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the work of the entire embankment nt water. none could LEVEE At Cleves Breaks And Fifty Persons Are Reported Drowned. Flood Bushes on People Without Warning. Hundreds Flee To Roofs To Escape; Death. Crowds on Banks of the Miami Were Powerless; To Aid -Those in Danger.

The.vUlaeg of Clevea, on the. Oreat Miami R.ver. wu flooded last night when the em- twnkmerrt flK, over which th traction lines operated, and which NniMl ait levee, rave way and slid Into the swirling waters The finni instantly found an outlet, and swept over tha lower portion ot the inarp dating the entire The villagers had but' slight warning, and and holding his head back so as to keep hU nose. and mouth out of the. water.

He as exhausted when rescued, and could give but a meager account of hia ex peri em-e. Victim's Condition Serious. himself. RAINTALL A DELUGE. The following; table tkowa (he prertpitattoa slaee ftosdsy saeralas; at I o'clock aad tkt kaarlr rifr (((, yeaierdayi Rainfall Total Kala'l 24 hoera, 4S hr.

rn.ro. Ha 7 a.aa. 1 a Ma S4. Mluli. Mh-iS- Mh.t5, tWtaMO, 4M1 .14 IK t.U Dayton, 8.5S Hamiltoa.

Cahuabos, Ohio t.60 Chllllestbe. EaaesvUle. w.Va. e.os W.Vs. a il Mtt.barc.

O.SO faakUs, tlevslaad, 1JI Tohj.de, Ohle. J.44 Indiana l.gt Louisville. lie 'Terr t.8 Evaosvllle, lad. l.M filraMtb, Kr. Mayaville.

X.M s.s uta S.1T a Jt X.88 a.l 1.48 Ileved to have been drowned. tJ9 s.oa in 1.20 f-lT a.ia aat 4.S4 .11 AM tM mM a.os a.ta a.se MO t.t e.ss alack yesterday saera-a: the ralafaU aver the Hsalss waterahe wa fr.m tare aU laches. At that hear praetleally had fallea aear the Ohle Between ParSLersaars; aad Clarta-ati, aar the rrleatarlea watk the Oslo, lae-ladla. the Great Kaaawaa aad Bl-. Kasdy Rivera.

Hearly reealasjs aaswlas; the ataare ef the Ohle River at tneela-atl alaee a. as. yesterday lellewt a. aa.aaj sa.S3. sa.sT.8 .8 a.

aa 2.T 3 a. at. Ta.aa.a. a.aa.M.1 Sa.aa.8SJ 8a.a.SJ IS a. 30.5 4 a.

an SJI tt.a.4A lta.at.S4L a. at 374 1 sa.41. .11.7 forced to take to the upper floors, and they flood waa quicker, and the I caught the rail craft and In an ney seriously considered telephcnlrg I Instant the watchers on shore saw It over- C4, Th waa soon washed away, turned a the four, men atrugglln. In the 2." -1' of the, depth of the recht practically wiped out la the belief of and they were rescued. The fourth man flowers, of that place, who' arrived rab the upturned boat and riw.ra id thai Kfforts were made to secure boats, but 1'" 'Bortt rtht he left the village, the peopi.

there Bend, those that had been moored along thf river having all been awept away hours before. The scene wais 'almost indescribable. Men, women and children crowded the seconds-story begged and prayed for help, while the big less, unable' to aid. home Is about two blocks out In the sub- "letrher waa removed, to his home, where I merged district, and the family was seen THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, WEDNESDAY, -G, 1913 wwownd) I coming from there were to the effect, that me liooa naa wrougni great havoc In" that village. Score of Harrison re.l.l.nta.

on their way -home from thla city, were forced to spend the night at Cleves. though nearly crazed because of the rumors of destruction at rtarr.aon and their Inability to secure any tidings irom mere. Bernard Sonenday gave a tlon as an eyewitness of th. the navoc wrought. I was reading in.

my home." he said wnen the telephone bell r.nir answered it and found that the wire hail become crossed, but 1 heard some one say that the cmoanament naa broken. I immediately called up Hildebrandfs saloon and notified them there, and then mit nn mhiw hoots ana a ruooer coat and started to take my wjie a place of safety. "As I stepped out of th. hnuu the wa ter was rushing paat In torrents. The fire oens were ringing and women were I acreamlng.

while men were rushing toward the flooded district. Horses: cattle and pigs were rushing about the streets. To add to the general turmoil and dan ger, the, flood carried away the bridge. tearing down the electric wire, th.rn and live electric wires fell unon the streets. endangering the Uvea of nedeatrtana and the live stock running- there.

Boats were secured from North Bend as quickly as possible, and the work of rescue was be gun." rescue work was carried on as quickly aa possible In the village. It was round Impossible to take the boats out into the awift current, which rushed aiong at a rate almost unbelievable, carrying everything before In the bottom lands about the town arl un and aown the tlver are a number of small homes. All of these were occupied yesterday afternoon, before the embankment rave way, but when the waters rushed in tnese nousts were completely submerged. now oeneved that between CO and 78 persona known to have been In them yesterday afternoon have perished. May Be Victima of Flood.

Elmer KendalL a motormn on th c- and A. traction line, waa alnwnt lia. tracted when he arrived In Clevea late lat night from hla work, to find that hia home waa undM w.t.r ri. leaned far from their windows, screaming I thing of hia wlf. ani iVrt atrnai II arkna Uia and calling for help.

I wife and sons were at horn. i.ft but since the flood came on thev have not been seen, and kmi. The homes were moaOy weak structure, cottage. In a district where it must be en I aiKl It WU TMP1 Ihll hAW M1K mIIim.IIui- i families were forced to ruah to upper lloora ln belief and to housetops to get out of the reach horses and cattle, hogs and of the flood. The alarm waa quickly spread.

uui mo cuirrui was ev i mat tney too were victima of the floor, ini ii was impoasioia to get near I Carcasses Mllli nf h. Kaiim -Ilk mmm I .1 I wln that It was impossible to get near I Carcasses of 1 1 laneep are to be seen everywhere In the The home of Mrs; M. Hutchinson was I flood, but nn A-ik i-- and wlthtn an Incredibly abort space, of I neany tne secono noor, ana i Oumm bodlea had been recovered, thouah kiinHMd a rr th ubt in the mind. a i ana prayea ior neip to come i or the Cleves resldenu but that many to the scene. The water came through the ln" Perished In the waters.

commission because attempts to reach her home, but the cur-1 The men of nrw. i t. -t s- I l. I wiv lirom tne time Of the break In Ih omKank mandeered to reicue. those In' the danger m.Jl"!d;.0" h-nt County Commissioner Stanley 8tr I oui, oeiennmea io i oie lent hla aid wherever Is waa needed.

ione. I1" on oesperate enon to reacn tne i At i m. Quick a. the work being carried on tXLTZXZL JaT2. tl32Sw ik.

tamn im uoaia. ana Mayor uwau- the current I to thta i that all Churches be thrown rnn In tluiu Am th giving the flood a clean sweep, and a mo-1 I homeless, and the vllUgers responded Ivmvr wrrv aurneaiy rusnru iu nm i nobly I scene, and three of the men managed toj Trair the village of Ellaabethtown may ut' i were ruuie, nowever. ana as tne ooai I were DreDartna tn Km n.v. ik. oe naa nearer than XXOrtn I onw nearer ana nearer to wnere tne water I lea.

The town then waa nrartlo.ll. The houses In the danger- sone are fort lost to sight. iTl. 7 T. I ulnJ- cape to the hills being cut off a nw.ruau.

by the deep water that waa rushing by in aa a IBIMJ iUN MVt as; IV ve seasi QfTfynf tne otner side, a gasp or horror went up I riowers said that he sUrted ahead of tne wmcoer. wnu imi "f1" I others and waa th. t. ih. death awaited the luckless hero who had I -Loit m- a.

k. so vainly risked his life In an attempt to I hridea. ha f.it it tr.m,i. wiuuuw. vi iii.ir iiuuucu iwoica whi rncue jin.

nuicninna. lit waa Ibaut Is rallinu ho ran all windows of their flooded homes and The boat, with Its living passenger cling-1 hla mle-hi. A mnm.ni k. crowd oa the banks stood practically help- I was swept away in the flood. This cut crowd oa the banks I inaiaai apoo iiw ease vi me ciHraci.

intn 0tr th. Xmmt hone of unn. ttw th. "'cr loiiriiiir w.r. ana tt is believed that the river roae 15 the moat part weak frame structures, and I Women screamed and men cursed fate.

i iur waa oeiiTvea mai me mu ni nw icar waa e.v at a now eBemp. certain death. Half an last night that the buildings would col-1 hour later, however, he walked Into Clevea lapse and the toss of life would be fright- I and Joined his former companions. ful. I orencneo to tne sain, nut none tne worse A score or more houses in the lowlands jhfca to and wade to safety about Cleves were completely submerged, I when ha struck the lowlanda.

where the and at a late hour last night it waa be-1 water quickly spread out and was not lleved that between 50 and 75 persona must I deep or the current so swift. The name of have perished in them. I the hero could not te learned. Picturesque Village Flooded. reet arter nowera croased, the gravest rears are entertained for the people there.

Xteacuera Not Heard Trom. wunam Mara land and AI Hendereoa. em ployed In the gravel pits Clevea. started out In a boat about 10 o'clock last apparently for awful egperlenca. He t0 try rfacu xhoa ma Many 'Horses Were Drowned.

rooned In the Imperiled homes near the village. At an early hour thla morning they had not returned and eearchlng parti. were unable to find any trace of Intra or their boat. Jt la feared that they. too.

have lost their II Tit. Awvi MVmlM a- V. I The village of Clevea is one of the moat! Hundreds of horses. cattle, hors and mnat tttML picturesque of the suburban villages. It Ilea other live stock periahed In the flooded d.a- were at supper, and when many of in a bend of the Great Miami River, the trict of Clevea.

but up to a late hour laat tolltM village being about a mile from the river night no loss of human life had been re- women nd chlMren alon. proper. .1 ported, though it wa, said that many were At 7S 10o nornM Ihi nondMt ine namson oraucn or ine l. ina a. i uuifinnn irainitiiii TracUon.

Una runs-directly village and' to the north district, and scores of men are walking the ectly through the miracle would prevent the flood Jr'n I streets ol the village, eearchlng for tome i. where It follows Ing the.r homes, which would then chle t.dIng. of their loved ones, or waitlnrfor a distance. land crush them to death or they would be thMt th. ri ty.

a distance. I ana crusn tnem xo onin or iney woiua i daylight mo that they can learn th. worst. tne river bank ror quite ivorth or the village the traction company flrownea. i At ,:30 thJ.

mornln he.an to a 1 1 a I I Hrn. luaf i yrt rha Ttym WttlfaW I wa (urcn mas a greai nu, or emiiv i recede slowly, but another rise waa feared ment; and this formed a levee for the vll- water River haa changed ita course, ao that by many Af OOQ WMw g0 AQwn age wnen tne nver overnwwea its mom 1 so that the work of rescue can aegtn again and covered several square miles of bottom Derween tnree ana iour nu.es imiuw i ht wll pushed with a will, and It Is land. It was this embankment that gave I the Ohio River than before. I booed that many who are now in the way, causing tne waters to rusn tnrougn i ms nn our- wmw" the village. I ana A.

traction lines couia carry puho tvhii. The flood came! to the villagers without go to Clevea, and passengers lor I removing hla household roods from warning. Feonle were aittina- in ineir I point -oeyonu iukb wcie homes, quietly reading or conversing, when lover in that village for the night at least. I to nv them from further damage, a pig louna water owing over i I swam In through the open rear door and ineir iert. and berore tney could leave I nouaes were quica.y unr ui.

owv I tnmjtm tn- th. to th. s-a their houses they were forced to wade In I resldenU of Harrison, Ohio, were com-1 floor Sonenday made a bed for It In a water above their kneea. Ipelled to spend the night in Cleves. leorner of one of the unoer rooms and al- a I.

k. v. mm I a. oeverat men were near tne nver wnen it I oroer io mi wim un uw. I lowed It to remain K.ve way.

ana tney nutae a aeaperate er- ana io lurmtn reu ior wins iw fort to run to. the village and give warn- I Inundated district, ae well as housing, the ing. but the flood quickly outdistanced I village offlclala threw open the Town Hall I frTTTT? BTJZZ" STEPHEITS them and their efforts were in vain. land the achoolhouse. where all those ren- Fletcher Cooper, brother-in-law of Cap-1 dered homeless by the flood were given! yvn- i.

v- iHin Wllllsm Jessup. an employee in the shelter. The people of the village, unused ounty Treasurer's office, bad been visit- I to such things. CleveaT never before having I Work Of Sesca at Clevea. tnr.nI.

Ik. I 1 1 0 1 Al 1 .1 A Inh4 juflt started to leave the houe. An I clothing tn abundance were quickly forth- I Hamilton County Court, la atanaarl Inta ka trSrrl kaa iVtll lt hiMaalf I MMfnas ky-. A 'lea' Ui4 fnllnltf Tlal-trl who went to standing in a foot of water. He walked A.

B. Stephena. whose home la In the Clevea from hia home In North Bend htst on a little further and an Instant later I hiarher next- of Cleves. lent his aid. In theliK .11 l.

th. wnrir rkvi. m. iuuiiu nimsen sixuggung- in wrier up to rescue eernce. as aid nts entire tamiiy, I his waist.

He managed to grab hold of a I while the village officials received the ported missing at 2:30 this morning. 1 1 k. i i i i i -'nn ruvr.mu uicw iwiubcii uij, areatesi praise ior ine quick action wiey i rv.ln-l at.nk.n. 1'ut the water rose higher, and higher, un- I took In the predicament I til only hla head was out of water. Clevea residents estimate that the mark I with another man-at midnight to try to Meteher cried for help, but the noise ol I reached by the water in that village last I 1 the rushing waters drowned, his cries.

Fl-1 night could only hsve been equaled by ww reponea oe ma- r.ally he waa heard, and. when rescued I back water from the Ohio, with a staae I rooned In a house in the flooded ril.trW i.ficner wa cnnging to me grape mrovr, or is reet recoraea at tnis caty. I -k Entire Pamilj Drowned. heard James Stephens, a son of The Moss I with others, started out to search for his father. Ms condition was reported to bo serious tin the second-story windows making ran-I While the water la.

receding fast, the cur. late last night. I I tic signals ror neip. Many attempts were! aDtsin Jessun. who has been aeriously made to reach the home by boats, but each I rcnl '1 gngmrui ana us velocity re in.

naa to tve movea to nwm on u.n. niK uiui irw cri mama almost, aa great as at the hlrh.t a alarming laat night. I to be abandoned. As the darkness finally I siage oi ine nooa. as tne waters recede Kour-year-old Nina Hearn.

whose parents cut on un view or tne nouse no further ef-th t0D. of hoUBe. h. live In' the flooded district, was taken forts-could be made, and about midnight I from the water in the yard at her home I a great crash waa heard In the direction ed district, and the belief Is strengthened unconscious, and loria ume wa. oi un nunc, u.

uruevra nave Jieved that she had been drowned, my- signaled tneir doom, aa it waa the opinion sioians worked over her, however, and re- of the recuers tliat the house had col-suM-ltated her. 'She. was reported out of Hpsed and carried Its occupants -down in danger last night. the flood with It. of the Cains Lumber Com-' William Klrkpatrlck and his wife and Tany.

was sitting In his office with a num- I Mrs. K. Huddleson and her daughter. Mrs. bvr of others, when suddenly the door Mary Nolan, are marooned In a house at i I I 1 -I I trashed open and a flood of water ruthed In.

covering the floor to the depln or a iooi. The men grabbed the papers and valuables In the office, bur" before they could make tiielr way out the water had reached their knees, and they were forced to wade through three feet of water to reach safety. The force of the current wis something terrific and the waters rose seadily In the Inundated district until the flood finally forced Its way through the embankment of tlie Big Four Railway, on the other side of the town, when It betfan to recede rapidly, until It reached the fevel of the street a mile away, the backing up of the water being stopped. The breaking of the Big Four embankment did not lessen the danger materially, however, for while the depth of the water lowered the danger from the swift current was greater. Boats could not be handled In the current at all.

and work or rescue waa greatly hampered thereby. Boa.i had been secured by sending automobile trucks to North Bond, and every effort was made to reach the houses that were in tlie submerged district. People in the flooded houses had bein tne twi ol lunrr dicci. mra. uuujraun is Hi of pneumonia, and It feared that the shock and exposure consequent to the flood will be fatal to her.

Harry Herron. with hl wife and three children. had a narrow escape from, death In the flood. Herron was about to leave home to go to work, he being employed at night, when he stepped out of the door Into a foot of water. Realising at once what had happened, Herron rushed back Into the house and called to his wife.

He then grabbed his three children and started with them Irom the His wife fol-fowed, but before they had gone far the flood reached to their armpits. The children clung to their father's head and neck, while Mrs. Herron bravely fought her way along behind, holding them on, and all reached rufety. They were tared for by friends. Fully one third of the village of Cleves waa under water at midnight, and the crest of the Hood had not paseed.

The big iron bridge over the used by the Big Four rtaliroad and for whkohs, has been washed away. All communication with Harrison was cut off at an early hour, but rumors that many lives must have been lost. Preparation Is being- made to send a big force of rescuers Into the flooded district as soon as the waters aubide ufficlently. e-- WOES OF REPAIR Will Be Begun on. Telegraph Wires This atomlng.

-It will be of special relief to- those who have been unable to communicate with relatives and friends In tlie flood-stricken district in-the last 24 hours, to learn that the Western Union Telegraph Company last night ordered a large body of linemen from Chicago, lit, to repair the damaged telegraph lines. The linemen are being rushed with all dispatch to the flood-bound districts and will be at work this morning repairing the fallen wires and re-establishing connections between the idifterent cities. Innumerable difficulties will haver to be overcome In re-constructing the system In the storm-bound section. In many cases several hundred feet of wire havinc been dragKed away by freshets In ere-ks and small stream which carried the telegraph poles with them in their rampage. dig an Oil Awful Rampage yind Is a Raging Torrent a Mile in Width, Sweeping All Before It To Destruction, While the Whitewater Also Breaks From Banks.

Hurled From Their FoundationsMany Lives Endangered. and property valued at hundreds of thou lower regions were packing their household belongings and removing them to -places of safety. LAdn Of Sewer mnnhnlcc B.lrhlnir nnt less thsn 300 pounds, were lifted from their positions as if they were paper by the pressure of the water. Over two feet of water covered the B. and O.

and Rl Four Ir.siLr w-. .1 uia i section, -rne cellars arouna Sixth and State avenue were also filled from the back water, and th railroad tracks at that point were alio Inundated. Two Men in Torrent While Ennls Bowse and Aaron Adame were trying, to rescue their belongings from the Bauer Bathing Club CottAen. near Vallev Junction, last night Adams noticed that the house was slightly moving. He Immediately called to bis partner, warning him of the oanger.

But before either of them could get to a place of safety the current tore the cottage from Its abutments and cast it into the midst of the wild stream. Aa it was being swept down the river It waa swaying like a willow in a storm and as it net red the C. L. and A. bridge 'which pang the Miami a short distance below Valley Junction the wind swerved and dashed the house against one of the pier.

The shanty was demolished and the two men cast into, the raging torrent. As Ad ams came to the surfsce ha noticed a small tree projecting from the pier and with rare presence of mind grasped the limb and pulled himself far enough out of the water to regain his breath. After struggling for soma tlm th. a.fr "iirv.nt xiuge concrete-steel cnages nnei the loose iron gir- reached an iron support, over which he crawled to safety. Adams afterward stated that he never saw Bosae after the house collided with the pier, but he is almost certain that ha was drowned, for up to a late hour last night he had not heard from him.

I AU telephone communication between Several are dead, hundreds are homeless Cincinnati waa cut off early (last night with the rise of the Big Miami River. The storm also broke telephone sands of dollars haa been damaged as a I connections with North Bend, Ohio. result of the floods of, the Big Miami and Its tributaries- All of the down-the-rlver towns are more or less under water. Eight hundred residents of Clevea had narrow escapee from death when the Great Miami broke through the Cf. and A.

Traction Road embankment, completely covering one end of Cleves by between 10 and 15 feet of water last night at o'clock. MLamltown, Elishbethtown, Harrison, Lawrence burg and Aurora were completely cut oft from APPROVAL Of President Wilson communication last night. It is knowtC I HaS N0t Been Attached the however, that all of these towns are In thel rn rhuD of tha flood, and that all are morel sawn ciiuu JlzasiUV. or leas under Because of washouts here were no trains last night on the Big rour. Baltimore and Ohio or any of the TnCOme TaX ProhlftTTlS Arft iraciion unes running into inn.

towns, ana i the telephone and telegraph service is also! OtUUieU By EXeCUtlVC crippled by reason of broken wires. Farm Lands throughout the Oreat Miami Valley are under water. The tributaries are all out of their banks, 'and streams which never before gave suggeatlon of being dangerous developed Into torrenta and did damage la every' direction. There caa be no estimate -of the damage done within the past 18 Hours. The heavy ralna accompanied by lightning and thunder and debris.

At Ellaabethtown the Oreat Miami I I. IT- n9 II- IkkHlr. lnUMil.Hll IHAM I i. than one half of that New Baltl- The Income tax problem and Ita Intricate 1 But mmdlJJr Pendant are Haydn and more and. Mia ml town are parti aHy under details also are being carefully considered I hU predeoessors In.

the Theaushaut'tha rfv and eleht thai who th Ha diSCU.Sed It in a were not themselves deep In troubnt were feneral way with Secretary McAdoo, of busy helping their neighbors who had been I the Treasury Department! Colonel line. Just before the C. L. and A-- bridge lL'Z' 'J. went down a west-bound car filled with pas- currency leg- It- 'how development "oT1 this 'farm 'of comnoeitloa caught by the floodi Acta of heroism were House, of Auatl.

Qr lo perieciu.n, wnicn reacn ra cod- numerouX In fact, they were the rule. and Secretary I summation in Beethoven. Since the latter to a high pejrf action, which reached Its con Those whose homes were destroyed or I I worm j- uninh.Mi.hl. w.r tak.n tn thai Little InformaMnn I been made. All subsequent symphonic homes of their more fortunate neighbor writers are merely following hia example.

nrf iM.w. niht I appointments. I No new paths have since been biased. made comfortable for the night. and Seven Bridges Swept Away.

Haydn la generally known as the "father I of the symphony," and Mozart brought It It became known, that Dean Henry I "Now, I have found by experience In Ber Hurchard Fine, of Princeton University. I Hn. where I gave quite a number of con would not accept the Ambassadorship to I certs such as are to be given by the 8ym Th- run. I Oerrnany. srtlch had been offered him by I Phony Orchestra this week, that by.

placing of the waters. The Big Four rush angry bridge over Whitewater River, between Valley Junction and Elisabeth, was one of the first to succumb. This bridge was only recently constructed, and. according to construction engineers, waa worth I (,. President Wilson.

Prof. Fine Is in Munich I these three masters of symphonic writing on a leave of absence. I In their, logical positions of development on An intimation has been given bv Preal-lone program, a complete resume of the en- aent wiison to carter Glass, who will be I ura aphere or tne symphony la afforded. In charge of the House revision of cur-1 And by the performance of. the works on reney, that he 4opes to see currency re-tDls week's program 1 hope to prove this to in ne Aopes io see Cl k- th.

I i. rn. nn fwv. I forTn leglalatlon enacted at the extra ses-lthe Cincinnati public, which haa ahown a Four bridge waa the' (.10.000 steel Big bridge over the Whitewater of the CIncin nati. Lawrenceburg and Aurora traction gsas vss s-jbb, iv cuu i a.

aaaiva s-a 3 rt ea as vis slon of Congress. I disposition to be eager for every important "The President believes that early r.1 musical idea. It is the very sublimation of i.i sympnony, ao to sprat, toat I am aim- thls concert, which will not only it A r.w l.t.r I oe ia a en up at the special I seruters nassed over A few seconds later Watte Is to be taken up at the special an east-bound car esme along. Motorman 7" Pon a of Jff but th. fvanc John Hey was cautloua.

He stopped his I .7. ri an eany ey ZZ car and stepped I upon the bridge. Juatl nsrmoniousiy ki k.e I A. I fn. th.

ri 1 tn n. kk.t.l.M action then a trunk of a tree struck one of the by the House, Senate and the-Preal abutmenu of the brloge and he Ve.ped d- Thla make, bright th. chVnce. foV ardln this program, and I feel quite sure e. currency legislation to follow Immediately "ul fnd a.

back safe ground Just In time to es upon cape going down with the bridge. Had he attempted to run his csr across the struc ture there is little doubt but that all on board the car would hare been killed or severely Injured Lost Bridge, between EUsabethtown and Cleves, went down about 5 o'clock yester day afternoon. This wss one of the most modern bridges In the United States and after the BXPRESEOTATTVES EXCTTETi readily ae did the Berlin public when I in troduced the plan there several years XSAX TO ARRIVE. Over, Plans of All Pro-1 The recital which was to have been given rrMflm lM 'mery Auditorium last night by gressives in House, Eune tne Belgian vio- Washlngton. March 23.

The movement I llnist. waa also a vicUm to the ravaaes of was only recently constructed by the coun- I to bring aU progressives In the' House in I tne floods. Tsaye played in Oxford. Ohio. ty.

Tears ago the surveys for this bridge were made. They were lost, and Instead of were mauv. i icj w. iwat, ma.wi k.k a compact third party organisation has on Monday night and was due here yes terday morning. Throughout the day an r- wu a modern structure as the original surveys tIrra un Republican.

Progressive Repub- effort waa made to reach him, but all com called for. a wooden bridge was built. It wss destroyed by Are only a few years ago. and then Lost Bridge was erected. Concrete and Steel.

1 lican and independent circles of the House I municaUons with that town were interrupt- to an unexpected decree I ea and when the time for the concert came tt ni-h ta v. I mere was no boioiri. naa oeen 1m LiSw Possible for him to reach here, and up to had notified "'Win n. I t. laat nl.ht h.

m.na.AmAnt Hanebaush. of Illinnta. th. rx.m 4.. La.i -kf -t- I uj lne organisauon, clan, that th.v wm.M Ia k.

v. nu i icna tne proposed conference, at which to withstand almost any shock. The creek I Representative Victor Murdock is h. I. I.

Ki.llfr nAFM.ltw I lv I mane ine progressive choice for Speaker. or four feet wide. Yesterday morning It The attitude of many of those progres-began to swell and by afternoon It waa ave Republics na. called "near raging torrent, nowing at a ternnc rate, hy Colonel Rooaevelt. haa not The force of the current beating against mined.

A partial cinvm nf mm. the concrete abutments of the bridge final- Who have been prominent In the ranks of nhed to th. Rin on lv tinriprrnined them, and with a crash I th. 1 t- I phoned to the Sinton weather, many which eoild be heard for a ion. distance f.

1V rZZZ Til J- 'T ile engaged quarters, to And out before the bridge went over In a mass of debris. l.L.iiv m.n,hTr. ikl. I 0 that he had not yet reached the The last of the old-fashioned covered city. Those who had gathered expressed re- v-voj I laat, I1K IT1 Ifirirv tt I a i a bridges was also a victim of the flood.

This them had not decided wh.the. th.J at -tne umoa.ru creumstances wn.cn vnaHe wa. lutnu-j on w.e iiane pan rn the Progressive conference Man V.rnlS.nlc Arfv.tnn Th. I Tk Jl i I me oonrerence, or "open stream- formerly covered by thla. bridge I caucus." of Progresslvea.

originally set for wu never wiui. i jtpni was cnangea to-day to April 4. rem, i.oc rvin oy nit; uiuni rr.kirni., uut yesterday it developed into a raging tor rent, sweeping all before It. The bridges over the Whitewater at Har- In Washington Plan To Force Hold- JJ MC va uitt a-, River. The wagon bridge near Hoovcnvllle, when it fell, pulled down with it all the tele- REPUBUCAN LEADERS ing of National Convention, nothing definite aa to hla whereabouts- He la dile to play In Detroit this evening.

Arrangements will be taken up aa soon aa possible to secure another date, and the management announced to the audience last night that aa soon as another date can be flxed the fact will be In the dally tapere. While many braved, the Inclement more had tele- where Tsaye had necessitated a postponement of the concert, i BENEFIT FOR MUSICIANS. Final arrangements for the big benefit performance, which will be given at Music Hall on Sunday night. May 4. by the Cincinnati musicians, were made 'lajt night at a meeting ofthe Entertainment Committee of the loci.1 "organization.

The affair will be given for the purpose of starting a fund Ilia ui.kJk-. "k' k-i I riiuvt. IO revise tne rules and enn.tltlltlon nt In v. Ima i i y' leaa ln tnl( organization this country. A splendid program is being rr -iP'a ere propose to summon a conference planned, and there will be many novelties Big Four bridge.

located near. by. Went, and begin an independent movement for a included In the bill. A feature will be the Lower River Read Towns. Washington, March 25.

ar.ltn knIIH a n.rmsn.nt hnma for th. laKrn dv omeera or th. nkrk.iKi. t.t I T. i a.ki.

k. PU? Committee before AprlT toward I'cal organl.atTrn. wVlch on of the 7" oi-a Republican National Con- strongest In the country and one of the I national convention. I- a i iu.c uYtr worKerS. who il.ni.nil h.

I i- r.A k. vcnsviue, oing, uccu vy ma i-k miu I UI ooutnern renr.a.ntatinn k. I I- Traction Company, was spet away at 9:30 and that state primary ltws be recognized the large orchestra. Several well-known iiu me election or national I i. u.iubc aver ii n.

pressure uoon the national committee In th. hnrv. saucn property loss was sunereo oy me i weeas. residents of Riverside and other towns Chairman II lea will call a ii.eri.nK wunin the neit two n. along the Lower River road.

The water stood to be determined to hrinr th. AN OPEEA EKGAGE1TEST. Springfield. 111., March 24. Rex Urider- benator Cummins and others are under-1 wood, a Springfield violinist, and Miss Helen Stanley, of Cincinnati, member of rushed with sucH force from tne nwisiae.4 holding of a convention bv other meana if the Chicago Grand Opera Company, are that chicken houses and light frame struc-I the national committee falls to act within I engaged to be married.

The announcement tures were carried down the hillsides like I a short time. I was made by Mr. Underwood and his feathers on a high wind. Ingalls avenue, I mother to friends in Springfield in Wverslde. resembled a Magara, ana Their attachment hepan in Europe, Where cows, chickens and various other animals JLAiaj.

both have been studying. Miss Stanley ap were swept down the stream at a terrinc wo young boys and a young girl who I oeared in Brand opera ln Philadelphia, with rate. The In that vicinity were I appeared to be lost were found by Patrol- the Metropolitan Grand Opera. Company put out of commission early ln the evening, man Saffln at Libortv and Vine streets in Chicago with the Obi---. rir ana ine water round lodging in ine cellars jesieraay, and were taken to the Children's Opera Company since her return.

She has or me nelgnborhood. I Home. The children were, unable to tell a maenifir-ent soprano an along vision avenue tor m.n i ineir names or address. Thev acocared to I Miss Stanley's name in private rt oiocKs were niiea, and tne tenants in tne oe Jewish. M.rm.

Utr tn r.ion,'a;. ATLANTIC STATU MaetraaL rlpert Bostoa. 148172 WEATHER Conditions at Various Points in the United States. The following table the state of the weather at-the places mentioned, as reported by the Weather Bureau at o'clock last night ninetieth meridian time: Psoiol ObMna- New Attat-ty. S4 OiCr Wkvsitnsioa.

.170 7ft eCj Rleah. 707hJ olPe 70I7H Jiwin), 72lfc2 OlPe GIXF STATES. Mnskcniikerr. hiwereport Ft. tnxuiii little hurk.

8aa Anioiuo. Cor. (Vrti i2 4iS2 .01 0 0 .30 id TSil.32 TSj JR oP OHIO VALLEY. Pktebunt Pkttmbwt. (74I 4R HVll7H 4iiil rkOtwvila 17417s 'baruiwosa.

Mmphs. -40: LAKJC REXilO.V. TolrdoL 8-eta. Marit. Otws rtneua Dufcitii or, pnitoji jfitrv 34! .12 I012' Pteee Cltwrra- 1 1 1 1 i a MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

-llPfMI -02IS I IMI St. Latiis. 0R MISSOURI VALLEY. WiUatoa Stattii. CMIJR in if 18120 8 12 ,340 pi 01 ROCKY MOUNT AJXSk Helms PhOFTUX.

10 30 PAanc 8 LOPE. .130132 44 44 40 44 OfO .01 i VM SC "wwi i. untax i rVatasrjQfJW 112 14 OiC .02 C- -ia Dmo 154 0 CANADIAN NORTHWEST (ltT 0 r' 0 Pe Partlv rtnuiv R-Rain. fcC-Snow. 7 PROPERTY VALUATIONS In First Appellate District of Xsn-- tucky Are srari.i, tirArca Til axovtasa.

Frankfort, Ky, March 25. The Sute Board of Equalisation to-day raised the assessment of and town lots made on every coynty in the first appellate- district except Calloway, Crittenden and The raise was as follows: Ballard County, 30 per cent on lands and 25 per cent on town lot; Caldwell. 26 per cent on lands and. 5 per cent on lota; Carlisle, 25-per cent on Hickman, 10 per cent-vn lands; Hopkins, 25 per cent on lands and per cent on lots; Lyon, per cent on lands and 20 per cent oh town shalL IO per cent on lands and IO per cent on town, lots; Muhlenburg, 15 per cent on ands; McCracken, 12 per cent on land and 12 per cent on city lots; Trigg, 6 per cent on lands and 12 per cent on lota; Union, 10 per cent on lands and 6 per cent on lots: We be ter. 10 ner cent on farm lands and town lots, Property owners In these counties will be given an opportunity to appear before the board and protest.

The assessments for 1913 show consider able variation from the assessments of 11 Good Because ItV Honest -f We can vouch for its honesty material, in manu- IV wS. facturc and I 11. You wif vouch for its goodness when you use it. 'tSLC7ht UV Original bottUng has old gold UbeL 9 Av GEO. A.

DICKEL tt CO DUtUUri. Nashville, Tenn.V YV Sold by Rrst-CIas. i Jobbera and Retailers sff, V- The symphony concerts for the coming week, which will offer a special program. Df SB HtTLTJ Orchard Fine, Prince-I wlU mark a new chapter In the local bls- toa Cnlversitj, Not Aecept I Xorr Kor the nm time the his- I (apv tf iwntw In hla sHtv. far at ean AmbasstuorsIupT.

Germany. rr up entirely of symphonies, no less than three of these compositions being Included In the Washington. March 23. President Wll-jlhrt. They are the of Haydn, the I it I a a I a a V.

sDa some wind added to the savagery of the mfu anoam to-oay that he has wup.Krr ramnant and probably will belnot 04,1 approval on the tariff Beethoven. dare kefore the full extent of the damage tor Oscar Cnderwood. Demo- Dr. Ernst Kunwald. the conductor.

can be estimated I erauc majority leader, after a three-hour I explanation ot tnts unusuu program. ga of in n. Mt mnA Jroncref tvrMm were I conference last night. the following statement to thi rquiara awav aa If they were constructed of nsiaen indicated to his visitors Ln.n.e Umiui trv th. lowlanda were awsot I that be had only begun to study 1 the program consisting of three aympbo- I a iMAa.llvtd aarWaa atmrtransnS a Kit a.

I IDtBsUlXJ-K. DUE IQII taSarnr fffasa namAMa (a I IHri UIHJ irvmmi Wivj It s. v. x. ar irom ineir aiiunutniuna wjr tjiw wrti vi i in, -ht-h had brok.

out of I mat to decide whether they should -re via. I aydn, Moxart and Beetnove nf in tnat par tSWr r-nks. Some of them were broken in tariftT In a alngle bill or by separate tlculsr order. Beethoven la the climax of pieces, and aa they floated away their I schedules he would maek known hla ow Jaymphony wrlUng. In his nine symphonies former occupants could tee seen clinging 1 rondo I tha apex of the art Is reached.

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1912. and the district as a whole shows a decrease in total assessments of $401,349 from the equalized valuation of 1012. The assessments of counties, showing the decrease on the lands per acre, follow: Ballard, 11 05 to $12 Caldwell. to 8 90; Carlisle, 1 51 to $15 22; Hopkins, at 55 to S48: Muhlenberg, $6 58 to tH 3. The Increase that did not satisfy the board follows: Christian, 114 41 to 114 91; Fulton, $19 21 to $3 Graves $16 95 to $17 50; Hickman." $11 61 to $16 72; Lyon, $7 01 to $7 18: Marshall.

$9 78 to $10 42; McCracken. $19 22 to $19 80; Twlfig. $7 to $8 18; I'nion, 2 12 to $2B 85: Webster t0 43 to $10 In many cases, howver, there was a large reduction in the assessments on town lots. Caldwell fell off JLMO.ooo; Carlisle. Hickman, 100.ortO; Lyon.

Muhlenberg. Trigg, Some of the counties reported sllgrhtly increased sssess-ment, but not enough to. make up for the large decreases. The policy of the board will be not to permit assessments for 10KJ to go under the 1912 assessments. Ol7 AIISS TO TCE ONE-WAY 6PRINO COLONIST TICKETS ON 15AUS DAILY' MARCH 15 TO APRIL 15, 1913 to points in Western Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Eriti-h Columbia.

ROUNTfcTRIP HOMESSEXERS TICKETS ON SALE 1st and 3rd TUESDAYS EACH MONTH to many points ia the Northwest United States and Canada. Long limit and stopovers. Travel on the i w-v (HI r-Tf-v smt (rmmhLml a kj ari" connectlnj to Minnesota. I lorth Dakota, Hontcna, Idsha, Vashin-rton, Oregon, or to Manitoba, Caskatch-wen. Alberta, Critbh send fr rrst'e aboat the ej Etawe and f-J a.

oa s-xwt Nortliera Pacific rav- i f- s-id eat i prompdy ujoo rvKftmu It cam you loilui. r.te y. M. J. roTFLIA Di.t.

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