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BEFORE THE DRIVE OF THE TEUTONIC ARMIES
FLOODS AT GALVESTON
BECOME A REAL HORROR
Thousand Buildings Reported
Destroyed and Hundreds ol
m
Bodies Said to Be Washed
Ashore.
HOXORA TEMPLE, Texas, Aug.
IS.—Several people have lost their
lives and damage to the extent of five
million dollars has been inflicted in j
Houston as a result of the storm that
ravaged the coast on the night before
last. The exact number of the dead j
in the different towns is not yet
known.
Galveston Suffered Much.
DALLAS, August IS.—Boats are
now rescuing the people from build
ings in Galveston. All the buildings
on the water front have been com
pletely ruined and the loss will be far
greater than the estimate formed yes
terday. The worst news is expected,
however, from villages that stood in
the path of the storm and have not
been heard from since.
While Town Effaced.
\USTI S’, August lb—The n ws j
came this afternoon that the town of
Seabrook was entirely effaced by the
recent flood. The particulars have
not yet come and the loss of life can
not be stated. The cotton crop has
been damaged to the extent of mil
lions of dollars and when the full
story becomes known it is expected
that the loss will be far greater than
had been estimated.
Soldiers Killed.
DALLAS, August 18.—Eighteen
soldiers were killed by the great
storm and thirty civilians also lost
their lives in Texas City alone. This
news was received this aftenoon and
other places affected are yet to be
heard from.
Believe Many Killed.
HOUSTON, August 18.—‘The feel
ing now prevails that the loss of life
from the flood has been greater in
Galveston than had been stated.
There is good reason to believe, in
deed, that the deaths amounted to
scores.
Becomes a Horror
(Latest)
DALLAS, August 18.—Galveston
has been cut off from the world and
the latest reports of conditions there
indicate that the storm has developed
into a horrible catastrophe. A re
porter succeeded in getting within
sigL», of the city this afternoon and he
has reported that conditions are
worse there than after the catas
trophe of llHh). Not less than a thou
sand buildings have been destroyed.
Five Hundred Bodies
SAN ANTONIO, August 18.—It is
reported that live hundred bodies of
victims of the flood in Galveston have
been washed ashore near Houston.
This news has not yet been verified
but there is only too much reason to
believe that the loss of life was ter
rible.
BERLIN SOCIALISTS FOR LOAN
BERLIN, August 18.—When the vote on the two bil
lion war credit comes up tomorrow in the Reichstag the
socialist members will vote for it in spite of the opposition
of the leaders of the party who oppose it on general prin
ciples. The rank and file of the party, while opposed on
principle to all wars, admits that the present conflict must
be prosecuted. In this view they are strengthened by the
consideration that the socialists of the allied nations are
also loyal to their several nationalities.
AUTRIAN NAVY ATTACKS
ROME, August 18.—Twenty Austrian warships at
tacked the Italian island of Pelagosa in the Adriatic sea
yesterday but were repulsed by the land guns' The in
tention was evidently to seize the island as a base for
future naval operations against this coast.
SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, August 18—The Norwegian steamers
Romulus and Mineral have been sunk in the North Sea
bv German submarines. The greatest single loss reported
today was that of the British steamship Bonny which
L was also sunk by a submarine. The Spanish steamship
i Jsodoro was also sunk when it attempted to reach the
English coast.
I BOMBARD VILNA
PETROGRAD, August 18.—German aeroplanes have
bombarded the city of Vilna which will be the next large
city to be defended by our troops. The city has a popula
tion of more than a hundred and fifty thousand and is the
capital of the province of the same name. The damage
done by the aeroplanes was slight.
KING’S DOCTOR A SPY
LONDON, August 18.—The fort defending Novo
georgievsk on the north has fallen before the German at
tack. Novogeorgievsk is the only fortified position now
holding out on the Bug-Narew line. It is something less
than twenty miles north of Warsaw. The Swedish steam
er Narvik has been detained here on suspicion She had a
cargo of American coal. King Ferdinand ,of Bulgaria,
has dismissed Dr. Groetzel who has been his physician for
twelve years. The doctor’s discharge is due to the dis
covery that he was acting as a spy fqr Germany.
MEXICANS TRY BOMB ON
GOVERNOR MAYTORENA.
Attempt to Kill Him Believed Due to
Idea that he is Responsible
for Villa’s Collapse.
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NOGALES, August 18.—A bomb
was discovered yesterday in the office
of Governor Maytorena of the Mexi
can state of Sonora and three officers
and seven soldiers were immediately
executed by him for the attempt on
his life. The attempt is believed to
be due to the feeling that the gov
ernor is responsible for the collapse of
Villa’s cause because he failed at the
proper time to provide the needed as
sistance.
GRAM) CANON TO BE
UTILIZED FOR POWER.
Half a Million Horse-Power to be
Developed out of Great
Fall.
. WASHINGTON, August 17.—'The
department of the interior has per
mitted the beginning of the prelim
nary steps for the establishment of
dams and reservoirs and power sites
in the Grand Canon, Arizona, and it
is now most likely that sceaery must
give way to utility. Half a million
horse-power is to be developed.
F. S. MARINES DROWN.
WASHINGTON, August 17.—A
hurricane which visited the Mexican
gulf yesterday caught the United
States war vessels and two marines
were washed overboard the New
Hampshire and drowned. The ves
sels themselves were not injured.
WATSON DUE THURSDAY.
The Admiral Watson is due from
the west tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock, according to advices received
by Agent Wayne Blue.
ALAMEDA FRIDAY.
The Alameda sailed from Skagway
this morning at 8:30 o’clock and
should arrive in Seward Friday after
noon or evening.
ENGINBERING COMMI SSION
DOING EXTENSIVE WORK.
The Alaska Engineering Commis
sion has 15 men employed in the lay
ing of a new track over Lowell creek.
It is understood that they will have a
double track all along to the head of
the bay.
F. A. Hancock has been given the
job of putting in concrete foundations
for the machinery in the new machine
shop, which will be erected on the site
of the old one. The erection of the
building proper will not commence
until something more definite has
been learned. Practically all the
machinery that was in the old shop
and went through the fire will be
fixed over and used.
The pile driver crew have made
good progress in thoir journey with
the pile driver to mile one where they
will put in about a half mile of bulk
head along the track. The high tides
in the past have been rather bother
some along this stretch of track.
SKEEN LECHNER SALE
TOOK PLACE TODAY.
The Skeen-Lechner mine and equip
ment were sold at a Receiver's sale
today by Receiver Wayne Blue. L. V.
Ray, representing the lien claimants,
bought the mill for $4,001, the amount
of the claim. Harry Hoben bought
the mining claims for $5,000.
STAMPED ON
FRANK’S FACE
MOB TERNS TO SAVAGERY OVER
THE BODY OF THE MAN
IT LYNCHED.
MARIETTA, Ga., August 17.—The
later details of the story of the lynch
ing of Leo Frank show that the mob
behaved in a manner that could hard
ly be exceeded for savagery. After
the hanging some of those present
urged that the corpse be mutilated
and others actually stamped on the
dead face when the body was cut
down. Automobiles clogged all the
highways leading to the tree where
the man was hanged and not less than
five thousand people listened to
speeches delivered under the tree
while the body still swung from it. j
Later the body was loaded on a
wagon which started for Marietta and '
the crowd followed in a rage which
threatened even the people driving
the team, so horrible were the pas
sions aroused by the killing of the
man. Judge Morris, in the name of
humanity, took the body finally into
his automobile and started off at a
quick pace for this town and the mob
pursued him but without catching up. j
ATLANTA, August 18.—The gov
ernor has decided to make an investi
gation into the causes why no resistt
ance was offered to the mob when it
invaded the prison to kidnap Leo
Frank. He will also have investigat
ed the lack of interest displayed by
the prison board and the reason why
the police permitted crowds of peo
ple to view the body while it was ly- ‘
ing in the undertaking parlors in this
city.
Mayor Defends Mob.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.—!
Mayor Woodward of Atlanta who is J
now visiting the exposition declared
in an interview today that “the mob i
got the real murderer” and that “in
Georgia a man suffers if he violates j
womanhood.” He further advised
Former Governor Slaton who com
muted Frank’s sentence not to return
to Georgia for at least a year if he j
valued his life.
ATLANTA, August 18.—The body
of Leo Frank has been taken by train
to New York for burial. It was ac
companied by his wife and as the
train pulled out from the depot thirty
guards surrounded the coach to pre
vent any possible attempt at further
outrage.
Slaton Talks.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.—
Speaking to the papers today Former
Governor Slaton who commuted
Frank’s sentence declared that Mayor
Woodward who condoned the lynching
of Frank, is old and garrulous and
his words should not be taken into
account. The former governor ad
dressed the Civic League of Califor
nia this afternoon' and expressed the
belief that it was better far that
Frank was lynched than to have been
executed by a judicial mistake. To
have hanged Frank judicially when
there was reason to believe him in
nocent would have blotted the very
soul of civilization, said the governor.
He went on to dwell on the horror of
the crime that had been committed
against civilization also by the lynch
ers. “The identity of the offenders”
he said “must be forgotten by the
people in the magnitude of the of
fense.” He declared that he is not
afraid to return home and will do so
when ready.
Dragged Down Steps.
MILLEDGEVILLE, August 18.—
Superintendent Burke, of the peniten
tiary told the story in detail of the
kidnapping of Leo Frank. The Un
fortunate wretch was dragged down
the steps of the prison by the feet
and he was evidently suffering in
tensely by the fact that the wound on
his throat was partly re-opened. He
was quiet but groaning with pain.
Daniels Denounces
WASHINGTON, August 18.—Sec
retary Daniels, of the navy depart
ment, a native of Georgia, bitterly
denounced the lynching of Frank this
afternoon. He declared with passion
ate intensity that the act was a blot
on Georgia, its greatest blot, and one
that could hardly ever be eradicated.
SAYS CHILDREN
AREJNDERFED
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COM
MISSION MAKES SENSATION
AL REPORT ON CONDITIONS.
CHICAGO, August 17.—A report
issued by the Industrial Relations
commission says that a third of the
working men of the country are pov
erty stricken and that twenty per cent
of the school children are underfed.
It further reported that half the wage
earning fathers receive five hundred
dollars in yearly wages and that two
thirds of the wage earning males of
adult ages receive an average of fif
teen dollars weekly. Half the women ,
workers of the country work for less
than six dollars a week. rl he report
is being widely commented upon and
is expected to have a wide influence in
future actions of the government with
respect to labor.
NEW MACHINE SHOPS
WILL BE LARGE ONES.
It is stated that the new machine
shops whose foundations are now be
ing commenced will be 150 by 50 feet
in size. It is also stated that con
crete foundations will be supplied for
1 the structure.
CITY COUNCIL CHANGES
ITS MIND ONCE MORE.
The Plans of Architect, Accepted,
Turned Down and Will Probably
be Accepted Again.
The city council is now declared to
be about to accept the plans of Archi
tect Kingsley for the school building.
Mr. Kingsley’s plans were accepted
first and paid for but the council then
decided to abandon them and take
the plans of Architect Winstedt,
which it did. When Councilman
Chamberlin pointed out —the draw
backs of the latter plans, however,
the council decided to look more close
ly into the matter and it is now al- (
most certain that tonight the Kings
ley plans will be accepted in a modi
fied form. One modification will be
that a temporary flat roof will be
substituted for the more expensive
plan formerly adopted. It is worth
noting in this respect that after all
the insults leveled at Mr. Chamberlin
when he “agitated” this matter his
view has proven the best one. But
the council is to be congratulated on
not being too obstinate.
NEGROES LYNCHED FOR
POISONING MULES.
HOPEFUL, Alabama, August 18.—
Three negroes were lynched here to
day for poisoning mules. The evi
dence is said to have been strong
against them.
GERMANS CAPTURE KOVNO
AND MOVE TOWARD VILNA
Crown Prince of Germany Says
L War Will Be Ended By Dec
W
ember II the Fortress of
Verdun Falls.
KOVNO CAPTURED
BERLIN, August 18.—General von Hindenburg has
completed the capture of Kovno and is now in full pos
session with the Russians retreating towards Vilna. In
the taking of the city our army captured four hundred
cannon, immense quantities of supplies and a number of
prisoners which cannot yet be estimated. The fall of the
city endangers the Russian Brest-Litovsk line and it is
quite likely that the enemy will abandon that front im
mediately and fall back into the interior ol Russia. Hin
denburg in the meantime will follow up the retreating
enemy towards Vilna which is on the Varsaw-Petrograd
railroad whose possession at that point would lie most
useful for future operations.
RAID ENGLAND AGAIN
LONDON, August 18.—The east coast of England
was raided again last night by Zeppelins-. Nine people are
known to have been killed and forty injured but the ex
tent of the damage to property is not stated. The names
of the places raided are also kept secret.
SOUTH AFRICANS VOLUNTEER
LONDON, August 18.—General Botha, prime minis
ter of South Africa, has again offered the government to
raise a force for service in France or any part of Europe
where it might be needed. The force would be made up of
veterans who took part in the recent campaign when the
German colonies in southwest Africa were annexed and
the German garrison surrendered. The offer will most
likely be accepted.
TURKS GET MORE TURKISH
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 18.—All signs written
in Roman letters were torn down all over the city yester
day and nothing but Turkish characters will be permitted
in future. The defeat of the Russians has engendered
belief that Turkey is about to resume its old place as a
power and that in alliance with the Teutonic powers it will
reach a condition of independence which it has not enjoy
ed for centuries.
CAMPAIGN COMES TO CLIMAX
LONDON, August 18.—The campaign in the east is
now coming to a climax. The people of all Europe are
awaiting the outcome as one watis for the climax of a
novel All the movements of the Germans have clearly
been parts of one great scheme which was carefully hid
den. It is even evident now that some of the movements
were projected only for the purpose of cloaking the real
intentions of the commanders. Just at present the chief
struggle is proceeding north of the river Niemen away
up towards the Baltic where the Russians are still hold
ing and preventing the enemy from bursting a way south
in full force. At one place, near the Aa river, the Rus
sians have repulsed the forces of Hindenburg and have
gained much valuable time.
CAPTURE MORE RUSSIANS
LONDON, August 18.—The news from the Polish
front today shows that General Litsman has captured the
forts to the southwest of Kovno and has taken five thou
sand Russian prisoners. As Kovno is on the Niemen
which at that point inns about east and west it is evident
that the Germans have crossed the river and broken a way
southward. It is now believed that the Russians must re
tire beyond the Brest-Litovsk line to which they had fal
len back in the hope that the natural advantages and the
fortifications of that position would enable them to check
the Teutonic advance. From the accounts received it is
believed that the retirement from the Warsaw-Vistula
line was carried out without anything like the tremend
ous losses that had been anticipated but if the Russians
are forced to continue the retirement from the present
positions they will be faced with similar difficulties to
those which confronted them before.
TO LEND TO ALLIES
NEW YORK, August 18.—The bankers of New York
are now considering a proposal to form a syndicate for
the purpose of providing a loan of three hundred million
dollars to the allies to normalize exchange. The loss of
value of the British pound sterling has been the chief in
centive to this step.