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t THE GAZETTE-NEWS goa the Associated Press Service. It ft In Every Respect Complete. MrmbfT Andlt Burma Circulation A A i WEATHER FORECAST. SHOWERS TONIGHT. VOLUME XX. NO 161. FIRST ESTIMATE AS TO STORM DAMAGE ALONG TEXAS COAST TOO HIGH In Galveston at Least Toll on Lives and Property Was Small Compared With 1900 Storm. DEATH LIST MAY BE INCREASED, HOWEVER Damage at Galveston Yester day Placed at $15,000,000 or More, Now Estimated at $3,000,000. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 19 With the In formation from Galveston and other polnta on the Texas southeast -coast swept by the gulf hurricane that has drifted slowly through, It seems cer tain today that the storm exacted a comparatively small number of lives and that the toll on property at Gal veston at least, was small compared with that caused by the storm of 1900. That the great $2,600,000 sea wall saved Galveston from a jworse horror than In 1900 is evident by the out standing fact that the storm caused property damage estimated" at $2,000, 000 at Houston, nearly four times the damage -done by the storm of 1900. The damage at Galveston, based on meager reports, is placed at $3,000, 000, with the loss of 14 lives; while In 1900 some 800 people lost their lives and the damage to property amounted to $15,000,000. First reports yesterday placed the Galveston death list as high as 600 and the property damage as high or higher than $16,000,000, but this was apparently disproved last night by lat er advises brought by couriers, news paper men and from other more au thentic sources. - v.' Present Death list. It is possible, however, that the death list at Galveston and other points may be Increased as the watar recedes. Large sections of the state- are yet to be heard from but from present information the number of deaths at various places follows: Texas City, 32. Galveston, 14. Virginia Point, 14. Tatten, 10. Hitchcock, 7. I Morgan Point, 7. La Porte, 7. Port Arthur, 5. - There was an enormous loss to cot ton growers in the storm belt, some estimates stating that 26 per cent of the crop of central Texas was de stroyed, and placing the loss at "mil lions of dollars." The oil fields' also suffered severely. The most pressing need of Galves-1 run tQ millions was done to the cotton ton, Texas City and other coast towns j crop of Texas by the stor:n of Mon whlch faced the sweep of the wind, Is day and Tuesday. Reports received drinking water,. Galveston's supply! at Austin from towns In the central was brought from several miles In land and the mains were broken by the waves and storm-tossed vessels. Four United States soldiers were drowned In Galveston and ten were lost at Texas City. The Fort Crockett and Texas City camps were wiped out and the army transports McClel lan and Poe damaged. ' The steamer Araphoe from Galves ton weathered the blow and arrived safely at Key West, and a derelict schooner, the M. A. Achorn, whose crew had been rescued by steamers, was towed Into the same port. There was no word, however, of the United Fruit liner Marowljlne, which left Belize, Honduras, Friday and was due In New Orleans Monday after noon. , ' Fourteen Die at Galveston. Galveston, Aug. 19. (By courier to Houston and railroad wire to Dallas) Fourteen lives were lost In Galves ton In the terrlflo storm which swept the city Monday and Tuesday. Tour of the dead were United States sol diers. , Five hundred booses have -' been crushed and the entire island on which the city stands Is covered with debris. The protection of the seawall, built ft or the first Galveston disaster. Is believed to have accounted for the mall loss of life. The fourteen lost their lives In an ittempt to reach the Tremont hotel during the height of the storm. Sev eral thousand persons wars quartered in that hotel. One thousand feet of the seawaK his been Wnjih i1 nut ami hmnch or .sell WUIICU DUL UI1C Urvnuil ll&i feet being directly. In front of the' Galves -hotel. It was through this break that most of the resident sec tion of the city was flooded. Three fires rages Monday night and "the fire loss has been great, Three hath houses and four hundred resi dences on the bay front were crush 1. and the wreckage Is floating In the bay. The water made a clean weep along the boulevard. The storm reached Its height at $ e'clock Tuesday morning when Its ve locity was ) miles en hour. 12,000,000 Damage) to 1 ro tint on. Houston. Texas, Aug. 19. (Via prmond. Texas) . Two people dead pnd property damage, estimated at M.000,000 was the toll of the burrl- cane which swept over this city early Tuesday and which cut off wire com munication. The dead are E. . W. Hans, a carpenter, and an unidentified negro. . Meager reports received from a number of Texas towns along the gulf coast- indicate heavy property dam age. The property loss at Texas City was estimated at $400,000. Approxi mately 160 buildings, , the majority dwelling houses, were destroyed. At the height of the storm Texas City, was covered with six feet of water. Some loss of life occurred in the summer resorts surrounding Hous ton. ' : Many brave feats were performed by soldiers of the United States army at Texas City, Sergeant Petty swam nearly a mile carrying a two months old baby. After landing . the baby safely, he . returned and brought in the mother and another older child. The Soldiers Killed. Washington, Aug. 19. The names of ten troopers killed In the storm at Texas City, were reported to the war department today as follow..! PRIVATE JOHN J. MURPHY, Massachusetts. PRIVATE CHARLES E.' MILLER, New York. j PRIVATE HIRAM SAMET. New York. PRIVATE JOSEPH P. SHANKEL. Baltimore, Md PRIVATE PAUL A. SEURAN, Texas. CORPORAL WILLIAM H. MOORE nearest in kin, mother, Mrs. Annie Moore, Greensboro, Ga. PRIVATE ALBERT MITCHELL, nearest in kin, father, Stephen Mitch ell, Valdosta, Ga. PRIVATE THOMAS A- WATSON, nearest In kin, father, T. A. Watson, Carthage, N. C. " PRIVATE HENRY J. RIVAGE, New York. COOK BADER, quartermaster's corps. (Adjutant general's record shows no soldier of that . name at Texas City) . Two Dredge Crews Lost? Houston, Texas, Aug. 19. Twenty five members of the government dredge San Bernardino, which sank In the intercoastat canal, below Gal veston during the hurricane, are be Meved to have been drowned. 1 The government ' dredge Sam Houston went aground near Galveston and some of her crew of fifty-six are re ported lost. Bodies of Women. . According to the Houston Post Story of conditions In Texas City based on an interview with E. V. Rhodes, who brought an appeal for aid to Houston, the bodies of eight women were found washed ashore at Galveston. It is supposed that the bodies came .from Galveston. In 1900 many bodies washed ashore at Texas City. Point Isabel, yesterday reported to be flooded, is safe, according to a news dispatch from Ban Antonio. It is said there was little damage along the coast from Corpus Chrlstl to Browns ville and no lives were reported lost. Damage In Millions, Damage which, It Is estimated, will part of the state say that cctton open In the boll was blown out and beaten into the ground by the rain. It is estl. mated that 50 per centj of the cotton In this section was open and that from a fourth to a half of the staple was lost. According to the Houston Post spe cial officers have been sworn In and every person found on the streets after 9:S0 o'clock Is forced to give a good account of himself. Itelief Planned. A relief committee at Houston has decided to send a boat load of supplies to Galveston. At Kemah on the coast only one house Whs left standing according to Frank Annelee, who escaped from the storm and went to Houston. Practically all the houses at Bea brook are reported to have been de stroyed. The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company's loss, at Houston Is estimated at $100,000. Practically every big establishment in Houston is reported damaged. The Houston base ball park was damaged beyond repair and It Is said that all games will be transferred. IN NEAR-EAST UNCHANGED Xxmdon, Aug. 19. -There Is little change reported In the dlplomatlo sit uation In ths near east Former Pre- , !,tr Venli.les of Greece Is reported U, have notified King Constantlna that he Is ready to form a new cabinet to succeed the Oouwarls ministry which resigned at the opening of the Greek parliament yesterday, accord Ing to a dispatch to the Central Mews agency from Athens; but his accept ance of the position Is not accepted as meaning that the early alignment of Greece on the side of the allies will follow. The board of trade has received a request from the office of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads association, for additions! plotures of the Hickory Nut Gap highway- . ASHEVILLE N. 0., THURSDAY, AFTERNOON. AUGUST 19, 1915. LEO FRANK'S BODY Comparatively Small Crowd Gathered at Station Fun eral Probably Tomorrow. New York. Aug, 19 The body of Leo M. Frank, lynched Tuesday morn ing in Georgia, arrived her eearly today on a Pennsylvania railroad train. More than a score of police and detective were on hand to guard against a demonstration, but few peo ple naa gatnerea at the station. Mrs. Frank, who accompanied the body from Atlanta, was greeted at the station by her. sister-in-law, Mrs. Otto Stern, : and others of Frank's relatives. Frank's body was taken to an un dertaking establishment a few blocks from the home of his father, Rudolf Frank. Mrs. Frank was escorted to an; automobile and went with Mrs. Stem to the Frank home In Brook lyn. At that hour no arrangement had been made for the funeral. Sev eral motorcycle patrols accompanied the automobile which carried th0 body to Brooklyn. ' Mrs. Frank was met by her mother-in-law. : Only a few people witnessed the greeting and tt was more than an hour before the presence of mov ing, picture machines caused a crowd to gather. - Otto Stern, Frank's brother-in-law. said the funeral would be private and declined to say whether it would be today or tomorrow. A close friend said the services would not take place until tomorrow. IT. Selected 4Over Several Other Cities For Next Year's Encampment. Charlotte, Aug. 19 Goldsboro was chosen as the next meeting place by the state convention Junior Order United American Machanlcs here last night without any particular contest, but the selection of the officers for the state council was a more tedious affair. The roster of state officers of the order was not completed until late. They are: State Councilor, W. A. Cooper, Raleigh; vice councilor, Charles F. Alexander, Charlotte; sec retary, Sam F. Vance, Winston-Salem; ass.'stant secretary, T. P. Davis, Mil ton; treasurer, George V. Fulk, Kern- ersvllle; Conductor, C. U Sands, Relds vllle; warden, V. E. Stanley, Durham; inside sentinel, C. V. Talley, Hickory Grove; outside sentinel, B. F Brlt tain, Wilmington. Bofore reconvening for the election of officers, the Juniors heard an ad dress by Congressman J. I Burnett, of Alabama, at the Autitorlum. Jackson Co. Shaft to Confeder ates to Be Unveiled Sept. 18. Correspondence of The Gazette-News. Blyva, N. C, August l. The patn- otlo men and woman of Jackson coun ty after months of effort for the erec tion of a monument to the Confed erate soldiers of this county now feel assured of success and it Is planned to unveil the monument on Septem ber 1$ in Sylva with appropriate cere monies. The handsome shaft will stand near the main entrance to the new court house. It is now under course of con struction. The committee of the Jackson county Monument association is send ing out appeals to all who are Inter ested In perpetuating the memory of the men who wore the gray to make contributions to the fund being raised. t mOCIAMATTON BOON. ' t s London, Aug. 18.? A procla- s X matlon declaring contraband Is st t expected to be Issued tonight, or H t tomorrow at the latest, by both st st Great Britain and France. st It ft M. It t It H H H H t H 1 H H H l REACHES NEW YORK OTHER RUSSIAN FORTRESSES III SERIOUS DANGER Germans Are Before Brest Litovsk and the Position of Novogeorgievsk Is More Grave. TOTAL LOSS OF KOVNO BASE NOT CONCEDED French Engage In Violent Ar tillery Fighting In Three Districts Austrians Ships Attack Island. London, Aug. 19. Russian reports do not concede the to tal loss of the fortress Kovno, asserting that the Germans have captured onlv the fortifi cations on the left bank of the I Niemen. South of the Bug the Germans are now before Brest Litovsk, which ' i8 Russia 's greatest military station and an important railway center. Novogeorgievsk, which has been invested for th" the past ten days is m imminent dan ger, i Reports from both sides in dicate that a desperate battle may be under way on the line which parallels the Bialystok Brest-Li tovsk railway. " On the British section of the western front there has been no sreious infantry fighting, since the advance at llooge. The French, however, have been more active. Paris announces violent artillery engagements in the Artois region, in the Champagne district beyond the Meuse and in the Vosges moun tains. Attacks with hand grenades by the army of . the Crown Prince in tlie Argonne are re ported to have been repulsed. An Austrian squadron at tacked the Island of Pelagosa in the Mid-Adriatic, which was seized by the Italians early in the war. An attvmpt to land forces was defeated. There has been no further change in the Balkan situation. GQILTY IN POLICE COURT Charged With Renting House for Immoral Purpose Sen ' tence Not Passed Yet. Judge J. Fralier Glenn this morn ing In Police court found Alexander Satterwhlto, colored, guilty of rent ing a house for Immoral purposes, but did not pass sentence In the case. Satterwhlte Is out under a $500 bond pending the final decision In the rase. During the last session of Superior court for the trial of criminal, cases. Judge lAing took o or salon during his u. " iui7 w ir .of some or tne oeaunes or mis moun the officers not only to arrest vagrant tain region, calling especial attention women but the men who were renting to the many lofty mountains and them the houses. i, t0 th railway now going to near the letter, during the Sessions af thsumni'it of. Mount Mitchell, court, In the trial of a white woman i Mr. Hackney Ilcwpond. on charge of vagrancy. It 'wasOeorge U Hackney, of Islington, brought nut that she rented the house ' responding to the words of weloome, she lived In from the negro aad the I referred to an article on co-operation court ordered Satterwhlte s arrest andlln a re: l wue of Asherille Energy he was' brought before the Police land said thai, co-operation was the court, although Judgment was not pronounced until this morning. , It is the list esse of Its kind to be tried here and has aroused a great deaf of Interest. NEW YOnK OOTrb.Sf New Tork, Aug. II. Co'.n futures SV opened meady: uotouor .:!; Decern i her. 1.64; January, 1.7$; March Ml; iMay, 10.13. IllBS M Interesting Addresses Were Made at This s Morning's ; Session by Geo. L. Fores ter and H. M. Curran. ASSOCIATION ENJOYS BANQUET LAST NIGHT W. S. Kies Addressed Furni ture Makers on South Ameri can Trade Relations : Other Speakers. One of the most successful and In teresting meetings of the Southern Furniture manufacturers' association closed its quarterly conference today just before 2 o'clock at Grove Park Inn. The reports of the secretary J. T. Ryan of High Point, and of the committees on credits and on ques tions connected with traffic were very satisfactory to the members. The as- TtTl ZiJll at this morning's session, by Secretary George I Forester of the Westrn Car olina Lumber and Timber association and Hugh McCollum Curran of the United States Forestry Service. Mr. Curran is originally a Winston- Salem man and is enthusiastic over the coslbllltles of trade hetween the United States and South American countries. For several years he his been in .South America studying the forest growth of that continent for the purpose of ascertaining what ve rities of woods there might be grown to advantage in this country. His work has given him exceptional op portunities of studying general condi tions In those countries and his re marks were heard with close atten tion by the members of the associa tion. ""'''." " Mr Forester." Mr. Forrester spoke on the value of co-operation In securing satisfactory adjustment of freight rates questions. The speaker called attention to the fact that the railways have assocla tions organied for the purpose of co operating in the matter of rates and told of some of the 'results attained by the lumbermen's organlatlon in the 'western part of the state. He urged that those who produce lumber for the markets and those who turn out the finished material as furniture follow the example of the various railway lines In working together in tholr study of freight rates. He ex plained that the traffic department of the lumbormens association was not organied to fight the railways and that In a majority of ceses conferences and discussions led to the settlement of qutseion in an amicable manner. Mr. Forester has met with a great deal of success as secretary and traffic man ager of the lumber association in this territory and the furniture men fol lowed his speech with great interest. Pleased IWth Axlievllle. The members of the association ex pressed themselves as delighted with their stay In the chief city of the mountains. A majority of them will leave for their homes this afternoon although several will take a brief va cation here. Opening Session. At $ o'clock yesterday afternoon President J. K. Flnley, of North Wllkesboro called the association to order for the first meeting. About forty members of the body In this state were present with a few visi tors from neighboring states. President Robert 8. Jones, of the Asheville board of trade, In welcom ing the manufacturers to the city said although a comparatively new Indus try, furniture manufacturing had ad jvanced' with tremendous strides. It I has often been stated, he said, that j North Carolina Is the home of cheap furniture. To refute this charge the i speaker declared that It was only nec essary to call attention to tne tact that all of the furniture In Grove Park Inn was made In a North Car olina town and that every piece In the Langren hotel was manufactured in Asheville. Representing Mayor J. B. Rankin, N. Buckner, secretary of thehoard of trade, gave the visitors a cordial wel come to the city. After wishing the association success In its deliberations Secretary Hucktver told the members keynote of th manufacturers organl- Billon. Mr. Hackney urged the study of Spanish as a necessity for extend ing trade In ltln America. James H. Young. Insurance com missioner of the slate. sike on fire prevention and of the great aid the furniture men can afford In reducing rates In this state. By keeping their fatlores In good condition the speaker aa,ld that the manufacturers can do much to reduce rates as well as losses from Are. (Continued on Pag Two). , . 1 GOV. HARRIS TO INQUIRE ABOUT FRANK DELIVERY T PEiLTUE SAYS Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta, Also Warns Slaton Not to Return to State. San Francisco, Aug. 19. J. G. Woodward, mayor of At lanta, in an address in this city, declared that Leo M. Frank had suffered just pen alty for an unspeakable crime. The mayor of Atlanta at the same time warned Former Gov ernor Slaton of Georgia, who is now in California, not to re turn to Georgia. Mayor Woodward delivered the addi jsst a banquet of the otate Assessors association Little or no applause greeted his remarks, but he was listen ed to with the closest attention. Slaton Condemns Speech. San Francisco, Aug. lV-Former Governor John M. Slaton, 5f Georgia, who commuted the death sentence of Io M. Frank to one of life imprison ment has issued a statement condemn ing an address delivered by Mayor J. G. AVoodward, of Atlanta, and termini? the mayor "old and garrulous." He called the Frank case a "football of politics". Commenting on Mr. Woodward's declaration that three-fourths of the people of Georgia, including himself believed Frank guilty and condonhed the lynching. Mr. Slaton said: "Similar utterances m&T6 before the lynchlncr, naturally resulted in subsequent lawlessness. In one breath he proposes to defend the fair name of Atltnta and Georgia, and In the next, breath he casts on them the most terrible condemnation. "Mayor Woodward suggested I could not with safety Return to Geor gia within a year. Such a statement is not only gross reflection on the state, but is absurd and ridiculous. It Is In accordance with utterances of others who expect to utllle the Frank case as political perferment. "I was born In Georgia and I love her and her reputation. I shall return there in accordance with my original Intentions. "I think Mayor Woodward's state ment is an affront to the people of Georgia instead of a defense. He is old and garrulous." STATESViLLE FIRM ASKED 10 MAKE BID ON SHELLS Statesville, Aug. 19.J. C. Steele and Sons have blue prints and speci fications for shells, coming from the war department at Washington. If the firm desires to bid on the manu facture of shells for the government It Is requested to do so. This firm Is prepared to make the shells with some slight alterations and additions, it is not known wheth er or not It will do so or not as no statement has been given out author itatively. Many Iron. works over the country are making shells for the United States. This has no reference to the big plants In the eastern Atlantic states which are making shells for the European nations. , ANOTHER DETACHMENT OF MARINES LANDED Cape Haltien, Haiti, Aug. It. An other detachment of American ma rines has been landed from the war ship off this port. The rebels refused to disarm and In some sections ' ex pressed a desire to fight the Ameri cans. The people of Cape Haltien are greatly excited, although there has been no outbreak of any kind. Foreigners at Port-au-Palx. (tuition I... in .h.l. Cspe Haltien, report that they have been menaced by Haltien rebels and hare asked protection. ft ft It ft . ft ft ft It It It ft st It H It ft ft ft ft J5F.prRi,ir KAro. . n . ft ft Tondon, Aug. !. The out- ft ft skirts of tandon were raided last ft ft night by a 7.eppeln. . The dam- ft ft age to property was not Import- ft ft ant. Ten people were killed In ft ft the raid. ft It One Zeppelin Is believed to ft ft have been hit. ft ft Thlrty-alz persons were Injur- ft td. , ft ft The air raid was over the east- ft ft ern counties yf England. ft ft ft FRANK PAID ftftftftftftftitftititftftftftftftftit PRICE 2 CENTS0" r"M Will Question Prison Commisx sioners as to Capture of Prison Officials at the State Farm. MAXIMUM REWARDS TO BE OFFERED FOR MOB Telegram Sent to Mayor Woocl ard Saying Georgia Press ' Condemns the Lynch-. v ' ing of Frank. Atlanta, Aug. 19 The first actual step by state officials looking to the arrest and conviction of the members of the mob which took Leo M. Frank from the state prison farm at Mil ledgeville Monday night and lynched him, after carwylng him near 100 miles to Marrietta, was to be taken today when Governor Harris held a conference with the members of the state prison commission. All the mem bers of the Prison commission were at the state farm, when the mob carried Frank away, and they will be asked as to the details of the capture of the prison officials by the mob and wheth er any of the members of the mob were recognied. Members of the commission have stated that in their opinion the pris on officials could not be blamed. Chairman R. B. Davidson of the commission declared that the mob was so well organied and took the prison ofticala so completely by sur prise that they were powerless to resist..'.''. .'": ," ,.'..:.:':', . Governor Harris will offer rewards for the capture and conviction of bers.- of the mob. Under the Georgia state law he can offer a max imum reward of $600 for each arrest and conviction. I will probably do this," Governor Harris said. The abduction of the state's ward will be fully inquired In to." Governor Harris stated 'last night that he would issue a statement sometime today. The governor said he was receiving ; many letter and telegrams from out side the state asking what action would be taken and urging a com plete inquiry. J. N. Ragsdale, acting mayor of At lanta, while Mayor Woodward Is In California, at tho request of an esat- ern paper sent the following telegram to Mr. Woodward: "The dally and weekly press of Georgia are practically unanimous In condemning mob law and In urging the governor to take action in the Frank case at once. He is Investlgat. Ing now and will probably offer re wards tomorrow to bring the guilty parties to Justice. While a large part of the people believe Frank guilty, yet they are law-abiding and heartily disapprove of the action of the mob." Only $2500 is available In the state treasury for rewards. When remind ed of this Governor Harris said he would probably offer the maximum reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of five members of the mob The legislature each year appro priates $3000 for rewards. Of this amount $500 has been used this year. E NOT -GUILTY OF MURDEB Morganton, Aug. IS. -Superlc court has been engaged for almost a full week In the trial of Horace Smal ley, charged with the murder of Tom Galllon In the Brlndletown section of Burke county on the night of July 10. The defendant did not offer ahy evidence but relied for acquittal up on the evidence of the state. The case was closed at noon yesterday by R. L. Huffman -who made - a two hours argument In behalf of " the prisoner. The Jnry remained out for ""u " Tr a,fllct of ,,ot rullty' Tn Prlon' . ! for his little home In the South moun- tains of Burke. If! VIOLENT EMIPTII Messina, Sicily, Aug. If. The chief of the signal office, on the Island of Stromboll reports the eruption of large quantities of lava from the Htromholl voloaao. The lava Is form ing a lake of flro between the craters and ths sea. Emlwrtona of lava are accompanied by loud detonations and clouds cf itt,. 4 I
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