Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 19, 1916, Image 1

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VOL. LVL-NO. 17,444.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MORE STEEL SHIPS
TO BE BUILT HERE
SMOKING CAUSE OF
FIRE ON BEAVER
EXPRESS CLERK IS
KILLED BY HOLDUP
BABY GIRL, PLAYING,
EPISCOPALIANS BAB
MARE OWNED BY
GALE AND QUAKE
DIES IN FLAMES
ADAIR RECOVERED
SOUTH CAUSE
INSPECTORS BLAME BLAZE ON
CIGAR Oil CIGAKETE. '
BARBARA DIETRICK'S CLOTHES
ARMY OFFICERS GET THOR
AFIRE; CHILD ENVELOPED.
OUGHBRED FROM MEXICO.
: '.
WOiyiEN IN SESSIONS
RUIN
Albina Plant' Makes
New Venture.
NORWEGIANS PLAGE ORDERS
Vessels of About 3000 Tons
Dead Weight Type Sought.
SHOPS TO BE ENLARGED
Permission Asked to Extend Yard
Over Site of Burned Mont;rom
cry Docks William Cornfoot
Heads Enterprise.
One contract assured and two or
three others being negotiated, all for
the construction of steel vessels of
irom auuu to 33uu tons deadweight, are
the prospects for the Albina Engine
& Machine Shop s new venture in ship
building, which will be undertaken on
property adjoining the company's plant
on Albina avenue an4 extending to
the river over land comprised in the
J. B. Montgomery estate.
Norwegian vessel owners have in
terested William Cornfoot, head of the
company, in the work. Plans he has
quietly formed were made known gen
erally yesterday on application being
filed with the Council for the vaca
tion of streets between the river and
the present plant. The yard will cover
the site of Montgomery dock, which
burned about two years ago. That will
provide a frontage on the river of 600
feet and a depth to the plant now in
use of 520 feet.
All ArranKfmfnti Maele.
Space will be available for the erec
tion of fiw building berths if required,
and, with the machine shop n,ow main
tained, will be installed a large amount
of new machinery. Arrangements have
been made for financing the proposi
tion, as well as for obtaining steel.. Mr.
Cornfoot has an organized force of me
chanics in his employ, and his ability
to gather more was demonstrated in
the crews he engaged for repairs
aboard the Japanese steamer Kenkon
Maru No. S, on which $$00,000 worth
of work was done between August 4
and October 15.
There is said to be an active de
mand for smaller types of steel ships
in Norway and other Scandanavian ter
ritory than those for which orders were
first placed along the Coast, which
ranged from 8800 to 10.000 tons. One
reason assigned is that a number have
been lost as a result of the war, and
Scandinavian interests are taking ad
vantage of the opportunity to place
orders in America for new tonnage
with which to replace them, as well
as enlarge their fieets where possible.
Experienced Man at Head.
Mr. Cornfoofs early building edu
cation was obtained in big steel yard!
or ttie United Kingdom, while he has
had active experience at sea as an en
gineer, ana Has chief s papers. While
at Portland ho has handled several big
jobs, among them the partial recon
struction of the Government dredge
cmnooK at a cost of $100,000 a few
years ago, and has since successfully
competed for her annual overhauling.
lie is regarded well fitted to undertake
the management of such a plant as the
new ono promises to be.
iho ships to be turned out will be
of somewhat lighter construction than
the freighters building at the plant of
the Northwest Steel Company, which
are of SS00 tons dead weight. The new
ones will be smaller than any steel car
riers under way along the Coast, so
it is argued there is not such a demand
for the class of steel required, and the
question of material Is regarded set
tled. At the same time the shops and
facilities will be such that much larger
vessels can be undertaken after the
first contracts are finished.
Two Steel Ships Building.
The Northwest Steel Company was
the first to launch a steel shipbuilding
project here, and has two freighters
, under way and a third will be begun
shortly. Seven are contracted for in
all, while .It is understood four addi
tional vessels are assured of the same
siae. Details have not all been closed
for the establishment of a yard adjoin
ing that of the Northwest Steel Com
pany, for which negotiations have been
on the last few weeks.
Besides the steel plants, there are
seven wooden shipyards on the river,
between Astoria and Portland, with a
total of 26 ships contracted for, and
more work Is being negotiated. Hun
dreds of men are given employment,
and by the opening of the new year it
is predicted there will be an Immense
Increase in the shipbuilding activity.
Added to the actual building, are the
widespread benefits derived from man
ufacturers of ship parts, who are being
pressed with orders.
$60,000 GIVEN UNIVERSITY
Fund Is for Observatory and 36
Inch Telescope In Arizona.
TUCSON. Ariz.. Oct. 18. A gift of
$60,000 for an observatory and 36-lnch
telescope was announced today at
meeting of the board of regents of the
University of Arizona by Dr. R. B. Von
Kleinsmid, president of the university,
who returned lately from New York.
The donor's name is to be kept secret
by request.
Findings Avoid Saying Whether In
cendiarism Is Suspected Cap
tain Mason Is Praised.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18. (Special.)
The fire which broke out In the aft
hold of the steamer Beaver jon Sep
tember 11 while she was en route from
Portland to this port was caused by
the throwing of a lighted 'cigrar,
cigarette or some other material afire
down the ventilator, according1 to a de
cision rendered by Inspectors of Steam
boats James Guthrie and Joseph Dolan
today.
In giving out the decision the in
spectors refused to say whether or not
they believed that the fire was started
accidentally or was incendiary.
The inspectors exonerated Captain
Archie Mason and Chief Engineer K.
Townsend from all blame and strongly
commended them and the officers and
crew of the Beaver for the splendid
manner in which they handled the situation.
ROAD INCREASES DIVIDEND
Illinois Central liaises Kate Prom
5 to 6 Per Cent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18 Directors of the
Illinois Central Railroad at a meeting
here today decided to increase the divi
dend rate from 5 to 6 per cent per
annum. It was placed on a quarterly
basis, the first dividend being payable
December 1, 1916, to stock of record
at the close of business November 9,
1916.
The advance in the dividend rate was
taken as an expression of confidence
on the part of the directors that at
least a substantial part of the earnings
of the last 18 months will be perma
nent. MONTANA IS FOR HUGHES
G. O. P. Headquarters Hears State
' Will Give 10,000 Plurality.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18. State Senator Ed
ward Donlan, of Missoula, Mont., who
visited "Western Republican National
headquarters today, expressed the opin
ion that Hughes and Fairbanks would
carry Montana by 10,000 plurality.
''Montana Is usually pretty closs In
Presidential . elections." said Mr. Don
lan. A month ago our state was reck
oned among those in the doubtful list.
but there has been a marked change of
sentiment.
STANDARD OIL MAY SETTLE
Company Willing to Grant Demands
If Men'First Resume Jobs.
BATONNE. N. J., Oct. 18. Prospects
of a settlement of the strike of Stand
ard Oil workers, which has been
marked by battles between the strik
ers and special police, with the loss of
life, were in view tonight.
The Standard Oil Company was au
thoritatively reported to be ready to
consider favorably the demands of the
men for higher wages provided they
would first return to work.
BERLIN CURBS TAXICAB USE
Hire for Trips to Amusement Places
Is Forbid.
BERLIN, via The Hague tp London.
Oct. J 8. Berllners in the near future
must endeavor to arrive at the theaters
in time for the play without the use
of taxicabs. It is planned to forbid the
use of these vehicles for trips to and
from places" of amusement.
The taxicabs. It is hoped, will be
available for a more important purpose.
At the beginning of the war there were
2600 taxicabs running in Berlin. This
number has been reduced to 800.
BRYAN TO SPEAK IN SOUTH
Tennesvans Are Told Middle West Is
Going for Wilson. .
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Oct. . 18. William
J. Bryan began his campaign In Ten
nessee in behalf of the Democratic
ticket here today.
"I have been on the firing line In the
Middle West wnere the campaign 1
the hottest," he said. "I have spoken
in 12 states and the Democrats of Ten
nessee and the South may be assured
there Is a mighty current of public sen
timent continually growing thac will
sweep President Wilson to a victorious
re-election."
PRINCESS WEDS DRUGGIST
Marie Therese, of Hohenlohe, Bride
of Humble Soldier She Nursed.
LONDON, Oct. 18. The Frankfurter
Zeitung announces the marriage
Princess Marie Therese of Hohenlohe,
to Otto -rvohlelsen. of Innsbruck, an
apothecary and descendant of an
humble Austrian family.
The Princess nursed Kohleisen while
he was in a hospital suffering from an
illness contracted on the battlefield.
DIVIDEND IS 700 PER CENT
Quaker Oil & Gas Company to Cut
Melon at Once.
PITTSBURG. Oct. 18. Directors of
the Quaker Oil & Gas Company, the
producing end of the Pure Oil Com
pany, today declared a dividend of 700
per cent.
The dividend is payable at once.
Train Robbed in Okla
homa; Safe Rifled.
BANDITS ESCAPE WITH AUTO
osse Thought to Have Fugi
tives Cornered in Ravine.
LOOT SAID TO BE LITTLE
Express Company Employe Shot
Down When lie Hesitates as
Ordered to Leave Car No
Passengers Are Molested.
BLISS, Okla.. Oct. 18. Southbound
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger
train No. 405 was held up two and one
half miles north of here tonight and
an express clerk named Norman was
shot to death. The safe In the ex
press car was blown open and rifled
of its contents.
Owing to the wrecked condition of
the car and the killing of the clerk it
was Impossible to learn here how much
money. If any, the robbers obtained.
Autoa Curry Men Away.
After killing the clerk and wrecking
the safe the robbers entered waiting
utomobiles on the west side of the
track and disappeared.
Posses from Bliss. Perry and other
nearby towns were carried to the scene
of the robbery in a special train. Pick
ing up the trail almost immediately.
they followed the robbers toward the
hills and late tonight reported they
believed the outlaws were surrounded
in a ravine. The posses are waiting
for reinforcements before closing in.
Knglnrfr Obeys Curt Order.
It is believed that at least two of
the bandits boarded the train at Ponca
City. Aa the train -neared Bliss two
men climbed tj the top -of the tender
and commanded the engineer to stop
the train. When the engineer obeyed,
four other men appeared and the en
glne crew was ordered to' detach the
engine, tender and baggage car from
the passenger coaches.
When the door of the express car
was opened Express Clerk Norman was
shot to death by one of the bandits.
who fired a load of buckshot into his
face and breast. A charge of nitro
glycerine was then placed in the safe
door and the safe blown open.
Robbers Guard Train Crew.
While the robbery was in progress
two of the bandits stood guard over
the train crew with two more at the
end of the baggage coach. After tak
lng several packages from the safe the
two bandits Jumped from the car.
were joined by their four companions
and disappeared. The engine was then
run back to the passenger coaches and
the train came into Bliss.
MUSKOGEE. Okla,. Oct. 18. Rail
(Conrluded on Page
Column 4.)
if ocwl A 1H w
Screams of Playmates Attract Neigh
bors, but Burns Are Fatal.
Father's Precautions Foiled.
Barbara Dietrick, the four and a half-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Dietrick, 602 Borthwick street,
was burned to death yesterday after
noon In the basement of a neighbor's
home when a match struck while play
ing with a friend ignited her clothing.
The flames from the filmy clothes
soon enveloped the child, and screams
from her and her playmate, Katie
Holzman, five years old, aroused
neighbors, who hurried to learn the
cause. Mrs. Dietrick was away at the
time, and when neighbors arrived, the
girl was badly burned. She died two
and a half hours later. The Holzman
girl was not Injured.
The tragedy occurred in the house
in which Barbara Holzman was killed
by a. man March 15, 1911. Katie Holz
man is a sister of Barbara Holz
man and only yesterday Fire Marshal
Stevens ordered before the Juvenile
Court two boys, cousins of the Holz
man girl, for playing with matches.
An investigation by Fire Marshal
Stevens and Captain Roberts, acting
with Harry P, Coffin, of the Public
Safety Commission, showed that Mr.
Dietrick, father of the dead girl, had
complied with the regulation requiring
the keeping of matches in a. tin box
out of reach of children, but that the
two girls apparently had knocked the
box down from the shelf with a stick.
They then went into the Holzman
basement to play with the matches.
They had struck a number before the
Dietrick girl's clothes were ignited.
TILLAMOOK TIMBER BOUGHT
Logging Starts on New Tract anI
Mills Are Active.
BAT CITY. Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.)
The Oregon Box & Manufacturing Com
pany yesterday closed a deal with Mrs.
Emily Hopkins for 30.000,000 feet of
timber located on the south side of
Tillamook Bay and consisting prin
cipally of fir and spruce. As a large
per cent of the spruce is clear stuff. It
will be made into aeroplane stock, for
which there Is at present a strong de
mand. Logging operations have al
ready started, and the local mill of the
Oregon Box- Manufacturing Company
will Immediately put on a night crew
and run two shifts.
The Southern Pacific has ' been pe
titioned to put in a spur to the mill,
and If this is done, as la probable, a
planning mill and box plant will be
put in here.
PIONEER PIANO IS PRESENT
First Instrument In Umatilla Is
Given to Library.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) The first Umatilla County piano
was today moved Into the clubroora of
the Umatilla County Library. The
piano, which still retains a melodious
tone, was brought to Pendleton by mule
team in 187S from Umatilla, where the
Instrument had been received by boat.
Its arrival in Pendleton brought out a
large crowd.
Another piano received at the same
time was burned In later years In a
church fire. Mrs. .W. C. E. Pruitt was
the donor of the piano to the library.
"A PROBLEM AVOIDED IS A PROBLEM
Equal Rights Denied
by Vote of Bishops.
PRAYER BOOK CHANGES MADE
Ten Commandments to Appear
in Full and Shortened Form.
SERVICES MADE OPTIONAL
Church Considers Proposal to Cre
ate Permanent Publicity Bureau
and to Establish Seamen's In
stitutes at AH Big Ports.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 18. Equal rights
with men wre denied to" women in
two actions taken today by the house
of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
general convention in session here.
A proposal to permit women to sit as
delegates in the general convention was
rejected, while a request from the Right
Rev. Logan H. Roots, bishop of Han
kow, to be allowed to admit women to
membership in his advisory council was
denied. The house suggested to the
bishop of Hankow. It was said, that he
might create an auxiliary council of
women.
Action Virtually Final.
The proposal to give women equal
rights with men In the convention was
sponsored by Robert H. Gardiner, of
Gardiner. Me. A similar resolution Is
now on the calendar of the house of
deputies and. It was pointed out, today's
action in the upper house does not pre
clude its being discussed in the lower
body. Since concurrence of the two
houses Is necessary In the event the
house ,of deputies should approve the
proposal It will go to the house of
bishops for reconsideration.
The house of bishops, which also con
sidered 'changes recommended in the
communion service by the commission
On the book of common prayer, will
suggest In its report to the house of
deputies that the Ten Commandments
be printed in the prayer book in both
their shortened form and In their full
form and that clergymen be given op
tional use of either in the service. It
was said.
New Irayer Proposed.
Efforts to have the prayer of George
Washington, uttered upon the occasion
of his laying down the supreme com
mand of the Federal Armies, adapted
and substituted for the present prayer
"For our country" in the book of com
mon prayer were inaugurated in the
hous-s of deputies by Roland S. Morris.
of Philadelphia.
Discussion of the revision of the
evening prayer was concluded today,
a number of minor changes being
agreed upon.
In the main, these looked toward a
greater liturgical flexibility and the
dropping of archaic phrases, enabling
Concluded on Pave
Column 4.
SOLVED.'
Portland Lieutenant's Mount at Car-
rlzal to Be Returned to His
Relatives Here.
EL PASO. Oct. 18. The thoroughbred
saddle mare whicn belonged to Lieuten
ant Henry R. Adair, of the Tenth United
States Cavalry, who was killed during
the fighting at Carrizal. Chihuahua, on
June 21. was located in Juarez today
nd has been delivered to the United
States Army officers.
The equine survivor of the Carrizal
fight had been in the Carranza cavalry
since It was captured by a Mexican
soldier at Carrizal. It was recognized
in Juarez by an American and upon
being Informed that the mare had be
longed to the dead officer. General
Francisco Gonzales ordered it delivered
to General George Bell here.
The mare will probably be sent to
Lieutenant Adair's relatives In Port
land. Or.
ONE MAN HOLDS UP THREE
Highwayman Pokes Victims in Back
With Revolver and Gets $15.
A highwayman sneaked up behind
Lloyd Larson, Charles Jamar and
Lloyd Matthews at Seventeenth and
Washington streets late last night and
forced them to stand with their hands
up while he robbed them of $15.
The victims reported that the rob
ber kept behind them during the search
and forced them to keep their hands
up by poking them alternately with
the muzzle of the revolver.
Detectives Coleman and Snow in
vestigated. .
COWS SEE ZEP; MILK SOURS
London Dulryman Then Adds Water
and Is Acquitted.
BERLIN. Oct. 18 (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) The Berliner Tageblatt
declares that a London police court
has absolved a dairyman who had been
accused of adding water to the milk
sold by him.
The dairyman declared, according to
the newspaper, that his cows were so
frightened by the Zeppelin attacks that
the milk was spoiled.
Norman Duncan Is Dead.
FREDONIA. N. T.. Oct. 18. Norman
Duncan, the author, died suddenly while
playing golf here today. He had been
living at the home of his brother. E. H.
Duncan, in this village.
Norman Duncan was born In 1871
and had been a. professor at Washing
ton and Jefferson College and also at
the University of Kansas. His best
known works were books about Lab
rador and the work of Dr. Grenfell
there.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
lESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 61
desmi; minimum. 42 decree.
TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly winds.
I-oUt Ira.
Democrats cheer President In Near York
state. Page 3.
Heroes oT '76 compared with Villa by Sec
retary ot war, defending Wllaon'a policy,
rasa 8.
Hyprocrisy In .foreign policy charged by
Roosevelt. Page. '2,
Mr. Hughes says vote for Mm la vote not
Tor war. but Tor maintenance of Ameri
can rights. Page tl.
Moose and Republicans look forward to Mr.
i'lnchora visit. Page S.
War.
William K. Thaw, aviator, killed In action
In France, Page a.
Greeks appeal to America for protection
against entente, page 4.
Foreign
John Redmond precipitate home rule de
bate in Commons. Page 4.
Domestic.
Episcopal church denies women equal rights
witn men in councils. rage 1.
Earthquake and hurricane damage Gulf
coast states. Page 1.
Express clerk is killed by train holdup In
Oklahoma. page 1. ,
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3,
Los .Angeles 4; San Francisco 4. Salt
Lake 11; Oakland 1, Vernon 0. Page 17.
Record run Is made by Sidney Hatch, who
covers 03.7 miles in 14:50:30, Page 10.
Franklin - Columbia game is scoreless.
Page IS.
Close game between Nebraska and O. A. C.
teams la expected. Page 16.
, Pacific Northwest.
Fire at Crescent destroys nearly all of busi
ness section. Page 8,
Portland dock engineer tours Inland Empire
in Interest ot bulla grain handling.
Page 6.
Seaside Auditor la ousted at recall election.
Page 7.
Mrs. William Kent asks women's votes for
Hughes. Page S.
Governor Withyeombe restores citizenship
lights to eight former prisoners. Page 18.
Commercial and Marine. .
Northwestern wheat prices raised, but sell
ing down. Page !L
Wheat at Chicago sells at highest price since
war began. Page 21.
Speculative stocks supplant seaaoned lrsues
In Wall atreot trading. Page 21.
"Big Three" line shifts pursers. Page 38.
Portland and Vicinity.
Furaher advances are made In drug prices.
Page o.
School budget will total (3.000.000 when
submitted to Board. Page 10.
Prosecutor uses hand as torch In demonstra
tion In masseur case. Page 15.
New building for motor car company to rise.
Pase 15.
Mayor Albee refuses longer to vote for
water meter purchases. Page 11.
City Council will consider Jitney franchise
proposals today. Page 8.
Recipe for making bootleg whisky is found.
Page IS.
Secretary of Labor Wilson to apeak tonight.
Page 7.
John Lokrinti. of Swedish-American Cham
ber ot Commerce, la visitor. Page 11.
$151.2O0 eliminated from fire bureau budget.
Page in.
Timber deal of $1,000,000 Is being consid
ered. Page a
Albina plant gets contracts for Norwegian
steel ships, l-age i.
Baby tlr! at play dlea -In fire started by
match. Page 1.
Four teachers te-stifv to Incompetence of
Mr. Alevia Aiexandt r. I'uku 2.
Weather revert, data and forecast. I'e 19,
Hurricane Flays Gulf
Coast; 1 Killed.
EARTH TREMORS BRING FRIGHT
Wind Attains Velocity of IK
Miles, Hits Shipping.
SEVERAL VESSELS SUNK
Shocks Sway Office Buildings,
Which Quickly Are Vacated.
Damage Is Heaviest in Ala
bama and Georgia.
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. IS. The South
was racked by earthquake and swept
by storm at the same time today. While
a tropical hurricane was flaying the
Gulf Coast, earth tremors overturned
chimneys and frightened away many
people from their homes in Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee.
The earthquake did little damage, but
a wind that reached a velocity of lit
miles an hour lifted roofs from houses
at Pensacola. Fla.. and sank several
vessels In the harbor. One life was
lost.
greu Killed by Live Wire.
Mobile reported that it had been
touched more lightly, although the
wind blew 110 miles an hour. Two
small buildings A destroyed and a
negro woman was killed by a live wire
Shipping at Mobile had been warned
and apparently suffered little harm.
Two river steamers were sunk, a
schooner and a steamer were driven
ashore and small boats were lost.
The earth shocks were felt shortly
after 4 o'clock and were severest in
Montgomery a-id Birmingham. Ala.,
where swaying office buildings were
emptied within a few minutes. In the.-e
towns chimneys were destroyed and
articles were hurled from shelves In
residences and shops. Elsewhere no
damage was reported.
Quake Laela 3 Mlonlrs.
The earthquake was felt as far north
as Louisville, Ky.. and east of Augusta.
Ga, Its duration was about three min
utes and there were two chocks.
The hurricano had been sweeping
northward from Yucatan and hit the
coast early today. It had moved well
into the interior tonight with decreased
intensity and shipping was notified by
weather offices that all danger was
past on the sea.
New Orleans Escapes.
Mobile was struck early In the day
and wire communication went down ii
a short time. Soon Pensacola. too. wa.
cut off, and not until tonight was it
possible to reach that city. Estimates
tonight put the damage in Mobile at
$15,000, but no estimates had been
made of the loss at Pensacola. New
Orleans escaped the storm.
Everywhere the high wind was ac
companied by a torrential downpour of
water. At Burwood. La., there was a
fall of nearly 11 Inches during the day.
Montgomery. Ala., was swept by &
heavy wind and there was a.
heavy rainfall, but little damage.
Houses were damaged at Opp, Ala., and
there was damage at other small towns
throughout Alabama. Houses and
stores were unroofed at Troy. In these
sections there was no report of loss
of life.
Alabama la Hard Hit.
Reports coming in late tonight from
many small towns in Alabama indicat
ed that damage in rural districts might
reach many thousands of dollars. Trav
eling salesmen reaching Montgomery
told of buildings blown down and un
roofed and of thousands of acres of
timber being damaged throughout Ala
bama. Virtually the same district on
the Gulf Coast that was hit by today's
storm suffered heavy damage in the
great July hurricane. Then shipping
sustained the most serious loss ever
known In a Gulf storm, and In scores
of cities and towns the damage went
Into the thousands of dollars.
A short time later millions of dollars
of damage was done by a storm In
the two Caroltnas.
BIRMINGHAM FEELS 3 SHOCKS
Courts Adjourn and Theater Matinee
Audience Dashes to Streets.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Oct, 18. Bir
mingham felt three sharp earth shocks
separated by brief Intervals today. Lit
tle damage was done other than to
windows and chimneys, but the quakes
caused great excitement.
Thousands poured from office baiJ
ings and downtown structures. A mat
inee audience at a theater rushed for
the exits. All the county courts ad
journed In alarm.
The main central telephone exchange
et a new record by handling 25.00V
calls within an hour.
ONE LIFE LOST AT PENSACOLA
Several Persons Blown Through
Plate-Glass Windows.
PENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. IS. Severs!
vessels In the harbor here were sunk,
numerous small craft suffered dam
age and one life was lost in the terrific
tropical hurricane that swept through
here today. At one time the wind,
reached a velocity of 114 miles an hour.
tConcluded oa Ike 3, Culuiim 1.)