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i Cunt'- f I t K' TtettUy, no i ing Is t.t Urn perstaro. n p r I ' five i t In rri r t) sinaie y. .4 vol. cav. . ru;74. TEN PAGES TODAYS RALEIGH. N. C. MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY. DELEGATIONS UP : KILLED TWO III WATER BEGINS TO RECEDE IN TEXAS GITFAFTEITFEbOi) Handsome New Church Dedicated At Wilson TO OBTAIfl AUTO; - TO Tl BUSINESS. mmm axes PUBLIC GOVERNOR LEAVES i CONFESSES JProposedlRepeal Of Excess Profits tax Means Billion and .r Half Dollars : ..Somebody must pay if BIG BUSINESS DOESN'T JUpabliean Party Pledjed To Help Big Bniinen and Sena ; tor Penrose Hat Pasted Ont Order ; Big Bniinesa Wax ing Pat At Expense Of Mr. Arerage Citixen - .-. , , ; . T The Newt nd Observer Buresu, 603 Distrist National. Bank Bldg., By IDWARD E. BRITTON. By Special Leased Wire.) 1 Washington, Sopi. H.-It is not to - many seart back that there wat a -slogan accredited' to tha autocrats of the railroads, "tha public ba damned." In line 'with that freight ratca were r jBffi.mfd "" qn without thought of the tort to the people, the principle upon which tatca were made being "all that the traffic will bear" Thert ta A 1921 recurrence of the "publio he damned," challenge, to the . people ftmnd u the determination of the Hnrd:.i;;' ru..ii aquation to force into ' the' Jawi a nw of the groaa profit! tax .with higher surtaxes and to wake this repeal retroactive to Jan rry 1, 1921. Thtat the Senate finance committee, dominated by Senator Pen rose, and functioning with the Re publican majority, will insert the re troactive feature in the tax bill, is not to be doubted if the declarations of Senator Penrose and the active support ef the proposition by President Hard kg can put this bit of favoritism to the rich across. With the Bepubli cans insolent with the big majority given them last November this country again comes up on, a period of "the public bp damned," "hen the public gets in the way of profiteering corpor ations, the millionaires and multi millionaires, of big business, wjio make up the body of bif supporters, nfr.the Republican administration. ..." ..Must Ileip Big Business. .. .. But no matter, how big the burdens of. taxation on the average citizen ship of thin country it must be increased ty easing it off the shoulders of the rich, it is going to come off for his business has been promised these re ductions and big business proposes to collect od' tp !oPec, to the point of Mbbery y the aid of tha retroactive (..turn nt tha measure that is to be Snmmed through, tot already big but! nest haa assessed the people with the easts, and havifll eollected, will simp ly put the money pofr tn -value to itseit or tne reaoeuons u tjll the publis which haa already paid ''to o haag" itself so far as it it concerned. '"'" And how much will big business, the idle rich, the profiteering millionaires null multi-millionaires.- the cornpr?iotis which milk the Dconle get out of this raw deal given Mr. Average Citizen! The etact fiaurcs for 1921 can not be given for the reports are -yet to be niada ' in to this year's figures. But heretofore the excess profits taxes have yielded tho government some 450,0O0,0OO paid in by those best able to bear thia tax. To this Is to be added the revenue heretofore derived from the higher sur . taxes this in the neighborhood of $300, tioO.OOO. Arid when the tax receipts from ikn. excess profits sources and the higher surtax sources are added the total is in approximate figures 750, UXM)00" o r about three quarters of a billion dollars. People Get It la Neck. Somebody has got to pay the taxes from which the big rich will be re lieved, and. this somebody is the aver age run of American citizens. No wonder that big business is hammering uway to get a repeal of these taxes, i d wonder that it is seeking to hnve -this tax repeal retroactive for the re troactive plan will be but the bulge in iis pockets in the hugo sum of nearly billion and a half dollars for hav- -Inn' BlfiiftwtfheiT affsiwr.to- ;:f9 Jhis; year iwHl Jve 1o pay it, and already having garnered the dollars from the publicit wUl have this in pocket, catching the public ,-oming and going. It is only the big corporations, the war .profiteers, the millionaires who will be fcericfitted Iff this lifting of the ettcss profits taxes and higher surtaxes. The people get it in the neck, or rather in theflattened out pocketbook. , But the Republicans are joined to their idols, and "the public be damned'' ,i i tha positinnj thy as astammg. When this monstrous proposition of a retro active feathre to the tax bill was under discussion in the House ways and means committee, with its Republican majority Representative Gamer, of- Texas, a liemncrat on the fighting line ia behalf of the ' people said this: "How could you defend, is there a' man living who can defend, the proposition of repeal ing the excess profit taxes for this calendar year 1921. Nearly eight months of th year are .gone, and probably ten of them will be gone before the bill finally becomes aHaw, and yet the -, Republican members of the ways and meant committee reported to youf eoa- fcrenee a bill which would have - re pealed the excess profits tax aa of January, 1921. To d thia after the corporations wM.wttt pay-thr tax have already made the profits would have been ao manifestly unjust that 1 imag in that tome intelligent Bepubli' can, tome one who has torn lingering regard tT the masses of the people, called attentioa. to it, in your confer etc and. "because there ia still left a s portion jo',y(ir membership wlio- be lieves -faV snaje eeat$lanc of justice, . you defeated the proposition ts repeal ths taxes mt- cf January, 1921, and , rsBeaJed.fhem t of Jahuay, 1922. The j same propolt (n oldWith reference . to we raaaccion or me turtwtet.:' '"." ...''j.V.....!j . ak . Ji ivtiaitiaj f w " 1 Ll 1 1 " 1 11111 " n X ' -' ' '"", " - , 1 1 Wilson, RcpLJljThe doora of the magnificent lew 150,000 Wilaei Prlmi tiveBaptist house of worship, corner of Greea and Jackson atreet-were thrown open thia morning at 11 o'clock. y The introductory aermon dedicating the structure waa preached by the pastor, Elder C. it. Denny, of Wilson, from the text John 14:6) "I am the Way, the Trith, and the Life." The evening service if aa conducted by Elder F. W. Keene, of Haloigh. The seating capacity of the church every aeat was taken. Secretary of War Weeb Makes Personal Inspection or Camp Accompanied By General Har bord, Secretary Weeks Makes Tour Over, Camp Bragg CONSIDERS RETENTION FROM MILITARY VIEW No Effort Made By Payette ville Citizens To Influence His Decision Fayctteville, Sept. 11. Hon. John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, today made a personal inspection of Camp Bragg with a view to determining definitely what disposition will bo made of the camp, Soeretary Weeks waa- accoflvpa: nied by General, Harbord, acting chief of staff of the United States Army, and by John M. Moreheal, Republican National committeeman for North Caro lina, and ft doso friend of the secre tary. The party returned to Washing" ton at 11 o'clock tonight The visit of the war secretary wat of ft purely military nature and was at tended by teehtfeatuxe. frfteiicftUy the entire day was spent oi the xeter ition, tho secretary and his party go ing over the camp and the artillery lange in company with Brigadier Gen eral A. J. Bowlcy, the commanding ofii ier, in order that Secretary Week might become personally acquainted with the extent and features of the terrain that have caused military officers to ap praise it as the finest testing ground in America for long range artillery. Tha question of the "retentioh. of the camp for present se is strictly a mili tary one, and no dekk'tion from Fay ctteville was present. The only argu ment made for the continued use of the camp, as heretofore, was the ttrong showing prepared by General Bowley, as to the military value of tie site to the War Department as an arjlillerj,' training ground. The relation of the camp to the Lusiness life of Fayette ville and the surrounding territory has nt no time been brought into considera tion and if the cantonment is retained Favcttevillo and North Carolina1 will have tho satisfaction of knowing that the decision was made entirely on the military merits of the camp. Secretary Weeks and General flarbord were met on their arrival from Washing ton at 7 o'chek this morning by Gen eral Bowlcy and Major E. P. King. Jr., the latter a member of the staff of General W. J. Snow, chief of field artil lery, and were immediately eondncted to the camp, where thev wore General Bowley's guests at breakfast. Luncheon was taken on the reservation, near tho old Longstreet church. - At the con clusion ' of the ttrenuons activities of stajfL js to w-'f . were .jgain gueata of tha camp eommander at Ardlussa with a small party of friends from Fayette ville. DISASTROUS DROUGHT IS BROKEN IN IREDELL . 8tatcsville, Sept. 11. The most dis astrous drought this section has experi enced in 40 years was, broken by. s copious lain Friday evening. While om pnitiana of . Iredell bars .ten visited by local rains during the sum mer, most of the eounty haa had. only occasional light showers which did not wet the ground more than an inch or two deep. While corn on the bottom lands ia fine this year; most of the corn on uplands is exceedingly short, many fields having the appearance of having been scorched by fire. Cotton will be very short and most gardens have been parched during the continued dry weather nnder a hnrnisg tun. Many Iredell citizens recall the dry aummer of 1881, and'jtats that i this season has been very much like it, though not to bd. It is sSid th&tfhs temperature waa sot to high at the recent drought . Raletg h'f l?rV Semi--; " ' . Annual Dollar Day THURSDAY, ' SEPTEMBER' 15 . Continuing through Sep r tember 16h and 17th. is four hundred and at both services HARD NG TALKS TO FORMER mm President Spends Busy Sabbath In Atlantic City and Holds Many , Receptions t Atlantic City, N. Jn bept. 11. A met rage to former service mem was deliv ercd hex today by President Harding during his Sabbath activities at the ocean aide which included attendance at cjturch, an address to veterans of the Fifth IMvitioB, A. E. F, and aa houtat stroll among the board walk crowds. After attending the Chelsea Baptist church with Mrs. Harding and hit other guests, the President found several hundred Fifth Division veterans aseni bled in frost f hi beach front hotel whesi be returned. Standing ws, t chair the President rgei that former aerviee men aid ia solving the problem of tace aa they have those of war. "There is nothing too good in America for its veteran defenders," said the President, ''All America it proud of what you and your division did at the M.use. All America is proud of what our soldiers did in the critical days if the war." ' Compensation of Service. Apparently referring to he solliers' tiouu legislation President Harding de elartd that the niition.'-Wn'ilr' !pwu ,ns efforts to care for v.iam'ed and in disabled defenders. "The man who came back wounded I and impaired In ability to carry oa the vocatmn of his life dt serves the fullest aid 'in our power to give, end I propose to use all inilncnce 1 have to see -that he gets it," he sai l. "H:it I im not so much concern;! villi thooc who came out of the war uniuipa-r.'d. They have t!, compensation of supreme sjmce nd experien.-e. You m ly l d..ap'oiu! 1 with matters of Icuislaticu, bat I wart you to km w that wo arc iut rested in your welfare. "I am not unmindful of the job you did over . there. I am not unmindful of the service yo rendered to the country nnder your former commander, and 1 ask that you will render the same faithful service during the years I am -in office. There is still great service to he rendered in establishing National lines of peace. It is tip to you to help solve the problem that has been thrust upon . us by the enemy I want this to continue as..n America of opportunity and service and m an America of grateful appre ciation. Takes Tramp On Boardwalk. At 5 o'clock this afternoon, despite a light dnwe, Presidst. Harding tramp ed a mile on the board walk and was given .enthusiastic receptions. .With difficulty he waded through crowds which pressed from all sides. He shook hands with hundreds, mostly children. was bombarded with flowers and finally thf crush became so great hgj-t wai forced into a side street. Circling around through the city amid applause from crouds on cottage and hotel porchct the President returned to the board walk and finished his stroll to his hotel. . Tonight the President and Mrs. Harding were the guests st dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburg. Thi President may end his vacation here -to- orrow and motor along the coast and pick up the Mayflower for his return to Washington. ARKEST BASEBALL PLAYERS TOR PLAT iSG.bX SCX0A? Miami, Fla Sept. 11. Twenty-twj playoxs, members of the Psytona I'lqri da State- league club and the Miami Florida Kast Coast league club and the two umpires, were placed nnder arrest by Sheriff Allen 1 today, for violating the State's blue law forbidding Sunday baseball. ' Wadeaboro Bar Eadortea Adams. Wadesboro, Sept. 11. The Wadeaboro bar hat "unanimously endorsed Judge. n. J. AdanU, of Ctriha'gc, for tho va cancy on the Supreme Court lenrh and the majority of the bar has tn dorsed R. B. Redwine of klonroe, to tneceed Judge, Adanm. in the vet of bis elevatioa te'tue Supremo Court beach, - . Sixteen Favorite Sons After Justiceship, and No Gover nor To See FEARE MAY DECIDE , , BEFORE COMING BACK Generally Predicted That Adams Or Manning Will Get Men' l Place On Supreme Court Bench; Thirteen "East Of Baleirh" Candidates Hopeful Of Appointment Delegations coming vp i lay aeige to the Chief Executive in behalf of favorite sona for the vacancy left on the Supreme Court beneh by tha death of Justice W. R. Allen last Thursday found no official ear to hear thorn yes terday. Governor Morrison left early in the day for Charlotte, to be gone until tomorrow night, and none here could say with certainty whether ap poiutive lightnings would be loosed ere his return or not, Sixteen candidates, active, tuper-ae- tive and passive, were arrayed in the city Testewsty. thirteen ol tnem of the "east-of-Raleigh"' group, one from Raleigh, one from the South, aod one from the west. "Speculation, of course, with sixteen 'candidates afield, wat rife, but the majority of the prophets inclined to the opinion ' that the suc cessor to Allen would be Judge W. J. Adams, nntas Two main theories about what Gov ernor Morrison will do are generally accepted, and are the basis of most of the prophesying that it being done about the lobbiet of the hotels whvre the delegations are housed. Among the Prophets. No. 1. That the Governor will ovea come the reluctance of Attorney Gen eral James S. MaiiBinn, and name Jus tice, snd Heriot Clarkson will be moved into the attorney generalship. No. 2. That Judge W. J. Adams will be named before the Governor returns from Charlotte ' Against this prophesy is arrayed the( Arm belief of the" Thirteen Northeast erncra that Governor Morrises will get down hi geography and study it be fore he names anybody, and that hav ing studied, he will go as far to the n firth Bflst aa circumstances advise him. To Windsor, in Bertie, county, perhaps, or to Warrenton, or to New " Bern or Kinstom. Anywhere "east of Raleigh," Among the prophets' are many. wh coofoti to .the ooandenoe of the Got oraor, and hit adviaare. Be ia quoted at being impressed with the tremendous endorsement that hat come in from every quarter of the 8tate for Adnms. He it mlndfnl of the fact that Carth age is not very far east, and that the' east, particularly the north part Of the east, has not been represented on the bench in Vests bark, Like To Have Manning. Again, h is quoted as being very desirous of appointing Manning to the place, and that hit early-departure to Charlotte was for conference with Man ning and Clarkson, who are both in Charlotte. Rumors ' persist that Man ning will not have the job. It ia set forth that as attorney general, per mitted a privale practise, he is making a large income, that his alliance with former Governor Blckett as a law part tier, has brought them lucrative re . numeration, that he ia engaged now ir, cases nf large moment that he cannot quit. Significant in support of the Man- ntng-Clark'oii arrangement i the fni't that Clarkson is known to have d clined to take a hand in recommend mg anybody, although his sanction bus been sought for every man in the field Me is standing hands off, and nothing has developed to indicate that he would decline to become Manning's siiccesso Politics arid Geography The Governor is quoted as having said that he could not appoint Mr. Clark-son even if Judge Manning took the place. This statement is discounted, and such a precedent is not without precedent in the recent annala of the tff"Tne'Bffprme' court" ' Mnp" wtrfeeu years ago as a reward for having managed Kitchen's gubernatorial cam paign in 1901 Clarkson might aceep; appointment for having managed Mor riaon'a campaign in 1920. The appointment of Manning would practically absorb the last of the out standing figures in the memorable Kitchen-Crnig battle of thirteen years ago, and it is understood that this phase of the subject hm been urged Upon the Governor. But against it is ths vsry esmftrtable tatien tn which Manning finds Himself, and the fact that be would shortly come up for re election. He wss appointed once be (Continued On Pate Two) Fatty Arbuckle Jailed in San Francisco on Murder Charge San Francisco, Cal., 'Hept. 11. Bosco (Fatty) Arbuckle, motion picture ac tor, was booked on a charge of murder late .last night in connection with the death Friday of Mist yi.ginia Bappe, film actress following a party .in r huckle's suite at a hotel here last Mou day,' Arbuckle wat locked up in .:. city prison for the night. Arbuckle wat charged, according tj Assistant District Attorney -Miltoi U'ren, nnder tha aectioa of the -California code providing that life taken in rape o? attempted rape is consider ed murder.- Captain of Detectives Duncan Maths son said.- the evidence showed that there had been aa attack made ea tho girl "On Monday a formal complaint wi'l be filed against Arbuckle," Matheson said. , " He added tint Arbuckle it expected Marches Man In House, Holds Him Up With Gun, Handcuffs Him, and Murders Him SAME PROCEDURE FOR OTHER MAN, HE SAYS Chioago Young Man Wanted To Be Sure They Made, No Noise and Also That they Would Not Revive; Uses Baseball Bat To Beat Them To Death; Escapes In Oar "Chieago, fiept 11. 4Iarvey WJ Church, tho SO year old youth accused of tlaying B J. Daiighcrty and Carl Antmus to obtain possession of a U, S0O automobile, broke down after twtlve houra of questioning today and made, a complete confession, according to the police. The youth, brought back last night from Adams, Wis., his fonner home, where he had driven his, mother in the car Friday, the day after the murder, wat quoted t admitting that h alone planned and executed the tragedy. The terrible beatings shown on the bodies and the trussing of bath was merely "to be sure they were dead,' according to the alleged confession which in part follows: ' Placed Hand Cuffs On Him. "Ausmut waited in the ear outside my house at the curbing while I went inside with Paugherty. 1 told him 1 would give him the money in the par lot. When I got to the parlor I drow a pistol. Be just I eld up his hands. I guess he thought I was going fo rob him. "I pulled out the handcuffs with one hand and told him to hold out his hands ene at a time. At tlie time 1 kept him covered, with the gun. He looked like a powerful man and I wasn't going to give him . a chance, I took him tft the 4sent. "When wo got down the stairs. 1 It tho baseball bat in one hand but I kepi him covered with the pislW so that ho could not move. 'Turn aronnd 1 said. He started to turn. I guess then he had an idea of what was coming but it was too late. I swung the bat with all my might, and it cuught him right across the head. He went down .but tried to strike back with his twt hands together. 1 Kept Beating Him Over Head. "I kept beating him over the head until he didn't move any more. I hit him with ft bat and with a "hatchet. Then I tvt his throat. I was afraid ha might come tft while I wat going up stairs to get Ausmut. Then I went upstairs and waited. I knew Ausmus would come in. Be did & few moments later and I went through the same thing I did with the other follow. "After I had them .both killed I wait ed until dark and put Assmns tn a hole in the garage. Then I hound up Uaughcrty'a body in a quilt and drag bed it to the automobile. I dumped him in the river, right over the bridge where he was found floating. I had a lot nf trouble with that body. Kin! of hard for one fellow to handle a body that way. You know, it Hip flops sround. Then I drove around in the car. "It certainly was a beautiful car and I guess I should have gone back and cleaned up the basement instead of rid ing around. It didn't seem to so ter rible to me. I wonted the car and I thought I would get caught if Haugh crty or the other fellow got awny." Body Found In Klver. The body of Daiighcrty, a farmer Harvard student, and captain iu the tank corps, whose home was in St. Paul, was found by a passer-by in the Dei Plaines Biver on the outskirts of the city and a few blocks away from the Church home Friday. A fltr-i!!jr of idpe was twisjed tightly about the throat which was cut from ear to car. A pair of regulation police handcuffs dangled from one wrist. Yesterday morning, a search of the garage behind the church home reveal cd the body of Ausmut who had been thrforoner, Church,- following his arrest, assert ed his innocence, and returned willing ly to Chicago. He was accompanied by his aged father and mother nnd drove the car for the possession of which ho was scrused pf killing the two auto mobile men. Bepeatedly on the trip he assured his parents that he would be abls to dis( prove mo cnargc. Declared Tissue of Lies. Coroner Peter Huffman tonitfht de clared that CIiiikU'i .alleged confes sion was a "tissue of lies, false on the face of it." He said" that It would have been physically impossible for (Continued on Pag Sli.) to make a statement. The complaint against Arbuckle was made following eiaminatW of Dr. M. E. Hum w el, Miss Zejgr Reiss and Al ftcminacher, motion pictnte mai;..ge for Mitt Kappe and others. Under the California penal code no bail it allowable to a person charged with murder. If ' strict Attornry Matthew Brady returns to the city in time, the case is expected to be pro seated to the jury tomorrv night, nc 'cording to Ma m '. An inquest will be held Thursday. Mist Bappe, who-died ; laj " i re moved from Arbucklc'a iwnu a a hotel last'Monday, in a critical condi tion after the party at which live - n ad four women were present. Autopsy surgeon I laid death wt due to peri- . ICoatiBBtd Pa rf SliJ. WALNUT COVE WOMAN FALLS . TO DEATH FROM TOP OF . isw-nrt?t-cm hotel. Wlnatoa-Salem, Seat. 11. While walking on the roof of the new 124tory hotel here thia afternoon, Miss Lillian Mitchell, U years old, daughter of Edgar Mitchell, of WaU aat Cove, fell from a high paraphet, to the roof ever tha ball room ten doora below, and was Instantly killed. At the coroner's laejaAt thia even. Ing, one of the witnesses said thar Miss Mitche.l had asked her, "If you loved a man enTha loved yea and yon knew that the- marriage could never take place, what would you dor' The witness stated that she advised Miss Mitchell to continue on and to trust to her. "But,' replied Miss MUrhelVsecordlng tho wit. nesa, "suppose every future moment made things worseT At another time Miss Mitchell re marked, to .the .witness, "I could scream antil everyone In the build Inf heard me." Not being able to arrive at a de cision from the evidence presented, the jury adjoarned until tomorrow when It will view the building and 'wek to obtain other evidence. 8ha with two friends wss on top of the building or a efghtsreing tour. The other members of the party were looking st Pilot .Mountain and when they turned aronnd Miss Mitchell could not be seen.. .They supposed that she had gone down stair snd they went down In sesrch of her. It Waa not until they reached the lower floors that they learned she had fallen. Miss Mitchell had been in the city for eight months, being employed by P. H. Hanes Knitting Company. 24 DROWNED WH EN E Bo Of Youth Whose Cries At tracted Crowd Last One Re covered From River Chester, Pa., 8cjj.t. lWTwenty four persons i were drowned, and five seriously injured in the collapse last night of the bridge spanning the Chester river at Third ttreet, ia the heart of the cily's business district. The police made this announcement tonight nftrr divers had definitely determined no more bodies remained in the water. A small wrought iron gusset plate, part of tho support 'for a foot path along the side of the stricture which had 'been half eaten by rust, gaa nay under tho weight of nearly a hundred persona who wc.ro attracted to tho spot by tlln cries of a drowning boy and precipitated tho victims into the river. J'he last body to bo dragged (inn th'.i 'deep mud at the bottom nf the river was that of eight year old Charles Apostolus, the child, whose death nas the inadvertent caw so of the accident. It yas recovered ahoitly before noon ti day ami placed at tho end o" the row of "4 victims whoso bodies reposed in White's morgue nw-niting romoval to their f mer homes Ciowd Gathers On Bridge. All the oc:.J Mere residents of ('lies tor, ill ost of whom had just reached the Ini'iiiKss district on their way ta theatre r stores. lattle (hnrlei .'(am lus was in a group of children on the river bank in the rcuxui a theatre watching the antics of a be?,r which was to appear in tho show He was knocked into the river by one of his excited nlavmates and Ins cries fori help attracted the crowds on Third street. Several hundred persons dashed for the small bridge and others Hero try ing to jiiish on to it when without warning, one end of tho footway buck Icil, Tho heavy walk dr ipped like u were struggling in ine mu my water. A score morn ('Jung to ths tent Imin) rail and irou water pip frshting to rtuch safety before 'heir fragile i gave way. The victims were caught in a veil talde death trap. At the point of the accident, the water is W feet Ici'p. The river is scarcely mitre !an 'J.1 feet wide and factory and store wails are built to its very edge. T!ioi who could swim found it ioiosible 10 si ale tho slippery walls and tliere wnj no floating debris to which they mitiht emg; - Tho fuote path.. hj. ftifAply droiyied a,nd hung lo twisted support Tangled Mass of Humsni'.y. A minute after the nccident oc currcd half a doren men dove and pulled haff drowned Lien, women sn I children out of tho taaifiel mai-s of humanity. Several boatmen hurried tc tho scene and sided in the work of rescue, policemen and firemen dragged tho 'river's 'bottom for bodies. As the first shock of the a.rcMent wore off today there was a general demand through the city for a tlri-nujli investi gation into the cause ef the accident. Charget find. con fiTef charge or iua.de by and against the bewrl of commis sioners of Delaware county, which is responsible for the condiiii.n of the bridge. Investigations will be started by the board of commissioners, the p.ilic; department and the coroner. T'.o in quest will be held Thursday night TOWN MARSHAL KILLED IS BATTLE WITH Bl'RGLARS Lyons, Oa., Sept. 11. r-Andrew J. CoW lins, city marshal was (hot and killed early this morning in a, pitched battle with a gang of burglars who were looting a local store. Sheriff C. W. Cul pepper and several leading citizens en gaged in the battle. Two arretla have been made. OHSHES list Of Known-tod In San' Antoniojstands At Forty- Seven Persons With 4 Search .Continuing . PROPERTY L0S WILL ' ' 7 BE BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN MILLION. DOLLARS At Least Two Hundred Dwel lings Washed Away and Many Old Landmarks In Historic Texas City Swept Away; Water Attained Great Velocity In Heart Of Town and Much Damage Waa Done To Pavements, Many Entire Blocks Being Carried Away; Gangs Of Workmen Carrying Awr.y Debris; Few Bridges Carried Away San Antuttifl, Tex, Sept II. With the known death lift standing at 47 . the waters of the disastrous flood which struck this city early Saturday i ing were receding tiAiay. Much of the debris, however, especially in the Ala-, zan Creek district remains to be sc i ed. Tho wreckage in -placet, wat tangled to a depth of 20 feet. The property damage in the business dis trict w,as estimate wt-Jrom 15,000,000 10 1O,OO0,O'HI. Dead Estimated at 251 The list of known, dead from the. flood of early Saturday wat forty-seven late today. Tho dead and missing are esti mated at approximately 230 by officials,, engaged in recovering the bodies while Police Commissioner Phil Wright esti mated that it might reach 300. Many residents consider these figure's high. Tho property loss is placed nt o,0u0, lKl by some business men and those in charge of reclamation work. Kstimates both lower and higher also are heard, While it has been declared that possibly the majority of the estimated dead Moated down the streams, the searchers believe that as' the wreckage and drift wood is cleared away others will be found. . , The funerals of aome of the yietimi wore held today while strict military control wat maintained over the in undated districts.. As the flood waters slowly . receded, the search of the wreckage continued. Gangs of workmen were, engaged all night in hauling the debris from tha business district. All available pumps and gasoline engines were called into service to pump the water from base ments. Great damage was done to the pave ments of the city, many entire block being washed away. Loss also was caused by a scum of fuel oil, released at ono of the city flumping stations and at various manufacturing plans. " As the waters receded the oil was left on the buildings and their con tents. At the San Antonio Express build ing, the, current at the crest of the flood was estimated at twelve, miles an hour. It was so ttrong that heavy floating timbers caused much damage to buildings. A number of i.'.i landmsiks on aide streets in tho business section disap peared as completely as though they lisd melted away. Some of these struc utcs were more than one hundred years old. All were small and were occupied by miscellaneous business en terprises. It was impossible to obtain aecu.;a estimates of the number of dwelling washed away but according to one police report the figure was placed at 'W. Of the t'7 bridges that crossed the Pan Antonio river in its 14 mile wuling course through the city only one actiltflly was washed away, httt all except four were damaged several al most beyond repair. A trip to Berg's Mill showed that a report that" ttie eBtife -Wri5tat had been washed away was untrue, only & portion of a bridge to the mill having been destroyed. liuay Recovering Bodies The efforts of the rescuers today were confined principally to recovering bodies, work of rcnciiing the maroonci! having been completed yesterday. The fa,ct tUart rnoM of the bodies re covered hara been fully clothed, shows that the"Y ictims cither were warned or heard the approoching of Water in time to make preparations to leave. Tho city jiroper has been crippled all day f mm the rV4. Tef ha been no light or street car service because of no electric ."power. Water hat been running in the mains in a few portions of the city aud the pressure is weak at these daces. City officials said lati today that the water pressnre would be turned on before tomorrow and it is thought electric current also will bo hasl tomorrow. City Building- Inspector John L. Riehtcr, estimated the damage tu binffrngs at approximately 700,"M- H s.iid that no large buildings have been damaged permanently and that none is in a dangerous condition. Hardly any of the damaged businesses carried flood insurance .cithejr on the buildings or stock. Prteantlona Against Epidemic. P-recautiont to prevent an epidemia are being takeni A check by D. D. Harrigan, city engineer, showed that 13 ef "the B7 bridges spanning the 8au. Antonio river are virtually undamag ed. At first it was thought all bat four were? damaged but with the re-' moral of debris and driftwood today, it was found tfiat thirteen still are aafo and sound. Only one bridge wat wash ed away. , The rpi4ity wih whiseh the watct receded after the rains stopped ia ae (Contlssed oa Page Six.) j ....... . V. ' 4 t mi j 5.