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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight nmt Thtirsdny. Mnx, IIO.B; Mln. 0.n. rorty.flfth Tcnr. Dally Tenth Yonr. MEDFORD. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, AlTdUST 18, 3915. NO. 127. SEA YIELDS 500 DEAD, SITUATION ALARMS r?j nrimi niomroo ati amta iwinvnn ' ulh i n, uio i ncoo, im i lhh i h ivihi un , . & i MISERY IN WAKE UPHQLDSMOBIN KWTfx- OF GREAT GALE Rumor From Houston 500 Dead of Galveston Washed Ashore Tidal Wave at Texas City Causeway Broken High Tides Increase De struction to Property. SAN ANTONION, Tcxns, Aug. 18. Tluit f00 liodtcs from Galveston luul liucn washed nslioro on Miigh points near Houston wns llio uncon firmed rumor curried over tlio first wires into Sun Antonio Wednesduy afternoon. Tlio report was made to the wire chief at Houston by a lino- man. Two relief trains with 000 refu gees from Poit Arthur arrived hero Just night. Thoy described condi tions lliero as distressing. Much of tlio town is under water, tlio water supply cut off, and food scarce. Sabino and Snbino Puss woro de serted Monday night and both towns are reported totally submerged. WASHINGTON, Aug. 38. War de puitment despatches sent from Texas City to Houston by tireless this morning mi id the United States iiriny enmp there had been destroyed by n tidal wave and high tide which cov ered the city with three to five feet of water. Troopers wero searching for dead and caring for the injured. The storm still raged this morning. f HEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 18. Tin eo men and one woman were killed almost the e;iliro population of Port Arthur made homeless and propeity damage chliinnlcd at moro than .00,000 constitutes the toll of the tiopical storm Monday night. CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-W. E. Mm son, general superintendent of the Atchison, Topeku and Santa l-'o nt Galvchton, tolegraplicd the general offices hero from Hitchcock, Texas, 17 miles north of Oalvoston today, that tlio water extended to Hitchcock, mill at certain points it was said, further inland. "Tlio resellers nt Hitchcock have recovered - tlio bodies of seven drowned porsous, and cared for sov eral injiiicd," he telegraphed. "Small towns between Wtillis and the coast have suffered severely. "A relief (rain was Mopped by the waters at Hitchcock. From Hitchcock to GulvoMon the track ap parently is under water. Tlio Hitch cock yards wero under water and bales of cotton, lumber and othor debris wero floating about." At .'1:00 oeiooiv tins morning (ho water wns five feet under the highest stage at Hitchcock. "At tlio height of tlio stoim tlio wind which was accompanied liy a heavy ruin, was so Mrenj: that a uiiiii could not stand against it. 3 OF POISONING MULES 4 4 MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. 18 "Kid" Jackson and Henry Hub- soil, negroes, woro lynched car- ly today at Hopo Hull, ton mllos from horo. Another negro, whoso nnino has not been learn- ed, was rescued from tlio mob ! but died at a hospital. The nogroos wore chargod with poisoning mules on a plan- 4 tatlon several months ago. 4 Jim Hill Honored. ST. PAUL, .Minn... An. IS.-Jus. ,1. Hill of St. PhhI, (Mpiuiut und rail road builder, was notified tedny of lik. ssIssUum by u spoeifll eomwU bian ns "MinHeBflUi's greatest living chile," t reimNmit this state m the PsnaMiH-Pscifle xjkmUiou hull yf. fume, , LYN N RANK Warns Ex-Governor Slaton Not to Return to Gcornia Speech Unex pected J. G. Woodward Says Pub lic In Dark Believes Victim Guil tyNo Limit to Protect HonorT SAN KKANCISCO, Aug. 18. J. G. Woodward, mayor of Atalnnta. who is visiting this city, is on record today nB declaring that kLco M. Frank, who was lynched Monday night, suffered tho just penalty for nn unspcakablo crime. The Atlanta mayor warned Former Governor John M. Slaton not to return to Georgia. "Mayor Woodward made his decla ration ut a banquet of tho California Stnto Assessors' associations and tliolr families last night. Littlo or no nppluuso greeted his romarks, though ho was listened to witli close attention. In tlio courso of his speech, which wns entirely unexpected Mayor Woodward Bald: "I am going to tnko occasion to night to toll of tlio events that havo put Georgia on the map In a very un dcslrablo light. I am going to en deavor to set you right. Peoplo throughout tho United States havo obtained their ideas of tho Frank chro from a polponcd nud subsidized press nnd press reports. "Common decency provonts mo from tolling you tho revolting truths of tho murder of Mnry I'hagan. I wish you all know tho truths as I know thorn. I know thorn, for I havo been with this enso over slnco It started, and I havo road every lino of evidence that was introduced; ev erything that lias trnnHplrcd I know, nnd I know that thcro is not a mem ber of tho Jury that tried Leo M. Frank who, from tho tlmo It rendorod tho verdict to this day, has any Idea that ho would chango his decision If put to the test again. "Georgia is tho leading stato of tho south. It's peoplo can not bo clnsHod with tramps, hoodlums, bandits nnd lnwbreakers, but tilings bad como to tho point whero every nvonuo of tho lnw had boon exhausted nnd tho Judgment of tho courts set aside by one man, and tho peoplo felt that it wan up to them to tako tho law Into their hands. "Wo hnvo learned n bitter lesson through the vicious practices of tho negro of tho south, nnd when tho occasion arises In which n wnmnn has been wronged, our citizenship Ignores tho law nnd motes out swift punish ment. "Whllo wo peoplo of Georgia do ploro this deed of Monday night, wo know what is behind tho feeling that prompted It, nud I want It under stood that it is simply omphnslzlug tho fact that when it conies to a woman's honor thcro is no limit wo will not go to nvengo and to protect. "Thero woro only two peoplo Impli cated in tho death of Mary l'hagan. 1 know tho negro did not commit the deed and um positive that 76 per cent of tho peoplo of Georgia nro con vinced that tho man lynched Monday night did, und thoy aro on tho ground and ought to know. "As mayor of Atlanta I havo re ceived tons nnd tons of letters, peti tions and requests asking that somo- (Continued on Page Two) NATION'S GREATEST BALL PARK OPENS 'HOSTON, Aug. 18. Brave-. Field, tho gruateat Iihu!iu1I park in tlu country Booking IHJ.'iO pooplo wn oiKtuod hero today ns tho new homo grounds of tho Hoston tdnh of tho Nations! League. Prior to tho gurno with St. Lome, the Pennant won by Uis Jiravea in the world's serin with the Philadelphia Athletics Uet year, was u be unfurled. Preident John K. Timer, end nil the dab owner of the National League were here. ) Tho diagram nbove shows how tho valleys lind passes of tho Tyrolean Alps nro defended by tho Auslrinns ngainst tho experienced mountain fighters of tho Italian bcrsnglieri reg iments. ALPS TO BATTER AUSTRIAN FOES HOME, Aug. 18. Furthor Italian ndvnnccs through tho passes of tho Alps nnd n brllllnnt bayonet chnrgo which enpture'd n strong lino of Aus trian cntroncumonts In tho Tolmlno region nro described In tho official report tonight nt nrmy headquarters. Tho statomont says: "In tho rugged Ortler rnngo be tween tho upper valleys of tho Adda and tho Adlgo, ono of our detach ments sot out during tho night of August 1C from Cnpanun, Milano, and divided into squads Joined by ropes, crossed tho Camossl pass (9500 feet high) and tho Vcdrotta 1)1 Dnmpo, climbed tho snow enppod summit of Turokottsptts (10,000 fcot) and sur loundcd tho groups of tho enemy." Tho report also claims advances In tho Montenero section nnd In tho Tomlino zono of Santa Maria und Santa Lucia, I FA1LI WtOWNSVJLLE, Texas, Aug. 18. Tho officers of tho IMth Infantry here, nearly nil of whom have their families in Texas City, havo been trying for nenrly two days to get somo word by wireloss of tho situa tion there in tho second division uriiiv camp, but they havo obtained no in formation. The tilth Infantry left Texas City fro Hrownsvillo two days before the storm. 10 AMERICAN MEATS PAItlS, Aug. 18.- The government committco in rhargo of provisioning of Pans, decided today to roopmmend that all restrictions, bo removed from tho sulo of refrigerated moat im ported from America. Hitherto only certain dealers huvo been permitted to sell this moat. LONDON, Aug. 18.-Tho Norwqg- ihii steamers KoihuIiib and Milium! havo been hhiiL Tlio erewe were saved. Tho .Mineral, n voeeel or 0 It) Um grow, whs built in 1SII0 mid wr owuod In Narvik. The IUmmiiIm, of 820 tons gnww, whs built in 1013 und bail from Krsjery, ITLN CLIMB OFFICERS ANXIOUS 'fill ES FIGHTING ABOVE THE CLOUDS IN THE ALPS! Explanation of numbers in dia gram follews: (I) Overhanging crags nre mined so that fai the event of tho npproach of the enemy along tlio pass below, Hie entire cliff innv bo made to topple over by picsMng LONDON TARGET 10DIE.36HURT Aerial Squadron Again Direct Attack on World Metropolis Military Value Nil Women and Children Suffer Dutch Resent Passnga With Shots. LONDON, Aug. 18. The nutskiils of London were milled last night by Zeppelins. Hoveral persons were killed. Tho damago to proporly was not important. Ten persons were killed in tho air raid. Ono Zeppelin is bulievcd to havo been hit. Thirty-six persons weio injured. The air raid was over the custom counties of England. A Central News despatch from Amsterdam says four Zeppelins were sighted imssiiiL' over the islands of Vliolund n ml Wioiiugor, off The Ncthci lands coast. Tho diiigihlci were sailing from tho east in the di rection of tho English coast. Tim hour of their uppearaueo is nut stated. London lias been visited previously by (Jcrmun dirigibles during tlio war. Ort tho night of May Ul Zeppelins mndc nu nttack on n district des cribed in tho official communication merely ns "in tho metiopolitaii men." On that occasion iibout t)0 bombs wero dropped. Four persons were killed nnd n few injured. Tho latest raid is the third of tho now Eerios of nenal attacks, which nftor u lapse of kovernl weeks, began on Mondny of Inst week. On the two previous occasions 1!0 persona woro killed nnd .'17 injured. Tho statement given out by tho official press buroau says: "Zoppollns vlidted tho eastern (Continued on page two.) TRAIN HIIS SLIDE VANCOIVKR, II. (., Aug. 1. Fireman McLennan of Ilcvcl-toU was killed last night when piuKcngcr train No. 3 on the Canadinu Paeiti" main line struck n rookslnlo hulf a mile oast of Hidden. Tho ongin'f osoupod. None of the jmonKi woro injured, nor whs tho train dam aged, the oiignie alone lonving the (rooks. Tiie eltdo was oaused by lionvy rains. No 3 wtijg due to reach Vnneouver t 9:15 this ovoiiiHif, but will not arrive until tomorrow morn- mg. J he tracks whero the slide oo- ZEPPUN AD Jourrod nre ciesfi nn electric button. (12) Caves nuidii in hillside for mountain howitzers to throw shells over mountains. l) Cavities sheltering machine guns. ( I) Trenches faced with cement, pro tected bv bin bed wire entanglements, (.) Aeroplane stations. DRAG DEAO FROM SEA, 12 KILLEO AT TEXAS CITY WACO, Texas, Aug. 18. A copy or tho sixth edition of tho Houston Chronicle of Tuesday says: "Twelve soldiers wero killed at Texas City dining last night's slonu when the Thompson building, ,i new tlneo story structure i!ollupod. Eight wero killed by fulling brick, while four drowned hitur. About .'10 or 10 civilians, mnny of thoiu vvwincii and children lost their lives. "Those killed wore enlisted men nnd no commissioned officors lo-t their lives. "Tho military rule bus been estab lished t Texas City and tho soldiers nro fishing corpses out of tho walor as fast us they can bo located. "The first rumor to reach Hous ton that between J00 nud 'JoO sold iers wero drowned wns denied by A. II. Duly and T. J, Monin, who reached Houston Into Tucndav afternoon. making a trip to Texas City in on automobile on tho railroad tracks. They say only 12 soldiers lost their lives and pot Imps three times as iniiiiy injured." Y GULF DESTROYED WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Tho latest despatches sent from Te.xus City this morning by .Major Oenerul Hell suid: "Violent wind nnd rain greatly in creased after filing first messngo yesterday morning, reaching culmi nation at about midnight. Tidal waves nud Hood water combined ro-.o to nn nverugo height of threo to live feet throughout Toxiis City and the surrounding country. All camps are u total loss, including wooden struc tures, Not n vcsligo h Jet I," AUSTRIAN FLEETS SHELL PELAGOSA HOME, via pul, Aug. 18.-An Austrian fleet of 21 ve.el aided by an neroplauo has bombarded tho 11. nnd of PoImkohu, in the Adriatic mid way between the uronwiitorv of fJnr- biuio nnd DalmstiK. nod retired nftur killing one Italian officer and three mou nud wounding threo others, it wus Qffiwuliy unnouueed today, ARM CAMP KOVNO LOST TO S1ANNW RETREAT LOOMS Victory Places Germans Behind Line of Retreat and Exposes Right Winn to Flank Attack Fortress Taken After Desperate Resistance By Slavs. DEIUilN, Aug 18. Tho following announcement was mndo hero offl- dally teday: "Tho fortress of Kovno, together with all tho forts and nn nmount of war material which has not been de termined, hos been In Gorman hands slnco last night. ".Moro thon 400 cannon woro taken. Tho fortress was enptured by storm in nplto of tho most tenacious res I Bl anco by tho Russians." Military exports havo agreed that tho loss of tho fortress of Kovno would bo a sorious blow to tho Hits slnns. Tho critic of tho London Tlmos In nn nrtlclo published this morning, snys: "If tho enomy succeeds in reducing Kovno nnd Is thoroby nblo to cross tho Nlomcn ho will ho In tho renr of tho Husslau lino north of tho Svontn, nnd with tho junction of tho two wings of Field Marshal Von lllnden- burg's nrmy tho position of tho Hus elan right flank will bo very diffi cult." Kovno, capital of tho Russian prov ince Svonta, Is on tho right hank of tho Nlomon, It Is a fortress of tho first class, Tho civilian population of tho city Is moro than 7r,000. Tho enpturo of Kovno raises tho question whether tho Russians will bo able to retain this line, or whether thoy will again ho compelled to mnko n gonoral retreat. Retention of tho remaining posi tions on this front might oxpnso tho Russians to tho danger of n flank ing movement. Tho rapidity of tho Gorman ndvanco slnco tho fall of Warsaw on August C, Is Indicated by tho fact that thoy nro within 13 mllos of Ilrcst-Lltovslc, which lies about lir. miles onst of tho enptured Polish capital, Tho lino to which thoy may now bo compollcd to fall back Is about 200 in lies onst of Warsaw. Kovno Is fifiO miles southwest of Petrogrud, tho possibility of an ad vanco ngainst which Is now being con sldorcd In Russia nud England. LONDON, Aug. 18. Tho full of llio Kiissiau fortress of Kovno makes the situation in the custom theater ot (ho war critical. Tho Russian armies havo not been able to rc-orguiiizc- tuf ficicntly to cheek tho stinng Aiiklro- OcruuiM ndvanco agninst tho outer defenses to tho Polrograd proviuoos. The nrmios of tho central powers show no disposition to relax pressure on tlio eastern front, nor aro they likil to do so until thoy hnve tried once moro to separuto the lttisxi.iii noil lu in and southern nnnioi nud capture liiest-Litovsk. Newt from (he Turkish source that the new landing party on the Oalli (Continued on Page (I.) EFELT VANCOUVER II. C, Aug. 18. -An cartlKpiuko of J.r bocoud dura tion, whoo shock wns vory notiuo ahly felt in tho Okanogan district, wns reported from nil ovor soiithoiu Hntisji Columbia ut 0:00 o'clock this morning. Kolowuu, L'OO miles oust of Vancouver, Yale, Hurrison, Pon tieton am SiimmorlHiid felt the tro- ... t . 1 f at. iiior. in vnueouver u s lueiiL mr was notiotHl. i i SEATTI.K, Aug. 1S.-A lil.t eartlnusko, with its eenler probsbly not fur iiortli of Seattle, seeordiug to tlie University of Wsslniifftuii sismogrHph, whs folt from 0:01 to 0:08 this morning. No damage whs done. The tremor was dutinet enough to wnkvii Jight uleopers. EARTHQUAK NORTHERN SECTION SCORES DIE AND MILLIONS LOST IN GULF STORM Galveston Feels Water Shortafjo City Paralyzed Cotton Crop Dam azc Heavy Full Extent Gaffl" 'jJ Havoc Meager Worst Storm o Record Belief. OALVESTON, Tcxns, Aug. 18, by wireless from United Stales trnna poit Iluford. Thcro is considerable suffering in tho city. Tho water system, lighting system, gas ami street enr systems nro out of com mission. Thcro is no drinking wntcc in tho city. , Threo hundred feet of tho cause way has been destroyed. All offi cers, classified employes, enlisted men nud their families aro sufo. (Tliis rofora to garrison ut Fort Crockett.) Dninngo which will run into mil lion:! of dollars hits been done to tho cotton crop in Texas by tho btonns of Monday nnd Tuesday. Reports from towns in central Texas sny that cot ton open in tho bolls wns blowil out of tho bolls nud was beaten into tho ground by tho heavy rains. It is estimated that CO per cent of all the cotton in this section was open nud that from ono-fourth to one-half of tho open cotton was lost. On this calculation the damage will bo from 15 to 23 por cent of tho en tire cotton crop of central Texas. PALLAS, Toxas, Aug. 18. Scores qt lives woro lost nnd millions pt dollars worth of property wan des troyed In tho West Indian hurrlcnno that swept tho Texas coast yesterday and tho day bofnro, according to In formation rccolvcd today from tho stricken districts which havo boon cut off from wlro communication vlh tho outsldo world. Iloforo noon tho total number ot dead roportod was ncarlng n hundred with no dofl ulto news out ot Galveston, which city Is bollovcd to havo been hardest hit. A itowspnpor man who Bot within night ot Galveston said tho ovidouco of destruction Indicated tho damago there would exceed that ot tho 1000 storm. At Toxas City from 12 to 18 sol diers nud 30 to 10 civilians woro kill ed, nccordlng to roports publlshod In Houston papers that reached Tomplo nnd San Antonio today. A report that tho bodies of eight women washed ashoro nt Texas City woro believed to havo como from Galves ton gavo tho only detailed Informa tion of loss of llfo lu tho latter city. Tho damago to cotton will bo from 16 to 26 por cent of tho ontlro crop lu control Toxas nnd will cost the growers millions ot dollars, nc cordlng to estimates based on reports received In Austin from towns In Eustorn Toxas. Six porsons nro reported drowned nt La Porto, 20 miles southeast oC Houston on Trinity liny. Threo Rvoa nro roportod lost at Seubrook, 20 mlloa from Houston, and tho town is Bald to havo been (Coutlnuud on pago six) BIKERS SUFFER BY WITH MYSTERY AIR SAN PKANCISCO, Aug. 18. Tho nlr of mystery with which somo bankers cloud their bustnoss from tho public Is ono of tho principal forma of shortsightedness chnrgoablo to ' them. Juntos K. Lynch, vice president t uio jwuuiiuuu imuKura US8OCIUU0U, i today told tho American Institutes at?" Hanking. "It must bot that ho lieu not mada himself nnd his business sufficiently understood by his cus tomers," he said. "Ho has allowed hU business to remain a mystory In- stead ot having It rocognltod as an essential part of tho machlnory fer tho production and dtstrlbutloa nt ! .41A 8 i ' f) .'.mr. "J W.X1 s JW Sri