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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-09

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
SAILED LATE WEDNESDAY


Report 60 New York says I tIiad
I75 Passengers.
NEW YORK Aug. 1a.-The White Star
line announced this afternoon that they
had received message stating that the
Arabic sailed late yesterday.
A second message received a few min
utes after the one announcing the vessel
had sailed contained the information that
the Arabic had aboard 40 cabin passen-
gers ana forty-five In the steerage. This
message contained no reference to the
reported sinking OF the vessel
The Arabic one OF the few large White
star vessels remaining in the trans
Atlantic service. sailed on It's last out
ward voyage from this port on July
p last. II had aboard 1sS passengers and
approximately io.o0o tons of cargo, almost
all OF which was war supplies. Aero
planes and automobiles formed the chief
portion OF the cargo.
Attack by German submarine APP
parently was feared when the vessel left
New York. for around its steering gear
there were piled numerous sandbags as
a protection against gun fire. This also
was taken as an Indication In case Il
WV HfMhtNa W. y - b0Ni AhN bAh INV
intended 60 take chance at getting
away. trusting 70 its speed
The crew usually consisted OF about
go men. Il was assumed today that Il
had this number aboard when It left
Liverpool yesterday. An the crew, il
was said. were OF foreign citizenship.
Captain VIII Finch commanded the ship.
Fifteen boat loads OF the Arablc's pas
sengers and crews have been saved, ac-
cordIng TO cable dispatch received here
at $50 p m. by the white star line. The
dispatch follows:
THE Arabic sailed Wednesday after
noon with cargo and mails and i75 pas
sengers and was sunk by a German SUBJ
marine at 9:ik o'clock this morning off
the, south coast OF Ireland. Hopeful that
all passengers and crew have been saved,
as fifteen boat loads were rescued
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

einf lies half way across the sca wall
All the sailors from this vessel wers
rescued BY soldiers 81 Fort Crockett.
Three BiE fires.
There were three disastrous fires IN
Galveston since the storm. The first OF
these. which broke out IN q laundry near
the Santa Re depot, occurred early Tues
day morning. This block. with the one
adjoining. was burned TO tho ground.
Later fire started in the store OF the
Galveston Dry Goods company and at
noon wednesday there was a fire In the
warehouse OF the Direct Navigation. com
pany. II was estimated that these three
fires alone caused damage OF spproxi-
mately $4,000 IN excess Of that created
By the storm. Late reports received
at Texas city stated that the fire
was subsequently gotten under control
By the use Of engines pumping water from
the streets, The greatest need OF CAL.
weston now and the 2O000 or more people
who remained in Galveston during the
storm Is food and fresh water. At noon
Wednesday 1t was reported there was
scarcely enough water TO last another
day and much OF this would be required
for baking bread. Nearly all the stores
VI HIOENINNN WNtH MMANI NoNkNUa WLINMAEM
OF crackers being sold for Is cents each
Both ends Of the causeway were
washed out and II viii be several weeks
before direct rail connection can be re-
sumed. Gangs OF men are busiiy en-
Gagged IN clearing the railroad tracks Of
the debris which IL piled on them between
Texas City Junction and Texas City. The
warehouse and dock people Of Texas
City have placed these facilities at the
disposal Of a committee Of Galveston
people and as soon as rail communities
ton can be made ample supplies can be
sent across the bay in barges and United
states transports.
Monuments Blown Across street.
The storm broks over the city at 5
o'clock Monday afternoon. The wind
blew water in from the bay, flooding the
streets and cellars. Business men con-
tinued 10 work until nearly Q o'clock re-
goods 20 places OF safety At
that hour the water was four to six
feet deep In Market street and all who
could sought refuge in the higher floors
The wind flowing from the north. COM
tinued 10 increase its velocity until about
O'Clock. At that hour. Il il estimated, II
had reached a velocity OF from 30 70 l2s
miles an hour. Meanwhile II had veered
from tho north around to the east and
then came directly out OF the south. II
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. and the waves
broks over the wall with terrific force.
So great was this force that the two
granite monuments which were placed
at the foot Of fremont street to commem-
crate the storm of 1900. were blown clear
scross this boulevard. distance OF more
than fifty feet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
LARan AMOUNT on MArL.
Consists OF nearly Three Thousand
BAGS, IL Is said.

Consists OF Nearly Three Thousand
Bass, ~ Is said.
NEW YORK. Aug, 1s.-rhe mail aboard
the vessels. Il was said at the White
Star line, consisted OF 1850 bags OF fot-
ters and ia6 bags Of parcel post matter.
representative OF tho line pointed out
that the lifeboats would hold a maximum
OF fifty to sixty persons each. The early
report that fifteen boats were making
for Queenstown was considered an indi-
cation that many persons had been
saved. Fifteen boats. Il IL pointed out,
would hold from 80 10 poo persons II
filled to capacity. Tho total number
aboard the Arabic was placed at ap-
proximateiy ga.
The White Star line ANNOUNCED late to-
day that tho captain OF the Arabic has
reported 10 the line at Liverpool that
the vessel had been sunk without warn
ing.
II was also announced that $50 survivor,
had landed at Queenstown.
ats Landed.
| Tho announcement made BIZ the line
read a. follows.
"a cable message from the Liverpool
office stated that SIS survivors had been
landed at Queenstown and that forty.
eight are vet 10 be accounted for. The
commander OF the ship wires that the
snip was torpedoed without warning. The
ship sank In eleven minutes
Among those landed was Mr.. De Ior-
rimer OF Canada"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
NINnrErN DROWN AT BRAzO.

HAcurshonhsts VINO rake Refuge In
Life saving station killed.
FREEPORT, Tex, Aug 1o.-cSineteen
persons were drowned at the Brazos
United States Jlfesaving station In the
storm Monday night according 70 reports
received here Tho only known dead,
most Of whom are said TO be excursion.
lists were the wife and child Of Captain
John p. steinhart. keeper OF the station.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

Reports from Beaumont say fifty-slx
were lost when the dredge. Sam Houston,
went down In Galveston bay. Thirty per-
sons who boarded steamer al Port Boil
var lighthouse are thought TO have per-
ished when the vessel broke from It's
moorings and drifted into the gulf ac-
cording 10 refugees at Beaumont from
Port Bolivar
Fires, which have been raging In Gal
weston, were reported under ccntrol last
night, this item Of damage alone having
been estimated at In excess OF $4,000
There was no train service out or into
the city, and the telegraph and telephone
facilities. destroyed early Monday night
still were out OF commission. with pros
pects OF their restoration within the next
twenty-four hours very doubtful.
The only means OF transportation there
was by boat.
Reports OF looting by negroes and the
killing Of several OF tho looters have not
been confirmed. and Il Is stated the city
was placed under martial law as an ACT
OF precaution.
The exact conditions at small coast
towns and many other points in the
storms path near the coast was not yet
known, these points being isolated from,
wire communication. Crippled telegraph
service. with Houston shut out Monday
lnisht. was maintained during last night,
with prospects Of increased facilities
today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
FAVORED BY BOARD
Chairman Cowsil Of Finance Com
mittee Reports Sentiment for
New Building.
CENTRAL oUTeRows CAPACITY

A north side public high school Il
being considered by members Of the
Board Of Education with considerable
earuestness. The matter has been
mentioned before. but not until the
present time has IL assumed a serious
phase.
Robert CoweIi. chairman Of the finance
committee Of the Board Of Educatiou.
discussing the forthcoming sale Of 5000
school bonds. said; Tho north side high
school proposition grows IN my my mind
the more ! have considered this matter
and have discussed II with other members
OF the board The idea seems TO be
favored by the board"
In this connection Afr. Coweli takes note
Of tie rapid growth Of the north part OF
the city. He confdenslafiy believes Il
win be matter Of comparatively short
time before Florence VIII become a part
Of Greater Omaha. He says Central High
school Is rapidly cutgrowins its capacity.
woula Cost Tive Hundred Thousand
The proposed north side high school
would not be as pretsntious as Central
High, but Il would be M well equipped.
n IL estimated that $4,000 would cover
the cost Of building and site
This matter viii be discussed by the
finance and buildings and grounds COM
p,ittees and later BY the entire school
board IN committee OF the whole.
In she event that board should decide
upon this north hign school. the work
could not be completed before the opening
Of school IN September next year.
The finance committee AZ well 80 the
buildings and grounds committee have
been Joking over proposed sites from
which several win be selected when the
sonds shall have beer sold
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
Allies Declare
Cotton Contraband
to Protect Market

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s-"The allied
governments have agreed in principle that
cotton is contraband of war The exact
GATE when this announcement shall be
made is still under consideration. as well
as other details connected with The pro-
clamations."
This statement was authorized today at
the British embassy. M
As soon as the official announcement
Is made, 1t will be disclosed also that
the allied governments have prepared to
stand behind the market TO prevent ruin
GUS depression Of prices and. minimize
hardships TO planters.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
HURRICANE TOLL
OF LIFE NEARLY
FOUR HUNDRED
lcontInued rrom Pase one.l

NVheih"co ttoih fe&c Cho1
OF vessels that were out IN the gulf when
the hurricane struck were yet unreported
and other tugs and steamers were known
70 have been lost. although no Informal
ton as 70 loss OF life on them was avail
able.
That Galveston did not suffer q worse
fate than In, the storm of fifteen years
ago was ascrlbed by its citizens 10 the
costly sea wall built by the city.
The velocity OF the wind that struck
Galveston Monday afternoon Is said to
have gone as high as 40 miles on hour.
Fires caused s2b0IoOo damage in Gall
weston. but at latest reports were under
control.
The storm had greatly abated today
and had passed inland. The weather
bureau at washington reported II had
passed northeast with greatly diminished
strength.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Aug. H.
The total number OF persons killed
in Texas by the storm OF the last few
days viii approximate 400. according
TO Charles 8. Hayden. correspondent
OF the Light, who returned today
from Houston and Galveston.
The dead in Galveston may reach
from $50 to 500. Mr.. Hayden said.
However, the exact number may
never be known. The heaviest loss
of life was sustained on the shipping
In the bay. Up TO noon yesterday
only fourteen bodies had been recov-
cred In the city OF Galveston.
Thousands OF people who remained In
Galveston left their homes Monday night
and sought refuge In the big buildings
IN the heart OF the city. The fremont,
Royal. Panama ana Galves hotels were
crowded to capacity. while the uppeI
floors OF the santa re station. Natlona
bank building and the Rosenburg hbrars
also held their thousands
wall Holda hack sea.
Il - estimated that the property iosl
At Galveston may reach $4,000. 900. but n
the fact OF this the citizens are jubliant
for the sea wall, built AZ a tremendous
cost. fOllowing the great storm Of 1870
did lts duty and stands intact Grea
holes were torn in the pavement OF tn
boulevard iust inside the sea wall 70
practically the entire distance iron
Seventh 20 Nineteenth streets ana /
places the wall itself Woa undermined.
Almost as great damage 20 property 4
Galveston was created BY the waite
/, which flowed IN from the bay Monda
afternoon Prom One-half 20 two-thirds q
the buildings which lined this front hay
bean wrecked and most or the hiuldine
about the docks are little better TIA
ruins. This. hwoeyer. Is attributed 20 win
as the piiins ca which these building
were erected stin stands, Back Of n
ssa WALL Ia tie vicinity Of rremor
street. en- the smaller fran bundlnr
, haNe been wrecked ca Hrenehed fyoi
! their foundations. All bath house,. 4,
! ESTHER with piers extending out into n
! Gulf. have bsen washed away and = hl
! fouF-masted schooner. hurled IN from n
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
vIRolsIA FoIsF noFEL FALL.
Fo; ..:,::. r-sssslz rss =. When

FoaFteen Probably fcrtahed when
BaiIding Collapsed In Storm.
HOUSTON. Tex. Aug Is-Between
fourteen and fifteen persons It "a feared
may have perished in the collapse Of a
hotel az virginia Point. according 20 Rev.
n. J. Sloan Of Houston Heights. and
Sheriff G. y. Kemp OF Wharton, who
arrived here late Wednesday.
sloan and Kemp said they were pas
aengeru on Galveston interurban train
which stalled on the causeway dur
mg the storm Monday night. An pas
sengers on The car numbering forty
eight. sought refuge IA the hotel. two
story frame structure. Tho motorman
refused to leave his car.
About a;5p o'clock Tuesday morning, .
said Kemp. 'the hotal started TO 90 q
pieces. fts walls parted with a roar. and
IN a moment those inside were struggling
"a the waters which surged over the
eaueewaS Twenty members OF the part,
never were accounted for but d q posi-
Die some OF them ESCAPED dea.h.'
W. e. Rassdale Of Houston. q travelinl
salesman. confirmed the story OF n.
hotel collapse. .
with several companions I left IN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

corning the Arabic's fata II was not
even known officially here that Il had
loft Liverpool TIL after the word came
thai Il had been sunk. and no passenger
list had been prepared here for pubIIca-
ton
The Arabic was ono of the largest Of
tho few British vessels remaining in the
Transatlantic service on It's recent
trips Il has carried far fewer passengers.
especially Americans, than in times OF
peace. When Il sailed from this port.
July y. Il was shielded 30 far AZ poe
sible against gunfire which might de-
stroy tho steering gear, by bags OF sand
piled high above II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
SCORE DEAD AT nEAuMoN1
People az John-on's Rayoa TAX.
Refuee IN Trectops.

People ~ JOhn.oB's Rayoa Take
Refuee In Trcctops.
BEAUMONT, Tex, Aug 19.-News
from the storm-strichcn district adjacent
20 Beaumont early today was meager
but no more fatalities were reported. SO
fer as known here, nearly a score OF
persons are dead. with a number re-
ported as missing.
Reports from Sabine and Sabine Pass.
Tex, and Johnson's Bayou and Lees
burg, La, where heavy loss Of life was
feared, declared that all persons at those
places were safe.
Many narrow escapes from death have
been reported. The 400 residents Of John
sons Bayou saved their lives by taking
refuge IN tree tops. leaving their homes
TO be washed away.
A man drifted into Port Bolivar
"wednesday on bale Of cotton, 70 which
he had been ciinging since Monday night.
He was nearly dead from exposure
OF cattle In the section below
Beaumont have been lost.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
DALLAs nsTIMArn IS Lownn
Death RoI lat Au Points IL Less
Than Two Hundred.

Death RoI lat AI Points f. Less
Than Two Hundred.
DALLAS. Tex, Aug. 1s.-With informa-
ton from Galveston and other points on
the Texas southeast gulf coast slowly
sitting through. Il seemed certain early
today that the terrific tropical storm
OF this week heA exacted only COM
paratively small boss Of life. and that
the loss Of probtRy in the city OF Gal
weston at least, was small. as compared
to the storm Of 1900. According to re-
ports, the great $4,000 sea wall saved
the city OF Galveston from even worse
horror than that OF 1900 According to
available reports. the total OF lives lost
throughout the storm district Is less than
800.
The damage In Galveston this week.
based upon meager reports. is placed at
100000 with the loss OF fourteen lives.
In 1900. 5000 persons met death and the
property loss reached sl5,OO0,OO0
Barlier reports placed the damage at
Galveston az high as $4,000 900. but this
apparently was disproved by later ad-
vices brought out by newspaper men and
other persons.
While large section OF the storm dis
trict is yet 70 be heard from. the num-
Der OF deaths, based on the best OBJ
ltainabie inflammation follows.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
AHABIc HIT NY TORPEDO.
white star steamer struck ~ Tor
pedo off ireland.

white star steamer struck BY Tor
pedo off ireland.
LONDON, Aug ip.-The Arabic WA
sent TO the bottom By a torpedo from .
German submarine. The torpedo str4acl
the Arabic At els O'Clock this snorhinr.
The Prcss association states IL Is feared
large number OF passengers have been
lost. Tho message TO tho Press associa-
tion saysl
rblevel boats got away ana Il "a feared
large number OF passengers were Loaf.
The Arabic Is reported to have gone 10
the bottom In eleven minutes.
The White Star liner Arabic. which
sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New
York. has been sent TO the bottom or
Faatnet. on the south coast OF Ireland
not far from the point AZ which the Lu.l-
tania was sunk by German submarine.
huch reports AZ were available In Lon
don early this evening indicated that a
lerge number OF the 40 persons on board
may have been lost. the first reports
were that all or the passengers ana crew
had been rescued b. another steamer
subsequently. however, Il was reported
fhat the Arabic had gone down IN eleven
minutes, raising the question whether n
would have been possible to rescue All
on board IN that brief time.
A message to the Waite star lima LEFT
this question open II said that fifteen
OF sixteen boatloads were fnakins FOR
Queenstown. and from this the company
Inferred that the Ereater part Of tho
passengers and crew were saved.
The White Star line, after frat an
nouncing that there were 40 pansensers
on board, later gave out corrected state.
ment giving the total number az az.
There were i62 second cabin passoneers.
forty-eight IN the stceraRe and atS mem.
bers Of tho crew.
According to this account. A perisoone
was sighted as the steamer went into
ST. Georges channel. ana Il soon became
obvious that hostile submarine was IN
pursuit The Arabic put on fun steam
and out distanced the suhmorsible
Dynamite Undar settee.
On the occasion OF the apparent nttempl
to dynamite the Arabic last month. tbs
explosive. which was discovered BY 4
private detective. was concealed under
settee IN the women's parlor IN IN.
cabin amidship A thorough search Of
the liner was made BY detectives befor.
q sailed On its last eastward trip on Jul,
=. but no explosives were found.
On it, recent trips the Arabic has car
ried far fewer passengers than on norma
Voyages II times Of peace. There wer
iso passengers IA tho cabin. OF whom Nv
were Americans. and eighty IN the steer
aee on the last voyage % Liverpool.
The Arabic has been utilized 10 carr
Srees Quantities q Nar munitions pur
chased b the United states tor Grca
Britain.
faetnet' of which the Arabic l. r.
eorted 70 have gone down. lies close Z
the lane Of Steamship traffic betWao
lueland and America II 4 about forr
miles west q Old Head Of Kinsaio. nea
which The Lusitnnla was sunk. 0erma.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
DEATH RECORD.
". $. Fuller.

CRETE. Neb.. Aug. 19.-Cspecial.) -H.
s. Fuller. for more than forty years a
resident of this city, died suddenly Tues
day at midnight at his residence in this
city. Mrs. Fuller was president OF the
City National bank Of this city and one
OF the pioneer business men OF Nebraska.
Two of Mr.. Fuller's sons live in Call
fornia and upon their arrival funeral ar
rangements win be completed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

Ths Arabics tonnage IL 1851 Eroas and
i0,Os2 net. II IL 600 feet LONG, IS feet
beam and a feet IN depth II was built
In Belfast In 1903 hy ffarIand a Wolff
on itt last eastward trip the Arabic arr
rived In Liverpool on August from New
York.
Following the receipt Of q cablegram
announcing ito safe arrival, the bureau
Of comburtibies Of New York City al
lowed the fnct 70 become known that two
sticks OF dynamite had been discovered
on board on July 2. the night before
Il sailed from New York
oonce before, since the beginning OF
tho war. the Arabic had close call A
cable message from London on March
n said the steamer had been pursued
by a German submarine in the Irish Sea.
on the voyage which ended on that day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

submarines have been active in these wn-
ters since the declaration b. the German
government IN February q a naval war
zone around the British Isles.
The Arabic. twin screw steamship. ar
rived ia New York on its maiden trip on
July s, 1903, having heen launched AZ Bel
fast on December 70 OF tho previous year.
AZ that. Tins n was one OF the largest
steamships engaged IN TRANSATLANTIC
trade.
Pour Hundred Persons Aboard,
LONDON. Aus. ia.-The White star
company announced that the Arabic had
on board 10 second and third class pas
ssnEcrn. and no first class pasuengerA
There were 40 men In the crew, making
total % 40 persons on board. II
sailed for Liverpool at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20

hotel ten minutes before Il collapsed"
said Ragsdaie. we swan in eight feet
OF water surrounding the structure.
Among those inside were nine women
and two children. Four OF the women
were saved. but the two children were
lost I"