?he JtaUy J I ashon
No. 46 SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913 PRICK 10 CENT?
DAYTON, OHIO, IN RUINS
i
ID
MEN KILL WIVES ADO BABIES AND
THEN SUICIDE LO KEEP FROM
BURNING 10 DEATH
Chicago. March 26 ? Hardly had
tile iunl.ll - nrtK iiuii(>iWieoilnl tlx'
?-noruiou* rvtent of Ions to life and
|u>lierty in .'hp horrible ' >i?mh ? ry
clone, whet another calamity, over
whelming in its unfiling and ?|ile
?pmul in it* effectts, s\vet>t over
the miikllc state*.
Today there are mort' than two
hundred thousand people homeless
i Ohio. Indiana, Illinoi-i. Missouri,
end .Nebraska. Home* ar? gone
?ud I;uiii1k* are d<-a<l and starving,
while the tiplugv of water is inun
ilatirii; the country for hundred* of
miles. H??*ls iiiIIowmI the cyclones
ami river* are troui ten to twenty
feet above the ordinary high water
average.
l< lumhu*. March 'JO? Word conies
fn in l>a>io<i announcing more hor
r -r to a tit) already overwheime*!
vlth grief. \t three o'clock this
afternoon ihe entire business sec*
tion Ls oti fire with the city help
; less to stop the flame*. I?a> on In
doomed ami there is not the slight
er chauce ol' tuvlnj; hut an insigni
l? ?uit nut ??* it.
In order to ?arc pe death from the
flames, men, women anil children
| are Jumping from the roofs of
buildings into the torrential waters
u* ?> to nioet just as ??ertain death
by drowning, to wk*]*- a more lior
rlhle one by fire.
Strong men, who eani.ot Iwr to
1 see their families burned before
their faces, are killing thei wives aj
children and then committing sui
' cMe by scores.
The rains hive ceased hut the
tremendous amount of water to the
j t orth still comes in resistless
| violence.
The mayors of all cities in Ohio
and in the surrounding states have
ordered supplies and assistance rush
! ctl to the stricken towns.
Dayton, Maoh 26 ? Following tlie
NEW SPRING****
...IWIIincry...
now
Being
Displayed
H. J. Lynch
Th? Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
I
storms of yesterday, a flood swept
I down upou tills country which loft
; n iIImuIit no appalling that no words
cuu ilescrifh it. In this city there j
?ire from a thousand to eighteen
hundred jteuple dead from drowning
Water 1st |>?uriug tnrough the prin
cipal streets flft eon feet deep alio
(faring out building after building
with peoplf struggling, fighting and
dyiug In their hopeless romlmt with
toe rushing floods.
One of the school buildings, con- j
t. lining four hundred pupils, was
' i ashed away by the sudden rising
1 of the water and it is believed that
not a soul rac?|ieil alive. When
tho building Ix-gun to toller the
children shrieked '.Hit their fright
until the little vole* c? ukl be heard
for blocks above the sullen roar of
rushing waters and the crashing of
wrecked buildings.
Fire broke out in the oyer
turned hullilings and huge wooden J
?itrucvoTTN floated down the street* I
tuiniiug and crackling, adding |
(lames to the buildings left staml
ing until the city threatens total j
destruction. The flooli row so
mpldlj' thai there was no chance of j
".**pc, With eddying swirls and
maddening velocity the torrent* at
tacked the city, carrying away all
the frr.ine structures and wrecking
many of the stone one*. Los*
through spoiled merchandise on the
fi>-*>t fl tors and basement* of the tig
?stores will be enormous. Scenes of
death and destruction are heart
'-freaking.
Columbus, March 26? The gov
ernor has called out the state mill
ria to go to the relief of the flood
victims along the Ohio river which
ha> overflown its hanks and added
hundreds to the death lists In **???
of town*. A report amm that Utr
liusinnui wHIiig of Dayton In In
fl'mw, an I that looters are rub
bing both hiring and dead.
One hundrnl and rift; are known
to l>e dead by drowning m l olumhu
nitd the water In Mill raging in the
city street*.
Kurt Wayne, Hamilton. I'mi.
\?*nia and Zane*Tille all report from
? >ne to several hundre .lend in earh
of the rltiea, while many smaller
|dacen have be?*n wholly wiped off
trie map.
Omaha, March 2tt ? The death lint
In the cyclone which wrecked thl?
<it j amount k to niorr than two hun
dred. Thousand* are without home*
and a heavy annw 1m falling to add
terror* to the deploraMe situation.
T nerv are not houaea enough left
standing in the big city to hooae
Uit
Iidkr.ipi In, Marrh *Jfl? frmgmrn
Ur> rfpiirt. >?tnintf fmm the atrtrk
ea (IWtrlrls m?j (hat the total tit
hmnHrM will aggregate two h m n -
lire*! thnoaaml. with lh<*<Mih of
? Imaf.t* fmtti r^lMf ?ml flnwl. TV
IMofj .,f ktimm in thr InMnl
Slum r<.nt?ln< nothing that will
parallel I ho ?iprittliMH iH+artrr. ind
tl>e whole nation tl?s<h jpf?lln| at
the terrlM- magnitude n: the ral
?.T Iff.
\V*thin(ti<ii. M?trh 2rt? The *???
'tnineM h vn<1in( tt?ip? an>1 *tip
|.|le? to the point* along the tllilo
tiktr that hate b?n ilf>??Ulnl hj
the A Ur|r |iiaatitjr trf
?.i| plie* antl nittv? ha*# thn her a
?IhpalrlM il t? Omaha an<1 CnaiH il
Bluff* !<? ai l ia raring for tb? home,
ten* ami ?l? -tit ate.
HOLIDAY BILL
UP III GOVERNOR
Juneau, March 26 ? The hous?
this morning passed the Millard
h -liday bill, and it will now go to
governor for his signature or re
jection. , This is the seond bill that
has passed both houses of the Al
aska legisla*?re. The governor signed
tile woman's suffrage, bill Monday
wM h will become a law In ninety
days.
The Millard legal holiday bill
establishes the following days as
1< al holidays, Sunday; the first of
January, commonly callcd New
Year's Day; the fourth day of July;
the twenty-second day of February;
the first Monday In September,
commonly called Labor Day; the
eighteenth day of October, common
ly called Alaska Day; the twenty
fifth day of December, commonly
call-d Christmas Day; and any day
designated by public proclamation of
the chief Executive of the Territory
;-s a legal holiday, or as a day of
thanksglvlug; the day known and
observed as Memorial or D&;oratlon
Day; and the day on which general
election Is held throughout the Ter
ritory.
L
10
C. K. Carroll, who was brought
to Skags-av last evening by Marshal
Faulkner, charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses, was
givtn a hearing before Judge Mar
ti Conway, where the complaining
witness appeared and showed re
turned checks issued by Carroll
showing that he had issued them
without having funds to meet pay
ment.
After listening to other evidence
against the arrested man, Judge
t 'on way bound him over to the dis
trict court under five hundred dol
lars bonds and he was returned to
Juneau on (be Jefferson Mr. Car
roll wished to have the matter con
tinued until he could straighten'
out the difficulty, but the fact that j
this wan nla second offense of a
like nature. It wa? thought beet by
the court to hold him
It Is the opinion of manjr, that
Ourroil Is ?ufferlng from a mental
nfakneea. He Is growing old and It
is certain that his mind la not a* rtg
orous as It evidently once waa. He
l? a finely educated man, and a niln
Iol enlgneer of ability, there can be
ro doubt. Having a convincing line of
talk. It la i ot hard for him to ob- 1
(aln fnnJs on cb?rfc* or even hi*
word.
Tm dyrn Parly T?ke V.lk*.
The Tu Payer* Party will hold
a convention at Fireman* Hall, 4th
Avenue, Thursday, Marrt i7th. at
1 p. m. for the purpoee of nomin
ating Sev?n Councilmen and On?
School Dlrtrftor. to bo voted for at
lk? election to be held Tuesday,
April l?t, 1913, evervbody la In
vited to be present
Bv Order of the Chairman Jt
The latest thing In Hour.
nzr
A practical self rising high grade
Flour ? suitable for either bread or
pastry. . . ... . . ... ... ... ?
Nothing to do but make tbe dough
and it is ready for the oven
TRY A !0 LB. SACK
: 50 GENTS
P. H. GANTY. Grocer
As a man grows older, be takes better
rare of his clothes, and he is a
lot better satisfied with them.
The service of this store is not
confined to young men. Any
man of any age can be well-fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these fine
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits and overcoats. Now is the time
to see them.
WILL CLAYSON
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