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G. E.. STAUFFER MADE
A BANK EXAMINER
To Begin New Duties at Philadei-
phia. October Fine Record
in Department.

George T.. Stauffer. private secretary
10 the controller of the currency. re
ceived commission today as a bank eN-
'am:aer. He viii assume his duties or
COR about October and viii he ASST ned
TO the third federal reserve district.
with headquarters AZ Philadelphia.
where he viii take part in the exam
ination of the national banks of thar
city and be IN charge of examinations
elsewhere in the district.
Mr.. Stauffor has had something OF a
phenomenal record Of advancement in
the public service. In about three
years he has been promoted from 81 90"
to his present salary % $1,000, holding
successfully the posts of confidentiai
clerk to then Assistant Secretary y.
Piatt 4 ldrew of the Treasury Depart
ment. private secretary 10 then ASSIST %
ant Secretary Robert % BAILEY. retain
ing the post under Mr.. BaiLay's success
sor, John SHELTON Williams. and gong
as private secretary 10 Mr.. Williams
when the latter assumed The duties ~
controller of the currency.
Seven and half years Of public
service is Mr.. stauffer's experience IA
his twenty eight years of life. H.
came to Washington from HIS Eoni'
in Philadelphia to enter the public
health service. After two years and :
half he was transferred to The coast
guard. then the revenue cutter serr-
ice. as Il clerk. at 5000 a year From
then his advance WAS s.c.dN and ra'p'i.
He had received a hundred = year ia
crease in salary when he attracted fn'
attention of Assistant Secretary \
drew. who took him over as il conf
Dental clerk. at $l.ioe.
No successor to Mr.. Siautter as pa
waite secretary to the controller OF tn
. currency has yet been selected.
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FUGITIVE Is ARRESTED.
Man Charged With Mail Thefts
Found Near City.

After a search since early in the year
detectives late yesterday located and
arrested David E. White near Rosslyn,
Va, on a charge of grand larceny. In
the Police Court today White pleaded
guilty and was held for the action of
the grand jury in $4,000 bonds.
White is charged with having par
ticipated in the work of band of four
which last winter robbed the United
States mails in their operations in this
city. Clark Yale and his wife, to-
gether with Joseph Carey, young man,
were arrested early in the year by De-
tective Burlingania. and this officer.
with Detectives Kelly and Baur, has
since been searching for White. The
trio were later convicted.
According to the officers, a check for
$3.50 which had been stolen from the
mails was deposited at a Rosslyn, Va.
bank. Later, it is stated, White. who
had been fitted out by Clark Yale in
the latter's best suit. overcoat and hat,
was sent to the bank to draw a check
for $500 on the check deposited. After
securing the money, it is stated, White
failed to return with the money to the
other members of the band.
The detectives located White yester-
day afternoon and his arrest followed.
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Navy Wireless Searches
for Steamer Marowijne,
Now Three Days Overdue

Instructions have been sent by the
Navy Department to the powerful radio
station at Key West to attempt to COM
municate by wireless with the United
Fruit liner Marowijne, three days over
due at New Orleans, from Belize, Hon
duras. Thirty-five passengers and a
large crew are aboard the steamer.
The United Fruit Company had re-
quested that naval vessel be sent in
search of the Marowijne, which was
believed to have been in the path of
the tropical hurricane Saturday, but the
Navy Department has no ships avail
able in those waters.
The names Of four more soldiers re-
ported lost in the food at Texas City.
and their nearest relatives, were re-
ported today:
Harry W. Eiter, sister, Mrs. Mary
Barr. Button, Ind.
Frank Soukup, brother, John Soukop.
2935 Sacramento avenue, Chicago. Ill.
Walter Williams. brother, Henry Will
liams, 21S Chester street, Jackson.
Tenn.
Samuel Henderson, aunt. Mrs. Nancy
Waterson, Saylesville, r. /.
Haiman Samet. Company K, 23d In
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Bitten by Snake in Water
as He Worked to Save
Life of Baby and Himself

HOUSTON, Tex, August 20.-Evidence
of the unusual destructiveness of Mon
days hurricane was seen today in
Houston's hospitals, which house be-
tween so and 100 persons. either in
jured in the storm or suffering from
illness contracted by long exposure.
Most of these patients came from little
towns along the coast.
Among all the injured, possibly the
most remarkable ailment is snake bite
"a real danger in a coast hurricane,
because the water drives snakes upon
the few objects above water available
for keeping afioat. Marvin Proctor of
Lynchburg is in a serious condition on
account of moccasin bite. With his
baby he had been driven into the water
and was trying to build raft wit
snake bit him on the hand. He carried
the baby until Wednesday morning, al
though one arm was swollen to nearly
twice it's normal size. Wednesday a
launch picked him up.
A delegation of three citizens from
WallaceVille, a town of about 1000 in
habitants on the east side of the CAL
weston bay, appealed today for aid, say
their town. This committee estimated
that 10000 head of stock were drowned
in Chambers county, where Wallace
vile is situated.
They SAID, also, there is appfehen-
sion over the fate of seventy-five in
habtants of Smiths point, a peninsula
jutting far out into the bay. which
seemed to be submerged during the
storm
Washed to Sea and Back.
G. A. Fredericks of Dallas and E. J.
Whittig of Houston. who were in the
Virginia Point Hotel when it collapsed,
were washed out to sea for several
hours, and then washed back again
with a change of wind. This hotel is
near the mainland end of the Galveston
causeway. They drifted off on wreck
age when it collapsed. The freakish
wind returned them almost to the site
Of the hotel, SO that refugees who had
escaped from the hotel to a railway
signal tower were able to toss Whittig
chair tied to wire, towing him to
safety with the chair. Fredericks was
badly bruised.
The most unusual drifting experience
reported thus far was that of a young
girl of about sixteen, found on CAL
weston beach unconscious. When re-
vived, she said she was at Ve1asco,
nearly sixty miles distant, when the
hurricane hit. She became unconscious
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Injured Soldiers Received.

Fifty injured soldiers arrived here
today from Texas City. and with them
| came several hundred women and chill
dren, most of the party being wives and
children of either officers or enlisted
| men. A majority of the soldiers were
not badly hurt An infirmary had been
leased for the injured soldiers. 1t also
will quarter some of the wives and
children of the enlisted men. The re-
mainder of the party will be scattered
over the city. At present there is lack
of accommodations in Texas City, as
the buildings erected for occupancy OF
families of the army men there were
destroyed
Fifty thousand loayeS of bread from
Houston were started to Galveston to-
day along with fifty barrels of staple
foodstuffs. Twenty thousand loaves
are expected to pass through here from
San Antonio and Dallas.
Galveston's water supply Immediately
after the storm was estimated as sufti-
cient to last until tonight at least.
Mayor Lewis Fisher of Galveston, how
ever, sent word here that the city
hoped to have a new supply today.
Gov. Ferguson returned to Austin
last night, announcing that he was IN.
formed there was no need of state aid
at Galveston. A few persons from
Galveston are arriving here, but out
bound passengers from the city are
relatively few.
Work of clearing up the debris left
in the wake of the storm and OF re-
pairing damage was under way in
many places
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FRIDAY, THE 18TH, HIS H00D00
Youth Returns Marriage License.
Girl Went Back on Him"

Friday, the 18th, proved a stumbling
block to the matrimonial plans of Park
DigSs of Marcus Hook, Pa. twenty
two years old, and Amelia Butler,
twenty-one years, of Charles county.
Md. Young Diggs came to Washington
last Friday and obtained a marriage
License. Today Clerk Knoll received
the license back for cancellation. and
with il letter from the prospective
groom. He wrote:
My girl is going back on me. l
thought she was true to her word, and
when l got to where j expected to see
her she was 900 or 400 miles from me.
l thought / would send back the
license"
Clerk Knoll cancelled the record of
the license.
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Thirteen Dead in Morgue Sums
Up the City's Storm
Casualties.
WORK OF REBUILDING
ALREADY UNDER WAY
Most Serious Loss Is the Partial De.
struction of the So, 000, 900
Causeway.

GALVESTON, Tex, August 10 tby
courier to Houston).-Of thirteen bodies
in local morgues the identified dead
from the storm which swept Galveston
this week included only seven up to
Thursday night. The city is able to
care for all of its needy. Rebuilding
work has begun.
B. E. Quinn and Louis Featherstone.
who arrived here yesterday from Beau
mont, reported that at Texas City they
met an automobile party from Virginia
Point, the north end of the Galveston
were buried at Virginia Point Wednes-
day. and that there were seven other
bodies there
The body of a japanese, said to have
been the cook on the schooner Dora
Allison. which was wrecked on the sea
wall yesterday, was found at the foot
of the wall. A fiat car was sent down
the island yesterday to bring in num-
Der of bodies said to have been washed
ashore from other points.
Two British steamships, the Harleedon
and the Eaton Hall, are aground at
Swan Lake ON the mainland southwest
Of Texas City. 1t is said that the Eaton
Hall is in a serious condition.
Sea Becomes Normal.
The sea returned to normal aspect
here yesterday afternoon and the rain
storm following the hurricane has
stopped.
The city is under military rule. with
soldiers patrolling the streets and on
guard in hotels. Galveston appears to
have suffered outwardly much more
from wind than from water. The hur-
ricane ripped loose all manner of
ahriu ri NO
The city's most serious loss was the
partial destruction of the 100000
causeway. Only small boats ran to the
mainland, so the city temporarily is
embarrassed by lack of an adequate
ferry service.
There is no evidence that there was
panic during the storm. In the Galvez
Hotel, which stands practically on the
sea wall, the guests the night of the
hurricane danced until midnight. Then
the lights failed, and the dancing stop
ped.
Some of the troops of the 5th Brigade
from Fort Crockett nave been quarter
ed on the army transport Buford.
1O1 Known Dead; $50 Missing.
HOUSTON, Tex, August 20.-With
bread and other food supplies from
neighboring cities reaching Galveston
and promise that railroad communica-
ton with the city soon would be resumed.
less anxiety weighed today upon the
state officials and people here inter-
ested in the relief of the distressed city
than at any time since it was known
Galveston had been in danger.
AS late messages confirmed reports
that little outside aid would be neces-
sary in Galveston, and that the deaths
there would number less than score.
attention was turned to other spots
which felt the force Of the hurricane.
Reports from various cities outside
of Galveston today showed a~1ist of
1O1 known dead and 1873 missing. OF
those missing it was feared that more
than half had persisted.
When the crews of the dredge boat
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lost. The drcdge Sam Houston is
aground about mile south of Edwards
Point No news yet as to her crew. The
dredge Miller is safe near the passenger
pier at Texas City. Five members OF
the San Bernard crew came ashore
from twelve to twenty miles west OF
Galveston
The Notifications referred to were
faced with riprap or small broken
stone. resting on piling where the
works face the beach. The engineers
here assume that the riprap was under
mined by the action OF the waves, as
the great sea wall, which protected the
city and island elsewhere. was not eN-
tended across the face of the fortifca
ton. 1t is not the belief. however, that
the money damage will be large. as the
Qualifications were largely of concrete
and may be easily repaired.
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British Disappointed.

The landing of British troops at Suvla
bay. Gallipoli peninsula, is regarded in
London as a partial disa ppointment.
The Turks had concentrated their
forces in the Amaze zone little to the
south. but were able to send troops
north in time to prevent any important
advance by the landing forces. 1t is
believed here that no forward move
ment of consequence is likely unless
the British are reinforced considerably.
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BRITISH FORCES MAKE
ADVANCE UPON TURKS
Must Be Reinforced to Make Gains
of Consequence, London
Believes.

LONDON. August 20.-British forces
operating against the Turks on the
Gallipoli peninsula have made some
advances. according to French war
office statement received here OF the
general Dardanelles situation the com
munication says:
"In the southern zone there is moth
ing to report. with the exception of
enSa gements between patrols and ar
tillery.
I'm the northern zone the British left
wing has made some progress in Ithe
plain of Anafarta.
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Free Postage for Soldiers.

PARIS. August 20.-An agreement has
been signed between France and Italy
by which letters and postal cards from
the soldiers OF one country to CORE
spondents in another shall be carried
postage free, while letters 10 soldiers
from civilians living in either country
shall bear domestic postage only. The
arrangement applies to all colonies from
which there are soldiers serving in
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-20

urge and insist, as we do. that 1t Is un-
just to require us to protect ourselves
in that way, if it were possible to do
so. which it is not, and that your gov
with US and should not permit it's citi-
zens to be made the chief instruments
of wholesale slaughter that is now
devastating Europe. IT there is any
thing in the nature of bad faith or in
consistency in that attitude, l confess
to being too obtuse to be able to ap-
preciate it.
whilst it is true that all sorts OF
offers and proposals were and are
being constantly made to me Gas they
are doubtless being made to the rep
resentatives to the allies in this coun-
try). upon that and every other con
ceivable subject by people unknown to
US. whom we never took the trouble to
proposals we paid not the slightest at
tention, no such transaction as has
been sought to be adduced from the
one sided correspondence that has been
printed ever took place.
Our only offense, on the face OF
these letters. is that Of having tucked
away the letters instead of consigning
them to the wastebasket.
Calls Tales Inspired Romance.
For months past the newspapers
have been filled with inspired romances
VI ouf dllehptS ~ AoIhehI idDoi tou
bles, which I am glad of the oppor-
tunity to set at rest.
"It is quite on a par with the base
less and ridiculous assertion that the
large transactions of Germany suggest
weekly expenditure of $4,000, O00.'
These sensational falsehoods follow one
another SO thick and fast that it is
impossible to deny them If one were
disposed to do So
ut is because we are frankly So
licitous for the good opinion of your
people and resentful of these baseless
we have made of American hospitality
that I have taken the liberty Of tres
passing to this extent upon public at
tention."
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SOUTHWEST ST. LOUIS
PARTLY UNDER WATER

81. LOUIS, August 20-The south
western part of St Louis was under
water today as q result Of a continuous
ao"hpour OF rain that began about
o'clock this morning and following Il
steady drlzzle that lasted nearly all
day Thursday.
AT O'Clock this morning four inches
| OF rain had fallen. The storm was ac-
companied by a high wind Residents
IN the southwest part of town were
going about in boats TODAY
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Texas Rice Crop Damaged.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, August 20
Damage to the south Texas rice crop
has been enormous, according to re-
ports reaching here. Harvesting has
just begun and growers had expected
one of the largest crops in years The
loss around Eagle lake, it was said,
will reach almost SO per cent.
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ton.
Crew Sticks to Wrecked Schooner.


Crew Sticks to Wrecked Schooner.
MOBILE, Ala, August 20.-Wrecked
in the gulf storm. the schooner L. A.
seabeam. owned in Kingston. Jamaica.
is dismantled and a derelict in latitude
2O.3O north, longitude $500 west, ac-
cording to a report received here today
from the steamship Matinicocke. The
Seabeam was spoken by the Mattni-
cooke Tuesday. according to the re-
port. and the crew of the distressed
sailing vessel refused to abandon it.
However. they accepted water, beef and
bread from the Matincocke. The Hen
riques Lumber Company of Kingston,
Jamaica, owners of the Seabeam, have
been notified Of her plight.
Fear Marowijne Is Lost.
NEW ORLEANS. August 20.-Nothing
had been heard today from the Amer
lean steamship Marowijne, overdue
here since Monday from Belize, Brit
ish Honduras. The Marowijne left Be
lie at 10 o'clock Friday morning and
should have arrived here at o'clock
Monday night.
Thirty-f1ve passengers and a crew
varlously estimated at from twenty
when it left Belize Among the passen-
gers known to have been ON the
Marowijne were Edward n. To-Day, the
scientist; Rev. John c. Cookey, both
of st. Louis. and Arturo Belgrano. a
prominent member of the Argentine
diplomatic corps
Two officers and six members of the
crew of the American schooner Lydia
NJ Deering. which fOundered in the
gulf during the recent hurricane. were
brought here by the Southern Pacifis
liner Comus. Capt. George w. Murphy
OF Boston of the Deering is believed
to have been drowned, and two mem
bers of the crew. Arthur Davis of OK
ford. n. c., negro. and an unknown
norwegian sailor. were killed outright
bound from Sabine, Tex, to Boston,
her home port.
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SEAMEN'S LAW A PUZZLE.
Attorney General Working on Fea
lures for White House Information

Attorney General Gregory Will sui
NIT to President Wilson within q few
DAYS an Interpretation of features OF
the seamen's law passed al the las; se7-
sion of Congress which have proved
puzzling to administration leaders.
The President asked Mr.. Gregory f"i
his opinion several weeks ago after th"
Department of Commerce mad sent 20
the White House an interpretation 90
the effect that certain ships undcr for
eign registry would not have 10 com
PLY with some safety requirements de-
manded of ships under American reg
istry.
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Would Buy All if Possible.

II am unable to understand on what
theory our action in that direction
should be the subject of criticism. If
We had the means and the opportunity
we would buy every munitions factory
in the United States, if in that way we
could keep munitions from the enemy.
I'VE should, however, still earnestly
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Advices From Texas City.

Most of the official dispatches had
been delayed in TRANSMIT ssion, and
threw only little light on the situation
IN the storm area. One message from
Texas City said considerable medical
property had been saved. and that a
hospital had been established in a hotel
Notice was given that more supplies
would be required if the troops and
sick remained in Texas City.
Gen. Kingman. chief of engineers of
the army, has received the following
kilograms from Col. Richie. the engi-
neer officer in charge of the Galveston
river and harbor improvement district:
Galveston, August IS Teceived in
Washington los am August 19D.-Hur-
ricane of nearly equal violence to that
of 1900; less wind, higher water, longer
duration. Am getting facts as rapidly
as possible. No outside communicate ton
yet The dre,lge San Bernard lost;
thirty of her crew probably lost also.
Small boats in the harbor safe. Re
ports from others expected today. The
parapets of the fortified tons have been
washed out. Loss of life in the city
very small owing to the effective pro-
lection of the sea wall. Property damage
far less than in 1907
Galveston, August IS Second dis
patch untimed) Chief of Engineers,
Washngton.-The dredge San Jacinto
is aground on Red Fish bar, but no lives
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fantry. reported dead. has been found
sick in a hospital. according to a mes
sage from Gen. Bell The total army
dead in the flood now is fourteen.
Messages to government departments
today from Galveston and Texas city
said aid to civilian population had been
authorized, but that little help ap-
peared to be needed, particularly in
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If a married man is wise he. never
speaks of his good. old bachelor days
in the presence of his VIE.
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Five Army Corps Concentrated
and Fleet Held in
Readiness.
RUPTURE OF RELATIONS
CONSIDERED IMMINENT
Government in Rome Angered by
Treatment of Her Subjects in
Ottoman Empire.

ROME, Angus 20, via Paris, 2:45 pm.
A rupture of relations between Tur-
key and Italy is considered imminent.
ascribed to her desire to do her utmost
to conserve the interests of Italians
who still remain in the Ottoman en-
pire, who are now estimated at 10000
in number.
Italian newspapers. in commenting
on the situation, express the opinion
that an Italian declaration of war
against Turkey would not hasten So
luton in the Dardanelles favorable to
the entente allies. because military ex-
perts seem to believe that new army
superf1uous.
The Italian government is angered
by the disregard by the porte of pro-
tests against the treatment of Italian
subjects in Turkey. and is reported to
have issued an ultimatum demanding
that Italians be allowed to leave the
country how. when and where they de-
sire, privilege heretofore denied them
Army and Navy Get Ready.
Five Italian army corps concentrated
at Apulia have been ordered to be pre-
pared to leave for an unknown desti-
nation.
y strong squadron of fast cruisers
is being held in readiness to steam
from laramie, Italy, at moments
notice. 1t is expected that the war
ships will be sent against Turkey If
that country declines to satisfy ltaly's
demands.
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Sam Houston and San Jacinto were
reported safe the missing list was cut
down from it's previous mark of 264.
The dredges were found last night
aground near the Houston ship canal.
1t was announced that trains would
be running into Texas City on regular
schedule today.
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Grave Concern Is Felt.

Grave concern over Italian subjects
in Turkey is felt at the Italian en-
bassy in Washington. Reports to the
embassy have stated that Bavarian
soldiers have been taken prisoners on
the Austrian front and that Turks are
fighting with the revolutionists in
Tripoli. although there has been no
declaration of war against Italy by
either Germany or Turkey.
Giuseppe Brambilla, counselor of the
Italian embassy called. at the State
Department last evening seeking infor-
nation regarding Italian subjects in
Turkey He found the department had
received no late reports from Ambas-
sador Morgenthau at Constantinople.
Dispatches in the Italian press have
stated that Mr.. Morgenthau's efforts
to secure free passage for Italians
wishing to leave Turkey were unsuc-
cesSful.
The cruisers Chester and Des Moines,
now in Mediterranean waters. have been
assisting in the transportation of
refugees. and the latter, which left
Rhodes for Alexandria today. it is be-
lieved may have carried some Italians.