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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
ONLY ONE LOSS OF LIFE
REPORTED FROM HOUSTON

Houston, Texas, Aug. 17.-(By mail
to Dallas, Aug. 18.)-Though only one
person, a negro, lost his life, Hous-
ton has sustained loss estimated at
from to million dollars in the
worst tropical storm in the history of
the Texas coast.
Not a single business house, not a
single residence escaped damage. At
4:30 this morning, when the storm
reached its height, the barometer fell
to 1921, said to be the third lowest
reading in the history of the world.
At that time wind puffs attained the
terrific velocity Of 80 miles.
Five thousand refugees from Gal
weston are in Houston, coming over
on special interurbans and trains dur
ing Monday afternoon after storm
warnings had been issued. It is
thought here that Galveston's sea-
wall and causeway acted as buffers
and prevented wholesale destruction
of human life. Notwithstanding
gravest fears are generally express
ed and Houston, in spite of its own
disaster, is bowed with apprehension
over the unknown fate of it's sister
city.
The storm here ragged without in
PERMISSION from 7:30 p. m. to 5 a. m.
The wind blew from all directions,
whipping from the south to the north
and from the east to the west. Two
furniture concerns alone have losses
amounting to s250,00G, due to broken
plate glass windows admitting to the
interior of their stores the seven
and one-half inch downpour, the
largest twenty-four hour rain in the
history of Houston.
The storm is believed to have struck
the mainland between Houston and
Galveston, possibly visiting its full
fury on Houston.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

here early today, estimates the storm
damage in that city at about $1,000,
600. No mention is made of loss of
life in Houston, but it stated six
persons were drowned at LaPorte, 20
miles southeast of Houston, on Trim
ity bay.
This is the first authentic report of
deaths on the Texas coast due to the
tropical storm to reach the outside
world.
The paper, which is the third edi-
ton, gives the wind velocity at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at 30 miles
and hour and diminishing. The fore
cast by the local weather bureau for
the ensuing twenty-four hours is
cloudy"
The Chronicle publishes no news
from Galveston, stating all means of
communication with that point had
been interrupted since early Monday
evening.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
HEAVY COTTON LOSS.

out and beaten into the ground by the
heavy rains.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

NCOnInued from rage One.)
, 4ovno tckcs away the last protection
kept the Russian field army, to the
main railway to Petrograd and puts
he Germans in position to threaten
the TANKS of the Russian armies re-
firing to the st-Litovsk line and
those operating in Southern Court
and.
Kovno fell before Tie German six
seen-inch guns, which never yet have
found Notifications they could not
subdue. The Germans announce they
captured four hundred cannon and a
vast quantity of wur material. At
virtually every other place the Ger
mans have taken little booty and few
prisoners indicating the Russians re-
treat orderly.
It was officially announced in Pet
rograd that the Russians are still
holding the Notifications at Jesia, two
and half miles from Kovno.
Europeans capitals expect early de-
vclopments in the Balkans.
Eleutherics VenizeIos, who is form
ing new Grecian cabinet, is reported
to hold the view that should Greece
not enter the war unless she is given
reason to hope for realization of her
ambition of becoming the predomin-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

emit nation in Southern Europe. Italy's
seizure of the islands in Aegean sea 20
which Greece aspired, may be the
stumbling block. The Serbian occu-
patton of part of Albania is reported
to have aroused Italy's ire, and caused
the diplomatic hint that Italy is send
ing sufficient troops there to control
the entire region.
The allies claim an advance of five
hundred yards on Gallipoli Peninsula.
Turkey however, declares all the allies
efforts were repulsed.
Beyond the French claim that they
have occupied the summit of Sender
mach, in the Vosges, there has been
no important development in the west.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
HTM0~%~
HEAIHERI

United States Department of Ag-
riculture, Weather Bureau, Charles
F. Marvin, Chief.
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Small. NE. Sc. sw. NV. Hurri-
Craft winds winds winds winds cane
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Germans Take an
Important Russian Point

CONTINUED From Page one.)
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termined has been in German hands
since last night.
"More than 400 cannon were taken.
The fortress was captured by storm
in spit of the tenacious resistance by
the Russians"
Military experts have agreed that
the loss of the fortress of Kovno
would be serious blow to the Rus
slams. The critic of the London Times
in an article published this morning
says:
If thu enemy succeeds in reducing
Kovno and thereby able to cross the
Niemen he will be in the rear Of the
Russian line north of the Sventa and
at the junction Of the two wings of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's army
the position of the Russian right flank
will be very difficult"
The official German statement of
yesterday announced the capture of
the forts on the southwest front of
Kovno, together with 4,500 prisoners
and 240 guns. This was interpreted
as foreshadowing the fail of the for
tress proper, but its accomplishment
so speedily was hardly expected. The
famous German General,von linden
burg, personally took command of the
army attacking Kovno.
Kovno, capital of the Russian prov
nee of that name, is on the right
bank of the Niemen. 1t is fortress
of the first class. The civilian popu-
lation of the city is more than $4,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

Sec. Up. R. Acres Amt.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

It is estimated that so per cent of
all the cotton in this section was open
and that from one-fourth to one-half
of the staple was lost
According to the Houston Post
special officers were sworn in there
yesterday and every one on the streets
after $50 at night was forced to
give good account of himself. A
relief committee which met in Hous-
ton yesterday decided to send boat
of supplies to Galveston.
At Kemah, on the coast, only one
house has been left standing, accord
ing to Frank Annelle, of Seabrook,
who escaped from the storm and
made his way to Houston. Practical
ly all the houses at Seabrook are re-
ported destroyed.
The Southeastern Telegraph and
Telephone Company loss at Houston
is estimated at 100000 Practically
every big establishment in Houston
reports damage.
The Houston Texas league baseball
park has been damaged beyond re-
pair and all baseball games will be
transferred from there, according to
the Post.
LOSSES AT HOUSTON.
Reports from Houston, brought by
trainmen late last night, told of two
or three persons killed, although other
reports declared there was no loss of
Isea HI -sA,,a4s1,. 114osraJ -, 4ba
matter of the probable damage at
Houston. Conflicting reports were re-
ported minor damage and that the
damage was estimated at $5,000,000.
All reports early today indicated
that the force Of the tropical storm
had been spent. Most places in the
storm district with which it was pos
sible to communicate reported a fall
ing of the wind and it is believed
recovery from the storm would be
speedy.
While no measures had been taken
] for relief because the extent of the
/ needs of the distress cities were not
known, the state officials announced
that they were prepared to take the
situation in hand and promptly ex.
tend help where required.
That thousands of residents in the
coastal plains country about Port
Lavaca, a hundred miles west of Gal
weston, are sufferers, was said in re
ports received here The district is
one of fruit and truck farms and the
character of the country is such al
to offer full sweep to the gale. L
was feared considerable loss of life
may have resulted.
Telegraph and telephone companie:
have had large forces at work re
pairing lines into the storm district anC
early today prompt resumption o.
service seemed probable. 1t was be
lieved also that train service woulc
be generally resumed.
! A long distance telephone message
received here early today from Eagle
Lake, Texas, sixty miles west o.
| Houston, said the hurricane had com
pletely subsidized there at IL o'clocl
last night. There had been some
property damage at Eagle Lake, bu
no loss of life reported in that i'm
mediate vicinity. All means of com
munication with Houston, it was said
still was interrupted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
GERMAN AIRsHIP BUSY

Petrograd, Aug, 18-Cvia London)
German aeroplanes are persistently
bombarding Nina about fifty miles
east of Kovno. The possibility of its
capture is foreseen in Petrograd, and
operations preliminary to its evacua-
ton are in progress.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19

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Pensacola, Fla, Aug, 18. 1915.

Pensacola, Fla, Aug, 1s. 1915.
Pensacola's Temperature Data.
Highest on record for August, 81
degrees.
Lowest on record for August, g.
degrees.
Day temperatures in August usual
ly rise to 81 degrees.
Night temperatures in August
usually fall to "a degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday, 80
degrees.
Lowest temperature yesterday, 81
degrees.
Pensacola's Rainfall Data.
Rain fall for "a hours ending 7
p. m. yesterday .04 inches.
Total rainfall this August p. m.
yesterday 3.36 inches.
Normal rainfall for the month of
August, 7.15 inches.
Excess this year to July 31st 2.84
inches.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
RUSSIANS LOSE
ANOTHER FORT
THE GERMANS
Fortress of Kovno, Tigether
With All Forts and War
Material, Taken.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Berlin, Aug, 1S.-(by wireless to
Sayville. 1.-The following announce
ment was made here officially today:
The fortress of Kovno, together
with all the forts anc an amount of
war material which has not been de-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
DAMAGE IN HOUSTON IS
ESTIMATED AT $1,OOO,OOO

San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18.-i
copy of the Houston Chronicle, issued
at $3.50 Tuesday afternoon, received
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
Texas Storm Damage
Placed at $50, 000, 900

CONTINUED From Page one)
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-15

a phaze of operations in Poland which had cost the Russians no less than lS0000 killed, wounded and prisoners, likewise about 2S0 pieces of artillery more than 400 machine guns and much wheel transportation The loss of the Germans in the operations against LOdz are estimated at 45,000
 killed, wounded and prisoners, 30 pieces of artillery and 65 machine guns.
 These figures do not include the losses of the Russians and Austro-
 Hungarians who opposed one another
 on the southern reaches of the east ern theater of war. The Austrians claim to have caused since November tirst the following Russian losses: 7S GOO men, killed, wounded and prig- oners, about so guns and double that number of machine guns. On the oth- CT hand the Austro-Hungarian losses have not been slight, and it is be- lieved that they are but little behind the Russian numbers.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-15
WHEN RUNDOWN, WEAK AND NERVOUS
What Should a Man Do? Suu- geStiOn of Ohio Druggist to One Such Man Saved His Life, So He Says.

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nave been easy to take these troops through Silesia, but that meant tray. cling over the two long sides of al acute angle. while a march in north westerly direction was no greater than the distance the troops would have to march after they had been de trained But to take that route was dangerous, as was amply proven on the following day.
 The division rushed to the relief of the yon Mackensen army had been facing southeast and to go northwest meant a complete face-about with the enemy il the rear. They were none too strong; moreover, and had been acting on the defensive on the line ChynOfDedkoW. The Russians with whom they were in contact were nu mericaHy superior and evidently in der instruction to await developments at the head of the Russian wedge.
 Orders to move on Lodz placed the German troops in a predicament. A evacuation of the position would cause the Russians to follow in pur suit and since the lack of contact with the Russian forces in and about Lodz might lead to most unpleasant surprises, the undertaking looked eN tremely risky. It was carried out however. after three days desperate fighting, November 2325. The Ger mans had hardly faced about whet the Russians they had held in check took up a general advance, and before long the Germans were completely surrounded
 By facing this way. and then the other. the German division finally dis engaged itself, and il addition to in flicting heavy losses upon the Rus sians, took l2.o00 prisoners, 25 guus and some 70 machine guns and several trains It is doubtful whether all mi itary history knows of another eX ploit of this nature. Thanks to the strict censorship of the German army not even the name of the officer who conducted this brilliant affair is kniwn To understand fully what the German division accomplished ons must consider that t did net leave g single wounded man behind Wha might have been the inglorious and O. the force was turned into a complete victory.
 Within two days the division final ly reached the German general battit line and, though utterly exhausted played prominent part in the fight | ing which resulted from the effort
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-15
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The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-15
ACTIVITIES OF
 VON HINDENBERG
u
NOTED GERMAN GENERAL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CENTRAL
 FIGURES OF THE WAR.
His Activities on the Polish Frontier Have Made Him a Worldwide Fiq. ure in Military Circles.

The Hague, Jan 1tCorrespoude3ce of the Associated PrcssJ-A military observer who has just returned from the eastern theater of war gives an in teresting resume of the operations there up to the capture of l.odz bl lhe Germans ol December 6.
 He points out that in the beginnina II was the plan of General. now Field Marshal Won Hindenburg to cut the Russian lines of communication bv an advance from Suwali in the direction Of Bialystok, and possibly Barano "ilshi With this in view the reduc, ton of the fortress Ossewitz was at tempted by the Germans early in Oc toaer. But the terrain proved very difficult and, realizing what the plaa of General von Hindenbure was. the Russians concentrated a large force against the German left wing.
 For while vol Hindenburg nersist- ed. This led 10 the fighting abotu Ausnstowi and the vicinity of Lvk. Finally the planned reduction of Osse. Witz had to be abandoned. and the Germans, instead of continuing their vigorous offensive along the east Frussian borders, were obliged to as. sume Te defensive in those parts.
 As in other parts of the European theater of war, the men began to bury themselves in trenches. von linden burg leaving his forces on the east Prussan border in circumstances re sembling strongly those in Flanders. Both Russians and Germans began a field siege in which now one. then the other would for a time kecp up an aggressive, the sole purpose of which was to let the opponent know that it Was considered proper not Co move about too much.
 Towards the end of October von Hiudenburg appeared suddenly at the head of a large German force ad. rancing in the direction of lvangood. Al the same time the Austro-Hun- larians having recuperated from the dobacle of the Daakl-Auffeubere opeI- ations against LubIin and Krasnik. managed to relieve Przmysl and drive the Russians across the river san and out of Galicia. The Russian general staff had been obliged to rush rein forcemeuts to the SuwalN theater of war This had eased the situation in Halicia, and the AustpoHungaliaus had taken advantaee of it.
 in his advance upon the Ivangood, Warsaw line, vou Hndeubug finally reached the banks Of the N.sula. t.
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of the Russians to advance west of Lodl.
 Meanwhile endorsements had been brought to Lodz by the Germans dur ing the last days Of November After three days of severe fighting the Rus sians were finally obliged, December ,, to evacuate the city. The occupa tion by the Germans of Lodz ended
Evening star., 1915-03-15

notable alike for fine presentations and
| large. audiences. The program Of ff-
| teen numbers embodied the melodic
! big moments" Of eleven operas, which
| demanded the entire force Of the or
| ganization: principals, chorus. ballet
| and the full orchestra, directed by
! Giuseppe Angelin. with Maestro Ugo
| Barducci at a piano placed on the
| stage.
| From the opening solo-"Cavatina,"
from "Cenerentola" (RossinD. sung by
Natalie Cervi-to the final seXtet from
Lucia given by Vaccari, Sedelmayer,
GRAHAM, Rossini, Antola and Cervi
| each singer was unanimously applaud
| ed, and despite the long and exacting
program encores were generously re-
| sponded to. In contrast to Elsa's aria,
from 'Lohengrin." Nine. Mary Kaest-
ner sang with girlish joyousness my
Heart Is Like a Singing Bird" and
ton when, at the close Of "Dost Thou
/ Know That Fair Land?' from Mig
| non, she sang verse of MY Rosary
Nine. Edrige Eaccari's "Caro Nome"
was given with such superb execution
that after the 'Riggoletto" number and
after that THE Last Rose of Summer
sung in Italian, she was recalled again
and again. Signor sciaretti was in
disposed. and his place was taken by
/
| from la Tosca" with an impassioned
! force that ELECTED an encore, and the
! same tributes were exacted from Signor
Antola, who sang the prologue from II
Pagliacci'; Signor Agostin, who was
heard in "Che Gelida Mamma" from
La Boheme," and Signor Sesona who
| gave the Goat Song" from the same
opera Signor Modesti and chorus sang
| the 'Toreador." from '.Carman, IN
| splendid effect, but the number being
a long one, refused insistent demands
| for repetition. Another laurel was
| captured by The Dance of the Hours
| from La Gioconda," given by a ballet
that made fame for itself earlier in
| the week. Nine. Errera, though han
| dicapped by a cold, sang the "Cieli
Azzurri" aria from aida" but refused
an encore. and the orchestra was
! forced to repeat the barcaroll from
THE Tales of Hoffman, the second
| overture given, the first being a splen-
didly rhythmic Interpretation Of "The
| Barber OF Seville.
Evening star., 1915-03-15

beautiful cedar trees and on the other
By low hedge Of shrubs and vines. A
charming arrangement Of views was in
evidence To the left the Eastern
branch Of the Potomac, like a patch OF
silver amid the blue sky and the gold
and russell effects of the forest. with
. dark green background of the ever
green's: to the right the valley, with the
river again in view and a section of
Washington. with good old Maryland
looming up in the dim distance; to the
front the crowd. stretched out nearly
as far as the eye could reach. Old Glory
floating in the breeze at the head of
the procession. The sound of the bugle
call at intervals completed the charm
to the eye and ear.
"Ae we passed some of the old fash
toned dwellings by the roadside whole
families came out to view the process
sion. with a look of wonderment on
their faces as to what 1t all meant
Along by the road also inviting little
private paths tempted some to get los,
from the crowd and delve into the
greater depths of nature study
Next Sunday the meeting place will
De at the end Of the 14th street car line
At ESQ o'clock"