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200 KNOWN DEAD
IN TEXAS STORM
BREAK OF 1,000 FEET IN SEA
WALL AND 500 GALVESTON
* HOUSES WRECKED.
FIRE ADOS TO HORROR
PROPERTY LOSS S3O,OOO.OOO—HUR
RICANE DAMAGES ALL THE
HOUSES IN HOUSTON.
W>*ti»rn NMVNUapi-r Union Nov** S*rvlc*.
MdNMARV OF ST«R« HBPOIIT.
liALVEHTDN—Fourteen k n o w n
dead; iiiiconfirmcil reports gW*'sev
eral hundred deaths In bay and vi
cinity; center of causeway bat
tered out; 1.000 feet of sea will
gone: property loss $lil.000,000:
martini law declared; fire adds to
horror ns water mains are destroyed
and relief trains halted by rising
Uoods
VIRGINIA POINT—Thirty 1 i \ • s
lost; entire vicinity Is flooded.
TEXAS CITY—-Thirty-two lives
lost. army camp completely de
stroyed, property loss $400,000.
MORGAN'S POINT— Eleven liven
lost; houses washed away; property
loss heavy
HITCHCOCK—Seven lives lost
many homes destroyed; property
1 ohs considerable.
I,A PORTE—Seven lives lost
property loss not yet estimated.
PORT ARTHUR Four lives lost;
town flooded; iM'operty loss $300,-
oot*.
LYNCHBURG Three lives lost
property loss
SYLVAN B K A C H Three lives
lost; properly loss $100,000.
SKAIIRO* *K Three lives lost ;
water supply gone; $100,000 prop
erty dgmage.
HOUSTON—Three lives lost; ev
ery house damaged: property loss
$2,000,000
SHIPPING—Three hundred small
craft unreport ed; crews of two
dredges, amounting; to ninety-eight
men, reported lost; death list from
smaller craft may swell total of
known dead several hundred.
Houston. Tex.. Aug. 19. Direct
word from the stormswept communi
ties of the southeast Texas ebast
brought details of the tropical hurri
cane which put Galveston. Houston.
Texas City and a score of other cities
and towns in dire peril. With large
sections of the district yet unheard
from, the death list was more than
200. the heaviest reported loss being
from Virginia Point, opposite Galves
ton. The property damage may ex
ceed s'{o,ooo,oOO with Galveston bus
tainiug a loss of half that amount.
Delated reports from isolated com
munities are coining in which may
swell the death list appreciably.
Thus fur it has been impossible to
estimate the toll of death and prop
orty loss by shipwreck, although it, i>
know'll a number of vessels have j
failed to reach the shore and their
wreckage already is strewn along the .
beach. ;
There w'as an enormous loss to cot
ton growers in the storm belt, some ,
estimates stating that 25 per cent of I
the crop or central Texas was de
stroyed and placing the loss at “mil
lions of dollars/’
The oil Holds also suffered severely
anti it is probable that it will take
$599,000 to replace destroyed derricks
recap unroofed tanks and repair dam
aged machinery.
Martial law was proclaimed in Gal
veston and Texas City and In the lat
ter place a large suultary corps was
organized by the military authorities
That the death list did net approach
that of the storm of 1900 was due to
two causes —the strength of the Gal
veston sea wall aud the haste w'ith
which residents of the coastal plains
sought places of refuge, in conformity
with the warnings of the government’s
v eatlier bureau.
Galveston, as in 1900. bore the brunt
of the storm, but this year was bul
warked against the elements.
GERMANS TAKE KOVNO
Fall of Fortress Opens Road to Troops
of Emperor William to Vilna,
Warsaw and Petrograd.
London, Aug. 19.—Kovno, one of the
crucial points in the Russian defen
sive In the north, was captured by the
Germans and the road to the Vilna,
Warsaw and Petrograd railway is now
open to the troops of Emperor Will
iam. With the fortress of Kovno the
Germans have taken over 400 guns,
and. according to their account, an
euormous quantity of war material.
Tills, however, is not the most se
rious part of the matter to the Rus
sians. Besides opening tin* way to
Vilna, which is an open town and from
which most of the Inhabitants and
everything that might be of use to the
Invaders have been removed, the fall
of the fortress takes away the last
protection, with the exception of the
Russian field army, to the main line
railway to the capital and also places
the Germans in a position to threaten
the flunks of the Russian armies re
liriug to the Brcst-Litovsk line and
those operating in southern Courland.
Atlanta Mayor Warns Slaton.
San Francisco, Aug. ,19. —J. Q.
Woodward, mayor of Atlanta, Ga.. who
is visiting this city, is on record as
declaring that Leo M. Frank, who was
lynched Monday night, suffered the
Just penalty for an unspeakable
crime The Atlanta mayor, at the
same time, warned former Governor
John M. Slaton not to return to
Georgia. Mayor Woodward made his
declaration at a bauifuet of the Cali
fornia State Assessors' Association
and their families.
MISS ISABEL ANGELES
MIm Isabel Angeles, daughter of
Gen. Felipe Angeles, until recently
Villa's chief of artillery, has been for
some time In Washington with her fa
ther, and has now gone to the Massa
chusetts coast for the rest of the sum
me'
LEO M, FRANK LYNCHED
HANGED AT M A Rl ETTA. G A.. N E A R ,
PHAGAN HOME. <
Warden, Superintendent and Guards ,
of Georgia State Prison Farm ,
Overpowered by Mob,
1
Western Newspaper Fnlon News Service
Milledgeville, Ga.—A raob overpow
ered the warden, superintendent and
guards of the Georgia state prison ! 1
farm near here at 11 o’clock Monday ; 1
night and quickly, got Leo M. Frank 1
and ruahed him away in an automo- |
bile. First reports that it might be; !
friends of Frank were dispersed when
a prisoner said he had heard a mem- ■
her of the mob say that Frank's body)
would be placed on the grave of Mary 1
Thagan at Marietta. Frank was serv
ing a life term for the murder of the 1
rVl.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.—Leo M. Frank |
j was kidnaped from the state prison
farm at Milledgeville, Ga., Monday
! night and was lynched at Marietta,
Ga., the home of 15-year-old Mary
Phagan, of whose murder he was con
victed. Reports received here say he i
was hanged by the mob about five !
miles from Milledgeville.
The mob went to the prison and 1
first put the warden and his assistant
under guard in their homes, outside I
the prison walla. They then forced
the stockade, awed the two guards j
and seized Frank, who had just been ■
discharged from the prison hospital
after recovering from the slashes in '
his throat inflicted by a fellow pris
oner who tried to kill him.
Four Injured in Wyoming Smashup.
Cheyenne.—Four Denver men. all
employes of the Union Pacific rail
way, were injured when a railroad
speeder, on which they were hasten
ing over a long section of the right
of-way, jumped the track on a curve
at a point a few miles from Saratoga,
Wyo. The injured men are: Axel H.
Dahlstrom, 1707 Gilpin street, sigual
supervisor; Charles M. Highgmith, 215
Eleventh avenue, trainmaster; Ed
ward L. Brown. 701 Fourteenth ave
nue, supervisor; George E. Malloy.
2234 Julian street, assistant chief
clerk.
Eastland Death Record Is 844.
Chicago.—The Eastland, with a
death record of 84'. finally got away
from her pier in the Chicago river.
With her superstructure gone and still
covered with slime ami mud from the
ri/er bottom, the boat was towed to
Goose island. The vessel is again in
possession of the owners, the Chicago-
St. Joseph Steamship Company. Offi
cials of the line refused to say wheth
er the boat would be put back into the
passenger-carrying business.
British Pound Worth Only $4.67.
New York. —The value of the Eng
lish pound sterling went steadily and
rapidly downward Monday until it
touched $4.64 in American money, the
lowest value ever placed upon it since
New York became a financial center.
Utter demoralization of the foreign
exchange markets resulted. Francs
followed suit, falling to 6.00. or the
equivalent of 16% cents. Normally
pounds sterling are quoted at $4.87
and francs at approximately 20 cents.
Bush Is Named M. P. Receiver.
St. Louis. —Benjamin F. Bush, presi
dent and chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Missouri Pacific and of
the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railways, was appointed sole
receiver of the two lines by Circuit
Judge Adams at his summer home In
Woodstock, VL
Blacksmith Shoots Self in Shop.
Peoria. 111.—George Dculin, a black
smith, aged 60, ended his life with a
revolver in his shop at Elmwood. |
ELBZBT COUNTY TRIBUNE.
THREE LIVES
LOST IN HOUSTON
STORM DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT
$5,000,000.00 IN DISPATCHES
FROM TEMPLE, TEXAS.
STORM SWEEPS INLAND
! WATERS AT GALVESTON SUB
SIDING AS RESCUE WORK
BEGINS.
Western Newspaper Union New* Service.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18. —Two or three
lives have been lost in Houston as the
result of the storm, and the damage
was estimated at $5,000,000 there !
Tuesday night according to dispatches
from Temple, Tex. Wireless messages
from Galveston gave the only direct 1
news from that storm-stricken city.
No definite news of loss of life has
been reported, but the desperate situ
ation in which- citizens of Galveston
found themselves was indicated vague
ly in a wireless message that boats
were taking people from buildings on
the main street to the U. S. transport
Buford.
The tropical hurricane which swept
down upon the island city Monday ex
tended its devastation Inland yester
day and last night wire communica
ton was impossible beyond Waco.
Beaumont, Houston, Taylor, Temple,
and other cities of southeast Texas
were hard hit by the storm, last re
ports from those places telling of un
roofed buildings, uprooted trees and
other damage.
Although latest reports from Gal
veston by wireless indicated that the
storm was subsiding there and that
the water had started to drain slowly
from the streets, there was no pros
pect that telegraph communication
might be restored for several days.
Hundreds of miles of wires are down.
The army transport Buford’s wire
less outfit was the sole means of com
munication between Galveston and the
outside world. Her companion ship
the McClellan, was high and dry half
a mile inland.
The greatest damage in Galveston,
judging from the meagre wireless
messages and the tales of such refu
gees as left before the full fury of the
hurricane was felt on the island, oc
curred in districts fronting the sea.
All buildings on the waterfront were
j ruined, this circumstance being al
! most a repetition of the city’s experi-
I ence in previous storms.
Vessels caught in the harbor also .
! suffered heavily, some being cfe-1
i stroyed, while others were badly
damaged.
TEXAS RANGER KILLED
Armed Force of Mexicans Crosses (
Border to Attack Mercedes and (
Meet Cavalry. j
Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 17. —Armed ,
Mexicans in fore# crossed the Rio
Grande at a ford near Mercedes, at ,
tacking an outpost of half a dozen
cavalrymen at Saenz. L
Ranger Lieut. Reynau at Mercedes
telephoned state Adj. Gen. Hutchings
here that Corporal William of Troop
O, Twelfth cavalry, was killed in this ,
fight and Lieut. Roy O. Henry of the (
same troop was wounded.
Reynau said he understood 270 Mex
icans had crossed and that they were
coming to attack Mercedes.
Reports of renewed attempts by
Mexican bandits to reorganize their ,
bands in the lower Rio Grande valley
I were brought here by J. J. Sanders,
i crptain of Texas rangers.
Rangers and peace officers are dis
arming all Mexicans outside of the
larger towns throughout the Browns
ville section. Firearms discovered in
the possession of Mexicans in rural
communities of this section is practi
cally equivalent of a death warrant, I
unless that Mexican is well know n to j
Americans as being peaceful.
After an attack lasting all day Gen. |
Calles’ Carranza troops investing No-1
gales, Sonora, across the international
| boundary line from here, halted four
miles from the town.
Mexican soldiers entered American
territory lifteen miles west of Nogales
and began slaughtering cattle, accord-
I ing to a report from the Harrison
‘ ranch, on the border. Three automo
biles loaded with armed men started
for the scene soon after the report
arrived.
Women and Children Near Starvation.
Washington.—Destitution and star
vation face the women and children
of Haiti, Admiral Caperton advised
the Navy Department Monday. Hun
dreds of them have not had food for
i forty-eight hours. The State Depart-j
inent may ask Red Cross aid sent
there.
Former Minister Kills Self.
South Bend, Ind. —Silas N. Eber-I
sole, 60, former Dunkard minister,
committed suicide in the jail here. He
was charged with the murder of 15-
ytar-old Hazel Macklin, whose body
was found in a vault in a park near
here nearly a year ago. She had been
strangled to death.
Washington.—New uprisings by the
Bobo and Zamor factions have broken
out at Cape liaitien and have forced
Rear Admiral Caperton to establish
military rule in the city.
CHARLES G. LORING
Charles G. Loring of Boston mar
ried Miss Katherine Alice Page,
daughter of Ambassador Page, on Au
gust 4 In the chapel royal of SL
James’ palace. London.
SALE OF ARMS UPHELD
AMERICAN REPLY CITES PRECE
DENT IN BOER WAR.
United States Refuses Embargo and
Tells Austria Ban on Munitions
Would Plunge World Into
Militarism.
Western Newspaper Union New s Service.
Washington, Aug. 17. —The State
Department made public the reply of
the United States, rejecting views set
forth by the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment in a recent note contending
that exportation of war munitions
from America to .Austria's enemies
was conducted on such a scale as to
be “not in consonance with the defi
nition of neutrality. ’’
Though friendly in tone the note
. flatly denies the Austro-Hungarian
contentions and recalls that that coun
try and Germany furnished munitions
of war to Great Britain during the
Boer war. when England's enemies
could not import such supplies.
It insisted that the American gov
ernment is pursuing a strictly neutral
course and adhering to a principle
iiipori which it would depend for muni
tions in the markets of the world in
icase it should be attacked by a for
eign pow f er.
Attention is directed to the fact that
Austria-Hungary and Germany before
the war produced a great surplus of
war munitions and sold them through
-1 out the world "especially to belliger
ents” and that “never during that
period did either of them suggest or
apply the principle now advocated by
the imperial and royal government.”
1 Asserts adoption of (Austria's plan
for embargo on munitions would
l t plunge all nations into militarism by
forcing them to assemble large sup
-1 plies of war materials in time of
’ peace.
’ Finds no ground for proposal in in
-5 ternational law, and quotes German
authority to prove embargo would be
violation of neutrality.
Says recognition of Austrian conten
} tion would compel neutrals to sit in
judgment on progress of the war and
' withhold supplies from belligerent
” strongest on sea.
James Wilson 80 Years Old.
Marshalltown, lowa.—James Wil
son. who was secretary of agriculture
of the United States from 1897 to
1913, celebrated his eightieth birthday,
having been born in Scotland. Aug.
16. 1835. Mr. Wilson held the agri
cultural portfolio through four admin
istrations and broke all records for
length of service in the cabinet.
Europe Endorses U. S. Peace Plan.
Washington. —lt was understood
that all of the European governments
directly interested in Mexico had
been approached informally concern
ing the peace plan and hud given their
approval, reserving only the right to
press any legitimate claims they
might have agains': Mexico when a
permanent government is established.
Four Killed When Rocks Crush Train.
Huntington, W. Va. —Four persona
w killed outright, many others
w r ere injured aud more than 100 im
prisoned in a tunnel on the Chesa
peake & Ohio railroad near here when
an express train left the rails, broke
down some of the supporting arches
on the tunnel aud precipitated a
caveln.
New Mexico Has Highest Score.
j San Diego. Calif. —The jury of
I awards at the Panama-California Ex
position announced awards in the
(state class to New Mexico. Montana
jand Nevada. Kansas and Utah ex
hibits are yet to be considered. Mon
tana was awarded grand prizes for spe
jcial copper exhibit, for mineral exhibit
jand for the state building and the
i! general exhibits it contains. Nevada
! won grand prizes for displays of wheat
• and barley. New Mexico, with 463
i points, has the highest state score to
| date. Nevada is second with 369
SINK TRANSPORT,
THOUSAND DROWN
THREE ENGLISH COAST TOWNS
ATTACKED BY GERMAN
SUBMARINES.
KAISER FAVORS PEACE
NEUTRAL PREMIER WINS IN CON
FERENCE TO FIX STAND
OF BALKANS.
Western Newspaper Union New* Service.
London, Aug. 18. —Reports received
from Rumania. Bulgaria and Greece
show that military preparations in
those countries are being carried on
with intense activity. This is taken
as an indication that these states are
nearing a decision as to their policy
fin the war. There has been continued
activity among the diplomats in the
Balkan capitals and among the Balkan
representatives in other capitals.
In the recent general election the
Yenizelos party obtained a majority
in the Greek Chamber of Deputies.
When the chamber assembled M.
Zavitzanos, a Venizelos adherent, was
elected President by a vote of 182
ajainst 93 cast for the candidate of
the government. The retreat of the
Russians from Poland continues and
it is believed probable they will have
to fall back farther than the Brest-
Litovsk line, as Berlin reports that
General Litsmann has stormed and
taken the forts on the southwest front
of Kovno, capturing 4,500 prisoners
and 240 guns.
London, Aug. 18. —The British trans
port Royal Edward was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine. An
nouncement to this effect was made
officially Monday. Six hundred men
were saved out of 1,350 troops and
220 other persons on board.
Paris. —A disj atch to Fournir’s from
Rome says that the German Emperor,
in answer to the peace letter of Pope
Benedict XV, declared his willingness
to accept peace negotiations, provided
the nations with which Germany was
at war made the first overtures.
Londftn, Aug. 17.—Parton. Harring
ton and Whitehaven, in Cumberland,
England, on the Irish sea. were bom
barded by a German submarine, a
British official statement announced.
Some fires were caused, but the
damage was slight, and there were no
casualties, the statement adds. A few
shells hit the railway embankment
north of Porton, but train service was
only slightly delayed. Fires were
caused at Whitehaven and at Harring
ton which were soon extinguished.
The Norwegian steamer Albis, 1,381
tons gross, and owned in Christiania,
has been sunk by a submarine. Her
crew was saved.
•
London.—London’s chief interest in
the war centered Monday in the diplo
matic negotiations in the Balkans,
where the crisis has not yet been
reached.
The most significant news concern
ing the near Eastern situation was
| contained in a brief dispatch from Ath
ens stating that former premier Veni
zelos had won a decisive victory over
I the government in the organization of
| the Greek Chamber of Deputies. Zav
itzatnos was elected president, and the
Grunaris government resigned.
The parliaments of Serbia and
Greece met, and important develop
ments are expected. Capitals of the
entente alliance hope for a speedy
agreement among the Balkan powers
by which their concerted aid may be
given the allied cause, but predictions
of quick action to this end are lack
ing.
London, Aug. 17.—Having recovered
from the check inflicted on him by
the Russians, Gen. Von Buelow, com
manding that portion of the army of
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg oper
ating to the west of the river Dvinsk,
again has taken the offensive, ami ac
cording to the official report pub
lished by Berlin has beaten the Rus
sians in a battle In the vicinity of Ku
bisko and 'pushed them back in a
i northeasterly direction toward Petro
grad. taking more than 2,000 prison
ers.
London. —A dispatch to the Dally
News from Athens says: "French
and British aeroplanes have flown
oyer Constantinople. They threw
bombs on Galata, causing heavy caus
ualties.”
Georgia Mob Lynches Negro.
Bainbridge, Ga. —John Riggins, a ne
gro, 63 years old. was lynched here by
a posse. He was accused of assault
ing a woman, who identified him as
her assailant.
Carranza Again to Defy President.
Washington.—Gen. Carranza within
a few days will reply to the Pan-
American appeal to Mexico, it was
learned Tuesday. He will reject the
peace conference proposal urged by
Secretary Lansing and Latin-Ameri
can diplomats, and, it is reported, will
suggest that the conferees use their
influence to obtain recognition for hi 3
government from their respective re
publics. According to hiß friends here
Carranza appreciated the friendly tone
of the Pan-American appeal.
TEXT OF PEACE PLEA
PAN-AMERICAN POWERS SEND A
FRIENDLY NOTE TO THE
MEXICAN CHIEFS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.—The undersigned, the
secretary of state of the United States,
the ambassadors extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of Brazil, Chile and
Argentina, and the envoys extraordi
nary and ministers plenipotentiary of
Bolivia, Uurguay and Guatemala, ac
credited to the government of the
United States of America, acting sev
erally and independently, unanimously
send to you the following communica
tion .
Inspired by the most sincere spirit
of American fraternity and convinced
that they rightly Interpret the earnest
wish of the entire continent, they have
met informally at the suggestion of
the secretary of state of the United
States to consider the Mexican situa
tion so as to ascertain whether their
friendly and disinterested help cotild
be successfully employed to re-estab
lish peace and constitutional order in
our sister republic.
In the heat of the frightful struggle
which for so long has steeped in blood
the Mexican soil, doubtless all may
well have lost sight of the dissolving
effects of the strife upon the most
vital conditions of the national exist
ence, not only upon the life and lib
erty of the inhabitants, but on the
prestige and security of the country.
Must Respond to Appeal.
We cannot doubt, however —no one
can doubt—that in the presence of a
sympathetic appeal from their broth
ers of America, recalling to them
these disastrous effects, asking them
to save their mother land from an
abyss—no one can doubt, we repeat—
that the patriotism of the men who
lead or aid in any way the bloody
strife will not remain unmoved; no
one can doubt that each and every
one of them, measuring in his own
conscience his share in the responsi
bilities of past misfortune, and look
ing forward to his share in the glory
of the pacification and reconstruction
of the country, will respond, nobly
and resolutely, to this friendly appeal
and give their best efforts to opening
the way to some saving action.
Peace Meeting Suggested.
We, the undersigned, believe that if
the men directing the armed move
ments in Mexico —whether political or
military chiefs —should agree to meet,
either in person or by delegates, far
from the sound of cannon, and with
no other inspiration save the thought
of their afflicted land, there to ex
change ideas and to determine the
fate of the country—from such action
would undoubtedly result the strong
and undying agreement requisite to
the creation of a provisional govern
ment which should adopt the first
steps necessary to the constitutional
reconstruction of the country—and to
issue the first and most essential of
them all—the immediate call to gen
eral elections.
An adequate place within the Mexi
can frontiers which for the purpose
might be neutralized, should serve as
the seat of the conference, and, in or
der to bring about a conference of
this nature, the undersigned, or any
of them, will willingly, upon invita
tion, act as intermediaries to arrange
the time, place and other details of
such conference, if this action can in
any way aid the Mexican people.
Reply in Ten Days Asked.
The undersigned expect a reply to
this communication within a reasona
ble time, and consider that such a
time would be ten days after the com
munication is delivered, subject to
delay or cause. (Signed):
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary of State of the United States.
D. DA GAMA.
Ambassador Extraordianry and Pleni
potentiary of Brazil.
EDU. ZUAREZ-MUJICA,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni
potentiary of Chile.
R. S. NAON,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni
potentiary of Argentina.
L. CALDERON.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Bolivia.
CARLOS MARIA DE PENA.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Uruguay.
JOAQUIN MENDEZ,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Guatemala.
Revolt Is at End, Say Governors.
Washington. Simultaneously with
the- forwarding of the pan-American
appeal, word was received from El
Paso that six states and one territory
of Mexico have declared through their
military governors that the revolution
is at an end in as far as they are
concerned. Carranza and Villa or
other forces in arms would be met
by resistance should they attempt to
eater these precincts of Mexico.
Troops in these precincts will be re
turned to peaceful pursuits. According
to the report, the declaration of the
military governors was made with a
view to preserving the integrity of
the autonomy of their communal or
ganizations to enable them to enter
peace negotiations without factional
allegiance as between Carranza, Villa
or Zapata. The governors who thus
declared for armed neutrality are of
various shades of political affiliation.
The territory of Tepic favors Villa;
Oaxaca state has maintained inde
pendence; Guerrero’s present status
Is unknown;