L $1.50 I The MAJI $2.00 Michigan Daily LOCAL $1.50 MAIL $2.0 XIII, No. 129. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1913. PRIGCEFIVE C _. RVIVORS SAY .000 BEGGARS L1 DESCRIPTION F THE WEAThER MAN A 1O-Strike! HURON'S DEADLY UNDERTOW of Miss Leah )Ioskowitz, Gives Graphic Picture of Conditions in JDayton. '16, SAYS PEOPLE WERE TWICE BUT DIi WARNED o NOT LISTEN, Diary of Troy Woinaii Depicts Rise of Overflowing Rivers, -Hour by Hour. While the conditions in the flooded district of Ohio are. not as severe as were pictured last week, yet the actu- al experiences of the survivors of the disaster almost defy belief, according to witnesses of the devastation wrought by the waters. The state- ments of Mrs. J. N. Zapoleon, a sis- ter of Miss Leah Moskowitz, '16, who reached Ann Arbor on Sunday after- noon after a 33 hour automobile trip from Dayton, and a letter received here by a student from a relative in Troy show that the conditions there are beyond description. Mrs. Zapoleon declared that more than 50 people have been shot by the militia for looting; seven big build-. ings were burned, and the windows were broken in all the stores and res- idences in the city. There was still 2 feet of water standing in the streets' when she left, and the principal dan- ger now is from disease, lack of fuel, and the lack of sanitary conditions. All Were Warned in Time. Two warnings were given to the in- habitants of the city on Tuesday' morning, and yet many people failed to heed them, suffering as a result of their heedlessness. The Miami river7 was the first of the three rivers at Dayton to overflow, and was followed shortly after by the other two streams. One hundred and fifty women, lodg- ed in the seventh floor of the Beckel hotel were saved by crawling a plank to the top of the new Bank building. The stocks of mnany of the larger stores were swept into the streets,and1 precious jewefs, pianos, automobiles. groceries, .and dry goods were min-1 gled with the wreckage of houses and lifeless bodies in the, rushing torrents. One hundred and six bodies are awaiting identification in one morgue. and 36 are placed in another. Refugees are offered free transportation to any part of the world. The letter from Troy is written in the form of a diary recording the hourly progress of the rise of the flood and its resultant disasters. Follow- ing are some extracts from the vivid Forecast for Ann Arbor-Tuesday, fair and warmer. University Observatory-Monday, 7:00 p. m. temperature 43.5; maxi- mum temperature 24 hours preceding, 55.9; minimum temperature, 24 hours preceding, 35.5; average wind veloci- ty, 21 miles per hour; precipitation, 0.7 inches. upstairs was O. and wife & D at their upstairs windows calling for help. D. says his wife is having nervous pros- tration. C's chicken house just went under the trestle and struck the trol- ley making a big flash. Market street is just a turbulent stream. Motor boat just going for D. Can't get up town to mail this, so might as well stop. 10:30. Thought it had abated. Rain started again. Has risen eight inches. T's house that was in the middle of Peters avenue has turned over. Do not know whether he got out or not. e thought they blew up the Big 4 embankment but it was the water that tore it away. There is a chasm of 100 feet there now. Close to the tres- tle another small opening. It is just foaming over the R. R. now. Looks like the dam. Barn, chicken houses and all kinds of buildings just float down Grant street. There is six feet of water in the cellar. P's yard and ours completely inundated. 11:34. D's barn and carriage house have been completely swept away.. The boats 'have been up and down the R. R. and Market street but people do _ z ' . i, Yv i i t' :t ' ! t ---f-'.*J'' ,. "'' // ':1 !/ ' . , , , \ \ a I , 4 _ 1 ' 1 , y i ° j; 4 --, :.- '' ., " - -... t -.. -, e n 9i CLAIMS THREEMORE VICTIM Two Men Students and Green Lake G Drown Below Barton Dam Sunday Night. JANE L HICKS, '15, ONLY MEMBER OF PARTY SAY No trace had been discovered late last night of the bodies of John Hen- ry Bacon, Archibald J. Crandall and Ella Rysdorp, the two students and their companion who were drowned Sunday night while canoeing on the Huf-on near the new power dam. Searching parties vainly dragged the bottom and scoured the banks of the stream yesterday from early morning until the setting of the sun on the tragic scene put an end to their gloomy labors. The search will be resumed this morning by the police and parties con- ducted by relatives of the victims. Students have been asked to turn out en masse to aid the searchers. Police and a dozen .students were I)EATH TOLL CANOEING OF SUNDAY'S TRAGEDY. John Henry Bacon, '15, Pontiac, Archie J. Crandall, '16, Brocton, N. Y. Ella Rysdorp, Green Mich., former member 1915 literary class. --E RESCUED... Lake, of the CASH POURS IN FOR SUFFERERS Jane Hieks, 'l, Detro not get into them. 12:00. No stores open. Main street looks like a river. S. is standing in the water taking pictures. T's are still crying for help, but when they get a boat they do not seem able to get into it, the current is so strong. 12:40 Took out 0, and ., and then Mrs. D. and baby. Knocked out the north side of D's upstais and carried her into the boat; enough debris bad been piled up against their house for them to step on so that they could parry her without jostling. It is av'ful. You cannot imagine what it is like. Floods were never real to me before when I read accounts of them. The colored people are in the trees at Nineveh. Two men below us were in trees all night. Two men who went to rescue them in boats were stranded and had to climb themselves. Still raining. Thursday morning. Old Mr. V's house turned over twice. Almost over :o the Big 4 now. They just found his body frozen stiff. P. S. No trains can reach here now. JUNIOR LITS WIN INTERCIASS 'AE 1 1 I CAMPUS RELIEF FUND. University Women....... ...$475.00 Michigan Union............ 188.74 Union Guild...............142.27 Medical Department......... 125.00 Faculty Club ...............70.00 Chinese Club...............50.00 Total.................$1,051.01 The relief fund for the sufferers from the Ohio floods was increased by about $200.00 yesterday as a result of the collection taken at the meeting of the Union Guild in University Hall and the action of the Chinese Stu- dent's club, Prof, Walter: Rauschenbusch, of the Rochester Theological seminary, spoke Sunday night " i University Hall at the Union service on "The .Gospel of Gallilee and the Age of the Power Machine." After the service Mayor Walz, treas- urer of the fund, outlined the plans of the local relief committee and Prof. J. P. Bird, secretary of the engineering department made a plea for liberal of- ferings. The collection amounted to $142.27. The Chinese students raised $50 at a meeting and then sent this telegram to Gov. Cox, of Ohio: "The Chinese students of the University of Michi- gan wish to express their sympathy for those who have suffered in the re- cent flood. They have telegraphed $50 to the City National Bank of Colum- bus." Pledges, approximating $15, with a ticket sale amounting to $45 have brought the total of the women's re- lief fund up to $475. The ticket sale for the Collegiate Alumnae reception to be held Thursday evening will con-, tinue in the library until tomprrow night from 8:00 until 6:;00 o'clock' each day. The totals from the League houses and the sororities are not in as yet, and it is expected that the fund will exceed the pledged $500 when these are finally reported. Senior Women Win Gym Contest. TRAGEDY RESULT OF IGNORANCE Circumtances, not foolhardiness, caused Sunday's tragedy. Fate lead the canoeists to try to be among the first to paddle on the -new lake and fate caused them to attempt to launch their frail craft in a spot never meant for canoes. Where the waters rush madly from the turbines sluices is a dock and stairway leading to the upper part of the dam and lake that was built for the reception of pleasure seekers who use the row boat. A set of rollers and a slide makes the portage of the .z aft an easy matter. Across the river bed, where the waters run slow after dripping down through the closed gate of the mas- sive dam is another dock and a stair- way leading to'the upper lake. This was designed especially for canoes. There is little water comes over the sills of the dam. It is all needed to run the machinery. Beneath it, the Huron river flows on calmly, and there a canoe may be landed or launched with as much safety as can be expected with a craft of its na- ture. The party did not know the prop- er way to take. When they paddled up the river in the afternoon, the ma- chinery was stilled. The tailrace with its smooth cemented sides prov- d alluring and the canoe was guided ud up to the rowboat landing without my thought. The water was still. Everything was safe. But the return 'rip was different. It was night and :housands of incandecent lights were clamoring for fuel. Hence the tur- bines were turning and tons of water poured down the tailrace transform- :ng its calm surface into a whirlpool. The canoeists could not appreciate he force of the whirlpools from the shore. They had made the passage easily in the afternoon and they felt ao danger in tr" ng it again. Then came the tragedy. Danger 'Signs Placed Too Late. Safety had been provided for and would have been assured in another week. The company knew of the dan- gers of the tailrace and they wanted to forestall them but time was swifter. The shadow of fate Crept in and as a result three human lives were swept away. At the turbine station yesterday, men tried to blame themselves for neglect but failed. They simply could not have anticipated. While the searchers dragged and the crowds hoped, the sign painters were getting a rush order. And besides, the offi- cials were considering a chain to close the tailrace and iron bars to block the sluice way. But again fate was ahead, and so there were boats braving the treacherous waters and men risking their lives while tears flowed freely in three homes. A mere whim of chance and heroism of Archie Crandall saved Jane Hicks, '15, from being swept to her death along with her three com- panions in the tragedy of Sunday night, enacted in the raging torrents of the Huron river beneath the floor of the new power house. For four hours she clung to Cran- dall, standing in water up to her neck 'and watched John Bacori and Ella Rysdorp slide to their deaths. Then when rescue came she was dragged to safety while her companion lost his hold on the rope and was swal- lowed up by the current. The ill-fated canoeing party, con- sisting of Crandall, Bacon, Miss Rys- dorp and Miss Hicks, was homeward bound when the tragedy occurred. The canoeists had come up the river to the power house; the girls had disembarked a hundred yards below and the men had carried the canoe up to the lake. After canoeing about Ella Rysdorp, '16: waiting at the scene of the 'tragedy early yesterday morning with row boats, grappling irons and pikes to begin the work of dragging the "pond" under the power house where the ca- noe capsized. The rains of the night before had swollen the stream, which was agitated by a brisk gale. By 9:00 o'clock the party had been augmented by students and others, some anxious to help, others eager to satisfy their curiosity, Operator Walter Yost of the Edison plant, who rescued Miss Hicks, re- moved the trap doors in the bottom floor of the building directly over the current. The wheels of the machin- ery were thrown on full force in an 4ttempt to agitate the current so that anything at the bottom might be brought to the top. Morbid Scramble for Souvenirs. At once splinters and pieces of can- (Continued on page 4.) Diary Tells of Flood's Havoc. "Rain began with our cessations. Monday almost steady downpour. Could not go home from card party. 11:30 p. m. Monday levee broke and Tuesday morning M came pounding on the door to get us to come over while we still could. Raper street knee deep with -water. Our house is still high and dry. K. heard that the reservoir had burst. If so there will be six feet more of wat- er. 6:23 a.m.Market flooded to within four feet of R. R. The R. R. up to Market looks like the canal. Both the T's are sick and the water is up to the win- dow sash. The little house between Market and Peters Ave., is washed off its foundation. 7:00 a. m. It is on a level with D's floor. Walked down to R's across yards. sidewalks submerged. It is terrible down there. We heard an awful cry for help. No boats are available. People are crying for help through megaphones. All the whis- tles and church bells sounded alarms all night. 7:15. Can't see the R. R. now. D's are entirely cut ,off. K. saw a house flounder in the water. Kyle building. yard is flooded. Just now they blew out the Big 4 embankment to relieve us but .fhere was as much water be- low as north of it. Not a person in Winding up the class relay series, two races were fought out yesterday afternoon for the championship of the !iterary and law departments. The fresh law victors forfeited to the jun- .or literary winners the right to the .:ampus championship. Contrary to current rumor, Trainer F'arrell allowed candidates for the Varsity to take part with the excep- tion of Capt. Haff, who was barred on- ly because of an injury to his thigh. In the first race for the law title, the seniors, succumbed - to the speed of the freshman. Following this contest, the junior lits proved their right to The senior women won the Fourth the literary honors for the second annual inter-class gymnasium meet time. The forfeiting of the culminat- last night by a score of 111 points. ing race by the fresh laws saved the The freshmen women took second junior lits the trouble of repeating place with a score of 109, while the their efforts. Fast time was made by juniors and sophomores trailed in the new campus champs, but as the with scores of 99 and 87 respectively. time was not recorded in some of the The meet consisted of rope climb- other matches, there is no basis on ing, jumping and a relay race. The which to judge the relative merit of winning class will have their numer- Archibald J. Crandall, '16. the lake they decided to .*return home. Bacon and Crandall carried the canoe down th'e stairs running along- side the power ;house and placed it in the "tailfdace" in front of the build- ing. The girls were timid about getting back into the canoe. Their fears were laughed away by the men and soon all four were seated in the frail craft. Bacon, the last one in, had barely seated himself, when the canoe seem- ed to have been lifted into the air. The next moment the four were caught in the powerful current which swept them mercilessly under the arch beneath the building. After a few moments, they found themselves standing on a ledge protruding from a cement wall. Behind this wall the turbines were pouring forth their their speed. With these relays, work in the gym will be abandoned by all but the pole- vaulters and high jumpers, as Far- rell has announced out door practice for his track warriors this afternoon. All candidates should provide them- selves with locker slips at the ath- letic. office and present these at Ferry field club house. als engraved on the silver cup and also a banner. Miss Helen Vanderveer '16. ,took the individual honors with a score of 46 points. Other high point winners were: Alice Barnard, '16, 45 1-2; Helen Hilliker, '13, 44 1-2; Ruby Hall, '16, 43 1-2; Jean Scott, '14, and Mar- ion Hubbard, '16, were tied with 42 1-2 points each. John Henry Bacon, '15.