Weekly Republican, Volume 57, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 October 1911 — Page 3

BÜIN SPREAD B! LOOSENED FLOOD Hurls Battering Broadside of Water against Austin. BUILDINGS WITHER BEFORE. IT Wen, Women and ChüdrerT Are Misting and Hundreds of Bodies Are Thought to Be Ee"eath Wreckage Scattered for Miles. Austin, Pa., Oct. 2. Sweeping itself a clean patl) for an even inil,, axillär -of water Jammed its tattering ram of cordwood through the valley where the town of Austin lay on Saturday. There it smashed a breacUide j against the full length of t,he rincipal street, gathering r s;-. v. ant the boards thct t : v house, cj ; i;viU before were the splintered - ira??:--. r.ts against the m tlal line of blick stores. Brick and steel gave way almost 33 completely as had the less solid construction. Put the wave was hindered Icng enough to j i!e up to the height cf a three-story building the mass of torn debris. Then tie flood lipped Abend, swirlinsr ever the few small r.uildiuss th.it lay below until it da e ti railioad shops v, e cars and I emotives were firfrd cnto their ic'cs and stripped cf their wheels and ixof. and where the naiur.il gai i::res in the engine rccirs v. ere serared off. Then came the f.re that finished the J-h in the yard3 and in the nearby s-hors After that Oe W3ter kept cn thro'ih the valley until it had troucht down all but four cf the fcuuses in Ccstcib. the village? that lies three miles below. Estimates cf the loss of life lies between ." arxd CCO. Enumerators o' the last census have besun th,? t-.sk cf rc.ing through th? hcuses upon the Mllsides. where the xhcme?es3 cr.e? have been taken. It is enly by elimination, the authorities believe, th:.; anything like an accurate count can te made. The work of clearage ha? begun, but it will be a long task ant even the census takers work canno ta rcmplcted for many days. Only sixty are positively known to be dead tvt scores are missing. It Is a curious fact that. the li?t of the injured i? piactically neyliibla. The state physirfi ns and nurses, whe came supplied with bandages and jrredicii es. have found nothing to do. They have turned their efforts to feeding anJ clothin? the pordation that liad efry grocery store and meat marVet ylred away. The break in the dam.' that brushed off the one business atreet and crumpled up four churches did not injure or maim. It stance' out life or left these men and weiten untouched The manner in which the.roonle of Austin last their lives is tvpified in the cave of the fsmlly cf State Senator Fank E, Baldwin. His sister. Mrs Jf. C. Collins, had a few scccnts more naming then many. Her father anf mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Baldwin. vere in their ncme cn Turner street, which lay between the dam and th? chief thoroushfare. Mrs. Pcüins tbcucht IxamedirtIy of the fact that fcer father was crippled and that .her -mother was very inform and alrr.c? U.'üd. She ran to their house, reused tl.-eru and started alcng the sMewalfc that led to cne cf the cress streets tr the hill. Their way was rsft tb-c Presbyterian ctvrch End as they I.f.ssod this bulMfes the apprcachlivclunn cf water reached them. A man v.-ho strod urrn one of the sae hillsides aw the church t'-ppte and fal! ' upon t?e three as t V e I'jwsrfcter crre' her parents ;icng thestreet. There is not the slightest doubt that J!rs. Coüin cculd have st?ve1 herself But s he died w ith her father ird muther. As the quiet mm and wemen t:arnr!d rours I-tT orthe fist rtoin vhore tfa-e v.ater had rushed thirty feet deep the qv-e-tlcn ttat came to many m'nds wes, where ere Ihe children? Here and thtre w-rs a boy who f cvaruhJed over tie vreckase cr a ci;l v. ho stood silently looking cn. hut there was norhing like the curlovs lot of ycungsters that tee authorities txjject at the rhce of a cirastcr. II thesi milling tcvns cf this rtate a:re plentifully supplied with children. The cr.ly answer rcexeJ to be that when those heaps are cleared away a treat number of small tcdles , Till be bought out. Tie great disaster cc-r-nrrcd on Saturday, and of course school wrs not in siflon and the children were sfattere-j over tewn. The dam that split into eight pieces J'dt as a row cf ccrnicoes will bulge apart w as not an old structure. , It v. as placed telcw an nnilr.te wpeden cruh. a trille over twd'years aco. 'But there have been murmuring against the fcesvy hulk cf watei4 that it refctrained, even In spile of its newness. Tfce women of the town especially

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FLOOD DISASTERS OF RECENT YEArtS. 1833 Canton river flooded; 3.CC0 persons drowned. 1ES2 Johnstown destroyed by breaking dam in Conemaugh river; 2,. 42 persons drowned. 1894 Destructive floods in WisJ consin. 1827 Mississippi valley floods; J heavy less of life. ? 1S0O Galveston, Tex inundated; over 6,000 lives lost and $12, CC0.C00 property destroyed by West Indian hurricane. 1905 Mississippi flooded; damage 31.CC0.C00. J 1910 River Ceins overfows; damage $200,000,000; 2CC.CC0 J people homeless. fcavj worried about the dam when it miht break. The men were disposed to laugh at these iears. Last sarins there was an alarm J when it v as thought tt-at the brink i was ready to give away. The water I poured over It so freely and with such vic:eüce that urn j-alloj vd en horseback down the valley cryii g the warning ih.it another rider onre gave in a KcoJ in tu3 state. At that time the P0! ran to overhanging hills, but there w j no ncüc for their fears. The flccd did njt ccme. But when fhe alarm was over and the townspeople went out to look at the barriers it was found that the concrete had slipped down something like eii:hleeu inches. After that notches were cut in the upper surface to lessen the pressure by permitting a larger volume of water to trickle over the edse. But when the state official camo to examine the b: ol en , fragments it was found that cne cf the notches had been filled np completely with concrete and that werk was in progress on the ethe. Four feet of new concrete was found in this gap and the fcrms were up for mere. Werk had been dene upon it Saturday. The examination cf Farley Gannett, engineer for the state water supply commission, showed that one chunk of concrete, weighing perhaps a ton and a haif. had Lcen projected down stream for 100 feet. Another much longer section lay sixty feet out cf the plumb line of the dam. Mr. Gannett found a man who from the hillside saw the bursting cf the wall. "John Newman, a politician of Cci-dercpout," said the state engineer, "told me that he was drivins along the hillside away frcm the dam. His companion tuined back to lock at the flood of water. " 'It seems to me that there's an awful lot cf water comins over today,' said Newman. "That's right.' agreed his ariver, and then as they locked Freeman shouted: 'By God. there it goes.' M The big lump popned cut of place and catapulted down the stream. Then like the cracking of a whip the other snapped out. In another second the great mass cf wood pulp wa3 being flicked into the air like matches. It went up like a cloud. The smoke stacks of the paper mills were hidden behind the spray and cracking Ijs. The chunk that popped so far clown was the first to give away. It was the top naif cf a dection, rippod off as cleanly as if it had been pawed. The exposed surface cf the base that remained in places showed that it had not been roughened. It apparently marked the end of.a day's werk in the constructicn rnd the only way in vhich the next day's section had been welded to it was fcy four twisted iron bars which were pressed downward today. Mr. Gannett 4was not wil'.lng to say what he thcusht had caused the break. He will make a clcse inspection of the desirns before he makes his report to the water supply commission. The dam wa3 owned by the Baylies ! Pul; Parer company, which ha3 its j headquarters" in Binghamton, N Y.i The vast zrrcunt of water confined above the dam was used in the processes of washing pulp after its chemi cal treatments before it is turned into paper. Th property loss will exceed $6,OOO.OOO. and it is the general opinion that the town never will be rebuilt. At least one of the large plants will not -be reconstructed, and a majority cf the business men of the place havi been finally ruined. AMERICAN GAIN IN CHINA Harvester Company Gets Lease , Land Near Harbin. on Tokio. Oct. 2. The Kokimunin, which Is the officially inspired organ. In h dispatch frcm Pekinuuder double headlines 'say3 that America, having j thrice failed to secure a foothold Id ; Älanchuria, has obtained a secret treaty, and perpetual leases on 50,000 agricultural acres near Harbin. The dispatch adds that the land Is to be improved by an American harvester company and that China will pionde military guards and defray the crtt of Importing expefc' labor. The ol ject is to empbv a pnrt of the quadrr r Icca in tLe development of Manchuria.

ONE BUG STILLSTANDS Ali of Austin That Was on Low Ground Is Leveled. FIVE CHURCHES SWEPT AWAY Ruins Still Burning Schoolhouse Is Converted into Morgue and There ' Are Not Coffins Enough to Go Around. Austin. Pa., Oct 2. Fifty men have been sworn in as deputy pclice and are aiding in the search for bodies The stat constabulary have arrived and are patrolling the town and surrounding country. But fifty buildings remain in what was Austin and they are perched along the hillside. All five churches were destroyed and the Austin National bank is the- only building that still stands in the town below. The loss of life is estimated between 400 and 500. Over 100 bodies have been recovered and there is a great dearth of coffins. The school house on the hill has been converted into a morgue, and it i3 crammed with bodies. Bodies are said to have been seen as far as ten miles south cf Austin, and - a prent many of them v.-iil neve? bs recovered, as they will be swept down to the Susquehanna river The3ocd has mas cf todies and bits of wreckage and not eve'i a foundation or cellar remains. Except for the bank build ing the tite of Austin is a levelled mas of bedies and bits of wreckage. Fire3 are still burning among the piles of drift and irtny bodies are being burned. The Renova fire department Is on the ground and are gradually overcoming the flames. They brought 200 men with them on a special train. At the Buffalo and Susquehanna jar shops a great pile of bodies is believed to be, beneath the wreckage. The fire companies aie trying to extinguish the flames here in order to recover the bodies. Belief trains have ben sent from Williamsport, Port Ahegany, St. Marvs. Olean. Cornint, Galletcn and Cor.dcrport. Three car loads of provisions and clothiiig were sent frcm WiliismF port and the citizens have raised ovr a thousand dollars as a relief fund AH the cities In the state are sending in contributions in Austin. ' The tents sent by the state depart ment proved a eod-serd It roSned al' ! rfnv onrl th Inlntcrt nipn wi-non i:rl children have been sheltered by the tents The state department also sent a relief train witn fifteen physicians and twenty nurses. Word received here from Costello. a small village ten miles south cf Austin. states that ten of its residents lost their lives in the flood, which descended from Austin to them. Fifty buildin were washed away and heln is - - needed there badly. THREE FOUND MURDERED Man, Wife and Daughter Dead in Their t Beds in Monmouth, III. Monmouth, 111.. Oct. 2.-The bodies of William E. Dawson, his wife and . 4 j v. their thirteen-year-old daughter Georgia were fcund dead in their beds, They had been killed by blows with an ax while asleep. " The authorities have sent out a call for the arrest cf an ex-convict against whom Dawson Is said to have given Information which led to conviction on the charge of horse stealing. Thd man was released from the Jollet pen itentiary several months ago and since that time is said to "have threat ened that he would kill Dawson. Outside of '.his meager information

there is no clew on which to base a to have 5,000 acres of" land to each search fcr the murderer. . malef jn order to supply his food. j . Mr. McDonald has been able to TRANSFERS BRIBERY CASES b"e,P Mrs- Hulst bv ianin?rscraP ( . books, pictures, etc. The new booV Special Judge Grant. Change ofV.nu.K "7 fothe. Lan,U

to Four Defendants. Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 2. Chang of venue to the Porter, county circuit court was granted by -Special Judge Van Fleet in the Lake county circuit court, to Mayor Thomas E. Knotts, City Engineer CJA. Wil listen. Councilman Bowser, and Jean J. Nib off of Gary. They are charged with bribery In letting a heating franchise. Four ccuucilraen under similar charges told tfce court they were satisfied that they cculd obtain a fair trial in Crown Point Samuel E. Parker of South Bend was commissioned special prosecutor for thb sttte. He hrd been engaged b,y Governor Marshall.

- Reunion of Co. D. 73rd Ind. Co. I), was recruited in Marshall County, Indiana in t!;e summer of 18G2, and mustered into tue U. S. service Ausr. 16, 18ü2. 100 strung with V. M. Kendall as captain, John II. Beeber 1st Lieut., W. T. Grimes 2nd Lieut. Others rising V) commissions later were James M. Beeber, Capt. W. S. Ramsey 1st Lieut., R. M. Brown 2nd Lieut. As the company became depleted by the ravages of war, recruits were added to the number of 32 makimr a total of 132 ,who did service in the company. Of this number 54 of the original company were mustered out July 1, 1865, and of the recruits. 22 were transferred, to the Veteran 29tli Ind. Hegt, and with them mustered out later. The history of the 73rd and of Co. D is too lengthy to give in detail, but it was one of hard service arid a record of which they feel proud. Nov. 14. 1SS2 Co. 1) held its first reunion at the farm residence of comrade Gibson, at which 12 of the company were present, and one represented by letter, of this number 4 have passed the final muster. Sept. 26. 1911 - the company held its 29th reunion, again at the residence of comrade Gibson, but this time in the city of Plymouth. Sixteen members' of the company were present on this occasion, v .. J. H. 5eecer(and wife, J. M. Beeber and wife, S. O. Beeber, G. IL Beeber, W. S. Itamsey, f Jas. Spencer, G. W. Gerrard, wife and daughter, J. M. Gilxson and daughter. W. P. B. Covert. C. H. Wilcox and wife, E. K. Barnhill, wife and daughter, Joe White, Win. Stafford and wife, Otto World, Jl A. Lowry, and W. IL II. Simons. Thirte?n of this number were of the original company and three were recruits. Honorary members present were M, Agler, 46th O. V. L, Mrs. S. Pomeroy, Mrs. IL C. Taber, Mrs. P. Gibson. Mrs. P. Bearbower, Mrs. II. Botsett, Mrs. Serena Keyuolds, Mrs. Mollie Parker, Mrs. Rose Wiley. Visitors. C. Kanaar. Co. 1 ,73rd Ind.. R. Barnhill. J. Martindale, Miss Maud Maitindale. An excellent dinner was served at the Crown restaurant. The next reunion is to lc held at the residence of Comrade Stafford in Argos. Officers elected. Wm Stafford, president ; G. II. Beeber, vie? president ; E. K. Barnliill. secretary-treasurer. The only death reported was that of W. F. New-house at Hutchison. Kas., April 1, BUI. E. K.' Barnhill, Secretary.

WRITING LOCAL HISTORY. Michigan Lady Is Putting In Print the Story 'cf the Wrongs Done to Indians. Mrs. Henry ' Hülst of Grand a book ! Rapids. Mich., is writing with the purpose of doing justice to the Indians of this locality in the early days. Mrs. Hülst visited 1 1 tuo".Ui last summer, trying to find Hon. Dani?l McDonald, who is known as an authority cn the Indian question. She also went to Twin Lakes to s?e the Indian Monument, the only one of its kind in the world. Mrs. Hülst is telling the story of tMe.Pottawattomics and their chief of southern Michigan and northern Indiana. She feels that the Red Man has been greatlj wronged b his vhite l ruth?r. who should at j least be brcusht to realize the de?pness cf the color of his sin. In manv cageSf America over, the Rd Man received the newcomers with , . ,, . , nd,-v .welcome, regarding the pale aces as ?orts- or as a superior race it i " r. He save him gifts and food and was in turn deceived, robbed and tracherouslv treated over and over again until the Indian was justified in feeling nothing but hate for the new settler. is just now passing over the whole nation. which is beginning to see , , , i , , . 4, with less hot-headedness what their . A. . 4l , . , relations to the Indian should have bcen an,J a ret that a race in many points so noble should have been so ruthlessly swept from their pleasant hunting grounds, Of course it was in evitable that the Indian raee could " not hold forever symucb ,.oloKi i,i c th sion in America. It 'is said that, on account of the ignoxant and wasteful wavs in which .the Indian got his living, it was. necessary for him aoiiDiiess oe reau wiui mieresi uv many in this county. Will Enter Theological School. James II. Bishop, formerly of this city, and who has been visit im; here for the past few days left last evening for ' Nashotah, Wisconsin w' ere 1 wil' ent-r a theoloaieal school,, with the intention of takin': a five year course to prepare himself for the nrirst-hood. Although livinsr here but a shori ti"e. Mr. Bishop had a hnre circk of acquaintances and friends, and if is with our sincere hopes J for bis welfare that he haves ns. He wa accompanied by Rev. Ivins and Dr. Hitchcock, who will return soon.

REPUBLICAN STATE Gil LEE li cm

IS MAKING A TOUR OF THE STATE AND PREPARING PARTY FOR ORGANIZATION IN JANUARY. ABOUT REGISTRATION Points Out How Law Will Make a Different Campaign And More Expense Than Heretofore. Sept. 23. Republican state chairman E. M. Lee was in Plymouth Thursday for a short time, oniv Ions enough to talk with al few of the republicans of the city. He is making a tour of the state for the purpose of preparing the party for the next organization which is to take place in January. Mr. Lee is finding out the conditions in each county, mostly as it affects the national administration. He tinds that the unexpected and crushing defeat of reciprocity in Canada is leading many people who had opposed that measure to look upon it in a different light. These people T.ad gone on the theory that of course Canada would accept the treaty because it was for the benefit of Canada. Now, however, when they see that the Canadians look upon it as a thing for the benefit of the United States and against the interests of Canada, they are beginning to believe that maybe after all President Tar't was riirht. At least theypive him credit for having the best interests of all the people at heart. A Different Campaign. Mr. Lee says the next campaign will be considerably different than we have experienced before, because of the new Registration law. H will necessitate energetic work by the committeemen and the whole fount;, organization much earlier in the y?ar than heretofore. The party workers will have to look after the registration of voters in May and to that end will need to have their poll made much earlier than ever before. Mr. Lee says the effort should be to get as manv registered at the first reristration.a.s possible so that the remaining part of the campaign can be devoted moie to other work. Additional Expense. Not only will to new law put much additional expense oh the taxpaver but it will also draw heavily on the campaign funds. It will be necessary to bring absent voters home to register and then home again for votinsr. This will make double the work for the secretary of the committee and double the expense for postage and printed matter. The new and drastic- laws on vote buying and the publication of campaign expenses will also eause care and "watchfulness in the expenditure and in the bookkeeping of the treasurers of the-commitees. The County Organization. Chairman Lee is particularly anxious about the county organization Because of the new laws mentioned above, ' especially the registration law, he feels that the commit ieemeL and chairman chosen next January should be the best and most careful men to be found. He hopes the rank and file will take an active part in the selection of these men and so!?ot them with a view 4to conducting the party affairs on the new basis made by different state laws. Midnight In the Ozaxks ünd vet sleepless Hiram Scranton, of Clay City, III., coughed and coughed. He was in the. mountains on the advice of five doctors, who said he bad consumption, but found no ''e!p in the climate, andstarted home. -Hearing of Dr. King's New Discoverv. he began to use it. "1 bel'eve it saved my life," he writes "for it made a new man of me, so that I can now do good work again." For all lung diseases, coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup, whoopintr coiurh, hay fever, hemorrhages, hoarseness or quinsy. th" ' est known remedy. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free, fiuaranteed by Fred Wenr.ler. Are Painting Factory. The E?erton Manufacturing Co. are havimr their factory buildinsrs fvnted n bright yellow, whicb will add greatly to the appearance of the plant. - v V

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HE GOT THE JOB A young man having applied to a wholesale hous for a position recently found himself before the manager for examination. "Have you a bank account?" T7as the first question. have, was the reply. "Let me see your bank book," was the nerc reguest. Aft er glancing over it and noting th leng list of regular, though small depo sits, he said: "Young man, you axer engaged and I want to compliment you on your saving ability. I always is. sist upon employing men who have the good sense to save their money" We invite every young man in this co mmuaity to opea aa sreoaat at tki' bank. This ad contaiivs five words as folio ws: 1. Used to write with. 2 A personal prodoun 3 One of our presidents ' 4 Means time past 5 A title ot nobility. 23 cents will be allowed on a $1.00 SAVINGS ACCOUNT for each correct solution. '.larshall County Trust & Savings Cc. PLYMOUTH. INDIANA

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