The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 1

1,1) 1 MARKET TP-IIT rBL -4 "The Broken Coin" in 1. today and see at Tvorite Movie Theater the week. EDITION -fr VOL. 29 NO. 278.

ST. LOUIS, FKIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1915. Mil WEtf OT I iPi GOUT i 3 ISiY IE OEM 11000,000 rroperty Loss As Kecord Kaintau Inundates 15 Sq. Miles Flood Scenes In and Around St.

Louis i ll I SAVE i HUN DEED i XM. i 4 2 IN i i APT In III I I rV Is eg I II 7r --a 1 in i ii RIVER DESPE 4RAKIC Ill 4 1" A yfffirmf i United States Weather Forecaster Montrose W. Hayes issued, warning of a flood stage in the Mississippi River from Grafton to below Chester, 111., including St. Louis, at 3 p. m.

He said that while1 a 30-foot stage, which is the flood stage here, may not be it is well to be prepared for it. The stage here at 3 o'clock was 25.6 feet, a rise of two feet and four-tenths since 7 a. Hayes said his department, anticipating wire trouble, yesterday sent out warnings' to towns on the Gasconade and Osage Rivers. The use of the Coliseum to storm refugees was offered bys Richard McCulloch of the Company today. Frank M.

Robinson, manager of the Coliseum, said that it can be warmed and cots can be brought there. The Coliseum is equipped with all sani-' arcs- a I s'- Vt 'f "cv LONDON. Aug. 20. P-epassMiKers anl twenty-; of the Wl.it,- Star Arabic's crew were lost) tie.

vessel was sunk by submarine off Ireland! dv. according to an offi-j iHtatement issued this after-1 a at the White Star offices. I Vs tary fixtures. Police are taking most of the refugees to their nearest neighbors and they are being provided for there. the nvc missing pasru-li two Amerieans.

The rH contained in the official At p. today. b.4f inches of ruin had fallen, breakinvr the? iwnt follow 'fail persons on hoard r. 1T. previous high reeoris of Julv and 8.

when o.OS inches tell 3 a single storm. A 4 of crew saved 218; mis-( passengers missing crew 't i'w search of many hours fu admitted at the American -ussy that no trace could be i ad of Mrs. Josephine Sat her i i xiere of New York and Dr. and Woods of Janesville, reported during the! that Bniguicre Jiat saved, hut siihsequcnt ml-1 Tlie hurricane which devastated Texas fJulf ports, reaehetl Louis last night, bringing an unprecedented fiood in the western and southern parts of the city, accompanied with a wind blowing 4S i miles an hour. Three persons were rejiorted drowned and more are believed by the police 1o have perished.

i One of those missing is Mrs. Jennie Waggoner, 80 years old.i 1 Hermitage avenue and Old Manchester road. She lives in a one-'. story Ixuise. Firemen reached it after water had reached the root'.

4 They chopped a hole through the roof thinking she might have climbed to the rafters but she could not be found. It was reported that a child was drowned in Greenwood, which; is in the limits of Maplewood. The Manchester street ear line' loop at Maplewood is five feet tinder water, and the Maplewood tire department was out all night rescuing the marooned. One woman was reported drowned near the banks of the Molitu' 'r Creek. North St.

Louis. Her body has not been recovered, ami her identity has not been established. The property loss probably will exceed $1,000,000. Fifteen square miles in the Hiver l)es Teres valley in St. Loufi i County and St.

Louis are inundated and 5.000 people are homeless. 1 Twenty thousand people were unable to get 1o work because of BQWJn mtitd iXil iktl fff YtitMU lift A Pf" iKti $Mufei iA-, f1J' titer i r'-iht 3 s-nKvSvt' v- W'-'- itflnnm ii Mil IAi -i from IJueenstown, where -sn Louts was trying to get rrafe of her, stated tW American woman "had -rlaWL', ijrman submarine whose tor-- imt the Arnbii; to tiro bottom, wholesale destruction of asf A torpedo was sent hull of the British steamer I the Mood and as the river is still rising 10,000 persons who went to I work this mominir will have trreat difficulty in returning St. Louis County is cut off from St. Louis everywhere except ar Wellston and north of there. Train service was suspended early in i the day on all lines.

Street ears did not cross into the county except on the Market street line which is now cutoff and the automobile i roads were blocked by the rising tide later in the day. Police, firemen and volunteers have done heroic work in th flooded districts and have saved hundreds from death and injury. ji wy r.d another as fired at the tfwmshlp Uriana. but missed. AraMc was upon a mission of to help the Iiunsley when she rw k.

dwoatrlies indicated that the 5: tiii been abandoned in a condition. 4itoh from Queenstown stated 4 seamen from the had landed there early this ts White Star offices shortly VHin it wag Announced that ner were missinR, but of- the line were careful to cjt that these riaures were sub-" Wfetiiiii. The balance of the er members of the Arabic's ut more than a score of 'Hns pn the bound rjo it, Sew York Train service to the south of St. Louis is paralyzed, and to tit'1 west only a few trains have managed to eome through the flood to-j dav. All street car service between St.

Louis Count and St, Louis i -was abandons aftf'r miIniKbt and Kincc 7 a. m. strcMM car service in tt the western and southern part of St. has been cut off. All flirt li 1 cr( firirikL'c flit 1 )u lVfita Ittiliii 1 i 'e rci I i 11 iL in iUf(, at i uon iu! iv rt a in i oit( cv.

I tot? of the ship's 1 ft pas- City have been sulunerged. The bridge used by the Market Street 'ear line is under water and for a time it was thought it was gone. The I'nited Railways has a force of men there wit.h long poles keep i Ki.ien was to wr of fapt. William Finch wanien. The crew of the lejs than eleven minutes ilf't lh Passengers, fret them Mats and lower the ooats side.

givkv. ing the bridge cleared of drift wood so it will not be washed away. The Manchester car line is under seven feet of water at Sub-lette avenue, the Olive-Delmar line is under five feet of water at Rosedale Station. The I'niversity-Olive ears suspended service. Near the end of the Cherokee line the ear tracks were under fifteen feet of water.

The Kiver Pes Peres Is a mile wide all Jay and the river constantly ro. 9 -i r. 1 arrne.l at Qti. ens-' ftiKh in their praise of the Tew of the German most 'T hrn -aimon, an American ed Liverpool sur- I ilong I at I-uxomburK and ranges from a ha'f At 11:10 a. 5.25 inche rain I to a raile wide all the way to Cnlver- nr)(1 fHien.

breaking nl! records for sity "ity. It hum flooded homes ail hr. jtv Trom 1 p. to p. to.

ye-over Cniversity City, all the West Knd was .04 of an in' h. From north of Forest Park, all the east and ,0 a tJ(jav there wer. I north parts of Forest Park, of tis inhes. The rest liss fallen sinci Will id he W85f )h nrnm. )u lie iMinsipy Maiichstfr avnuf.

lane ocnon 8ilw- a torpedo the Arabic. 'h- 1 I ''li'-f i together we ran The main part of the etorm rai bt-d I I'j. AT id t-J Southwest St. Iuis P- and the district in rfistriet in "I no -union. I near the Kiver Peres, Houses have been torn foundations in several toe wiU'l nan oeen immins i-vm- from ieir hour.

It increased in fury larp( i.J from 1 p. m. until at 5:30 a. m. it 1 in for v-eigiit miies 411 Lower, left to A home in Sontli FW-nton which i partly rtibmersed, Children waitins; for rescuers shown on front itorch; fltHnhtl yards in South-t-st St.

I.onis. Top, loft to riilit Kajiinst torrent of River Tcs Pores near the hrit.v riant, rescuer i boat in I.uxemburs. St. I County. Center picture Typical Hood scene a Ions St.

IamiU County line. washed down stream. The forecast for tomorrow is dear- riour. ing weather. Kain continue! io a suomanne at all.

to condemn this the Germans." Mhi r.k the C-Knat t0 of the caw. "en lviri- i wait Ht wmer hir.e Cf th.ttJ!arshl's in thru manned to wilson and unsing oVO GE0RGIEVSK IS ADMITS SCORES OF THRILLING nnTPiFnBcFF RESCUES ARE MADE AWAIT DETAILS IN TAKEN BY GERMANS tins natrol 'he life boats SINKING OF ARABIC 1 fl 7.v nary f.otTlon un ana th "mer jiort i Deeds of great heroism were periornieu ry ponce, nremen ani volunteer citizens throughout the flooded areas. The most thrilling Harry F. Houston in Confession Im- rescues in the history of St. Iuis were made by hundreds of rescue Dlkates Harrv Sadek Owner i parties workine on horseback, with boats and rafts and on floating of passentrers on Last of Great Fortresses on Vistula River Falls Into Kaiser's Hands, With Garrison of 20,000 Men.

res att.nj- Administration Wont rorm Upm- 'town 1" ion Until AH Facts Are in Hand. Who Is Re-arrested. ctv ir ft logs. Instances were reported where firemen chopped then- way norn ins A "Wli Him -r- as misssns; la.t saved. BEKL1X.

(Via Wireless Aug. 20. v.ivo (ieorf'ievsk. mightiest fortress of the Czar, has fallen. The Jh.

that through the roofs of houses and tooK rerueees ironi ue ra iters tu their attics, when hope almost was gone. Others were taken from roofs of liouvs when they were almost ready to collapse from exhaustion, having hung to the roofs through the terrific downpour i '-aniK i Harry Houston. 29 years old. married and an exp- rt electrician, was arrested st 1 a. today at the Sic-Kinley Station as iie arrive! from Granite Ci'y.

and confessed to the r.o- Jlear 'he Arab capture bv Oerman troops of the great stronghold at the junction of he Vistula and Narew rivers was officially announced here today. the m- known. a Pa fired I at captures at -ov Twentv thousand Russian sobliers were itce and Pinkerton detectives that he rain. i i- -i i. Others were taken trotn trees anu ireiiiin ears, Ui'v una Ceorgievsk.

The Oermans also took enormous quantities of war WAsniNtrrt'X. au. 20. The fnited Suites Govern ir.ci'.t is i.ot el onvmced That the sinking- of the White Star liner Arabic by a Uer-nian subnuirine yestcrdiy va a unfriendly" act. a outlined bv resident Wilson in his late note to Germany.

Cntil conudete information from American official sources is in bis band. Secretary of Stat Uansinu todav sitid th.it he would not iry to "decide whether or not rtshtji bae been violated. He said he would not attempt to form any opinion nor would the President on the meaner 1 ted tor saff tv. Mrs. Wiliiam Naber of ovd to material.

Wirh the cat'ture of flood. Tboiw- ued Novo The German Ger era; Staff accom and Harry Sadek. owner of th Hotel. SOS Walnut street, laid trie elaborate arson plant the last April 2. which was by liremen before destroyed the rousnt in rati made.

ratiroa i Gcorsievk. the Germans have taken DENtFn err 11 froti her front porch witn a i in her arms while tryintf to suinmo i ai(J ih, riune to per chiid, and -I I sue eould not -im. manard ties. ere taken to Cyrran place and sri en dry tdankei. Th'-y are.

Jame fistn wph a and fKe chHdren; J. S. Iian. X. ifc and four the last of the Vistula fortresses ana the danger that existed as buildinsr.

BY ILLINOIS BOARD til iy via th.11 stronghold was held to zet oosd or a floated to a re waited there 4aoe nearn. nu and far available. t'nty two It of the re- details so the P.tissi The purs od. bead- seven chudren; I. is.

and wue; panied Kinperor to to watch the elovtne act of the military drama enacted there. While the capture of Kono was of more importance from a strategic point, the number of prisoners taken at Novo was at least three-times as large as that at Korno. The official anno of Novo Oorsievsk's capture fallows: "fhr fortress of Novo Oeorcevsk, the enemy" fast stronghold in has teen oaptured by our troops rttter htle firemen from Maple- received by hi- disrwtches have been artnies can ie con-any possibility of a treating Kussian tinned without ami thev do not dear up hi- their fai; tlseir ere in t)e a en ue. illies. Alt inonf 4 uto Ris.

reicu WiUiam Heid brink ar from their hoU-j i Wo anv of the doubtful grounds. There, are certain incidents in con to rool A i -solute 1 in ten H-d a erve his In a written confession. is'on 1 said he -was to receive ISO fur put- i the fire plant in the hotel. I Fire Chief Henderson declare; the! plant was the most complete ever dis-i covered in the ity. The walls of the hotel had been torn open, rheei-e clot's saturated in gasoline and alcohol had been strung between thein, and all was connected with electric wirm so arranged that of a button in the hotel office woaid set it off.

The was discovered by a man fi 1 a in Si tliltidlPK rt the Kven nection with the torpedoing that reuuire clearma up thtt-f rs while firemen ere on sudden sortie. Novo Georeievsk was capture! under the eves of Emperor Wsd.am himself bad arrived there while the German troops were matcin their a 1 1 hi kS. with rait. in to them The ennre gar stub-' Kirn resistance. is on Canterbury -rom it.

raons. which rison of wen. part of hich -I i' A s'fjr reporter in the fami- i. Kin arU.ai. Two of thetn were -otTrt srtd be o'hers ere co-fti'ry bctcses.

AU ere agairst tiees. KnRin Company No, rescued t- t.rs.rs from boms. Patroln.an Alotri 'hi of id Sfancheyter road, -was reiie'l from shortly after 7 a. m. fter a sietre nrii (Ceorgievsk fell tboush anv American passe nsers have beer' lost neither the President nor Secret rv I-insinc are convinced that the action of the German submarine be considered as a dePant note of July -1.

That "u.st vrrtotu nr niy en. -v Mo had already beer, captured durin the fisht.ng, fell into our hands, to of twelve days. durir.K ntichty German rttns pourec a rain of street. fIII.H Rlll.l- were re: 'I" vieintv'Vtf Jam's Curran Hot'l. Map'e" avenue.

Patrolmen Morr.s- i urrsn. 8s made across the street nisht of April 2. small b'aze on th from the hotel the Firemen ou a 'i and, al-J at fortifications. i he shel-s upon i gether enormous quantities of war material. The dsiK- report of the General mar- irit Pd that German su ere taken one by one outlyi-ts forts but a t'l ot il.ent.

1 1 infs must 1 Curran'a place was damaged i u'im wife tlibou4 tiua afternoa (Continued on Page live.) the German circie arevv i ioei the main JrortiScatlon. Continued on Page Seven. hile daily wctun inj Coutiuucd on Page Xo.