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TEUTONS CAPTURE BIG
RUSSIAN FORTRESS
BREST-LITOVSK, RUSSIA'S MOST
POWERFUL FORT, STORMED
BY THE GERMANS.
AIR RAID BY ALLIED BIRDMEN
A Daring Raid Was Made by Sixty
Two Aviators on a German Ammu
nition Factory-English Aviator
Destroys a Submarine.
Latest European War News.
Brest-:.itovsk, the main Russian
fortress and concentration center for
the Bug river line of defense, was oc
cupied by the Austro-Germans Thurs
day. While the Russians offered
stout resistance to the invaders dur
ing their approach to the fortress, it
is apparent they did not attempt to
defend Brest-Litovsk itself, but evac
uated it as they did Ossowetz in con
formity with their intention indicated
in dispatches from Petrograd to take
up new positions further east.
The Germans are now in possession
of the whole line of railway from
Chelm to Bialystok, the Russians a4
ready having evacuated the latter
city.
The Russians have not yet entered
the vast Bielovieza forest, which ex.
tends 30 miles north and south and
has a width of from 17 to 30 miles.
The forest is a famous hunting center.
There is again talk of Russian prep
arations for a stand, but no indida.
tions as to where this attempt is to be
made.
The Russian fortress of Brest,
Litovsk, which has just capitulated to
the Austro-German forces, had been
considered one of the strongest fort
resses in Europe and was the south
ern base of the second Russian line
of defenses to which the armies of
Grand Duke Nicholas retreated after
the fall of Warsaw. The citadel is 131
miles south of Grodno and 120 miles
due east of the Polish capital. The
town, with a population of about 50,
000, was one of the most important
depots for military supplies near the
western frontiers of Russia proper,
It was rated as much more important
strategically than was Warsaw.
Aircraft again have broken the me
notony of the western warfare. Sixty.
two French aeroplanes flew over the
Dellingen iron works near Saarlouis,
Rhenish Prussia, dropping 15 bombs,
while a British aviator is reported to
have dropped a bomb on and destroy.
ed a German submarine off Ostend,
The German report says four of the
french machines In the attack neaz
Saarlouis were brought down, one o1
them, however, falling behind the
fr&ch lines.
By the capture of Novogeorgievsk
the 4Atro-Germans have opened foi
their use the great Vistula river trans
portatig9i route into the interior o1
Poland." 'erman steamers are in
waiting at LWyssogrod, a few miles be
low4the fdortess, and within a day or
two towa barges laden with am
mun lies for the army, and
S ions for the occupied
on of Pol , will be heading up
the long reachg of the river past
Warsauw to the.alacian frontier.
The capture. d the fortress also
opens a highly i1ibrtant railroad line
from Germany via lawa to Warsaw,
north of the Viuta ,. , whereby rail
cormmunication cap be establ'shed
with Eastern Pdli~1n d the present
military front witeoik awaiting the
rebuilding of the great ?bridges across
the ¥Vitula at .War aw4 which were
destroyed by the Russians before their
retreat
The naval battle in which German
Russian warships hale been en
for several days in the Gulf of
has resulted in the German
t withdrawing after having lost
e battle cruiser Moltke, warship o1
,the dreadnaught type, three other
Orulsers and seven torpedo boats, ac
ootding to a statement credited to the
prisident of the Russian duma.
The announcement of the president
et the duma was an follows:
"In the Riga battle the Germans
lest one super-dreadnaught, the
Moltke, three cruisers and seven to.
pedt~ boats.
"The German fleet has withdrawn
from Riga bay."
oGesinan succesees in occupying the
fortress of Oseowets and a British
navral bombardment of the German
uaval base at Zeebrugle furnished a
series of news features this week,
which temporarily diverted attention
ifrem th gravity of the issue growing
out of the sinking of the steamer
Arabic by a German submarine.
Aside from the loss of the German
eships, the naval engagement is regard
ed ehiefly important for the strategic
effet upon the land operations in the
German sweep eastward toward Pe
trograd, which military observers now
,consider as having been checked and
tpossibly irreparably defeated.
SThe German center has pressed for
ward steadily until Prince Leopold
'of Bavaria is' near the Russian new
line of defense, but military observers
ay that the entire campdign hinges
an the vast enveloping movement of
_oid Marshal von Hindenburg's
'forces in the north. They have suc
ceeded in pushing far beyond Riga to
Jacobstad on the Dvina, but the Rus
aians hold on the gulf of Rica, and
the great naval base of Riga was a
cntnuaol menace p.Yea Hlndenburg'
rear.
PEOPLE DIE DAILY FROM
STARVATION IN MEXICO CITY
Population of City of Mexico Driven to
Dire Straits During Occupation of
Zapata Forces-Treasury Looted.
El Paso, Tex.-Details of events at
I the City of Mexico between the first
and second occupation by ('arranza
forces under General Gonzales are re
lated in courier dispatches received
Wednesday from the capital.
"The entire city council was arrest
ed by Zapata men last night," it was
stated under date of July 22. "This
morning the Zapata commanding gen
eral secured the combination of the
1 treasury vauit.s and extracted $480,000.
r The food situation here is desperate
and the police records show a number
of bodies found in vacant lots result
I ing from death by starvation. Twenty
people were seen carving carcasses of
t dead horses found in the fields.
"The relations between the Villa
and Zapata men are very strained and
trouble between these factions is look
I ed for."
A story by courier to Vera Cruz,
Aug. 16, thence to New Orleans, said
1 deaths by starvation continue at a
conservative estimate of twenty-five
a day.
r A visit to the various hospitals by a
representative of the American Red
Cross disclosed that for the first three
days of August twenty deaths from
starvation were recorded. The num
ber did not include the many who died
in the streets from lack of food. Yes
terday six death certificates attrib
uted starvation as the cause.
During the month of July, 1,856
deaths were registered in the City of
Mexico. According to Charles J.
3 O'Connor of the American Red Cross,
1 8 per cent of the deaths were due to
starvation.
Efforts of the authorities here to
· relieve the distress have been of little
f or no effect. School teachers, govern
r ment employes and even employes of
the Beneficencia Publica, which cor
responds somewhat to the central
charity organizations of American
cities, were among those who have
t made applications to the Red Cross for
assistance.
Such supplies as were brought in
t by General Gonzales when Carranza
forces reoccupied the capital on Aug.
2 are nearly exhausted. The situation
is such that only large supplies of
provisions from outside the capital
can remedy conditions.
A comparison of prices during July, I
1914, and July this year, shows the
following increases:
Corn, 2,400 per cent; beans, 2,200
per cent; rice, 1,420 per cent; sugar,
940 per cent, and flour, 900 per cent.
FINDS FRANK CASE VERDICT.
Death at Hands of Parties Unknown
Is Verdict of Coroner's Jury at
r Marietta, Ga.
Marietta, Ga.-There was just one
1 tense moment during the coroner's in
quest Tuesday into the lynching of
r Leo M. Frank. The jury rendered a
verdict of death at the hands of "par
Sties unknown," but it seemed at one
I time that there might be a disclosure
which would materially have altered
t this finding.
The trail of the lynching party was
nearly reached when J. A. Benson, a
Marietta merchant, testified that he
drove by the oak thicket while the
cars of the "vigilance committee"
Iwere parked outside and presumably
t while the hanging was under way.
Mr. Benson went so far as to say that
She saw one or two of the men in the
party step out of the cars in which
they had ridden dust-covered from the
prison farm at Milledgeville.
The next step in the Frank inquiry
- is expected to be taken when the
grand jury meets at Marietta Sept. 1.
SJudge Patterson of the Blueridge cir
t cuit will deliver a special charge and
t Solicitor General Herbert Gray will
, take charge of the investigation.
B Peach Crop Was Damaged.
Springfield, Mo.-The demoraliza.
t tion of railroad traffic in Southern
Missouri and Northern Arkansas and
* the destruction of a third of the
SOzark's $2,000,000 peach crop-these
were the principal destructive effects
of the rain and wind storm which
swept that district Friday, coming
from the direction of Texas.
A Wife-Beater Lynched.
1 Lockhart, Tex.-Beaten with a wet
rope and then killed with a shot from
a pistol, was the punishmeat meted
out to John Slovac, a Bohemian far
mer living on the Woods farm, four
miles from Shiner. He had whipped
his wife, boy and father-in-law.
Bond Issue Waq Approved.
Austin, Tex.-The attorney gen
eral's department Friday approved an
$18,000 bond issue of the independent
school district of San Diego, Dural
county.
Suffrage Measure Was Lost.
Montgomery, Ala.-By a vote of 52
to 42 the lower house of the Alabama
legislature Wednesday declined to
permit the people of the State to vote
at the next general election on an
amendment providing equal suffrage.
I Much Bullion Arrives in U. S.
Laredo, Tex.-Eighteen carloads of
gold and silver bullion from Guana
juato, Mexico, were brought across
the border Thursday, en route to
Perth Amboy, N. J.
SIGNS OF AN EARLY FALL
UM-HiW1.JfST rH
WHAT I S ICIONEJ\ I
A 1& LOAD OF
WOOD AM' A NIW
AxE. GEE I
WISNTIWAZ A $5
STh4
tLopyrighL)
TEXAS RAILROADS
LOST $16,824,073.0
Statistician Askew Presents Figur
Showing the Expenses and In
come of Different Lines.
Austin, Tex.-According to a sui
mary just completed by General H.
Askew, statistician for the princti
Texas railroads, 28 of the leadil
lines of Texas, representing over
per cent of the total mileage and d
ing over 95 per cent of the total bu
ness of Texas, during the last thr
fiscal years ending June 30, lost as
result of operations the sum of $1
824,079.05. For the fiscal year endii
June 30 last the loss was $6,783,146.1
or $1,269,230.90 less than the preec
Ing year and $4,794,592.04 more thi
for the fiscal year that ended Jut
30, 1913.
During the fiscal year that ends
June 30 last the 28 lines had a tot
operating revenue of $110,392,523.6
or x1,937,312.62 less than for the pi
ceding fiscal year and $8,484,020.1
less than for the fiscal year endil
June 30, 1913.
The operating expenses of the
roads for the last fiscal year we
$87,852,436.08, a decrease of $3,73,
653.41 as compared with the precedir
year and a decrease of $5,004,306.
as compared with the fiscal year on
ing June 30, 1913.
The operating expenses deducti
from the operating revenue gives tl
net operating revenue, which for tl
last fiscal year was $22,470,087.60,
$1,799,340.79 more than for the prece
ing fiscal year and $3,479,714.10 le
than for the fiscal year ending Jul
30, 1913.
When "other income" is added
the net operating revenue, the "gro
corporate income" is obtained. TI
gross corporate income for the la
fiscal year of the 28 roads was $21
747,459.42, an increase of $4,05
262.42 as compared with the precedir
fiscal year and a decrease of $1,221
639.14 as compared with the fisc
year ending June 30, 1913.
From this gross corporate incon
must be paid taxes, interest on bone
and other debts, hire of equipmei
joint rent facilities, lease of roads a,
other legal expenses. These dedu
tions from income for the last fise
year amounted to $33,530,606.15, or $i
783,146.73 more than the sum ava
able in the gross corporate incom
A comparison with the last two yea
has already been made in the fir
paragraph.
The gross corporate income mu
exceed the amounts available to me
the legal charges, or there will 1
nothing on hand to pay interest c
stock outstanding, to make addition
and betterments and to otherwise it
prove the properties and the servic
It will be seen that for the last thr
fiscal years the gross corporate i
come has not been sufficient to men
these fixed charges. This fact is alp
borne out by the court records inc
dental to existing receiverships fi
Texas railroads.
Two Bodies Were Recovered.
Richmond, Tex.-Mrs. Joe Austi
eldest daughter of J. C. Florea, wl
did not accompany her parents to ti
beach; Sunday received a letter fro
her husband, who is with the searc
ing party at Surfside, saying they h
found the bodies of little Dunlop FI
rea and his guest, Guy Daniels, bol
lads about 12 or 14 years old.
Joan of Arc Statue on Drive.
New York.-A statue of Joan of Ar
to be erected on Riverside drive, wi
rest on a pedestal made from tt
stones of her prison at Rouen, Franc
The cost of the monument will i
about $25,.000, and has been raised I
private subscription.
Levee Broke; Streets Flooded.
Alton, Ill.-The levee of Wood rive
at East Alton gave way Friday nigl
and sent flood waters rushing throun
the street, tearing barns and sma
homes and forcing the occupants (
larger dwellings to upper stories f,
safety.
Estate Worth $2,000,000.
New York.-The will of Ferdinan
Sulzberger, which was filed Frida
disposes of an estate of more tha
$2,000,000.
$30,000,000 IS READY TO
5 FINANCE COTTON CROP
a Secretary McAdoo Announsed Order
Affecting Reserve Institutions to
Meet Contrband Situation.
i- Washington. - Treasury officials
1. Tuesday made public an announce
d ment by Secretary McAdoo that in
g view of the action of the allies in put
0 ting cotton on the contraband list he
- would, if it became necessary, deposit
I- $30,000,000 or more in gold in the fed cc
e eral reserve banks at Atlanta, Dallae tr
a and Richmond for the purpose of en. ,w
abling the reserve banks to rediscount tb
g loans on cotton secured by warehouse
I, receipts made by national banks and
I- state banks belonging to the federal P'
a reserve system. ec
e The gold would be deposited, tem
porarily at least, without interest tb
charge. It was explained that if it th
I appeared that the object would be ao ut
eomplished with greater efficiency th
thereby, the deposits would be made st
directly with national banks agreeing or
to lend the money on cotton at a rate cC
not to exceed 6 per cent. sa
Secretary McAdoo authorized the m"
announcement at the close of a day of
speculation in official circles as to at
the nature of steps which the entente m
powers have indicated they will take Isl
to uphold the cotton market in the as
face of their contraband order. Gs
_ th
a Big Steamer Reaches Houston.
r Houston, Tex.-The Satilla, the first sa
of the ships of the new Houston-New
York line of the Southern Steamship
company, steamed up the Houston
ship channel and docked at the new
municipal wharves Sunday afternoon.
Under her own steam, with an escort
of three tugs, the Senator Bailey, the
t Arletta A and the Mary Lee, she a
shoved her nose around the bend be.
low the wharves while fully 2,000 citi- d
zens of Houston lined the shores and hc
docks to greet her. Decked with the
flags of the United States, flying many nt
banners of the line and city of Hous
ton, she paused before the docks a
S moment, then slowly lay onto the be
wharf. "Your channel is great," said
Captain Robinson. "W~e came from '
the mouth of the channel without one
1 moment's trouble. We made what we
believe is good time in the trip. From
what I have seen of the channel it is
beyond doubt a success." St
t It
Mexicans Chased on Border. dr
t San Antonio, Tex.-United States an
t cavalry officers in automobiles, in. to
3 fantrymen on foot and cavalrymen
1 Saturday chased through Southwest W1
9 Hidalgo county ten Carranza soldiers le
who deserted their post near Reynosa, he
Mexico, and crossed into Texas near to
Hidalgo with the object, it is believed,
of joining followers of the "plan of WI
San Diego," near Falfurrias, Brooks wI
county. 8
Earl Cooper Wins Auto Race.
Elgin, Ill.-Earl Cooper won the 301. be
mile automobile road race Friday. His
time was 4:01:32. Anderson in a
Stutz was second and Oldfield third se
with his De Lage. Cooper a teammate, :
Gil Anderson, was second in 4:06:04;
Barney Oldfleld, who dove one of the
Sprettiest road races of his career, was
third. Time 5:09:565.
Houston Loser About $3,000,000. in
Houston, Tex.-Houston's storm 5*
damage has beep estimated at not at
less than $3,000,000. Buildings that m
Ssafely weathered the storm of 1900 mt
Swere damaged in the storm of Monday is
night. An official of the State Nu·W
a sery Men's Association, after making
a thorough survey, estimated the dam- a.
age to the trees of the city at $750,000. a
Pump Oil Well Becomes Gusher.
Orange, Tex.-Officials of the Vin
ton Petroleum Company at Orange
SThursday were notified that one of
Stheir old wells, which had been a
lpumper, in the Ged field, six miles is
west of Orange, suddenly developed N
into a gusher.
New Oil Well on MIII Creek. ax
Brenham, Tex.-The Brenham Oil is
Company on the Schuerenberg tract hi
Son Mill Creek has secured a reason- bi
able amount of oil at about 1,450 feet, t
LATEST REPORTS OF
THE GREAT STORM
THE STORM OF 1915 HAS PASSED
INTO HISTORY, LEAVING A
TRAIL OF DEVASTATION.
$50,000,000 PROPERTY LOSS
The Toll in Human Lives Will Prob
ably Reach Three Hundred-Sea- I
wall Saved Galveston Is Belief. t
Governor Appeals for Aid. P
A total of 266 known dead
among residents of Southeast t
Texas coast points and crews of }
wrecked craft of all kinds, 65
persons missing, many of whom
are believed to have perished, I
and damage to crops, buildings,
railroads, shipping, live stock
and other property aggregating
close to $50,000,000, was the toll
taken by the hurricane which
swept the coast section last
Monday and Tuesday. These t
figures were reached from a
careful compilation made of
what are considered the most
authentic reports of the loss of
life and property received since
the cessation of the storm. Of
the known dead, 194 were resie
dents of the gulf coast section
and 62 were drowned when the
vessels they were aboard sank.
Forty-hree of the missing were
members of boat crews.
The storm of 1915 on the Texas
sosat has passed into history and its
trail is marked by devastated crops,
wrecked homes, new made graves and
thousands of broken hearts.
The toll in human lives will, in all
probability, reach 300 when the final
complete count is in, if It is ever in.
There sla no doubt in the minds of c
the leading citizens of Galveston but t
that the seawall saved the city from I
itter annihilation and its stability in a
the face of the longest and greatest a
storm ever known since official rec- o
)rds have been kept proves to them a
:onvincingly that the city proper is
Cafe from all danger of disaster by the I
.ea.
The United States weather office
it Galveston gave ample announce
nent of the approaching storm and
asued warnings all along the coast
md everywhere. Mayor Fisher of e
jalveston supplemented the work of
the weather bureau and sent warn
,gs all over the island and urged
everybody in exposed places to seek
safety in the city.
The wind began blowing at the rate
,f 32 miles an hour, which is tech
lcally called storm velocity, at 3:55 f
fonday morning, and kept it up at
:hat rate and higher for 36 hours.
For a day and a half Galveston was C
mssaulted by the most furious storm t
;hat ever swept out of the West In- t
lies. The wind reached a hurricane t
relocity, which is 60 miles or more per r
sour, at 3:15 o'clock Monday after- 1
soon. The bay water was up to the B
top of the docks at that time and i
iteadily rising. The wind, which had
been blowing from the northwest, be- a
;an to veer around to the east. The
Itorm vortex passed about forty miles t
rest of Galveston at 2:37 o'clock .
ruesday morning when the barometer ,
registered 28.63, and the wind reached
Smaximum velocity of 120 miles per
sour, officially recorded in the United
rtates weather bdeau at Galveston.
It blew at this rate for 30 seconds and
Iropped to 100 miles for one minute,
nmd went back to 93 miles per hour
'or 6 minutes. C
The damage in the residence section
was along the seawall front its entire C
ength around the city. Nearly every
souse on the seawall front was bat- i
:ered down or irreparably injured. L
T'he Galves went through the storm
with practically no damage. The roof
was ripped in places and the beautiful
ardens ruined. A remarkable thing
was that all yards on the gulf front I
iodded with grass were uninjured and
:hose which were not were washed
badly.
The wreckage of the bath houses
wae piled on the buildings along the
iea front and aided the storm in
wreeking them.
The sea aasaulted the seawall with r
wrsed intensity for 19 hours, the
eriod of the hurricane wind, and
sever feamed it in any particular. The
brick boulevard escaped with minor 8
Injuries from Eighteenth to Thirty- '
.ixth street, and from Thirty-sixth a
itreet on west is ruined, being under- a
-ined with water. Froem Eighteenth
itreet to the hospitals the boulevard '
is ruined and will have to be rebuilt,
with much filling.
The monster waves would rush
gsainat the seastall and throw water
-ad spume hundreds of feet into the U
More Bodils Found.
The bodies of eight of the 19 per- t
ions who were in the Surfside life- 6
saving station when it was swept 2
away in the storm last Tuesday i
morning were found on Galveston I
island Monday. The bodies of Dr. i
Tewton, Mrs. Dyer and Miss Nellie 2
Plorea were taken to Richmond for d
burial, while those of two surf men
and the negro cook were buried on the
Laand. The body of Captain Stein- I
tad's wife was taken to Velasco for B
burial, while that of Mr. Danlels was r
Wkmn to Riohmond .
air and the wind, blowier
helped to overflow tre
stability of the seawall Is the
solat on nof the storm.
The dancte on the docks
nificant In ,,,nsideration oft
sity of (the 'Otrn. The da the
10 per cnt r of what it was
1900 sto,, ,.t,'.n to the de t
i n tji ,i . of the wind.
'rh : loss of life
the dr , :: ." ,,,.i that were'e
tho vietro t,,-,: (;alveston.
F:gurirc, ! each o
' about $!,. i, In merchando
is confleri:.,ve for the b
trict of t;;; ,,ston, that
about $400,IN0: in merchanldw
in each block in the business
and, dedut liug 20 per cent
damage, it Lives a loss of CH
00) to the business block. It
total loss of ;,bout $1,920,000 bha
by the 1erchants of Gal
storm damage. Gma
The military authorities
loss of about $1,000,000. he flex
on the (idoks is slight, The
dredges will reach about S
The Southoern Dredging Con be
ing about $1,000,000 worth d
erty afloat around the island, g'
the loss at $150,000. The at
ting the grounded steamers t
problematical. The caue
been damaged about $760,0
boulevard about $100,000, W r
damage in the residence sWEt t
be about 50 blocks, or ON
houses, with an average Valiug
$1,000 eacn.
Governor Appeals to Texa l e
An appeal to the people It
for food, clothing or money tab 11
sufferers from the storm j a
of last week in and outside of on
ton was issued this week by aI
Ferguson. Hie requests that~ pat
tributions be sent to the . acts
fice at Austin for distributl vei
appeal follows: abac
"To the People of Texas: hi
"A disastrous storm, of vM
public is fully advised, has
Texas coast, causing untold that
and damage, and many people IQ
homeless and have lost thei bra
one county alone I have bee 4toul
that there are over five hmtg s
ple without food or clothln, asu
along the Texas coast there oa
sands of head of cattle lly d t
which I am apprehensive uar my
an outbreak of disease. h n
"There was considerable
loss in the city of Houst,
situation is well in hand tlh
am officially informed that .
side assistance is necessary.
of Galveston experienced sml
sults from the storm, but tlh hal
life was miraculously sami y y
the protection of its sawallt d
erty damage was compuratsi m
I have been officially infsoe a
the citizens of Galvtesto i ce
care of their own situasid , an
leaves the hundreds of pL . e |
along the coast of Texas el,
for. com
"I, therefore, appel to to~ I
of Texas for any assista..
tions which they might ca"s
through me, for distributli
these people. I can gittve t
relief with money, but if yes
money, you can send food of i
and I shall undertake tOa
is properly distributed. .h
"I trust that the ofitr. Ih
as will respond liberally 1t the
peal, which, after li
think is properly made, c
fortunate and the dstitkte thre
unduly suffer. the i
"Remittances and dy
made to me direct at AI, e
(Signed) "James E.
"GovernOr
One of the most re
of the storm last wet k ibe
this week by Judge L. .5l
of Chambers county, u*
Houston to assist in rn
ions to the stricken d
huac and Wallisville. o::
At Wallieville, he ,a'st
houses out of moreti
standing, yet so far M i
able to learn, only threel
lost. There are aboat 20
Wallisville.
Residents along the W
at Smith's Point sad
lost everything, he aIL
Sing to Anahuac and W
Another unheard of
rise of the water at as
is on the Trinity rI. It
a height of 15 feet. rt
As to the lose ofii
at Anahuac the goven
was never seen aftere I
only one man had be i
as could be learned. lg
the crew and it is
were lost.
The only other det , h
were those of two l
Thompson family.
The Lands family at· V1
Ssaid, was believed to ha#
El Paso, Tex.-All
to control the price t
San Roberto Minilng
SZacatecas, Mexico, Tn
in the federal court
1 Hauser, the Amerlclk.
pany and a number of
SMexican mining com
r damagew in the sunl ~
Oakland, Cal.-The
Peace League, in
rawarded to president
nual medal for doing 
peace during the peO