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4 i ft in I if SCREWS Machine bun Tuxpan, Mexico 1 5 I 1 yA 0 FOOTLIGHT STAR Of Fifty Tears Apo Dies in Poor-house in Brooklyn. HfHIiL DIPFATCH TO THE KNgl IRKH. New York, November 11. Addie Grinnell, a footlight star of years ago, died to-day in a poorhouse In Brooklyn. She was committed there" as -a vagrant ten days ago.

She probably will be buried In potters field. She was K8 years old. Mrs. Grinnell led a stock company of her own around the circuits two 'generations back, At one time she played with the-' Edwin Forrest company in the old Astor Place Theater here. LACING is Given- Chicago Judge By Confessed order tr- Spencer ContinuesTirade, Denouncing Trial as Fake and Shouting Wildly.

SrKClAL DISPATCH TO TBI Chicago. Nevember 11. A tentative jury was secured( late to-day to try Henry eased murderer, and the actual opening of the trial ws e- pected to-morrow. The prisoner continued his tirade, denoocing his tri.il as a "fake" and shouting wildly. "This Is a fake," Spencer yelled this afternoon, suddenly jump ng to his feet and waving arms wildly.

"It isn't a trial. Tou let out every man entering that jury box who shows the slightest in-elllgence. If a irAin says he has an opinion out he goes. 'What good Is a man if he hasn't an opinion? "Say, you, Mr. Judge, on the bench, I would not give IO cents for ycur jury system the way these tin-horn lawy rs play it.

A man's got to be a fool before i you will even cons der him. The minute I see a man enter that box who shows a glimmer of sense, I know he won't do. "Why don't you send for a juryfrom some home for the deaf, dumb and blind?" Spencer ran nervously up to the bench tuid screamed Into Judge usser's fate: "You're a fine picture of" just ce, aren't you? Why you are a picture of contempt, I've got mightly little respect fcr the brand of justice you hand out. Wr don't you hang me and get this travesty over With?" No effort was made to molest the prisoner. He finally returned to his seat and the work of selecting a jury was resumed.

1 WORKMEN Put To Rout By Millionaire's Widow When They Attempt To Plant Pole in Front of Her Home HI-BC1AX. TO TBS BNQCtBCK. 'Philadelphia, November 11. Taking sudden exception to the planting of a "large "wooden pole in front of her home, Mrs. EmmaC.

Bergdoll, widow of a llionaire brewer, chased, a gang of workmen from her premises to-day by pointing at them a revolver (that seemed as big as a horse pistol. At least, the foreman of the gang so described the weapon. The workers stood not upon the orden of their going, but fled rkpidly to their tool wagon. Mrs. Bergdoll on several occasionshas shown that she enterta'ns the' strictest notion of property and when workmen employed by a Philadelphia electric company descended on her neighborhood the neighbors waited for her to assume the offensive.

Nor were they disappointed. A hole two feet deep was dug alongside' the sidewalk of Mrs. Bergdoll's house when she pointed her weapon from tbe open door. I I t. Cast Dead Ashore; As Ripsnorting Blizzard Passes To the East.

Mystery of Overturned hip Still Unsolved. Property Loss Immense and Life Tol Large. Light Ship With Crew Missing Off Buffalo. Sailors Tell Stories of Frightful Hardships. Lake Seamen Forced To Leave Sinking Vessel Barefoot and Only Scan tily At tired.

STECIAI. mSPATCH TO THE BXQVIIEB. Detroit. November 11. As November's -unprecedented bl lizard pas.d over the Great Lakes, sweep ng towatd the St.

Iawrenoe Valley and the states, the turbulent waves washing Bastern Michigan began to cast washing their dead. No one! Perhaps, wl.l evr know how many sailors lost their llveft, and vessel owners said to-day that while it may take a month to definitely total the damage, it was certain that sh.plng on Lake Huron, the Detroit and St Clair Rivers suffered a less of seveial hundred thousand dollars. To-night, guarded by wrecking tags, the black-bottomed freighter which toes In Lake Huron, keel upward; was still an unidentified derellctv 5- Ejcperts TJnab a Tc- Aree. -r ron lata Uday all said they" believed he was the steamer J. M.

Jenks. of t-e Haw-good Line, of Cleveland. But W.UIam Livingstone, President of the Lake Carriers' Association, dispelled that bcl.ef th a evening, when he announced that the steamer Jenks was safe in a harbor in Georgian Bay, a short distance-from Midland. Ont. Mr.

Llvingistone said that inlormatton received to-day from marine experts who viewed the unidentified freighter caused hi in and other local members of the Lake Carriers' Association to feel quite ler.ain that the boat is not more than 300 feet long, was built i In Canada several years ago and probably carried flax. "De p'te the rough water men from the wrecking tugs we at)le to approach close en. ugh to the to examlno her hull," said Mr. Liv.ng tone. Construction Is Peculiar "They unl s.vtrl pecul.aiities of construction which indicated to them that the steamer was not of Am.rlcan build.

As her team is.on"y ab ut 45 feet. It certainly could not be more than 3(H) feet long. That, to our mind, dlsp ses of the poss.b 11 t. fre liter waa o. r-tent conetiuc Ion.

That. In i.n-lnai.es rumo.s that she might be one of two or three tig freighters nothtard from since Sunday. "She niiy have been a flax carrier, but wc are not sure about that. Flax Is a lreacherius ca go In a heavy sea, and we are lncl.ned to tellee t.a. the shifting of the boat's cargo caused her to turn turtle.

The lact'lhat her bow Is to bove waer might aUo be cr.di.edion tne Olympic, due here to-morrrow. 1 Mr. far a to one of the pecul.ar quaht.es of submerged f.ax. "We have hopes of identifying the eighter We succeeded today in having Washington order the ew revenue cutter Mo. rlii to the assla.a ce cf the derelict instead of gong to Lake Er to search for mlss.ng Lightship No.

82. We unders.and the cutler wi 1 be permitted to stand by until the name of the freighter is known." Lumber Carrier The repirt received to-day om Alpena, that the Captai of the steamer Alpena sighted: a sunken lumber carrier in Lake Hron, brought varied com cent3 f.om arine men. It was generally believed that. the beat sigh ed by t. Alpena and the unider.tif el frelgh er a the lh.ee bodei were lo ir.d on the west shore of Lake Huron to-day, two near Port Frank and, cne above Point Edward.

ment. i The latter was probably a sa'Ior. It waaj A country-wide search for the g'rl has repor.el that a ca tearing -the name been piosecuted under the stimulus ot a M. Jenks." was found In his clo'h'ngr 1.000 reward, offered by Mrs. Rhode Bls-Presldtnt Llvlngstore, of the Lake' Car-, sell Thomas, of Springfield, the runaway's ritrs'l Asroclat on, sail to-night that te lnv $Cgatel tie i o-t a 1 arned that the c'-rj wa not of the kid carried by the teamen on lake carriers' -Captain J.

W- Duddleson, Of the steam er L.C. AVaidA, of the-Bay Transport a- tion, Company of Detroit, which was broken two at Gull Rock, Maqitou Is-1 M.wu,r. 1 Gale 7reah Veieance on Great Lakes Slipping spsct ai. DiarATCa to ms axQcniBii, CbleaKv," II Novnaier The tolUTrtsy sure tke believed liar oceturred the Great Lake resalt of Sadaya tonni -Ship resorted loati i Prelarliter kalf anbinertred, bottom up, off Port Huron. Bettered to be (be E.

A. S. Clark. Ship believed, to be te Jtmn K. DarldaoB reported aaak oS Urooe- Potat.

Meaner L. C. Waldo, eabta washed adhere at Marine te. Steamer Alpeaa slKbta wreefced tana bee veooel auak la Lake Erie. Shloa aalaalaat Hartwell Left Dnlotk Saturoar.

Slsaoa Laaa-ell Mbi'iK la Lake wltb two barxea. Blic red ateamer eaddealr dlaaa-aearea off Lesiaarteaw ftereral akla dae la- Dalath laat Friday have arrived, a ad wlre-leaa eoatmaaleatloa baa beea eeeaafoi la tewart Believed to be oa Lake gapertor. Sblpa la peril i Larae carrier roeka off Maa-Itou lalaad. J. T.

llatrklaaoa Aaroaad oa Ireo.aot Fotat. Ilnroalo Aarreiiad la Wblteaaar Bar released.) Steaaaera "a cob la. Matbew Ar-Mld. U. Hw(oi, Harlow.

Victory aad W. G. Po.loek aahece near Detroit, aldeatlded Freighter Ashore off. Asm lalaad. I'aldeatMed FrelaThter Aobore at Copper Heaeb.

D. MUlo Ashore off Harbor Baeb. Howard M. Haaaa Aabore off Pola: Aox Baraea. Thletle Orala freighter, aa-roaad ear Calantet Bay.

Haafa Maria, oae of the Colaaabaa earaveta tora froaa amoortaaa at Kiie aad plnajced la aaad baak. Hear Cook, of Detroit. Captala of the taar Mltb, reaewee tke drtll bail Explorer Haffalo aad aaveo the erew, Areadla Aabor la Thoader Bar. J. C.

r.rmar Oa beach off Lo-rala Ohio. i t'aldea laed ateasaer oa Kettle Poiat Roeka, Lake Heroo, J. S. Jeaka Reported aabore la Georartaa Bay. 'ehooaer ophla Beached at Cape ttaaltb, GeorpHaa Bay dlatrtet.

dlled with water. I Hart ell, rail of water, aabore off Groseeap Polat. PLEA Of Husband Is Heeded. Mrs. Catherine K.

Blake Explains Why Suit Against Mrs. Clarence H.Maekaj Was Dropped. araciAi. umTAtca To ma xxttticc. New York.

November 11. Ia the Bu-preme Court to-day Justice Delaney signed an order leg illy discontinuing the $1,000,000 alienation suit brought by Mrs. Catherine K. Blake aga nst Mrs. Clarence IL Mackay.

The monetary consideration named in the agreement signed by Mrs. Blake was "11 and other valuable property." It wan at the urgent request of Dr. Joseph A. Blake, the noted surgeon, that his wife. Who Is suing him for separation, agreed to withdraw the Court action against Mrs.

Mackay. 'Further negotiations are pending, Mrs. Blake said, wh'ch may result in the withdrawal of the separation suit. "The matter will not be definitely ter minated," said Mrs. Blake, "for ten days or two weeks.

The separation suit has not as yet been withdrawn. That is all 1 care to say Just now." Shortly after It became known that Mrs. Mackay had been served in the al enation suit Mrs. Blake made it clear that she did not hold her husband respons'ble for her domestic troubles. "He is the best she then, "that God ever made." From the outset Mrs.

Blake's only "peace terms' have been that Dr. Blake, who has been living apart from his fe, return to his home. Friends of Mrs. Blake now believe that this will be the final termination of the negotiat'ons now pend. ing.

They look upon the discontinuance of the alienation suit as a surrender on the part of Dr. Blake. The intimation that the suit against Mrs. Mackay was dropped because of lack of evidence was scoffed at. and it Is believed that other strong reasons, which will te revealed later, induced Mrs.

Blake to agree to tte wthdrawal. Clarence Mackay and two of his children. Elk an! John Will am Mackav. are iiacKay iook nis tnree cnuaren abroad last June, but the, eldest girl has since le-turned, and Is now In a private school mar New York. CONVENT LIFE Was Tiresome, Says Emily Who Is Found in Chicago After Country-Wide Search.

HPICtAl. DISPATCH TO THE rNQUIKBB. Chicago, November 11. Emily Thomas, fifteen-year-old granddaughter of William H. Blssell, eleventh Governor-of Illinois; and who escaped from a convent at Springfield, October 25, was found here to-day at the Hull House settle- Emily said she tired of convent life, and so embraced the opportunity of escape when it occurred.

She. was picked up in a ralway station here and gave a false name. Her true name was dlscov fered In a book from which she had tried to ra8e jt- Rha vara nnplrinfr TAW Cal a nfAAar ployment for her being obtained bv ora- ciaia of the setUementT V.c PAGES TO-DAY. WEATTfEIt Fair and wanner Wednesday; Thursday onset-, tied; -moderate winds. Temperature yesterday: Maximum, 37; minimum, 22.

VOL. LXX. NO. 316 WEDNESDAY MOT ING, NOVEMBER 12, 1913 PH ICE FIVE "CENTS 16 to To Be Tightened. Wilson Plans' To Shut Off Huerta Cash Lack of Money May Hasten Elimihatioa Cabinet Members Unite in Backing President.

Yankee Attitude May Be putlined Again. Americans at Tuxpan Are Menaced By Ba.tle. Private Secretary of Sir Edward Grey Transmits Report From Washington To London. fPEIUL TO THE BNtitinLR. Washington, November 11." President "Wilson's Ca inet nds firmly h.hlnd hl.n In his efforts to fcrce the retirement pt Provisional Pres'd nt Hue ta as a -necessary step to the cl ca Ion cf Mexico.

For more than two hours to-day the Cabinet d.s.usred eveiy phase of the Mexican and th; consensus of opinion was that the United States Government should not taJc a sing backward jrtep In its announced program look.ng to the restoration of consti.utUnal government In the neighboring repub Ic. the Secretaries were afterwards' about expressing their views, Jt became known that they all favored Steps which would convince Huerta that fhe United States was inearnest In Its 4emand he, eliminate himself from the situat'eri. On 'the question 6f ralsto the' embargo bn arms, the Cabinet members expressed various Some of them recognized in this method a practical andper-haps early solution of the difficulty, but there was no final on the point. Hope Still Prevai'g There is a hope on the part of both the President and Secretary yan that a measure so radical as pe'rmltt'ng exporta-tions of arms- may not be required solve the problem. Influences are at work which in the opinion at many officials may force the early collapse of the Huerta regime.

There is a closer understind'ng, for instance, and more f.equ nt communication between the State Department here and foreign Governmen.ts generally than has heen in evidence at any time -since the Mexican problem became so widely in-ternatknal. Not only through the American Embassies and legations abroad, but through the Diplcm cptps'n Washington, Secretary Bryan Is giving such detailed information of the American. (o'icy as to leave no doubt tf what the U. Kcd ates wou like to see accomplished. Sq far as is known, there have been no direct requests for foreign support.

Eut the ritr ng lntmaticns that the United States wou like nati ns to Train completely from interference the affairs. cf the Heurta are expected to produce tangible suits. Money Nerve Threatened. What the United States is is an wquiescence in its policy by the'Powers, an approval to carry with it dis-ucqulescence in Its ptliey by the Powers, Huerta. regime through Any fore gn sublets.

A few of tinancial Isolation, it ia believed by high officials here, w.ll force the retirement of Huerta. ThUt President Wilson p.ssibly might Usue a statement in a day or two, making a comprehensive explanation of the purposes of the United States was lndi-. cated by some of tne diplomats who now have been fully informed about the situation The President, It is saii, has not Anally determined whether be shall tnak (another pronouncement, but it has been suggested to him that such a fon might place on' record before the worli the reasons why the elections of President Vice President and members of Ccngre in Msxleo could not be nlzed by the Un ted States. It is reported that in this connection, too, the President announce the p-d'ation In advance of any acts of the new Congress, Rebel inner on Street at ICopyrlgrht by Intemat'onol News Service.) .4. sfh KIBOSH li Placed on Pictures Of "Turkey Trot" and Muscle Dances By! "Movie" Censors Kissing Also Is Prohibited.

LUd'ATCIl TO TUB ESQt'IBCB. Columbus, Ohio, November 11. All the new dances that tend to shock the fastidious are tabooed as far as the Ohio Board of Moving Picture Show Censors Is concerned. The lid has been clamped down on the "turkey trot," as well as the muscle dance, not to mention. In the language of 'the Vlndeetnt dances by ha If -nude' women and tough -men.

Another ore eliminated Jjy the board w'a a "dance hall scene Knowing a woman kissing a man In every picture in which a crime furnishes a part of the story the suggestion is allowed to be g'ven, but the act Itself must' be expunged. Even pictures "of gambling or a woman puffing at a cigarette Is held to be bad for the patrons of the "movies" and must be eliminated. Safe-blowing, murder, torture, barroom fights and stabli ngs are taboo. In connection with the adnvn'straton of the ti'ew law a plain intimation is out that during the days that will elapse before the state board begins to enforce the law It may be stated that the determina-t'on of. the board not to prosecutions will not prevent others from doing sp.

The feint has been dropped to forestall any attempt to abuse the license that will be "allowed while Courts are passing on the validity of the law. More than $7,300 has already been collected In fees the sum being ample to pay expenses for the entire year. The statement Is made by -the board in denial of reports that taxpayers are shouldering an additional burden when the state regulates the "movies." LURED From Home Negro. Wife of Resident Physician at Louisiana Prison Farm Slain By Convict, Who Then Kills Himself. gfBCIAl.

DISPATCH TO THE ENQV1B6K. 7 Baton Rouge, November 11. With the body of her negro slayer lying beside her, Mrs. Alice Enlert, wife of the resident physician at the Angola Prison Farm, was found early to-day brutally murdered. The negro, Harry Harret, a convict on the farm, had choked the white woman to death and then -killed himself.

The killing took place, autnorities be-Here, some time during the night, just how Mrs. Lhlert was lured to the place of her death has not yet been determined. The negro convict Is thought to have made his escape from his cell early in the evening at the time the convicts are checked in from their wxrk and locfcea up for the night. After evauing the guards, it Is believed, thA hla.rk inn lnv in tilsllnw ni.tinint, 'tpVzr 'l-1 which General Huerta has said would be Ti.the crime. Later during the night it is convened on November 20 4 that ne 8ent a decoy message to Wilson and Cacon Confer.

Q'tbe house of the resident physician. Dr. President Wilson was in communicatl-n Ehlert was absent at the time, and it again to-day through Senator Baeon is believed that the negro was cognisant with members of the Senate Foreign Be- of this. 1 lations Committee. The President feels I "The woman must have responded to the that members of the committee, Repub-! call.

and Democrats alike, are support-1 No cries were heard, so it Is probaule ing the? policy of the Executive, and he that the convict leaped upon" his victim is- giving serious 1on to elr and choked her speechless. Marks of a 2 giTUgge -were found aoout thi spot on CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE. I Farm whre the two BeautifulMatronVhoFig National in ii mm A- s. -v vaaJ it Mrs. Breckinridge is wife of the new Assistant Secretary of Be-fore marriage she was Miss Bath Bradley Woodman, of New Hampshire.

Her husband is a well-known Xentucklan, son of General Breckinridge, Civil' War fame. GOTHAM MAN SENTENCED To Workhouse For Having Winked at Salesgirl In Store. rrcciAi. DIWATCH TO ssyriBiB. New November 11.

On evidence that he had winked at a salesgitl la the waitjJnrfoom of tf. tnett re. Daniel Soger was sentcnd to'SO workhouse by Magistrate House to-day. 'Two of ten other young men am-etcd by detectives at the same time on a charge -of flirting were sentenced to 30 days each. The other eight priitonm II be tried to-morrow, after spending the night in jail In default of ll.04) bonds.

The arrests resulted from th complaint of a yonng woman, who wrote to Folic Commissioner Waldo that while- on a shopping tour recently "he had been 'n-su'ted while resting In the waltlna room of a department store. PLACE Among RichestWomen Is Taken By Mrs. Helen Swift MornsPacker's Estate Is Left in Her Centrol. BPSCIAL DISPATCH TO TUB ENQU SEB. Chicago.

11. Mrs. He'en Swift Morris was put in control ot the $20 000 000 estate of her husband, Edward Mcrrls, by the will filed in Probate Court here This disposition of the packer's estate -makes Mrs. Morris, who inherited a large fortune Lorn her falher, GusUvus Sw.fl, 'one i of tha- weaUhle3t women in' the world. Charitable bequests total among 21 beneficial les named by the testator and othei to be named by the widow, wlio la given to be distributed among such chaHIes as she shall select, The largest bequest Is one of $100 000-to the per.s.on fund of Morris' of which firm' the decedent waa the head.

The rensainder of the estate goes to Mis. Morris and the four clUdien. It is left In the hands rf six' trustees, with' the deciding vote' In case of a tie to bo cast by the wldawi who, with hr sor Nel- son Swift Morris and Edward-. Morr.s, minors, constitptethrLe of tlilf t.ustees, ailhaugh twp enact act unUl they have al.taired their majority. gilts, lhe exception of 5,000 to the Hebrew Orphan Cleveland, Ohio, a.e tx Chicago inaJtutlcns.

In' aidltlcn the s.rvants of the Moir a houeehcld given to toe d.8trlbu;d among them. Md.r.s'a share the estate Is 40 per goings to' the Ruth Mae Morris, Helen Muriel Morr.s tnd. the boys Nelson atd Edward. The trustees will pay Mrs. Morris an incoa of 100,000 si ycar and for each child until each has reached the aga of At' th-s until the children will be" paid directly, $3,000 it '7-: At Si years they will receive their first rtf the Capital ures So -it Jmmt jr" MAIL SACK Torn Open at Chicago And BUnej and Jewelry.

Valued at $10,000, Are Stolen- Driver Is Blamed. CIAi, PltrATCH TO THE ENQCntEE. Chicago, November 11. Tho theft of money and Jewelry valued at $10,000 from a mall sack was disclosed to-day by Colonel James Sfuart, Postofflce Inspector here. The crime is alleged, by Col nel Stuart, to have been committed by.

Albert Tardy, a mail wagon driver. The mall was stolen yesterday. Tardy collected tive sacks containing registered packages at the Water Masonic Temple and Stock Exchange subs at ons. Suspicion was aroused when the wagon, containing four of the sacks, was' junl abandoned at the Union "Station. These sacks contained $4,000 io money and gems, which had not been disturbed.

Tardy a wife "was found wl.h some difficulty, had given 'his address at a number 'which' proved to be a vacant lot. She said Tardy came home last night; told her that lie had stolen $10,000 from a mail sack, and would to her as" soon as he had escaped "across the border." The robbery 'was' -witnessed by several persorjB. Instead of driving tothe post- office, where he was due driver said to be Tardy went to the rail-rpad etation and backed his wagon up among a number of others. With only passing curiositj-'. oThcr drivers saw' him unlock the door of-tha wagon calmly' rip ppen one of the Backs and stuff the content, into his pocket.

They saw him walk away, a short distance and' then break into a run; FORTUNE Of Charles Gates Is Divided Equally Beteeii His Widow and MotherJ First Wife ciety cm.TA-vryg 1 1 i 1 rrBCIAL 1U Atca TO THE exquwekJ V. New York, Charles G. who died suddenly in: Wyoming 10 days' ago, divided- his fortune, equally between his mother, Mrs. John WV Gajtes, an his widow, Mrs. -Florence' Hopwood His, estate is estimated at from to $5,000,000, 4 Gates executed, his will," which will be flled soon, on August 1912.

This was shorv time after 'his' first wife had fli-yorced and he Taad marrlpd Miss Florence" Hopwood, of The first wife is not mentioned" In his will, but she will Jhave" an interest. 'In any real estate her former husband owned. Hid fortune waa made upof securities will makes specific bequests amounting to. $400,000, The two largest legacies are $100,000 each to Gates's two cousins. These legatees' are Henry Rockwell Barker, of St.

Charles, 111., a son of the 'older Mrs. Gates's brother, and Dellera 8. Antwell, 12 years of age, a daughter of the elder Mrs. Gates's sister. The personal effects of OatesJncluding Valuable, pictures' and statuary, are divided, equally, between his mother and his rl 'V FAMINE Raps at the Doors Of Thousands in Storm-i Swept Forest City.

Cleveland Is the Center of Storm's Vortex. AH Railways and Trolley Lines Are Paralyzed. FireMenace Hangs Like Incubus on Populace. Poles, Wires and Houses in Tangled Debris; Many Lives Lost and Property Damage Runninglnto Mil-. lions Reported Intense Suffering Recorded.

SPECIAI. DISPATCH TO SSK rNQrnXB. Cleveland, November 11. Cleveland has) been cut off from all communication with the outside world for the past 48 hours. and at a late hour to-night but one telegraph wire was working.

The sixty-mil gale which has swept the city has subsided somewhat, but a blanket of snow, varying In depth from four to ten feet, -covers the city and suburbs. Numerous lives are believed to hava been lost, and thousands are threatened with famine Unless the streets are cleared -within record time. The suffering in many quarters has been intense. Thev warm weather of the liast few days caused householders to neglect to pre- -pare for midwinter weather, and in th poorer sections the supplies of food an, fuel have toeenf, practically exhausted. No -milk ha: reached or 24 ho'uri.

only a -few-train ar rived during the day, and those brought" only passengers and mails. 1 Trolley "Lines Paralyzed. The interurban trolley lines, over which much of the city, food is transported have been paralysed for two days, and there is little hope- of traffic being resumed until late to-morrow. The number of dead cannot be ascertained until telephone communication is re-established, and traffic reopened throughout the city. Scores are injured and dozens are'missing in the clty.

Wires, poles and buildings have fallen in an impenetrable mass all over Cleve land. Trains, which dd not operate at all Monday, were moving only slowly to- day. There are few street car linespen. Malls are hours late. Electric light plants are shut down In many parts of the.

city, and the gas pressure Is becoming wAaker with the growing cold. Food -is at a premium and famine threatens the city: unless6treets can beopened Up for deliveries, which are impossible now. There is no milk. The property loss will run jnto "millions. Wa.er pressure has failed and the' danger of fire is imminent.

-Power; Plants Close. Many power! pants have been shut down to prevent conflagrations and elec- -trocutlons rem live wires, which are dah glmg everywhere. 'Conditions have grown worse since last when the lighting plant lew down In a gale, leaving the city in darkness. One of the greatest fears Is from fire. Already one fire has done $100,000 damage, and the difficulties encountered in.

-subduing it, were such as to cause the authorities the greatest apprehension should another break Every possible precaution is -being -taken by the exhausted firemen and policemen, as well as by individual property owners. For-two days the telegraph and tele phone companies have. been battling with conditions that confronted them, and with but little success. 'The Immense number, of wires down and the loss of so many, poles make the task' of completing -even temporary repairs one of magnitude. Driveiij Into the City.

The hotels present a scene' of unusual ManV persona driven into the city by the storm have taken shelter where they could find Beds werevno. f. to be had for all of them and many sleeping on-4he floors without, cover Ing. Three hundred persons were imprisoned' in four Interurban cars southeast of; Cleveland, toward Cbardon, without food or drink or heat since Sunday afternoon The snow there la eight feet deep. Score of transients are marooned in the city.

AH the, city schools have been closed. V. Many gi-cpery stores are noti opejpo-day, having exhausted their supplies. Offices are dark and deserted. i It la colder to-night and the snow has ceased The snow which had been oontln- "-y ous and heavy for 48 hours, let up at a --y Jf I 1 a' i.

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