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TIIE 3IORXIXG ' - OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, 1913. f TEXAS DEATH LIST SCENES IX GALVESTON, SWEPT BY TERRIFIC STORM. i IS MORE Tl I t t I I I ! i i i I t FrooertY Loss in Cities and Country Swept by Storm . May Total $30,COO,CG0. FRIDAY SATURDAY PART OF GALVESTON RAZED m i Louise Glaum IN Other CHK Sailer tnornwM Pani sse and fcevrral Are Indcr Water With Mean of Cora I maatratloa Demoralised. s fmzrmt II UN fi THF.ATKR , f) ' :. I.Vki i I ' J J rail! l :U-iat- oILJi l EU f "--in-i-n. frrri rrf, ri I t)Q my b rt to prvKrttMn tc c.er population. c;tTtton and lh t r of th Gulf, but Fe.leitt of outlylnff rural cem- lr.un.tte on the coasial plain i.t not Jhava thla protection. White, a water ma several feat p In many of the, lreti. storm sur vivors torttsht rt suiter. ar short asa of frasa tir. Matna 14 ina la tat supply w:t at Atta Loma, on tba minlni tl mi las a ay. vara broken nit f-rr effort aa tains; made to ronaerve tba water supply wbtctk was f avt itmtnjibtna. Accord tnc to tfa ft rut rnvsvenarar to t -H iutoa from Utwtn today. n'la of tba atrii-fen ritya straata were strewn with debris by the storm, w fctt b oan early Morwlir and ton ttn-ir4 snUt'il tbrouah Tuaeday. 3a Hwn Ivsa.l. Mora thin i hou w era erushed and damolubcd by wind and ttdal W AVIS. A thAusand fet of sea wall, which protects thm southern section of the nty. rruanpl4 bfore tha onsiaucht of th saa. hJrlrd acalnst It with lerrltV: for- by i ft w btch bad rmint hea all tha ijr acroas i.i 4ir. Tha a.eay wh'h ronrtrti tSal- ! wtfhj fia out-Me world broke a the rit..n wbi-hj ronUltt the. draw trt-u and tha rttr was Isolated at fr as rati romraum-ittoa was con crnd. TbrM nras SU-h resulted Indirectly from tha storm did cret da mas a be fore rh ht. in a creat measure by tie elcm-nts responsible for thetr erirlr lral fe 19m l.aaa. Srrtty after o rlo- k Monday mht It wirea t. tha mainland went down and fia only mans cemmunicatton Terrairlnaf mat tie wire apraratus 01 Mar h Army transport Buford. which si--di In retting a few fr. rit ntry ttpat-hea to th Army w ire it t.t.n at fi Antonio It Impossible lontht to Kiva an a c-irat a-roint .f the property dam-ar- re-ti.tin; from t:a irm. The most authentic soir ae ron.ilfH. however. rt of tha opinion thAt tha (lamas: at wttl rijai t ( wrought by the storm f l-o lU.aoa.eoa. All th rttv's reort beWViatieee and r-e-h miimni hav ren iwrpt Tha ltird.-h. the ftrraker an.i h i,irf. bathNone. ea-h of whtrft wa a roriim'Mni f-ama strutur. r lemMiljihsd and hvaped on tha boulevard In 4hra. baepa aad tav Htaaa KaaedU t 'Kl 1ld nar tha ha-h boulevard, from Tent-firt ! Twenty-puxtn street, was a row of imi:i shpA. rof h. aain a pavttina. renuiiranti and hotets The? a reported to have h3 deetfove!. To fha et and l t i east of ihi rity wrre (tumuier cot tir klrttn the bAuIeTard. all -f a rtM-h re jWt to htire hrtn total Tha Tost to the rttv port f JtrtHtlO h been rmo'i, and II kind of ereft ! -uff-r-H. The I ned ttvs trnprt MIe'lan l h ah acround vn eit.in !-l.l. an artificial Islet, nnrln r-t im Tftork, )'ft arms the ship channel. Minr vessata bav ber ca snd and sevrral are reported aa dc siroyed. Acrdlnc t lha story of tli roqrler Who ra had thudrtn thla afternoon, t e form rv-ahed tts santth at 3 o'ro k Ttwt morn-n with a wind velocity ef f J aula aa hour. Te Arwiy ramp at Tort Crock MI has Ka complete) y wiped out. but no lo rf ifa 1'iara I reprca4. All animal blonma to tha Army war drownrd. Tha transport M-'i'Iian la aground on Plt'on ltsnd. Tha P- la rfamad. but tha K ft patrtck and Cushlnc are. aafa vewi Isewwa at lllfebcwe-lt lie va persona war drowned at Jltth.ork Tev. a small town Just rortb of Calvt"n. It waa announced at Atrhtson. Topaka A 5anta Ta KaiN wae diruicn headartrs at Temple t tc4T. . . in sYJtf-r.it a thra wa an enormous Vosa to cotton iror In th tirm e.t. om MtlmitM that ri per in af tha crop of I'sntral Tessa was Strore and placing the loaa at "1ml tup of doitar. Tha oil Beldo also ; aifri averly and It ta probable lht tt will taka 4i. t riU' . destroyed derri ke. recap unroof i tK an 1 repair damd rna'hnrr. Thvt fe death list did not approach that of I ft storm of a was du ta t wa -a)ae the atranath of tha 01 vraston aca wail an4 (ho hast with which rei4nt of tha coastal plains son grit p!ree of refua. In conformtty with tha warntrcfl of tha Government Weather Bureau. t.alveataw Ilea rz.vtll 4. ale. tlatvestora, as in !. bor the brunt of th storm, but this year was b-it. vt arked actrt tha lmntn, Tha atorm reacned Its hsht thera at 1 .V M Taesday. wrn tha wind rss to 9. nut an hour. This wa eiht miles an hour mora than Weather P )fai recorded for II Va yitatton. farther ror part son with t h 1J storm waa furriehd by W. K, Mavsort, aertra sure rln toden of tha Atchison. Toeeka V fanta K Krlroad. H lela t4Phe4 from Hitchcock. Tt i. thst tha .uif watera bad been drtien tuland t that point. I mile from, vlveton. and adjsd that In ohr lo-ltttea the aa had encroached three milea beyond Its htch niark of li years i eed of Drlnklac Watar rvawalns. Th most arasrsT ned rf Oataaston. Texas t'ify and other roast towns i ni 'h faced the full sweep of tha wind, ta drtnk in water. Calveetorta supply waa brousht from a point several miles inland, the mams crnssltic to f island over tha ra ieay which connected lb rlty with tha mslnleitd. vA'hen the waves and storm toed tea sals In the harbor breached the cause war tn water suprlr was cut off. Af Tesis City. M Jor-Ceneral Bell reported tha reservoirs w era flooded with salt water and, mad. I'ood was vrowtrc aarre Ira both places and 1 M:rtf vtarna and streetcars were ui af cpmmisaton. The coaent ration of t'nlted t t a t as recutars on the Mtcan border la silven aa a rontnbottn raueo to tha death Mat. fonf eoltera were drowned tn 4 a vest An and I ware lost at Teaaa City. Tha c art Cro kett camn was wiped out and th Army transports V-'leltan and lca dsmaced. Martial law was r reclaimed In Cal- i vratoo ani Texas City, la tbt Utter1 itsii iX i : m ? m i Has . --a r: v . i' air w -a-.-.----------- an s Miptafy OR "THE TOAST OF DEATH" A Throbbing Story of Outraged Confidence The Play That Created a World Sensation Romantic, Realistic, Daring, Thrilling A Thos. Ince Feature COMING SUNDAY Charlie Chaplin e In His Latest Comedy Hit A Two Reel Special 11 "The Bank" Tor n tRMrr utreet, l(hikiu kst. bki.ow pahui's f.wam. OF TRM.KUV fP 13 'WHICH rilKKTED REPETITION pl.f Una rinlurr rorp waa or (mi'l br lh miillarr authoruiaa. I'ort Arthur waa Ml hard ny i mrm. Pour of Its reaHenta lout thalr Tha Modm fram that city a unnpuallr prompt. Bfaunrnnt rportlnt that hundr-l ha4 coma thr- fablne arH fSabtna I'a-a wr reported aa "la artH and aubmarsrd." Nawa of the day and early nltrht was not ntlr'ty rraanurins ta marina In irr'.t. Tha tamr Arapahoa wath ra4 the binw and arrlrrd aaf'ljr at Ky Waat. and a .Irrnlct achoonar. tha M. A- Achorn. whoaa craw had baan r-'ua-l by ataamara. waa towad Into the aame port. In contraat to tftfa waa the failure of the t'nlted Fruit Com pany'a liner Marowljna to report her whereabout. Tha boat left B-lle. Hnndurae. KrMay and waa dua In Naw orleanx Monday afternoon. It waa thousht that aba envuuntered the full fore, of the hurrlt-ane. aid word from her aa awaited with anxiety. .lata. Federal and municipal authorl- tlea in Tesaa hare already etrted meaaurea for relief. At Taxaa City tha Army men ha opened a temporary h-rttal In hotel, aixl auh tent.. blanketa and commlaeary etorea aa withtool the atorm were dtelrlbuted to civilian and aoldlera alike. Martial rule waa In force there and In tialvea ton. Taxaa atala authorities atarted from Auatin to tnTeatlaate the needs of tha coul. and tha Mayor of Waco called a maae meetlne of eltlsena to pleds contrlbuttona of food, clothlna and money. Deaplle the exlenalve damace at tlalreaton. howeyer. the Mayor of that my announced that It would not need aid from outaide aourcea. WAIt I.OAX JI.S OBJKCTIO.NS Adnilnl.iratlon Attitude Itrllererf to lie I nfaiorable. W.XMItNGTON. Auc. 1. Poubt Is entertained here aa to whether the pro. jH-tora of a foreign loan mould be In . lined to t-oneult tba Uorernment. par ll.iilarlv In view of the Admlnlatta tlon'a knoon attitude In a letter to Chairman atone, of the rVnate foreign reiatlona eemmlttee, eretar Hran laat year aaid: -ar loana In thla country are dts aMroved beraune Inroniilatent with the apirlt of netitralltr. There l a clearly denned difference between a war loan and a purchaee of arms and ammu nition." Mr. llrjan explained that another ob jection to a xir loan waa that the taking of money out of the t'nlted Ma tea at a'l'h time mlctit aerloualy embxrraaa the Oovernment If It needed to borrow money, and It alao tnltht .erloivelv impair tha ability of tha tmted ttatea to aaaiat neutral coun trlra whu h. thoush not partK lpsnta In the war. would be compelled to bear a heayy burden on Ita account. Keaarrtin: loana for the purrkaae Of arma and ammunition, air. Bryan held theae "mere ma tiara of trade." SCIIOU.VFJI HITS fcEA WALL Ixwa of I-lfe .May Total Krcral Han. drt-d In Vlrlnllj. HoifTON. Au. 11 A three-masted achooner la trlns acalnat the aea wall la front of Hotel cialveee. Two larae barce br ke from their moorlnca dur ing the storm and battered out the center of tha rauaeway connecting tlalveaton witlt the mainland, while the approaches at each ead ot the cause way are badly damaged. Captain Pujao. of the tug Seminole, alao arrived here from Oalveeton to day. Ha aald tha death toll in tlalrea ton and vicinity may reach several hun dred, a. though comparatively few per sona were killed tn tha city proper. Captain and Mrs. Helms Safe. fears for the safety of Mrs. Oeorse W. Helms, formerly of Portland, but now of tlslveaton. Tex., where she lives with her busbaod. Captain Helan, an Army officer formerly atationed at Vancouver Barracks, were aet at rest yeaterday upon the receipt of a tele Itram by her father. Pr. 8. E. Josephl. from Captain Helms, who reported thst be and his family were aala and well. KIKK JVxGIXti IX t.ALVESTOX Parking Plant. Tier and rrlnilng House Burn. HOCPTON. Tex.. Aug. Fire still Is raging In Calve. ton. according to Captain D. K. tu)ay. of tha lug tier trtide. under Oovernment charter, which arrived here from Galveston late tonight. Tha Ciertrude left the island city at A. M. Captain Pujay aald that fire broke out in the Armour packing plant Tuesday morn Ire and that the estab lishment was deatroved. Fire also de stroyed Pier No. 21. a large cotton warehouse, and when the Ciertrude left, the captain aald. another fire was raging in the printing establishment at Mechanica and Twenty-fourth streets. lace, has bean sold to an Eastern syn dicate for the atipulated price of 1100 000. It is understood that the trans fer of the property will be formally made upon the arrival of the new own ers from the East and that work will be reatimed st one. WltMSUIVJIi V-H 1JI ra ilia ii liar nt'n'tsi fi'iiiV "n rr "- APPEAL IS MADE TO AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO PORTE. Uorsreathaa Reported Acting lader Au thority lveo F.arly la Wa to Olre All Aid Poeslble. ROME, via Paris. Aug. IS. Turkey, according to a Bucharest dispatch to the Qlornale d ltalla, has recalled per mission for the Departure of Italians, a large number of whom, including 700 reservists, are awaiting to sail at Jaffa, Beirut. Messina, Alexandria and Smyrna. The Giornale says it further Icaras from reliable private source that Tur key Is continuing to send arms, money and provisions to Libya, with the ob ject of provoking a native rebellion against Italy. It Is understood that an appeal has been made to Washington through the American Embassy to induce Turkey to carry out her promise to Henry Mor Kenthau, Americsn Ambassador at Con stantinople, that Italians shall be per mitted to depart from Turkey. In this connection gent Interest has been aroused by a rrport that Mr. Morscn, thau has dispatched American ships to Beirut and Smyrna to facilitate the de parture of Italians. "WASHINGTON. Aup. 18. Ambassa dor Morgenthau, at Constantinople, was authorized by the State Department soon after Italy's entry into the war to render aid to Italians who wanted to leave Turkey. His Instructions are re garded here as sufficient to enable him to aet when necessary, without refer ring cases to the State Department. No new representations have been received here form the Italian government. The. man who la bora of Ms household Is bachelor wlio aos it is own wont. a f.SilriS" I JbJLl ' PARK, WEST PARK, NEAR WASHINGTON J I (OVEnXKM.VT CREWS IX PERIL Men on Oretlges Xcar taalveMon Are Itcllctcd J-oM. HOl'STON." Tex.. Aug. !. 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