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Section One
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VOL. XL NO. 37
Entered at Portland (Or iron)
Postoffice as Second-Clan Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GIRL IN DELIRIUM
FIRE IN MAUPIN, OR.,
CAUSES $100,000 LOSS
ALMOST ENTIRE BUSINESS
DISTRICT DESTROYED.
ERZBERGE
BRIDGE COLLAPSES;
25 TO 30 DROWNED
CROWD FALLS INTO "STREAM.
MANY INJURED.
STATE TRAFFIC LAWS
CHARLIE CHAPLIN HAS
B DEATH
GARDNER GETS Oil
NERVES OF POSSES
3G LIKES UE LOST
1M TEXAS EL000
Hundreds of San Antonio
Persons Injured.
ARE ENFORCED WELL
LONDON AT HIS FEET
CYCLE -, OFFICERS ' MAKE J21
POLICE HAVE TO RESCUE
COMEDIAN" FROM ADMIRERS.
ARRESTS IS AUGUST.
NAMES
ARBUGKLE
BLOCKS MONARCHY
Dying Film Beauty Says
Actor Is to Blame.
MISS RAPPE'S NURSE TALKS
Movie Player to Be Held
. Pending Investigation.
VICTIM FOUND' STRIPPED
Grand Jury to Begin Probe Into
Death at Drinking Bout in
Rooms at Hotel".
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, in
whose rooms In the St. Francis hotel
Miss Virginia Rappe came by-injuries
Monday night that resulted in her
death Friday night, arrived in San
Francisco tonight to face a police
quiz and a grand jury investigation.
Arbuckle was accompanied by his
Los Angeles attorney, Frank Domin-
guez, Lowell Sherman, Frederick
Fishbeck and Al Seminacher. manager
for Miss Rappe. The last three named
were present at the drinking party in
Arbuckle's room, according to women
members of the party.
Arbuckle's San Francisco attorney,
Charles Brennan, said that Arbuckle
could add nothing to the statement
published to the effect that he was not
aware of any occurrence which could
have led to Miss Rappe's death and
denying that he had been in a room
alone with. her.
Grand , Jury to Act Monday.
The announcement that the case
will go before the grand jury Monday
was made by Harry Kelly, secretarj
of the body, following numerous re
quests from members of women's
clubs and welfare organizations that
the case be looked into thoroughly.
, Kelly said that District Attorney
Brady, who is out of town, probably
'would return to present the case, in
person.
All persons available who were
known to have been in the drinking
party in Arbuckle's room, which ended
in Miss Rappe's collapse were ques
tioned during the day by Lieutenant
f Detectives Griffin and Detectives
Henry McGrath, Kennedy Regan and
Dolan. The detectives are trying to
lind some trace of the clothing which
was worn by Miss Rappe and wh'.ch
was said by witnesses to have been
practically destroyed by being to'u.
The clothing has disappeared.
Two Witnesses Interviewed.
Two of the witnesses interviewed
were Mrs. Jean Jamison, 2570 Bush
street, the nurse who attended Miss
Rappe at the Hotel St. Francis and
later at Wakefield sanitarium, and Ira
G. Fortlouis, salesman for a New To-k
gown manufacturer, a patron at the
Palace hotel.
Mrs. Jamison told the detectlvts
that while in semi-delirium Miss
Rappe called out repeatedly:
"It is all Arbuckle's fault. He
brought this pain on me. Don't let
him get away with thisi I want him
to be punished. Tell my friends to
have' him punished. He is all to
blame."
Miss Rappe Seen la Lobby.
Fortlouis said he saw Miss Rappe
In the lobby of the Palace hotel Mon
day and commented on her beiuty.
He was told her name. Later in the
day, while visiting Arbuckle at. the
St. Francis, Fortlouis mentioned that
he had been struck by the beauty of
Virginia Rappe. Someone suggested
that Arbuckle knew her and that she
be called up and invited to come over
to a party.
This was done, Fortlouis said, and
Miss Rappe appeared at the room in
the St. Francis. They had several
drinks, Fortlouis said, but he saw
nothing unusual and heard no dis
turbance. He left when someone in
the party said the "newspaper men
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' A50VJY rAcNE.vfs ISWANta'.".
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Volunteers Rush From All Over
County to Fight Blaze, Which
Finally Is Controlled. .
THE DALLES, Or., Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) Fire, starting in the residence
of Bates Shattuck adjoining his gen
eral store when a gasoline stove ex
ploded this morning destroyed virtu
ally the entire business district of
Maupin with a loss of $100,000 to
1150,000. The blaze quickly swept
into the Shattuck general merchandise
store, which is the largest of its kind
in southern Wasco county, and then
leaped Deschutes avenue and traveled
southward along both sides of the
'street for more than a blocks Hun
dreds of men, summoned by telephone,
rushed to Maupin from points in the
southern part of the county, and the
blaze was put under control about
noon. . . -
Maupin has no fire department nor
heavy water mains and the battle
against the flames had to be waged
by bucket brigades. The volunteer
firemen deluged buildings in the path
of the fire and when the rather stiff
wind which had been blowing earlier
in the day died down towards noon,
progress of the blaze was stayed. '
The loss to the Shattuck properties
was estimated at $30,000. The fire
also destroyed or badly damaged the
Wilson general store, a block .south,
Kaiser's barber shop, Cyr's confec
tionery store, the Maupin State bank,
the postoffice. the Maupin hotel, a
store building owned by Mrs. Fern
Jory and a number of homes.
The Maupin hotel was completely
destroyed. ..; The Maupin drug store,
Maupin garage, the new Oddfellows'
building, which is almost adjacent to
the Snattuck store, Harry Anderson's
restaurant, the school house and the
Tumalym company plant escaped the
flames. Nor did the fire damage any
of the properties on the east side of
the Deschutes. These are almost a
mile from the flame swept sections.
The fire was stopped only a short dis
tance from the building occupied by
the Maupin Times.
3 RAILWAYS FIGHT BUSSES
Proposed Stage Una Between Scat
tie and Portland Protested. '
OLYMPIA, Wash.) Sept. 10 Formal
protest against the granting of a
certificate of necessity and conven
ience for the operation of an automo
bile stage line between .Seattle and
Portland was filed wUh the depart
ment of public works here today .by
the Northern Pacific, O.-W. R. & N.
and Great Northern railroads. The
petition states that all three compa
nies are operating on 'tracks parallel
to the highways on which the stages
are to' run and that they pay large
taxes and special assessments to
maintain these highways. It is as
serted also - that an Inferior service
would be rendered by the stag op
erators, i-
The hearing on the. case has been
set for September 14 before the de
partment of public works.
PREACHER'S TRIAL IS SET
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Churchman Accused of Wife Mux-
- der to Face Court.
LAKEPORT, Cal., Sept. 10. The
trial of Rev. J. A. Spencer of Lake-
port, charged with the murder of his
wife at Lake Konocti in July, was
set for October S by Superior Judge
Sayre today.,
The district attorney said the pros
ecution would endeavor to prove that
Mrs. Spencer was killed on land and
her body thrown into tho lake.
.Spencer said his wife ' was acci
dentally drowned while they were out
in a boat in a lake.'
STEEL WORKS DESTROYED
Loss of $10,000 Sustained by
Klamath Foundry.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Sept. 10.
(Special.) The Klamath Foundry &.
Steel works was destroyed by fire
last night. The estimated damage is
10,000, with $9000 insurance.
B. M. Hall, manager, said the fire
started in the casting room.
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Murder Thought.tb Have
Prevented Coup;
'A.
WORKERS IN DEr RATION
Protest Ma cVgainst Fre
quent' cssinationSr
FIRE' LACKING IN TALKS
Question of Exile of Members of
Royal Household Considered,
Says Maximilian Harden.
BT MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, ..
Germany's Foremost Publicist.
' (CoDJ'rieht. 1921, bv The Oregonian.)
BERLIN, Sept 10. (Speclal cable.)
But for the assassination of Dr.
Mathias Erzberger Germany today
might be a monarchy. . ; . ,
Many indications have come to
light to show that a monarchist coup j
was in preparation. General apathy
had greeted the republic's birthday.
.ven the republican government
hardly celebrated. The old regime
took renewed courage at all of this
and organized eemonatratlons and
military parades, culminating in the
festival at the Berlin race track.
where a Hohenzollern prince enthu
siastically saluted Germany's "unde
feated army." .
A glorified telegram was, sent to
the "glorious' prisoner at Doern
lining mm wittt the hope of some
day returning. ...
People Remain Silent.
Even . in the face of all this the
people kept silent and indifferent to
every . symptom, indicating a speedy
return to kaiserism. .The court party
must have inspired its chief with
this expectation, otherwise Wilhelm.
who never erred in the direction of
foolhardy courage, would scarcely
have dared to send a telegram 'which
risked offending the Dutch govern
ment as. a breach of the promise
given when asylum was granted to
him. ..v
Then, next day, came the assassina
tion of Erzberger, proving once more
the enduring stupidity of the military-monarchist
caucus. . ,
Instantly,' although the newspapers
scarcely peeped, and some, to Ger
many's shame, actually gloated, the
industrial workers rose up. Half a
million of them paraded before the
palace where once the kaiser lived.
Berlin never before saw such a
demonstration.
Perfect Order Is Kept. ,
All "of these men and women, even
the communists, kept-perfect order
and the speakers cade no incendiary
applause.. But all resolved unitedly
to tolerate no longer these murders
and to save the republic from a
praetorship or cac-.orra.
These industrial workers bad not
rested from their day's labors and
prepared their, evening meal, mind
ing not the long march and seeming
to say, -"We are here to prevent our
new Germany from being Infected
with the poison of the old."
This spectacle made a -far greater
impression thah the government's
order forbidding demobilised officers
from wearing the ' army - uniform
without permission. . - ,
" ' Need f Order Is Proved. .
The necessity for this order had
been proved by the funeral . of the
ex-empress when 10,000 citizens
marched in full dress with side arms.
Furthermore, there is being con
sidered at present the question of
the exile of all members of the royal
household.' Germany has' not for
gotten the example of France's third
republic and the Hohenzollern princes,
instead of quietly and dign:fiedly
serving the fatherland, often led
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CARTOONIST
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AHYtWMG OV Ofi VIS
More Than 20 Bodies Recovered.
Many Believed to Be Pinned
Under Wreckage. .
CHESTER. Pa., Sept. 10. Between
25 and 30 persons were drowned or
crushed to death and , more than a
score of others injured tonight when
the footpath of the Third-street (ridge
over Chester river collapsed.
The dead and Injured were part of a
crowd of approximately 75 persons
that had' gathered to watch the police
grappling for the body of a 6-year'
old boy who was drowned about half
an hour before. Many of the dead are
women and children.
The bridge was an ' old-fashioned
structure 90 feet long and cleared the
water by about 20 feet. It carried two
trolley tracks and had one fdotpath. .
The river is about 15 feet "deep
where the accident occurred.
The boy who was drowned had been
playing near the stream and slipped
into the water. Police quickly threw
out grappling irons from a rowboat
Meanwhile the news spread - and
women and men rushed to the. bridge
in fear that the child, whose identity
was not known, was their own. "As
the; police grappled m the murky
water around coal and ice barges, the
crowd grew.
Suddenly a crackinr- sound was
heard and one end of the footpath
gave way. Those who fell into the
water first had no chance to escape,
as others came tumbling upon them. '
Police believe some bodies are lm-
bedded in the mud.
POSTMASTER JOBS OPEN
Civil Service Test Announced for
- '.. Oregon and Washington.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Sept. 10.--Clvil
service examinations will be held Oc
tober 8 to fill postmasterships in Ore
gon -and Washington, paying salaries
as Indicated:
Oregon Central Point. $1800; Falls
City, $600; Glendale, $600; Jackson
ville, $400; Mill City, $1700; Sandy.
$1100; Springfield, $2000; Sutherlln,
$1700; Wasco. $2000; Weston, $1500;
Woodburn, $2200.
Washington Morton, $1500; North
Bend, $1200; Oakville. $1400; Reardan,
$1800;-Rochester. $1400. '
The postoffice department has
agreed to revoke its order discontin
uing the - postoffice at Imnaha. the
postmaster, B. H. Maxwell, having re
considered his resignation when- it
was found no one else would act as
postmaster. . .
STANDIFERJDEAL PENDING
Shipyard May Be-Operated as Steel
Fabrication Plant.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 10.
(Special.) The Standlfer shipyard
plant will be in operation as a steel
fabrication plant, doing general steel
construction work, within the next 60
days, provided a deal now pending is
completed, it was authoritatively
learned today.
The amount involved in the trans
action and the name of the firm nego
tiating were not made public, but it
s declared that the deal calls for the
use of one-third of the plant, the re
mainder to be kept for other ' steel
industries. The differential In freight
rates is said to be influencing the new
firm to come to Vancouver.
JAIL OPPRESSES WOMAN
Attorneys for Mrs. Obenchain to
. Seek Her Release.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 10, The
superior court and district attorney's
office today were formally notified
that attorneys - for Mrs. Madalynne
Obenchain, jointly indicted with Ar
thur C. Burch for the alleged mu-der
of . J. Belton Kennedy, - insurance
broker, wJH seek to have her released
on bail, pending her trial, Novem
ber 1.
An affidavit from a physician sets
forth that Mrs. Obenchain had been
under his care for two weeks and
that "her - health might be perma
nently injured by continued impris
onment." -
PERRY ILLUMINES SOME
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Marked . Improvement in ' ObesrV'
anee of Statutes Xoted by-'
Secretary Kozer.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.)
One hundred twenty-one arrests for
alleged traffic ' law violations for
which fines aggregating $1455.05 were
imposed were made by the seven
state traffic officers operating out of
Secretary of State Kozer's office dur
ing the month of August, according to
a report filed today by T.- A. Raffety,
chief traffic inspector.'
The officers, according to the re
port, traveled 10,027 miles and visited
275 cities during the 31 days. The
report further dliclcses that 84 cars
were found being operated without
appropriate licenses and that 219 cars
were being operated with only one
license plate. Thirty-eight persons
were discovered driving machines
with no . operator's license and 121
had no chauffeur's license.
There were 102 trucks found with
out proper mirror equipment and out
of 184 trucks weighed for overloads
65 of that number were found to be
carrying overloads varying from 100
to 4000 pounds. Two groups of the
Inspectors were engaged wholly in
checking up weights of loads and
speeds with which trilcks were being
operated, as. Chief Raffety pointed
out", it la the vicious impact from the
speeding 'truck, or other heavy ve
hicle, which causes heaviest damage
to the highways. ?
"It was the purpose in the begin
ning to check up. if possible, only
those trucks which were being oper
ated with exceptionally heavy loads
and . thus to secure ' the greatest
amount of publicity possible so that
drivers would realize that they must
comply with the law," Chlaf Raffety
said.
That there is a . marked improve
ment in the observance of the traffic
laws by . the motor-driving public
was the statement of Mr. Kozer in
commenting on Chief Raffety's re
port. At 9 o'clock more than a score of
bodies had been recovered. . As the
dead were carried into the morgue,
men, - women and children .-surged
about.' the pladje. Mothers sought
children and husbands were looking
for their wives or children. The situ
ation became such that police were
summoned. . .
The accident, occurred just as the
tide .wars at ebb. Mire department
ladders were stuck into the water to
form a wyee nahd prevent bodies from
going odi. with the tide. Fishing nets
also were used. "
Only the footway on the bridge col
lapsed. On the river 30 launches and
rowboats worked Under searchlights
as file tide flowed out. The scene of
the accident is near the business sec
tion
James Emerbe was .standing near
the 'bridge when the accident oc
curred. He dragged 23 meqa- women
and children from the water. Nine of
them were found to be dead. -
IRISH CABINET IN SESSION
Dall Eireann Expected to Accept
Conference Invitation.
. DUBLIN, Sept. 10. (By the Assoc!
ated Press.) The Irish republican
cabinet was in session late tonight.
It is expected J. C. Barton, the Sinn
Fein envoy, will leave for Inverness
tomorrow nighj.
This is taken to Indicate that the
Dail Eireann will accept Premier
Lloyd George's invitation to a. confer
ence and that themeeting of the Dail
Eireann has been sun moned to in
dorse the plenipotentiaries.
FAIR WEATHER FORECAST
Normal Temperature Predicted, for
Pacific Coast States.
WASHINGTON. D. C.,. Sept 10
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday are: '
Northern Rocky mountain and pla
teau region Cool and frosts at the
beginning of the week and rising
temperature and generally fair there
after., Pacific states Generally fair and
normal temperature.
RECENT EVE NTS IN
WtVO Ttt"c. AVrXUHNE--
Hunters So on Edge They
May Shoot Anyone. '
FUGITIVE- SEEMS AMUSED
Warden, However, Tires of
Hide-and-Seek Game.
ONE CAMP IS LOCATED
Lair, Half Way Up Precipitous
Bluff, Is Hidden With Freshly-
Cut Branches and Sappllngs.
McNEIL'S ISLAND, Wash.. Sept. 10.
(Special.) The hunt for Roy Gard
ner, California mall robber who 'es
caped from the federal penitentiary
last Monday, where he was serving
a 50-year term, is almost sure to
result In the death of someone not
necessarily Gardner unless it Is
brought to a speedy close. The nerves
of the watchers have been keyed up
to such an extent that they are likely
to fire on the slightest provocation,
and even In broad daylight a pedes
trian might easily be mistaken for
Gardner.
Once mre Gardner haa'turned up
side down the theories and plans of
his pursuers, and tonight the man
hunt was again, laid along new lines.
The newest development was the
apparently confirmed fact that the
elusive outlaw, who for more than
five days has been playing hide-and-
seek through the woods of the prlso:
island with his pursuers, now has no
immediate intention of trying to get
away from the island at all.
' Developments Are Rapid.
Rapid developments today pointing
to this theory have caused Warden
Maloney to so change the orders to
his men that, instead of guarding
against a possible break for the main
land, every available guard is again
in the field tonight to beat Gardner
into the open If possible or capture
him in hishlding. place.
Gardner has again been seen on the
Island, this time apparently beyond
doubt as to- identity, and in addition
fresh 'traces of him were discovered
today.
Louis Sonny, Centralia . policeman,
who arrested Gardner after the hold
up's third escape early this summer,
found what he declared to be one of
Gardner's temporary lairs.
Hidden Shelter Is Found.
Half way up a precipitous bluff,
with branches and saplings freshly
torn from, the surrounding forest
more perfectly to hide the shelter, he
found the evidence of human inhabi
tance, while a small cave dug under
the roots of a tree formed a fireplace
which had been used, judging from
smoke marka on the dirt.
The discoveries led the 50 guards
looking for the outlaw to believe that
they were fast approaching that point
in the long search where they will i
have the fugitive where they want
him. .
Armed riflemen were spread about
the island in such a. manner that
Warden Maloney was confident Gard
ner cannot slip through as he did last
nightand that his capture Is but a
matter of hours.
Warden Maloney, tired of playiiyr
hide-and-seek with his prey, today
redoubled his efforts to capture Roy
Gardner. '
In the past Maloney had confined
his efforts to patrolling the shore of
the Island in an effort to keep the
fugitive from' escaping to the main
land, but today, with an increased
force at his disposal, he started to
comb the interior of the island in an
effort to drive the desperado from
cover.
Maloney Is chagrined by the man
ner In which Gardner seems to be
able to slip at will through the ring
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THE NEWS.
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Women Kiss and Hug Screen Star
and Traffic Is Paralyzed as
He Proceeds to Hotel.
LONDON. Sept. 10. (Special cable.)
London threw Itself at the feet of
Charlie Chaplin today. It was all
his bodyguard of stalwart London
bobbles could do to rescue him from
the thousands of his admirers when
he arrived at Waterloo station from
Southampton. It was a knock-about
turn which appalled and amazed even
Charlie and he asked the officers and
his Immediate friends to stick close,
so great was the crush.
Even so, several women outwitted
the flying wedge pf police and kissed
and hugged him. He was finally
shoved into a waiting automobile,
while the mounted police cleared a
way. Charlie had a few minuter'
breathing spell before he recned tne
environs of his hotel, where another
huge assembly smashed the police
cordon and cut short his speech of
thanks. All the traffic in the neigh
borhood was paralyzed for some time.
While the "king of mirth," as the
mayor of Southampton called him
when he gave Chaplin' a civic wel
come this morning, was being shot
into the entrance of the hotel, the
windows of his automobile were
smashed in the crush.
On reaching his flower-bedecked
apartment Chaplin, stepped out onto
the balcony and threw some red car
nations to the crowd below, and in
so doing precipitated a wild scram
ble for the souvenirs which spelled
disaster to the frocks of many women
anxious to possess the flowers. Three
hours after this tumultuous welcome
to his old home. Charlie, accompanied
by two friends, walked unknown
down ricadilly and into Trafalgar
square.
WIFE MUR'DER CHARGED
Body Found In Trunk; Children
Abandoned by Father.
SACRAMENTO, Cal,. Sept. 10.
While the four children of Mrs. Louise
Catalano are in the care of Sacra
nento Juvenile court officers won
dering why their mother does not re
turn home from her shopping trip of
yesterday, the police are looking for
Joseph Catalano, the father, who Is
wanted for the murder of his wife at
their Rose ville home yesterday. Mrs.
Catalano's body, crunhed and muti
lated, was found in a trunk.
Qatalano told his four children their
mother had gone shopping and ho
would take them to Sacramento. He
bearded a stage aid rode here. Today
the ' youngsters were found, aban
doned by the father at " Sacramento
home.
MAN STRICKEN ON CAR
Oil Shares Found in Pockets of
Freight Train RJder.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) A middle-aged man whose
pockets contained oil shares Issued
to John Nugent of Spokane was In
critical condition at the Cottage
hospital here today. He was dis
covered unconscious on a flat car ot
an O.-W. it. A iv. ireignc train iasi
night, the crew leaving him at
Wyeth after notifying Sheriff John
son. The man naa apparently oeen
stricken with paralysis. He was
well supplied with funds.
Responding to queries from Sheriff
Johnson, Spokane authorities say
nothing la known of John Nugent
there.
WORLD GETTING VERY BAD
Churchman Scea-V'Moral Slump"
and "Recrudescence or Sin."
LONDON, Sept. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The world' has fallen
Into a moral slump, there has been a
universal recrudescence of sin, par
ticularly In America, and physical
force rather than the moral law has
gained supremacy, said Rv. Ezra
Squler Tlpply of Madison. N. J., In
an address today before the Methodist
ecumenical conference.
"There Is a growing vulgarity and
recklessness In dress and behavior,"
he continued, "and an increasing dis
regard for the sanctity of the home."
DAMAGE TOTALS MILLIONS
Downpour of Rain Sends River
into City Streets.
VICTIMS CRY ALL NIGHT
Policeman Declares Dark Hours
Were Full of Terror Relief
Work Is Started.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Sept. 10.
Thirty-six persons are.knov.-tt to have
been killed and hundreds Injured In
flood waters which swept down upon
this Texas city early today. Police
estimates, however, placed the total
death list as high as 250. The prop
erty damage will ru:i Into the mil
lions. The telephone plant manHger
at Harllngen said that the Hlo Crsnde
and tributaries were all far out of
their banks.
Of the known dead 20 were children,
most of whom were under 12 years
old. A majority of the others were
men and women ranging In age front
40 to 60 years.
The continued swollen condition ot
the three streams which caused the
flood has made the work of recover
ing bodies difficult. Great piles ot
driftwood, lodged in trees and against
bridges, when removed, it was feared,
would reveal many dead. Other
bodies also wete believed to have
floated downstream.
Relief Work Is Started,
With the waters of the San An
tonio river, the Alazan and Pedro
creeks back in their banks only a few
hours, relief work and sanitary pre
cautions were well under way. A re
lief committee has begun caring for
victims, and city health officers are
engaged In a rigid clean-up of the
city to prevent disease. This work
will be continued tpnlght and sun-
day. '
Two thousand persons wers mad.
homeless.
The electric light and street rail.
way power plant was flooded and It
will be several days before servlcu
will be resumed.
The cries of the helpless and the
barking of hundreds of dogs made the
night one of terror," said a police
officer. "We could see people wnnin
25 feet, yet were unable to reach them.
One old Mexican, astride a horse, went
down as we threw him a rope, a col
lapsed building taking him off."
Streets Are Swept Ciena.
Reports from outlying sections
tended to confirm the fear that the
flood was the worst In the city's his
tory. Streets adjacent to the three
streams. In some Instances were swept
clean, almost their entire length.
Houses In the southern portion of the .
city were piled one upon another, or
driven through adjoining buildings.
Dead animals lined the streams.
The flood waters from the San An
tonia river and from AUiin creek and
small tributaries inundated an area
approximately two miles 'ong by one
half mile wide. Including the heart of
the business section and a portion ot
the residence section along River
avenue and adjacent streets as well
as the thickly populated west side,
where thousands of Mexicans are
homeless and the dead uncounted.
Many Killed Darin Mh.
The water rose almost to the mez
zanine floor of the Gunter hotel. Such
structures as the Brady building.
Wolft and Marx department store,
Stowers, St. Mary's church and school
buildings, the St. Anthony hotel, the
Elks club, several hospitals, the cen
tral telephone exchange, the city hall
and police and fire department head-(Coni-ludrd
on I'nu 'J.jColunin I.)