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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
SO Killed When Building
in Texas City Collapses

Waco, Texas. Aug. 1S.-A copy of
the sixth edition of the Houston
Chronicle of Tuesday says:
Twelve soldiers were killed at
Texas City during last nignr-s storm
when the Thompson Buliding, a new
three-story structure, collapsed. Eight
We're killed by falling brick, while
four were drowned later. About 80 or
40 civilians, many of them women and
children, also lost their lives.
Those killed were enlisted men.
Military rule has been established
at Texas City and the soldiers are fish
ing 'corpses out of the water as fast as
they can be located.
The. first rumor to reach Houston
was that between 200 and ESQ soldiers
were drowned but this repor. was de-
MED by A. II. Doty and I. j. Moran,
who reached Houston late Tuesday
afternoon making a trip to Texas City
in an automobile on the railroad. They
said only IL soldiers lost their lives
and perhaps thrice as many were in
jured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Department Of Justice
Is Considering Report
BY Associated Prcss

Washington, D. c., Aug. 1S.-With
the publication to-day of the Inter-
state Commerce Commissions report
on the financial affairs of the Rock
Island Railroad. disclosing losses in
stock transactions totaling many mil
lions of dollars and enormous profits
to promoters of holding companies,
the commissions investigation, begun
almost a year and a half ago, was
brought to a close.
The commission charges the Rock
Island directors with misrepresenta-
ton of assets in their reports to stock
condemns, and suggests that those
guilty of such acts Should be subject
to adequate penalties" The report Is
now being considered by Department
of Justice officials.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
WARNED TO KEEP
AWAY FROM GEORGIA

at midnight on its way to Brooklyn,
the home of Franks parents.
At Fitzgerald yesterday Governor
Harris said he was instituttng a
thorough investigation. He ordered
his office here to inform the sheriff of
Cobb county, in which Marietta is
situated, that he would expect him to
make detailed inquiry into the lynch
ing.
A coroner's jury, empanened yes
terday, heard only two witnesses. By
them the identity of the body was
established. The jury adjourned until
next Tuesday.
Advance Squad Eusy
Those who to-day stucied more
closely the movements of the mob at
Milledgeville are convinceo rnaC a few
members were in the vicinity of the
town before the main party arrived.
1t must have taken some time to cut
the telephone wires in the manner in
which it was done. None or the auto
seen near here until they approached
the prison.
Those who tried to follow the decoy
autom obile which carried the part of
the lynchers to near hcatonton where
demonstration took place, said to-
day that these plans had been care
fully arranged. Chains were piled on
the tires which made trailing easy,
and after the machine crossed the
bridge over Little River, the chains
were removed which made 1t difficult
to follow the car.
Although nearly every town between
Milledgeville and Marietta over any
route the mob might have taken, had
been communicated with to-day, only
one man was found who had seen the
several automobiles proceeding to-
ward the lynching scene. He lives
within a short distances of where
Frank was hanged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Smith Takes Oath as
State Commissioner

Thomas B. Smith, the new Public
Service Commissioner, to-day took
the oath of office and Immediately as
sumed his duties. Mr.. Smith came to
the city shortly before noon and ac-
companied by Attorney General
Francis Skunk Brown went to the De-
partment of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth where his commission
was waiting for him.
The oath of office was Immediately
administered by Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth William Hertzler
and Mr.. Smith was then congratulated
by Mr.. Brown and others present. He
went to the office of the commission
and began to familiarize himself with
the details of the work, remaining at
the Capitol practically all day.
The commission will not be in ses-
sion until September and Mr.. Smith
will be here frequently acting as resi-
dent commissioner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
When You Wash Your
Hair Don't Use Soap

Most soaps and preparedd sham
poos contain too much alkah, which
Is very Injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsihed cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats soaps or anything
else all to pieces. You can get this at
any drug store, and a few ounces will
last the whole family for months.
Simply nloisten the hair with water
and rub 1t in, about teaspoonful is
all that is required. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and Is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to handle.
Besides, 1t loosens and takes out every
particle of dust, dirt and dandruff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Believes Property Loss
Greater Than in 1900

Houston, Texas, Aug. IS (via Temple
and telephone lines to Dallas) The
Houston Chronicle prints the following
interview with ]. r. Montgomery, a
Houston correspondent of the Calves
ton News, who got as far as Virginia
Point, the north end of the causeway
wednesday, and. viewed the wrecked
city of Galveston.
I am confident the number of dead
In Galveston is large. I could not see
an elevator on the port side of the city
and my opinion is that the number of
buildings destroyed will run into the
thousands.
greater than that Of 1900"
Montgomery made his way to the
drawbridge of the Galveston causeway
and owing to the fact that this struc-
ture was swept away he was forced to
return to Houston. The man made
the trip In an automobile.
We encountered indescribable con-
dftions," he said. THE road bridges
at Clear Creek and Dickinson were
washed out and we ran our automo-
bile over the railroad bridge and across
the ties We saw thousands of bales
OF cotton on the prairies all the way
from Virginia Point (the mainland
END OF the Galveston causeway) to the
town of La Marque, far inland. These
were washed from Galveston docks
The water must have been several
feet over the causeway and serious
damage must have been done to it by
the washing out of large quantities of
filling in the center"
The Chronicle also reported that it
received information that fifty persons
are dead at Texas City, but accounts
for only twelve soldiers, who perished
when the Thompson building at Texas
City collapsed. 1t is said these were
all private soldiers, no commissioned
officers having lost their lives.
The railroad drawbridge has been
washed away at Seabrook, about
twenty miles from Houston. Three
persons are reported to have lost their
lives at that point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
.POSLAM HEALS
ALL ITCHING
SKIN HUMORS

The aggravation caused by sunburn.
Rashes Pimples, Oak or Ivy-Poisoning.
Blisters, Itching Feet, etc, is imme-
diately stopped by Poslam. Soothing,
cooling. antiseptic, Poslam penetrates
to the seat of the trouble. controls and
soon eradicates it. No remedy so valu-
Should Eczema affect in any of its
forms, or Acne, Piles or BARRIERS Itch,
Poslam is unequalled in speed, and
Poslam Soap eXcels in rich, whole
some qualities. Perfection for the skin.
Try daily, one month, for Toilet and
Bath.
For samples, send &c stamps to Emer-
gency Laboratories, 80 West 25th ST.
New York City. Sold by all Druggists.
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
TROPICAL STORM COSTS
LIFE AND PROPERTY
[Continued From First Page.l

ton Chronicle of yesterday, has been
established ut Texas City and soldiers
are taking bodies from the water as
fast as they can be located.
Receive Brief Reports
Disappointingly brief wireless re-
ports received from the army trans
port Buford by the station at Fort Sam
Houston at San Antonio gave only the
most meager report of conditions mt
Galveston. No estimate was made of
buildings along the water front left
the inference i'm the minds of many
that deaths resulted.
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
life. Conflicting reports as to damage
to property. in Houston were received.
Some placed 1t at 100000, some at
$4,000, 900.
All reports early to-day indicated
that the force of the tropical storm
had been spent Most places in the
storm district with which 1t was pos
sihle to communicate reported a fall
ing of the wind and it is believed re-
covery from the storm would be
speedy.
Prepare to Rush Aid
State officials announced they were
prepared to take the situation in hand
and promptly extend help where re-
quired. s......
Thousands of residents in the coastal
plains country about Port Lavaca, a
hundred miles west of Galveston, are
sufferers, according to reports re-
ceived here. The district is one of
f1uit and truck farms and the char
acter of the country is such as to offer
full sweep to the gale. 1t was feared
considerable loss of life may have re-
suited.
Telegraph and telephone companies
have had large forces at work repair
ing lines into the storm district and
early to-day a prompt resumption of
service seemed probable. 1t was be-
lieved also that train service would be
resumed.
A long distance telephone message
received here this morning from Eagle
Lake, Texas, sixty miles west of Hous-
ton. said the hurricane had completely
subsided there at IL o'clock last night
There had been some property damage
at Eagle Lake. but no loss of life re-
suited in that vicinity. All means of
communication with Houston, it was
said, still were interrupted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
"MOVIE" STRIKE CAUSES NO
TROUBLE TO THEATER MEN

No trace of the threatened city-wide
movie" strike. which started when
two operators at the Regent struck for
more money and less hours of work
Yesterday. was in evidence this morn
ing when the various theaters opened
for the days business. Peter niagara.
manager. has replaced the dissatisfied
men with out-of-town operators and
the shows are going on as before.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Property Loss in Texas
City Will Reach 100000

Austin, Texas, Aug. 1s.-The mid
night edition of the Houston Post
says:
Texas City has sustained a severe
blow as the result of the hurricane
which swept the gulf coast. an ap-
proximate damage of 100000 being
done there, but only eighteen lives
were lost. Information to. this effect
was brought to Houston Tuesday by
e. V. Rhodes, superintendent of ter
minals for the Texas City Company,
who left Texas City at o'clock Tues
day afternoon and was relayed by four
automobiles"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18

day on routine work. One question
given consideration by the commits
sioners was the opening of a new set
of index books covering county rec
ords, past and future. 1t was said that
the present index books are not up
to-date and frequently in searching for
past records, it is necessary to handle
a number of books before the required
is found. No decision
was reached as to future plans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
MINISTER DROWNED
By Associated Press

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. IS. - The
Rev. H. Mcknight Moore, rector of
st. Phillips Protestant Episcopal
church, Philadelphia, was drowned in
the Delaware River to-day when a
canoe in which he was a passenger
upset while passing through a falls
below Lambertville, n. J.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Damage to Cotton Crop
Will Reach Millions

Austin, Texas, Aug. IS. Damage
which will run into millions of dollars
has been done to the cotton crop I'm
Texas by the storms of Monday and
tuesday. Reports from towns in Cen
trail Texas say that cotton open in the
bolls has been blown out of the bolls
and beaten into the ground by the
heavy rains which accompanied it.
1t is estimated that so per cent of
all the cotton in this section was open
and that from one-fourth to one-half
Oh the open cotton was lost. On this
calculation the damage will be from
10 to 25 per cent. of the entire cotton
crop of Central Texas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
MILLIONAIRE TAKES HIS LIFE
By Associated Press

South Bend, Ind, Aug. 1s.-E. G.
Eberhart, 40, millionaire philanthrop-
list, yesterday shot himself to death
at the grave of his son. Grief over
the death of the son in an automobile
accident in 1909 is believed to have
caused the suicide. Eberhart was vice
president and general manager of
Mishawka Woolen Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Eight Men Drowned While
Fishing; Bodies on Beach
By Assoeiated Press

Morgans Point, Texas. Aug. Is. -
Eight men are reported dead near this
point. They were drowned wniie fish
ing. Reports reached here from an
authentic source that the boo.es or a
beached near Sylvan Beach. They
were unidentified and apparently
foated from some place on the bay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
EIGHT WASHED ASHORE

Austin. Texas. Aug. 1S.-According
to the Houston Post story of con-
ditions at Texas City, based on an in
terview with E. V. Rhodes, who
brought the Texas City appeal for aid
to Houston, the bodies of eight women
were found washed ashore at Texas
City Tuesday. These bodies are sup
posed to have come from Galveston.
In 1900 many bodies from Galveston
washed up at Texas CITY,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
POINT ISABEL SAFE

San Antonio. Texas, Aug. 1S.-Point
Isabel. which yesterday was reported
to be flooded. is safe. according to a
special news dispatch received to-day
The storm is said to have done little
damage on the coast from Corpus
Christi to Brownsville and no lives
We're reported lost
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
COMMENT ON SITUATION

London. Aug. 1S.-The twin prob
lens of American cotton and Ameri-
can exchange occupy a prominent
place in the editorial and news COL
umns of the London morning news
papers of to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
FIND REMAINS OF PAINTER

' Paris, Aug. 1s.-The remains of the
famous Florentine painter, Fra Ange.
lico, who died in 1855, are believed to
be found in the church of Santa Ma.
ria at Florence. according to a Rome
dispatch to La Liberte.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
Tents and Blankets
Are Held in Readiness

Austin, Texas, Aug. 1S-while state
militia officers sought to communicate
with Galveston to-day tents, blankets
and cots were ready in the adiutant
generals department for shipment to
Houston or Galveston for the use of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
DETENTION HOUSE NOT
YET OPENED BY COUNTY
May Open New Set Of Index
Books; Old Ones Are Not
Up-to-Date

No definite time
as to the opening
of the new House
of Detention was
reported to the
county commission
ers at their regular
meeting to-day. 1t
was stated that
preparations were
still under way.
The commission
ore xxrnra h1Iau To-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18

the storm refugees as soon as the needs
of the sufferers can be ascertained.
Governor Ferguson took up the sub
Ject of relief for Galveston with the
adjutant-generaFs department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
BRAZILIAN MINISTER WELCOMED
By Associated Press

Now Orleans, La, Aug. 1S.-Rep-
resentatives of the United States Gov
ernment the State of Louisiana and
the city of New Orleans early to-day
welcomed Jose NJ. Cardoso oe Oliveira,
Brazilian Minister to Mexico and who
for the last year has represented the
United States In the Mexican capital
upon his arrival here from Vera Cruz
aboard the United States gunboat
Sacramento.
MILLIONAIRE TAKES HIS LIFE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18
PUBLIC INDIGNANT
AT LIBELOUS ATTACK

CONTINUED From First Page. ]
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-18

ton Chronicle of yesterday. has been
established Mt Texas City and soldiers
are taking bodies from the water as
fast as they can be located.
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21

samuel nathan. 40 years old, pros
prruu. farmer who has lived tn life
Of i rccluse for several years. wa,
found murdered at his home in Atkiu-
sons District. nbou, twelve miles from
SNOW Hill about nm O'Clock last sun
day morning. The body wa4 discovered
hy two boys. Handy and Fred Smu.hn
who had gone 10 tho Chatham place to
pay him visit Approaching the house
the boys saw the old man lying IN the
doorway with one foot hanging outside,
bat ~ they had often before found him
lying On TIN grass, or on the barc iloor
Of bis room. they Thought nothing of
hi- rccumbcnt position anti they di~
covered blood on thy side of the house
They then called him 10y name and, re-
ceIWug no response thcs approached the
doorway, finding the broken down steps
ywttrrcd with blood. and Chatham $
hods wing on the ''oar. hi, head and
shoulders n 4 pool 81 u.ood
Thoroughly frightened at the gruc-
som" iiud. tn boys di no; stop to maze
closer investigation. bU, FASTENED d
tho nearest uclghbor- reporting that
Mr. Chatham had hrcu either severely
hur, OF biIled The alarm soon spread
through thc ucghhornood. and when
tur ncigbbor> arrived, they found tho
ia man wa- l,aa. having been fouily
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
DASTARDLY ACT
OF 2 NEGROES
Attempt Assault on Two White
Ladies in POCOmOke City
Saved by Pistol

At poeomokc City Wednesday night
Mrs Charlotte Davis and her daughter.
Miss Anne DAVIS had horrible cxpc.
ricncc when they were awakened by
two negro men who had forced an en-
trance into the house. and after ran
sacking the re- had crcpt into bed
with ihcm threatening to shoot and al
tempting TO chonc them II thc} cried
tor help
Another daughter. MR. Jnmc- T.
Mason. ana Mis-. ThcIma Mason Of
Chincotcague. Va. had brcu visiting
Mrs Davis. both of whom had returned
home 10 the afternoon Whlthcrc Miss
Thclma had been .leeunr ~i,h her
aunt Miss DAVIS lnher semi -Iccpnr
condition Mis- Davis At first thought
tina, her niece Wa, still sleeping with
her About nalf awaac she touched
wha, .hc supposed wa- Miss Ihcima s
head ana was cou-ciou, of wondering
why her Niece bad uci Turkish toWcl
around her nar Becoming Wtir awakc
she suddenly realized that it was tn
hnotty hair Of negro man -heai Size
Immediately screamed FOR hrlp. where.
upon the man threatened % shoot her Il
She madc further outcry Miss DAVIS
screamed even louder and the negro man
Eraspcd her throat in an attcfup, to
,.H, tt..r
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
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Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
JOHN " STATION. Solicitor
Assignee's Sale
or VALUABLE
Farm at Newark

By virtue of tn, power contained IN
a mortgage from John f. Jackson and
Cora 4 Jackson his wife. To Lewis
rull. hearing date JANUARY 2 1918. re-
corded among the land records of Wor
ce.tcr County Maryland. in Iihcr q.
y. 4 SO H. folio lu> default having
occurred therein the undersigned A--
-igucc thereof viii sci, ~ public auction
TO the highest bidder for cash 10 front
of the Court House in tine town Of Sno~
Hill. Worcester County Marylaui
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
For County Treasurer.

~row Hill Nd AW It H. 1918
To the Democratic Voter. o. Worcester
County
hereby announce that arm candi-
aate for the nominatunof Counts Treas
urer VI Worcester County subject q
Is, decision Of the Democratic prlma-
rie-. and will feel under obligations 10
all who will give ne their SUPPORT
+. IIANCE FoOhS
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21

I'm the Matter of the Estate of Martha
\ Cropper deceased
In the Orphan, Court for Worcester
County. State OF Maryland
The object of this proceeding is 90
procure the probate of a certain paper
writing. a, thc last viii and Testament
of Martha \ Cropper, deceased and
To revoke tho letters Of admin -tration
heretofore granted 20 Ara + Bowen.
The petition states that during her
lifetime. Martha \ Cropper, deceased.
executed and delivered 10 thc petitioner
IN the State Of Virginia. 4 paper writ
iug ~ and for her last WIil and tcSta-
ment. and that the said paper writing
D. wholly IN the hand writing OF the
said Martha 4 Croppcr. and Is valid
will under the laws Of the State of \ir-
ginia. and was made according 10 the
form required hy the law Of the State
of Virginia. whore the said paper wri,
ng and testamcnthry instrument wa-
made, and that Ara + Bowen has been
appointed and qualified a. Adminstra
tor of the estate Of Martha A. Cropp"r.
deceased and that the petitioner cXhib-
lis the -ala testamcntary instrument
for prohntc
IL Il ihcftuIpn ordered upon lit dloIr
going petition and affidavit. by tho
Orphans Court for Worcester County.
and the state Of Mary land. that notice
nc gwen 70 the mean relation OF Martha
a. rnppcr, deceased. % appear on the
4lth dAy of August. 1913. n l0 d 'clock.
4. u tu show cause whereof the te~tn
mrntary instrument annexed To- the
afuregoing petition should not hc proved
a. tho last will and testament of Martha
4 Croppcr. deceased. 10y printing Ia "a
public new -papcr, published in Worcc-
tcr County and State of Maryland. once
"a week for AZ least 3 weeks before the
3ith day Of August, 1918 an advertise
mcnt setting forth the substance and
object of the aforcgolng petition. and
this order, and 1t Is further ordered that
Ara T. Bowen. Administrator Of Martha
A Croppcr. deceased. be cited tn mp
pear before this Honorable Court. on
tho 9th day Of August. 1918. AT ~
clock a VI 10 show cause il any hc
have. why letters Of administration
granted to him should not be revoked
and letters of Administration Cum
,~taiucntp Annc<o granted.
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
The Ilcrmit's Iiome

Entering The clearing ~ whith tnc
hermit, mousse Is locatci our -ce+ scat
tcrinp outhuidinps IN bad repair and p
old house when served as tho residence.
The grounds surrounding the place ar
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
Verdict of The Jury

With a ylcW 10 experimenting them.
the authorities Of Worcester County
Democratic messenger., 1915-08-21
OLD MAN CHATHAM KILLED!
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY

BodySpatteredwith
Blood Found Ly-
ing in Doorway Of
His Home Sunday
Morning. 2 Boys
Discover the Body
Fastened to Tell
NearestNeighbors.
Of the Law
Are Edeavoring to
Capture the Muir
derer, But it MAY
rove Difficult to
Catch Him.