The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 49, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 April 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse. - - - Indiana., GRAND JURY REPORTS FORT WAYNE SCANDAL TO EE AIRED IN COURT. WOULD IMPEACH FELGER County Superintendent of Schools, Charging Him With Extreme Moral Degeneracy and Asking That He Be Removed From Office—Other News of the Day. Fort Wayne, Ind., March 29.—The special Allen county grand jury, which started on March 17 to investigate the Shocking social conditions in Fort Wayne, bared by the confessions of four young girls, filed its report to Judge Eggeman in the circuit court at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, returned thirty-two true bills against persons involved in the scandal and brought impeachment proceedings against County Superintendent of Schools Henry G. Felger, charging him with extreme moral degeneracy and asking that he be removed from office. ( Arrests made on the indictments by Sheriff Gladieux late yesterday afternoon and hist night were: Jacob Funk. former treasurer of Allen county, charged with contributing to the delinquency of Martha Lugar and Hazel Thomas; two counts; bonds of S2OO furnished in each. Thomas G. Moorhead, charged with blackmail end conspiracy to commit a felony: bond of SSOO furnished in each count. Charles Kellogg, for criminal assault upon Lillian Godfrey; arrested tn his celi at county jail; held in default of $1.0’): ‘ bond. Noah Barrett, for perjury in trial ot case against bi'm in circuit court; arrest cd in jail: held in default of SI,OOO bond. Sum‘Leon, Chinaman, for contributing to - delinquency of girls; two counts: in jail. ' Joe Quong, Chinaman, for contributing to delinquency of girls; two counts; bend of SIOO furnished. Mrs. .Eva Spahr, who, as is Attorney Moorhead, is charged with blackmail and conspiracy, has SSOO bond posted for her appearance in police ‘court, and she was not arrested last night. Howard Paxson, negro proprietor of the pressing club In the Tri-State building, is also under bond in the city court and he will not ba arrested today on the Contributing charges that are against him. The other defendants in the scandal - k* ->Lr .uoluiuy. Most of them are oung men of slight and they are charged with contributing. The nature of a few of the .indictments Mr. Hilgeman would not make public last evening. When they learned, that the grand jury had reported, attorneys for Funk and Moorhead brought their clients to office and bonds were arranged immediately. Transport Relief Contributions Free. New York, March 28.—The Adams, the American, the National, the Southern, the United States and the Wells- . Fargo Expres companies hatfe issued instructions to the agents of their respective companies that they will carry free contributions of money and necessary supplies tor the relief of the sufferers from the floods in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and adjacent flooded districts when such shipments are consigned to municipal authorities or organized relief commit-., tees. ■Allens Given Few Hours to Live. Richmond, Va., March 28.—After an wll-night conference between Lieut. Governor Ellyson, Attorney General Williams*and friends of Allen it was announced at 2 o’clock this morning that Superintended Wood had agreed to postpone the execution of Floyd Allen and Claude Swanson Allen until tomorrow afternoon. The attorney general has agreed to furnish Lieut. Gov. Ellyson wit’ a written opinion as to his right to communte the sentence by noon. Conklin Wins 13.2 Championship. Philadelphia, Pa., March 29.—■ Charles P. Conklin, of Chicago, defeated his fellow townsman, Percy "Collins, in the afternoon game of the National 18.2 balk fine billiard championship tournament by a s£ore of 400 to 369. Plunge? to Death. New York, March 29. —Justice Henry Bischoff, of the New York state supreme court, plunged eleven stories down an elevator shaft to his death yesterday, afternoon. Cashier Pardoned *y Taft. Leavenworth, Kas., March 29. —William W. Montgomery, of Pittsburg, Pa., cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, left the federal penitentiary here, pardoned by President Taft, one of the latter’s ofl cial acts. He was under a fifteen ■ sentence.. Falls Fi- Trestle. Newcastle, Ind., March 25. —John Hagner, an employe of the Fisher Welch Construction Company, fell from a temporary trestle across Blue river and was drowned. Elkhart Mer Are Indicted. Elkhart, Ind., March 27. —Three Elkfaartans were arrested Wednesday evening by Sheriff Leader on indictments found by the grand jury which concluded its deliberations at Goshen i Tuesday night and returned eleven In*

FLOOD IS RECEDING Latest Estimate of Loss ot Life andjroperty DANGER NOW FROM DISEASE Conditions Throughout Ohio Valley Are Appailing-Accurate Los x s of Life and Property May Never fee Known

Wire connection with the worst of the flood district was practically cut *off yesterday and not until late in the afternoon did definite bulletins begin creeping in through the congestion of rush messages with which the telegraph offices are packed. Receding Rapidly at Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne. March 29.—With the estimates upon the damage in Fort Wayne varying at from a million'and a quarter to three million dollars, the city is rapidly recovering from the appalling disaster which claimed six lives and so great an amount of property: Relief work has been reduced to an exact system, plenty of supplies in sight, the water service partially restored and the flooded districts properly protected by the police and special officers, conditions are greatly Improved. At 2:39 this morning the” waters had gone down just five feet and were receding rapidly. Assurance is given by the,, weather bureau that there is no immediate danger of a recurrence of the flood. But one of the five bodies lost in the wild rage pf waters while the floods were at their heighth had been recovered last night. The body of Esther Kramer was 1 found itr a field near.the orphans’ home. Today re-

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newed efforts will be made to find the bodies of the three other inmates who drowned and the unknown man who was drowned at the foot of the West Main street bridge. Rising at New Albany. New Albany, Ind., March 29. —Hundreds of families have been from their homes by the Ohio river rise and others are moving in anticipation of a further rise. All factories on the river front are closed. The Louisville and St. Louis division of the Southern railway is the only road entering here that is operating trains. SIOO,OOO Bridge Washed Away. Wabash, Ind., March 29. —The new cement bridge over the Wabash river west of Huntington was demolished Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. The structure was erected recently at a cost of about SIOO,OOO. Highest Waters in History of County. Columbia City, Ind., March 27.—According to the oldest settlers in Whitley county, the highest waters in the history now prevail and unless the rains ceases thousands, of dollars’ damage will be done. Bowser Works Not Affected. Fort Wayne, March 27.—The S. F. Bowser & Company’s big plant is one of the few manufacturing concerns of the city not affected by the flood. The plant has its own water and lighting system. Train Service Paralyzed. Fort Wayne, March. 27.—Train service on all local trains is continually getting worse, and with no relief in the flood situation in sight, there is danger that this city will become entirely cut off from all Communication. Drowned Man Is Not Identified. Fort Wayne, March 27.—At 2:30 this morning the police had not learned the Identity of the man who was drowned when a rescue boat in vhich he was riding with City Attorney Hogan overturaed.

Ohio River Rising. Cincinnati, 0., March 28. —As the waters of the Ohio river continue to rise, increased In volume by the flood waters from tributaries east and north of here, the city is facing the worst flood in its history. I.ate yesterday the river stage was sixty-four feet with indications that before many hours have passed the gauge would reach seventy feet, almost the mark of 1884, the record year. Weather forecasters here expressed conviction that during today the river would reach sixty-eight feet and would go to the severity-foot mark early next week, probably Monday. The weather bureau also declared there would be a further rise of five to ten feet at all points above here within the next two or three days. At Cincinnati the conditions have not yet reached an acute state but it is feared that spoil they will. All the lowlands to the west and east of the city has been submerged and also along the water front of the business section. The commercial houses are gradually disappearing under the yellow waves of the river. No loss of life has occurred here, due to the precautions of the authorities. Across the river along the Kentucky shore conditions are rapidly becoming worse. At Covington more than 500

houses are reported submerged and the occupants are being given shelter ' and protection in the public buildings that have been thrown open to them. Newport, which, with Covington, is opposite Cincinnati to form the larger of the suburban sections, is in almost as bad a case as its neighboring city. ,The flood water is rising in all parts of the town and in has filled the cellars of housed tor the second time within a year. 18 Dead at Chillicothe. Chillicothe, 0., March 29. —First authentic information regarding the loss of life shows 18 persons dead here. Already eleven bodies have begn taken from the wreckage of homes in the east and where many railroad men live. With field glasses seven more bodies were discovered hanging on the kilgore bridge, three miles south of here, but it has been impossible to recover them. Hopeful at Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind., March 27.- —While the day dawned threateningly, conditions here were better than last night, and it became evident that the rising waters of the river would hardly reach a mark which would close the water and gas plants. There was no cessation of service. At 10 o’clock yesterday morning the Wabash was rising but an inch an hour and officials ere confident there would be no extensive damage here. In Taylorville the water has reached the streets and many houses are already deserted. Carriers to Help. Fort Wayne, March 27—Postmaster Hanna has notified the city authorities that in case the health department desires to distribute notices or instructions to the people concerning sanitary regulations, such matter will be delivered free of charge by carriers. One Pancake Sustained Them. Fort Wayne, March 27. —A family rescued from-a Cherry street home in Nebraska was confined to their home for two days wjth one pancake as the food supply for three.

Place Dayton’s Loss of Life at 200. South Dayton. 0., March 29.— Dayton’s loss of life probably will not exceed 200. This estimate is based upon a personal canvass of almost a hundred of Dayton’s leading citizens, men of unquestioned judgment and reliability who have been engaged in relief and rescue work in every section of the city ever since the rising waters invaded the business section. The property loss purely tangible and real will probably exceed $50,000,000. This includes damage to real estate and public works in those parts of the city where these forms of property are most valuable; to automobile stores in two leading garages and other personal . property, muclu. of which was owned by the more prosperous residents; to manufacturing, mercantile and jewelers’ stocks which were swept away; public utility plants and equipment and it includes also the cost miles of asphalt streets and walks which were literally ripped from their beds. The loss of life is confined almost entirely to north Dayton, inhabited by foreigners and laborers. West Dayton, which comprises districts of a more subtsantial character, in Riverable, in Dayton View and other residence districts there was almost no loss of life. Several lives are known to have been lost in the business district, but none of the rumors that hu- ' man beings had perished in the fire which swept two city blocks will stand 'the test of searching investigation. In fact a score of cool-headed men who were in some of the buildings and others who watched the tire from across the street, assert positively that every occupant of the burning buildings escaped. Sixteen Dead at Brockvill,e. Brookville. Ind.. March 29. —Sixteen known dead, half a dozen missing, i heavy loss ot property and live stock ; and a food and fuel famine Imminent |is the situation in Brookville. Many • of those rescued will, it is feared, die from the effects of exposure. There ere six persons missing and it is feared that they have been drowned and their bodies washed away or buried in debris that has not yet been searched. The flood that came without warning caught nearly everyone in bed and ■ there was no chance even to gather I enough clothing for ordinary protection. Members of families in some instances awoke to find water rushing over the beds and their houses being carried down the valley by the swift current of the stream. The flood took every a ing in its path. Buildings that were v.:o far out from the current to be carried away were tossed back, a mass of wreckage. The lighting plant was put out of commission and the darkness added to the confusion. Screams of the injured and helpless were scarcely heard above the roar of the water and the crashing of timbers and other debris. A report from Metamora, seven mies north of here, says that fourteen persons are drowned and one, Ed Grohol n"b- wA®* 1 ' there is no comini.;. !s()g q the two places. Ton of Dynamite Floats Avyay. Markle, Ind., March 28. A small shanty at the plant of the Markle Stone Company, near here, containing a ton of dynamite, was washed away by the flood late yesterday afternoon and is floating down the Wabash river toward Huntington. Telephone messages were sent westward, warning watchers at bridges, for it is feared that the house will strike a span and explode. Water does not affect dynamite. Troops to Dayton. Lima, Ohio, March 27.—Thirteen carloads of militiamen from Lima. Ada, Van Wert. Kenton. Bucyrus and Galion; eight companies in all.on their way to Dayton to aid in the flood rescue work, are stranded at Sidney, O. Advices from there state that they will wait until morning to try for transportation to Piqua and thence march to Dayton. A train load of militia from Cleveland and Mansfield will ; reach Lima at midnight via Crestline. Ohio Votes $250,000. Columbus, Ohio, March 27. —The house, under suspension of rules, immediately passed a bill introduced by Mr. Lowery for the relief of the flood sufferers. It carries $250,000 and this entire sum is placed in the hands of the governor for distribution as he deems fit. The bill carries the emergency clause, so it goes into effect immediately upon passage. Issue New WaWrning. Columbus, 0., March 27. —Warnings were issued to all points on the Muskingum river below Zanesville. The warnings were isused by United States Weather Forecaster Smith on the strength of telegrams from Zanesville and other points showing that the Muskingum river early yesterday stood ten feet above its highest nolnt. Force People to Safety. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon Chief of Poolice Abbott issued an order to all officers engaged in rescue work to allow no one to remain in homes in the most seriously flooded districts —to use force if necessary when residents who were obviously in danger and insisted in staying in their homes. The orders were obeyed and in numerous instances in Nebraska and Bloomingdale people were carried bodily from their homes and placed in boats. Nine Hours on Ledge. Peru, Ind., March 27.—A boat which was carrying a man from his inundated house to safety, sprung a leak and the man took refuge on the ledge of a'building where he remained for nine hours before relief came. Starved Two Days.* Fort Wayne, March 27.—The family of L. H. Blair, residing at 515 Cherry street, was without food for two days. They were removed from their, home In Nebraska at 10:30 o’clock this morning.

Wilson Issues an Appeal. Washington, D. C., March 27.—The following appeal in connection with the in the middle western states was issued by President Wilson: “Jhe terrible floods in Ohio and Indiana have assumed the proportions of a national calamity. Loss of life and the infinite suffering involved prompts me to issue an earnest appeal to all who are able. in however small away, to assist the labors of the American Red Cross, and send contributions at once to the Red Cross at Washington or to the local treasurers of the society. “We should make it a common cause. The needs of those upon whom this sudden and overwhelming disaster has come should quicken every one capable of sympathy and compassion to give immediate aid to those who are laboring to'rescne ami relieve. (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON. - ’ Fifty Bodies Taken Out. West Dayton, Ohio, March 28. — After a day of gruelling work, volunteer rescuers have removed more than half a hundred bodies from the waters of the great Miami river and Wolf creek, saved upward of five hundred who. for two days, have been clinging to roofs or living in upper stories.

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With the coming of nightfall the efforts to rescue more persons was slackened and all of Dayton not in the central flood district waited in dread for the nightly fires which have added horrors to the already terrible situation. No fires have been seen in the central district “Since noon but the knowledge that thousands of persons are trapped on upper floors of the buildings where boln cannot reach vixVitt" adds t«»v» >•- IV tiiv Warned Out Evansville. Evansville, Ind., March 28.—“A1l stock and moveable property affected by a 48-foot stage of the river at Ev- ■ ansvillo should be moved before sundown tonight.” was the warning issued by 'Lo-1 cal Forecaster Brand at 8 o’clock Friday morning. The local forecaster said the river here would go to 45 feet "Friday night and that all the Ken-> tucky bottoms opposite Evansville i and for fifteen miles above would be i under water. ■ ■ \ Advice from Cincinnati states that I j the river there will go to 65 feet by tonight and that a stage of 70 feet may be reached. The river here was 4LS feet at 8| o'clock as compared with 36.6 Thurs-' day, a rise of 5.2 feet.

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Bread Supply Gives Out. ; I.ocal restaurants were compelled to | substitute crackers for bread last ■ night on account of the extraordinary heavy demand caused by feeding the • many persons who have been work-. ing incessantly in rescue work and pa- i tioling the various beats about the > city. One restaurant keeper at mid-1 night said he had exhausted his supply j and did not have the assurance that | he could get any more today. The i bakeries of the city are working extra time in an effort to cope with the situation. Store Rooms Opened. Fort Wayne, March 27.—Thomas McKiernan states that some empty store rooms at 117 and 121 Grand, street are open to anybody seeking shelter at the present time, free of charge. Traction Lights City Hall, The traction company yesterday connected up the city hall for lights and the building was illuminated for the first time since the municipal plant went down early Tuesday morntat.

Troops to Logansport. Indianapolis, Ind., March 28.—Acting on a request from the sheriff of Cass county and over the protest of the mayor of Logansport. Governor Ralston yesterday directed that 190 state troops be; sent to Logansport to relieve voliiriteer police workers. The governor was told that the volunteers were exhausted and several citizens pleaded for the relief from state militia. Adjt. Gen. McCoy ordered out companies at Plymouth, Kokomo and Monticello to leave for Logansport at once and assume control of patrol duty there and to aid in the relief work among flood sufferers. Bridge at Warren Carried Away. Huntington. Ind.. March 29. —The Snlamonie river bridge in the town of Warren gave way to the flood Wednesday morning and halt of it was swept away. Warning was given of the calamity several hours before the structure gave way and everything possible was done to save it. The properly loss will be very heavy. Fear Worst at Evansville. Evansville. Ind., March f 29. —The Ohio river stood at a stage of 42.2 feet yesterday with the water rising a tenth of an inch an hour. White | river swept away the Hazelton fill on

the Chicago ami Eastern Illinois railroad and endangered that line’s bridge. Heavy loss of life occurred at this point in 1907 bur there were no fatalities yesterday. Fear of a recordbreaking flood in the Ohio valley is increase, official warnings being based on a minimum of 48 feet. Statement From Lieut. Gov. O’Neill. Indianapolis, March 28.—Lieutenant Governor William P. O’Neill, of Mishawaka, who is at Peru directing rescue work in that stricken city, - telephoned the Associated Press office here that twenty persons were found dead among the refugees in the court house there is absolutely untrue. Lieutenant Governor O’Neill says he knows of twelve or thirteen dead persons in Peru and that the death list will be much larger, but he would hazzard no guess as to.the total number of fatalities in the flood. “Peru is supplied with all the food, blankets, beds and clothing it can use at present,” Mr. O’Neill said, “and will call for further supplies if needed." Railroad officials were authority for the statement that lines converging into Indianapolis would have to stand a loss of $25,000,000 in that city and vicinity alone.

Band Stand Floats Away. Fort Wayne, March 27.—The Swinney park band stand was floated-from its foundation yesterday and lodged against the West Mam street bridge, where it was broken up and csrriml away upon the surging waters of the St. Marys. Autos to the Rescue. Fort Wayne, March 27.—Many automobiles are being used to transport flood sufferers from the places where they are landed from the boats to the havens of warmth and comfort. Red Cross Issues Appeal. Washington. March 27. —An appeal for aid for the svftcrcrs from the floods in Indiana and Ohio has been issued by the Red Cross, which announces it will collect and dutrlbuto funds sent to it. Chicago Life Savers at Work. Fort Wayne, March 27.—At 2:30 o’clock this morning the boat manned by the United States life saving crew from Chicago crossed the river to the orphans’ home to bring back its fleet load of children.

Know Each Other By REV. JAMES M. GRAY. D D., Dean of the Moody Bible iiulitute, Chicago

TEXT—For what is our hope, or Joy o« crown of rejoicing? Are jiot even ye. tn the presence ot our Lor® Jesus Christ, at His coming? I Thess. ?:13.

What more in teresting and ten der question de Christians ever pul one to anothei than this — Shai’ we know eact other in the lif« to come? The Bibit nowhere definltelj answers thatques tion. but the infer ences are many o' an affirmative kind For example there is the uni vcrsality of th< belief or hope o>‘ such recognition

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which Is expressed on every tomb stone and heard in the hymnody o> the church in all the centuries. A be lief of a few men in a few places t» not a sufficient ground of evidence but a belief of all men in all placet is very different. God would seem te be the author of a belief like this and, if eo. there must be a ground for it. In the second place, the reasonable ness of the idea strengthens the con victlon of its truth. For example, th< resurrection of which the Bibh speaks is' one ot Individuals, hut tri divlduals are capable of identifying themselves only as they identify oth ers with whom they were ■ *>-c'ated If. In other words, we sl-.a'l knpw our selves in the resurrection, th'en w« must know others who hav helped tc make us what we are. But the ob ject of the resurrect!.:: is equally con vincing. since it is to brir g reward tc the righteous and punishment to the wicked. These rewards and pupish ments are based upon the deeds don? in the body, but to remember th? deeds, we must remember those for o» against whom the deeds wer' done. What the Bible Says. In the third place, while the testimony of the Bible in this respect Is not definitely clear, it is so. Certainly Christ’s words tc Martha with reference to the resur rection of her brother Lazarus; imply that in the resurrection they wpuld be known one to another. Read the story in the eleventh of John to prove this. Furthermore, we have the teaching of Jesus in the parable of the unjust steward, recorded tn Luke 13. where he says: “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations.’’ It is difficult to interpret this in any other way than that in the life to come those saints of whom we have made friends here by our treatment of them wilf know and welcome us into the joys beyond. And Paul’s words in the text are to the same purport. He expected to meet those young Christians of Thessalonica when the Lord Jesus Christ should come in his glory, and evidently he expected to know them for they were to be his joy and crown of rejoicing in that day. Possible Objections. It is no objection to this that Jesus teaches In another place, (Matthew. 22:30) that in the resurrection there Is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, for such relationship is not necessary to Identity nor the spiritual joy of it. Some would say that in the life to come many friends would be missed who have not died In the faith of Christ, and that from such a point ot view recognition and reunion would make for sorrow instead of joy. But as Bishop Mant says: “Fear not, the prospect of the realms of tave Shall inar thy bliss, or thence sad lights arise To blunt thy sense of heaven's ecstasies: There, if thy heart with warm devotion glow. ' Meet for thy place, ’twill solace thee to know No friend of thine, mid those keen agonies In that dark prison-house of torment lies: For none is there but is of God the foe. And alien thus from thee. The ties of blood. And earth’s most sacred bonds, are but a twine Os grossamer, compared with what is owed To Him, the Lord of all! On Him recline: He shall thy heart of every care unload. He bld thy day with cloudless luster shine.” The practical effect of such a hope as this is an extended one. In the first place, it brings us strongly under the power of heavenly realities. In the second place, it Induces us to form only holy friendships that can be continued through eternity. In the third place, it affords the most precious consolation to the bereaved. “As year by year we lose Friends out of sight, to know How grows in Paradise our store!” Let the fact be emphasized in closig, that we are talking about tians and not the unbelieving people of the world. True Christians are ‘hose who have received Jesus Christ as their Saviour by faith, and who, regenerated by his holy spirit, are following him as Lord rind master. It is these who have this hope before them, and only these. Let us then ask ourselves with candor, as in the sight of God, whether we belong to this blessed company. God's Reminder. Every impulse of beauty, of heroism and every craving for purer beauty, fairer perfection, nobler type, and style of being than that which closes like a prison-house around us, in the dim, daily walk of life, isj&od’s breath, 'lod’s impulse, God’s reminder to the soul that there is something higher, sweeter, purer, yet tb be attained.— Harriet Beecher Stowe.