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1 10 PAGES TODAY rrn H NIGHT ' EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE " GREATER CHARLOTTES HOME NEWSPAPEl,, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921. THE CHARLOTTE SEWS f Consolidated IPR1P1? lrVI? m?XTTO THE EVESIXG CHRONICLE t May S. 1914. ft lilLJCi f 1 V E jjH XCf 1 Lost bh Antonio Flood MEWS v- 1 ' v , VrifT CHARLOTTE SEWS-Kstnbllsh n.n, ,ca. E " i':1S BVKHUfG CHRONICLE E.tab!f. bed. 190S. "" 4,,AW' - " tils Of LirJBs , - V jRepoFtec Ml 1 s. RALEIGH UNIONS WANT TO SPEED 'COURT BEARING .1 i . . . .Anxious to Have Their j Status Definitely Estab I lished on Evidence. Many at funeral. State Officials Go to Golds- horo for Allen Funeral; The Succession. J BY JULE B. WARREN, 4 tnff Correspondent of The .ew. Raleigh, Sept. 10. Printers, pr.ss-r-.tr. and book-binders against whom t h restraining order was continued by W. M. Bond on September 3 sire leaking preparations to fight the cas I Thir-ueh every court in an effort to get i:1.e order removed, net because they ".v.int to do the things from which ihe (".dor restrains them, but because they consider the order an abridgement cf their legal rights to conduct a pea:e ful strike and to carry on peaceful picketing. The printers and their friends are confident that they will Inve little trouble in getting the re ft mining order dissolved when the cn.-e comes to a hearing before a jury, frr the plaintiffs will have to have r.vre than a prima facie case before the jury. Affidavits will nnt be available for this second trial of the case and th-2 printers' attorneys are wanting the op portunity to cross-examine some of thij witnesses making affidavits. They be-l-ve they will be able to break down Mime of the testimony which made such an impression on tne minu ot juay.e Bend. I DIVIDE CASES. Some of the union labor people here ;:- suggesting that the general case. th.:t is the order against the union members collectively and against the unions themselves, be carried direct to the Supreme Court on the demurrer filed by the defense, but that the rc st raining order against the individuals . I named be fought out individually, bo- , jfore the jury in Superior Court. .W he; ?the Fall session of the court convenes "here next next week attorneys for the . ' printers will make a motion for an ' early hearing of the case. They wmt to run it in ahead of the other cas-is on the docket, for they believe -he 1 unions have a right to know definit'jly Jjust as soon as possible just what their legal rights are. J PLAINTIFFS IN NO HURRY. I The plaintiffs in the case, having won 'Ithe initial skirmish in the fight, are ir.ot especially interested in getting the leases settled immediately. They proo I ably will, not block immediate trial or .Ithe cases but they are not as mucn 1 interested in getting an early trial as 1 are the printers, because the initial vic ! -. -,rv sives them the advantage of ha- "iing the strike situation about as they 1 d' sire it. Their employes are not mo tk-strd, under the order, they are not J persuaded to leave their jobs and iom i'hf unions and the union folks are not I flowed to call them "insulting names" f-r to "shadow" them when they leave i he plants in the evening or coine f down street to the movies at mgnt JV.'.th all of the temporary advantage with the plaintiffs it is little wonder I that thev are not especially interested 1 in rushing the case to trial ahead cf ! -vrvthin:r else on the docket. The Tiy possible thing that would make I 'he plaintiffs interested in getting an I -fi;-!v trial is the fact that all of the : 4 witnesses will be in the city next ; I woAk. and they might not be sevaral 1 months hnce I Th printers will insist, however, I 'hit thf case be given precedence over I f 'her eases on the docket. They feel I 'hat the restraining order is a blot tiia I -ho iid either be engraved on union la 1 i-'i's escutcheon with the acid test of I fa--t? proved before a jury, or wipd 4 '"tr altogether just as soon as possire 1 Tf thf charges implied in the restrain 1 ire order are not true and cannot be c'ihsiantiated in the good old fashioned I way of a jury trial, the union mem J 'r ': s think they should not be held s ratnsr. the men one minute lonsr I 'l.an it is possible to get the facts be- fr.ro the jury. Otherwise they are re- t-rraind from their rights under gov- ,rr '"irnt by injunction. I As to the legal points involved in the fon mnity of interest of the various r tries and all of Iheir emploves l ri,r.g together in one suit, or in the j t'rt of an injunction to lie agaiast t rrrs anj children under the legal -'r- When they can sue and be sued, j f-xnoj-.t through the next friend of tha ' " 'he attorneys for the printers be I this matter could be handled bv I Supreme Court at once. ' MNY AT Ft'NERAIj i I A number of state officials went to I Rboro Friday at noon to attend J 'r f Jneral services of Associate Jus I of the Supreme Gourt William R. I .n, whose untimely 'and unexpected on Tuesday afternoon shocked I j rissoeiates on the Supreme Court fTn Rnd the city ganerally. Raleigh i u'" mourns the death of the associ I ' 'r justice, who has been spending r :rn of his time here since 1910 when t ' -'-as first elected associate justice of i t'.r .-.uprenie Court. 'h other members of the court he I ,n the hearing of the appeals from , "ond district this week, leaving 1. . ' eh on Wednesday for his home. ;'- I. .. , aPParent1y in the best of health 4 , vhn press disnatehes from Golds- rora wf-re read to officers of the court i I ATTE EXPOSITION AT CHARLOTTE, SEPT. 1229 ; MUST FIGHT ALONF IN WAR ON FA 1 t5! -4 A. i ii iW ' 4t t mm:- Miss Lucy Page Gaston. Miss Lucy Page Gaston, nation ally known enemy of the cigaret, has ended her Ions period of ser vice with the Anti-Cigaret League. Her resignation has been forced by the board of directors. The board issued a statement saying, Miss Gaston's methods were more drastic than those approved by the league board of managers." SENATE AT WORK ON TAX MEASURE Committee Hopes to Finish With Bill by Wednesday Week. Washington, Sept. 10. Revision of the House tax bill on a basis of gov ernment needs of $3,200,000,000 fro n internal revenue this fiscal year was begun today by the Senate finance committee. The measure was takn up section ' by section, the committee having failed yesterday to reach any agreement on the high points. Developments j-esterday led to a gen eral belief at the Capital that the com mittee would not have entirely smooth sailing, but Chairman Penrose still was hopeful that the measure could be com pleted by the time Congress reconvenes one week from next Wednesday. It his desire to cut down discussion and get action. As was the case in the House, the principal points of disagreement are retroactive repeal of the excess profits tax and a reduction of the income sur taxes. Although still holding that ma jority sentiment is drifting toward retroactive removal of the profits tax, Republican leaders apparently are not as optimistic on this point as they were a day or two ago. Democrats in the committee will pre sent a solid front against these cwu proposals, according to Senator Sim mons, of North Carolina, ranking mi nority member, and they are counting on support from some Republicans. If they lose their fight in the committee they will carry it to the Senate floor. Besides passing on the six changes in the House bill proposed by Secre tary Mellon, the Senate committee also expects to have before it a number of other tax policies, including the sales plan of Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, and the suggested tax by Sena tor Calder, Republican, New York, on 2.75 per cent beer and alcoholic liquors diverted to beverage purposes. WINDWARD ISLANDS SWEPT BY CYCLONE St. Vincent, Windward Islands, Sept o fRv the Associated Press) St. Yin cent's sea island cotton cron of 1921 was almost entirely destroyed by the cyclonic storm which swept over me Windward Islands Thursday. . The sugar .ne fields were laid flat .nd numer&us cocoanut trees were uprcct ed or stripped. The economic ou'look. already affect ed by the raarkt-l depression, now is considered extremely gloomy. Besides destroying the growing crop, the storm did considerable damage to buildings. The public jetty in Georgetown was completely demolished, the sea there having made even greater inroads than it did in the great hurricane ot isss. vWnrin Park. in Kinerstown. re sembles a devastated forest, all the trees having been blown down oy ire storm or denuded or tneir ionage. MEETINGS TO DISCUSS AMERICAN EXCHANGE Washington, Sept. 10. Secretary Mel lon, as chairman of the inter-American high commission, has addressed a call tn tVic ministers of finance of all th: Batin-Amer'icvan countries for a series nf mootiTifs heria and m the other re spective capitals to discuss the interna tional exchange situation. rrv,o mPftinM are to be held simul taneously beginning December. 21 and will consider means oi relieving uip un satisfactory exchange conditions exist ing on this continent and to study its effect upon trade within the Ameri cas. . The ministers of finance of the va- ia ronuhlies have been requested ny Mr. Mellon to submit reports of the discussions at the . meetings togetn.-r with such suggestions ior remeuym the situation as may De aaopiea .4 v edal of Honor to Unknown Soldier Paris, Sept. 10. President Hard ing has awarded the Congressional medal of honor to the unknown sol dier of France, Myron T. Ilerru-k, the American Ambassador, informed Premier Briand today. Mr. Brianrt asked Mr. Herrick to thank the American Government for its thoughtful act. The presentation ceremony wi1(l occur in October, at which Ambas sador Herrick will be assisted by two high officers of the American army and navy. Washington, Sept. 10. General Pershing, chief-of-staff of the United States army, was ordered by Presi dent Harding today to proceed lo France to present the Congression al medal of honor to the unknown soldier of that republic. J CUSTOMS GUARDS MAYBE INVOLVED District Attorney Will In vestigate Connection With Drug Ship. New York, Sept. 10. Investigation of the suicide of Frank J. Fitzpatrick, chief narcotic agent of the internal revenue department for New York, fol lowing a spectacular drug and whiskey raid j-estreday on the Greek steamship King Alexander, was begun today by Colonel O. G. Forrer, executive as sistant to the chief of the narcotic division. Fitzpatrick, one of the leaders of the raid, shot himself twice through the heart shortly after the raiders had fought , a battle in which five men were wounded, and had seized drugs and whiskey valued variously at from 3200,000 to $1,000,000. His associates could explain the suicide only by saying that Fitzpatrick had, been in ill-health for some time, and that he might have become tempo rarily deranged by excitement induced by the thrilling encounter with mem bers of the King Alexander's crew. Sebas Mentins, fourth offifficer of the ship, said to be the treasurer of the drug smugglers, who disappeared dur ing the fight, surrendered today. Twenty-six members of the King Alexander's crew were being held by Federal authorities today in connec tion with the .smuggling plot. The entire crew of more than 300 was arrested, but all save the 26 were re leased after examination. -Wallace E. J. Callins, United States attorney for Brooklyn, promised addi tional arrests today, indicating that some members of the United States customs service might be held. . Information that some customs em ployes were allied with the smugglers had reached the revenue men, he said, and caused them to stage the raid secretly for fear the smugglers would be "tipped off." The secret was kept so well that a police launch, which observed the raiders, took them to be smugglers themselves and according to the revenue men opened fire on them before they could establish their identity. STOCK MARKET VERY ACTIVE, WITH GAJNS New York, "Sept. 10. The most ac tive week-end session' of the year was witnessed on the stock exchange today when i'urther substantial additions to recent gains were made. Dealings in the first hour exceeded 300,000 shares and this pace was main tained to the buoyant close. Short, in terests were severely punished in the upward movement which ranged from 2 to 5 points. Features of the advance, in which public participation was indicated, in cluded oils, steels, equipments, mottor;?, coppers and leathers. Mexican oils were the features on the satisfactory outcome of the conference between American oil interests and the Mexi can government. Mexican Petroleum showed a gain of more than 5 points in the second hour and affiliated shares, notably Pan-American Petroleums, rose 2 to 3 points. IRISH PRISONERS DIG OUT OF CAMP Dublin, Sept. 10. (By the Associated Press) A tunnel requiring many weeks to construct was employed Thursday night in effecting the escape of some 50 interned Sinn Feiners from the Cur ragh internment camp in County Kil dare, where about 1,500 prisoners were under guard. The camp is sur rounded by several rows of barbed wire entanglements and is heavily guarded by soldiers. The prisoners built the tunnel under the barbed wire, using some of the flooring of their huts for props. The most difficult part was to elude the guard. This was done by creating a diversion Thursday even ing. Numerous prisoners gave sonsv; and recitations which received great applause both from other interned men and, it is said, from the guards. While this was proceeding between 40 and 50 men passed through the tunnel and have not been seen since. EXPLOSION ON SUB KILLS THREE PERSONS Liverpool, Sept- 10 (By The Associat ed Press). A tremendous explosion on the former German submarine Deutsch land at Birkenhead, across the Mer zey from Liverpool, killed three men and injured three others today. It is posible that many others perished. The submarine was being dismantled at the time of the explosion, which oc curred in the engine room from an un known cause. The Deutschland was one of the submarines surrendered by the Germans under the terms of the peace treaty. I neace treaty. I i l I , J HEAD NEW BUREAU Or AERONAUTICS Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett (above) and Capt. Henry C M us tin. These men head the new bureau of naval aeronautics which was authorized by the naval appropria tion act of July 12, 1921. Rear Ad miral Moffett is chief of the bureau and Capt. Muslin assistant chief. UNDERWOOD ONE OF DELEGATES Full Delegation is Hughes, Root, Lodge and the Ala bama Senator. Washington, Sept. 10. The Ameri can delegates to the conference on limitation of armament as announced by President Harding will be Secretary of State Hughes, Elihu Root of New York, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator Underwood of Alabama. Announcement of the complete dele gation was made yesterday and at the same time it was said the other powers had agreed likewise to restrict their delegates to four in number. This will not affect the advisory bodies, it was explained, the. American govern ment planning, to. utilize the services of 12 or 15 as specialists on naval. army, economic and other subjects and to include in this body representatives of the women of America', of labor, of the American interests. The general conference will be at tended by the four delegates from each of the five allied and associated powers, the advisory bodies not sitting with them. The delegation from Cnma, which wTas invited especially because of the proposed discussion of Far Eastern problems, will sit with the general Cnoference only when sucn problems are under discussion. Simi larly representatives of Belgium, Hoi land, and other nations will enter the conference only when their Far Eastern problems are affected. COTTON MAKES BIG JUMP ON HEAVY RAINS New Yrork, Sept. 10. Reports of tor rential rains in sotnh Texas, intensify ing the fear of a'lw grade as well as a short cotton crop, were followed by active buying and further short recov eries in the market here this morn ing. First prices were 22 to 65 points hie:her. and before the end of the urst hour active months sold some $4 to $5 per bale above last night's closing quotation. Near months were relatively firm again with October advancing to 20.65 or 25 points' above the low pric ? touch ed on Thursday's reaction and within 85 points of the recent high record. RAINS AND COOLER. Washington, Sept. 10. Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Mon dav are: South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Unsettled and occasional rains with temperature near or below normal. Disturbance over Caribbean Sea mov ing west-northwestward. SETTLE! Charlotte and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; litle change in temperature. Gentle winds, mostly northern. Washington, Sept,. 10. North Caro lina andlSouth Carolina, partly cloudy tonight and emnaay. 4 1 1 I I "" -,i President Has Given Up Idea Of An Association Of Nations HARDINGS OFF FOR VACATION Will Go to Atlantic City, Then for Cruise on the Mayflower. Washington, Sept. 10. President Harding arranged today to spend the week-end at Atlantic City, leaving Washington shortly after noon by auto mobile for the coast resort. Two or three days will be spent by the President at Atlantic City, which he was unable to visit last week because the presidential yacht Mayflower was pre vented by a storm from docking. After his visit at Atlantic City, the President plans to pick up the Mayflow er somewhere along the coast and cruise for a few more days, returning to Washington the later part of next week. Guests-Invited by the President and Mrs. Harding for the Atlantic City week-end included the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover, the Under Secretary of State and Mrs. Fletcher. and George Van Fleet, publisher of the President's newspaper at Marion, O., and Mrs., Van Fleet. The automobile trip to Atlantic City was decided upon, it was said, to make sure of reaching Atlantic City and also because Mrs. Harding is not regarded as a "good sailor" in heavy seas. No stops on the motor trip to Atlantic City were planned. NEBRASKA TOWN IS WRECKED BY STORM Omaha, Neb., Sept. 10. A tornado struck near Avoca, near here, last night, according to information receiv ed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company from its telegraph operator at Weeping Water. The report gave no details, but a dispatch from a newspaper correspondent at Weeping Water said "the report is many build ings were wrecked at Avoca, six miles south." Telegraph and telephone lines to Avoca were out as they were in other sections of the State, following violent windstorms, accompanied by hail and rain. CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS ORGA.NIZE e Teguciagalpa, Honduras, Sept. 10. (By the Associated Press) The consti tution of the Federation of Central American Republics was signed here today. One of the features of the sim ple but impressive ceremonies was the planting of a memorial tree. The flag of the Federation, symboliz ing the resurrection of the republic of Central America, will be raised here en September 21, the 100th anniversary of the independence of Central America from Mexico. Allegiance to the em blem will be sworn at that time. LOCAL FISHERMEN TO GO TO WACCAMAW Waccamaw Lake, said to be the most picturesque body of water in eastern North Carolina, will be the camping ground of a group of Charlotte fisher men and sportsmen for several days. They will leave Monday morning and will spend a week or ten days at the lake. In the party will be W. S. Stan cill, commissioner of public works for Charlotte; Chief of Police Walter B. Orr Lee Kinnev, real estate man; Form er Sheriff N. W. Wallace; D. M. Aber nathy, former commissioner of public works; Joe Cochran, former superinten dent of Mecklenburg county schools; N C. Neeson, of Greenville, S. C; Earl Whitton, Frank Harlan and E. L. Kees ler. Chief Orr and a party of Charlotte men have been at the lake for some days and the chief will remain to be with the party mentioned above for sev eral days. Lake Waccamaw has become popular with Charlotte sportsmen during the past several years because of the ex ceptionally good fishing there and the picturesque country surrbundin it. It is in Columbus county and is the larg est fresh water body in the State except ing Lake Mattamuskeet. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. Salisbury, Sept. 10. Announcement is made of the engagement of Samuel Garland, of Carlisle. Pa., and Miss Lucie "Russell, of Salisbury, the wed ding to take place during September. Mr. Garland has been making his home bo fnr some time. Miss Russell is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rus sell. PULASKI BANK ROBBED. Pulaski, Va., Sept. 10 Bonds valued at $10,000 and an undetermined amount of cash were stolen last night when robbers blew open the vault ot the Bank of Draper, situated in the little town of Draper, four miles from here. Everything of value in the bank was taken, reports said. POWER BOAT BLOWS UP. Lakeside, O., Sept. 10. The power boat Alton blew up in Lake Erie one a"nd one quarter miles north of Lake side with 20 men on board at 8:30 this morning. Four of the men were, se verely burned, but all were rescued af ter being thrown into the lake. . ROBERT YOUNG KILLED. Greensboro, Sept. 10. Robert Young, of Virgilina, Va., was instantly killed hear here today when the traction en gine he was driving on the Alamance road came into contact with a high power electric wire. Has No Plan for Carrying Out Promise Made Dur ing the Campaign. By DAVID LAWRENCE Staff. Correspondent of The Xevrs. Copyright, 1921, by JVevrs Publishing Co. Washington, Sept. 10 President Harding has abandoned any Idea of forming an association of nations as a substitute for the present League cf Nations. The President makes it clear to those who have made inquiries on the sub ject that the United States will asso ciate with other nations in interna tional enterprises and the discussion of ways and means of preserving peace but as for a formal body parallel to the Geneva League, no such organ ization is contemplated. This news may come as a surprise to those who have been thinking either in terms of a rival organization to the Geneva League or as an association of nations in which formal membership would be required. But the President has evolved the theory that in order to be perfectly free at all times, to ap prove- or disapprove, to agree or dis agree with anything that may be pro posed by other nations, the United States cannot bind itself in any hard and fast organization. Mr. Harding makes a point of just how the prepositions ai used in speak ing of an association "of" nations or an association "with" nations. He be lieves the coming conference on arm ament is an association with other na tions and therefore satisfies to an ex tent anyway his campaign pledge. It will be recalled that the whole contro versy ranged around the two little words "the" and "a." Mr. Harding said he would never join "the" League of Nations. Men like former Presi dent Taft and other pro-league Republi cans were not discouraged but insisted that, eventually Mr. Harding would find that in endeavoring to form "a" Leagve of Nations he would have to bring the United States into the existing league. LATEST DEVELOP3D3NT. The President in his messages to Con gress has turned his back on the pres ent league. The latest development, however, is his determination to turn away from air sorts of permanent bodies with hard and fast rules anl play a role of informal conference with other powers on vital matters without committing America to any agreements unless they are ratified by the Senate. He would not stand aloof but would as sociate with other powers in endeavor ing to settle world problems each cage standing on its own bottom. Mr. Harding shows a tendency to side with that school of thought which has always maintained that protocols and international agreements of all sorts which have hitherto been made by the executive branch of the gov ernment, often committing the United States by diplomatic notes to a policy that might mean war, ought to be ra--ified by the Senate. Feeling that way, of course, the United States could nev er, in Mr. Harding's opinion, enter in to any international organization with out constantly having matters referred to Washington for decision in consulta tion with the Senate. To those who believe that Mr. Hard ing in his campaign promised "an" association of nations similar in general scope, though not in rules, to the Wil son league, the answer is made that the President's policy as it is being evolved gradually is in absolute accord with the plank in the Republican na tional platform of 1920. The platform plank reads in part as follows: "The Republican party stands or agreement among the nations to pre serve the peace of the world. We be lieve that such an international asso ciation must be based upon interna tional justice and must provide meth ods which shall maintain the rule of public right by the development of law and the decision of impartial courts and which shall secure instant and g?n eral international conference when ever peace shall be threatened by po litical action so that the nations pledged to do and insist upon what is just and fair may exercise their in fluence and power for the prevention of war. "We believe that all this can be done without the compromise of national in dependence, without depriving the peo ple of the United States in advance of the right to determine for them selves what is just and fair when the occasion arises and without involving them as participants, and not as peace makers in a multitude of quarrels i.h-3 merits of which they are unable to judge " The foregoing platform plank is be ing interpreted by Mr. Harding to mean that as long as the United States tenders its good offices in any threat ening situation and confers from time to time with other powers whenever a grave crisis in world affairs arisas, America will be confirming to Repub lican party policy. This was the view of Senator Knox, when he proposed hi 3 famous paragraph five to the original resolution declaring peace with Ger many. The paragraph was withdrawn so as not to provoke an extraneous discussion about future policy but th.; idea is firmly in Mr. Harding's mind. So also is the plan to revive the Hague Tribunal as a means of calling na tions into conference periodically for discussion of international problems. Of one thing the world may be cer tain there is to be no formal thing to be known as the Harding association of nations. The resident believes in oc casional conference and constant ass elation with other powers for the good of the world. That's as far as be wishes t go at present irrespective of whether the Geneva league lives or dies. WATER TO DEPTH 15 FEET IN SOFCm Public Utilities and Manyi Business Houses Forced ' to Close Down. WIRES ARE ALL DOWK. Mexican District of the City Supposed to Have Suffer 'ed the Worst. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 10. Seven- teen bodies, mostly those of women! and children, were in the morgue at! noon. Estimates of the probable loss of life continue to be large, the police still placing the number at 500. Th-3 property loss is certain to be many millions. As the waters recede organ ized bands of workers are searchinsr the ruined houses. The city has not been placed under martial law but the military forces at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis are co-operating in relief and policing wiiu me cuy ana county omcers. A survey is being made of the dam age done and a meeting of military of ficials and city and county heads and the Chamber of Commerce is to be held at 11 o'clock at which relief plans wHl be put into operation. Two thousanJ people are homeless. The weather is partly cloudy and the weather bureau said more showers could be expected during the day but not heavy enough to cause further flooding. The waters in the rivers and creeks are receding rapidly and rescue work is proceeding with " greater dis. patch. A temporary morgue has been estab lished at the central fire and police sta tion to which the soldiers and police have been directed to bring all bodies for identification. Soldiers and police are patrolling the downtown districts to prevent looting in the stores, a portion of the district being declared closed to all traffic ex cept that absolutely necessary in res cue work and salvaging. With the army and Red Cross re sources it is probable that the relief work can be handled without outside help but this will be decided at a meet ing called for 11 o'clock, A relief fund subscription has been opened in thj city and generous contributions have already come in. San Antonio, Texas., Sept. 10. Six are known to be dead and property; in the central portion of the city! has been damaged to the extent of several million dollars by a flood which swept through San Antonio last night. Estimates of the loss of life andl property are difficult early this morning.l Troops from Fort Sam Houston arei patrolling the city and aiding in rescue work. The water supply is cut. off as is the electric light and telephone power. Estimate of the loss of life reaches as high as 500 by police and fire from the San Antonio river, which winds through the city, and from its tributary, the Olmos creek, flooded the business section of the city for many blocks to a depth of from 10 to 15 feet. The San Pedro creek on the west side of the city which runs through the Mexican district, overflowed and joined the waters from the river and swept through the southern part of the city. Water stood 15 feet deep in the lobby of the Gunter hotel, which is a block from the river. The flood reach ed the Alamo plaza on the east, which is five blocks from the river. The power house will be ' out of commission for at least two or three days. There is partial telephone serv ice. Water service will be cut off for at least 24 hours. Street car service is cut off indefinitely. RIVER STREWN WITH WRECKAGE Both banks of the San Antonio river are strewn with the wreckage of houses. A number of automobiles were swept away. Throughout the night the east and west sides of the city were cut off from each other and it was only at daylight that the waters had receded sufficiently to permit crossing by one bridge in the northern part. Newspapers were flooded, but the San Antonio Light succeeded in issu ing an extra on a hand press at 6 a. m. Alarming reports of loss of . life in the valiey of the San Antonio river south of the city are coming in but The Light is unable to confirm them. It is believed that the grreatest loss of life occurred in the Mexican dis trict. Residents in that sector were unable to get out though aided throughout the night by firemen and police and troops from Fort Sam I-iouston. At 8 a. m. Phil Wright, commissioner of fire and police, stated he believed the Loss of life to be "very high." He' could give no definite figures. He had just completed a tour of the flooded district. Only six bodies have been recovered so far. HEAVY RAINFALL. An unprecedented rainfall which tte gan at midnight Wednesday and con tinued throughout Friday and Friday night caused the flood. At least eight inches of rain fell during this period. Early last night there was a heavy rainfall in the valley of the Olmos creek north of the city. Water from the creek rushed into the San Antonio river and joined the surface water which was pouring into the river from the heavy rain throughout the day in the city proper. The river went out of its banks within a few days. The water and electric light plans are lo cated along the banks of the river, (Continued on Pare Nine.) OF STREE
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