Show HOMES AT Kaw Haw River Fills Houses With Water Three Feet in Depth I SCHOOL B BUILDINGS A AFFORD FORD A REFUGE Property Loss Is Heavy HeaY but Crest of Flood Thought Thought- to Be Past TOPEKA TOPEKA Kan J Juno June ne 9 About About people ha ha c e been driven from their hoin homes s in North Topeka by the flood flood- in inthe inthe the Kaw river The major portion found shelter in Topeka proper proper where the Auditorium school buildings and private homes have been opened to them No loss of life has bas been report ed cd but there has been beon much property loss by b moving moin and by muddy water in inthe inthe inthe the houses The crest of the 60 flood d reached Topeka at 3 0 o'clock this morning when the government river gauge au o showed a a are re registration regis is- is of 23 feet At o there was a registration feet indicating a n fall of about three o inches This is five feet below bolow the highest mark of tho the disastrous 1903 flood The government nt weather bureau says laYS the river will continue to fall fail unless an unexpected rise comes from above Man Man- hattan No rains fell in the territory above aboe hero here d during last night but showers show show- ers are predicted for tonight ht A sli slight ht local shower prevailed pre here this morn morn- ing In North orth Topeka the water is running running run run- nin ning o on op an nn average e depth o cr over the tho town of three feet Farmers The Tho farmers up the tho Kaw alI valley y have suffered great loss as tho the water has been from blue to bluff at Rossville and Silver lake Inke a width of two miles No trains Have nave reached Topeka o er over th the main main lines of the Union Pacific Rock Island or Santa Fe Fo today LOOK FOR FOE RISE IN 6 MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI- WATERS ST. ST LOUIS ou s June The Tho Tho stage ta o of the Mississippi river here meas measured feet this this' T morning at which mark mark tho the Jau gauge e ha has b been en Pa practically ica ly stationary tAt for the past three days Th The fhe M saga age Q is on tenth one tenth of of- ofa foot the dan a beyond danger cr line and in iu of this fact river men and anu property owners along the Joyce loveo aro arc makin making every preparation to tOI me meet t the flood conditions that arc are expected to prevail in rn three d days js j's when the flood floodwater floodwater water that is now inundating portions of Topeka an and l Kansas ansas City reaches hero here TWO RIVERS EIVERS RISING EISING NEAR KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY Juno 9 Prospects Prospects for an early abatement of the flood conditions con con- alon along the tbt Kaw river in Kansas and at Harlem Mo 10 across from Kansas City and anti nt at points above boyc here on the Missouri were favorable this mornin morning According to the local office of tho the weather bureau the the- highest sta stage of the stream at this point will have been rca reached hed b by tomorrow mornin morning At S 8 o'clock this thi morning mornin the Missouri i ouri bad had reached more than thau four feet above aboc tho the dan danger er line 44 feet above normal and the Kaw's measurement twenty three feet showed it to lack Jack b but t two fe feet fed t of lea leavic leaving n its banks Both rivers riven rivers con continue continue con to rt rise e the Raw Kaw less rapidly People living in th the river ri districts district's m of Ar Argentine entine and Kansas Cit City Kan were we're were moving out today and I in inI I some parts parts' whole neighborhoods were deserted Two Tw-o large storerooms in Kansas Kangas Cit City Cit Kan Kau have been turned over to those unable to secure tera in which to live l e and store their be- be belou lou longings in |