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PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1909.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
FAST TIME MADE
Ifl ROAD RAGES
Over 25,000 People
See Autos Speed.
DINGLEYWINS FEATURE OF DAY
Chalmers-Detroit -Goes 102.2
Miles Under 105 Minutes.
ARNOLD TAKES CLASS B
Covey In Cadillac First In Class C.
Decision In Long-Distance Run Is
Protested by Page and Chris
topherson on Two Counts.
BY W. J. PETRAIN. .
Portland's second annual automobile
road races were held on the Base Line
and Section Lino roads yesterday aft
ernoon, and It Is generally estimated by
the members of the Portland Automo
bile Club, under whose' auspices the
races were held, that over 25,000 peo
ple saw the speed marvels tear around
the course in the three big races.
That the races succeeded in pleasing-
was evidenced by the enthusiasm
of the big crowd which collected at
the grandstand and directly opposite
in the open field at the starting point.
The auto races afforded much better
sport this year than last, for there
' were very few maohlnes incapacitated
and nearly all of the starters in the
big event were able to make at least
six of the seven laps which constituted
the course of 102 miles.
Dlngley's Victory Is Protested.
The 40-horsepower Chalmers-Detroit
car entered by the Harry L. Keats
An to Company and driven by Bert
Dlngley was the victor in the long-distance
event, but -the victory was accom
plished by a margin of only 18 sec
onds over the Stoddard-Dayton driven
by Bam Chrlstopherson. However, both
Chrlstopherson and Murray Page, the
latter having taken third place with
R. S. Wilson's Locomobile, have pro
tested the victory of the Keats car.
Chrtstopherson contends that the tim
ers made a mistake in their figures, and
Page makes the assertion that a small
Chalmers-Petrolt. driven by W. D.
Wallace, repeatedly committed Inten
tional fouls at the distant turns of the
course. Both protests have been put
up to the judges, but until the officials
and the timers can get together for a
conference, the merits of the protest
cannot be substantiated.
Despite the protests, the races were
well executed and without unseemly or
unnecessary delays. The big crowds
were handled expeditiously by the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company,
which in itself was a feature of the
day, as many more people were taken
to the scene than attended the races
of the year before. The Automobile
Club also handled the financial end in
a much more satisfactory manner, and
it is, not believed that the club will suf
fer the financial loss that marked the
previous event.
Bell Soon Drops Out.
The first race was between the Class
C runabouts, and In starting this event
some delay was experienced by the
holding up of Fred A. Bennett's entry
at the Russellville turn because of its
failure to report before 11 o'clock. The
car was finally passed through, and
when it got Into line, tho driver, Harry
Bell, simply piloted his car a few hun
dred yards to save his entrance fee and
withdrew.
Howard M. Covey, driving one of his
little Cadillacs, won this event handily,
and his feat was cheered enthusias
tically. Covey made the fastest lap in
this event when he covered the 14.6
. miles in 15:38. There were only three
laps to the shorter distances, and only
one car finished the third lap besides
Covey's, and this was the Chalmers-
Detroit driven by Bert Dlngley.
Arnold Beats Covey's Time.
Following this event the second short
distance run was held. This was
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WAR IS LOOMING
NEAR IN BRITAIN
CONFLICT WITH GERMANY EX
PECTED ON ALTj SIDES.
Insurance Companies Refu.-e to Take
Bombardment Risks and Popu
lace Accepts Danger.
LONDON, June 11. (Special.) The
amount of war- talk one hears on every
side in London .is perfectly amazing.
The topic practically monopolizes con
versation in political and social cir
cles, and it seems to be generally ad
mitted, with a kind of fatalistic com
placency, that sooner or later proba
bly sooner the British and German
nations are going to fight it out.
People at large, are taking note of
the growing seriousness of the situa
tion, and many display acute nervous
ness. One hears members of the Amer
ican colony talk, half humorously, per
haps, and yet with a certain serious
ness, of getting back home before the
Germans come. Harry G. Selfrldge
said that personally he . did not like
the outlook.
"I tried to insure my shop,' said the
former Chicagoan, "against bombard
ment from the Thames, but the insur
ance companies would not accept the
risk." .
Germany, it is said, means to rule
the sea, just as it rules the European
mainland, and active steps to this
end wait only the attainment of a cer
tain level of Teutonic fighting power
afloat.
HITS WOMAN, SHOCKS MAN
Boys on Pole Dislodge Arc Lamp,
Which Drops Two Hurt.
An accident which occurred last night
at Park and Morrison streets, where a
number of boys had climbed an electric
light pole to view the parade of floats,
endangered the lives of many people in
the crowd and slightly injured two. The
boys in some way displaced the arc lamp,
and it fell. Mrs. J. H. Gordon, of 692
Chapman street, was struck on the back
of the neck by the lamp and sustained a
painful cut. Charles Thilng, of S72&
First street, was shocked by a live wire
and had to be carried to the Park Phar
macy to be revived. Dr. H. "R. Cliff, of
St. Helens, Or., happened to be in the
crowd and attended the two. Injured peo
ple, who were afterward able to go home
unassisted.
STRAY SLUG TEARS NECK
Slakes Five-Inch Wound and Pierces
Sailor's Cheek.
M. J. Kennedy, a sailor out of work,
was tile victim of an extraordinary ac
cident last night and narrowly escaped
death by a stray bullet. Kennedy was
on his way to Astoria and had started
down the railroad track. He sat down by
the track near the Cliff Inn when he
suddenly felt a pain-in his neck. The
bullet struck him very close to the spinal
column and ploughing its way through
the flesh emerged in his cheek. It had
gone through his flesh for five inches.
He walked back to town and presented
himself to the police station for medical
assistance. Dr. Ziegler the City Physi
cian attended him.
ONE COW FOR DAUGHTER
Siskiyou County's Richest Woman
Remembers Old Grudge.
EUREKA, Cal., June 12. (Special.) The
estate of Phoebe Terwllllger, Siskiyou
County's richest woman, probably will be
distributed without a lawsuit. She be
queathed to Mary J. O'Connor, her daugh
ter, wife of Supervisor Edward O'Connor,
"one cow, to be by her selected." This
was because her son-in-law had once been
a party to a lawsuit against her over
water rights. Her estate was appraised
at J170.000.
Mrs. O'Connor was dissatisfied and a
lawsuit was promised, but finally the nine
sons and daughters agreed to an equal
division of the estate.
LUMBER PRODUCTION LESS
Year 1908 Shows Falling Off in
Quantity of 1 7.S Per Cent.
WASHINGTON. June 12. Lumber
production in the United States was
less in the calendar year 1908 than In
the preceding year, according to a re
port issued today- by the Census
Bureau. The decrease amounted to
17.3 per cent, or from 40,256,164,000 to
33,389,369.000 feet.
HARRY MURPHY TAKES NATIONAL AND LOCAL EVENTS AS TOPICS FOR THIS WEEK'S CONTRIBUTION FROM HIS HUMOROUS
FILIPINOS
MUTINY
SEIZE POST
4 1
Americans Stand Siege
All Night.
REBELS FLEE WHEN AID COMES
Constabulary at Davao Sud
denly Takes Post.
THREE HOURS OF FIGHTING
Governor Walker Gathers Men In
Church and Holds It as Fort Till
Relief Drives Mutineers .
to Mountains.
.
MANILA, June 13. A portion of the
Second Company of native constabulary,
stationed at Davao. in the Island of Min
danao, in the southern part of the Phil
ippine Archipelago, mutinied on the night
of June 6 and attacked the company
quarters, which they captured after
wounding one of the native officers.
After a fight on the following day,
which lasted three hours, and in which
an American named Libbey was killed
and four others wounded, the mutineers
took to the mountains upon the approach
of a company of constabulary statiloned
at Mapi, which hurried to the relief of
the besieged Americana and loyal na
tives. Sudden Attack and Siege.
Without' any 'warning the mutineers
suddenly attacked the soldiers during the
night and gained possession of the quar
ters before any resistance could be of
fered by the native non-commissioned of
ficers and the officers of the company.
Governor Walker, of Davao Province,
.i"yeJiati3ly rSTiied the Americans and
such natives as could be trusted In a
large church, and nrermrt t fnna tnv Hn
fense were hastily made during the night.
vv maows and doors were barricaded.!
loopholes were cut, food and water were
taken into the building and everything
possible done to withstand a siege. '
At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the
7th the mutineers began an attack on
tne church. For three hours the flght
raged. A heavy fire was directed aga'nst
the church and its defenders, but Gov
ernor Walker and his small force replied
with such vigor that they discouraged
all attempts to storm the place. The
mutineers retired and evidently expected
to await darkness, under cover of which
a safer and more successful attack could
be made upon the church.
Rescue, Mutineers Flee.
In the meantime, however, news of
the mutiny had "reached Mati, a town
of considerable size. 46 miles southeast of
Davao. A company of constabulary sta
tioned there immediately hurried 'to the
relief of Davao. Its approach caused the
disloyal constabulary force to withdraw
during the night. Thirty native troopers
escaped to the mountains with their arms
and equipment.
With the receipt of the news of the
mutiny today also came word that de
tachments of the Twenty-Third Infantry
have reached Davao and quickly- suc
ceeded in restoring order. Several columns
of troops were immediately dispatched in
pursuit of the mutineers.
It is believed hers that the mutiny was
of purely local character, resulting from
differences over food supplies or the care
of the women of the families of the con
stabulary. It is thought to be confined
to members of the one company at Davao
and the fact that a neighboring com
pany, also composed of natives, hurried to
the relief of the besieged governor and
the few Americans at the place is cited
as proof of this.
Pursuit to Be Vigorous.
Acting Governor General Forbes .is ex
pected in Manila tonight, when a confer
ence with General Duval, commanding
the division of the Philippines, will be
held. It -lsi expected that the determina
tion will be reached at this conference
vigorously to pursue the mutineers until
the last one is captured.
AND
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S-Mailnram temperature. 68.
degrees; minimum, 02.5 degrees.
TODAY'S Pair, warmer;, westerly winds.
foreign.
Wlneless brings aid fro wrecked steamer
Slavonia and saves every life. Section 1,
page 3.
Britlsh naval power displayed to Imperial
Press Conference. Section 1, page 3. .
War scare In Great Britain affects Insurance
rates. Section 1, pare 1. -Ladies
of Egyptian harem demand women's
rights. Section 1, page lot
Mrs. Ruis suicide openly declared to be due
to Infatuation for Alfred Vanderbilt.
Section 1, page 1.
China drives British employes oil railroad
to employ Germans. Section 1. page 5.
Russian submarine boat sinks and 20 men
are probably dead. Section 1, page 11.
Earthquake devastates south of Prance,
killing at least 75 persons. Section 1,
page 1.
National.
Spokane delegation asks Tart to recom
mend changes In rate laws. Section 1.
page 2.
Republican Senate leaders vote to keep tariff
on hides. Section 1, page fi.
Senate decides to admit works of art free.
Section 1, page 6.
Constabulary mutinies at Davao. Mindanao,
besieges Americans and is put to night.
Section 1, page 1.
Politics. .
Bishop Doane makes violent attack on
, woman suffrage. Section 1, page 4.
lomestic.
8teamer Xantlcoke bought by filibustered.
supposed for attack on Venezuela. Sec
tion 1. page 3. m
Kansas wheat crop estimated at 70.000.000
bushels. Section 1, page 3.
Letters seized from Japs in Hawaii prove
revolutionary aims. Section 1, page 4.
Agreement finally closed for joint trackage
between . Hill and Harrlman . road.
Section 1. page 2.
Southern Pacific to run fast train' between'
Portland and San Francisco.. Section. 1.
page 3.
Railroad engineer and farmer at Minneapolis
invent light airship and make successful
night. Section 1. pag 4.
Eight Black Hand men arrested in Pennsyl
vania. Section 1, page 4.
Pacific Northwest ... 1
Superintendent of Klamath Indian. Kelpa
draw complaint againstr himself. bee- 1
tion 1, pa Re 7. ...........
Masonic Club of Untversity. of Oregon be
comes chapter of Acacia Fraternity. Sec
tion 4. leasts 10.
Many new laws o into effect Thursday.
Section 1, page 7.
Iefunct Palouse bank has third receiver
in oisht days. Section 1, page 6.
Railroad Commission says dry rot caused
Cottage Grove wreck.- Section 1, page 6.
State Biologist says Coos Bay should have
. oyster beds planted. Section 1. page 6.
Indians taught to become more and more
iike white men. Section 1, page 6.
Summer season has begun at Newport.
Section 1,- page 6.
Sports.
Portland Turn Vereln sends teams to com
pete in Seattle meet. Section 8, page 8.
Portland series with Sacramento hottest
yet. Section 3, page 10.
Coast League scores: Portland 7, Sacramento
ti; I-os Angeles 7, Vernon 1; San Fran
cisco , Oakland 0. Section 3, page 9.
-Flanagan breaks record for hammer throw-
lng. Sqction 1, page 11.
University High School of Chicago wins
inter-scholaatic meet.jSectioa-O.. page-
Jeffries refuses to rereree Johnson-Ketchel
light and Johnson replies. Section 3,
4"rS3 CI.
Washington State College wins meet at A.-
i.-r-.; kj. a. u.; second, section 1, page T.
Northwestern League scores: Portland 6,
Tacoma 1; Aberdeen 2. Spokane 1; Van
couver 6, Seattle 2. Section 3; page 9.
University of Oregon track team goes
through season unbeaten for fifth yean
Section 3, page 8.
Real Estate and Building.
Ocular evidence of Portland's growth on
every hand. Section 4, page 4.
Sandy Road district is building up rapidly.
Section 4. page 6.
Steel work on OMs. Wortman A King build
ing is being rushed. Section 4. page 5".
Building permits for week total over $120,000.
Section 4,' page 5.
City school property on Williams avenue
placed on market. Section 4, page 4.
Cudahy Packing Company to build warehouse
on iLAat nice, section 4. page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Contract hop market at a standstill. Section
, page v.
Sharp bulge in wheat at Winnipeg. Section
page v.
Heavy tone' of stock-market speculation. Sec
tion 4. page u.
British ship nrodick Caetle. now out 189 days
irom fort land, ror Ipswich, not reported.
Section 4, page 11.
Rom Festival.
Twenty-flve thousand people attend auto
ractj raeaL oecnon . A, page 1.
Gay scenes mark close of Rose Festival.
section '., page li.
Streetcars carry 1,000,000 people .during
r esiivai. occnun page i.
Exciting races under auspices of Portland
Hunt Club please great crowd. Section 1,
page ll.
Portland and Vicinity.
Lionel Rathbone drowns in Willamette from
upset canoe. ' Section 3, page 7. .
Allen G. Ross pleads guilty to forging
names to excise board petition. Section
4, page 7.
R. T. xickerson, divorced and remarried,
wants child. Section 4, page 7.
State Forestry Board warns public against
setting timber fires. Section 3, page 11.
State Senator Cotterill discusses Washington
politics. Section 3, page 11.
Chicago visitors loud in praise of Portland
and 'Oregon. Section 3. page 12.
East Side suburban districts feel water
shortage. Section 3, page 12. a
Methodist Sunday school convention to open
tonight. Section 4, page 10.
Portland business men leave for "Railroad
day" at Klamath Falls. Section 4,
page 8.
Few candidates for office of City Engineer
at salary paid. Section 4, page 6.
Official count completed on 20 amendments.
Section 2, page 10.
Harrlman service to Seattle will soon be
Inaugurated. Section 2, page 10.
Shoplifter with loot under his arm fights
captor on Btree$.. Police arrest him and
wife. Section 1, page 1.
Twentieth semi-annual reunion of Ancient
at.d Accepted Scottish Rite Masons is
brought to close, Section lr page 10.
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LIFE SACRIFICED
TO 1NFATUAT
Verdict of London on
Mrs. Ruiz' Suicide.
VANDERBILT HIDES HIMSELF
Facts of Inquest Published De
' spite Bribery.
EFFORTS AT SUPPRESSION
Servants of Her Household Sent to
Paris to Keep Facts of Suicide
Secret Woman Was
....... preyto Insomnia.
'LONDON-. June 12. "Infatuation for
Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt caused Mary Ag
nes Ruiz to kill herself."
Thus says. Lloyd's Weekly in dis
cussing the mystery of the American
wqnian who committed suicide in this
city May .16.. .' The paper lays partic
ular stress on the suppression of the
news of the inquest and her relations
with an American multi-millionaire.
Lloyd's Weekly insists that the Eng
lish reporters at the inquest were
bribed to refrain from mentioning the
case.
Great Efforts to Suppress News.
Reynolds' newspaper says that ex
traordinary efforts were- made to pre
vent the staff at the private hospital
where Mr. Ruiz died irom discussing
the case and that the servants of the
Grosvenor street house were hurried to
Paris. An official investigation of the
suppression of the inquest is expected.
It is said that- $1500 was paid to vari
ous persons to secure secrecy.
Vanderbilt Has New Affinity.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt cannot be found
in London. He has not appeared at
the horse show since the papers first
mentioned the. suicide on Thursday, nor
has the woman who is said to' be Mrs.
Ruiz successful rival. Directors of the
horse show resent the-scandal, and say
they will demand an explanation.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury
was: "Suicid'e while of unsound mind."
Charles F. Williamson, of Paris, who
settled ' the affairs ' and paid a large
staff at Mrs. Ruiz' establishment, .and
sent all her effects to Paris, was the
first witness at the Inquest. He Iden
tified the body and testified that he
had .acted as her agent. She was the
who oi a weaitny uuban rrom whom
she had separated. Lately, he said,
she had been in Ill-health and de
pressed and had declared that she was
tired of life.
Very Depressed, Could Not Sleep.
Miss Elizabeth Canney, the compan
ion of Mrs. Ruiz since last January,
testified that Mrs. Ruiz had been very
depressed at times, and took tabloids
for Insomnia. She kept a revolver, ac
cording to the witness, who further
stated that her mistress looked very
111 on the evening of May 16. Miss
Canney declared she had no idea that
Mrs. Ruiz had shot heicelf, when the
doctor arrived.
Dr. J. B. Sutton testified that he
found Mrs. Ruiz had been shot In the
breast. A revolver with one empty
chamber was lying In the bed. Serv
ants testified that they heard no shot-
There was no doubt whatever that the
case was one of suicide. .
YOUNG COUPLE ELOPES
After Prayer Meeting, Goes to Neigh,
boring Town to Wed.
MARSHFIELD, Or., June 12. Claude
Stutsman and Miss Alice Rehfield, two
well known young Marshfield people,
eloped to Coqullle last might and were
married. The parents were informed by
long distance telephone today and were
greatly surprised. -
The couple left the city In an auto.
following a meeting o.f the Toung
People's Union.
3V
Eaovurh Is Plenty.
ION
1
LOOT UNDER ARM,
SHOPLIFTER FIGHTS
SCRREXDERS IN STREET WHEN
BIG CROWD GATHERS.
Wife Who Accompanied Him Also
S Arrested Saleswoman Tips
Theft to Employer.
Robert L. Ball, assistant superintend
ent of Woodard, Clarke & Co. ' 'drug
store, caught a shoplifter yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock, and after a desperate
fight, which continued all the way across
Washington street to the opposite corner,
detained 'the thief until a crowd had sur
rounded him and the police had arrived.
The man gave his name as Edward Hen
nessy and said he was a mechanic living
at Twenty-sixth and Savier streets.
Hefinessy was seen by one of the young
women clerks to pick up a small toilet
set valued at 10, slip it under his coat
and make for the door. He was accom
panied by a woman who was later identi
fied, as his wife. She was arrested at the
rooming-house where she and .her hus
band lived.
Mr. Ball upon being notified of the
theft by the saleswoman trailed Hen
nessy and overtaking him on the street
the man fought to make his escape. Mr.
Ball, however, clung to him and shouted
for help while his antagonist tried to
shower blows upon his head. The stolen
toilet case was found under his arm when
he finally surrendered.
Hennessy asserts -he has lived in Port
land for the last eight months and
worked here as a mechanic but the police
are skeptical of his story and will in
vestigate his antecedents. He is, 27 years
old, and his wife, Louise Hennessy, Is
six ycars younger. They were taken to
the City Jail for the night and will ap
pear for trial In the Municipal Court
today.
FAILS TO SMUGGLE OPALS
Australian Sends $4000 Worth at
$50 Valuation.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. (Special.)
A larg-e consignment of valuable opals
was intercepted here on Its way from
Sydney, Australia, to S. R. Finney, No.
2 Rector Place, New York.
The package was entered as having a
value of $50 and would have gone
through free, had not Deputy Collector
Willcox known something of opals and
turned the stones over to an assistant
appraiser, who reported them worth
iir excess - of $4000. Though entered at
Sydney at a value of $50, each of the
small packages had in it a private
memorandum wrapped in tissue, show
ing the real value, which aggregated
more than $4000. -
The stones were not confiscated, but
returned by Postmaster Fisk to the
postmaster at Sydney.
SALEM BOY IS DROWNED
With Companions Capsizes Boat in
, Flathead River.
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont., June 12.
(Special.) Three young men, Andrew
Parker, of Columbia Falls: C. A. Larcey,
of Princeton, Ind., and W. P. Fowle, of
Salem. Or., were drowned In Flathead
River, 15 miles north of this place, today.
The men were employed by the Milwaukee
Railway engineering department, locating
a branch line near Kalispell. They had
completed their work and were coming
down the Flathead River in small boats.
A. boat ahead passed over the rapids
successfully and looking back saw the
second boat capsize. Parker righted the
boat and called ' to his comrades to get
hold of It, which they did. Larcey tried
to climb in, but capsized the boat again
and allithree went down. The river Is
high and muddy and the bodies may not
be recovered for some time.
CLAUS "SICK OF CHICAGO"
Sugar Magnate's Son Has Lively
Jay in Windy City,
v
CHICAGO, June 12. (Special.) Claus
Spreckels, son of the sugar magnate,
spent a busy day at the Congress Hotel
today, on his trip from New Tork to
California, and when he finished last
night. ,sald he "had enough of Chicago
and will start for home Sunday.
His first experience was In the morn
ing, when he was locked in his room by
a chambermaid, who thought the room
empty. He was obliged to telephone to
the office before the door was unlocked.
His next excitement was in getting tel
ephone connection with Franklin Park,
where, he told the operator, he wished
to speak with "Miss Case." After spend
ing $1 in the phone he gave up that task.
'
More Fm Rtmyln' Home. . 1 honajrht I Pelt a Bite." j
DEATH LIST
IS NEAR HUNDRED-
Many Wounded Perish
in Ruined Homes.
SEVERAL TOWNS DEVASTATED
Stricken Area Reaches From
Alps to Atlantic.
TROOPS HASTEN WITH AID
Hail and Lower Temperature Follow
Temblor, Entailing Much Suf
fering to Wounded and
Refugees.
MARSEILLES, June 12. From 75 to)
100 dead and 100 injured Is tonight's
estimated casualties as the result ofi
the earthquake which devastated sev
eral towns In the southern part o
France, particularly in the depart--:
ments of Herault and Bouches da .'
Rhone.
Great suffering' is reported owing to a
lack of bread and other necessaries ofi '
life. ' The casualties may be greatly In
creased, as the ruins have not yet been
entirely searched. The villages of St. 1
Cannat and Rognes were completely de- !
molished and Lambes, which is 12 miles)
from Aix, suffered Heavily.
Wounded in Ruins. '
According to advices received from at
number of .places wounded are still im
prisoned In the ruins and soldiers ara
working desperately to rescue them.
Survivors are finding shelter In tents.
In many places the streets have been
torn up and are encumbered by masses
of rocks, making tnem impassable.
Houses and public buildings wer
crumbled to pieces.
Among other villages. ,soriously dam
aged are Vauvenargues, Venelles, Pel
issanne, Puy Ste Reparade and Ar- i
guilles.
Many Die in Agony.
The victims at St. Cannat and Rognesr
were badly Injured. There are evi
dences that several had lived for hours;
imprisoned by the debris before they;
died. The people rushed into thai
streets when the first shock occurred,
crying out for help. Many of them la
ter returned to rescue their families. 1
At Rognes, a family of four was buried,
in the ruins. Their cries could be heard
throughout the night, but all were dead.
In the morning when a rescuing party
reached them.
The Chateau Valmouz, near St. Cannat. .
was badly damaged. The communal cha
teau at Arguilles was split in two. The
historic villade of Vernegues was wrecked
but no one was killed.
Wires Are Crippled.
Communication by wire with the
stricken sections is cut off, but reports
tflat have been brought in show condi
tions to be serious. The shocks were se
vere enough in many places to demolish!
houses and at Denelles the cathedral
collapsed.
Populace in Panic.
People were thrown into panics tT.
erywhere and many spent the remain- .
der of the. night in the open, fearing
to return to their homes. A sharp drop, ,
In temperature followed immediately '.
after the shock and hail fell in torrents, j
adding to the discomfort of the refu-
gees.
At Lisbon the quakes were distinct 1
ly felt, and subterranean rumblings) '
terrorized the inhabitants.
HUGE TIDAIi WAVE AT TOULOS
Ships Imperiled and Naval Arsenal
Is Badly Damaged.
TOULON, June 13, Fearing ncwi
shocks tonight, a large number of rest
dents left the. city and camped In thai
country. The Mayor opened the school
houses for those who were walking;
the streets. ' The earthquake damaged,
the arsenal and several ships were al
most driven ashore by a tidal wave that
followed the shock.
PEN
DIM