in the
National Cash Register plant.
Scores of automobiles and
lwnts are carrying the mar
ooned to safety at many points
but up to 11 o'clock this morn
ing no boat could venture into
the heart of the city. The aw
fill story of Dayton's destrue
tion can only bo told when the
Pood subsides. The water
dropped two feet this moniin
but there is much morq water.
. .ot n telephone is in commis-
fcin. " .
Mesetie Work Active.
All made thut were puKiibh'
teemed to lend In tnlr sudden city of
mystery today. From north, south.
ft or Wet persons bent on rescue
work wended their way to Dayton.
The roHd from Cincinnati, for In
fill nee, led jhrniiith Lebanon. All
liny nr.d nil MKht strings of automo-
ltll- ... I,.. t.i. , U nnd forth.
Those it,. I. i. i.i iinvtnn wero reek I no N'r
frl.nl. r i ' is.-. Thice rolnlni- I nlawtle
I'll, kill 111! :... Lie k lit) ! V..I.I- I'l
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like a flood in the city Itself, so many
and varied are tho points of human
contact with that city.
George W. Burha, reprcsentlnBf'Oov-
crnor James M. Cox, and H. H. Pat
terson, who ia at the head of the ro
lief work , here,, BRreefl at noon that
tho loss of life from the flood here
would be between 600 and 1000 per
sons. , Botfi declared,, however, that
these estirnateK were (based solely on
coitJecturea nnd rumors and that the
luatti list. tnUt..lie moon-greuter or
initeh less. . ' ' - '
The danger from Are seemed to have
diHappeared at noon. So far as could
he learned there were no serious fires
InirnlnK. , The flood still presents an
Impenetrable . barrier that prevents
rescue boats reaching nearer than a
mile from the center of the city. The
crest of t"" flood parsed about mid
night and the waters have fallen no
ticeably since then.
Heavy Rain Condones.
Tho rain, which had persisted for
48 hours, stopped at daylight. At
noon it was raining and indications
were that it would continue. High as
it Is expected the death list will bo,
few bodies have been recovered. Re
lief workers who penetrated a few
blocks Into the downtown district re
turned to shore with the assurances
that there would be little loss of life
in the business district,
Those who are flood bound In the
offices and stores will suffer from
hunger and thirst unless the flood soon
subsides, but they are In no danger
from the water.
It was also decided that the great
loss of life would be along the river
In north -and west Dayton where the
residents are almost entirely foreign
born and where they refused to obey
the warning of the militia o leave on
the night before the levc broke.'
Except in a few Instances where
houses were notably unstable, there
will be less loss or lire in the Kiver
date or the south and east sections.
where residents had warning of the
water's approach.
Relief committees today Issued tho
following: '
"An awful catastrophe has over
taken Dayton. The levees have brok
en. The center of Dayton and the
residence districts from the fair
grounds hill to the hlgli ground north
of the city are under water.
Some of our buildings are used as
shelter for the homeless and-lrk of
the south side.
Bring potatoes, rice, beans, vege
tables, meats and bread and any other
edibles that will sustain life.
"We have cooking arangements ror.
several thousand. We are sending
trucks to nearby towns, but ask. that
you haul to us as far as possible."
Red Cross officials also sent out ur
gent requests for aid.
Chicago, Mari-ll 28. I)jr , broke
upon the desolation wrought by flood
throughout Ohio and Indiana with a
Mllghl Itoim that the entliiiute of the
lox of llfo of the nlgl't before be
M wliut mlueed when search re
vealed more fully Hie Hituatlon of the
stricken ltles. At daybreak only
i;urtlv vcrllletl report from the flood
fhlcN In the two showed the
ri.llowliic rrvlwd llnu of lo of life.
liaw-d n mm an apiwrent reduction In
Hie figures from Unyton. according to
refugi-ex. and UKn a ixmHhlo diminu
tion In IlK? reports from I"eru, ind.
OHIO,
Day I on
By Associated Press. ' :,
Columbus, . O., March 26, From
Lake Erie to tho Ohio river and from
the Indiana to the Pennsylvania state
line, Ohio today is experiencing the
worst flood the state has ever known.
With an appalling loss of life at Day
ton, estimated today to run over 500,
almost every city and village in the
state follows with a death toll that
cannot be estimated until the raging
waters subside.
First reports had put the loss of
life at Dayton as high as 5000 but
refugees arriving in Xenia from the
flood stricken city said that it would
be below 1000. The most serious news
early today was that the town of
Miamisburg, With a population of
4000 had been washed uway. '
Grave Danger of Fire.
Heavy rains continued over most of
the state last night and all flood re
cords in most sections of the state
have been broken. Bridges have been
washed away, railway and lntcrurban
traffic is at a standstill and In many
cities there is grave danger of confla
gration due to the shutting down of
plants supplying water. ,
i More Tliun 250.000 Homeless.
Governor Cox estimated that more
than 250,000 people have, been ren
dered homeless.
The state ts-.urvvble to.cppe w.lth the
situation in- its- entirety and tho gov
ernor has called upon the national
Red Cross society and adjoining states
for aid.
The immediate need is for tents and
board for the homeless. Every mili
tary company has been ordered to re
port for duty today and the troops
will be sent to the points of greatest
emergency. The state commissary de
partment Is making every effort , to
rush supplies to the many points
which need them.
The property damage cannot at
present be calculated, but will run
into the millions. The actual loss by
flra and flood will be Increased by
the damage to farming lands which
have been inundated and In many
caaes washed away,
-i No relief from the flood bound con
ditions is In sight, as rainy weather
was promised for. the state today.
Harrowing tales come from scores
of famines who spent the night In a
drenching rain In tree tops or on
roofs. Many of those marooned in
tree tops are believed to have been
worn out from cold and to haVe
dropped from their perilous positions
to death in the flood below.
Thrilling rescues are reported with
out number as are also unsvalling
efforts to rescue persons seen drifting
beyond rulna of their bomea, or on
chance driftwood.
The list of missing is growing but
it Is believed that It will be materially
reduced when scattered families have
the opportunity to reunite.
ItctorL of Ixnm of Mta.
almost practically so by the telephone
and telegraph, but reports received
show the greatest total at Dayton
which may run from 500 to 1000:
Piqua, where 640 were reported
drowned,; Delaware, where the loss
Sale
of Biltmore Estate
Mountain Forest Lands
To Federal Government
A Deal Running Well into the Millions, and Involving about 100,000 Acres Negotiations '
Have Long Been in Progress Tract Ideal for Purpose of Government
under Week's Act, Being Cradle of Forest Conservation.
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Negotiations, long in progress, for agreement as to price has been
will be more than 30; Hamilton, 160,
and Troy, where great loss has been
reported, figures unavailable. .
In i his city three are known to be
dead, and eleven more are reported to
be. Tho last seen of them they were
clinging to xafts. - As the city is with
out lights and. the whole west side is
flooded, nothing definite could be
learned early today;
The flood is the greatest ever known
In Columbus and business activities
are practically paralyzed. The water
works shut down last night and "will
not be in condition to furnish water
for a week, as two large mains have
been ' washed but. The flood took
away every bridge in the city. Last
night the city was In darkness, as the
municipal electric light plant was
flooded. " , , -' '. ;
Gas pressure la low and little hope
is held out' thatt Will last throughout
the day. , ' ,
Tho flood In th.. Scioto and Oleng
tangy rivers came so suddenly yester
day that workers of all classes who
had crossed thenLjiarly .in the day
were unable io 'return to their homes
in the West Side before the torrents
tore loose the bridges connecting
both sides of the city.
All available state departments
were thrown open to refugees and
thousands of dollars have been raised
to care for them.
A bill will be introduced in the leg
islature as an emergency measure.
appropriating S260.000 for the relief
of the flood sufferers.
The street car system is crippled
I and many lines are not running at all.
The failure of the water supply is felt
most keenly and the state department
of health, together with the local
health department, has made prepar
ations to cope with any situation
which may arise from this cause.
Death List at Columbus 1 "(.
Columbus, O., March 26. At least
150 personi were drowned in Colum
bus as a result of the floode 1 Scioto
river. Reports to this effect came as
a result of a partial restoration of tel
ephone communication with the west
Bicie. Nev.-3 of tho drowning of 22 per
sons Is confirmed, apparently, and the
list of missing and those believed
drowned numbers almost a score.
Reported dead: '
, WILLIAM A. SEXTON, probation
office!1. , .
EDWIN D. DANIEL.
ALBERT GORE, mail carrier.
MR. AND MRS. E. M. HAVES.
MRS. GEORGE COOK and baby.
MRS. L. H. MACK and three children.
the sale of the Biltmore estate forest
lands to the United States government,
are now well advanced toward finality,
if not indeed practically concluded.
Roundly, there are involved a hundred
thousand acres of mountain timber
lands and a purcha? price running
well Into the millions.
These areas range In market value'
from a dollar to $18 per acre, and cut
over the prices very betwt n a dollar
and five, or six dollars an ere. At
the time when the bulk of this land
was purchased by George W. Vander
bilt's agents five dollars was a large
price for good mountain timber land.
The sale Is understood to comprise
practically the entire estate,' excepting
of course Biltmore house and the
home tract of about 12,000 acres un
der cultivation. . It is not known what
reached, nor other details of the sale,
but it Is understood that the price will
not vary greatly from current quota
tions of such properties. 1 Under the
Weeks law whereby the government
acquires watershed forests for tim
ber and rainfall conservation the rul
ing has been that only outright pur
chases, including timber, would be
made. There are, however, peculiar
circumstances connected With these
lands which might operate for modi
fication of this rule. The 'recent pur
chase of large stumpagc by Louis Carr
and associates was under lumbering
restrictions practically Identical with
those made by the government. It is
not believed that the Biltmore estate
has In recent years considered the
sale of any stumpage except under
similar regulations.
These forests having been the cradle
of conservation In America, the pur
chase of the property upon any rea
sonable terms by the government
would ideally serve, the : purpose of
those whose patient work through the
long years was rewarded In the en
actment of the Weeks bill . The trees
have had the best scientific care and
supervision for a period of about 20
years, and the government here finds
well advanced the very work which
is purposes to do." , ,
' C. D. Beadle of the Biltmore estate '
has just returned from a conference in
Washington. William L. Hull, assist
ant forester, forest service, bureau of
agriculture, spent last night In Ashe-
vllle and Is with the forestry associa
tion directors on an Inspection of the
Pisgah region today.
TRAIN DROPS
HER;
201 KILLED
String of Cars from Loveland
to Cincinnati Plunges into
the Swollent Stream
Through Trestle.
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE ECKERT
This city Is completely cut off from .and seven children.
the rest of the country by rail and , (Continued on page S)
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Champion Coated Paper
Plant Reported Burned
Big Factory at Hamilton, 0., Built at Cost of $5,000,000 Said
to Have Been Wiped Out 100r Dead There
.Is Rumor.' ,
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By Associated Press.
Hamlltgn, O., March 20. After a
night of horrors for the marooned
flood sufferers thore was not a ray of
hoep that the worst was Over early
toduy when tho river began falling at
the rate of nine Inches an hour.
On all sides run be heard rumors
of deaths due to the flood. At least
a score of persons are known to have
perished and It was reported that more
than 109 were killed when a monster
reservoir, north of the city, broke Ust
night. This latter report cannot be
verified at the present time.
To add to the horror of the altua
tlon fire broke out In the flooded dls
trlrt last night, pne of the buildings
reported to have burned wu the
Champion Coated Paper company's
plant. This plant was the second larg
est of Its kind In the world and Was
built at a coat of over S, 000,000.
From ths telephone exchange build
ing many houses can be seen floating
down stream. Occupants could be seen
In Home of them.
There are only a few hunts that run
be ned In the work of re u and re
II. f. nhlo mtttonnl Kunnlioni-n who
i, M l , ,1 from ln, Inn, ill tlniln.t th'
M ii'e ,Mn f sole w.lk. 1 I" '
ramo here In four motor trucks and
brought food and clothing with them.
One of the trucks returned to Cincin
nati for mote boats.
Tho Champion Coated Paper com
pany Is an adjunct of the Champion
Fibre company, which haa a mill for
the preparation of raw material at
Canton. This raw material la worked
up Into the finished product by the
Hamilton plant Reuben Robertson,
manager of the Canton plant, states
that If the plant at Hamilton has beun
destroyed by tire he has received no
news of the matter.
The above dispatch m received
about noon and the 'act that no West
ern I'nlon or Postal wires are being
worked rut of Hamilton may exploit,
the lack of Information to the man
agement at Canton.
Mr. Itohactpon slated today that the
plant In Hamilton Is of the sum il
of th new In Hanton and when asked
If bl. plant would Ira (Tected In rose
ihe ritort Is true that the other I
l.nrnnl. h ld thai It would he huVcI-t-,
to an pxtwit. nltliotiKh be i!M not
, , v t li.it operations vi on 1,1 N- comi'lftf.
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BUSSTORt
; IDjllflPLE
Fortress Wrested from Turks
after Terrific Three Days
Assault Fire Swept.
( By Associated Press)
Grafton, W. Va., March 26
The Baltimore and Ohio Tele
graph operator here this after
noon received t wire from a
Baltimore & Ohio operator at
a tower near Cincinnati say
ing that a counter trin from
Loveland, 0, to Cincinnati had
gone through a bridge and all
on board, about 200 passengers,
apparently had been lost.
LEBANON VISITED
BY SUDDEN DELUGE
By Associated Press.
, Nashville, Tenn., March 28. A spe
clal from Lebanon. Tenn., 30 miles
east of here says that place was visit
ed at I o'clock this morning by a
flood unprecedented in the town's his
tory.
It Is estimated that thirty or more
business houses and 100 residences,
some of them the finest In the town,
are under water. The damage to
property will be Immense and loss of
life- Is feared. The Tennessee central
bridge near the town was swept away.
The water came from the south,
where countless small streams empty
Into Town rreek, which flows through
Iebanon. The Tennessee Central rail
road bridge collapsed and tho waters
passed down Iepot street Into the
heart of the rlty. Tne power piani
was quickly inundated and the city
plunged Into darkness.
Harvey Richardson, negro night
watchman, gav an alarm and mount
ing a horse, rode Into the threatened
section arousing the. people. Water
was then up to the beds In some homes
in the flooded section. Ills action
saved many Uvea Ho far as known
only one child was drowned. The
property Joss Is heavy.
Ohio Itlaea 11 I Vet In II, Hour.
Py Associated Press.
Lnnluvllle, Ky., March 2. With a
ralnfnll yesterday and last hlght or
Inches the Ohio river roue 11
feet here in 24 hours. The gnuge at
7 o'clock this morning was 21 5 n
romtiari-d with 11.4 St 7 o'clock yes
tfrtluv morning. At o'clock this
morning the gauge nclilcr; d 24 fed
c ' n.
MANY KILLED
ISFLIDSIPT
By Associated Press.
Mustapha Pasha, March 26. The
fortress of Adriaople was taken by
storm by the Bulgarians this morning
after fighting of the most terrible
character since Monday. Flames are
devastating the city.
. Soflia. March 26. (Bulletin.) It
was announced from a trustworthy
private source this morning that the
Bulgarian cavalry had succeeded in
entering the besieged Turkish fortress
of Adrlanople.
At on early hour this morning fires
were raging in various sections of the
beleaguered city. The maddened pop
ulation, whose nerves had been shat
tered by the almost Incessant bom
bardment for a period of over five
months, was fleeing about the streets
from one point to another, not know
ing where to find shelter.
The great artillery arsenal In
Dam Goes Out , There' ' Peo
ple Dying Like Rats in a
Trap," Telephone
Message.
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By Associated Press.
Columbus, O., March 26.. (Bulletin) ,
According to information . reaching
here from Zanesville at 1 p. m. that
town is being swept away. The V
dam is reported to have been blown ,
up.
Frank Durbin, a Baltimore & Ohio
railroad man of Zanesville, who Is in
Columbus, after a telephone commu
nication with his wife in Zanesville,
told Governor Cox of the reported ca
tastrophe. Durbin said his wife re
ported that "people are being drowned
like rats In a trap."
An unconfirmed report that the vil
lage of Btratford, live miles below
Delaware, was overwhelmed by the
city was burning and the barracks and that out 200 person, were
.... .v. u.i .v.. I drowned, was brought by a farmer
northern forts were also In flames.
I living on high land near Stratford.
The Bulgarians in strong force
gradually advanced their lines encir
cling the city and by rushes the In
fantry men approached near enough
to prepare for the final dash.
On all sides the combined move
ment of the attackers on the ever re
sitting rlty was continued.
The Bulgarian infantry had reached
within 300 yards of the main forts at
S o'clock last evening. They en
trenched themselves there while am
munition and provisions were brought
up from the rear and preparations
were made for the final assault.
The entire line of fortresses defend
ing the ..' iern side of the city was
csptured by the Bulgarians after a
most spectacular assault at the point
of the bayonet by long lines of Infan
try, which were strengthened rapidly
by the second or reserve lines. The
eastern forts soon fell Into their hands
and Bulgarian batteries were Imme
diately placed In position to concen
trate their Are on the other works.
The way was thus cleared for a direct
assault on tho city Itself.
FORECAST FOR RAIN
ALONG THE OHIO
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, Washington. lnn'h 2".
K rprai the rainfall of tlm next
K 4 hour depend w hether the
flood st t nation will bo relieved
K or grow worno. The ralna will
m continue In the, lower MIshIo-
slil and Ohio aterxlipla
Columbus, Delaware and . Marlon
power house Is reported washed away.
This Is the first Information from
Stratford since the flood, The report
cannot be confirmed.
ARE DROWNED
AT
NDA AfOLIS
First News from Marooned
Section of City Is of
Heavy Loss.
itltstltltltltltK!
VlHcotin! Wolcli'f Dead,
By AaaiK lated I'reas.
Iymilon. March 2. Field MiirMhal
Viscount VVolaclcy, one of the moat
famous of modern Hrltlnh enldl.-v".
ILm! vestcrihiv r-t Mntiluno, Kruiv e, in
h n i ii iiii' lh j i ar.
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, lnd., March 26. First
word from West Indianapolis, cut off
from the city when the great Weat
Washington street bridge went out
last night, came this morning, when
the Associated Tress staff correspond
ent from Chicago, marooned there,
said It was generally estimated that ut
least 200 persons were drowned when
the Morris street levee broke early
last night. An unverified rumor la
that a large ntimlier of refugees
sought shelter In Wolfe's hall until
the crowded floor gave way and scon s
may have been killed tr seriously In-Jllled.
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