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Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-21
EstabrOok Filing
from ThedfOrd is
Rejected by Pool
(From a Staff correspondent

LINCOLN. Dec. 9O-(special Telegram)
The mail TO the office Of Secretary Of
State Pool brought a petition from Thed-
ford Neb, filing the name of II. d. Esta-
brook OF New York for the republican
nomination for the presidency. Because
the petition lacked the required number
of names and but two gave the postoffice
address of the signers the petition was
rejected.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-21

WACO, TEX, Doc 91--Fay Clauton and
George r. Smith werC killed and George
Nettles seriously injured today when Net
ties lost control of the automobile IN
which they We're riding aud u plunged
throuEh hridge into q raVine.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-21
Vote so Hold Tourney,

BOSTON. Dec. 20.-The national duck
and candlepin congress at its annual
meeting today voted TO hold a champ on
ship tournament next spring. The place
Of the competition will be decided upon
later. Officers were reelected.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-21
cheek Your winter Cough.

Dr. Bells Pine-Tsr Honey will stop
your cough and strengthen your lungs
Get a eottle now. Only 2ec.-AdYertise-
menL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
MAYOR AND CIVIC LEADERS
WIRE GALVESTON is SAFE

DALLAS, Tex, August 1o.-The following telegram has
been received by the Associated Press:
GALVESTON, Tex. August 18.-Galveston has sue
cesslly passed through West Indian hurricane that blew
continuously for eighteen hours The weather
gauge registered the maximum velocity of the wind at ninety
miles per hour The city, due the adamantne resistance
of the WALL has sustained comparatively small loss IN de-
srcton of property and but deaths have been reported
thus far.
"The great granite built after the calamity of
1000 gmy and conquered the raging waters of the guilt
and hurled them back defanty whence they Our
citizenship buoyay cheerful because of the demonstrated
mpregnabty of their protective works in this supermost
test of their effectiveness.
In meeting today assembled, Gavestons citizen
ship greetings the world and friends every
where of this sincere pledge to strive diligently and heartily
to attain that superior which last nights victory
promised for the community
Lewis Fisher Morris Stern president CONNER
cial Associtaon l. H. Kempner, president Cotton Ex
change S. Scitovich vice president Maritime Association
l. NJ Barb president Labor Council w. P. Hamersmth,
vice president Merchants Association G. W. Briggs editor
the Galveston News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
400 ESCAPE THE FLOOD
BY CLIMBING INTO TREES

BEAUMONT. Tex. August 1s.-News
from the storm stricken district ada
cent to Beaumont early today was
meager. but so far as known here
nearly a score of persons are dead
with number reported as missing.
Five dead were reported from Port
Arthur, from eight to ten lost their
lives at Patton, one sailor was drowned
at Port Bolivar and three bodies were
seen in the Sa bine Neches canal. One
person at Port Arthur was reported as
missing and one man at CAPTAIN was
unaccounted for.
Reports received here today from Sa-
bine and Sabine Pass. Tex, and john
sons Bayou and Leesburg, La. where
heavy loss of life was feared, declared
that all persons at those places were
safe.
Household jewellers on the Sabine
Neches canal are believed to have ex-
perienced difficulty in the storm, as a
score or more of III" many Households
below hero are missing from their
mornings The Wr"cka'"c o. several
was found in the nIarsGcs.
Many marrow escapes from Death nave
been reported. The 400 residents of
johnsons bayou saved their lives by
taking refuge in treetops and on the
highest ground in the vicinity. leaving
their homes to be washed away.
A man drifted into Port Bolivar We'd
nesday on Il bale of cotton, to which
he had been clinging since Monday
night In an attempt to cross the
causeway near Port Bolivar he was
blown into the water. but managed to
keep af1oat until the drifting cotton
bale passed by him. When picked up
he was nearly dead from exposure.
Thousands of cattle in the section be-
low here have been lost, travellers ar
irving here last night reporting that
at one ranch near Follower the water
literally was covered with floating bod
les 1t was said that at this ranch the
flood was seven feet deep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
HOTEL WITH 60 PERSONS
CRASHES INTO WAVES
Passengers From Train on Cause
way Take Refuge There, Many
y Only to Meet Death.

HOUSTON. Tex, Au gust ia story
of thrilling night battle with death
when hotel at Virginia Point crashed
down into the swirling waters with
sixty persons within it's walls, was
brought here last night by Rev. T. j.
Sloan of Houston Heights and Sheriff
c. d. Kemp of Wharton. Between
fourteen and twenty of those in the
building. according to these men, prob
ably lost their lives. Sloan and Kemp
were aboard an interurban which be-
came stalled on the causeway amid a
furious gale and sea.
Better go to the Causeway Hotel and
get out of this" shouted a member OF
the crew to the party.
Forty-eight passengers were aboard
All sought refuge in the hotel, a two
story frame structure. The motorman
refused to leave his car. The party
entered the hotel about o'clock Mon
day night.
Building Collapses.
"At 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning the
hotel building began to separate with
a roar" said Kemp. "a moment later it
had divided into several parts, and
those inside were struggling in the
party never. were accounted for, al
though some of them may have escaped
DEATH"
w. E. .Ragsdale of Houston, a travel
ing salesman. confirmed the story of
the hotel collapse.
with several companions, left the
hotel ten minutes before it collapsed"
said Ragsdale. We swan into eight
feet of water surrounding the struc-
ture. Among those inside were nine
women and two children. Four Of the
women were saved, but the two chill
dren were lost.
Fifteen persons who escaped sought
refuge in small power house. Ten
feet of water. surrounded the place.
They were without food, but the water
brought them sustenance. Two live
pigs. borne along on the turbulent
waters, reached the marooned party
Tuesday. Then came two cans of cof-
fee and a barrel of beer
1.-The party killed pig Tuesday and
ate pork all day." declared Milo Wag-
gle. one of the party. I'VE only needed
some tobacco and matches to make us
perfectly Happy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
SOLDIER ATHLETE SAVES
WOMAN AND CHILDREN

HOUSTON. Tex. August ia story
of the heroism of Sergt. Petty at Texas
City was told today The soldier Tues
day morning swan nearly mile with
the baby of the express agent at Texas
City to safety, then returned and
brought out the mother and an older
child.
Sergt. Petty formerly was connected
with the government life saving sta
ton at Galveston and Is noted for his
strength and fortitude in the water.
Much praise has been given the Texas
City soldiers for their conduct toward
the civilian populat ton during the storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
BIG SEA WALL SAVES
CITY OF GALVESTON
Withstands Pounding Waves,
Which Whipped Floods of
Water Onto Beach.
AREA 20 BLOCKS LONG
AND 2 WIDE DESTROYED
Fire Adds to Horrors of Storm-1O
Ships Torn From Moorings.
Are Aground.

DALLAS. Ten. August 1.-THE CAL
weston sea wall was not washed out,
according to the Associated Press rep
resentativeS who left Galveston at 10
am. yesterday. Earlier reports had
said the terrific rush of water had made
gap in the wall through which the
sea poured. engulfing the city. The
report that the sea wall remained in
tact was borne out by d statement sent
out from Galveston signed by Mayor
Fisher and a number of prominent clti-
zens Dr. Vernon Powell. official repre-
sentative of the Galveston Commercial
Association, who arrived at Houston
late last night. also said the sea wall
had done it's duty fully and saved Gal
weston.
The greatest damage m Galveston
alon" the beach and to buildings
that received the force of the flood of
waters whipped over the sea wall by
the hurricane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
TEXAS STORM DEAD
ESTIMATED At 400;
LOSS, $10,00O,0OO
Continued from First Page.)

gangs of men are busily engaged in
clearing the railway tracks OF the de-
bris which is piled on them for the
four miles between Texas City juno
| ton and Texas City. The warehouse
and dock people of Texas CITY nave
placed their facilities at the disposal
of a committee of Galveston people. and
r. is hoped that soon ample supplies
can be sent across the bay in barges
and United States transports.
Breaking of Storm.
The storm. which had been predicted
for several days, broke over the city at
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The WIND,
it was estimated, had attained veloc-
ity of about sixty miles an hour. This
was the wind from the north, and 1t
continued to blow the water in from
the bay, flooding the streets and cell
lars.
Business men and their clerks con-
tinued to work until nearly O'Clock
removing goods to places of safety. AT
that hour however, the water was
from four to six feet deep in Market
street, and all who could sought ref
uge in the higher floors.
The wind, still blowing from the
north, continued to increase in veloc-
ity until about 2 o'clock. At that hour.
it is estimated, it had reached veloc-
ity of from 80 to 124 miles an hour.
Meanwhile it had veered from the
north around to the east and then came
directly out of the south.
1t was this south wind, sending in the
waves from the gulf to break against
the sea wall, which did the damage to
the western part of the city and to the
boulevard At no time, however. say
those who spent the night in the Hotel
Galvez, did the sea run clear across the
/ wall. The breakers Numbered against
| it, sending the spray high in the air,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
and the waves broke over the wall
with terrific force.
Watch the Storm.

Watch the Storm.
| Refugees who spent the night Of the
storm in the Hotel Galvez said that at no
| time did the sea run clear across the wall
The breakers Numbered against it. send
f! ing the spray high in the air, and the
waves broke over the wall with terrific
, force. So great was this force, in fact
| that the two granite monuments which
| were placed at the foot Of fremont street
! to commemorate the storm of 1900 were
| blown down.
In other places the iron posts had been
bent double and the granite coping on the
sea wall, had been wrenched loose, some
of these stones being carried block or
more.
The wreckage from the shattered build
ings, nearly all of which were Of frame,
was piled high in all parts of the city.
Telephone. telegraph and trolley poles, to-
describable tangle. 1t is doubtful if any
of the public service corporations will be
able to resume operations for several
weeks.
Few Brick Buildings Wrecked.
A few brick buildings were wrecked,
but these are Of the older sort and in
themselves not a serious loss. Not a
new brick building In the city sustain
ed more than trivial damage, although
practically all the show windows were
broken in and in some places roofs torn
off. This occurred at the Hotel Galvez,
where several sections OF the tile roof
were blown away. The total number
of houses of all kinds. exclusive of
sheds, which were wrecked is estimat-
ed at 500.
The work which had been done in the
last fifteen years to raise the level of
the island had its share in the saliva
ton of the city. In one section of the
residential district, i'm the vicinity Of
25th street and Avenue M, the water did
not reach the first floors of the houses
and even the household goods escaped
damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
STORM Of RESENTMENT
AROUSED IN NORWAY
Seizure of Mails by German Subma'
rine Causes Protest to
Berlin.

CHRISTIANIA. Norway. August 10
The hating yesterday of the Nor
wegian mail steamer Haakon VII and
the seizure of mails on board by a
German submarine have been fol-
lowed by protest to Berlin and de-
mand for the return of the malls to
Norway. The Haakon VII was bound
! from Bergen to England.
The postmaster general reports that
the commander Of the German sub
, marine ordered the jettisoning of all
printed matter and packages destined
10 England, France. Italy or other
countries hostile to Germany. All let
ters and remittance money are said to
nave been taken aboard the sub
marine.
Act Called Mail Theft
The mail consisted of accumulat lions
since the sailing Monday Of the previ-
Gus steamer. Included were seven
sacks of mail from Denmark What
the newspapers ter mthe mail theft
has aroused a storm of resentment.
The Aftenposten says:
The news will be received with hot
Indignation and bitterness by Norweg-
ians from North Cape. Tho injury in
ficted on England bv seizing the mails
is immaterial compared with the dam
age done our country. The theft Of
neutral mails is not decent warfare"
German submarines are said to be
watching every inlet to the important
ports of Norway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
Ends of Causeway Washed Out.

The causewav connecting Galveston
Island with the mainland was washed
ont from both the east and west ends.
according to the Associated Press man
who brought the first authentic ac-
count of the disa ster to Houston. He
sriH thu dra-vhridgo was not injured
The boulevard along the Galveston sea
wall was washed out for many blocks
Fires began to break out at the
height of the storm. At o'clock Mon
day rirht n Gre alarm was sounded
from the q. u. laundry sixty-twO-
mile an-hour gale was blowing when
the fire department responded to the
call. The frightened horses refused to
pun the equipment after going few
blocks and the f'rener carried the hose
half \ mile on their shoulders to the
lllrr.r1ine- I1rilfinr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19

DR.. Charles C. Ayres Of the United
States public health service. and for
merly of the medical stan Of the Mary
land General Hospital. has left Balti-
more for New Orleans, where he was
recently assigned to the Marine Hos
pital of that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
P0SLAm ALLAYS
SKIN SUFFERING
INSTANTLY

II you suffer from Eczema or any Itching
affection torturing and aggravating. par
ticulariy in hot weather. Poslam is ready tn
free you completely from distress, as il has
thousands Of others. Stops itching and
sootl-s infiamed skin. Quickly relieves Sun
burn. Takes soreness cat of Mosquito
Rites. Ivy-Poisoning. Cuts. Scalds, Bruises.
Comforts itching feet. and every form of
itching irritation. For skin protection. al
ways keep f'oslam mandy.
Posiam Soap is Ineiicated with Posiam,
the ideal soap for daily use on the skin;
Toilet and Bath.
For samples. send &c stamps to Emergency
I1abora tories. b. West 18th St, New York
City. Sold by all Druggists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19

While coasting In a small wagon near
10th and F streets northeast this morn
ing about 10 o'clock, Joseph Murphy,
seven years old, collided with two
horse team and broke his leg. He was
taken home by c. T. Goodall 1919 East
Capitol street. and given surgical
treatment by DR.. Clifton r. Wallace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
40 WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE SAVED BY TWO MEN

HOUSTON, Tex, August 19.-That
forty women and children were saved
from drowning Monday night and Tues
day morning at Seabrook, twenty-seven
miles from Galveston. was largely due
to the efforts of F. r. Leclair of Hous-
ton and Frank Annello, living nearby,
who succeeded in getting all the people
off the fats and safe to Seabrook sta
ton.
The wind was blowing fifty-five miles
an hour and as the tide rose, Leclair
and Annello equipped with a life pre-
server and two ropes swan to the ma
rooned people and dragged them to
safety.
Leclair then made his way to Sea-
brook bridge TO persuade the fishermen
there to accompany him to the sta
ton. He was unsuccessful and had to
swim back to the station himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19

One good thing about dry
town is that you hain't expected
t set 'em up t tn pharmacist
when you buy drink.
Who remembers when tn Teller
who could spell Constantinople
wuz regarded as havin' a liberal
education? :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
FOR RENT
Srlendid Office Room

Large front room; about
600 So. #. 1910 New York
Ave. NV; one of the most
prominent locations in the
city; outlook on New York
Ave. and 18th St; BENE-
FITS DERIVED from your
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the way of advertisement is
worth what you pay for
rent. Suitable for archi-
tect, lawyer, doctor, dentist,
broker. ONLY SIS; would
be cheap at $50.
STONE & FAIRFAX,
1912 New York Ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
After Work Is Through

What do you do after your work Is donel
The way you spend your spare time win
make a success or failure Of your life.
The 7. M. @. A. has something for every
man and boy, no matter what his job. what
his means, what his inclinations, or what
his previous opportunities; and 1t is q
great Friendship Club besides. The build
ing with its seven noors crowded with
activities is open day and night all the
year round and 1t has a seasonable stunt
for every week and month.
In the heat Of summer It keeps you
healthy with light exercises and comfort
able with shower baths and swimming
pool.
In winter It makes you rugged with its
gymnasium classes, basket ball, swimming
and occupied with its debating, uusical.
camera and other clubs.
All the year round II presents the edu-
cationaI opportunity: its day and night
schools with classes In many subjects: the
religious opportunity in the Bible classes
and the fraternal opportunity in it's social
features.
Too fat, its physical department re-
duces> your weight. Too lean, II e2ilds
door pursuits. For the ONCE man 1t ofers
the needed exercise For the middle-aged
and older men it has its Business Mems
Club, as well a. departments suitable for
It is home to the stranger and .
great Get-Acquainted Club for all.
Anybody can afford 1t: costs less than
one car ticket day.
Investigate today. It will be n pleasure
to show you through the building ~
1873 6 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19

Joseph r. Shankel of Baltimore, a
private in Company K, Esd Infantry,
stationed at Texas City, Tex. Is one
of the ten United States soldiers who
were drowned in the tidal waters
which swept over that army camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
Refugees From Texas City.

Between 400 and 500 women and chill
dren from Texas City will be taken to
Houston as soon as arrangements for
transportation can be made. The ref
ugees are wives and relatives of SOL
diers who had been making their home
near the camp.
The loss of life was largely caused by
the collapse of the Thompson building.
Two hundred and fifty persons had
taken refuge in the structure previous
to it's collapse; the majority had left
before the accident occurred.
Gen Bells precautions prevented
greater loss of life at the army camp.
Little was known early today of the
loss TO shipping along the gulf coast.
Few vessels were known to have been
| in the path of the storm, as sailings
of many had been delayed by storm
warnings.
Damage Along Beach.
| DIR. Vernon Powell. official representa-
tive of the Galveston Commercial Asso-
citation who arrived at Houston last
night from Galveston by boat and auto
mobile, said the greatest property dam
age is on the beach.
! practically all the houses east OF
| goth street and near the Boulevard
| were destroyed" he said. "A striI
about one-half to two blocks wide tt
| 10th street is damaged. All these
houses are small and of fiimsy con.
| struction.
THE wharves were damaged but
| slightly. Piers 10 and q suffered the
| most"
| When the storm appeared 5000 per
sons sought refuge in the depot, &C.
| cording to DR.. Powell. Five hundred
people were housed in the Scottish Ritz
cathedral.
All saloons in Galveston were CLOSED
Tuesday morning by order Of Mayo
Fisher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
Water Supply Cut Off.

On their arrival they found the wa
ter supply cut off and they stood by
while the FIRE burned itself out
An hour later a fire alarm was turned
in from the Direct Navigation Com
pany's Office on the wharf front The
wind by this time was blowing seventy
two miles an hour across the fire to-
ward the business section. Panics were
prevalent among the thousands who
had taken refuge in the business sec
ton, but the blaze burned itself out.
Early Wednesday morning residents
were warned by the soldiers of re-
newed fires. At 1880 o'clock. when
the Associated Press man left the city,
the fire was combining itself to the
Pabst Realty Company. on Mechanic
street between fremont and gath
streets, and the ]. s Seisheimer &.
Co.'S building, four stories high; the
Blum Notion Company. three stories
high. and Murdoch's building. near the
wharf. and to the Swift and Armour
packing plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-19
Seven Steamers Ashore.

Ten large steamers. it is estimated,
were torn from their moorings and
were blown over Galveston bay. Seven
of them are aground. The names of
these were not learned. All were left
in water not more than four or five
feet deep and some were blown from
three to eight miles inland by the force
of the hurricane and waters.
Mayor Fisher has declined to issue
a call for outside aid, saying the city
was able to handle the situation and
all needy persons there would be
cared for. - :.
The most pressing need of the city,
according to reports brought by ref
ugees, was, drinking water: How an
adequate supply would be re-estab-
lished for the city was still unan-
swered early today.
Measures for relief are under way. It
was expected that state officials who
hurried to the storm-swept area would
make reports to Austin today Of the
immediate needs of the people in the
coast country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-16
SAYS MAKE OIL KING REPLY"
Head of Federal industrial Commission
Demands Congress Summon John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Chicago, July 13.-Demand that Con-
gress summon John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
before it's bar to compel him to an
swer questions Of the Federal indus
trial relations commission OF be sent
to Jail, and a charge that John r. Law
son was railroaded to life sentence
by corrupt court" were made by
Chairman Frank B. Walsh Of the COM
mission. He was one of the speakers
at big labor protest rally here.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., and Mac
Kenzie King, his employee and tool, y
said Walsh are today in open de-
fance of the government of the United
States. Rockefeller has refused point
blank to answer questions put by the
Federal industrial relations commits
sion. King also refused point-blank to
testify at the Investigation in the Colo
RADIO mine strike. Our commission has
power, curiously enough, to compel at
tendance of witnesses. 1t has not pow
or to punish them for contempt.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-16
ITALIANS TAKE ALPINE PEAK
Surprise Austrians by Onslaught Above
Clouds-Capture Food Supplies
and Guns.

Verona. via Paris, July l3.-The TAX
ing by storm of the Dolomite peak of
Mont Tofano by the Alpine troops is
considered in army circles to illustrate
the preference Of using these troops
for the seemingly impossible task of
climbing precipices to the longer proc
ess OF attacking through narrow val
leys and defiles, every rod Of which is
defended with fortihcations
On Mont Tofano the Austrians were
encamped on the opposite Stops of the
mountain to that which the Alpinists
assembled. They are said to have been
so surprised at the onslaught from the
clouds above that they offered little
resistance and fled, leaving in the
hands of the Alpinists food supplies,
machine guns, rifles and ammunition
and in addition number of prisoners.