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TEIBUKE18 MAD BY MORE PEOPLE THAU ALL TRER LOCAL PAPEJtft--BEACEX THE PEOPLE IKE SAME DAT--OHLY MOWHNO PAPKE HI POPULATION OF 40,000 T1IBUTA1Y TO TBH dTT. THE Mournra TRIBUNE Affords the best median they ever had of reaching the people of Cosaoeton city and county. COSHOCTON MORNING TRIBUNE THE MOXlllNa TBlSim Market and Classified liver the goods--'Every sire hoiae in the both. VOL. IV.

NO. 204. THE A A I THE SATUKDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1913 THE PAPER THAT A TWO CENTS COSHOCTON BEGINS TO TEAR DOWN TODAY IN ORDER TO BUILD THE GREATER CITY OF THE FUTURE Central Power Plant Is Now Assured Coshocton Finally Selected By United Service Co. Experts As best Location For Mammoth New Electric Generator Which Will Supply Power For Surrounding Cities--President Brooks Satisfied that This Section of Ohio is Destined to Have Rapid And Substantial Growth--Work on Razing Portions of Present Plant Begins Today--Manager HowelPs Statement A most important forward stride for greater Coshocton will mark its beginning today when the work" of razing portions of the Coshccton Light and Heating Company's plant on North Fourth street is started in preparation for the work of building the big central power plant which the United Service Company contemplates locating in Coshocton for the purpose of furnishing current for light, heat and power to Coshocton and surrounding towns. Equipment Ordered i Begs Use Of An Manager C.

H. Howeli of rhe Coshoeton Light and ITeating Company stated last evening that the equipment for the huge plant ordered and the work which finds its beginning today will be rushed to completion at earliest possible date. "Tlie Cnshocton Light and Heating Company's property it will be remembered, was recently purchased by the United Service Company of Scrantou. Pa. This company owns and controls numerous other public service concerns in Ohio and is recognized as most reliable firm.

Thomas R. Brooks, of Brooks, and one of the oldest banking houses of Scrantou. is president of the company and II. Conklin is general manager. Mr.

Hewell's Statement The statement of the company's plan in regard to the big central plant to be located for the present at least in Coshocton was given out last evening by Manager Ho well as follows: "Pending the settlement of a Acre Of Ground Columbus. April 25--Who has an acre of vacant laud and is willing to dpnare its use to a needy family? The inquiry comes from a man in temporary bad luck who has five children au-d who is so afflicted with asthma that he cannot do hard labor. His physician has advised the change of occupation and in order to keep his family tosretin-r he has hit upon the idea of a miniature farm. He b-lievcs he can support his family during the summer on the one acre. The needy family aNo i.s soliciting tent to shield th-in from the weather.

(Continued On Page Six.) Thieves Raid Elder Bakery The Rader Elder bakery near the corner of Locust and Fifth streets was entered aijd robbed some time Thursday night or Friday morning. The burglary was discovered Friday morning and the police were notified. A few articles of furniture were stolen. There is a- small clue which it is thwrrht will Fame of The Bong Bongers Goes Abroad lead to the apprehension of thief. the In Thursday morning's issue of the Ohio State -Journal the Round About Ohio editor has given spact- to an account of the dandelion feast held by the Bong Bonjr club in this city.

Accompany story is a cut showing two men busily engaged in shoving dandelion greens into their faces and. although the features of the tvo men arc almost entirely covered by the huge fork fulls of greens, it is thought that rt'semble greatly Thomas 3- and Ira ml Rajah M. Abnod. thev 400 High Bred Chickens Burn Crest of Flood Is Finally At Gulf WATERS FROM THE NORTH NOW PASSING NEW ORLEANS 30 DAYS AFTER LEAVING THEIR WAKE OF RUIN IN THE FERTILE PLAINS OF OHIO AND INDIANA. --Mrs.

Wiggins Passes Away As the result of a stroke of a stroke of parah'sis which she suffered Thursday inorniag. Mrs. Thomas Wiggins, aged died at her home in West Lahiyette at an weakened embankments ihrough- New Orleans. April 25-After a desperate nil night fight 2000 men had strengthened the main line levee at Kemny so that it held out the ihreaten- ing Missisippi flood tide this morning. A driving rainstorm pelted the early hour Friday morning.

She had not been in good health for soine time past and following the which she suffered Thursday she failed rapidly until the end came. Mrs. Wiggins was born and reared in the West Lafayette vicinity and the news of her death brought sorrow to many beyond the circle of her home. In addition to the Thomas Wiggins, five childrr-n survive. They are Mrs.

William Hall and Frank Wiggins of Canada. Mrs. Clifford Hull and Mrs. vill. William Hill of West Lafayette and.

Earl Wiggins of the home. One sister. MiV. W. 11.

Parks of Fresno survnes. The funeral will probably be held Sunday but the hour had not bet-u determined List evening on account of the fact that relatives from a distance had not been heard from. out the night bat hundreds of bags of sand kept back the river. Threatening Aspect If the should break, the town of Lut tcher and scores of villages would he flooded and the water would sweep southward ba--k of the levee to within a' few milvs or' the New Orleans protection dikes. The main line of Atehfalaya husband river east hank levee just north "of Krotz Springs.

gave way today. This crevasse will flood pa-is of Point Couple and Iher- All Records Broken Excessive rains in rho lower Valley yesterday and last night caused the local weath- Bolin's Bid On New High School Taken The Tragedy Of ColumbusContractorComesAcross Youth And Age Ksitte City. CaL. April 25-While members of the family were grouped aboiu the eofiiii of Mrs. -I.

K. lJuriiey'j. three-year old yesterday, listening to tin- Mineral serviees. the body moved uui presently the child, clad in its shroud, arose and uazcd about the room. His -yes caught those of his grandmother.

Mrs. L. P. Smith, 81. The aged woman stared at the child as if ayp- Then slip smile into a ehair dead.

A.s fell the child dropped inti its eoflin. from which it was quickly snatched, bv the iio- thT. Physicians said there was no hope for the boy and death eame within a few hours. Today there was two coffins in the Hurney home. Both services were held and the child and its grandmother buried bv side.

10 Cts. A Hundred For Dead Flies bureau today to issue another I orate with pecial flood bulletin predicting a i a Uji Mrs. C. C. MeMichael's paper which was to have been read at the meeting of the Federation of Woman's clubs in the Carnegie library last evening -was postpon- until the May meeting as Supt.

C. E. Bryant wanted the school board and city teachers to hear it. The board had a meeting with the new school contractor and were unable to attend and the teachers will take their examinations today and were busy making preparations. For ihis reason the reading of the paper was deferred During the business session the club made riwr stage of feet at Natchez, or more than three feet above last year's high record.

Previous maximum predictions, for points on ihe river Mmh of i Natchez were not increased. Fresno Hears in the Mrs. Fisher Operated on Mrs. John Fisher of The Fresno Opera House street was op-rated upon a crowd thai tested the ca strangjjlated hernia Friday after- of the house evening when noon at 4 o'clock at the City hos-jihe Whit" Eyes eiijoyed a pital. Drs.

McCiain. Lf-ar and iconjest. A p'-ndid literary pro- Carr performed the operation, jaram gixen and th- evening The pnti-nt's condition uas re-i was enjoyed by the Parted satisfactory la.si evening. coinpam in attendam-V-. Record Broken by Horse and Mule Co.

preparations to co-op- Ihe Health Officer on Day" May 1 and to push the ''Swat the Fly Cam- Literature pertaining; to the Fly Campaign has been ordered and will be put in public buildings over the city. Ten cents Aviil be given the school children for onr- hundred dead Hies that ar" taken to With $72,549 A The Most Acceptable Proposition on New Building--Work of Razing Historic Walnut St. School Begins May 5 and Will be Completed May 25--Contract for Bricks Awarded To Local Concern Contractor B. F. Bolin, of Columbus will begin one week from Monday to tear down the Walnut street school building in.

preparation for the construction of the new Central building' which, will be completed and ready for occupancy May 1, 1914. The contract was formally awarded and signed at the meeting of the board of education Friday night. With a few minor details added, Mr. Bolin's bid of $72,549 was accepted and he announced definitely that he would commence razing the old Walnut street building, May 5. No Rent For Flood Houses Columbus.

April 25--Flood victims will be interested in a ruling given to the general public Friday, by Attorney. General llogan. Where a house is rendered unlit for occupancy by tlK- elements, the owner cannot compel the tenant to pay rent. However, if the house is the rent must be paid. Complaints have reached the attorney general's a persons forced out of houses by the floods are being harassed for rent by the landlords.

I'nd'-r the old common law the landlord eoiUst hold the tenants for th'; rent of buildings rendered unfit for us-; by the elements. "The harsh rule of the oid law does not obtain any said General in announcing isis ruling. A Fine Brick Selected The brick to be used on the exterior will be a dark shade of brown and furnished by the Cosh- octtm Brick Co. B- F. Cotter, president oE the Coshocton Brick Co.

was present at the meeting and showed samples of the brick which will be used. The awarding of the contract was so worded in the minutes of the meeting that the decision as to whether a pneumatic clock system should he installed and the kind of brick to be used in the entrances is left open and will be added to the contract at some future meeting. Will Soon Be Down Mr. Bolin stated to a Tribune reporter that by May 25 the old building would be entirely torn down and work on the new would be started immediately thereafter The original specifications for new building called for ee- rnent walls in four entrances and ii has been decided to use a (Continued on Page Six) The sak- he'd Friday by the jwhen planning for the Cohoc-fon and Mule Company at the fair grounds was of a carload of purchased a TV: firm of tw-ntv- averaging a fr-iin a distance who Fire originating from an the cold months, turned incubator lamp, burned a Practically all of Mr. big brooder bouse in which auc was kept i i 'brooder in addition to a number were 400 high bred on of y(rang hieks which had nof bpst hwso leld lf the Frank Retzler poultry tarmjyet been placed on display.

Coshfeton county. The hurs.sjhead. just west of Roseoe Friday Poison Took 100 offered were alt first class stock! noon at 2 o'clock. Owing to the fact that all brougnt eood prices. Itr-ndfVl the sal- Louis Sax of Only twenty-five of the r-annot be figured it is! Many bujvrs from surrounding I Wheeling.

Kauffman of were saved and. as many of them impossible to determine what the towns attending the sak-. pn uient of the River- are prize winners, the loss is is. The biggest of the day and I side JIor-e inl Mule Company: ceedingly heavy. Last winter more than one which local horsemen was I Stanley Brothers of Toledo.

A Fins Building Idrod birds belonging to Mr. largest purchase of horses.ShurtzW and Frye of Canton; The brooder built of died as a result of poison in-ever made by one firm at a Cosh-i Thompson Pipfs of Washington, glass and a woodenjtheir feed. joe-ton county -ale was that a and Howell of Zanes- and floor built about three inches Insurance to the amount of from the concrete floor had re- i $100 was carried on the struc- cently been installed so that with tlv birds conld be kept more smigjpany. Ohio Farmer Corn- Sw.inon Brothers, contractors, ville. of Massillon.

Swanson Brothers nre former Coshocton boys and they remembered their home city The company will have another bie sale May 9. in two weeks, Friday, WILL BE THE LOCAL HEAD OF PRUDENTIAL T. LOWT. formerly connected with the Eureka Laundry, has betrn appointed as local agent of the Prudential Insurance Co. to succeed H.

F. Williams. Mr. Lower wiil full charge of this territory and will conduct the business home on North Ninth Manager Howell Vice President Howell of i new appointment, continue as and Heating manager of the local plant of the T'niied Service Company. He will have an assistant in i-harge of Manager C.

If. Coshocton Light Company within the past few days has received notirp of his appointment bv the L'nited Serv- ice Company "to UK- position ofj a of th(1 Plants at New vice president and manager of the Philadelphia. Canal Den- mtv Electric Company of Newiuson and Countv Philadelphia and Canal Dover, the Twin City Traction Company of Df-nnison and the New Midland Power ami Traction Company of Cambridge. Still Local Manager Mr. How-li will in addition to In the above named plants there are in operation two hydro- el-ctric plan; 1 three steam generating plants, one hot-water heating system, one steam heating system, one ice-plant and two city and inter-urban railroads.

Incipient Blaze Caught In Time A fire originating from a defective kitchen flue caused considerable excitement at the W. D. Kan- home near Kerne Thursday evening. C. C.

Patterson and A. C. Weathr-rwax who were passing at the time lent their assistance and the flames were extinguished before much damage had resulted. Fine Ending for Keene's Schools was ing the course of ihe evening. The program was a long one but ami pnthiisiastic audience of numb.rs on the program and friends of the high school stu- of the play interspersed TIK- KWnf- township ball crowded last evening with a large dents who had gathered to witness the- graduating exercise of the class of 1933, Keenc township schools.

In addition to the commencement program propor the class play, "The Merchant of Venice Cp-to-Date'' was also given dur- (Continued On Page Three.) each so splendidly given that the evening seemed short instead of tedioits. Pretty Decorations The township hail was attractive for the occasion with decora- 1.