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next Can- with en- by he in is be of 1 The Daily Signal THE LEADING PAPER PUBLISHED IN AMERICA'S RICE CENTER XVIL. NO. 1 S6 CROWLEY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. THRILLING NIGHT BATTLE Terrible Scenes in Stricken Galveston During Storm. Houston, Texas, Aug.

seawall did its duty fully and Galveston is saved." There were the first words of Dr. Vernon Powell, official representative of the Galveston Commercial Association, who arrived here late Wednesday from the island city. Dr. Powell came from Galveston to Texas City on the steamer Galivez, an excursion boat. From Texas City he came to Houston in a motor car.

Dr. Powell said the greatest property damage is on the beach. "Practically all of the houses east of Twentieth and near the Boulevard were destroyed," said he. "A strip about one-half to two blocks wide to Fourth street is damaged. There but small damage on Broadway, all these houses are small and of flimsy construction.

"The wharves were damaged but slightly. Piers 10 and 21 suffered the most." When the storm approached, 5000 persons sought refuge in the depot, according to Dr. Powell. Five hunared persons were housed in the Scot tish Rite Cathedral. All saloons in Galveston were closed Tuesday morning by order of Mayor Fisher.

POCATELLO HAS NEW DEPOT Pocatello, Aug. magnificent new depot just completed here by the Oregon Short Line was for mally opened today with interesting ceremonies. A public holiday was de. clared and the citizens joined in an ell-day celebration. Governor Alexander, Senator Brady and other notables were included in the list of speakers.

FIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT Jack Britton vs. Johnny Dundee, 10 rounds, at New York. Johnny Ertle vs. Eddie Coulon, 19 rounds, at St. Paul.

Mike O'Dowd vs. Freddie Gilmore, 10 rounds, at St. Paul. Billie De Foe vs. Bobbie Ward, 10 rounds St.

Paul. MISS ISABEL ANGELES HARRIS EWING Miss Isabel Angeles, daughter of Gen. Felipe Angeles, until recently Villa's chief of artillery, has been for some time in Washington with her father, and has now gone to the Massachusetts coast for the rest of the summer. TRIENNIAL TEST OF BIG MORTARS New York, Aug. 16-inch mortars at Fort Totten, which are relied upon to prevent a hostile fleet from approaching this city by way of Long Island Sound, are to undergo their triennial tests during the ten days beginning today.

The big mortars are regarded as the most formidable of our coast defense weapons, though lacking the range of the big guns constituting the outer defenses. Three years ago, when the last official test of the mortars was made, the officers at Fort Totten warned the residents within a radius of a dozen miles to take pictures from the walls, open the windows, and pack dishes. This year officers considered the warning unnecessary, as there was no vibration of any consequence three rears ago. BIG REUNION OF HARVARD ALUMNI San Francisco, Aug. 20-Boast ful of the prowess of their college and attesting this spirit 1 with cheers and class yells, a thousand graduates of Harvard University gathered here today for the annual convention of the associated clubs of that institution.

From every state of the Union and from Canada and other foreign lands the alumni of the Cambridge college thronged, making the gathering one of the largest and most representative in the history of the organization. The Massachusetts building at the exposition was the center of the principal exercises and festivities of the day. REPORTED DEAD AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN STORM TERRITORY With large sections of the storm. swept southeastern coast of exas still cut off from communication reports received up to Wednesday night place the number known to have been killed in the tropical hurricane which swept the Texas coast at more than 100. The property loss was vaguely estimated in the millions, some estimates placing the probable loss as high 03 $30, 000,000.

Galvston suffered probably the heavlest financial loss, but only 14 persons are known to have lost their lives in that at Victoria Point were killed, at Texas and City, across from Galveston, 18 lost their City $400,000. Port Arthur $200.000. La 7. Porte Seabrook $100,000. $100,000.

Sabine Sabine $100,000. Sabine $100,000. Sabine Pass $100,000. Kemah $50.000. In addition, there an enormous loss to cotton growers the storm belt.

The damage the oil fields estimated at $500,00. The man isn't afraid of either isn't much of a man or he much of a wife. A FEW MONTHS AGO WE WARNED YOU TO GET SAFE AGAINST TORNADOES. IF YOU DIDN'T HEED OUR WARNING THEN YOU SURELY WILL HEED THE MERMENTAU-EGAN WARNING OF MAY 6th. UP 211.

ONLY $4.00 PER 1000 FOR THREE YEARS. PROTECTIONALLY YOURS, WILLIAMS INSURANCE AGENCY. MUCH LIVE STOCK MANY BOATS LOST ARE SUNK Many Cattle on Marsh Ranges Lost Lake Arthur Feels Fury and Gale and by Inundation from Gulf. Damage Is Severe. Abbeville, Aug.

rain fell in torrents Monday and the wind did much damage, trees and fences were blown and the corn and rice were twisted and laid prostrate. Early Tuesday afternoon the wind shifted to the southeast, and the bayou rose rapidly. The waters of the Gulf rolled over the low beach in front of the Prairie Gregg settlement and inundat. the country as far as Henry. Many people were driven from their homes ty the rising waters.

The damage to the crops will be enormous and many cattle on the marsh ranges have been lost. number of people were camping on the beach on the Gulf side of Marsh Island and great anxiety is felt here for their safety; but it is impossible to go to their relief until the storm has ceased. An oveuturned boat has been reported on the bay, near the mouth of Vermilion bayou, but its identitly is as yet unknown. NO LOW SPEED JUSTICE IN THIS CASE Richmond, Aug. 20 -The wheels of justice were shifted into the high gear in the case of two negroes, John Rollins and George Mathews, who meet death in the electric chair at the State penitentiary today.

Five weeks ago, on July 11, the pair attacked Mrs. Burnley Coleman and her daughter at their home at Rappahannock academy in Caroline county. Fou: days later they were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Both negroes confessed to the crime. FIRE FIGHTERS AT NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, Aug.

largest gathering of fire fighters ever assembled in New Orleans was on hand today for the opening of the tenth annual convention of the State Firemen's Association. Tomorrow the local department will treat the visitors to a demonstration of modern fire-fighting apparatus. A big street parade Sunday will bring the convention to a close. SOME CROPS BLOWN DOWN Iota, Aug. Gulf tornado struck this section Monday, there being a strong gale with heavy showers that lasted until Tuesday morning.

Corn and matured Honduras rice were blown down. Many farmers had begun cutting rice, but harvesting will be arrested several days now. Much of the prostrate rice will have to be cut with reaping hooks. Lake Arthur, Aug. storm damage in Lake Arthur as the result of a high wind first felt on Mon- day morning, blowing a gale for 24 hours, was severe.

The entire gallery roof of the Lake Arthur Hardware Store was blown down, also the smoke stack of the ice factory. Damage was also suffered by the rice mill and several house-boats on the lake. One of the latter in which Mrs. Conor was living, sank, she and her family narrowly escaping. Several ether boats that were tied up at the wharf were sunk.

A boat belonging to Mr. Pierson was completely destroyed. There have been no boats up from the Gulf or Grand Chenier since Friday. The Vermilion, a passenger boat, owned by Capt. Dyer, left Friday for the Gulf for some pleasure parties and has yet been unable to get back.

The wind is still blowing a strong gale. A very heavy rain fell all Monday night. NEWSPAPER SUPPORT A newspaper, if it has any brains, conscience and muscle back of it, must continually decide between doing its duty and injuring its pocket. In any position but that of an editor, the public is able to separate the individual home from the collective citizen. But if an editor does not please them is at his pocket they aim.

Thus it is the newspapers learn who their friends are. The man who reads the newspaper and admires it all the year around, yet gives his business support to some other concern, is not a friend to the former newspaper. Admiration alone will not run a newsraper. There are too many men who expect an editor to slave in defense of their pet notions and hobbies, advocate their views against the strongest opposition and coolly withhold the business support by which alone a newspaper can live. Talk about a paper having a public duty to perform, and an editor having to work for his principles, is cheap when others stand back and extend a luke-warm neutrality.

The result is the editor may starve while laboring for his principles and the cause of right and justice, which they admire but do not -Louisiana Democrat. Every man imagines that he is the main squeeze in his home. But, just the same, his wife always saves out the best towels and the best china an dthe best linen for company. EDISON DIAMOND DISC PHONOGRAPH appeals to the most cultured ear; it is a superior musical instrument, designed to interpret the world's best music. Its perfection is work of an enthusiastic music-lover, as well as of a resourceful inventor.

Each step in its wonderful development, from the original disc phonograph, invented by Mr. Edison thirtyseven years ago (1878), has been inspired by a love for music that nothing short of perfection in its reproduction could satisfy. Two Demonstrations Daily to 5:30 Evening to 9:00 YOU ARE INVITED Metropolitan Stationery Store Duson Block HORSE RACING AT PANAMA FAIR San Francisco, Aug. races, legislated out of California several years ago when betting was stopped are to be revived tomorrow with the opening of a thirty-day meeting at the Panama-Pacific exposition. The Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders' Association has been organized to conduct the meeting.

The stables at the exposition track are filled with fast horses, including the best that took part in the meeting just closed at Reno. The feature event of he open: ing day will be the Exposition Handicap at a mile. C. D. Stevens, who acted as starter at Reno, has been en gaged to officiate in a similar capacity here.

Walter Jennings, a well-known local horseman, will be the presiding judge and Dick Dwyer, who was the starter at the old Emeryvill track, will be paddock judge and timer. PROFITED BY PAST EXPERIENCE The surprisingly low loss of life is due probably to the lesson of 1900, for the population Monday night sought refuge in the stronger build ings, whereas the disaster of fifteen years ago found the residents at 1 their homes feeling secure against the gale which took the lives of 8000. How Galveston can mend its water mains and re-establish traffic across the causeway in time to prevent more acute suffering are problems for engineers. The railroads running into the city have moved all available men and machinery from North Texas into the storm zone, pentrating it as fast a8 human toil can advance the wrecking trains, but this progress is slow, and for the next several days Galveston probably will have to depend largely upon its own resources. PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY Paris, Aug.

cordial message from President Wilson was among the greetings received by President Poincare today on the occasion of his birthday anniversary. Other messages received at the Elysee came from the King of England, the Czar of Russia, the King of Italy, the King of the Belgians and the rulers of the neutral states. M. Poincare was born at Bar-le-Duc, Aug. 20, 1860.

"WAHOO SAM" AT 35th MILESTONE Detroit, Aug. veteran Sam Crawford, the Tigers' slugging cutfielder, went into the game against Athletics today an intention some walloping just first professional -PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Three important conventions of Es- perantists are to meet in San Fran- cisco Aug. 22 to 29. The leading these be XI Universala Kon- greso de Esperanto, the greatest yearly international of demonstration the practical language for conof the vention purposes. Since 1905, delegates from many di'ferent countries have attended these annual congress- conjunction the world congress held the 8th National Congress of the Esperanto Association of North America, with which af- filitated most the state and local Esperanto societies of North America.

27th and there will 26th special convention of the Universala Esperanto Asocio, whose headquarters are in Geneva Switzerland. This founded for the facilita- of tion and international travel relations through Esperanto, has agents and offices all over the world, and employs Esperanto exclusively in cor. respondence its representatives in all countries. PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOME People Escape at Leesburg in Cameron Parish But Damage Big. Lake Charles, Aug.

News was received here this evening that while there has been heavy loss of live stock and crops in Cameron parish, no human lives were lost. At Leesburg the water stood at ten feet deep at the lighthouse and the people were driven to the highest points of land. At Grand Lake all the wharves and boathouses were swept away. The launches owned by Geo. T.

Lock and P. O. Moss were lost. The news was brought by the tug Olympia, which was the first to reach the mouth of the river after the storm. Several other boats which went down from here are remaining to aid residents in saving their live stock.

FARMER DOWNED IN CANAL Wilbeur Spencer, Unable to Swim, Had Been Fishing, Is Report Jennings, Aug. Spencer 49, and a farmer residing on the La Casine bayou was ac cidentally drowned Tuesday in the canal. The unfortunate man is said to have been fishing and it is believed he accidentally fell into the canal a and, not being able to swim, was drowned before assistance could reach him. The body was brought to Jennings and the funeral was under the auspices of the Knights of Pyhtias. He was a brother of George Spencer, of Jennings, and leaves a widow and two stepchildren.

TUBERCULOSIS DAY IN MICHIGAN Lansing, Aug. today held a State-wide observance of Tuberculosis Day to call public attention to the dangers of the White Plague and the means of its prevention. In his proclamation settiag aside the day Governor Ferris requested physicians to give their serrices free to all persons desiring medical examinations to ascertain if they bad symptoms of the dread disease. NORTHWEST TEXAS EDITORS Henrietta, Texas, Aug. bers of the Northwest Texas Press Association rallied here in large number today for their annual two-day convention.

The association was organized here twenty-five years ago and the present meeting is in the nature of a silver jubilee celebration. GENERAL VON KNEUSSEL of 35th were: Crawford, whose Morgans wherever 3. Hito was 1898. The Port Columbus, 1900 Seabrook Cin- 1902 Some Tigers. follows: $15,000,000.

Lieutenant General vol Kneussel, who won the Order of Merit for being the first to enter the fortress of Przemysl with his Bavarian troops when it was taken by the Germans..