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Berlin: War Office Also, Reports
y t Capture of 60 Guns in Re-
pewal of Austro-German Drive
. Seven Communes Stormed-
Italian Report Says 15,000 Teu
ton' Guns Are Concentrated on;
v 50Mile Front and B i& Offen
sive Is Forecast.
BERLIN, via London,
6.(l.. P.) Captui
Deci
-Capture of
11,008 prisoners and GO guns, .
1
in v th renewed Austro-Ger-.mao
, drive' in Italy t was an,
nounced by the war -office
this' afternoon;
' "Seven communes n the
Meletta mountains were -stormed
: and. strong positions '
there iroalntained' the state
'ji ment declared. ' . r. -
T. ; Capture , - of . Oralncourt, -
Anneux, rCantalng and 'Noyel
-je8- as wen - as tne; wooaea ?
heights rnerth. of 'j.Marcbittgr:
- J. torn I British forces' - was "an-
V nounced In today's official
reportr . :
t "Wc" advanced 1 against the :
t British- to a- depth .of i four
kilometers (about -two and
'ia half miles), and on a width
' of 10 .kilometers." (abont .six
and . a quarter -m'.les), the of- v
1 ficial statement declared,
t "South of Muevres, English .
-V trenches were stormed,- the .'
' ; war . office continued. "Be-
tween Mpuevres and Marco-
fng, the enemy withdrew from -.
the 'heights to the north to .
' - east of -Flesquieres. " .
,"In ' the Cambrai area, our"'
prisoners were Increased to
' '' more than 9000 men, ,148
sV guns and 716 machine guns-"
. 'Rome, , Dec-. 6 ( U. P. ) ' .
Under tremendous pressure
from" great masses ot . the en
. emy" Italian troops " strongly
.' defended positions - - - around
Melette until the order came.
to . retire, sa today's official
, - statement declared.
- Wlthv the . Italian Armies. Dec e.
U. -i P.) Fifteen thousand Teutonic
guns concentrated on a front of over SO
miles ; and .-. enormous movements ". of
enemy troops aft gave 'indication to
day 'that the Austro-German army was
preparing its, biggest push. against th
plave line. - -
i :. The - enemy is - mixing gas - shelU
As a Result of Gonessirinal '
Action
Washington, Dec . C, (U. P. The
senate 'foreign relations committee this
afternoon Voted unanimously to report
to the senate. . tomorrow : the -resolution
declaring war on Austria-Hungary. "An
effort will be made to bring the resolu
tion up for discussion la the. senate, to
morrow. , J "a-1-. - ; f
Washington. Dec 6. (U. P.) The res-
elutton calling for ra declaration of - a
state of war against Austria) was favor
ably reported to the house by the foreign
relations committee today, f v, -
The state of -war between the United
States and Austria has been "an actual
fact' for many months," the committee's
report' declared, "and very, little read
justment of , affairs'? between the coun
; tries will 'therefore be Involved, -j
WUI Xeeeisltata ' raws ' f . "
"Depredations on American Uvea and
; rights by Austrian naval forces have been
mall compared ' to tnose or Germany.
' but they have been indulged in to an ex
tent to constitute war on Jhia country,
the -report declared. . - - --f
The senate roreign relations - com
mittee , wilt ' consider- the - resolution
ASK2LiO(JGEItS
TO ABANDON
LONG LAYOFF
u
KAISEA'S XJCKED.t! THIS
, .UNIQUE 8WX3AN OF THE
UNITED- STAGES SIGNAL
CORPS ft THE TEXT OP AN
APPeAL ISSUED "TO ALL LOd
GERS, EMPLOYERS AND EM
PLOYES" TODAY BY COLONEL
BRICE P. DISQUE OF THE
SIGNAL CORPS.' ASKING THAT
CAMPS ABANDOM THIS YEAR
THEIR ICUSTOM OF1 CLOSING
FOR THE HOLIDAYS,; i ,r
"THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT
GETTING SO P R CENT OF. THE
AIRPLANE STOCK REQUIRED.
IS THE DI3CONCERTI NO
STATEMENT - WITH WHICH
THE APPEAL BEGINS. "IT IS
UNDERSTOOD THAT CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS WILL NATURAL
LY yjHTAlL PRODUCTION
DURING' DECEMBER AND
JANUARY.
;"KNOWING THE SITUATION
HER i - AND HAVING IN MIND
THE CRITICAL CONDITION . OF
OUR WAR PROGRAM FOR -1918,
IN SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO
AIRCRAFT, I FEEL JUSTIFIED
IN ASKING ALL LOGGING
CAMPS TO CONTINUE OPERA
TIONS THROUGH THE HOU-"
DAY PERIOD. CLOSING DOWN
ONLY DECEMBER 24, 23 AND 26.
THERE, ARE SOM jS TWENTY
THOUSAND LOGGERS AT WORK
IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON
AND HVERY DAY IS VITAL TO
OUR MUTUAL NATIONAL .WEL
FARE AT THIS TIME. "
"WE MUST NOT IX)SEi ONE
HOUR.UNNEC - SSARILY IF OUR
SLOGAN', 'IF SPRUCE .WILII
,W1N," THE KAISER'S ; LICKED,
IS tTBUia ;ONE.
TWO KILLED WHEfi .
EXPRESS DERAILS
Beddins.1 CaL, Dec (U. P.)Two
unidntifld men . wer killed and ' ene
enginenmn and seven passengers .were
injurd at 7 v m. today when train .No.
IS, the California express, was wrecked
at Upton, two miles "north 'of Sisson.
Both locomotives attached to the train
Were derailed and the mU, express and
bacxace coaches and . on- tourist . car
followed them oft the rails. All the cars
nemalned uprig-ht.
The two men killed were hoboes riding
the "blind baggage." : v
One passenger, name not yet learned,
was seriously hurt. A fireman named
Clark was also slightly Injured.
- The .cause of . the derailment Is not
known- When the train stopped : sud
denly, - all passengers - were - severely
shaken up and most ox the injuries were
the result; of falls. '
A wrecking . tram from Dunsmuir
reached the . scene at o'clock and it
was expected the -. tracks would - be
cleared by noon.
The wrecked train Teft Portland at
8:2 Tuesday morning for San Fran
cisco. - ' ' ' t. -.:: -
Automobile Bandits
-Eob Bank of $2800
SU.Louis, Dec 6 (L N. S.)--St. Louis
police today were assisting in the search
for auto bandits who last night robbed
the Bank of Longtown, Mo of $2800,
after locking the cashier. Dayton .Thorp,
in the vault.--.'.r.--i-r. ,-.
in Wasllinfftoii
today and j report' It f tomorrow. .A
vote' In the senate may not: b reached
before Saturday' or Monday. - . -
In contrast to the situation that arose
when j the resolution for war- on Ger
many was presented; Senator Stone df
Missouri. Is handling the - declaration
against Austria, 4 Stone is for war on
Austria or any other nation the presi
dent may suggest now that the United
States is, inthe eonfIlct;i1..5..jX ? i
Declaration of war upon Austria? will
make necessary legislation1; fix She
status of hundreds of men in the -American
army, who owe allegiance to Aus
tria. Stone said today. -
Ston" referred. : to Poles Bohemians
and others who; .while subjects of Aus
tria are not ih sympathy with her.
Many or these. Stone said, f either " vol
unteered vor t were - taken into -- the na
tional army ,by the draft. Th .Mis
souri senator says he believes congress
can, "if. It" sees fit, -declare these men
cltisens of the United States.
' Insistence by certain- members oi
the, 'senate , foreign relations commit
tee that Turkey . and .Bulgaria be In
cluded In the - declaration of war pre
vented deflnjte action at this morn-
PHOTOGRAPH AND
?i ENERAL VIEW OF THE
I V iand. : The docks cost -
the last of thla month. Halifax is the ideal nlace to ahin b oth
; grajphical location saving from lo to six days, according to the , speed of the boat, in crossing the Atlantic , Fifty vessels of 7500" i
tons can dock at the same time there..The map gives a general view of Halifax harbor and the dock system there. l - 1 1 V ; -
P- -
CRITICISM MADE
M i nbrity Report of County B ud
' get Comrnittee Raps. Road
"-. -,..' Fund Expenditures. r l
: '-A: : "minority. vrebortVaiged'byr' three
members of the advisory county budget
committee has been filed with the board
of : conhty eomTOlsstonerfci'TIioaiv sign
lng the minority report are. E. B. Mc
Kaughton, J. D. Farrell and X J. Gold
smith. --:r;,.-";--'--i.-;,rf r-V..'
v5 They concur. with ! the majority of the
committee In all" Its - recommendation1!
except the one fixing the county levy at
the maximum allowed by- law. "In our
opinion,, says the report, "the needs of
the county do not call for such a tax
in face of the burdens Imposed by war.
-Regarding the : lumping of the road
funds into .the general fund, ; the . mi
nority reportsays:.., 1 '
The procedure adopted as a result of
the limitations imposed by the 117 road
law, - whereby the money : required- for
road' purposes is levied under the gen-'
eral fund as a lump sum without the
submission .-of a - budget- itemising : the
contemplated expenditure of this money
Is entirely Irregular and -establishes a
precedent fraught with serious danger.
"In our opinion, the time has come
when the taxpayers of this district
should seriously undertake . a study of
the local , county government- with the
aim 'of simplifying Its form, centralising
responsibility and placing It on, a more
efficient basis." . V :- . .. . ,
-Whether the. Improvement' shall come
through a plan of consolidation of the
city and county . or by; means of a, re
organisation of .the elements of the
county government "under a managerial
system and Independent of the city, the
report does not- undertake to. say. . But
little relief can be had, it says, untn a
non-partisan - centralised form of . gov
ernment is set op by iaw . 1
, I
Citizens venge )M S
; Disloyal jEemarks
1 -
St. Louis, Dec -(L N. a)To liell
with the - United States. - England and
Franee,'' yelled Floyd Bllsa. . - i t ;
- He is dying today. . Police, with drawn
revolvers and nightsticks, flnalry dis-
pscsea. .the moa. -. ;r :i
lng-s . session of the. committee.- - The
prtppect ' tiiat a . conclusion win be
discussion - was resumed later , with
reached tonight' as -to the .form of
the, resolution ;o. be - Introduced ,lnto
the senate.
- - - . ' : ,- -. '
wm
The committee. . decided to -ask . the
state department . for - additional in
rormauon' as to the , reasons for i f not
Including Turkey and Bulgaria ; be
fore the urinal vote. - . .: . . f
y Opening debate -clearly showed ' that
sentiment in favor of Including Bulgaria
and Turkey among the enemies of this
country has not cooled, despite Preslr
aent wuson s -recommendation.. .
Representative . Miller; of , Minnesota,
advocating immediate adoption' of the
Austrian resolution, t urged , that Turkey
and Bulgaria be included. . He scouted
the idea that by withholding uch action
the- United States . . might "wean these
countries from 2erm any.
- "The presence, of the BulparUn and
Turkish representatives In Washington
is a menace,-- Aimer aeoiared. -
The Turkish , sultah belongs on the
- (Concluded oa rg PUtceo, Colams Six)
Today
MAP OE HALIFAX
NEW, HALIFAX 'dock Vvrtem.'
$30,000,000. and ' work was 'i begun on them in -1814. . They , .were, tobe 7 ccanpleted
liiv . : !t rr ' ill
SEATTLE PACKERS
0NST1
SeatUe.": Dec' t tl. N. S.) Strike of
union employes In thre big meat pack
ing houses In Seattle went Into effect
at t o'clock this morning. - Union lead
ers claimed that approximately 700 men
answered the first call and predicted
that unless the employers yield to the
demand for a closed shop, the para
mount Issue Involved In the controversy,
th ' strike will extend to the - retail
butcher shops, and . that 4000 men will
be out before Saturday:
Officers of. the packing house, com
panies declared today that although the
strike materially -crippled their, working
forces tney wui continue to operate..
That President - Wilson's . mediation
commission, now sitting in Seattle on
the lumber situation . m the stats ..of
Washington.' "Will Immediately endeavor
to settle the new strike seemed certain
todays '- - ; : -. " '
J.. S. Hoffmanr business agent -or the
butch5i. union, said today that nnless;
the demands fora closed -shop are met!
by. the - employers. - packing : houses In
Portland, Spokane and ' 8 an ; Francisco
will-feel the effects of the striae, as
assurances have .been' received that the
union members In ail parts or the coast
will fall Into line 'to win tarn ngnt. . -...
Demands for a. closed, shop, which are
now causing Industrial trouble between
meat-packing plants and their employes
In Seattle and Tacoma, are having no
effect on the Portland situation as yet.
according to' CjC. Colt. of .the Union
Meat. company. He said: s --
The labor' disturbances on the Sound
started last August, and the demands
of the organised employes have caused
trouble which has not yet been adjusted.
The .packers are firm in their refusal
to rranC the closed . shop. Soma 8000
men are concerned- In the Sound district.
Our distributive branch there Is , not
concerned In the -' present demands. At
Portland' wo ha v - about (00 men at
work, but they have mad no demands
on; us." i ..-T - -
German Auxiliafy:
"jM Craiser; BIoto Up
. Copenhagen. Dec V-U. P.) A large
German auxiliary cruiser, probably the
Russian steamer . Bothnia, which was
seised and armed by the German, blew
up In Ore sound, according to word re
ceived . here today. t ,.
IE TODAY
D QCKS; GREATEST; IN THE WORLD
constructed under the direction of Johnston Porter' of, Port-
rrien 'and' EUoolies front North
PORTLAND MAN IS
Washington, Dec, .sV TJ.j P. Twelve
members of the American expeditionary
force were; severely wounded and one
was slightly .wounded In action Noverr.
ber JO. the .war department announced
late toda. " ; ; ,
,Tha wounded are all engineers. They
sri , ' : ;.;''
-Private Willi U Bsraes, fit Kast
Broadway, Pertlaai, -Or.-- - .
. HeeeeS l.leteat A tile K. Case, Ca
- -Hergeast 'raak Haley, New Terk.
- Sergeast Patrick A. -lag, Bsysaae,
Corporal PhlUy A. Berk, Breoklya,
w. T. - , w
Cerporal Charles J.' Xrttkeley, , If ew
Tsrk city.-, .
- Cerporal1 Jsmes -Asgss, Aberdeen,
Brotiaaa. ' ' . ..
Private t, A. Qrega. Brokrya..3r. T.
ravate Taor ZUessigel. Coat-
vms .p -. - i -.-z
Prtvat jsmet Eagts, Grtat JTsek.
. Private Charles A GIgr Ckleag.'
"Prtvat (Qtrg E. Jeses, Srrastoa, Pa.
-sugntry -woundoa: - u- - -
Prtrau ;Loals O. BeklssA, Breoklya,
- . - - - ' i
wmiara r U. r Barnes, , who has " been
wounded whU on duty In France,' Is a
member of. the Eleventh Railway. Engi
neer corps. He Is 2! years old and. en
listed from New Tork two months ago.
Ills father.! J. B. Barnes. Is connected
with the firm of W. p. Puller a Co. Of
Taooma. He - has two sisters . and
brother- living at '741 ' East Broadway.
Portland. They ar: Maud Bam and
Mrs. C B. King and Harry Barnes. His
mother la dead. -. .-.
The Portland frslatlves hav recetvod
a , telegram from the . authorities at
Washington, notifying thorn of the newa
Denver Dniggist V :
Killed;by Bandits
Denver. Colo- Dec. TJ. P.V Henrv
Morgensott, U, a druggist, wa shot and
Instantly killed, and J. W Clark. L
jeweler, was wounded when three auto
mobile bandit ' attempted ' to hold op
Clark's Jewelry -store in the ' heart of
the downtown business section bar this
afterwxm. . ,
AMONG WOUNDED
-America to Europe, jts eeo-
V
COAST ARTILLERY
Company of 85 Men Reach Port-
land - From Ft. -Stevens on
, .Request of Max Housed -
. - 'i J .j -I .-
.A company of coast artiUery, approx
imately 85 men,', reached . Portland at
noon, today, front fort StsvsnA to begin
the task of auardlnjr . the ahinv&nia.
docksi warehouses and the . Portland
waterfront - generally. Quarters have
been assigned to the company at the
Armory Curing their guard servto her.
It Is understood that the detail la tem
porary. - - ... i - - . V -
The artillerymen have been ordered to
Portland. ', at the request of Max H.
House r, federal - grain commissioner, as
a measure of precaution against possible
nosuie acta directed against the mills,
warehouses, and shipbuilding . plants
along the river. - - -
-Heat Gaard May Be Called v
It Is probable that volunteers from the
Oregon State Guard, composed ot Spanish-American
war veterans, or from the
uuitnoraah Homo. Guard, composed of
business men of the city, will repine the
artiuery company when these force
finally have been mustered Into service
snd their distinctive duties determined
at the adjutant general office.
A storm has been brewing in the
ranks of the OVecotu State Uuard for
n time, it Is learned, smd an ultima-
turn has been served on the office of
the adjutant general ..and the governor
that unless they are mustered Into serr
to ' by .Monday, next. or defmlU sten
toward ' that end taken. thry ' will dis
band their organisation ' and refuse . to
; When It beeam appare that the
national 'guard troops, were to bo mus
tered Into federal service and sent from
Oregon. : Governor .Wltbyoomb ask
the . Spanish-American .war. veteran to
gather a volunteer organisation for
emergency servie. .The proposition was
taken up with veterans la. Portland and
several companies were , banded to
gether. - S l ,- , -.--
Bad Tsp Hampers Orgasliatloa ,
The Spanish-American veteran SDeci-
fied. however, that In case they were
mustered into servto a home guards,
they were not to be asked to do guard,
picket or strike duty. .Hits was agreed
to by the governor, and then when the
organization was ready for muster. It
was- discovered ) that If tb man. took
the oath, under- the Dick law. f ederalls-
Ing the stat militia, they would be sub
ject to Call for foreign service. PUns
wer then started-to master the men
Into. serVko under the state law, which
requires that the mayor or the county
Judg 'certify- tb . muster- roll to . the
governor, who thareapon Issue his proo
. (Obosteded oa Peg rest. Ceianta' roar)
Silcor to Head 'New
: Nr W. IiaboivBureau
. . . V . 1 "ksss ssSBosjrsnn-B
Mlsoouks, Mont, Dec -CLS. ls.y-.
F. -A-SUcox. former district forester for
district Ko.1. United State . forestry
service, with headquarters hers -has
beea . appointed -xecuUvhed of the
federal reorganisation of labor- in 'the
Northwest, and has been transferred
to -the department oc labor. , .
- aicox. ,wlH - assist In solving ; Ubor
problems connected with the shipbulld
Ing Industry on Puget Sound, at Port
land and at Astoria and also will help
In the government's drive for 'aircraft
spruce.. He will have headquarters la
Beattl. '. - i'.5. .., f."
Denver's Slackers" ;
VivPut inrBull Pens
A 1 , '. f ' .. ; ., : ;
Denver. Dre. t (L K.a-rifty-two
slackers wer In the 'bull pen' of the
local Jail today as a result of deter
mined effort by police and federal au
thorities to gather up those who axe un
able to show card registering, undor
the draft of June a.
WILL GUARD YARDS
iijirtiiiiliip
III 1 1 fu I II I II II 111 I II 1 1 If II I I I II
iinimiuuii uio iiii
Buildings Demolished forMaiiy Blocks by f
: Terrif ic;losionyepof t Is -TliitlOOO i v
Have Beir tojibed and;Dea V
r ExceedbOjBodies Litter "the Streets; :
r-. ; ''J - -r .
Blast Heard 100 Miles
; Rapidly ; Nearby Cities Bush Fire Fight-
ing Apparatusand Aidto Stricken Peo- :
pie of Canadian City; Flames Unchecked '
AMHERST, N. S., Dec 6-(U. P.) LateHhU afternoon
a dispatch from Halifax 'said the fire was under con
M1 D:1 I I 1 ttfr .t
luvuuiunui s luourn or nuutz, naa oeen com-'
pletely wiped out, not a building In the citj escaping damage.
Pieces of shrapnel blown from the scene of the explosion "
were found three miles away, r ; , ' , . . "
Several hundred are reported killed and thousands injured.
- St. John, New Brunswick, Dccls6. (U. P.'J iHalff tfi 'ihmk"
of Richmond, in Halifax, where
'daze, moaning aad ...hunting for
siiu nic was aim sweeping me section wnen Com
munication was -established with Halifax this afternoon.1 ;V ;
The bodies of.the dcad'c!utter the streeU, while literally hun
dreds ;of injured,- arc 'vvanderintrTabotitrtrie' WrttVeA VnK,tVK in '
. . - - .-. I . - ." v - v -.
YoPw'-d- N.S.) So fafis could be learned here,
the Nieuw Amsterdam, of the HolUnd-American line, was the
only mercantile' steamship Jn Halifax harbor at ih. f v.-.
explosion." This vessel left New
r.6y J. vu.tu, .u.njr VK ucnivuo;es 01 Oermany and
Austria-Hungary, returning home by sanction of the British cov
ernment. " j -' ..-...
Holland-American line officials
m touch with Halifax by wire to
New Tork. Doe. C tT. P.) A British
cruiser., craahlng-into an American mu
nitions ship, caused th terrible explo
sion In Halifax, according to reports re
ceived her this afternoon by cable of-
flciala . .
8t. John. .New Brunswick. Dee.' V (tj.
P. Halifax, the garrison city of Can
ada, to practically In ruin today a th
result, of a terrific explosion when --a
liner rammed a munition transport a
th tatter wa backing from her pier m
Bedford Bad a. : j - i
When ' direct communication was es
tablished between Halifax and thla dry
lat .today, reports said hundred prob
ably ar dead and it is estimated 1000
are dying or ar terribly Injured.
.Tho explosion occurred shortly after
o'clock when an American ship loaded
with munitions backed out other berth
la Bedford Basin. - Sho was rammed by
a ship described in reports ber a "a
Red cros nner. -' ... .
. Blast Beard IN Miles Away ."
A score of men working on a lln la
Richmond .wer - allied and th track
of th Canadian government ralway be
tween Richmond and Halifax wer com
pletely destroyed, Heavy rail were
twisted Ilk bit or lead nip.
Immediately after th collision th
amm un ltton-lad en ' ship caught fire.
Effort of the crew to extinguish th
flames and save th ship wer futile.
She blew up with a report that shook
title 100 mile away. Blazing ammu
nition shot into 'the air and sprinkled
terminals and boose near by. , Dock
shattered. ' Railroad ' cars , wer
lifted from their tracks and dashed to
splinters. Warehouses wer demolished
mmm.A tk mtm atAUA Jjf Sail SI t t 1 si ft .
BMHa MISBir f CMUekVlw w SPVJa,aysg
A message received In Toronto by an
official ) of th Intercolonial railway
said every building north of th Queens
hotel had been destroyed. - He described
the ' wreckage In th north end ef the
city as n mas of bodies," :
. ; -' Betfltals Ar' Overflewtsg "
- - Hospitals are' filled with Injured and
Improvised wards hav been hurriedly
been set up In corridor, t . :
- lat thi afternoon . nurse and doe
tors began to arrive on special train
from ail - directions and the work of
mlnisteriasto th wounded began. 1
Pitiful scene wer enacted la tho sub
urb of Richmond, aa th 'wounded be
gan to recover from the stunning effects
of th Mast. ."'' -.-'-
While fir raged through th section
where bodies of th dead wer burled
la the wreckage and lay in fantastic
poeUions. aa they had fallen when the
ex plosion cam, cries ot Ut Injured and
dying fined the air. - .
Sobbing women ran frantically about,
searching for their children. .
. Kor a time after the explosion the city
was practically paralysed with the sud
denness of ths disaster. Then slowly
and painfully . th work of rescue be
gan. ." ' .. " " - ' ' ' "-,
. a few bourn a liar ue explosion in
jured men were - seen wandering Ilk
wrattb about th wreckage. Few knew
what had happened, so sudden was th
blast and soma wer almost naked.
"Ootket Tera, Press Bedle , -
'in a number of Instance th cloth in r
ot th dead wa torn front their bodies.
Away Flames Spread:7
the munitions ship' exploded this
their deacL l:
York about a week aeo with 750
wy, they have been unable tocet
ascertain the vessel's fate. - - -
With th arrival of naree ...
ously wounded wer carried to hosTAHals
oualy wounded wereearried to hospital
in everything from a dum peart to an
aotomobU. . . - - - - tml .
Many wr givan first aid ml t Aim
whil other with the arriral of .sup
pile wer abls to drs thir,'ovii
wounda : . i . . - .
Tb latest rtnrU hM np.v.i. ,i
,,?1rPh opwators .wer killed .when
th Sxpioeion wrecked their office.
,, ma,cw the greatest
Of life ' Wa UIMf Mvnh
and other, working on"th watarFroni
wpw. .- - .
Building la masr shumm f vr.nr. -
wer reduced to matchwood. Plato glaai
wuioow wer pulverised and th whole
fjtr with the terrif ic eonon
when, the biar ems nt mmmtt. .
ward. . - " rr y
Whoels on freight ears were snapped
w,? nttr,1 rron U
by-th fore Of th exnlnaLnn XL-V
collapaed nd lUappoarwl Into th bar.
Par4 cant of
th buildings In ths city proper wer
damaged. Hollte trt -from ' th
0n-,notl to.th North .Lri?t !
Uon Is a shamble. Every building is u
ruin and beneath the wreckag lie the
bodlos of .many vletlma, . v . . .
'. : '- i i -., -k -
' SUUon .kLaaa of Hoins' .
Toronto. Oat, D. U. P.) -Halk
fax city-is pn fire.-, said a msg r.
celved by D. . Keld,' minister of rail
wsys, from Division 8upertntendenl
Hayes of th latercolonlal raUwar ai
mt
Monctoa, X. B,
t'.eTha fif" i spreading.", declared th
dispatch. " w v are '- sending ' special
train out 'of .Moncton. and every elt
with fir apparatus Is also being used
We are also picking up fire apparatut
between Moncton and Sydney. N. 8.
and- rashtog It- to Halifax.- Sltuatlos
Another message '" reoalved by Raid
. - -'- ,- , .-V . -
-JSvery buUdlng north of the Queeni
hotel to totally wrecked. North streei
station to In raiaev s-wU as our plant
at Willow Park, .and here is one mas
of fire wreckage and dead bodies In th
nerth end of the city.- Sped! trslm
from Sydney.' with doctors, norsee" an4
hospital supplies, are on their way. An
also arranging for food, sup pile end U
end coaches to Halifax to take peopli
away;
.Portland Iaa Built Dock
'Construction on; the great. dock pro
act was under the direction of Johnstos
Porter, of Portland, a member ofith
firm of Porter Bree. " .
- It wa said that through the new dock)
European mall could have been landH
In New Tork' by rail from Halifax 31
hour quicker than by aa all water rouu
from, Europe.':.' - -
Mr. Porter, who a visited hi horn.
In Portland since beginning work on th,
project. 1 1. Halifax, where no was su
perintending' the last work on the doc)
when the disaster. befell. .. .. . s
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