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page two. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUNTELEGKAM. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913. V

IS RUINED CITY FROM FLOODS A telegram was received here shortly before 1 o'clock by Fire Chief Ed Miller, from Hamilton, asking that Richmond sjyjd a Are engine to that city. The telegram stated that the business section of tbe town was burning. Chief Miller says that he cannot send the fire engine as it is out of order. He may send the auto Are truck if a way can be found to get the truck to that city. The telegram said that the engine could be sent by way of Oxford. (Palladium Special) LIBERTY. Ind., March 27. A number of Liberty citizens who returned this morning from Hamilton, making the trip by automobile, say that conditions In that city are far worse than have been reported heretofore. The Butler county capital is beyond relief at- this - time, no person being able to get into town beyond a short distance eastward from the outskirts of .West Hamilton. The surging waters stretch eastward to the hills a distance of at least- three and one half miles, while north and south of town the country in inundated for miles. The waters, however, receded during the night and showed a depth of ten feet lower than last night at 6 o'clock. If this fall continues the relief expeditions into the town will be able by mid-afternoon to get into the east section of the city. On High street in Hamilton, in the vicinity of the court house, the water last night is said to have been ten feet in depth, but despite this condition of affairs it is the belief that the loss of life has not been as great as reported earlier. Probably one hundred lives have been lost. The grave danger just now is that people made homeless will suffer from the exposure, the cold weather this morninr adding greatly to their suffering. City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. XSBURN Virginia Ruth Osburn, aged 4 years, died Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home, 14 School street. She is survived by her parents and four sisters. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. GOV. RALSTON MAY USE AID OFFERED Secretary of War Offers to Send Federal Troops to Indiana. 4;, (National News t Association) ' Indianapolis! ; March . 27. gov. Ralston may take advantage of an offer from the war department to send troops and supplies to Indiana to help the flood Sufferers. ; A telegram was received from Secretary of War Garrison this noon offering to send all available supplies to this state if needed. The telegram follows : "In view of the reports of extensive 'loss of life and injury to the inhabitants of your state,, we desire to know ; if the war department can be of any .assistance. The temporary use of available officers and troops in your vicinity and the loan of such supplies as may be available" to shelter those whom you can not otherwise provide for are at your service. Our most sincere sympathy is with your state. J "L. W. Garrison, "Secretary of War." The governor said later that he might take advantage of the offer. ? PENN. TRAIN SERVICE Arriving from Indianapolis 9:45 a. m. Arriving from Kokomo 9:48 a. m. Arriving from Kokomo 6:30 p. m. Arriving from Camden 12:30 Noon Arriving from Camden 4:45 p. m. Arriving from Ridgeville and Bryant 9:40 a. m. Arriving from Ridgeville and Bryant 3:40 p. m. Departing for Indianapolis 10:30 a. m. Departing for Kokomo 6:30 a. m. Departing for Kokomo 5 : 00 p. m. Departing for Camden 6:45 a. m Departing for Camden 4:10 p. m Departing for Ridgeville Departing for Ridgeville and Bryant 5:40 a. m. . . and Bryant 12:50 Noon A Belmont "notch" collar la white , striped Madras. It'a an

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THIRTY SEAMEN OFFERSERVICES Force Is Put to Work With Rescue Boats in Indianapolis.

(National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 27. Thirty seamen from the United States navy recruiting station volunteered their services in the rescue work on the stricken west side of Indianapolis, and were put to work to man the boats that are attempting trips across the flood waters. The boats are carrying provisions, blankets and other equipment to the imprisoned people in the flooded homes across the river. The police have sent a number of boats to the river below the Morris street bridge and the passage is being attempted from that point. It is a dangerous proceeding, because of the great amount of drift being swept down the river. One of the logs passing the levee every minute would srush a boat like an egg shell. J. W. Coneys, superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad, notified GovRalston that G. L. Peck, first vice president of the Pennsylvania, had ordered all lines in the system to be prepared to carry relief equipment into the flooded districts upon call. . The governor has $15,000 in the treasury, which he may use for relief work if necessary. Under a recent law he may borrow mpney also in times of emergency, and if the occasion arises he will be able to provide all the money needed to relieve the situation in Indiana. BR00KV1LLE ADDS TO DEATH LIST (National News Association) Connersville, Ind., March 27. List of the missing and supposedly dead at Brookville are being slowly increased. Fifteen bodies have been recovered and a few others are in sight but cannot be reached. Three men believed to be Allen Daniels, Joseph Kenworthy and Adam Hermeier, who were marooned in a tree far out in the stream were missing this morning. C, H. & D. BRIDGE DOWN (National News Association) LIBERTY, Ind., March 27; Relief trains are running from this place to West Hamilton but they are unable to get across the river as the C. H. and D. bridge is down.- The High street bridge in Hamilton is also down. Persona from here who have gone to that city are unable to get across to the east side of Hamilton where' the most damage has been done and where the suffering is the greatest, . PHONE OPERATORS WELCOME THE SNOW Ten Bell telephone girl operators at Dayton have been lodged in the second story of the telephone building for two days and nights without food and water. They ate the snow from the window sills to quench their thirst. Food was gotten to them today by putting a rope across the street and passing food along this line. They will be taken out late this afternoon.

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A FEW TRAINS ARE STARTED OUT TODAY

The following statement has been iissued by Supt. McCullough of the Pennsylvania road: To the Traveling Public: The train service today on all of the divisions into and out of Richmond will Le practically the same as mentioned in tbe bulletin issued March 26th, with the exception that commencing today we are running trains No. 46 and 43 and trains 42 and 47 between Richmond and Camden. Trains No. 34 and 35 will not be run between Richmond and Camden until further notice. No. 46 is due out of Richmond at 6:45 a. m. No. 42 4s due out of Richmond at 4:10 p. m. The situation at Indianapolis is unchanged and no service is promised out of there for another day or two as all roads from Indianapolis are closed except the Pennsylvania lines between Richmond and Indianapolis. The Vandalia line is in good condition from a point two miles west of Indianapolis to St. Louis but there are two bridges and some track washed ont, which will take at least two days to repair. The water is so high and as all city bridges are out it is impossible, so we are advised, to transfer passengers around the trouble. We are unable to gave any encouraging news as to when the line will be open east of Richmond either via Piqua or Dayton as the telegraph and telephone wires are still in trouble but from what meager information we have the line is very badly damaged and therefore can give no definite information. J. C. McCullough, Supt. Results of Wind and Floods in Indiana Terre Haute Twenty dead. Two hundred fifty Injured. Three tmsslng. Property loss, $3,000,000. Peru Five known dead; probably forty or fifty missing have been drowned. Property loss, $3,000,000. Fort Wayne Seven dead. No estimate of property loss. Frankfort Two dead. Brookville Sixteen dead. Half of town wiped out. Muncie One dead. Estimated property loss, $756,000. Anderson Property loss, $2,000,000. Lafayette One dead. Property Iosb, $1,000,000. Noblesrille Property loss, $150,000. Elwood Property loss, $75,000. '. Perth-r-Property loss, $50,000. Braxil Property I6ss, $100,000. Kokomo Property loss, $1,000,000. Rusbville One dead. Property loss, $500,000. Richmond Property loss, $350,000. Marion Property loss, $100,000. Estimated property loss In '.state, outside of Marlon county, from wind and flood since last Friday morning, $30,000,000. GAVE LIQUOR TO A PRISONER IN JAIL Jesse D. Borton, street car conductor, was fined $1 and cost in police court for furnishing liquor to a prisoner. He gave the liquor to John Gabriel who is serving 140 days in ,the county jail. Borton went to the jail to see Gabriel and gave him a bottle of whiskey it is said. Gabriel is an habitual drunkard.

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AMUSING FEATURES Ifl TIM SCENES Absurd Demands Made on Railroad Officials Drummers Make Best of It. Officials at the Pennsylvania railroad station are being driven nearly insane by stranded travelers begging, praying and demanding transportation to their homes in the various sections of the flood aone. A New York traveling man informed a railroad official that unless he could be told accurately when he could leave the city and if his telegrams were not sent he would sue the company for $10,000 damages He was informed by a veteran knight of the grip hailing from Chicago, who has learned to take all situations in a philosophical manner, that if he didn't spend so much time in New

York and would get out in the world more he would have more sense and be less provincial. A happy group of traveling men at a local hotel today, in the absence of real railroad trains bought a toy train and amused themselves operating it about the floor of tbe office. It finally "went wrong" like all other trains are doing right now and dashed into the bar room, where the travelers joyously pursued it. Blaze Is Reported OXFORD, O., March 27, (11 a. m.) A great fire is raging at West Hamilton and the Oxford fire department has sent a fire engine by special train. HIS FAMILY SAFE According to a dispatch dated Wolf Creek, O., received at 2:15 this afternoon by friends of S. Stary, 745 South Ninth street, a machinist employed at the National Automatic Tool works, Stary's family who were living Jn Dayton are all safe. The dispatch came too late for Stary who started for Dayton this morning. TRAIN CREW SAFE The work train crew, composed of Richmond railroad employes, who left this city Tuesday morning, was no: drowned as has been reported in this city. Chief Clerk Green, of the local Pennsylvania offices, stated this morning that the work train had been "stalled" at Coke-Oddo station in three or four feet of water. The crew managed to get to safety according to Mr. Green. Conductor McFail was in charge of the crew. MASONS ASK AID Late yesterday afternoon aid for Piqua was asked of local Masons by the Masonic Relief Association of Springfield, O. A telephone message was received requesting that $200 worth of provision be sent either by rail or auto truck to Piqua. Ther is no possible means of complying with this request as three bridges are out between this city and Bradford and three more between Bradford and Piqua.

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CLEWS EXHAUSTED Ifl WINTERS CASE Burns Men Have Been Employed By Father of the Missing Girl. (National News Association) NEW CASTLE, Ind.. March 27. The police have exhausted every clew in the Catherine Winters kidnapping case and have now centered their movements on a thorough search of the city. Yesterday the police, with about fifty men, started on a search of the district within a radius of about two miles of the city proper, following a clew telephoned by a spiritualist of Indianapolis. This woman said that she had seen the girl in a well about a mile and three-quarters out of Newcastle, and that she was still alive, but in a weakened condition. Mrs. Winters, eager to follow up anything, immediately called the police department and the officers, with a crowd of men, started a search. Dr. Winters left this afternoon for Cincinnati to . ce the case in the hands of the Burns Detective Agency. It was also his intention to have a consultation with Cal Crim of the Cincinnati detective department, as in a telephone interview with him Saturday night Mr. Crim told him that he had every man on the force working on tbe case. There is a gypsy colony near Cincinnati and also one near Dayton, O. The belief that the gypsies have the girl is still prevalent, as no other plausible clew has yet been presented. The fact that the girl was last seen near the gypsy wagon and that she carried a large handbag which gave the appearance of having a sum of money in it is thought to lend credence to the theory. The last person who noticed the girl was W. H. Seifert, a druggist, and he says that the child was within ten feet of the gypsy wagon at a quarter to 12 Thursday. Early this morning the police received a long distance call from Hollansburg, O., saying that the caravan of gypsies had arrived at that place and that it consisted of five wagons. When the police arrived at Hollansburg they found but four wagons. They returned to Newcastle and the father, who bad banked on the clew, was nearly heart broken. An entirely new clew was presented this morning by Dr. Winters, but the police take no faith in it. He said that Vercy Whisler, a brother-in-law of his, would benefit by the girl's disappearance, as Catharine and her brother Frankie, with the brother-in-law, will inserit $6,000 when the grandmotheri .Mrs. Eliza Whisler, dies. V There is talk of the business men closing their stores Monday so their employes may aid in the search. All the ministers in the city touched on the disappearance of the girl in some manner in their Easter sermons today.

SIXTY-TWO COFFINS SHIPPED OUT OF CITY Sixty-two coffins were shipped at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon to Peru In answer to the hurry order for 300 telegraphed for last night by the mayor of Peru. Others will be sent as soon as possible. Officials of the' Richmond Casket company, the firm furnishing the coffins stated today that the Peru order was the only one received so far owing to the Inability of the other towns to communicate with this city. AND MAIN STREETS

THE DEAD AT PERU MAY REACH 100

(National News Association) MARION. Ind., March 27. That 100 lives were lost at Peru was the information furnished by the manager of the telephone company here after a conversation with his representative at Peru. Relief trains reached points within five miles of Peru and took large numbers of women and children t back to Converse for succor. Strenuous efforts are being made early today to reach the Peru sufferers by boat from the point where the trains from the north and east were stalled. BULLS IN PARLIAMENT. Th Welcome Sound That Chserad Lord Balfour of Burleigh. It would be hard to say which of England's two bouses of legislature "takes the cake" for committing howlers, and still more difficult to pick out the member who bao taken pride of place iu this respect during recent years. But perhaps for simple effectiveness Lord Balfour of Burleigh would be hard to beat when he said. "The noble lord shakes his head, and I am glad to bear it!" Another noble lord during a debate on Indian affairs exclaimed: "Talk of this as a loan to India! It is a flea bite in the ocean !" Nevertheless It stanifcs to reason that the lower bouse Is more prolific in quantity. If not In quality, in its stock of bowlers than tbe upper, seeing that It has so many more opportunities. Captain Craig, the fiery Ulsterman. cooked the following oratorical stew: "The naked sword Is drawn for the fight, and never again will the black smoke of the Nationalists' tar barrels drift on the home rule wind to darkoa the hearts of Englishmen." If anything couldvkill home rule one would think that wvnld. Sir W.Hart Dyke was criticising the standing order forbidding peers from speaking during general elections. Some one had quoted Ixrd Htlsbury as doing so, and Sir William solemnly said. "I must admit that the honorable gentleman has gone to the top of the tree and caught a very large fish." London Tit-Bits. Easy. "Henry." she said, "I wish I couU organize a society of some kind. It seems to be the only way to secure social recognition In this town." "Well, why don't you go ahead and organize one?" "I can't think of anything that I'm an authority on. If I should organize a drama club some other woman who knew more about the drama than I would butt In and get herself elected president. It would be tbe same way with suffrage, ethical culture and child study and music. I'm unfortunately not an authority on any of these things, and if I KOt up a society I should, of course, want to be the head oflf "Well, why not organize a Browning club? You can pretend to know all about Browning, and the other women who pretend to know all about him won't know whether you're fooling them or not" Chicago Record-Herald Palladium Want Ads Pay.

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L CONTRIBUTIONS Knights of Columbus 25.00 Central Christian church lu.w) American Seedlng-Mch. Co.... 50 00 Ward R. Howard 20 00 Daniel Burkhardt 2000 W. A Bond graa "L.90 Greek Candy Co J.'...JS.C Hans H: Wagner ... Xt 11. C. Delcamp y. ? t.00 Sara A. Hyner Mrs. Simcoke 100 S. O. Berry 5.0rt Mary Martin 6.00 Frank Teetor lO.Ort Internationa! Harvester Co.... 25.00 Mr. Richards , 5 00 Mr. Mulrlsh 6.00 L. A. Knopf . 10.00 Richmond City High School... 2R.0O ' O. II. Brubaker 1.00 Mrs. F. N. Watt 50 00 Cash 2 00 Ida Rartel 5 00 Louisa Erk 3.00 Wm. A. Erk .................. 2.00 Lay ton Myrick 4.00 Study &. Study 15.00 Cash 2.00 TO GIVE DANCE THIS EVENING A dance will be given this evening In the Pythian Temple by the Past Chief Pythian Sisters and Iola lodge. The Weisbrod orchestra will furnish the dance music. Invitations must be presented at the door. PASSED FLOOD (National News Association) CARIO, 111., March 27. Creeping over a large number of acres, the Ohio river here this morning passed the flood stage of forty-five feet. The river stage this morning was 45.0 feet. Tbtfr is bo tnedldje so sask as.a at fbo tarn io so pleasant to take as Dr. CaidweU'a Syr"""' sin. tbe positive core (r all diseases erfaiw i stomach trouble The otic le very rsa BOIL ALL WATER (Palladium Special) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 27. The following warning has been Issued to all health officers and citizens of Indiana by the Indiana state board of health: - On account of the present flood conditions throughout the state, the necessity of boiling all water used for drinking purposes la most urgent. This applies equally to all public water supplies and to all wells. Health officers are requested and urged to use their utmost endeavor to. impress upon, the people of their communities the importance of this precaution. Boil all water used for drink, no matter what its source,, not only: while present flood conditions prevail but afterwards and until assured the water supply is safe. A wide spread outbreak and epidemic of typhoid and diarrheal diseases is sure to follow in the wake of- the flood unless this precaution Is strictly observed. Indiana State Board of Health, fr K a umnuf . 1- O. aecQa Ixll. Ma $16

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