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siH29S Bearing Away Dozens Barges and Light Craft. Loss oflifeMayResul From Great Sweep. Hose Cakes Break Loose Above City's Harbors, Then Jam Their Way To Fern bank Dam, Being Seen Last at Stony Point Damage Reaches Thousands. Scores of coat barges, houseboats, plm'ire launches and. smaller craft on both sides of the Ohio River were tor from their moorings and carried down strcem yesterday afternoon when the let which effectually had.

blocked river traffic began breaking up and snoring. The movement began at Cincinnati shortly after noon without warning. As hour later shattered planks and heavy timbers down the river bora evl dence of the terrlflo power exerted by the huge ice cakes as they ground themselves to fragments about the various craft. The losses will run Into thousands of dollars. The breaking movement extended gradually downstream, with the Ice jamming frequently.

Before o'clock it bad reached Stony Point, where two empty bargea were caught on the dike. A score of other bargea and mall craft were drifting slowly near the shores there two hours later. Ice Begins To Crumble. Before the Ice broke at Anderson's Perry, below Stony Point. It broke farther down the river at Rapid Run.

Later the Ice at Anderson's Ferry be gan to crumble, giving a straight course. Early last night It began drift ing over Fern bank Dim. At 11 o'clock last night the drifting ice was beginning to thin out over the dam. Reports were that the Ice had broken as far down the river as Ifodoe bar at the mouth of tho Big Miami River. Rl verm en reported that not more than SO barges and a number of smaller craft had gone over the dam.

Evidence of many wrecked boats was shown by numerous bits of Abating timbers. The breaking of the Ice Is attributed to lowering of the wickets, at Fern-bank Dam. The river last night was rising, due to the artificial wave created by lowering the locks and dams of the upper stretches, and the Ice was moving fast. Reports from up-river points Indicated the same condition's prevailed above Cincinnati. Bargea were swept from the wharves of half a dosen coal companies on both the Ohio and Kentucky sides by the heavy pressure of the ice.

Moat of the barges were empty. six loaded bargea with 8,500 tone of coal Intended for the Cincinnati Waterworks were lost by the Whet tone Coal Company from the foot of congress street. The loss Is estimated tt 115,000. When apprised of the loss safety Director Hornberger sent nessage to Homer Johnson, Fuel Administrator, Columbia. Priority Order Bought.

The message follows: "Sudden thaw In Ohio River to-day occasioned the breaking of about 1 coal barges 1,000 tons, of coal, this makes the Cincinnati condition more critical. Issue priority orders for cars to Rum Creek Mine. Logan, W. and hlpment from there to Cincinnati Waterworks." Thirty empty bargea with a pump oat and a houseboat were awept from the McCullougn street landing of the aarmet Coal Company. The Ohio River Launch Club boat was carried Into midstream and late yesterday had been caught in the lee ear shore below Stony Point The Pleasure launch Eatelle and her pleasure barge, used for summer dancing parties, were the first of the craft to go down the river whole.

Bits of wreckage had preceded her. When she paaaed low Stony Point the launch was almost detached from the barge by the Fourteen gasoline launches left the Licking River with the Btelle. Only of these passed Stony Point with her. More than. a score of bargea and her craft were In the Tlclnlty of ony Point at 4 o'clock, evidently at the same time after being ld by a jam farther up the river.

They vel down the river later. Fleet of Barges Smashed. River men put out Into the river late mterday below Stony Point In an wort to salvage a score of bargea and Pump boat which were believed to or The Marmet Coal Company. SICKWITHACOID HEAD STOPPED UP? TRY "KOSTRIOLA!" NOwTRIOLA Balm or "ip the XTRIOU will catarrh for months. dln Pasaagea are the KvS Catarrh.

Hay mi .11 fVJXok.i? oeeilng germs 'orfoRILU op In Uquld throaL X.K yre ipot." i ivucaif WeliTi0" d. head stopped up. 'wIiEf ni.lrr7 frmPCiad to llttl. ifiSiS neip, just apply to "oetrire. rub on or wherever there la i-eu.

a pieaaaat surprise await ain" the Dow stores or any oeTiuoiA, kept playing on the river all night, and about 10 barges were seen to pass. The Oym Boat Club boathouse passed North Bend early la the alght. as did a number of launches. Ice was moving rapidly from North i Tni ENQUJRER, CINCINNATI, THURSQAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917 1 ICEFLOES Ice-Choked Ohio River as Viewed From Cincinnati tfrind Down River, i t' V- fLEETOF ESRQE. nypj I i Ten of them were together and other.

WW were in the vicinity. Three had been 1 tSf- 4 Mrlt tvJ 1- .91 If ''V badly bt.r. by the lee d.th. end V.ftilirf M' 1' of one was stove In. The fleet bad Iff.

"'ijl '1 I I ssnaahed acalasa th.CLa.dO. Rail. II JtT- I i 'T I Fj. wXTS JI 'f. '''H I road pier up the river and broken up.

1 "VV' V1 The only damage In the Cincinnati har bor was when the Coney Island wharf-boat was shoved feet against the Greene Line wnarfboat, where she wss moored. The harbor tugboat Hercules Carrel laid alongside of the City nf Louisville and protected her from damage. Ths1 steamers Corker, Loucinda and City ot "Cincinnati steamed out Into deep water when the ice drift began to thin out and danger from heavy Ice cakes was past. The gasoline launch Charlotte, lashed to a coal barge, was the laat boat to pass the Cincinnati levee. Kentucky towns serosa the river auf fered heavljy, scores of pleasure craft be ing swept away.

Six bargea of coal owned by Fred Hartweg. lying above Cln cinnatl, were broken loose with a coal digger. The coal digger was caught, two bargea of coal grounded, a third" sank be fore the bridges were reached, and the other three were crushed against the piers of the C. and O. bridge.

New Hopes Save Coal. At Covington the T. J. Hall fleet, at (he foot of Western avenue, left Ita wharf when the mooring ropes parted. A con.

slgnment of new rope held the Hatfield Coal Company's fleet, at the foe of Scott street, Covington, In safety. One barge broke from the Ludlow Coal Company fleet below the Clncin nati Southern bridge. A loaded barge of the Campbell Creek Coal Company fleet at the foot of Kenner street, Ludlow, was aunk In a.colllalon with an empty barge from the T. J. Hall fleet and a barge from the People's Coal Manager John Wilson re ported the remainder of the Campbell Company's fleet of 11 empties and eight loaded barges to be safe.

Harry Parrlsh, Dayton, lost three pleasure launches. Several boats were swept Into the Ice near Reddlck'a arbor, Bellevue, and sunk. Schu- mate'a harbor, Bellevue, and the Dayton Farry, Dayton, reported the loaa of number of boats and launches, one of which was the Dayton Ferry, which late yesterday was movlrg down the river below Stony Point with the Ice. Saved From DestmcUon. A coal harge of the John Orlefe Coal Company, with 360 tona of coal, was caught shortly after It broke from Its moorings at the foot of York street.

Newport. Coal barges at Stewart's landing and Coal Haven, were reported safe, with ganga of men working to keep the ice from therh. Rlvermen at the Coal Haven Harbor of the Queen City Coal Company worked hard to save 1(10 craft ih.re from destruction, targe check lines held the fleet of 75 empty bargea and three loaded barges which had been consigned to trie Cincinnati Waterworks Company. Su perintendent WDIiajn How, In charge of the rlaet. said the Cincinnati Ovm Club and the Ohio Boat Club boathouses and IS smaller cabin boats had been lashed to the aide of the big fleet for safety.

Fourteen launches from Dayton, torn from their moorings, passed down stream, followed soon by four flatboats. Rlvermen on the Kentucky side saw four eoal bargea break loose from the Ohio shore above Cincinnati. The Reliance Coal Company lost one barge of coal. Five motor boats and two hydroplanes were lost when the Idle Hour Boat club boathouse was swept from its moorings yesterday. The boathouse was recovered In an undamaged condition at J.

J. Hat' fleld'a coal fleet below the Suspension bridge. The lost motorboata are the Bunklst. Camray, Shorty's Ark snd Chick. One hydroplane was the Dayton Kid.

The other, an unnamed one, recently launched, belonging to Charles Schwann, Cincinnati. Commodore C. M. Ottern has reported the lose to lower river towns. In hopes some of the missing boats may be found.

Efforts to save the drifting craft were not attempted In the vicinity of Cincinnati because of the danger to email craft that might put out. Thinning out of the ice floea down the river, however, gave rlver men a chance to attempt to aave several barges and pleasure boats later. Heaviest Lorn at Bends, Considering the heavy number of craft that broke loose and were Carried away by the lee, the lower part of the river was remarkably free, and It la believed a heavy percentage of the craft were sunk when the Ice jammed at the benda In the river Just below Cincinnati. Only a few of the pleasure boats and smaller craft were to be seen In the collection of boau that gathered Juat above the Ice jam near Stony Point late yeatenlay. Some were riding the top of the Ice, snd apparently were not damaged.

Three hundred automobiles were sent down the river on barges a few days ago, and narrowly escaped poasible de struction In the Ice floes. Police petroling the river have been instructed to make inventory of any craft they And isolated and In danger of destruction. The arrival of three cars of coal over the Pennsylvania RaHroad yesterday served to relieve temporarily the short at the Cincinnati Waterworka 1 Late last night It was said barges of the Ilarmet-Halm Coal and Coke Company, at North Bend, and the Island Creek Coal Company, at 8. I tan, were safe. Searchlights at both plants were in i a ii'i I 1 1 1 1 ''i ii ji And Dance Sarqf 1 Bend, and It la believed there la a clear channel for the Ice below that point The Big Miami River is said to have ssven inches of Ice on It and near-by resi dents are cutUng and storing the Ice.

A traction car motorman reported last night that he had seen an automobile on the ice near Anderson's Kerry, Another line was thrown out by the Anderson's Ferry ferry-boat yeaterday to prevent it from going down the river with the Ice. The United States Oovernment boat at Fernbank, T. A. Woodruff, was saved yesterday when dynamite was uaed to break the Ice which surrounded It The river at the dam rose from a stage of 10.1 to 11.5 feet in four Hours early last night Tales of Narrow Escapee. While there was no loss of life so far as 'could be ascertained definitely, many narrow escapes were reported.

and a few persona were aeen going down the river In boats caught by the Ice. Carl Davis, an employee of the Mar met Coal Company, had nov been accounted for last night. Two small sons of Frank Harrison, who operates ferry at the foot of Berry avenue. were on a hquaeboat that broke loose. One of the boys managed to get a small canoe on the houseboat into the water.

They were reacued near the Queen City Beach by Pat Parrlsh and several other men. Employees at John Orelfe's coal fleet. In Newport caught a line thrown them by the occupant of a passing shanty boat, but the line parted. The man was carried down the river In hla boat. A launch with a man at the wheel, accompanied by a weeping woman, was carried by In the Ice.

Andrew Hickenlooper, well-known Clnoinnatlan, with Jack Stanley and, Charles Moore, were on the Ohio River Launch Club boathouse when It was swept 60 feet out into the river by the lea When It came within 10 feet of the bank fanhar down the stream the three Jumped from Ice cake to Ice cake and reached shore. Mr. Hickenlooper was thrown Into water up to his knees when an Ice cake tilted. COAL SUBSTITUTION URGED Upon I ad us trial Consumers of Oas Pressure Increases Generally. Slight Improvement In he natural gaa situation waa noted yesterday.

due to the moderation of the weather. The Corryville gauge registered a pressufedurlng the day from 11 to 1 ounces, while the average pressure In the downtown district as revealed by the City Hall gauge, waa IVi ounces. The pressure decreased materially after p. m. W.

T. Cartwright, Vice President of the Union Gas and Electric Company, said the company anticipated storing a reserve supply ln Its fanka to-night which would relieve conditions to-da The relief, however, will be only temporary, elnce another cold wave Is predicted during the next few days. Charles V. Crtlchfield, gaa expert of the 8tata Public Utilities Commission, and City Solicitor Groom paesed the entire day yesterday at the offices of the Union Of and Eleetrio Company, classifying the consumers, with the view of recommending the discontinuance 'of natural gaa service to the larae uaera who can substitute coal with the leaat distress and Invonvenlenca, Mr. Critchfleld aald last night the first list of consumers who -will be eliminated, will be made public to-day.

Offlclala of the gaa company have em sured him they will co-operate In carrying out hla orders. Domestic consumers who can substitute coal for gaa are urged to do so by Mr. Critchfleld, who sees no permanent relief In alght during extreme cold weather until artificial gaa is available from the new gas producer in prpceas of construction. No replies have been received by Mayer Puchta or officials of the gas company to the telegrams to Oovernment officials urging the reduction of the natural gaa supply to the Whit-4 aker-Qlessner Steel Company at Portsmouth. Mayor Puchta la of the opinion the Govrenment officials will accede to the requests.

Th. PnrtamAiith nl.nt had hn r. celvlng 1 2.000,000 cubic feet daily from the United Fuel Gaa Company. Turn day Its supply was reduced to 000,000 cubic feet. When the plant appealed to Waahington for lta normal supply on the ground that munitions of war wore being manufactured, Cincinnati officials wired to Government officials that the gaa waa needed for domestic consumption.

Persons forced to abandon homes because of the gaa shortage continued to seek temporary quarters at the various hotels yesterday. Many tried to engage accommodationa for 30 days, rather than take chances on a recurrence of the situation. Among the refugees at the Hotel Gibson are MaVor-elect John Galvin and daughter. Vias Julia E. Galvin.

NO EXTEA iHELP OBTAINABLE. Lack of Funda Prevents Cleaning of Snow From Streets. Lack of funda Is preventing the em-J-'Sfhilp ployment of extra help to assist the regular street cleaning force in removing snow from the atreets, according to Service Director Hornberger. Mr. Hornberger said every available man in the Street Cleaning Department has been assigned to the work, which, he said, was progressing aa rapidly as possible under the circumstances.

Numerous complaints were received yeaterday because the downtown streets had not bsen cleared off. To all of them Mr. Hornberger replied the department waa exerting every effurt to complete the task. Because of the extreme cold weather Fred Maag. Superintendent of the Street Cleaning Department, ssld he was not requesting the men to work overtime.

He aald approximately men were engaged In removing the snow, all of whom are assigned to the downtown district. The suburban streets have not been touched. In many places snow drifts several feet deep Impede traffic. Hnrae-drawn equipment of the Fire. Depart-' ment haa.

been stalled several times when responding to Ore alarms. WOMAN B0BJTE DOWN LADDER And Saved From Flames Snow Banks Impede Fir Fighters. Slight moderation of the weather yesterday afforded little relief to city firemen, weary after four days' grinding through snow banks and up Ice- covered hills to answer alarms of lire. During the 4 hours ending at tic lock yesterday morning. 17 alarms had been sent to.

Fire Tower operators. Use of a ladder may have saved Mrs. Busle Kolly, Mi law. II avenue. Hart-well, from death at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.

Patrolmen St sab and Vonderheide observed the Kelly home be ablaae. They shouted a warning and awoke the occupants. By the time Mrs. Kelly waa carried down the ladder, flames were leaping from the place. An over-heated stove' waa given as the cause of the Are.

Damage of 16,000 was reported to have been done. SHOW WLHD0W FLOODED. Damage estimated to exceed 1200 was caused fn the Rollman at Sons' Company store. Fifth and Vine streets, yesterday by the discharge of an automatic sprinkler. The entire Vine-street show window was flooded.

INSPECTION TRIP Brings President of Chesapeake and Ohio To Cincinnati. George W. Stevens, Richmond. President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, accompanied by O. B.

Wall, assistant to the President, arrived In Cincinnati yesterday. Mr. Stevens is on his regular Inspection tour of the Chesapeaae and Ohio System. In the evening he at tended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rallwa oi inaiana. only routine business was transacted, according to a statement liven out after the meeting.

Mr. Stevens refused to discuss the nrob- sble action of President Wilson retarding ine railroad situation, but, like the heads nf other big Kastern roads, he la with the President, no matter what decision he mnkes. Mr. Stevens derlsred there la a a rest deal of coal on the Chesapeake and Ohio between Cincinnati and the mines, and every effort la being made to rush It through. He believes his road will he able to turn It over to connecting line.

aa rapidly as they are able to receive It ihe Chesapeake and Ohio coal at present goes to relieve the Michigan shortsae. other coal-carrying roads are sup plying Cincinnati and other Ohio cities. NEWTOWN GROCERY BURNS. Bucket Brigade Quenches $1,000 Fire-r-Clnclnnatl Cannot Aid. Fire early this morning destroyed the grocery store of Stacker Newtown.

Ohio. Damage waa estimated at tl.OOO. The building waa a two-story frame structure. It la thought the fire was caused by a defective flue. Officials pf Newtown sent a call for help to the Cincinnati Fire Department, but.

owing to the bad condition of the Chief Houston would not permit any apparatus to leave Cincinnati. For a time It waa thought that the fire would spread to other buildings and destroy the village. Men of the community formed a bucket brigade, and, after several hours work, extinguished the flames. TO HOLD FBICE HEARINGS. Waahington, December 12.

Manufacturers. Jobbers and consumers of news print paper were to-day invited by the Federal Trade Commission to attend the news print paper hearings, which will begin here January 7. Information adduced at the hearings will be used by the commission In fixing a price for news psper. which by sgreement Is selling now for three cents a pound. FLUE FOUGHT WITH SNOW.

Snow was uaed laat night near North Bend by the crew and paasengers of an east-bound Cincinnati, Lawrence-burg and Aurora traction car to extinguish a blase when the under psr of the car waa set on fire by the wiring. It was found water from the river could not be handled quickly enough because of the distance. The cer was In charge of Motorman Charles Martin and Conductor Frank Henderaon. It waa sent to, car bams for repairs. Tkete war.

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vi Di. aisrj vuurcu, It was a genial and congratulatory body of men that laat night assembled about a dinner table at the Hyde Park Country Club to do honor to Rev. P. J. Hynea, pastor of St.

Mary'a Church, In recognition of his untiling efforts developing the pariah. It waa St. Mary'a Church, recognised ss one of tho most artistic ecclesiastical edifices In Cincinnati aa well ss one of the most devotional in beauty snd conception, erected under the sole direction of Father Hynea and dedicated December which was the Immediate excuse for this affair. It waa as well a testimonial of other good works accomplished In the parish by Father Hynea during his ministry of 12 years, such aa building a rectory and a nun's house to serve aa the home for teachers In the school which Father Hynea founded and equipped with such efficient scholastic standarda that it is recognised to be the best primary and high school in the archdiocese. It la the only parochial school whose graduatea are accepted by the University of Cincinnati, the State University and the University at Waahington without extra examination, and these facts, which gave a reason for the dinner, were dwelt upon In brtef testimonial talks by Messrs.

M. Cooper. Frederick W. Hinkle, Richard D. Bray, Julius Hrockhorf and A.

J. Becht. The toastmaater was Albert J. Hoffman, who Introduced each of these speakers. Those present at the dinner were: Dr.

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Mary's, presented hlra with a seven-passenger automobile, equipped In every detail, which will enable the recipient to perform hla parochial duties with even greater celerity and benefit REWARDS OFFERED By Stanley Tor- Xurderers of Two Kentuckians. irtcui. MsrsTca re vas ssqtissa. Frankfort, December 13 Governor Stanley to-dag. offered $100 reward for the arrest of the murderer or murderers of Drew Roes, who was killed in Christian County while hauling a load of tobacco to town.

Harry M. Bremen and Leslie B. Bsny ham. of Louisville, and William E. Tim' one.

of Lebanon, are Colonela on the staff of Governor Stanley. Their commissions were sent out to-day by the Governor, R. Ballard Trigg, of Glasgow, member of theyKentucky Senate from the Nineteenth District to-day sent his resignation to Oovernor Stanley. A special election will be called to All the vacancy, the date not having been decided upon by Governor Stanley. Trigg Is a Major In the officers' reserve corps, having won his commiaalon at the last officers' training camp at i t.

Benjamin Harrison. The law passed by the 111 legislature permitting Insurance companies to MEN'S AND WOMEN'S It 5.00 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 wwl BOYS SHOES nt la tae Worl OO S1UM BEWARE OF FRAUD None (eaalne sntleM VV. L. Donolaa naaaja an4 the retail price la taaapeel OS the bottoea TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE In Cincinnati 5 1 1 09 Main Street, STORE corner Canal St. Increase their premiums to per cent oa mercantile risks In sixth-class cltlesv will not be put Into force.

After reratlng II towna it developed that the Increaae would be 30 per cent on mercantile rlske Instead of 20 per cent and the state rating board would The, rate In the Jl towns which the Insurance companies rerated will be put back at the old figures. An offer of $500 reward for the arrest of the murderer or murderers ef W. F. dairyman of "Fayette County, waa made to-day by Governor Stanley. The murder occurred It daye ago on the Iron works plks as Schooler waa returning trom town la the late evening.

Aut Whltaker, of Floyd County, convicted September of tbia year for seduction and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year and one day. was) pardoned to-day by Governor Stanley. RTTF.T.T r.HTWfl MVVIIIK rtUTJVTI a Two men, suspected of having robbed the office of the Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo Traction Company, Crawford and Spring Grove avenues, were sought yesterday by detectives. Milton Walker, car inspector, said he permitted the pair ti wait In the office Tuesday night because of the severe cold. He locked the door and Jntended to open when Uie men's car arrived.

After taking out of a cash drawer the men removed a window, screen and es caped. IB sfgjfJ fn t0 include this restful five-day voyage on beautifully equipped iff: rail Southern Pacific Steamships i jgmr I Circle tours at low fates can be arranged from your city to either New York Ssfn I New Orleans, then the steamer voyage across the Gulf and along the Sif tj I 33n coast, returning home by choice of rail routes. Ask for literature about the tpjp iJB APACHE TRAIL OFARiZONA 11 1 llifiilllfi I Perm'fRg' Somtktm Pacific Company to rttaim thm esnrsAi Hr Tj fmffti I Perafio a cAe Morgan Limm, Aa Jstttltf I'lfil erse Commerce Commission said: HI "Many diainteraeted witneeses who have had years of familiarity with trans- ifigSfl HI fHrny I postation conditions, expressed the conviction that a eevsrance the jj i i I Morgan Line from the Southern Pacific Company would be a calamity." ftttjit 1 lilli C. M. KNOX, General Agent, SB: i- I Kae, Fear, Claetanatl.

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