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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919; GULF COAST SWEPT BY TROPIC GALE Hurricane Drives Over Wide Section of Country. 52-MILE WIND IS BLOWING Streets of Galveston in Down-Town Section Flooded Barometer Plunges; Tide Rises. GALVESTON. Tex, Sept. 14 The down town streets of Galveston at i:30 o'clock this morning were flooded to the curbs with water from the bay. which had gone over the tops of the wharves in a number of places. The wind was 36 miles from the northeast, the barometer 29.60 and fail ing. The tide, 7.8 on Pelican island and rising. The storm center, the weather bureau announced, was south of Gal veston, but the exact location is not known. At 11:15 the local weather bureau had reported the wind velocity at 36 miles an hour and the tide at 5.S feet above mean low tide and falling. The bar ometer was :9.68. a drop of one point since 7 o'clock. Sea Wall Menaced. ' Spray from some of the beach waves was splashing on the sra wall at places where the riprap In front of the wall was high. The city's eewerage system empties in part into the bay and be cause of the high tide some of the waste water, not salt water, was backed up at two points. All trains were in and out on time except the International & Great North ern, which bad trouble on the main land and arrived late. The flats at East Beach, which are Tery low, wer under water. These flats are uninhabited and there was no property loss. Reeldeata Flee City. Some persons have left the city and gone to Houston, but these have been few and for the most part visitors who live upstate. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 14. First de finite reports of damage from the tropical hurricane which struck the Louisiana coast west of the Mississippi river today were received last night from Burwood. near the mouth of the river. The halyards of the weather bu reau at that place were demobilished by the wind, which reached a velocity of S3 miles. Although definitely deter mined that it swept Inland at a point on the coast west of Burwood, observ ers tonight were still unable, to locate the storm. Its velocity or direction. Railroads Caaeel Trains. As a precautionary measure the Louisville ic Nashville railroad late to day cancelled all gulf coast trains. of the Columbia River Shipbuilding company, are said to have confessed to the police Saturday to passing 17 checks, totaling $370, on local mer chants. Of this amount the police re covered 1296. Following is the list of business firms said by the police to have been victims of the pair: Leslie Wilkinson Tire Sale company. $18.11; Golden West creamery, $33.41; two grocery stores on Alberta street for $31 and $3(; a store on the southwest come or AlOlna and KMlingsworth avenues. $21; garage at East Twenty-first street and Hawthorne avenue, $20; grocery store at Lents Junction. $19; garage Lents Junction, $35; garage In Lents. $3i; stranze man on street In Oregon City, $19; bakery on East Burnside street, near Grand avenue. $36; cigar store northwest corner of Grand ave nue and Morrison street. $21; Haver lick's grocery in Clackamas. $21: three grocery stores near the end of the Woodstock carllne. $18 to $21; drug store at Union avenue and Alberta street. $26. 2000 FIGHT BIG OIL FIRE IN NEW YORK BEER CITY LIKES WILSON LIFTING OF BAX NOT FORGOT. TEX BY ST. LOCIS. Wets Predict President Will Prohibition Act on Grounds Xccdless Harshness. Veto of OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. Sept. 14. Interest is revived in President Wilson's attitude toward the wartime prohibition act and the prohibition enforcement bill by a brief oassaKe in a dispatch from fat. Louis sent by Robert T. Small, correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Re ferring to President Wilson's reception in St. Louis, the dispatch said: "St. Louis is a great beer city and the people have not forgotten Mr. Wilson's effort to have the wartime prohibition ban lifted so far a.r light wines and beer are concerned. A num ber of signs along the line of march left no doubt of this." Whether the president will again lift his hand to help the liquor men is an interesting question in some parts of the east. It has been said frequently by "wets" that Mr. Wilson will veto the wartime prohibition act on the ground that it is needlessly harsh. Will the president lift the ban on the wartime liquor, now that the re turn of General Pershing means prac tically the demobilization of the army? Attorney-General Palmer says that the ban will not be lifted until the peace treaty is ratified, but it is doubted that this statement had the sanction of the president. It is understood that on this visit to California Mr. Wilson is to be met at San Francisco by a committee of wine grape growers who are to urge him to end the wartime ban. Explosions Spread Flames Over 20-Acre "Plant. THREE DEATHS REPORTED Fraternal Organizations Provide Shelter for Refugees All Men Off Duty Called to Scene. HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. 14. The baro meter reading here at 1:43 A. M. was 19 68. a drop of five points since 10 P. M. A wind of 23 miles an hour was blowing from the northeast. A wire less message was picked up here from the Texas company steamer New York, 225 miles out from Galveston, report ing a northeast wind of 38 to 40 miles an hour and increasing steadily. CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex, Sept. 14. At 3 o'clock this morning the baro meter In the office of the United States weather bureau here was still con tinuing its headlong plunge downward, having .03 of an inch In the last hour. " The wind is freshening and is now blowing at a velocity of 38 miles an hour. The gale is accompanied by keavy precipitation. B ROWNSVILLE.-Tex., Sept. 14. With a 22-point drop in the barometer here ince noon Saturday, storm warnings were hoisted last night on the coast at Point Isabel, all fishing boats called in and coast guards at the Brazos island station took steps to warn all ships bound from Mexico to Texas ports. The barometer at noon was 29.76 inches and tonight was 29. 54. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Reports to the weather bureau here from Galves ton tonight said the tide was rising rapidly, water was flooding low places on the Island and people were fleeing to the city In terror. A 30-mile northeast wind was blow ing and the Galveston tide at 11 o'clock was (.4 feet and rising rapidly. PORT ARTHUR, Tex, Sept. 14. 2 A. 31. itn the barometer showing a drop of three points within an hour, this city is preparing for an emer gency. The wind is blowing east- northeast, about 40 miles an hour, at this hour. The barometer was 29.69. PRINTER ARBITRATION NEAR EXPLORER CALLED DEAD Court Holds Captain Burnett Lost Life in Far North. VANCOUVER. How Captain Pete Barnett died In the Arctic ice was de scribed by Major Reginald Tupper in supreme court chambers reoently in order to obtain permission for the ad ministration of his estate, there being no absolute proof of death. Affidavits by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and by the inspector of northwest mounted police were admitted as proof by Justice Mor rison. According to these accounts. Captain Barnett left the main expedition in No vember, 1916. in company with Captain Thompson. They were going to a point 340 miWs away, and did not return. In the spring Captain ' Castel -was dis patched to find them, and he found Captain Thompson's body in May, 1917, with a note saying that he had been trying to get supplies for Barnett. The only trace of Captain Barnett was a portion of his sledge load, showing that he had been In desperate straits and had tried to lighten his burden. Cap tain Thompson's body had been snowed in deeply, but was located by one or two objects In the vicnty. Captain Barnett's body was presumably buried in the snow also, and could not be found. rte was a Canadian, but his wife and daughter, in whose behalf administration is granted, live in the United States. NEW YORK, Sept 14. More than 2000 fire fighters, perhaps the greatest force ever concentrated in New York a any one point, at midnight were bat tling with flames which not only caused damage to Standard Oil prop erty in Long Island city amounting to millions of dollars, but resulted in in jury to more than two-score of per sons. Three men on fireboats were re ported killed, but at a late hour this had not been confirmed. Twenty Acres ta Flames. The fire started early this afternoon from the explosion of an oil tank in the Stone & Fleming works a sub sidiary of the Standard Oil. on New Town creek, spread over virtually the entire area of the plart, which covers 20 acres, and thence to the Columbia Distilling company's buildings on the same side of the creek, the Peter Cooper glue works and American Ag ricultural company! plant across the water and the Green Point bridge. Following a series of explosions this cfternoon and evening the fire spread so rapidly that, 'n addition to a dozen fireboats and three-score fire compa nies, a signal was sounded summoning back all members of the department who had gone off duty. Residents Retreat Before Fire. In addition to several hundred thou sand gallons of burning oil which dark ened the city by day and illuminated it by night hundreds of tons of coal at the plant caught on fire. Inhabitants of the district retreated as the flames swept on. Various fra ternal organizations hastened to pro vide shelter over night for the refugees. At a late hour tonight Deputy Fire Chief Martin, who is in charge of the fire fighters, announced that the fire was under control. MEXICANS ARE EXECUTED ARMED UP PUEBLO MOB HOLDS POLICE STATION. and ordered the patrol to head for the city hall, with all possible speed. He found that the mob had been there and gone. Hoping that he might" overtake the mob, the captain summoned his offi cers to get back into the patrol and a search for the mob and prisoners com menced. When the officers reached the West Fourth-street bridge the mob had dispersed and the officers found the bodies of the two Mexicans hang ing 20 feet apart from the girders of the bridge. GRANGERS BLAME LABOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIGH COST OF LIVIXG PLACED. Strikes Alleged to Have Been Im portant Factor in Raising Price of Food, Clothing, Shelter. OSWEGO BOY HURT BY CAR FIFTH .MEMBER OF BOARD BE CHOSEX MONDAY. TO Many Tailors Yet Out on Strike and So Effort Is Made to Reach Compromise Agreement. Members of the conciliation ' board chosen to- settle- the differences be tween tne commercial printing com panies of Portland and the members of the allied printing trades expect to choose a fifth member of their body Monday and to open sessions soon as a board of arbitration. At meetings Friday and yesterday names were sub mitted by all four representatives, but no decision was reached as to who the fifth member of the board shall be. Arbitration proceedings will be open to the public, it is announced, and will be held In the office of the print ing employers' association on the second floor of the Oregon building. Under agreement already reached by the employers and the union men the decision of the arbitration board will be binding upon both side, without appeal being allowed. The strike of union tailors remains virtually unchanged. A considerable number of the tailors are out of work, while most of the tailoring shops are virtually shut down. No efforts to reach a compromise agreement to settle the strike are being made. 17 BAD CHECKS PASSED Two Men Reported to Have Con fessed to Police. Walter E. Baer. alias Sutherland. 21. and ila-rlow W, Bracket, 23. employes Child Dodging Between Autos Hit by Third One on Street. OSWEGO. Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) Willard Charles White, small son and only chl'.d of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White of Oswego, was seriously injured Fri day when he dodged between two auto mobiles in attempting to cross Main street- He was struck by a third car driven by J. F. Dentler of Portland. Before Mr. Dentler could stop his ma chine the r'Tht front wheel passed over the child's body. He also received an abrcsion over the right eye. The child was immediately removed to the Oregon City hospital. According to bystanders Dentler was driving at moderate speed and because of other cars along the street did not see the boy until he was directly in front of his car. REPUBLICAN CLUB TO D.'NE Judge Kavanaugh Will Speak at Luncheon Wednesday. Officers of the Republican club of Oregon Saturday announced a lunch eon for Wednesday, September 17, which is to celebrate the 132d anniversary of the adoption of the constitution of the United States. The event will be held at the Oregon hotel grill, starting 12:15 P. M. Addresses will be made by Judge J. P. Kavanaugh, ex-Senator B. F. Mulkey and others. All citizens will be welcomed, without respect to membership in the club. Ar raugements for the luncheon are in the hands of a committee composed of Rob ert G. Morrow. Chester G. Murphy and Louis E. Schmitt. Two Bodies Found Dangling From Bridge Girder; Victims Accused of Killing Policeman. PUEBLO. Colo., Sept. 13. Two Mexi cans were taken from the city jail to night by a mob of armed citizens, driven In an automobile to the Fourth- street bridge near the city limits and hanged. The bodies were found 45 minutes after their capture by the mob. The lynching followed arrest of two Mexicans charged with - the murder early today of Patrolman Jeff Evans. The two men. Jose Gonzales and San tos Ortez, section hands, were arrested today. Reports that the men had been transferred to the county jail and that two other Mexicans had been hanged proved erroneous. The men were taken from the city jail at 9:30 o'clock. The mob leaders used strategy to get the police officers off their guard. A riot call was sent in from the steel works district and the patrol loaded with officers hurried to the scene. As soon as the wagon was out of sieht. the mob quietly marched to the city hall, a committee marched Into the office, covered the desk sergeant Gar McCafferty, with revolvers, and com manded him to turn over the keys to the Jail cells. They then forced him to remain quietly in his chair, while they went Into the cell room, took the two Mexicans from their cells and to the street. Here a portion of the moh piled into automobiles with their pris oners and sped away for the scene of the lynching. Upon reaching the scene of the sup posed riot and finding nothing wrong. Night Captain Sinclair. In charge oil tne squaa of officers, suspected ALBANY, N. Y. Officials of the New York state grange, representing 125, 000 farmers, in a statement placing responsibility for the high cost of liv ing upon labor, declared that "an econ omic adjustment must be made if the world is to be fed and agriculture pre served." The indictment of all work ers except those engaged in agricul tural pursuits is made by Sherman J. Newell and W. N. Giles, master and secretary, respectively, of the grange, who allege that strikes have been an important factor in raising the price of food, clothing and shelter. Thefirst factor in a happy life is three meals every day." says the state ment. "The next is adequate clothing and housing . to keep the body warm. The war has only hastened what every thinking agricuturalist has seen for years was surely coming. Rural work ers have not received the support and encouragement which the urban work ers so easily obtained in the form of better schools, roads, churches, houses, shorter hours and higher wages for work under more favorable conditions. This had the result of steadily drawing from the country its population to an alarming degree. Now, instead of going into a study of our situation and de veloping a remedy, our laboring broth ers of the city purpose to remedy our trouble by arbitrary measures without any real knowledge of the cost of pro ducing the necessities of life. 'No class of Americans with red blood in their veins will stand being told they must labor long hours at adequate pay in order that another class may have shorter hours and high er wages. Even the faithful farmer, who has always produced sufficient food for all. feels he has about reached the limit, and that no laboring man of the city should find fault if he applies the same rule that his city brother has taught him. Why is it that over half our farms have mortgages on them and that two thirds are worked by renters? When a class of men demand a higher wage although their labor does not earn it, some one else must pay and they be come dishonest profiteers. We here challenge the city laborer to a cost accounting that all the world may see who earns his wage. Let there be an auth'ritative cost accounting of farm products and a wage scale for labor the base of which shall be its earning power. When wheat was SI a bushel, one bushel paid for a day's work. Wheat, by government fiat, is now $2.26 bushel, and it now requires from two to three ushels to pay labor for one day s work. Again when wool was 30 cents a pound, allowing four pounds for a suit of clothes, the farmer received for the product 81.20. Figuring the cost of suit of clothes at 320, 13 days labor at $1.50 per day paid for a suit. Today wool is 65 cents a pound, four suit of clothing is now $40 and the laborer can obtain a suit by eight days of labor at $5 per day. These comparisons will hold good with every farm product." Permanent Positions for Young Women Due to constantly increasing requirements of the service, permanent positions are now open in the operating department. Telephone operators earn approximately $800 during first year of employment. During first month while learning to operate they earn $52 and by the end of seven months they earn from $63 to $72 per month. Opportunities for promotion to supervisory and executive positions paying higher salaries are excellent Previous experience not required. A good salary paid immediately upon employment. Increases regularly given to all employes. Excellent opportunities for promotion. Annual vacation with pay. Permanent and continuous employment. Large, cheerful operating rooms. Attractive, comfortable recreation rooms. Lunch-rooms where meals are served at cost. Plan for sickness, pension and death benefits with out cost to employes. Young women considering employment should call upon the Employ ment Supervisor, Telephone Building, Park and Oak streets. Tele phone Broadway 12000. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. BUL LTESTS TROLLEY CAR Peeved Bovine Knocks Passengers and Crew Into Ditch. BEAVER FALLS. This is the story of how a bull butted a Harmony trolley car off the tracks and over a small embankment at Eckhardt stop, be tween Ellwood City and Zellenople, last Saturday. The car crew has admitted that the thing actually happened. As the car approached the stop, the bull was seen ahead on the tracks. It seemed argumontative over the right of way, and when the car got in range, let drive with full force, sounding a bellow of rage. To the six passengers and crew, the impact felt like a col lision with an army tank. The street car careened and half righted, then tumbled over the bank. Bellowing again, with a note of victory, the bull stood apparently un decided whether 'he should take an other whirl at the prostrate car, and then stalking majestically away down the track. SEATTLE Dormitories Every PLANS WELCOME Established to Be Vacant Building. in SEATTLE. Wash. Dormitories are to be estMblished in every vacant build ing in Seattle to accommodate the thousands expected here to see the Pa cific fleet, J. W. Spangler, chairman of the welcome committee announced. Unless every unoccupied bed in Se attle is placed at the disposal of the committee, many visitors will have to sleep in the parks or walk the streets, ruse Spangler said. MILLS IN NEED OF CARS URGE PLANERS AT COOS BAY EXPECTED TO SUSPEND. charge. Mrs. Ammons is a Longmont S'irl, but has made her home in Denver since her marriage, a short time ago. Since then she has often made trips to Longmont to visit her mother, who lives here, and the officers say they have been watching her for some time. She came to Longmont again, sup posedly to visit her mother and other relatives, and officers began to gather evidence which led to her arrest. An inventor has invented a compact telephone table which can be folded to even smaller dimensions for moving from room to room. Serious Interference Forecast by Heavy Demand for Carriers to Move Season's Crops. NORTH BEND, Or., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) The lumber Industry of the Coos bay country is suffering as a result of a car shortage, which is causing seri ous interference with lumber ship ments. It Is estimated that not more than SO ner cent of the normal car re quirements of the lumber trade of the territory is Deing suppueo at nrpRnL Th situation which has been grad ually growing more serious for the last icveriLl weeks is viewea witn cojihki- orahiA nnnrehension by the lumbermen, who fear that the increasing aemana for cars to move the season crops will rrihr increase the shortage of cars for lumber shipments from this terri i r r v it is antiniDated that should the car shortage become more acute inai some f th larirer lumber concerns ul wio district.will be forced to suspend opera tion of their planing muis ana elimi nate rail shipments until the situation is relieved. Is Fined for Offense. GIRL, 18, IS BOOTLtGutli Married Lass in Denver $300 TiVfiMONT. Colo. Mrs. Etta Am mons, 18 years old, of Denver, who was arrested by Marshal J. R. Calloway on a charge or onnguiK city of Longmont, was arraigned in the police court before Judge S. D. Jaynes and was given a fine of $300 and costs. She pieaneq gumy to Five Ask for Divorce. Divorce suits filed in the circuit court yesterday were: P. J. Scott against May Scott: Inex T. Bent against Fred T. Bent; Bernard D. Davis against Gladys Leona Davis; Lawrence Brooks against Lulu Brooks; and Vera Car penter asainst R. F. Carpenter. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of MorninCSS KeepYbur Eyes Clean-Clear Healthy HM for fra lm Cera Bash Muriaa Co.UKao.lUJk YOU should make application now for a War Souvenir Savings Bank made from a real Hand Grenade like those used by the Ameri can boys in France. Every true American boy and girl should have one of these Grenade Sav ings Banks. No stronger influence for patriotism and thrift could be placed in your home. Applications for banks for small chil dren may be made by the Father or Mother. HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK Savings Commercial Trust FOURTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS Open Saturday Evenings 6:00 to 8:00 IOpfisi fit This Morning Right After The Passing'of the Parade AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET A GOOD SQUINT AT THE PRESIDENT IN THE PARADE COME ON IN AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE FAMOUS "WOODROW WILSON SMILE" ON THE SCREEN AND CHARLES RAY "BILL HENRY" As a Salesman for The Little Wonder Electric Vibrator, Bill was A Good Plumber. -- "Old Faithful" A Prizma Picture in Natural Color Coming Wednesday BEN TURPIN and DOROTHY DALTON &: Big Double Bill of Sscitement . : i f - S v vv 22 '3 J