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NUMBER 11,289.
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Entered as seconfl-clais matter at the
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WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Secretary Lansing Soon to Retire From the Cabinet, Two Coast Cities Hear
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ABOARD "PRESIDENTS TRAIN,
Sept. 16 California, home State of
Senator Johnson, "who is on a tour in
opposition to the peace treaty, "will
1e entered today by Preadont Wil
son in his campaign for ratification.
The President will meet his. first
California crowds this afternoon, his
train being scheduled to cross the
line into that state about 12:90 p. m.
(Pacific time.)
Yoke Shews Strain.
It was considered nallkely that
ir would "be rear alatform 11
speeches-., a PreBU!W IsMlj
caving his voice for kla effertsJa the!
sns; uuudchw mum -iii j .
sceeaed to. stow- some evklanoej? ot a
strain at the beginning of ate Port
land speech last Bight, but as he
talked It Improved.
Shantung has not teen touched
upon by the President slaee he reach
ed the Pacific Coast. It Is one of the
prlaoipal points of opposition attack,
and it -was expected President "Wilson
-weald fally explain his viewpoint
ef it in California, -where the Japa
aese question is alive. He mentioned
it in several Middle "Western speeches.
The Presidential train had no
steps scheduled fer today. It will
reach Baa Fraaciseo tomorrow, the
President remaining' twe days In
San Francisco and Oakland, speaking
In both cities.
President "Wilson took a stroll all
the way around his train shortly be
fore it left Portland last night. He
paced slowly down the platform in
Tiew of several hundred who had
congregated to see him off. then
crossed the tracks to the dark side
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COLD STORAGE EGGS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Butter Stocks Also Much
Larger Than Those
of Last Year.
Cold storage holdings of case egga
on September 1 showed an Increase
of 1,447,905 cases, or 23.5 per cent
over September 1, 1918,' while the
holdings of frozen eggs increased
2,788.416, or 3ZJS per cent, according
to figures made public today by the
Bureau of Markets, Department of
Agriculture.
There was an increase of 22.S75.762
pounds in the amount of creamery
batter, and of 1,788,416 pounds, or
33 per cent,-ln the amount of packing
stock butter held in storage on Sep
tember 1 of this year.
MEXICO ORDERS
RANSOM REPAID
Carranza Authorizes Eestitu-
j won oi j.u,wu resos
Given By U. S.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Sept 16. The
Carranza government today author
ized payment to the American Gov
ernment of 10,000. pesos, representing
the amount which Capt Leonard
Matlack, of the Blghth United States
cavalry, had to pay to Mexican ban
dits as ransom for American aviators.
President Carranza directed Acting
Governor Ortez of Chihuahua to make
payment.
Word was received here teday that
President Carranza has left Mexico
City for the border. He is Wily
guarded by a military escort aaoie
accompanied by several members of
his cabinet.
TAKE KELL-AXS BEFORE KEAXS
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POLK MIGHT GET
LANSING'S POST
ON BOARD PRESIDENT WIL
SON'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN
ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO, Sept
1G. Reports that Secretary of
State Robert Lansing plans to re
tire from the Cabinet within a
very short time and that he will
be replaced by Frank Polk, Under
Secretary of State, were current in
Seattle and Portland during Pres
ident Wilson's visit.
It has so far been Impossible to
obtain any confirmation of the re
port. However, there is a belief
that Mr. Lansing may decide to
leave official life before the end
of the year because his health has
not been too robust and also be
cause he -is said to be anxious to
resume his practice of interna
tional law.
PEOPLE OF OREGON
THIHK
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IS ALL RIGHT
fer&dent'nirtell
Absence o Organized Op
position Such As Met
In Some States.
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By FRANK R. LAMB.
Staff Correspondent ef The
Waxhlngtea Times.
PORTLAND. OltBG.. Sept. IS.
Oregon seems to have a meat
pronounced sentiment for the
peac treaty and the league cov
enant, and a most remarkable ab
sence of anything like some of
the organized opposition that
Presldont Wilson has encoun
tered in eome States. This is
gleaned not only from the ex
pressions of prominent men, in
cluding many Republicans, who
arc usually recognlzed'as Intense
partisans, but from careful sur
veys made by the leading news
paper. A poll taken by one of the
newspapers several weeks ago
showed a sentiment of about ten
to one in favor of the President's
program for unreserved ratifica
tion. It is admitted, however,
that with a sort of waning in
interest in the subject, the margin
in favor of the lraguc remains
virtually unchanged. It is a
happy, prosperous people here,
and Gov. Ben W. Olcott Repub
lican, a supporter of the league,
although a "reservationlst" of the
mildest type, well represents the
feeling that the treaty is essen
tial to an early return to normal
conditions along all lines; and
furthermore, he thinks that the
league is the salvation of future
peace.
Tamaltuous Reception.
The reception to .the President
and Mrs. Wilson in point of num
bers of people and enthusiasm
along the streets and country
sides is called by the party as
"the greatest yet" The Oregon
Journal described the greeting
this way:
"Tumultuous acclaim from
scores of thousands of loyal
-Americans welcomed President
Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
to Oregon this morning in the
most impressive and extended
outburst of enthusiasm ever wit
nessed in the city."
Similar comments were made
by the other newspapers, and at
the meetings there were unmis
takable manifestations of a warm
hospitality for the distinguished
guest of the State. Demonstra
tions at Seattle were inseparably
merged with the excitement over
the presence of the Pacific fleet;
and the crowds, reflecting a
polyglot population and a distinct
hint of the prevailing radicalism,
were more riotus; but Portland
fairly beamed with welcome and
a sympathetic spirit
President Gratified.
The President continues to be
gratified over what ne scents as
decided evidence of the people's
approval of Ms program, and
thinks that when the sentiment
begins to filter Into Washington
the Senate will be forced to yield
to his views.. There have reached
him the reports of a decline in
League enthusiasm in the Capital,
but he Is inclined to the belief
that they are predicated on preju
dice, and that ultimate victory
will crown his campaign through
the country.
Dl
G LICE HERE
The police union of the District of
Columbia will not go on a strike,
Lemuel Draeger, president; today
told the Senate District Committee.
Draeger declared the police union
members would remain loyal to. their
oaths as officers first, despite the
fact that they have taken an oath
of allegiance to the American Fed
eration of Labor.
The advantage in being affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor is in-briging greater pres
sure ti-bast Congress for in
creased' pay, Draeger said.
Qacsjioaed Orcr Aa Hoax.
Mr. Draeger testified before the
committee this morning during the
opening hearing in connection with
the Myers resolution providing that
Congress shall appropriate no funds
to pay District policemen affiliated
with any labor organization.
Senator Sherman presided at the
hearing and, with other members of
the committee, questioned the presi
dent of the union for more than an
hour oh the attitude of the Washing
ten police toward the labor question.
The Boston police strike was
brought up several times by Senator
Sherman and Sonator Calder of New
Yerk, who asker Draeger what he
thought of the Boston affair.
Regrets Boston Strike.
Mr. Draeger said he regretted the
police strike in Boston and assured
the committee that as far as he was
concerned the Boston strike would
never be duplicated in Washington.
The members of the committee in
questioning Mr. Draeger showed very
clearly they were in sympathy with
the requests of the policemen for in
creased salaries, but Intimated they
would not tolerate, nor would Con
gress, continued affiliation of the po
llcement with the American Federa
tion of Labor.
Mr. Draeger. whilo answering ques
tions as an individual and not as
representing the opinions of the en
tire membership of the union, indi
cated that his attitude is practically
the same as that of the other 700
members of the union.
Joined to Obtain Aid.
"The Washington policemen want
to abide by the law." declared Mr.
Draeger. "We are law-bbldlng citi
zens and want to protect the Interests
of the people of Washington." '
"Why did you policemen affiliate
with the American Federation of La
bor?" asked Senator Sherman. (
"We Joined because we thought we
would be better able to get our case
before Congress," repplied Mr. Drae
ger. "Conditions are such now that
the members of the metropolitan po
lice force can hardly exist and sup
port their families on their present
salaries."
"Do you think that the District
Committee would act more promptly
on the question of police salary If the
policemen were affiliated with - the
American Federation of Labor?" asked
Senator Sherman.
"Yes. sir." replied Mr. Draeger.
"Then If the action of tho District
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MEXICANSDEMAND
$6,000 FOR DOCTOR
Bandits Send Message By
Swede Captured On Train
With U. S. Physician.
Dr. J. M. Smith, an American physi
cian, of the Potosl Mining Company,
kidnaped by bandits near Santa Eu
lalia Saturday, was to be returned to
day upon payment of a ransom of
$6,000, the State Department was ad
vised. A State Department dispatch from
Chihuahua said that E. Monson, a
Swede, taken prisoner with Smith by
bandits who attacked a train en route
to Santa Eulalla, returned to Chlhua-
Ihua the same day with the message
that the bandits demand 96,000 for
Smith's release.
WONT GO ON
STRIKE, SAYS
UNION HEM
HURRICANE VICTIM
ALONG THE GULF COAST
MAX PULLMAN'S ADVICE
ON PARADE DETAILS
Pennsylvania avenue will be
absolutely closed at 12:30.
If you must cross itr get there
before 12:30.
Get down town early. All ,cars;
will be overcrowded.
If you ordinarily allow twenty
minutes for the trip, start an hour
ahead of time tomorrow.
LOCK YOUR HOUSE with
double care.
Don't try to place boxes or
chairs on the sidewalk. The po
lice will not allow it
If you want to help your city,
lend it an automobile for police
and scout work tomorrow. Tele
phone Rudolph Jose, Franklin
3900. He will place your car tp
best advantage, . and tell jjou
where to report.
Every detail for a perfect
parade has been worked out Po
lice, aided by a civilian commit
tee on order, have been Instruct
ed in every detail. If every man
and -woman is courteous, careful,
and sane, there will be no trouble.
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ALL GREED
PAY RESPEC
TO HER
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1G. Nearly 20,
000 Baltlmoreans went to the Fifth
regiment armory last night to see and
to pay their tribute of respect to a
great man, to a great and unconquer
able spirit, Cardinal Mercier, of Bel
glum, who, even more than his King,
represents the soul of his nation, a
nation that suffered martyrdom to
preserve its honor.
The reception was ono of the big
gest and most impressive, as well as
the simplest thing- of the sort that
has occurred In Baltimore in a gen
eration. There wore (5,000 or 7.000
persons in the building when Car
dinal Merclnr. and lifa hn.t Porrflmi
Gibbons, arrived a short time before 8
o ciock, and ror an hour more, others
poured into the building In a steady
stream and passed before the two
great prelates and statesmen, many
remaining in the hall until the re
ception was over.
All Faiths Represented.
Men and women of every Walk and
of every faith, and even of no faith
'at all, were there, all anxious to see
with their own eyes what manner of
men it was who stood up and for four
long and weary years, his country
devastated, its cities in ruins, its men
carried off into bondage and its wo
men, many of them doomed to a far
worse fate, and calmly defied the
brutal power that did all these things,
a power which sought to break his
spirit, but which dared not harm
him.
And seeing him, they understood
why all .the powers of evil as repre
sented In a great military machine
which knew not mercy and could feel
no pity did not prevail against him
during all those four awful years.
Shows Unbreakable Will.
For that tall, spare man with
snowy hair and luminous, deep-set
eyes, and tender, sensitive mouth,
radiates spirituality and strength of
purpose and unbreakable will. His
face and frame are the face and frame
nf the ascetic, of the, man nr un
questioning faith In the things in
which he" believes who is patient and
kind, whose heart shares the sorrows
of all his people and is too great to
hold hatred, even of his enemies, and
who Is able to pray for them that de
spitefully uso him and persecute him.
He feared no evil. And seeing him.
the people of Baltimore understood
why.
SAILORS HELD FOR MUTINY.
Eighteen members of the crew of
the American steamship Katonah are
being held at Bermuda ona charge of
mutiny on the high seas, the State De
partment was advised this afternoon.
The men were removed from the ves
sel at the order of the master, Llnd
helm. No other details were given in
the dispatch.
Washington Stage All
Set For Greatest Show in
D. C Hisf&y Tomorrow
A final conference between officials of the "War Depart
ment, members of Washington's citizens' committee, repre
sentatives of welfare organizations, and the Superintendent
of Police was held this afternoon and all plans for the
parade tomorrow completed. Everything is in readiness for
tne tnumpnai marcn oi uenerai rersnmg ana xne j?irst
division tomorrow.
Would Bar
The stage is set the actors ready,
and the National Capital prepared to
celebrate a victory; to welcome -those
home who helped make it possiDie.
Decoration and final work, on the
grandstands will be finished tonight
Half a thousand flags, fluttering
from as many staffs in the CoUrt of
Honor will bid glad, welcome to the
soldiers as they pass under the Arch
of Victory,, now completed ,
From the Peace Monuemnt ..to the.
corner it Nineteenth atreet.v400.000
spectators will .c jeer" fcsj -the v'lctorsM
pass up5" a liower-strewn jane wverw
planes will hover overhead durlngrtUe,
three hours the parade consnmesTin
passing. Washington's reception to
the First is to be unique in the
Capital's history of many parades.
At tho conference this afternoon
officers of tho army who witnessed
'the parade of the First tin New York
last week, brought out tho disad
vantages which resulted from throw
ing flowers along the route of march
there. Many of the horses were
frightened. General Pershing himself
was forced to change mounts during
the parade, and while sevcraj of the
animals slipped and fell en the
fiower-strewn pavement during the
parade.
Flowers, more than 10.000 of them,
will be strewn along Pennsylvania
avenue In. the parado here, however,
but not in the path of the marching
veterans. CoL W. S. Grant division
of operations of tho general staff,
ttated that the War Department
would permit the little children and
irlrla of Washington to place the
llowers along the route of march
so long as they aro not thrown In
front of the horses, or placed di
rectly in front of them.
Blossoms to One Side.
blossoms will be dropped
The
ulong
on each sld..e of tho Ave
nue from the Peace Monument to
tho corner of Nineteen street how
over, and cxtohd about ten feet
from the curbs. Tho flowers are
being contributed by the Washing
ton florists, and in addition hun
dreds will bo supplied by owners
of private gardens and from the
Government hot houses. It is planned
to have the little children, dressed
In white, stand inside the lines,
and as the column approaches strew
the flowers along the Avenue.
14,000 Due Tonight.
Fourteen thousand troops from
New York, the remainder of the First
Division, will arrive in Washington
tonight and tomorrow morning on a
score cf troop trains. Their departure
from tle metropolis has been report
ed to the War Department in tele
grams stating the vanguard of xhe
infantry brigades, Pershing's com
posite regiment, and part of the
engineers and machine gunners left
this afternoon and will reach tho
Capital some time during the night.
These troops will not detrain, how
ever, until in the morning. They will
sleep aboard the tourist cars, eating
breakfast tomorrow served from the
kitchen cars accompanying tho troop
trains. After detralnment. scheduled
to begin about 6:30 o'clock, they will
march to the eaBt steps of the Capitol,
where their photographs will be
taken, and then to concentration
points.
Hot Steals In Parade.
When the transportation of the
First Division comes rolling down
Pennsylvania avenue tomorrow every
rolling kitchen will contain a meal in
the process of preparation for the. sol
diersj and the. savory odors of roast
ing beef and baking beans will be
borne to the spectators along the
route of march. Following the par
ade's breaking up after it passes
Nineteenth street northwest, the
troops will return to their camps,
where the hot meal, cooked and ready
to serve, will be dipped from the
pots and pans carried to the kitchens.
In the marching orders issued to
the soldiers today from headquarters
of the First Division In the War De
partment It was announced that no
medals will be worn by the soldiers.
The ribbons, however, representing
tho medals, will be worn.
Bayonets to Glitter.
Bayonets will be fixed, and the sol
diers will march in a close column of
platoons with small distances be-
Flowers.
tween. Betwen battalions and smaller
unjta than a regiment, fifteen paces
only will be allowed, while thirty
paces is the prescribed interval to-be
maintained between the, brigades and
regiments.
The eight bands'of the division will
follow the regimental commanders at
a distance of fifteen " paces. There
will be no halts; the soldiers will
march at attention throughout the
parade, and when .stoppages occur.
alL.unJJJwiiLJ'raark, time." until thtft
;gnal tq go forward-again has been
U. -i. -toitaaslu Left Behiai!
jThe" soldiers wllU.wear the service
uniform with, steel helmets, but it
was announced today that no gas
masks will be carried.
The disabled and wounded soldiers
of the division will bo carried in am
bulances furnished by the Red Cross
and War Camp Community Service,
.it has been announced, and will come
just in rear of the headquarters troop
of the division. Demobilized officers
and men of the division will march.
with -ther former organizations, pro
vided they are i nproper -uniform.
Organization signs, bearing the
name and number of the unit to fol
low, will precede regimental and
smaller unit commanders at ten paces,
born by mounted soldiers. In this way
the spectators along tho route of
march will be enabled to pick out the
units in which they are especially in
terested.
Speaking last night before a gath
erig of 400 citizens of Washington In
the New Wlllard Hotel, Robert N.
Harper, chairman of the citizen's com
mittee on preparations, again urged
the display of the Stars and Stripes
along the lino of march.
Merchants, he said, whose houses
of business face Pennsylvania avenue,
are failing to do their part in helping
to decorate the Capital in a manner
fitting-tho occasion. A pitifully few
number of flags, he said, are being
displayed, and many have done noth
ing to co-operate with the District
Government in fitly preparing Wash
ington for her celebration of victory
and peace.
General Pershing is taking a care
ful interest in the parade himself.
Yesterday he spent a great part of
the day. In company with his aides
and his chief of staff, checking over
and suggesting aditlonal features to
the plans for the march as already
adopted. The commander-in-chief la
careful that nothing will be left un
done to make the final appearance as
a unit of the First division one that
will live long in the memories of
those who witness it and those who
take part
President Wilson, In Portland, Ore.,
last night signed the Senate and
House resolution making tomorrow a
legal holiday, thus Betting at rest the
conjectures which had arisen over
whether the bill would reach him In
time for his signature.
TESTIMONY IS TRUE,
BULLITT DECLARES
Every Detail In Official
Record Correct, Says
Prober of Russia.
"My testimony as it appears in the
official record Is cdrrect in every de
tail, " William C. Bullitt said today,
referring to his recent appearance
before the Senate Foreign Relations
Commltte.
Rgardlng reports that Philip Kerr,
secretary to Lloyd George, had denied
the accuracy of arts of the testimony,
Bullitt said the only denials he had
seen from Kerr were of reports
printed in Paris hewspappers, and not
of the" official testimony.
MISSISSIPPI HIT DV H. C. L.
JACKSON. Miss.. Sept 1C. The
"coat ,ot living" Is the reason given
in Governor Bilbo's letter to members
of the letflHlature asking authority
to borrow $200,000 to defray the ex
penses of State institutions until the
legislature meets next January,
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HERE'S BIG TOLL OF
STORM AiONG GULF
Corpus Christ!: Two hundred
bodies reported recovered. More
than 200 la hospitals from,
injuries and exposure; 3,000 home
less. Property -damage in Corpus
Christl district estimated at
43,000,000; fifty, persons missing.
Aransas Paaw: Ona drowned;
several missing; heavy property
damage.
Rockport: Heavy property
damage; several persons reported
I missing.
Port Aransas: Town reported
almost completely destroyed -when
Mustang Island Inundated by tidal
wave.
Brownsville: ' Heavy property
damage. .
Galveston: Normal life resumed
today; some property damage;
sea walljaaved' city.
Portland: Twenty-three bodies
reported recovered. . "
. Port Arthur:v Some property
damage-
Slates: - Three bodies' reperj&d
woycctp oa cwyHBM pi, wa
air thedeed'areaS;
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STE IN TO
ARRANGE FOR
RIKE TODAY
"Neither shall I go to Plttsbarar
tomorrow to attend the saeetlag
of tvreaty-foar presidents of the
steel Trorkers' unions," said Sasa
ael Geapers today.
Gompen refased to dlscsss per
sistent reports the salon heads
Trill take actios tomorrow post
poning the steel strike set for
September 22.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa Sept 1G. Field
organizers of steel and iron workers
in this district met 'here- todar to
discuss plans for submission to the!
general strike committee which
meets here tomorrow In what may
be the final session before he nation
wide strike of steel men sec for
September 22.
Rumors of postponement of the
strike until the labor conference In
Washington on October 6 were met,
by organizing officials here with the
statement that unless something un
foreseen occurred the strike would
go on as per schedule.
John Fltzpatrick, head of the steel
workers' committee, was due to ar
rive here tonight from Chicago.
CHICAGO WORKERS
TO STRIKE MONDAY
CHICAGO, Sept 16. Orders for
members of the Steel Workers' Union
in the vicinity of Chicago to strike
next Monday at 6 a. m. -were receiv
ed by local unions today. About 150,
000 in the vicinity of Chicago wUl
strike, according to union officials.
It will tie up the steel industry
in Gary, Indiana Harbor, South Chi
cago, Bast Chicago, Joliet, DeKalb,
and Milwaukee. Union leaders will
meet here Friday night to make final
arrangements for the strike in 'this
district
FIVE KILLED IN RIOT
AT MINE ENTRANCE
SCRANTON, Fa Sept 16. Five
persons were injured in rioting at
the "Von Storch colliery of the Dela
ware and Hudson Coal Company
when members of the radical element
of the United Mine Workers tried to
stop other men from going to work
today. 200 meu were engaged in the
fight, in which clubs and stones were
being freely used, when th nollea ar
rived. Five arrests were, jEaadn.
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BODIES CAST
ASHORE: ALL
COAS
HUNTVICTIMS
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept., IS. Mm
than. 300 bodies hzre been recover
from tfea beach in tW district, sr
Tpmdmg Gorpos Ckristi; aeewrifcte
Itofc a meoMM recefvod today fey T7.
WG. Oieatclsktant general eaa-
ger ror tb Federal Railway offkss
&ets frm Dr. W. P. Binsfceardt, ef
Cerpoj Chrkti,
.Oree lOt, bodies were washed
Wc near Jbe rsocli ef S. ABetv
fairc trim Van Atfe: Teli wiere
weafc frees. Corp
togfit fe eomwopicatiofiwiti
weno.
-G&hrestoa relief
Hoastofl until 9 e'ekek
of delay is awena
Aray officials at
are seadJojc blankets
wpplies fox tie xelwf
SiNTXm, fex., sept. 16. -At least
100 ei0M y dead in Core
Christl ted einity as a reealt t
the hwrieaejetfit swept the coast
Saturday, Male Sparks, of State
safd today.
Sev&aty bodies hare tee Meoti
fied, according fe the.-Magr' wior
mation. H ti the ck re
covered intb Mloiniasr Win!
At Corpse CZmhtl, ibwteta.
. At White PotKty-ee4
At Aransas FzsswGr-?
At. Rockport, eight "
Thirty, other bodiea We fowd
at scattering points aseeg tke.edast
by searchers, who wo-'ked aH feght.
Rescue parties in boats had MflDoreet
seventy-five persons from fleatlag
debris op to nine o'cieejc- raex aions-
tog Sparks said.
Rash Belief Tra. .
Relief trains, bearing army phy
sicians and nurses and great quanti
ties of food and clothing, are belsx
sent Into the tornado-swept district
from several points today.
In many instances the task of get
ting relief to the affected districts
has been made extremely difficult
by the destruction of railway tracks.
To reach these isolated spots relief
parties are traveling overland in au
tomobiles. According to word reaching here
early today, 125 bodies were found
on a reef a short distance from Pert-
land, where twenty-three of the
bodies are said to have been takoa
The majority of these are said to
have been Identified as. residents ef
Corpus Christl.
As yet no word has been received
as to the fate of GOO or more residents
of Aransas Pass, previously report
ed as "completely destroyed." Early
Monday morning word was received
here that the captain of a vessel
which had been driven ashore at
Aransas Pass bad managed to Aai
word by his ship's wireless that
Aransas Pass was wiped' out. 24
further word has been received te
date.
Rangers Take Field.
Following a conference with
Joseph T. JDickman, commands
the Southern Department, Opverae
Hobby Issued a proclamation callte c
upon the citizens ef the state to rea
der all possible assistance to the
storm sufferers. Texas rangers have
taken the field and will report n
Governor -Hobby, who. wW then d
clde on the advisability ef ealUa;
out the State militia t aid In the
work of relief.
Practically every "V$ ln Galf
waters along the Jfcssa. coast was
either destroyed. r seriously dam
aged. The fevwfSWMAteawlnlBff sea
worthy ate beHwr-'6fe SaearhCB
being made fr prao iAfrted icon
clinging to si.s et wreefege in tb
waters. Several score t persons
carried Into the bay by the rseedlag
(CoaUud3e3 Pass Coiusm S.J.
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'Cferfeti
vmfr
will Mt leVii
blmfc agjuJJHai).
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