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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
Havoc wrouah. In Illinois.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Cloudbursts In
many sections of Illinois, including
parts of Chicago and nearly every
town along the north shore as far as
Waukegan. washed away bridges. de
stroyed grain valued at thousands of
dollars, flooded streets and Easements
Of buildings, drove a number of famt
lies from their homes and seriously
crippled railway service.
Reports from Peoria are that the
storm extended for miles around that
city La Sale county is heavy suf-
ferer, while Joliet's east side faces in-
undation.
Creeks have been turned into roaring
rivers by the rains that fell in torrents,
farms have become lakes and work
men are oarooned
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
BOY NEARLY BROWNS
PLAYING BY HOLE OF WATER

While playing around large hole
filed with water as the result of a
break In pipe in Stanford street,
Monday, George Martin, a boy living
on Stanford street, fell in. He was
almost drowned before he was pull
ed out. He was taken to a nearby
house, where DIR. Meinzer was called.
He was revived by the doctor after
hard work
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
Damage In Virginia.

Special bV Uhtted FFBSS "Ht
Richmond, Va, Aug. 4:-Damage
done by the terrific wind and rain
storm which visited this section of
the state last night will reach high
into the thousands, reports from the
storm area indicated today. Build
ings were unroofed and flooded
streams washed others away.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
City and County Still Suffering from One Of the Worst Summer
Storms in Years-NO Casualties but Several Narrow Es-
capes-Trees Blown Down in Many Places Prisoners A.
most Drown as Woodbridge Jail is flooded.
HOLE-|N- THE WALL FLOODED; RIGHT OF WAY is MPAssABlE
South Amboy Stores and Houses Flooded as is Case in Wood
bridge -Washouts at keypot Crops Badly Damaged in
Middesex and Monmouth, Especially Near Meiuchen,
Which Borough is Hard Hi Danger from Falling Wires.

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Do'n Ivy anu ooun'S as "ei az
ounuins piaees aie e.iu eunei
ns iion ons " eno nos.
an anu "ino SUI nAs on ieeoiu ~
eSeiniaeeo ua"ase was uone "
noous ana 'nroueh destruction py
"iho ano, "niie 10 caSuai'ies
iepoleea' IL Is hho"H ehal snei
were ldHy nafros es'@peo ICES
Dig ana sndH were pioNh over.
ihlee prisoners came neai uio uils !,
~ ioui ieel VI ""loi ~ 'no 80.
priuse locA-up' su serious q nahnou'
occurred on tne iiIe oi .ne ehnay :. .
sania railroad IA Wooup1iuse ena
was nearly ~ CLOCK tnls uo1 "a
ing DeIore any fennsyisania Train
service WAS estaDiisAeu- assehSel' $50 .
transferred y the Gen'ls tA'Ae aa1
~ .liu sleaOpf pol'iun "a sile iAlol -
lne lose ~ 'no ass'il'l 5eols I.
Oh teA~aI7~ hoose IN III s0lit a.
the westerly emu q ma - S'iee.
ana the occupants nad -'-All oas
When tney were amahshee .lls le'oI n
ing hundreds OIL cellars were noou-
ed ana the damage merely
ciareu 10 oe eAtehsise. one iHe na,
cnaht aione, oanuel oauhi, VI -oo
new brunswick avenue, etaiihs ~ ~
nave sustained q iose oi apoat so1O
lhloosn "eelins u NC -
stock OIL paper paes anu ING
sesioehts III De,eehnene' ans 20.
loru street waueu ou1 -
lour leet ol water Nnen my aao'e
TINS morning. Auloniop,-e' Dte..,lN 81
-, 80 - 80 ~ rtannad almost com
nIetelv and train service on all lines
was IMPAIRED as a result of the
downDour All reports from along
shore indicate that the damage
there was not as great as had been
eynected This is declared due to the
fa ct that a stiff northeast wind pre-
ua;lod ,,astardav following the storm
of Monday night. giving warning of
ubat could he exnected Boats were
gonerallv well tied nm.
Almost four inches of water fell
o,clocl, Yesterday afternoon
=, o,clocI This morning The
..au 80 for mic month is there
hro,,rb+ RICH above tho normal
IN ne agricuIturaI station at Rut-
~ 20 Sa,o - Neu prunswick it
So, 800 ~ o,cloct today that
sos ;asau sinca o,cIock Yesterday
eno o. inobor For the
ai'ei noon ""s 80 o,r;o,,. q wae
t"ehls ioui "a e. ~ +uentv-
.ol OF an ihch Gu 10 49, - No c
Iour houls pie.ious =. ~a;nfa1, Tor
90 Mah,hg 'ne go 80 sftv-
tue pas. me- -
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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
STORM FLOODS COUNTY HAL TING
TRAFFIC DUE TO WASHOUTS; WIRES
DOWN; WOODBRIDGE HARD HIT
q DIE, MANY ARE
MISSING IN FLOOD
City of Erie DeIuged-Rescu-
ers Use Row Boats to Save
LiVes-Damage Over Million
sp, cial by United Press Wire.

sp, cial by United Press Wire.
Erie, Aug. 4:-With twenty
seven bodies recovered from the
greatest flood this section has ever
seen, Coroner Hanley stated he fear
ed fifty had perished. Fifteen bodies
have been identified. Rescuers are
finding additional bodies In wreckage
that blocks the streets.
Hundred of properties were swept
away or partially destroyed, some of
which were mercantile establish
ments. The property losses, how
ever, Mayor w. J. Sterns says, will
not go over three million dollars.
He has made public appeals for
money for the families that are dis
tressed.
The first fireman to lose his life
in the rescue work was John Dono-
van, of Engine Company No. /, who
went down saving Fire Chief John
H. Mcmahon when a house collapsed.
His body was recovered. Three
times Fire Chief Mcmahon was res
cs.ea after carrying women and chill
dren to sasaty The waters rose
with increditab1e swiftness and
"
streets twenty miles an hour.
Those who had at first been idly
watching the waters rushed to their
own homes to save what they could.
Two thousand men were employed
this afternoon in cleaning the mud
which covered most of down town
Erie. Under health officers direc-
tions lime and other disinfectants
will be distributed as rapidly as pos
sible.
More than $1,000,000 damage has
been done and at least twenty lives
have been lost by the cloudburst
which finished three days of rain.
Scores Of persons were rescued from
their homes as the houses were swept
from their foundations. Fully thirty
buildings were washed away. The en-
tire town Is inundated, there being five
feet of water in the downtown streets.
Mill Creek. which divides the city.
became a raging torrent. Police and
firemen In rowboats rescued many per-
sons who lived along the banks of the
creek as their homes were swept from
their foundations by the swirling wa
ters.
Many persons are missing. and 1t is
believed that fully twenty have been
drowned. Among the victims is AS
sistant Fire Chief Harder, who met
his death while trying to rescue fam
lily from the second story Of their home.
At the outset of the cloudburst the
food waters put the lighting and trac-
ton plants out of commission The
entire city was plunged into darkness.
This added to the difficulties of res
cues.
All lines of communication In the
city were cut off. The business section
was flooded to a depth Of FIVE feet.
The buildings along Mill Creek were
flooded past their second floor windows
and great damage was done to the
structures.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
LEG BROKEN; IN HOSPITAL

Leonder Midralsen, ship carpsn-
ter at the Perth Amboy dry dock,
had his leg broken at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. A large timber fell,
catching his limb and holding him
fast DR.. Naulty was called and or
dered him taken to the city hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04

CALL A TAXI-46. Chris Johnsoa,
19935-S- 2-lmo.-f.p-
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
Regiment Cut to Pieces.

Special By United Press Wire.
Rome, August 4.-In the most
furious battle of the lower Isonzo
campaign, the Austrian regiment was
cut to pieces by Italian soldiers on
the Carso plateau Monday night.
The enemy fought yaliantly when
they found they were cut off and but
few surrendered.
Four thousand Italian troops scat
tered among shell wrecked trenches
ambushed the Austrians who opened
the attack shortly after dark. The
young Austrian commander, believ-
ing he was opposed by only few
hundred Italians, advanced at the
head of his troops, shouting de-
mand that his foes surrender. The
cry had scarcely left his lips when
the Italians hurled themselves on
both Austrian fianks and center. Ri
fle fire gradually gave way to bloody
bayonet encounters. In scattered
groups the fight was waged over the
rough surface of the plateau, the sol
diers battling like savages, using
krives, fists and even their teeth.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
Russians Lose Many.

Special By United PretS WHe.
Petrograd, Aug. 4:-General Won
Gallwitz's new drive southwark to-
ward the Petrograd- railway
is being held up by stubborn Rus
sian resistance along the railway
leading through Vyskof. 1t is Off
cially admitted that the Slav losses
In the past forty-eight hours have
been very heavy.
Particularly heavy fighting is oc-
curing on the front between the
Narew and Ole, where the Germans
repeatedly threw large bodies of In
fantry against the Russian lines and
sustained heavy losses in registering
a defense of a line less than two
miles.
At one point. on Monday, German
infantry troops were caught between
their own infantry and the Russian
lines and partly slaughtered by Rus
sian fire.
The war Office adpasstad today that
General MackenseV Iues to push
in the Russian IL orth of Cholm
and Lublip clared the Rus
sian arnK impeding his pro-
gress to q considerable extent.
Continued on Page %
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
VILLA COMMANDER TAKES
TROOPS FROM YAQUI VALLEY
oeciaI. bu Tinted PresA Wire.

special by United Presl Wire.
Washington, Aug. 4:-General
Funston wired the war department
today that General Maytorena, VT
lista commander Ia Sonora, notified
railroad officials Sunday night that
he was withdrawing all troops from
the Yaqui valley
If Admiral Howard lands troops to
police it, Maytorena says, the respon-
sibility for this invasion of Mexi-
can territory" would lie with Car
rama for creating conditions which
demanded Villas withdrawal from
the valley.
Mexicans Burn Bridge.
Special by United Pres. Wire.
Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 4:-Fol-
lowing up their recent raids which
yesterday resulted in the death of a
United States trooper, Mexican BAN
dts today burned the foot bridge OF
the st. Louis-Brownsyille and Mexi-
can railroad, eight miles north OF
Hartengen.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04

WOmen's Skirts Save russians.
Jpeciaf by United Press Wire.
Petrograd. July l (By maiD -
How two Russian airmen, forced to
descend behind the German lines in
the Nieman river region, outwitted
the enemy with petticoats was a
story today from the front.
The scene of their landing was a
small Lithuanian village where they
burned their disabled aeroplane and
appealed to sympathetic peasant
women to help them escape. The
women gave up their skirts, blouses
and even supplied the unfortunates
with a 'kerchief apiece. Carrying
market baskets, the airmen calmly
walked through the enemy lines un-
til they reached the river. Here
they dove into the stream, skirts and
all, but in SO doing revealed their
true identity. fussilade of bullets
followed from the Germans but the
aviators succeeded in reaching the
Russian shore, bedraggled but safe.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04
CLAIM RUSSIANS
CANNOT ESCAPE
Berlin Officially Hears of Evac-
uation of Warsaw-Czar's
Army in Peril London Admits
spectal b. united Press wtre.

Special by United Press Wire.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville,
L. l., Aug. 4:-The Russian legation
at The Hague has officially an
nounced the evacuation of Warsaw,
according to dispatches received here
today.
The evacuation was ordered be-
cause the Russians lacked ammuni-
tion to defend the city properly. the
legation was quoted as saying
Dispatches from the front received
today say the encircling of the Rus
sian forts at Ivangorod is proceeding
satisfactorily. The Austro-Germans
stormed and captured eight of the
outer forts and are tying their lines
around the city.
The possibilities OF the Russian
forces escaping are rapidly dimin-
ishing.
Bombard Turkish HarbOr.
Special by United Press Wire.
London, August 4-Russian in
vaders attached to the Black sea
fie-t few over Constantinople, bonn
harding the harbor works, the Petro-
grad correspondents to the Morning
Post reported today.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04

MISUNDERSTANDING
tonight; Thursday
fair, with diminish
ing southwest
winds.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04

Sink Belgian Steamer.
Special by United Press Wire.
London, Aug. 4:-The Belgian
steamer Koophandel, OF Antwerp,
has been sunk by German sub
marine. Her crew was landed here
today.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
Pride of Ancestry.

'Ive looked up your family tree," said the genealogist, 'but I doubt if you will be pleased with it. Your great great-grandfather was hanged for murder; your great-grandfather was imprisoned for robbery; your grandfather was tarred and feathered for beating his wife. That's not a very good record, is it?" he inquired, according to Boston Transcript.
 q should say it is" replied the other alphabetically. Ut shows the family is getting better with each generation. I'm an improvement on the entire bunch-never been in jail yet. Let me have those records-I'm proud of em."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01

selves. The European war has made these acute. The national govern ment hSs been forced to take cogni- zance of them. When matters reach ed a stage that demanded decisive ac- tion by the best thought and exper- fence of the Southern states to meet the situation, the Galveston confer ence resulted. The New Orleans con ference is following up of that work" S
 Arkansas bankers responded gen. erously to the first call, and Arkansas was given important recognition in the election of MT. Wright as Secre- tary, and upon his shoulders has fallen a great share of the burden of organ ization and propaganda. Arkansas has attracted the attention of the whole South by the successful way in which its many allied and co-operat- ing interests have undertaken the di- versification problem. It has been solved in Arkansas. Two separate campaigns have been conducted in the state this fall, and are still in pro- gress, and everywhere the most gra- tifying reports of results are made.
 An interesting feature of this work for the advancement of the New Az riculture was the weeks entertain ment given in Little Rock last week, by the women and business men of the community, to 139 boys and 59 girls coming from every county in which the farm demonstration work has been established. These were the prize winners in the various clubs, and they were given a series of lectures by ex- perts on various subjects that will in terest them, and will make them bet ter farmers or farmers wives.
 And, to quote country correspon- dent, "The cotton is all out, the corn gathered, and the potatoes banked; hence the farmers are now ready to enjoy the winter"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
PSALM OF WAR

The War Lord is my shepherd; shall always be in want.
 He maketh me to lie down in mean trenches; he leadeth me into chill wat CTS.
 He harasseth my soul; he leadeth me into hellish combat for his fame's sake.
 Yea, though l come unscathed from the shadow of death, I shall be no better off, for thu art still with me; thy tyranny and thy taxes discomfort me.
 Thou preparest danger for me in the presence of so-called enemies; thou makest me useless toll; my cup run meth empty.
 Surely evil and hatred will follow me all the days of my life, and shall dwell in the army of the War Lord forever.-Ellis o. Jones in Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR HAS
 YOUNGEST SECRETARY

Little Rock, Dec. 1.-Arkansas has today, perhaps, the youngest gover- nor's private secretary in the history of the state, and it is not likely there are any in the United States so young Harry w. Stewart, who has been pri- vate secretary to Gov. Hays, severed his connection with the office yester- day. He is spending today in Camden and will in few days decide upon his future course.
 Mir. Stewart is succeeded by the Governors eldest son, George Grady Hays, aged 19 years, who graduated from the Camden High School last summer and immediately entered his fathers office as assistant private sec retary. In recent years this respon- sible position which acts as buffer between the Governor and the public has been held by such men as Harry w. Stewart, Bruce Bullion, Charles Jacobson, Van Smith, M. L. Davis, Tom Fllppin and James F. Read.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
PRESCOTT MERCANTILE
 FIRM CLOSES DOORS
Now Supply Company Files Pe- tition in Bankruptcy-AttOr- ney Randolph P. Hamby Ap- pointed Receiver.

The New Supply Company of this citv yesterday filed voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy before Judge Hud- sneth in the Texarkana division of tba United States court. The firm had been doing business here for num- her of years on West Main street and recently moved to the corner of West Elm and Front street. w. K. Buch- anan was manager and the stockhold- DTS are most all local men.
 In the schedule of liabilities are listed various items amounting in all to s22.699.1S, while the schedule of assets filed show approximately $11,- 900 with which are filed outstanding accounts on the books of the concern, amounting in all to between $7,500 and $lO,OO0.
 Attorney Randolph P. Hamby was appointed receiver for the defunct concern and the first meeting of cred itors is called to meet at Texarkana December 14th.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
GARRISON IS ONE
 OF THE GREATEST
Jefferson Davis, Elihu Root and Garrison Trio of Greatest Sec retaries of War Country Ever Had Says Gen. Haynes.

Little Rock, Dec. 1.-"I consider Lindley M. Garrison one of trio of the nations greatest Secretaries of War-the others were Jefferson Davis under President Pierce and Elihu Root under President Roosevelt"
 So said Maj. Gen. w. H. Haynes, "Father of the Arkansas National Guard," in discussing the condition of the state militia, due to the assistance that has been given by the National government. In a personal letter to Secretary Garrison yesterday, Gen. Haynes said:
 Permit me to tender you my sin cere, heartfelt congratulations that today is your 51st birthday, since all true Americans should have an ardent interest in an official who has done and is now doing such great work for Ia volunteer system of military train ing, the correct plan, marked by equity and justice, for creating a force for the national defense, which it is my belief cannot be eXcelled."
 During the present year the Arkan- ssa National Guard has received from the National government total of $50,000, one hundred pistols valued at $500, twenty-four army wagons valued at $3,000, an allowance to pay the expenses of the rife team to Jacksonville, Fla.,-a total of about $55,000.
 "The government is doing more for the Arkansas Guard than ever be- fore," said Maj. w. c. Bradford. "This is because the administration probably realizes the importance of having an efficient Guard. And the Guard was never so efficient as it is now. It has been put on business basis. The government is more than willing to do its share, but it cannot be hoped to do much more until the Legislature appropriates more money for its maintenance. We now have two lull reg IJltut. DOStttiis commandant of the University Cadets is interested in a proposition to affili- ate the cadets with the Guard, and has been ordered to come to Little Rock and confer with Gen. England soon on the subject. This is the first state where this has been undertaken, and it has the approval of the War De- partment."
 Maj. Sam. D. Crawford, of ElDorado President of the Arkansas National Guard Association, was in Little Rock yesterday, and in conference with other officers it was agreed to call the annual meeting of the association for the Capital Hotel, Little Rock, Dec. IA There are 115 members of the Association. Maj. Bradford will pre- pare the program.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
COURT TO RULE
 OUT EVIDENCE
After Hearing All Day Argu- ment, Judge Hunt Announced Government had not Presented Enough Evidence.

New York, Nov. 30.-The prospects at the adjournment of today's session of the trial of the former New Haven directors, under the Sherman law, were that one of the most important phases of the governments case against the defendants would be ruled out as irrelevant.
 This was evidence regarding the acquisition of the New York, Vest chester and Boston and the New York and Port Chester lines, which the gov ernment maintains were bought by the New Haven to prevent them from be- projected from New York City into a line into New England in competition with the New Haven.
 After an entire day in argument and the Identification of documentary evidence, Federal Judge Hunt an- nounced he did not think the govern ment had presented proof sufficient to justify it's contention that the roads were projected for the purpose of carrying interstate commerce. The defense contended that thel ines were not projected beyond the limits of the defense contended that the lines were not amendable to the interstate appli- cation of the Sherman law.
 Judge Hunt said he would allow both sides to present additional testi- mony before rendering his decision.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-01
MUCH INTEREST IN
 COTTON CONFERENCE
Meeting of Farmers, Bankers, Merchants and Progressive Ci- tizens will Probably be Large ly Attended at New Orleans.
By Clio Harper.


 Little Rock, Dec. 1.-Arkansas farmers, merchants, bankers, and pro- gressive citizens of all classes are in tensely interested in the Cotton States Bankers Conference, which is to be held in the city of New Orleans, Dec. 6 and 7. The object of the conference is to consider the present problems confronting the South in the market ing of it's staple crops and the pro- motion of it's industrial, commercial, land financial welfare. A number of prominent business men and bankers left Little Rock Sunday, in a special Pullman for New Orleans, to repre- sent the state. They were headed by B. c. Powell of Camden, and Robert E. Wait, of Little Rock, President and Secretary respectively of the Ark |ansas Bankers Association.
 The agricultural interests of the state are to be represented by Dean J. H. Miller, who is doing such a splendid work in the interest of agri- rultural extension throughout the state. MT. Bradford Knapp will re- present the U. s. Department of Ag- riculture.
 Moorehead Wright, president of the Union Trust Company, of Little Rock, lis secretary of the Conference, hav- ing been chosen at the first meeting of the organization in Galveston last August. Before his departure for New Orleans, MT. Wright said:
 "For the first time the South as a whole is awake to it's own short-com- ings, and to it's possibilities for the future. It seems a fit time to pro- mote cooperative action by which the power and prosperity of the several units may be multiplied several times over.
 With permanent organization the subject of uniform system of ware housing can be developed. Proper warehousing is now recognized as a leading factor in marketing cotton. It collects the cotton in the commu- nitites, induces cooperative competi- tion among the producers in raising better cotton, taking better care of it, and selling together. Then a stand ard warehouse certificate under pro- per and uniform laws will furnish se- curity to the big banks providing loans at low rates of interest to provide for general marketing.
 "The permanent organization will Ialso cement the activities of all the states in the promotion of better farming in the South. These confer ences have already saved millions of dollars to the cotton producers of the South.
 "The cotton states have for long time faced problems peculiar to them