FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
.
CIRCULATION IS
OVER 3800 DAILY.
. .
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1915
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEW!
STANDS FIVB CENTS
Ml WARNED
ID KEEP HAT
F
i
GEORGIA
Former Governor -Told By
Mayor of Atlanta Life
Not Safe
MAN WHO COMMUTED
FRANK SENTENCE BRAVE
The State Officials Promise
Thorough Investigation of
Lynching Outrage ''.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. John M.
Muton, former governor of Georgia, to
day ridiculed the report that his life
would be in danger should h return to
(ieorjria, because of the temiior nf Mm
people, who aroused by the lynching
m i.iir in. xrusK, wuom Muton saved
from legal execution. In the same
breath that he condoned the lynching
of l.eo Frank, J. ft. Woodward", mayor
. of Atlanta, warned John M. Sluton,
.inner governor of Georgia, to keep
uvay from the south, in nil addresB be
fore the members of the California
State Assessors association here.
"The mob which took Frank from
tlic Georgia penal furm got the man
tlmt murdered Mnry Fhngun," de
clined Mayor Woodward. "Georgia is
i Mine wnere, when the virtue, chastity
mil honor of a woman has been violated
Hi" man who does it iB going to suffer.
While we dculore the Ivnchimr. wo nn.
I'Mstnud the spirit tlmt prompted it.
When it comes to a woman 's honor
here is no limit we will not go to
iviMige and protect.
"I know ,Tuc"k Siaton, hnvo known
lum for 30 years ever since he wus a
young man. r have been friendly with
liim nnd whilo I hate to say it, I would
not advise him to return' to Georgia
for n year if ever. The bulk of the
people may understand him mid niuv
i-Milize and believe he did what he
thought was right, but I am afraid
there are some who will resent his
irts throughout all the years to come."
"Of course I intend to return to
Georgia," declared the former gover
nor in a most emphatic answer to the
question whether he would heed the
winning of Mayor J. G. Woodward, of
Atlanta, that it would be unwise for
In in to return to tho south.
"Mayor Woodward - undoubtedly
melius it all right, but he has uttered
.vmds which are mere nonsense." said
slntnn. "Thnt he should say that it
would be unwise for me to go buck to
Georgia is absurd. It is evident tlmt I
have n much higher regard for the good
I I'le of Georgia than he has."
Muton was unwilling to take serious
l Woodward 'a comments on the Frank
i"im' delivered in n public address here
list night.
War Without Quarter
Describes Operations on
Gallipoli Pennisula
(By Henry Wood.)
(United Press Start Correspondent.)
Constantinople, July 21. (By cour-
In equal manner every Incoming train
and ship brings its little quota of food
ior tne army, for tne most part, this
ier to Dedeagatch aud thence by mail I consists of a herd of sheep. It is driv-
to Mew York.) A warfare almost with
out quarter is being conducted by the
Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula, ac
cording to stories circulated here. That
no prisoners are being taken is freely
charged.
What becomes of some of the Eng
lish and French who fall into the hands
of Turks, was unconsciously tipped off
by one of the Turkish wounded recent
ly. Upon his arrival at a hospital at
which the American Red Cross is In
charge, he expressed his amazement at
the resemblance of the American doc
tor, whose name for obvious reasous I
dare not mention, to an English sol
dier whom his company had taken pris
oner a few days before and later had
been killed. .
"But why did you kill him" de
manded the American Red Cross doc
tor. "Why, he was our prisoner," replied
the simple-minded and somewhat puz
zled Turk.
No doubt exists any longer in the
mind of any Turk that the existence
en through the streets of the city from
tne train or boat that brought it in, to
the army slaughter house, and the next
day it too is rushed to the Dardanelles
in the form of fresh meat.
To secure food supplies for the army
the government has adopted the rule
of requisitioning everything it need".
Only in a very few instances has even
a small portion of the price been paid
in cash. The rule is to give a receipt
which states that the goverumeut at
some indefinite time in the future will
pay.
In strange contrast to the official
announcements of continued successes
by the Turkish troops on the peninsula
is the arrivul of the wounded. Even
without the official announcement that
an engagement had takon place- the
population of Constantinople would
know it 'within 24 hours by the arrival
of the wounded.
When the approach of. a hospital
transport is signalled all of tho public
cnbB are ordered to the waterfront to
KOVNQ STORMED
A1ID CAPTURED
BY HANS
of the Ottoman empire la at stake in I '"8. U,e 8ollJF9 uI't0 .'" hospitals.
the fighting now going on at the Dar
danelles. This is believed to explain
to n large degree the manner in which
the last men of the empire are still
coming forward to fight and in which
the government is permlned without
protest to drain the entire country of
its Inst resources for the conduct of
the wnr.
Not a day passes at Constantinople
that the trains and boats do not bring
in small but fresh contingents of men
trom the lnrthest points of tho empire,
Street cars flying the flags of the
Turkish Red Crescent society are also
used. One night this intermlnablo cor
tege of wounded began passing my ho
tol at 10:30 in the evening. At 4::i0iu
tne morning it was still passing. In
asfnr as possible the wounded are made
to arrive at night. It makes less lm
pressiou on the public. It is now be
lieved that there arc not less than 100,
000 at Constantinople, but they are all
soldiers with slight wounds, as the
most seriously injured are kept at Ko
As a rule each lot does not number1 ,,l"'',' wh"' mmt I"'0"1!'1 attention can
uo given mum.
Ill nn effort to rniso additional rev
enucs for the war the duty on imports
hus been raised to M per cent. J. his
does not apply to things which can be
used in the conduct of the war. They
come in without duty, the government
reserving tho right to requisition them
r.s soon as they arrive.
more than iiO or 100, but they come
regularly every day, if not several times
a day. For the most part now they are
old men with gray hair and gray beards.
They march stolidly Into town, clad
in rugs with which they left their
herds or villages, and proceed to the
commissary headquarters. Thero they
are fitted out with uniforms aud arms
and a. few days later march out again
for the Dardanelles.
klin Reports Victory After
Stubtann Russian
Defense
SLAV FORCES RETREATING
IN DIRECTION OF VILNA
German Socialists Support
War Credit But Ask About
Peace Terms
Housing Federal Prisoners
Is Government Problemi
(Continued on Pane Th.-ee.t
STRANGERS COME
BY THOUSANDS TO
COAS
T
THIS YEAR
Three Quarters of Million Now
Here According To San
Francisco Estimates
Frank Made No Statement.
vlnntn, Gn., Aug. IS. "Mr. Frank,
ive are going -to do what the law said
- l ung you by the neck until you are
'lend. Do you want to make a state-1
incut before we do?"
This, it was reliably reported this
iH'Oiioon, was the statement of the
lender of the men who lynched l.eo M.
I'niiili yesterday, before tho allege 1
"nn. Icier of Mnry I'lnigiin was hanged
in a tree within two miles of the birth-
I'1" f the little factory worker.
"ith it came a denial through blind
''ainicls that Frank was ill-treated by
iio'inliers of the lynching party en route
Ifo'u the Milledgeville prison fnrm to
the n'ne of his death,
1,1 response to the question of whe
Gut ne desired to make a statement
"tor,, ho was hanged, Frank is re
I'";'1''! to have replied: "No."
want to know whether yon are
"oil;.' or innocent of killing Mary
'''-in." is said to hnv been tlie next
San Francisco, Aug.. IS. More than
three-quarters of a million strangers are
now on the I'acific coast.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Easterner and all the
little Easterners are taking in the San
Francisco and Han Diego expositions,
viewing the wonders of the northwest
nnd the glories of California, in force.
Estimates obtiiined by tho United
Press todny from commercial clubs, ho-
h b k fejf 1 1
p T 1 P P n T
Events In the War
. One Year Ago Today
Brussels declares German ad
vances on that city is stopped.
UormanB abandon Surrebourg.
French report Btcady progress
in Alsace-Lorraine, the enemy
retreating.
Sorvin reports n victory over
a large force of Austrian's, say
ing the latter lost lo,000 men
and 14 big gunt.
The landing of 100,000 British
in Franco is announced.
The kaiser, leaving for tho
front, predicts German victory.
.Iiipaii promises, through her
premier, to confine her opera
tions to the China Sea.
President issued proclamation
advising observance of the
spirit of neutrality.
Southern Pacific today declared it was
so completely swumped with the heavy
exposition travel that no attempt would
be made to give exact figures as to the
imnilier nf tmiriutii ii.rriinl inln un.
tel men nnd railroad officials in cities i Vmni-iscn ,,til Hi., c.ir r if I...-
along the coast brought staggering re-' po,.u im ..edible to keen un' on tin.
suits when the figures were compiled
San Francisco nnd I.os Angeles lead i
in the number of visitors estimnted to
be visiting different cities at the pros !
cut time. Conservative estimates place
the number in San Francisco and the I
bay cities lit 223,000, while I.os Angeles I
authorities declare there are 255,000 in
that district. With these figures as a1
statistic und the department is uow so
far behind, the job has been given up
as hopeless until the exposition comes
to nn end.
Flank E. Cnine, secretary of tho Ho
tel Men's association here, today de
clared 75,000 visitors were being
housed in hotels belonging to his org
anisation, lucre are 22s hotels, room
I'illllt U tlloti r.ii.nrld.1 f.i l.ni-a nn
"''"I: "I think more of niv wife
'"other than of my own life."
V lining more was ' then snid nnd
" w"" quickly strung up and the
"' Imperse.l, The prisoner wns made
;K "" 'ortible as possible during the
''!' iiyn the prison furm, the reiorts
ntternnnn declared. The journer
:i Minde in complete silence so far as
' r,'" was concerned.
' ... crnor Harris announced this aft
r""("i that a reward would be offered
,r Ho' apprehension of the men who
I'', i'.'','1','' thB 1-'rB"k lync"!''-
- "iiii-ii were mn.ie, snowing
..H ....in me irt-e oinsme
""ettii, were barred from toe tnnila
'it V
starter San Diego estimates place the;iu(, houm!lt Bnd umrttnents in the as
number of nrrivals there daily at from , g(M.itttiun. Tley 111Ve a total of 4.1,000
5,500 to (1,000 persons while 2,500 are ,,,, nJ arv ac,om10utin) on Bn
passing through Portland each day. av,.r,ige of one and one-half persons to
The "transient' tourist, not in-. ., in n, i,,,..,,,! i ,i,.:iv
eluded in the Frnncisco and I.os Angeles Thp ,,0'(.jutioll ,1,.,, not include the
ores of smaller hotels und morning
ouses, however, so tuut the total,
uino declared, would easily reuch 100,-
IIMO I'll.. Inrifir. htitelH were linouei)
smaller cities of the const, it is esti-! n,u.'uj fr reservations until the exposi
mnted that the total easily exceeds ( tion C.H
750,000. I i addition to the throng of visitors
At the Exposition hotel service bu- in yram.wo pro,.r it j estimat-
renu it wits stated today that lj.out Bp- ti t ,i e number in other bay cities
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, Aug.
18. Kovno has been captured.
The powerful Kussinu fortress on the
northern end of the line toward which
the Slavs retreated from Warsaw and
the Vistula front is today in possession
of tho Germans. The last forts were
stormed by the farces of Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg, who occupied the city
last night. An official statement from
the war office today says:
"Kovno, together with all of its forts
and war materials, not yet counted, has
oeen in licrman lianas since last night
More than 400 cnanon were take.
"Tho fortB were stoiincd despite
strog resistance.
The capture of Kovno is the most
important victory gained by the Ger
mans since tho fall of Warsaw. The
occupation of this important fortress
forecasts the surrender hy tlie oluvs
of tho Ko no-llrust-1-.itovsli line uloug
which liraiiil Duke Nicholas hud plan
ned to hi ukc a stand until his urmies
(ould recover from the Vistula defeat
and obtain more ammunition.
With the northorn bn.io of this line
captured, however, the Aiistro-tiermun
forces of Field Marshal Vita Muckcn-
sen tiro uow within striking distance
nf llr.iMt-1 .i tnvnlc tlie smittinrii t.nu.i i.n.l
tho fall of this lortress is expected to ' j
render the entire line untenable. I
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg was J
in direct command of the- attack j
which resulted in the German triunmh '
ut Kovno. Ho was moved from coin l
in u ml of tile troons ulouir the N'orcw!
recently to tho headquarters further
north aud commnnded the advance upon
Kovno und finally the bombardment.
Tho direct bonibanlineut and assuults
upon tho Kovno forts' lusted just a
week. The forts were evidently blown
to bits by the powerful siege guns of
the Teutonic allies and infantry lorccs
had only to storm wrecked and ruined
positions to which the Slavs held until
i he lust.
The Russians are now retreating upon
Viinu over the ruilinud connecting tnut
point with Kovno.
Viliia is !' miles enst'of Kovno nnd
about 375 miles from Putrograd. it
is the junction point of the now famous
Vtarsaw-Vilna-lVtrograa railway, to
ward which the (.cnnuiis hnvo been
iilrikinir since the- lull of Warsaw in
an effort to cut otr the Slav retreat.
The fall of Vilna is now expected
within a fortnight. For the past lo
days the civilian pupulution hus been
evacuating the city. Kcporta from Pe
trograd have also slated that factories
tuere have been dismantled and every
thing of military vulnu removed in an
ticipation of the (icinian occupation.
Novo Gcorglcwsli, ho liussiuii strong
hold west cf Warsaw, is now about to
fall, Two inoie of ihe eastern forts
were announced as having been taken
today and the rcdii' tion or the remain
ing defenses is expected soon.
The fortress of liicst ljitovsk is now
being attacked by field Alarshul Von
MucKensen. while the army to the
north was capturing ITovno, the Aus
troGerinuus o;i the south crossed the
Hug southwest of lirest l.itovsk, and
are now engaged uiinst the Russian
fortress base, it wns announced.
Washington, Aug. 19j Housing fed
eral prisoners has become so serious a
problem that it is possible congress will
soon be asked for an appropriation for
another penitentiary, i'or want of room
in federal places tho government has
been distributing mule and female pris
oners among state prisons, and there
are good reasons, it is thought, why
these, especially the women, should he
directly under Uncle Sam's control. -
Inadequacy of present prison facili
ties is causing Attorney General Greg
ory no little concern. After a recent
inspection of the penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, he announced thnt he in
tended to ask congress to make further
provision for prisoners.
There are but three federal peniten
tiaries Atlanta, Gn.j Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., and McNeil Island, Wash.
A new one probably would be located
somewhere in the east. That would
strike a good medium, it is thought, be
tween Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth.
"One of the reasons why tho federal
government should cease sending its
prisoners to state institutions," said
the attorney general, "is that the pa
role law cannot be properly administer
ed unlesfl prisoners are kept directly
under the eyes of government ngenta.
Then, besides, this thing of scattering
women prisoners all around is bad gen
erally." The need of n special prison for wo
men was emphasized by the attorney
general. The possibility of such nn in
stitution being authorized is considered
remote, yet the head of the department
of justice will sound sentiment in con
gress on the point.
1'uelo Sum has only about 40 out of
abiuit 500 women in his own prisons.
There lire approximately (100 males thnt
the attorney general thinks should be
(liken out of state penitentiaries.
Labor ut federal prisons is a distinct
problem with the department of justice.
If the attorney general can have his
way all federal prisoners will soon be
turning out general supplies for the gov
ernment, including equipment for the
nriny nnd navy such as uniforms, shoes
nnd caps, congress will lie. asked tu au
thorize this. The scheme has worked
well in .lapan. This is pointed out as
nnotlier reason back of the plan tor the
concentration of nil federal prisoners in
federal places.
There are approximately 3,500 fedoral
prisoners in all and their combined
labor on supplies would savo Undo 8am
large sums of money.
A race to avoid being the last state
in the Union to adopt compulsory edu
cation laws is apparently under way in
the southorn Btntes, .according to reports
received at tho United Statoa buroau
of education. Thoro are now only three
states without such laws, .Florida hav
ing recently, joined Texas and South
Carolina in adopting compulsory educa
tion by legislative enactment. Tho
three states still without such laws (ire
Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.
Officials of tho bureau of education
pointed out thnt this year's compulsory
educational legislation Is part of a big
educational advance all along tho line.
Nenrly all tho state legislatures were
in session during 11)15 and much of the
educational discussion thnt has been
going on for several years crystnlized
into law. Tho Alubnma legislature has
reconvened for the summer sessioi) and
much school legislation will be dis
cussed. The fact that the Alabama leg
islature does not meet nguin for four
years makes it likely that Georgia and
Mississippi may get ahead of her in
adopting compulsory education, unless
action is taken this year,
Another point that the bureau of cdu
cnion remarks on is the fact that ex
aminations for promotion in schools are
going out of fashion.
"Few schools now rely entirely upon
examination as a test fur promotion,"
declared W. H. Def fenbaugh, chief of
the division of school ndministrntion of
tho IT. S. biirenu of education, in his
nnnunl review of school conditions in
tho smaller cities.
"In soino schools," lio said, "exam
inations count one-half, while in others
they count only one-fourth. It is .now
recognized that examinations nre not
truo tests of tho pupil's ability to do
the next guide's work, and that a
pupil would not be promoted on what
lie knuwH but on what ho can do. Of
75(1 superiiitendenta in tho Binull cities,
(Kill say that they nre now depending
on examination much less than former
ly." .
Y
VII
OF GREAT STORM
SWEEPING TEXAS
Twenty-seven Known To Be
Dead With Galveston To
Hear From
FEARS THAT GALVESTON
HAS SAD STORY TO TELL
Ten Soldiers Drowned Al
Texas City, General
Bell Reports :
PROPERTY LOSS GREAT
New Orleans, La., Aug. IS.
"Only a few lives lost, but
property loss win run into mil-
lions," a wireless message from
the transport Buford nt Halves-.
tun reported here this after-
noon.
The Iluford'B mcssngo repeat-
ed the information contained in
nn earlier disputed stating that
.'100 feet of the Galveston cause
lie way had been destroyed nnd
that the water, light and triins-
portution systems were out of
commission.
WAR ODDITIES
.-t.oi, pt to trunk. Nie kidnaped , 0H,imntM of the number of strangers I
1 -r didn reply nt first, according vil(iH oit;t.N are placed tit 100,- ?'
"I .rts and the leader of the lynch- 000 wifh , ,lnusml;) of automobile, -'
ented the question. tourists and others scattered through1,.
London. Describing u com
bat on the Hritish front, Sir
John French concluded an of
ficial despatch with the follow
ing: "The little fight was wel
comed by the men as u pleasant
change from the monotony of
trench life."
;
'E
ZEPPELINS RAID
London. Fashionable Hand
street jewelers are offering for
sale pieces of shrapnel taken
from soldiers' wounds, mounted
in gold and jewelled.
Paris. A sentry dog of the
Ninety-third French regiment,
whose' furious barking saved
an advanced post from iinnihiln
tion was mentioned in official
war despatches.
ENGLISH
T;
TEN ARE KILLED
Third Aerial Raid Within Two
Weeks Admiralty Gives
No Details
London, Aug. IS. Zeppelins again
raided tlie east coast of Knglund last
niuht, Urn (idniirulty niiiimiiiceil today.
I Ten persons were killed uiil llll wound
led by the bombs hurled from tho tier
I mini aircraft.
Great Foreign War Loan:I,;1;,wi;ni;w;;rhrri',', mi'1
The last raids upon t tin east coast
A total or
I
Preparing To Float
plications for rooms had been received
there hv persons who had not been able
to obtain accommodations.
In addition to the thousands being
carried bv the' railroads other thou
sands are arriving at various points . . ,...,,,., ri,h(,.t irl.. fur fu
it i est,-: r ... .
will easily reach 150,000.
Los Angeles Express: Having chosen
a voung American business mm for hot
mate, the whole country unites in wish
Will Be Investigated.
"". ., Aug. IS Governor Hnr
'II suuerviNe tha ...:.. i..
,r' mn.,. t.,ln. i i i.:....
" trunk yesterday bv a mob of
- .m..n wh draj nim f;nm tm Mj,.
L."ille prison furm.
I l,e governor ii not satisfied with the
'"" 'hown in the Frank case bv
? "te prison board. He also de-
explanation of conditions at
(Continaed o Paj Kiv.)
by automobile ami steamer, it is " - ,,..inl,,,l9.
muted that 1,000 persons are arriving iu ' ' .
Snn Diego alone by automobile each ij,
THE WEATHER
dnv.
The end of the invasion or this vnt
army of tourists and exposition visitors
is not vet in sight. Late August and
enrlv September will bring additional
thousands and next month is expected
to see a new high mark established.
The total attendance of the Panama
Pacific exposition to date is 10,722.110.
Of this number the Southern Pacific
officials estimate that between 3.1 and
40 per cent are strangers who hnye
come here from outside the state. Tak
ing their minimum of 23 per cent, this
would mean that 3.574.0., strangers
hnv fussed through th exposition
gnt.
Every traffic department
of the
-1" d-
Oregon: Fair
tonight and
Thursday; north-
rly winJs.
Capture Was Expected.
London, Aug. Is. -In the lutest. offi
cial statement I rum I'etrograd the cap
ture of Kovno was apparently untici
put cd tulaV.
The capture of one of the small forts
defending the base of the now Slav line
of defense was aduiitteit by the Hub-
sian war ollice and the tier minis were
declared lo be diddering tcrrilic as-j
saults against the city. I
Heavy siege gun and Austrian how
itzers began pounding the main torts
and Kovno proper on Monday, the
jtutement declared. The Kussiuu but
teries were said to have succeeded in
silencing some ol the heavy guns of
t.ie enemy, but the concentrated ar
tillery attack being made ui Kovno
was declnred to b. the heaviest since
assaults unoii i r.cuiysi.
ruder cover of the fierce artillery
I fire the Teuton infantry moved for-
' ward in massed assaults upon the Kns
iSJUU 10SIIIJIIS, rfll"Kul BLMICO. 1 licne
operations were ex, eeilingly costly to
the Germans. I he auai King lorces
were mowed dciwu by fire from the
Slav front, but the assaults were re
peuted with ecr increasing numbers
into the assaulting ranks.
(Copyright, I0l.r, by the New York
Evening Post.
New York, Aug. IS, There were sev
eral important developments ill the for
eign exchange market tlay, and while
there wns nothing done with regard lo
the floating of a great loan in the
I'nited Stales, indications were that
such a plan would be executed later.
Large bankers conferred informally
and discussed the general situation
rather than si ifii details of liny
large London issue.
Sterling rulcl higher nnn sigui mmii
alter opening ' cent up at 4.O.", ad
vanced sharply to 4 07'. Then cnine
a quirk reaction and the market be
came weiuk.
Exchange mi I'aris was higher as
was the quotation for llerlin bills. The
stock market was unsettled by these
fluctuations and most of the trailing
was speculative. Thero was little pres
sure and those who had ex nge to
sell did not try to force the market.
Trading in "war stocks" was fever
ish and although considerable strength
was maiiilestcil the market wns inosiij
narniw.
CASH, NOT KISBE8, WANTED.
Oroville. Cal Aug. IS. "Instead of
were on August 10 and I.I
20 men, women and children wero hill
cd and !I7 wounded In the two raids.
Wilii the III killed and ":i wounded
last night 100 persons have lost (heir
lives nnd 2S0 have been wounded by
Zeppelins in England.
Tho admiralty merely stated that tho
raid occurred against the "east, coun
ties." It is presumed this refers til
Kent and Ivsox counties, in which the
eastern suburbs of Loudon nre located,
The official statement expressed Ihe
belief that Ihe Hritish anti-aircraft
mi us which fired upon tin, German In
vaders diimngcil n eppcliu, Hntnhs
were dropped upon a church nnd other
buildings by the eiieiuv airship. All
of tho victims were civilians.
Warships Are Repulsed,
Itomn, Aug. IS. Twenty Austrian
warships and one aeroplane attacked
the Island of I'elagiiol In the Adriatic,
I lie ministry nf marine announced this
afternoon, Italian artillery repulsed
the enemy craft. Four Itiiliaus were
killed In tho bombardment.
Closing Arguments
In Cashier Co. Case
nskino- me for kisses he asked me fori ,
cash' declared Mrs Minnie ltandolph, Port and, Orn Aug. lS.-( losing r-
' '. . t. . inntii.tittt fnl. P f l.f.Molin. Httll'fl lllllll-
lm im ...ubin.r ft ilivnrcn rrom noscoe . .
Knndolph. Although wealthy, Mrs,
ltandolph asks ' a month alimony.
Socialist Ask About Peac.
(By l arl . Acaerman.)
(t'nitcl l'ren Stuff ( 'orrespoinlent.)
Berlin, via, The Hague, Aug. IS. A
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SAYVILLE PLANT AOAIN.
Washington, Aug. IS. -Sci re
tary Daniels today admitted
that additional precautions had
1 n taken to prevent viola
tions of the country's neutral
ity through the Sayville wire
less station. The secretary's
statement was made I'ullowing
a conference with John linthon,,
editor of the providence Journal.
agcr of tho United Slates ( nshier com
pany, who, with five otner officials and
employes of the concern are on trial In
Ihe federal court here on the chargn
of fraudulent use of the mails, were
made today by Attorney A. I'. Dobsoii.
After Dobson hud completed his state
ment, Attorney .1. J. Fitzgerald, rep
resenting II. F, lloiiiiewell nnd II. I'.
Todd, two other detvinliuits in the case,
began to address the coir) anil jury,
Dallas, Texas, Aug. IS. Twenty
seven persons Bio reported dead in
Houston, Hitchcock, Helluirc and Mor
gans Point this afternoon us a result of
the terrific storm which awept Texas
during the past two days. With five
reported killed In Gulvestuil nnd proper
ty damage running Into millions, the
stute is awaiting the unfolding of full
iletnils of the hurricane which it is now
believed may prove to be one of tha
most disastrous in the history of the
southwest,
Estimates of the dead so far received
are bused only upon reports of the most
meager chiirncter winch havo been re
ceived by wireless or from a few ref
ugees or workmen who have reached
points out of the center of the sirm
area. Stories of towns being wiped out
and families drowned are beginning to
drift in, Itelief measures have been
started , but so completely is wire and
nil other nit in ii ii i-u t ion of the state
pitruly.cil that even this cannot be car-
neil forward.
With delails lacking, It is feared a '
large death toll may bo reported when
i' on, in u ,i i c ii t in n is restored. There is
gruve nnxiely that Galveston will de
velop a dishenrtening story. It is feared
the property damage in the guW district
may even be greater than in 1000 when
Galveston wus inundated and n,000 per
sons were swept to' their death.
Thnt the great causeway erected fif
teen years ugo hus saved hundreds of
lives Is a pteil as met. The city is
now out of iluiiger, but the water, light
ing, heating ami transportation systems
nre out of commission. Three hundred
feet of the great causeway has been
destroyed, u irding to a lute wireless
message. Every effort Is being made
to reach Galveston from outside points,
but railway men report tracks washed
out and roads flooded to an impassable
death, Although reported receding, wa
ter Is standing from three to five feet
deep in the city, which is declared to re
s ble n huge' lake. Hnllrnad men re
ported finding sign boards, ripped from
their pi -s by the wind In Galveston,
more than 25 miles from tho city. At
Hitchcock, 20 miles from Ihe gulf city,
Simla Fe ployes reported finding IS
'bodies,
Senbrook Is reported to have been
wiped out. Morgans Point is also de
clnred to have been all but' destroyed
and but one house is standing nt Svl
vim Hcuch. Few houses in Houston
escaped being wrecked or dan, aged. The
wind rcnchcil n velocity or nil miles art
hour there at one tine nnd the light,
wilier and telephone plants have been
nut of commission since 4 o'clock Mon
day. The damage here alone will rim
into millions.
At Texas City, the Tailed Stales
army military buse, heavy damage wns
done. General Hell reported ten sol-
! dlers drowned. Food is badly needed
In the city and the danger of an epi
demic in all of the stricken towns is be
ing einpliasicd by reports of the break
down of power plants aad lack of drink
ing water.
Late infortunium as to the progress
mnde in fighting two big fires racing in
Galveston is lucking. At Houston and
it Is presumed in other cities, mass
meetings have been called to arrange
for the relief nf the storm sut'fereis.
As additional reports come In, it is
feared this will be a stupendous tnk.
SCIENTISTS PUZZLED
No Word From Oalveeton,
Houston, Texas, Aug. IS. No word
has been received ii re from Galveston
..: u ..'..,.... u i..1,l Mum-nil tinr.
. . ... ... .. 'Hiiit-r n ii ,-nn n n.ni kk
I airport, (Ml., Aug. ls.-lhe rinllii(C . ti,.n WMi,,, ,.t (llt (l)t th(, const city
in n bed f charcoal near Crater Lake- .lltl,m,iles had not reported up to
of a skeleton In every way normal e-,r)ni mt Houston was more than oeen
cept the lower Jaw, which is massive i ,r,,pHrig to repair its own dam
and In which tho teeth are set crosswise,
pur.led scientists today. (.Lontinuea op i '""'.J fl