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Shortage of Drinking Water

There Creates ‘Gravest Situation.’

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polluted water supplies, inoculate refugess against epidemic diseases and prepare for rehabilitation when waters recede. A committee from the Legislature was to fly over the flooded area to gather information for possible relief emergency laws. 3 An estimated 1200 refugees were in the Red Cross concentration camps here. All Indianapolis hospitals made ready for emergency cases.

Nurses Go by Planes

American Airlines planes are tak< ing nurses and supplies to the stricken Louisville region and bringing back refugees. : The Big Four Railroad donated four Pullmans and three special coaches to make up the hospital train after plans to send a Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus train was abandoned because it was not properly heated. A portable dynamo which was brought with the circus train here from Rochester was to be sent to Aurora to provide light.

Military Train Dispatched

The military train, bearing nearly 300 National Guardsmen and Naval Reserves in charge of Lieut. Comm. W. A. Warrick, arrived in Evansville. It carried medical supplies, food-: stuffs and bedding. : Dr. L. V. Ritter, Chicago, one of the first 25 men on which the U. S. Army experimented with typhoid shots in 1909, is to have charge of distributing serum in the Evansville area. ! Dr. Ritter, who is connected with the Sharp-Dohne Co. Philadelphia pharmacists, left Indianapolis last night on the military train. He hag with him 3000cc of. typhoid. vaccine valued at $1000. This. is sufficient _ for 4000 persons. Fight Disease Menace Five cartons of smallpox vaccine, diphtheria toxin antitoxin and tetanus antitoxin sent from here to Evansville yesterday hy airplane also are to be distributed ‘under Dr, Ritter’s supervision. : Charlestown, 15 miles from Jeffersonville, is high and dary. - .. . . There is room for shout 1200 refugees there, it was reported. As the refugees are moved north from

Charlestown, others are brought in

from the vicinity of Jeffersonville. Six miles of telephone wire were taken along to be strung through the flood district’ by - National Guardsmen to provide contacts for the hospital train. Evansville, under. martial law, was being evacuated. The water was rising. : A campaign was started today by Indianapolis clubwomen tg collect canned goods for relief.- These goods will be placed in a warehouse at 240 S. Pennsylvania 8t. and assembled there for shipment’ to:communities in distress. pea All the stricken areas have ample food and medical supplies today, Red Cross officials asserted. Any reports of shortages are due to distribution difficulties in the flooded towns, they said.

Message From Fortune

A telegram received last : night from William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross chapter and member of the National Committee of the Red Cross, follows: “Your telegram to Washington announcing contributions at Indianapolis Red Cross flood relief fund have risen tn $109,000 is profoundly impressive to all at national headquarters. I am very proud of our Indianapolis and Indiana people. " They have given America an outstanding example of generosity and prompt and efficient helpfulness to neighbors in dire need of assistance. Their important and extraordinary co-operation is appreciated inexpressibly at Washington.”

WPA Sends Garments

WPA agencies of three states were rushing thousands of garments in to Indiana headquarters here for disiribution to flood refugees, Wayne Coy, Indiana administrator, said. Following a request by the re1 office in Chicago, the KanWPA is sending 42,322 garments

:| relief.

: 3 ‘Pm Tired’ The hoy—he couldn’, be over 14—sat straight up in bed. “Why doesn’t it stop? Why don’t they let us alone? They're always making us move. I want to be still a minute. I'm tired.” -. ’ re ; ‘He: rubbed his eyés.: He saw row on row of cots, 700 of them. Then he remembered where he was. He sighed and buried his face in his pillow. A baby in a high-sided crib whimpered. Somebody coughed. But the boy’s nightmare did not faze the rest of the flood refugees who had taken shelter in the Manufacturers’ Building at the State Fair Grounds. They were too tired. :

of clothing to local headquarters. Iowa’s WPA has shipped 25,000 gar‘ments, and local officials are await-

ing the arrival today of 1000 com-

forts and 1000 sleeping garments from the Michigan WPA. ‘- Marion . County: WPA officials

‘have accepted -the Kahn Tailoring

Co. offer to assist in the making of clothing for refugees. More than 2600 quart cans of tomatoes, green beans and kraul grown in relief gardens and canned in a WPA canning center, are to be released for refugees. Party to Raise Funds Indiana Post No. 114, Jewish War

Veterans, is to sponsor a card party

|for the benefit of the flood relief

fund: tomorrow night at the Knights otf Columbus Hall, 1305 N. Delaware ~The Adjutant General’s office has asked light, inboard motor-powered beats to be used in Jeffersonville, where a 35 to 40-1nile-an-hour current makes use of outboard motor boats dangerous. i : A National Guard headquarters was established last night at French ‘Lick to halt sightseers bound for the flood area and -to expedite northward movement of refugees. A medical unit also is to be established at French Lick. - One hundred twenty-five National Guardsmen from Warsaw and South Bend were en route to French Lick. An ambulance was dispatched from “Indianapolis to be available for emergency use at French Lick. With a base at French Lick, these guardsmen will explore all rural territory affected by the flood, in an effort to see if any farmers have been isolated by the flood. Commanding officers said they also will be organized to prevent people from rushing to the south part of the state as soon as the water recedes, | : ey : “They said they may have to put logs over roads or dig ditches in them. People are not to be allowed to return: to their tlood-wrecked homes, ‘they said, until the inundated communities have been made sanitary by health engineers.

‘Woman Answers Plea

Sitting at her radio in Niles, :Mich., Mrs. Adeline Earl, 26, heard the Indiana American Legion’s plea for food and clothing. Mrs. Earl filled her automobile with clothing and food hastily gathered from neighbors, and - drove, alone, 146 miles of ice-covered roads to Indianapolis. Her cargo unloaded at Legion headquarters, Mrs. Earl drove back to Niles. The P.-T. A. of School 33 has canceled a rummage sale scheduled for Saturday, urging that regular. con-

"tributors send their clothing instead

to American Legion receiving stations at 2102 E. 10th St. or the Woodruff Place Clubhouse to be used in flood relief. Fifty-four Knights of Columbus Councils * throughout Indiana are mobilized to assist the Red Cross in work, according to State Deputy Harry G. Kitchin. The ‘use of K. of C. clubhouses have been offered to relief agencies and all state officers are collecting bedding, canned foods and money. Southern Railway System announced that trains operating between Cincinnati and several Southern State cities will continué service at the Cincinnati Union Terminal. The Florida Sunbeam trains Nos.

via the Big Four route from Chicago, through Indianapolis to Lesantville, Ind. thence over C. & O. into Cincinnati. A Coast Guard crew of 35 men arrived here today from Jersey City, N. J., and were sent immediately to Evansville. They had eight 38-foot boats loaded on flat cars. : Maj. Ralh Paddock reported to National Guard headquarters here last night he would attempt to evacuate sick persons from isolated Lewistown, on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, opposite Tell City. & " J

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MEDICAL CHIEF

MAKES SURVEY

Lawrenceburg Sanitary Con- - ditions Are Termed : ‘Terrible.’

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less sucking sound of swirling water and the black shadows of the tall warehouses "filled me with a sense of terror. There were only two dim lights in the city. Someone told me they were being run by generators which received their power from railroad locomotives. A week ago there were 5000 persons in Lawrenceburg. Now there are said to be approximately 100 civilians and a handful of -relief workers. '

Supplies Awaited

Since Lawrenceburg is complete-

ly surrounded. by water, the mili-: tary - supplies brought down from:

Indianapolis by motor convoy last night were stacked at the water edge. They are to be ferried across sometime today. Sunman has been established as the relief center for this zone. Maj. the relief center for this zone. Capt. William A. Warner is directing policing and relief activities. ¢ Health conditions, according to seven Red Cross nurses here, are good and only afew isolated. cases of noncontagious diseases have been reported. A hospital and food station have been established in Sunman. Ca

Looting Feared Observers here said the raging

Ohio has dropped six inches in|

the last 24 hours. Strangely enough, that isn’t good news to the few remaining people in the sector. “Looters and all sorts of riff raff

will be sure to try to move into |

Lawrenceburg when it gets drier,” one veteran said: “That may mean fights and disorders.” The 79 National Guardsmen and six officers in the area are keeping a rigid martial law. They cvacuated 50 persons from Lawrenceburg yesterday. The remaining civilians are believed scattered in houses in the town. It was reported 20,000 gallons of water are to be received here fro Chicago today. .

300 in a school building, are trapped

by flood waters in Lewistown, Maj. | and they are}:

Paddock reported, without medical care. There has been one birvh and cne death, one

man being buried in the. muddy,

‘Ohio ‘River flood waters. The village is completely isolated on the Kentucky side, and Maj.

Paddock said ‘if the river rises one

more ‘foot, the entire village will have to evacuate to a hill three miles from the village.

. River Crossing Necessary

To bring sick persons to Tell City, it will be necessary to cross the

river. The State Board of Health |!

last night ordered ambulances and nurses to Tell City to care for the sick, if .the National Guard is successful in getting them across the river. : Indiana State Police today received a.radio message -from ‘Louisville stating. the belief - that the maximum flood crest there had arrived. It was reported that the river stage stood at 57.1 feet at 6:30 a. m. today. Light rain or snow was fore-

cast. .

1 Road 41—Closed south of

Static Ry United Preks EVANSVILLE, Ind. Jan. 27. —Completing a long list of offi‘cial flood emergency announcements, the radio announcer at an Evansville station said: “That -clears up .the flood information f8r the moment. We will now play some music.” _A moment later the strains of “The Beautiful Ohio” floated over the air,

DIVISION LISTS CLOSED ROADS

Department Report Gives Condition in Flood Zone. And Vicinity.

The ¢tonditipn of roads in and

near the flood zone, as reported by the State Righway Commission today, follows:

VINCENNES DISTRICT

Road 37—Closed north of Tell City, refist detour provided; closed north of Paon. 2

Vincennes; one-way traffic south of Sullivan; closed north of Evansville, relief detour provided; closed south of gEvansville, relief detour provided. Road 45—Closed north and Rockport. Road 56—Water over road east of Paoli, not closed; closed west of Petersburg, relief detour provided. Road 57—Closed near Buckskin. Road 58—Closed between Sandborn and Elnora;.closed west of Bedford. : ‘Road 60—Closed southeast of Mitchell. Road 61—Closed south of Winslow. Road 62—Closed west and east of Evansville, relief detopr provided; closed west of Mount Vernor at River; closed east of Boonville; closed at Pigeon Creek. Road 64—Closed east and west of English; closed at Milltown (will be open by night). Road 65—Closed north of Princeton. Road 66—Closed between Newburg and Derby. \ -- Road 68—Closed south of Buckskin. Road 69—Closed south of Mt. Vernon at River. Road ‘70—Closed west of Road 66. Road “143—Closkd south of French Lick: closed north of Troy; closed south of Birdseye. Road 157—Closed north of Worthington. Road 161—Closed north and south of Richland City; closed south of Tennyson. Road 162—Closed south of Jasper. Road 164—Closed east of Jasper. Road 166—Closed north of Tobinsport. Road 237—Closed north of Cannelton. . Road 245—Closed south of La Mar, -- Road 337—Closed east” of Orleans. Road 450—Closgpd at Williams, Road 550—Closed between Wheatland and Emison. ‘SEYMOUR DISTRICT Road 7—Closed north of Madison, relief detour provided. Road 31—Closed north of Seymour; water over road south of Columbus; Road 31-W--Closed north of New Albany, relief detour provided. Road 31-E—Closed north of Junction 231. Relief traffic U. S. Road 56 from Scottsburg to Road 3 yia Charleston to within twa. miles - of Jeffersonville, - Closed at junction with. 62. ’ Road 33—Closed east of Mauckport. Road 37—Pavement settled north of Bedford. |, tart Lig Road 48—Closed at west edge of Lawrenceburg. Road 50—Closed west of Brownstown; closed at west edge of Aurora, relief detour ' provided; closed Lawrenceburg to Aurora—-relief traffic’ detour ovér 'Roads 1,

south of

-| 46_and 52 >

Road 56—East and west of Madison, closed; closed from Junction 156 to Aurora. Road 58—Closed from Freetown to Cou. S. a |

mbus. : Road 62—Closed east of Leavenworth: closed north of Charlestown; closed one mile west of New Albany. Road 129—Closed north of Vevay. Road 133—Closed -fram New, Boston to New. Albany. ¥ Eg Road 135—Closed north and south of Corydon closed south of Palmyra! closed north and south of Brownstown. AL qd 148—Closed at north edge of or. ,

a. Road ' 150—Closed west of almyra; closed at north edge of New Albany—relief detour provided. Road 156—-Closed at Patriot; closed at junction with 56. ! Road -231—Closed ‘at Auction with 31-E. Road 235—Closed at.Medora.. . Road 250—Closed east of Brownstown. Road 258—Closed west of Seymour. Road 350—Closed west edge of Aurora.

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‘Text of Townsend Statement

Governor Townsend, in a statement issued last night, said: “Evacuation of refugees in the stricken area is in the hands of the Indiana National Guard and no one else. Several communities are being evacuated by authority of and on order of the Adjutant Generals office. All train movements from the Ohio River Valley are being co-ordinated by Maj. Claude Crooks and Capt. Shumate from the Adjutant General's office in the State House. regarding relief trains should be referred to the Adjutant General's office. Of course the National Guard is working in close co-operation with the Indiana Chapter of the American Red Cross. In reality and contrary to other reports, evacuation in Indiana has only started

“Refugees are being taken from the flooded area to cities and towns in southern Indiana that have been designated as relief stations by the National Guard. All injured or sick persons should be brought to Indianapolis whenever possible. Please understand, only those needing hospital facilities should be brought to Indianapolis

“It is important that everyone who leaves the stricken area report their names, former addresses and present addresses to either a local representative of the Red Cross or a National Guard officer. “Organizations and individuals who desire to donate food, clothing, fuel or money should contact the American Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce Building, Indianapolis, or your nearest Red Cross

All messages

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REGULAR ARM TROOPS PATROL

‘Shoot to Kill" Is, Order to Rifle-Equigped

Soldiers.

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who commanded’ the troops.’ Their conference became a bitter legalistic wrangling. Then the Chief of Staff of the United States Army interrupted them. Gen. Malin Craig in Washington ordered the Federal troops placed at Mr. Miller's disposal, for police or other duties. Gen. Naylor, overruled, reportedly turned over his troops: to Brig. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhees, commandant of Ft. Knox, Ky. Just before dawn,.200 of the 600 troops. began breaking camp to march into the darkened city. The others will come later. . Miller to Be Head It was agreed that Mayor Miller will be supreme head of the city, as Provost Marshal in an area already placed under martial law by Governor Chandler. His Deputy Provost Marshal will be Percy Haley, former Adjutant General of the Kentucky National Guard. Gen. Van Voorhees will command the ‘regular troops who will bring four armored cars into Louisville for patrol duty and to check looting. First the Federal troops will police the city for 24 hours. Then the local police, supplemented by those from other cities will take .charge.

Under Mr. Miller's orders they will be distributed strategically to halt looting, chiefly of foodstuffs. Local police and firemen, exhausted from flood rescue duty, have been almost powerless to prevent’ hungry marauders from breaking into stores. . , z +! Cigarets to Be Put Out They will order every cigaret and match on the street extinguished to prevent igniting of the oil seeping from ‘submerged tanks and floating on backwater from overloaded sewers. A deep pool of such oil floated around the City Hall. Those who do not heed the command to “put out the cigaret” will be handled roughly. : One fire has burned a paint and varnish company to the water's edge, .at. a loss of $500,000. Two smaller fires—an automobile agency and a freight platform—caused $200,000 damage. An exploding gas= oline tank terrified refugees and marooned residents, prompted rumors of dynamiting, but actually caused no damage. : : There were bodies to be lifted from the flood waters. gripped the city. Thirteen are known to have died since ‘Friday, mostly ‘from respiratory diseases. Four babies are dying in hospitals. Six others are dead in outlying flooded areas almost impossible to reach. Health Commissioner Dr. Hugh Rodman Leavell said he believed 200 persons .have died since the Ohio first swept over its banks into the city. There are at least 2900 more cases of illness than normal, he said.

SITUATION IN HAND AT CHARLESTOWN

Hospital Train From Here Is ~Not Needed.

By AL GRECO Times Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN, Ind. Jan. 27.— A completely equipped hospital train, dispatched from Indianapolis, arrived here today, but the health situation already was well in hand. Not needed for relief work here, the train may be rerouted to some other stricken city, according to Dr. John W. Ferree, Health Board director. There are 15 exposure and two whooping cough cases, but none serious, he said. E Word received here from Jeffersonville is that 5000 persons remain in Port Fulton, eastern section of the city, which is on high ground. They are housed in a schoolhouse and private homes. John Clem of the Red. Cross Corps reported to Dr. Ferree that there only danger was from

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Disease

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 19

‘Mammoth

FLOOD RELIEF Benefit Show!

2-Hour Stage Show

2 - Hour Screen Program (Including First-Run Feature)

B MAYOR JOHN KERN, Chairman

In Cooperation With:

Indianapolis Theaters, Film Exchanges, Stage Employes, Projectionists, Musicians, Actors, Press, Variety Club, Indianapolis Power and Light Co., Indiana Bell Telephone Co. and Wilking Music Company.

ALL Proceeds to the

AMERICAN ‘RED CROSS!

INDIANA THEATRE TOMORROW, show starts 7:45 P. M.

Tickets, One Dollar

For Sale at All Theatres Today or at Indiana Theatre Tomorrow Night. NO RESERVED SEATS!

DOYOUR PART!

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