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THE GAZETTE-NEWS
Boa the Aaoclae4 Vrem ervlc.
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation.
WEATHER FORECAST.
PROBABLY IiOCAfc RAJ3&,
VOLUME XX. NO. 160.
ASHEVILLE N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUS8 18, 1915.
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PAYS BIG. TOLL
TO GULF STORM
Number of Deaths Must ; Be
Large and 1 Thousands of
Buildings Are Believed to
Have Been Destroyed.
' INDESCRIBABLE SCENE"
ASSERTS EYE WITNESS
"Eighteen Soldiers Killed ;
Texas City 30 or 40 Civil
ians Reoprted to Have
Lost Live3.
at
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18. Scores
tof persons perished in the WeBt
llndian hurricane which swept
Texa,s coast points, according
to round-about ; reports from
the stricken districts.
Eighteen soldiers, it is said,
Were killed at Texas City,-the
Tegular army camp near Gal
veston, and 30 or 40 civilians
.ire reported to have lost their
lives.
Six people are reported to
Jhave been killed at La Porte,
Tex.; eight at Morgan Point
and three at Sylvan Beach.
j Between 50 and 60 soldiers
,We said to have been injured
Bit Texas City.
Views Wreck City.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 18. (by
fway of Temple Cit? and tele
phone to Dallas). The Hous-i
ton Chronicle prints the follow- i
Sng interview with J. R. Mont-!
gomery, the Houston corre
spondents of the Galveston
News, who got as far as Vir
ginia Point, the north end of
the causeway Tuesday and
viewed the wrecked city of
Galveston.
"I am confident that the
number of deaths in Galveston
is large. I did not see an ele
vator on the port side of the
city and my opinion is that the
number of buildings destroy
ed will run into the thousands.
I believe the property loss will
fbo greater than in 1900.
Montgomery made his way to
(the drawbridge of the cause
Sray, but owing to the fact that
this structure had been swept
away he returned to Houston.
Jle made the trip in an automo
bile. "We encountered IndeBcrib
'iible conditions," Mr. Mont
gomery continuod. "The road
bridges over Clear creek and
at Dickinson had been' washed
fmt and we ran the machine
bver railroad bridges and cross
lies.
"We saw thousands of balse
tf cotton on the prairies all
the way from Virginia Point
(the mainland end of the cause
way) to the town of La Marque,
far inland. They had been
hashed from the Gidvoston
lock by the tidal wave.
"The water mnst have been
-veral fet.t over toh cauE'rway
and serious damage must have
been caused by the washinfi
out of large uantities of filling
material in the center.
''The railway ,drawbridge
was washed away at Seabrook,
about 20 miles from Houston.
Three deaths were reported to
have occured at that place."
At Texas City,
r Waco, Tex- Aug. 1 8. A copy of
the sixth edition of the Houston
Chronicle says: ' " r
"Twelve soldiers were killed at
Texas City last night by the storm
when the Thompson building, a new
three-story structure, collapsed. Eight
were killed by falling bricks, while
four were drowned later.
"About 80 or 40 civilians, many of
them women and children were alsa
killed. The soldiers killed were en
listed men and no deaths of commis
sioned officers have been reported.
' "Military rule has been established
at Texas City and the soldiers are
Ashing the corpses out of the water
as fast as they can be located.
"The first rumor that reached
Houston was that between 200 and
250 soldiers had been drowned, but
this was denied by A. H. Doghy and
T. J. Moran who reached Houston
Tnesday afternoon after making the
trip over the railroad In an automo
bile. ' They said that only It soldiers
had been killed and perhaps thrice
that many Injured. '
"Bight persons are reported dead
near Morgan Point. They were
drowned while fishing. It is reported
from authentic source that the bodies
of a woman, a baby and a sailor were
beachcyj near Sylvan Beach. The
bodies had not been identified."
E BRITI
To Check Downward Trend of
Rates and Check Allies'
Money Depreciation.
New York, Aug. 18. Out of the
disorder of the foreign exchange mar
kets plant have begun to aasujne form
for floating huge British loan In
New 7ork to check the downward
trend of rates and protect the money
of Great Britain and her allies against
further depreciation."! r ,
After a group of Wall street bank
ers with International connections had
conferred late yesterday It was said
the situation still was indefinite and
the plan In embryo. 'It waa reported
toward the end of the business day,
that a syndicate of bankers might be
formed to finance the loan and that
the Issue might consist Pf one, five
and ten-year bonds.
This report furnished the only In
dloatlon a to how far negotiations
had progressed. Its lack of definite-
nea reflected the general feeling that
the big bankers of the street tied been
called on by England to suggest ao
ceptable terms of such a loan, and
that negotiations were In progress
over the oables to set the foreign ex
change situation right Until these
negotiations are concluded there will
be no official announcement
It waa thought significant that the
talk today was of a loan whose long'
est Issue should expire In ten years.
In previous foreign loans the terra has
been short, and American bankers
generally have considered that In
veetors In this country would not take
kfcidly to a longer term.
miititiiiiiiitii
H Consent to Receiver. K
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H St. touts, Aug. II. The Mil- X
H sourl Paolflo's Iron liountain H
X System has consented to the a- t
l polntment" of a receiver as re- It
It quested In a petition filed In the It
at federal court here. The Mle- W
H sourl Pactflo has filed an answer It
t stating that the allegailone In t
It the petition for receivership are t
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Kovno
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INTO DEATH OF
Governor Harris Says He Will
Institute Thorough Inves-
ligation Into Lynching
of Frank. .
PRISON FEATURE PROBE
NOT EXPECTED SOON
Prison Commission Head Be
lieves Prison Officials Can't
Be Blamed Body Taken
to Brooklyn, N. Y.
Atlanta, Aug. 18. AIT the
legal machinery available to
the governor of Georgia will be
put in motion to ascertain who
constituted the members of the
mob that lynched Leo M. Frank
at Marietta yesterday, Govern
or Harris said today.
Governor Harris came here
from Fitzgerald, Ga., as soon
as he heard of the lynching.
He had gone there to attend
tl i state confdeerate veterans'
reunion.
"This affair is shocking and
I am going to have it investi
gated to the limit of my pow
er," declared Governor Harris,
as soon as he arrived from Fitz
gerald. "I have not made up
my mmd exactly what should
be done immediately."
It is believed that much de-
Dends on the findings of the
Cobb county coroner's jury,
wheih adjourned to meet next
Tuesday, after a short session
yesterday.
Governor, Harris has not yet
decided whether he will offer
rewards for the apprehension
of the members of the band of
lunchers. '
E. L. Eainey, a member of
the state prison commission,
arrived today from Milledge-
ville. He with the other mem
bers of the commission was at
the state farm when Frank
was taken by the mob.
Mr. Rainey, like R. E. David
son, chairman of the prison
commission, is of the opinion
that nothing will be gained by
an investigation of the event
at the prisoil .
Mr. Davidson left Milledgo
ville this morning and is ex
pected to arrive in Atlanta this
afternoon.
Atlanta,-Aug. 18. With the
arrival of Governor HarriH
from Fitzgerald, Ga., where he
delivered an addross yesterday,
it was expected that definite
steps in the investigation of
the .lynching of Leo M.' Frank
would be taken. '
The statoment of It. E. Dav
idson, chairman of the state
prison commission, that he did
not believe anyone cotld bo
blamed and that conditions
mftdfl it comnnratiTelv niuv for
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laemoD 10 unto a ran, irom we
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FrMtikPiiath
prison, seemed to indicate that
the prison feature might not
be invetsigated immediately.
The commission has absolute
authority in such matters. .
1 The mob planned its work so
carefully and acted so quickly
that little excitement was caus
ed at Milledgeville. Marietta
is rapidly assuming its normal
poise. : , '
Jlere immediate interest in
the case ended when the body
of Frank, accompanied by Mrs.
Frank and a few friends, last
night was started on the way
to Brooklyn, the home of his
parents.
At Fitzgerald yesterday Gov
ernor Harris said he would in
stitute a thorough investiga
tion. Marieta, Ga., August 18.
Frank's body was cut down
at 10:15 o'clock but not until
another spectacular phase was
added to the case. One specta
tor spoke to the crowd advis
ing mutilation of the body,
Newton A. Morris, former su
perior court judge, spoke im
mediately afterward and plead
ed with the throng to allow an
inquest' to tane its proper
course. -
As there was evidence of a
difference of opinion a vote
was suggested and taken. This
was overwhelmingly in favor
of allowing the coroner to take
charge of the case. The body
was cut down and the two-mile
trip to Marietta started.
The crowds increased rapid
ly as the day wore on. By 10
o'clock many women and chil
dren were seen mingled with
the men in the wood at the
edge of which Frank 's body still
hung at that hour, no effort
having been made to dispose of
it, although the coroner had
been summoned.
Near Marietta officials who feared
that the crowd might beoome unruly
stepped the wagon and transferred
the body to an automobile, which
hurried to Atlanta.
The excitement in Marietta rapidly
subsided after the body waa cut
down. Several automobiles, however,
followed the machine that bore the
dead victim of the hanging to At
lanta, After the circulation of reports that
several high powered automobiles had
left Marietta early Monday night,
Mayor Dobbe Issued this statement:
"I desire In the Interest of Justice
and truth to say that the Marietta
and Cobb county officials had no
knowledge of any automobiles leaving
Vrttta well loaded last night, nor
were they apprlaeb of the return of
any machines today. None of the of
ficials had any Intimation of the
lynching until the body was found.'
It became fairly well established
lant night that only, one automobile
that left Milledgeville with Frank
continued for any ommirterable dis
tance towards Eatonton. This machine
was fitted with tire chains, and was
easily traced. The men in this car
fired a number of shots at a bridge
over Little river near Eatonton which
led to reports that Prank had been
killed there and threw searching
parties off the trail. Then It Is be
lieved they took a shorter course to
the road traversed by their compan
ions and Inlned them In the trip here.
Fxoneratce Officials.
Officials of Cobb county. In which
the lvnchlng occurred, Instituted .an
Invoattgetlon. Coroner Booth empanel
(Continued on Page Two).
S.
DIES AT COUNTRY HOME
tnrham, Aug. lt. Mri. Nannie
Graham PaylsH Carr, wife of Ocner
bI Julian B. Carr, commander of the
North Carolina lvlaon of the TTnlted
Confederate veterans and former
cntnmnder In chief of the United
Confederate veteran, died at her
country , horn. Oeconeechee, near
hero today, . , , .
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Corporation Commission Faces
Interesting Time Explain1'
ing the Wherefores of
Various Tax Rates.
ACTION OF DOUGHTON
DISAPPOINTS FRIENDS
Simmons' Hand Not Evident
In Choice of Attorney
Generalship Candidates
Shuf ord Reunion
(By W. T. Boat).
Raleigh, Aug. 18. Tax talking peo
ple who are Interested in the assess-
merits as they come into the Ralolgh
office 'to be reviewed are going to
ask the corporation commission
"how come?"
Whether this Is to be a seriatim In
quisition or a broadside that will
knock everything In eight out, appears
not, but In the examination of rec
ords a few days ago, a Raleigh stu
dent discovered Scotland county mel
on acres assessed at $3.50 end Wake's
at $11. Thereupon he got mad. He
Owned something like a thousand
acres upon which he pays a heavy
tribute.
The commission has a lot of tax
questions before It, Some of these are
local and interesting provlnclally,
some are morst cosmopolitan. The
Scotland county case Is not unusual.
Collector J. W. Bailey finished
his first two years In the Raleigh of
fice today and counts upon about six
years more, the attorney generalship
ambition having gone early.'
Within a few weeks the collector
will compile a report which will show
the work of his office, the blockaders
punished, Vie stills wrecked and the
workings of the new laws. It will fur
nish. Interesting matter for the statis
tical mind solely but much more to
the student
The least Important thing In this
biennlum has hitherto been the most
Important, the field work of the dep
uties. Since the new collector went
Into office the administration haa re-
. built the federal building and spent
lahnut 1 9 R A Afl A nn If Th. null, .f .f.
flee was taken In the temporary quar
ters on Hargett street, but now all
offices have returned.
The record in arrests and convic
tions haa been shattered and the de
partment haa been greatly extended.
The emergency tax, the Income tax
and the narcotics act have been put
Into operation during the new admin
istration and Raleigh haa become the
tag gathering center Instead of Dur
ham with its millions in tobacce
yearly spent.
The announcement that R. A.
Doughton will not run for attorney
general is disappointing to many Ra
leigh men and visitor.
The Allegheny man unquestionably
nan tne lead on the field If the visit
or take In the situation correctly.
Bo much waa said about his candidacy
tnt it Bad temporarily obscured
other aspirants. Judge Carter's friends
were at work and the west demand
ed the office.
It la news to these gentlemen thst
Mr. Doughton would like to be' gov.
ernor, though this suggestion found
splendid expression at the bar i
elation two weeks ago. Nobody has
denied this story and everybody la
agreed that If Mr. Doughton seeks
tne aemocratio nomination for gov
ernor ho will find hi unwillingness
to make the attorney generalship race
strength rather than a weakness,
And everybody believe that he
would make a . formidable race for
thl honor.
No Simmon Pound.
The hand of Senator Hlmmon was
conspicuously absent from the attor
ney generalship choice. lie eeemed to
have been a unconcerned about It
as he ha been about the governor
ship and his neutrality here haa been
something Intent. The things that he
waa going to do for Daughtrldge be
cause Daughtrlilg voted for him and
guessed near hi majority, and the
thing he wa going to do for Pickett
who did not gueae or vote In bis fa
vor, were something terrible. Peace
and a heap of It haa been the entnr'a
slogan,
V hen Collector Bailey Impulsively
came near the toaelng of hi hat In
to the ling, everybody said Simmons
snd the machine would now get be
hind lialley and destroy Jodie Car-
, (Continued on Fag Two).
NEWS FROM TH
KOVNO IS TAKEN
DESPITE BRAVE
RUSSIAN STAND
E
S
First Session TEis Afternoon
at Grove Park Inn
Dinner Tonight.
Members of the Southern Furniture
Manufacturers' association are arriv
ing today for the quarterly meeting of
the organization that holds the first
session of Its two days' conference this
afternoon at Grove Park Inn. A num
ber of the furniture men reached the
city last night and It Is expected that
more than 40 will be present for the
discuBslons of topics of Importance to
the furniture makers of the state.
Mayor J. E. Rankin or his represen
tatlve and President Robert S. Jonee
of the local board of trade will wel
come the visitors to the chief conven
tion city of the south and George I
Hackney of Lexington will respond on
behalf uf the 'association,, . ..
The most Important of the formal
addresses will be that delivered to
night by W. S. Kles at the dinner to
be given at the Inn. ' Mr. Kles Is man
ager of the foreign trade department
of the National City bank of New
York and has made an extensive study
of the problem of export trade with
South America. The furniture manu
facturers of North Carolina have been
studying this question seriously with a
view of Increasing the trade for their
products in the countries of Latin
America, and Mr. Kles will be heard
with great interest
GISE IS DECIDED FOR
TIE HARKIN5 ESTATE
Morning Session Today Taken
Up With Von Ruck
Arbogast Case.
The case of Sylvto von Ruck against
Ralph Arbogast. which waa called as
soon as Superior court convened this
morning was still being heard when
court recessed for noon. It Is expected
that the case will be concluded during
the afternoon session.
A consent Judgment was signed In
the case of Reading Eagle company
against the Piedmont Directory com
pany, A divorce was granted George Gore.
colored, from Beosie Gore, on statu
tory grounds.
The Jury In the case of Judge
Charles A. Moore against T. J. Har
kins, administrator of the estate of
H. B. Harklra, In which the plaintiff
was suing for $1400 and Interest,
making the total abort $6000, yester
day afternoon returned a verdict for
the defendant The suit wa hard
fought and occupied most of the day
yesterday In Superior court
A non-sttlt waa taken In the case of
Arsemua Hensley against the county
commissioner.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT
FIRST BAPTIST TONIGHT
Rev. Ht. Dewalt Norton, will de
liver his famoas Illustrated leattire
on "The Man of Galilee" at the First
Baptist church tonight, using many
plntures Illustrating the life of Christ
Wayne Jackson, a baritone ginger
who travel with Dr. Norton wll?lng
number, of Illustrated song, ioh
a "The Holy City" and other.
Dr. Norton haa been on the chau
lauqua and lecture platform for near
ly 10 year; haa delivered hi lecture
In the schools and churches of many
statea In th union. The lecture to
night will begin at 1:11 o'clock In the
lecture room of th 'First Baptist
church. Public generally Invited
Visitors In the city eaten Jed a cpeclai
Invitation, , . , ,
FURN1TUR
MEN
SESSIONS
TODAY
Hands:
Promised
Important Russian Fortress
and Outlying Forts Cap
tured After Tenacious
; Defense.
400 CANNON AND MUCH
WAR MATERIAL TAKEN
Loss of Fortress Serious Blow
to Russians Warsaw-Pet-rograd
Railway Increas
ingly Threatended.
Berlin (by wireless to Say-
ville), Aug. 18. The following
announcement was made here
officially today: t; . ;
"The fortress of Kovno, to gether
with "all the oulyin
forts and an amount of war
material not
llQD llfvin 4l 1. J Jt Jl '
-'--" -ii mo Jiunus VL ISXQ
Germans since last night. More
than 400 cannon were taken
when the fortress was captur
ed. Kovno waa taken hv stnrm
m spite of the most tenacious
resistance of the Russians. . '
Ttr:t:j. . " . i ..."
-u.iui.ry experts aeree that
the loss of the fortrPRs nf '
lovno is a serious blow to the :
Russians, as it brings the Ger
mans mat mucn closer to the
mportant Warsaw-Vilna-Pet-
rograd railway.
lhe official German state-,
ment yesterday announced the
capture of the forts on the
Bouthwest front of Knvnn. to
gether with 4,500 prisoners
and 240 cannon. This announce
ment was interpreted as fore
shadowing the fall of Kovno.
out its accomplishment so
speedily was hardly expected.
mu .
a uc lauiuus uerman general
Von Ilindeuburg had taken
personal command of the
armies attacking Kovno.
Kovno is the capital of the
Russian province of that name
and is situated on the riirht
bank of the Nieraen river. It is
a fortress of the first class, and
f has a civil population of about
75.000.
Ouinot Check Advance.
Tendon, Aug. U. The fall n x
fort on the southwest aid h.
fortress of Kevno marked the situa
tion of that fortress a critical and 1U
ultimate surrender haa been expected
here.
The Russian array apparently haa
not been able to check th Austro
Oerman advance which haa been
pushing steadily against the rtn of
strong fortresses forming the outlying
defenses of the Petrograd province
ine armies of th central powers
are not expected to relan, their pres
sure on th eastern front until they
nave tnea one more to separate the
Russian northern and southern armle
and capture Breat-Utovsk.
News from Turkish sources that the
new landing parties on the Galllpnll
peninsula near Buvla, were being
heavily engaged I confirmed In an
offlrlal report from General Blr lan
Hamilton, the British commander nt
th lerdanallea. who states that the
Piitlnh left haa won 100 yards includ
ing Turkish trenches.
Sir 2n aleo report the reruiw. of
a Tu.'VlsB attack Malnst the '
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