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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
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Brooklyn May 15.-Brooklyn took hard fought game from St. Louis today. G. Both teams bat- ted heavily. the visitors throwing away many runs by running wild the bases. St. Louis started off in the lead, When with two out. Mowrey singled and scored ipn Konetchy's home run Wheat opened Rroodyns second inning with scratch hit Dau- bert doubled and Smith tr1nled tieng the That tho end os- Steele. Peritt succeeded him. and MiIer's out scored Smith With one base in
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE srAN0sMa.
Pirates Win from Giants

New York. May I5.-Pittsburg. with Wagner star ring at the bat ard in the field first game Of the series from New York today by a ot to Q Demaree knocked out Of the box in two innings the visitors scoring runs on three passes singles double and triple aided by two errors by Murray and by Meyers. Wiltse also was hit hard. Robinson pitched fine game for Pittsiyur--. an by Mensor permitting New York to score it's in the first inning Wag ner feided su1erbIy and two singles and home run i,, fire times up. Score:
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
MONEY-

New York, May 15.AMoney on cali, steady at ? S-4@3 per cent; ruling rate 7-S; last loan 7-8; closing bid 3-4: offered at 2 7-S Time loans steady; 50 days 3 9-4 per cent; 90 days 4; six months 1-2.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16

oyer the right field fence the first time this has been done in ehamyiensiio at the Bb hetts field St. Louis cut down the lead to two later and althepah several times within Of ttene the score BFeskisn each time came back in it's half with Gffsthef tally te keep the margin.
 Ituckef called 10 Ha=en's in the eighth, and Saiiee lfieyed Pe4ts the inning. Smith made fear hits H t. r6N wsIie Hugglns get four nut Of hFe times tis. GHtsbaW aaa Fighef aeadSd bril- r111
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
Cardinals Want Games.

The Cardinal baseball club of Bridge port would like to arrange games with teams in Norwich 1920 years old for Decoration day, May 30; Saturday, May B. and Sunday, June 1, to be
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
bCt It
 Cincinnati

Score by innings:
 1ooston ...-...rI U c ' l U U Cincinnati .. ......1 2 Q 0-11
 Two base hits. Deylin. Bec=er Grant three base hits Connolly, Mann. Bates; hornerun, Connolly
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16

%Batted fe= Detfs4ee in 2d.
 *~Batted toF Wi.tse ia Eth.
 Score By ianipgs Pttsburg . ,....t.,.,,z 6 Il c Q 6 o-7 New York ,.,,...,,,.,.2 c 0 0 0-2 Two base hit Carey; three base hit. Miller home run, Wagner
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16

played in Norwich Suitable guaran- tee required Address M J. Bowling, 1e4 Park avenue, Bridgeport, Ct.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
LEAGUE STANDING.
New England League.

Al Lynn-Lynn 1. New Bedford 3. At Lowell-Lawrence 8. Lowell s. At Brockton-Brockton s. Fall River g.
 College Games. At Boston-Seton Hall '. Boston College l. At Medfords Mass.-Tufts 3, Syracuse l.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
International League,

International League. At Toronto-roronto-B B aI:imore, no game-wet grounds Al Rochester-Newark ?. Rochester Q. At Euffalo-PIoEidencs B. Buffalo ,. Montreal-Jersey City not scheduled,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
Rastnn

FBatttd fpr Weilnran fr ad
 4#Batted for Crossln i- 9tfr
 zf5G5tod fer Adams ii S-.r
 suo1o Is i9,.iaes- J:ostoh .::... :.....-e 1 g9e 5-15 St Louis .............0 Q [ 0- Two bacs hits Lewis Brief5 three base hits Wag- rcp. Hooper home ftrns s-oeaker. Yerkes.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
sprinpAeId.
TotalA 90 10 a7 IS ];

keoFe sy innlngs-
 New London ..-.....O 3 0 0 R-5 Springfield -.-.-..0 Q 0 O-2
 Two base hits. Mcintyre. swander; home run, Feyes sacrifice hits 0Hara. Waite. Briggs. Cater sln ssnen bases. Nealen g. Young. Cstterson: double plays, Johnson te Mcintyre, FIaherty to Pratt to OHara left bases. New London 4 SpringAed 8; first base balS. of RadaoouGh l. of Bannister T. first base errvr Sprngiet l ; struck out, by Rsdabeagh 2, by Rannistpr 2 passed ball. Flsherty; time. ]. .35s umpire. Ascp Srtlia,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
He SCefe
 st ksnis.
BreekirU.
Totals. 56 1A s4 IA 0i ARnttn.f for NEI,acrn l., Gth

sBatted fer WlnGO iG sth.
 Score by inninEs- St Louis ...,..2 0 1 OI l NS Brooklyn ....., .......O 3 0 l "-s
 Two base hit Daubertj three base hit Smith; home runs Kenetchy. Wheat Daubert
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
s.s.s fios2stas vs. F0zs A.sr.aass,

Eazager NcksEa4F Of tlaa StaEe Hos pitaI tas arranged a game witl the s-ro4-- oTt H right team foG Saturday aiIcEvuea d, the hospital, and the ---lie promises 70 be al Interesting -- lAs.f ~.seaers i7zE- W9E seVe}I sil----rt -fHe= Tflss ~e@@aQ s} rom 4hr-t ttnora tuct IsifS- bt a l91+llsia- u.e a-uE -E- yezr Fo. N rials He- --t-e tnC -so-Eifal Du- th= fSre-.A ss Grs -aCa bpAs a-l .lf 5o tulll the tasJaeS -lss nir- The s-a- Hospital D2dSs4,y. -4usSln ana CA-.Se, VIII bs on duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
PitssfieId 5, Waterbury 4.

Pitts49esd, Mass, May 15,-Pittsfield won itg fyst game of the season from Waterbury this afternoon, the score being , to 4 Heavy hitting was re- spesBiB1e for the Eleetrics winning, Both Reiger and Lower were forced to oHit befere the game was over. Sew- esal sz7aDpy aeviele plays marked the contest. Collins s59l7 ke2e }n tl2e e5sA<s, SseeTe;
 R. H. E. l7sttsz4eld .........e 1ee2o -5 Waterbury ......0 Q l Q 6 I 6 Q 2-4 Batteries, Refger, Mason and B55dgez, Lower, Bt3azTaf4fan and Brady.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
Philadelphia.

Cleveland 0' .',.--- -s......1 l soo -2 Philadelphia 70 2 0 co
 Two base hits Olson McInnis.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16

oped to give tle locals 3 harder fight ia the re- mining -alnes ns i,.a saadss: Saa-s.

Totals s4 T24 l7 3
 +Bstted for Stump fa 7th.
 **satted Schulz 7th.
 Score by innings: New York .>,,.e.......9 c 8 q 1-2 Chicago ,.,.., ,.,..>. Q Q 2 0 *-3 Two base hit Badkig} three base hit Chance,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16

Manager Fred Clark oS Pitts!ol2rg r.slrbles- T believe the Gme for the break has come. Ne haNe the baII club anl ana aa 8 loss 10 understand what has -ones before However, ] ana more interested in the future than in the p&Sx-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-16
Philadelphia.
BASEBALL RESULTS THURSDAY.

Two base hits. Zimmerman. Paskert Knabe Mage Walsh: three base hit, Safer; home nIn. zinmerma
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
Where All Are Honest.

No police are needed In the most
honest village of Europe-that of Dee
enacker, near Ingolstadt, Bavaria. In
the last hundred years not a single
case of theft has been recorded either
in the village or in the immediate
neighborhood. But, what is still more
remarkable, it has done it's best to
conceal its record from the general
public. and it is only by accident that
the fact has become known. The vii
lage has been attempting some time
past to persuade the Bavarian author
tiles that it stands in no need of a
night Waterman. AS it is an isolated
village of only $50 inhabitants, 1t is
impossible to give 1t the benefit of
the rural police force, and-as in all
such cases under Bavarian admins
tration-it is compelled to satisfy the
authorities with an amateur night
watch. At present there are twenty
young men on the roll for this serv-
ice, and they take it in turns year in
and year out. Laterly, however, some
of the younger ones have found the
duty rather irksome and have been
asking whether II is necessary The
village discussed the matter from
house to house, and the decision was
abs 0lutely unanimous-the night
watch was absolutely unneeded.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
our Smallest Island Posaesslon.

To our banker friends in Philadel
phia and the east-those who live on
the mainland. as well as those who
inhabit the smallest of our island pos
sessions, Manhattan-the news will
come as a shock that the Illinois
Bankers association has so far de
parted from conventional standards as
TO throw on the junk heap the verbose
and vacuous variety of resolutions
customarily adopted by such organiza
lions. and In their place has fathered
new sort, the heart Of which is con
tanned in this quotation:
"We have lost sight OF the great
est of all assets. the preservation and
conservation of the soil itself; and
the millions OF boys and girls who are
now on or are all too rapidly drift.
ing away from the farm because SO
little intelligent efforts has been made
TO bring II and them into their right.
full heritage "-Philadelphia North
American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
oIassmakInq Revolution.

Based upon recent discoveries con
nected with the application OF new
chemical formulas. Prof. Alexander
Silverman. head Of the chemical de
partment OF the University OF Pitts
burgh. announced that developments
in the glass industry In the future
will be as revolutionary as those in
the manufacture of steel In the past.
Il believe that the chemist will
completely reyolutionize the manufac-
ture OF glass within the next 20 or rs
years" Professor silverman said.
"and that effects will be produced
which have never been dreamed OF
AZ the same time, the cost will be
reduced In many cases, and product,
which al present are wasted will b,
utilized
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
New Form of Music.

He was a fellow of delicate organ
SIN. When he heard a sound which ir.
'itated him he leaped madly to his feet
md rush from the room, or, If 1t
happened to be on the ground floor.
lived through window and landed in
he flower garden.
Having been invited from the city to
he country, he found himself sur-
'ounded every day by a family who
ad not the faintest elemental ideas OF
low to eat soup. He stood it two
lays, his jangling nerves urging him
very moment to rebellion. Finally
he oldest daughter of the house con-
ded to him her objection to her IA
hers habit of eating soup in a loud
hammer.
The nervous visitor, who thought
he father didn't have much on the
aughter in this respect, exclaimed:
Loud eating of soup! He doesn't
at it. He whistles Unpopular Mag
zine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23

EnaIIshman Has Gone Deeply Into
the Subject, and His Opinions Are
Worth Consideration.


Fifty small boys and girls. every
one Of them with red hair. who be
long to the village OF Burbage. a mile
from Nueneatan, are feeling ire
mendously important. They used tc
be sorry about their hair; now II is
just the other way round. II is a
fine thing to be carrots" In Burbage
Major Hurst, the scientist, is re.
sponsible for this. The explanation is
that Major Hurst has been making an
exhaustive inquiry into the theory
and practice OF red-headedness. and
has invited the British association
when Il meets at Birmingham this
month to visit Burbage and examine
the material upon which he has based
his conclusions. The 80 red-haired
children, combed and brushed and In
their best bibs and fuckers, are to sit
in row while the savants compare
the tints of their cranial coverings
and listen to the genealogical details
supplied by the learned major.
Truly a great day for the house Of
Rufusl II has waited for II since the
world began. and the first boy said;
"Yahl Carrotsi"
"All mankind" Major Hurst said,
may be divided into those who are
red-haired and those who are not red
haired. 1t is a fundamental differ
ence.
That is What the red-haireJ chill
dren of Burnage are saying. and they
have no doubt on which side the ad-
vantage lies. AS a matter of fact
there are about as many red-halrcd
people in this village as in any other
of equal population, but the differ.
ence is that Burbage Rufuses have
come into their own and the others
have not
"At some spots they are quito thick
on the ground. found one family
of twelve children, in which six we're
Enthusiastically red, although both par
ents were dark"
In almost every case of red
haired child Major Hurst has sue
ceeded in discovering a red-haired
ancestor, and he thinks that practic-
ally the whole of the red-haired popu-
lation springs from a single red-haired
man far back in the past.
Here are a few of his conclusions:
In order for red to appear it must
be In the ancestry on both sides.
A red father and a dark mother, or
vice versa, hardly ever had a red
child.
Two reds always have red Off
spring. But it is exceedingly rare to,
find two reds marry, as they seem
to have a mutual antipathy.
1t is a popular fallacy that red
haired people have any distinctive
temperament.-London News and
Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
COULDN'T SPELL II HIMSELF
Amusing story Related BY Secretary
TumuIty Of Former Member Of
Board Of Education.

Joseph p Tumulty. secretary Il
President Wilson. tells OF a former
member Of the Jersey City board OF
education who. upon a visit TO one
OF the schools took reader from the
teachers hand and addressed the
nearest little girl
My dear. can you spell 'eggpit'?'
he said.
The little girl didn't recognize the
word but was willing to take a
chance. SO she said:
Egypt"
"Erroneous-can anybody else spell
IT." the iEquisitor asked. looking over
The room.
Other children tried. Some spelled
Il with one G. others with two is.
win wong The member Of the board
had his big finger on the word. and
knew. He turned to the teacher.
"Of course, ma am. you know how
70 spell it?"
The teacher blushed and confessed
that while she was not familiar with
the word, she would expect it to be
spelled as 1t sounded-"e-gg-p-i-t"
Not familiar with it," roared the
guardian of the public instruction.
Not familiar with tits right here
in the book"
The teacher looked and saw the
word-EGYPT.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
New Name for Runaalow.

A carpenter contractor had been fig
ring on a small house for a prosper.
us European-American workman in
n outlying district.
Come up to my Office" he said to
he prospective patron. land we will
ook over some plans in book have"
The young man came to the Office
nd spent some time looking over the
lans with the contractor. who finally
inquired:
Have you thought anything about
he kind OF place you wish to build !
What do you think about nice cot
'age?"
Il do know" replied the young man
out | think maybe we lika have nice
1unghole. "-Youngstown Telegram.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
Her Idea of Shakesneare.

Old Nanny Lie was busting the
'outhern woman's drawing-room. She
anne to a small bronze bust of Shake
peare and began carefully going over
lin with her rag.
Miss Juliet, chile. who am dis yere
semmum?"
That is Shakespeare, Lie. a won
ierful poet. who died years ago"
Dat him, miss? Lor', Use done
lyear O. Mistah Shakespeare a lot OBJ
ines. Everybody seems to know
i'm. Deed / done hyear so much bout
lim dat l allus thought he was .
White gemmum."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
Why He Llnqered.

We'll. why are you lettering along
~ere at this hour OF the morning."
asked a policeman of a wilted lookinR
.rson who was clinging to a lamp
POST
It's thish way. offisher." answered
he valiant one. "'Taln't that I'm
laid 10 go home in the dark I'm
raid Of my wife when she turns on
he light"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
q All
F,Ae Card No. l36

Effective Sunday. Jan 5, 1913.
GRAINS GOING SOUTH.
NJ. SC. 4 N D. Lin. l1:66 D .
No. 6t-St. l.. Express 5:S5 .. /,
No. 80 Dixie Limited. lO:4l D. m.
No. 70 Dixie Flyer, 9:0l a. 10
No. .5-HOpkinsville Ac. 1908 a.
No. iS st. L. Fast Mail Sag a. n
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & st. L. Linn, 5:25 a. IL
No. pS-St. Louis express. g:62,a. M.
No. 9S-Dixie Limited. 7:OS.a. m.
No. '4.-Dixie Flyer. 6:5S D.
No ST. -Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 .. q
M. t%--St, l.. Fast Mali, Ia p.n
'os. So end "a will make Nos. 81
ard DIS stops except "a will not sto.
at Warrington and No. 50 viii
not stop at Mannington or Empir
SOs and 81 connect at St. Louis for
ANTS west.
~. 81 connects at Guthrie for lnemphis and
sints As far south as Erin and for Louisvin.
aeinnAti and the EAST.
Nos. 6Siand IS make direct connections M C,u,A.
he for Louisville. Cincinnati and all polnta nortl
and east thereof. NOS. So and IS also connect 10,
snmDhis and way points.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
Quick Responss.

In the emergency class the othe:
day, asked Maggie Smith II she was
good az a pinch"
We'll, how did she answer"
she pinched me-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
A Fine Atlas

This one is Ju,t off the presses. This
asst been completed, this atlas contains
M official figures. 12S pages of 3 color
maps brought right down todate-every
mo giving the results of the most recent
surveys All railroads are shown and
nsmed and maps of all large cities are
Included. There are 21 double page maps
slowing in detail portions Of the U. s.
and Canada. Dimensions l01s x131.
Bound in stiff linen-Silver Leaf Title
Vrinted on heavy plate paper. Sells
sezlslarly for $500. A splendid gift.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
I" Kenfuckian"
Technical World Magazine

but which
for
and be 1t
n ndh
ns1ys
eisntan
nafmn lately tn elnttwo yearsb numb
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23
tila faIthful lielnmat.

What's thai y sayi Yer
stopped takin' In washin'7
Wife Certainly I ave. struck In
sympathy with you and yer mates.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23

Eyes, De Blood has been riding a
horse a great deal lately for the pur-
pose of reducing flesh"
THAT so? Has it reduced his weight
much?"
mo. But you ought to see the
horse"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-10-23

We are prepared TO do all kinds o.
high grade job printing. Trv as.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
IN DEADLOCK
WITH JAPANESE
Resources of Diplomacy Ex-
hauSted on Alien Land Law.
TOXIC NOTES NOT ANSWERED
island Empire Maintains Treaty Rights
Are Invaded; the United
State Asserts the
Contrary.

Washington. - The channels Of
diplomatic correspondence between
Japan and the United States over the
California Alien Land law have been
exhausted, without results, and any
action looking to an adjustment of the
tangle must come from new move
by one power or the other.
The correspondence was exhaustive
and the last note presented by Japan
many weeks ago remain unanswered
at the State Department, for the rea-
son, it is said, that, despite the numer-
Gus exchanges, the controversy re-
manned exactly where it was at the
start.
1t is understood that Japan through
out maintained that its treaty rights
were invaded by the law. while the
United States has persistently asserted
the contrary.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
WEALTHY MANS SON LAB0RS
Takes Place in Factory at Bottom Of
Ladder to Learn the
Business.

New York-Augustus Cordier, Jr.,
twenty-three-year-old son of the late
Augustus Cordier, who was president
of the Lalance & Crosjean Agate Ware
factory in Wood Haven, L. l., and was
a son-in-law of Florian Grosjean, who
founded the company, is workman in
the factory.
When the youths father died he left
his extensive interests to his widow,
who is worth several millions. Each
morning he arises early and goes to
work in the factory to learn the busi-
ness, with an idea of some day sue.
ceeding his father in it's management.
He is studying the work of every de-
partment and dons overalls and works
as hard as any of the other employees.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
SHE WOULDN'T PAY HER FINE
Pretty Motorcyclist Gets Novel Sen
tence and Dinner de
Luxe

New York.-Miss Lillian Roberts
seventeen, of Flatbush, was before
Magistrate Geismar in the Flatbush
court, charged with driving her mo-
torcycle at 80 miles an hour.
When a fine of $25 was imposed
upon her Miss Roberts, suffragette,
stamped her little feet and declared
that she would not pay it. She was
given the alternative of a day in Jail.
She agreed to the latter, but the mag
istrate grew tender-hearted and de-
cided that she could spend the time
in the courtroom instead of going to
the Raymond Street Jail. Soon after
court closed a friend brought Miss
Roberts dinner de luxe, which was
eaten on one of the benches.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
CAN PUT PLANTS TO SLEEP
French Scientist Claims That They
Feel Pain-Makes Many Ex-
periments.

Paris.-Can flowers feel pain? This
is question to which French physi-
ologists are giving much attention at
the present time.
M. l.. Chassaigne believes that they
can, and do. His opinion is based on
mimosa plant, he exposed it to the
action of heat. The leaves writhed as
if in pain. A simple mechanical ef-
feet, say the skeptics; proof of SEN
sihility, says M. Chassaigne, since it
does not take place if the mimosa be
anesthetized.
If the vase containing the mimosa
is placed in a glass globe with piece
of cotton impregnated with cloroform
or any other volatile anesthetic for
half an hour, the foliage becomes
wilted and the plant has all the ap-
pearances of being in a deep sleep.
If 1t be now subjected to the ACTION Of
heat it remains unaffected.
NJ. Chassaigne has repeated the
same experiments with many different
kinds of plants, but always with the
same result. 1T is maintained" he
says, that plants do not suffer be-
cause they have no nerves.
Many psychologists hold that
nerves are but the extension of proto-
plasm, modified and adapted to fulfill
the required function. Hence the pro-
toplasm of plants can perfectly we'll
The citizen., 1913-12-12
LOVER FIFTY PERISH
IN TEXAS FLOODS
Scores of Others Reported in
Imminent Peril.
RAILROAD OFFICIAL VICTIM.
Property Loss Will Reach Four oT
Five Million DolIars-High Water
Blocks Lifesaving Crew and
Train Load OF Boats.

Bryan, Tex.-A death roll OF more
than so persons. with scores of flood
refugees in imminent peril, and pos
sibly a thousand others marooned and
suffering from prolonged hunger and
cold was indicated by the latest re-
ports from the flooded BraZos River
bottoms, in this section of South-Cen-
tral Texas. For over so miles the
Brazos was three to five miles wide
and running with millrace speed.
The known dead in Texas floods
numbered 33 before reports from the
inundated territory in this district be-
gan coming in. The late reports were
brought by men on horseback, and
indicated at least 20 more persons had
been drowned About two-thirds of
the dead were negroes.
The courier's reports indicated that
the property loss would total $4,000
600 or $5,000,000 when losses along
the Brazos are added to the already
heavy damage in other portions of the
State.
Henry Martin, vice-president and
general manager of the International
and Great Northern Railroad, was
drowned at Valley Junction. near here,
while attempting to rescue marooned
flood victims. Mr. Martin went to
Valley Junction, where the confluence
of the Little and Big Brazos Rivers
made swirling lake, six miles across,
% 1l,y y. rr,1i inS
forces, and was attempting to navi-
gate boat alone when the frail craft
was upset. His body had not been
recovered tonight.
Six members of the life-saving
crew stationed at Galveston and a
trainload of motorboats from Hous-
ton, which started for Bryan, were
stopped by high water at Navasota.
The boats were launched at that point
shortly before dark and started up
stream over the flooded bottoms to
rescue persons reported clinging to
trees, housetops or occasionally stand
ing in shallow water, cut off from
shore. Bryan had 20 boats out all
day, which brought to high ground
several hundred persons, the majority
terrified and half-clad negroes.
Prominent planters in the bottoms
have refused offers of rescue, sending
out their wives and children to Bryan,
but themselves remaining behind in
the water, tearing down portions of
their buildings to improvise platforms
for their stock. Anxiety is felt for
the safety of several planters.