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POST 'ALM BEACH VOLUME IX WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1916 No. 22? W.W STRIKE YET POSSIBLE IIIIIE1USAIID 110 LOSS OF LIFE EIGHT HOUR PLAtl HOT ACCEPTED TEXAS STORM HE HIDED SEVERAL HOURS GRAND ASSAUET EOIIG PROMISED IS HOW OPEriEO AT EACH PI FORCES PRESIDENT WILSON DECLARES IS EAST REPORT IT IS A SOLUTION WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO EX TWO GREAT HOTELS ANNOUNCING OATES PECT (Associated Press) GERMANS AS WIS FEE! FIRST REPORTS FROM TEXAS I RAID RIGA RUSSIANS IN SECTOR AND Waslmgton, August 19. President APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MUCH Wilson today made a final appeal to the AIRSHIPS ATTACK GULF OF AUSTRIAN VENICE EXAGGERATED IN DETAILS railroad ohicials to abandon their in TOR THE OPENINGS sistence fliat the dispute which 'is (Associated Press) threatening a nation-wide strike must be settled by arbitration, and to agree Laredo, Texas, August 19. The first NO LIVES REPORTED LOST IN ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY communication with Corpus Christ SEVERE STORM THAT STRUCK TEXAS MILES OF BATTLE LINE IS NOW IN ACTION Texas, where Friday night's tropical to his plan ot settlement, which has already been agreed to br the employes BOOKINGS ARE ALREADY BEING Associated Press) London, August 19. After repulsing a series of fierce counter-attacks by the Germans, the Brit sh forces again assaulted the opposing trenches with irresistible determination and gained from two hundred to six hundred yards storm is believed to have been the hard MADE FOR THE TWO MOST He announced that it.

was his opinion est snowed tnis afternoon that no FAMOUS HOSTELRIES IN that the principle contended for by the (Associated Press) Laredo, Texas, August 19. In the great damage had been done to the citv (Associated Press) London, August 19. The long expect AMERICA and that no fatalities have occurred railroads was impossible of application to the present situation. along a trout ot two miles. 1 lie same The Florida East Coast Hotel Com report announces that the English were terrific storm here last night the tents of more than nine thousand guardsmen were demolished and the thousands of men wet-" exposed to the torrential rains for many hours.

pany has sent forth its folders to the also successful in gaming a footing in ed general offensive on the Saloniki front has now been opened, and a grand assault against the combined forces of the central powers is now in progress in every theatre of the world war. thousands of those who annually make the village of Cuillemont. this portion of Honda their vacation- The French report more gains in the No loss of life, however, has been grounds during the winter season and Verdun region, and announced also that General Sarrail is now attacking the there. A portion of the city is under about three feet of water. The Greatest property damage was suffered by the Corpus Beach hotel, which fwas partly unroofed and the structure was considerably shaken.

Some cottages and one pleasure pier were demolished. The San Ricardo Hotel at Kings-ville. Texas, is reported badlv damaged. reported in this district. already are the bookings being mad they have gained entire possession of Bulgar-German line along the entire "If the strike conies," the president added, "the public will know where the responsibility rests and it will not rest upon me." The presdents refused to accept President Wilson's plan at the present time but replied that they would take it under consideration and confer with the president again, probably on Monday.

Presidents of all the western railroads have been summoned by the president Greek-Serbian frontier. The distant? by the regular patrons and those who the village of leury. The Russians have scored equally have been told ot the beauties and at- of this new battle line is more thai? one hundred and fifty, miles. notable successes on the eastern front, tract'ons of Palm Beach and the surrounding country. The French claim to have captured 1 he dav and date tor the opening of the Breakers, which will be under the several villages, and Berlin announce the capture of the Greek village of Fiorina.

management which has for so Imng to participate in tne conference, in a IB UNEARTHED and a number of small buildings were blown down. From announced indication the weather bureau believes that the storm followed the Rio Grande valley and spent its force on the' plains of northern Mexico. statement made to the railroad officials, the president sa'd that he thought the where they broke through the Austro-Gernian line at the Stokhod river, forty miles from Kovel. and captured the village of Tobol. On the Graeco-Serbian border, the Serbs and Bulgarians are fighting tenaciously north of Salon ki, with the result that both sides report heavy losses.

Venice has been made the object of another raid by Austrian airships, and the Germans have again raided the Russian position on the Gulf of Riga. eight-hour plan was one which he be R. Porson Paddison, of the Hade Lumber Company, made a business trip to Lauderdale yesterday. lieved the public had a right to ex made the hostelry a success, Leland Sterry, will be Saturday, December 23 while the Royal Poinciana will open on Monday, January 15 under the efficient management of H. E.

Bemis. The success of the approaching season seems to be already assured for these noted hotels. pect would be accepted by them. AMERICA FAR BEHIND IN TRAINING BOYS FOR MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL LARS' WORTH OF JEWELS ON STEERAGE PASSENGER HUNDRED MILE PACE ik tip mm (Associated Press) RACE In OPEHS AT NEWBERRY EN Eli New York, August 19. 1 he arrest today of a man who gave his name as Hans Edward Thompson led the cus PARENTS IDE ASXEO TO KEEP CHILDREN EAR FROM THE CITY toms officials to believe that they were 'N t' 4 FOR IMIt DRIVEH about to unearth a gigantic smuggling conspiracy.

Their suspicions were further augmented by the seizure of twenty-five thousand dollars' worth of jewels. CHICAGO SPORTS SAW THE BEST According to the complaint Thompson DRIVING YET DONE WHEN DARIO REST TAKES THE PRIZE returned from ahroad luesdav, July 11 as a steerage passenger and smuggled DECREASE IN INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN NEW YORK GIVES SOME HOPE; NO VIGILANCE RELAXED NEGRO KILLS CONSTABLE AND WOUNDS DOCTOR; MOB HANGS THOSE WHO HELPED HIM ESCAPE the jewelry ashore. More arrests are expected soon. (Associated Press) Chicago, August 19. Dario Resta won the Grand Prix automobile race here this afternoon.

He took the final lap of fifty miles in the marvellous time of twenty-nine minutes and fifty-two and forty-nine one hundredths sec. (Associated Press) New York, August 19. The total of new cases of infantile paralysis for the week ending today reaches the sum of nine hundred and twelve, compared to on thousand one hundred and fifty-one of the previous week. The number of (Associated Press! Gainesville, August 19. Five negroes, of whom two were women, were taken from the Newberry jail today and hanged by a mob.

Another negrow was shot and killed by deputy sheriffs near Jonesville as the onds. and made an average speed for THE DUTCH STEAMER the whole course of one hundred miles an hour. deaths is two hundred and twentv-six against three hundred and one of last 1 r- or con- ADMIT THE ACT AND STAND kj. ynne, anu tne snooting ot I II READY TO COMPENSATE THE OWNERS Parents now out of the city have been warned by the health department to keep their children away as long as possible. GENERAL Fill ON BECOMES PACIFIC (Associated Press) The Hague, August 19.

It lias been I Tnf NcviTpo'ieT4 no nre BOYS -fife il officially announced that Germany has And Rumor Did Her Work admitted that the Dutch steamer Rijud-ijk was struck bv a German torpedo and The Newport, nautical training ship or. i. vi. narris, Dy tsoisey a negro. The murdered negroes were accused of aiding the escape of Long, for whom a posse of several hunddred men is searching the woods near Newberry.

The mob that did the lynching is said to have comprised about two hundred nun and they hanged the quintette of egrocs to an oak tree. Wynne and Dr. Harris were shot at Long's home sterday when they went to arrest him on a charge of stealing hogs. It is said that Long drew a pistol and shot both men Wynne being so badly wounded thai he was rushed to Jacksonville where he died. of Xew York, state, now starting on her annual cruise, is one of the two American vessels used for fitting young men has apologized and offered to compensate the owners.

The steamer was torpedoed off the Sicily Islands last Aprl while bound for Rotterdam from Port- NOW FAVORS THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL TROOPS FROM MEXICO for merchant marine service. In this and with a food cargo for the Belgian respect America is far outclassed by foreign nations, having only the New Relief Commission, (Associa'ed Press! Washington, August 19, A recent report made by General Funston at the request of the war department and for port and the Massachusetts ship, the Bernece, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lopez, of 5t)9 Clematis avenue, caused great alarm a-'iong neighbor because of a slight illness which some of them magnified at once into the disease which is creat- such havoc in New York. It was merely a case of a "stiff neck" which a day or two of proper care caused to vanish.

There was nothing about the which should have caused the least alarm. Ranger. Great Britain has eighteen sticii vessels, Uermany nve, Japan has one that far surpasses the Newport or the Ranger, and it is asserted on good the guidance of the joint commission which is to discuss the border problems, contains the recommendation that the American troops be withdawn from Mexico. authority that Belgium, Brazil, Peru, R. J.

Heslington was a business from Miami yesterday. Chile, and Argentina lead the United States in nautical training. Before the war the Newport's annual cruise PERFECT DESIGN OE ELECTRICAL OUTFIT her to Europe, hut she goes this year only as far as Halifax. Nova Scoti, LEADERS OF MEN AND EMPLOYERS IN WHITE HOUSE RAILROAD CONFERENCE 0 9 0 0 0000900900 Candidate Charles E. Hughes spent a busy day in San Francisco yesterday conferring and making addresses to the large crowds.

MORE THAN A TON OF EQUIP TODAY'S EVENTS IN PARAGRAPH 1 0 0 0 MENT WILL ARRIVE BY NEXT BOAT FOR THE NEW OFFICE 0 0 0 0, 9 9 0 9 9 0 WHICH HE WILL INSTALL Germany has admitted that the Rijts-dijk, a Dutch steamer, was torpedoel last April and has ottered to apologize and recompense the owners. Dr. A. H. King, the popular lessee of Infantile paralysis fn New York is slightly on the decrease.

the Hotel Jefferson, returned from Cin cinnati, his former home, on Thursday morning, leaving his family to return Investigation of cause of low price of cottonseed oil begun. I The seizure of twenty-five thousand dollars' worth of smuggled jewels has put New York officials on the track ai big smuggling conspiracy. at a later date. While in Cincinnati the doctor mir JxZymm mm i mrnm mnru chased and is having shipped down a The two hundred million dollar revenue bill is now before the complete electrical outfit, comprising an A ray machine of the latest model and all the appliances employed in electrical therapeutics. A part of Corpus Christi, Texas, under three feet of water, and considerable damage is found to have been done to the town and Kingsville, Texas, by the storm Friday night.

Dario Resta wins the Grand Prix automobile race at Chicago in record time. lie doctor has Had much experience in this branch of Ins profession and has brought his knowledge up to date Ji JJifl" Jll jJc' General Funston's report recommends withdrawal of American troops from by taking a postgraduate course in the electrical line during his absence this summer. Mexico. Five negroes, including two women, lynched at Newberry, Florida, by mob of two hundred men. Trouble results I from killing of one white man and shooting of another by a negro still at large.

Speaker Champ Clark opened the na WHITE HOUSE. tional democratic campaign in Maine SERMON DIDN'T PHASE ROCKEFELLER FOR HE HAD HEARD SAME BEFORE yesterday with a spirited speech. Allies gain important successes on MISS DUTCH NOT HOSTESS OF THURSDAY EVENING DANCE eastern and western battle-front. Aus trian air-ships again raid Venice. The tents of nine thousand guardsmen at Laredo, Texas, were blown down by the heavy rainstorm which created much havoc.

The labor leaders who conferred with President Wilson on the railroad strike situation were headed by A. 11. Garret-son, president of the conductors, who has worked for a decade for the eight hour day. By his side walked Grand Chief Warren S. Stone of the engineers, President W.

S. Carter of the1 firemen and enginemen and President William G. Lee of the trainmen, followed by the other labor chairmen, Elisha Lee is chairman of the railroad managers opposing the demands of the men and acting as their spokesman in the White House conference. The nrpcirlmif ic ciM .1.... 1 (Special to The Post) Cleveland, Ohio.

Last Sunday John D. Rockefeller listened to a sermon here on "Why Men Fail." The new preacher, the Rev. Dr. Johnston Myers, said Moses was offered riches, but concluded he would come closer to God by following a more difficult road and by so doing eventually achieved success. "I have been confronted several times in my career with a similar situation," Rockefeller said after the service.

"My decision has been based on what I thought was my duty. I think I have done right." Through the efforts of a ubiquitous reporter The Post was made to say that Miss Pearl Dutch was hostess of a dance at Gus' Baths on Thurday evening last although the affair had previously been advertised in these columns as a public dance. The statement was unfair to those giving the dance Messrs. Long and Majewski and annoying to Miss Dutch and the fact that all who attended were forced to pay their own little per diem and mileage rendered the report an actunl burlesque. The Post regrets that any vexation should have occurred through the insertion of the paragraph.

Railroad presidents refuse to accept Wilson's plan for concession of eight- hour day but will confer with president again tomorrow. The allies at Saloniki have begun a ELISHt LBE I-- jmiu Milieu inai ue -5 had not cut out for himself the task of judging the merits of the issues, but VILLU1M 6 LEE. terrific assault upon the forces of the Central powers along the entire Greek-Serbian frontier. nis task- was to try to avert a strike..