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QPENj TO INSPECTION day fair except rain in nortneaai portion: warmer in norm PRICE FIVE CENTS AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING," AUGUST 19, 1915-TEN PAGES VOLUME 3, NO. 80 1 -UHm ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo 00000 ooooo CROP DESTRUCTION $10,000,000 HOTELS REFUGE FOR THOUSANDS EPIDEMIC FEARED ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo IE DEAD 1 Nude Baby Bathers Who Cause Split in Rich Summer Colony 1 Troops Patrol Debris-Choked Streets to Pre General Bell Wires War Department 10 Soldiers Are Killed Virtually All of Equipment Is GERMANS TAKE KOVNO; VILNA IS EVACUATED 3 r- if -it v-v vent Looting Hurricane Wrecks 500 Buildings at. Galveston, Washes Out 1009 Feet of Sea Wall Grain Elevator Damage $1,500,000. 80 Killed at Island CityBarge Sinks With 55 on Board Railroad Connections May Not Be Established for Thirty Days. lit it' it RuinedWind Velocity 85 to 100 Miles Hour.

Many Officers and Families Lose Everything. Water From Three to Five Feet in Streets. All Telegraph' and Telephone Lines Severed. No Railroads Are Running Trains. Von Hindenburg's Army Cap tures Fortress and 400 Guns.

Siege Lasts Week. 4 LONDON. Aue. 18. Kovno has XT ASHINGTON, Aug.

18. The death of ten soldiers and fallen before Von Hlndenburg, and the yi the total destruction of the regular army camp at TTOUSTON, Texas, August 1 8. -The loss of life in the storms which struck the Texas coast has reached 189 and the property last obstacle to a German sweep upon Vilna and the important Warsaw-Petrograd Railway has been removed. Texas City, Texas, where the second division is locat cd. are reported in telegrams from General J.

Franklin Bell, With the capture of Kovno me i i Germans not only have taken more than four hundred heavy guns and a vast quantity of war materials, but notifying the War Department today of the terrific damage done by the hurricane and floods in the Galveston section. General Bell recommended that a transport be loaded in I jr have gained a position wnere mcy threaten the flanks of the Russian armies retreating upon the Brest-Lltovsk front and the other forces operating in the southern Courland. The story of Kovno is merely a repe tV I New York and rushed to the stricken sections. The supplies, he said, could be used by the army if not needed by the population. Texas City, whore approximately 7000 troops are encamped, tition of Antwerp and Kamur.

The German 16-lneh howitzers reduced the Russian fortifications as easily as is eighteen miles from Galveston. General Bell says communication with the larger city, however, is cut off, but he understands the Twenty-eighth Infantry, camped on low ground at Galveston, has been forced to abandon camp. 1 loss has reached the enormous rigures or $35,000,000. The story of the disaster was augmented when a Houston newspaper man reached this city late this afternoon bearing the first details of the destruction of life and property in Galveston. He went and returned by steamer.

The property loss in Galveston will total $10,000,000, which includes loss of 500 buildings, 1000 feet of the great seawall, and practical destruction of the $4,000,000 causeway, in which the city took so much pride. It was completed three years ago. The loss to grain elevators and contents in Galveston amounts to $1,500,000. The known loss of life in Galveston tonight stands at eighty, fifty-five having been lost when the barge Sam Houston sank in the bay, to whieh crowds had fled for their safety. Fourteen others were lost in an attempt to reach the Tremont Hotel, and the rest were lost in various parts of the town.

The reports were sent by wireless from the army transport 1 i IJuford to Houston and relayed there. In his latest message to the War Department, received at 6 o'clock tonight. General Bell says he believes it will be impossible to establish railroad connection with Galveston for a month. The those in France and Belgium were pounded to the ground. The bombardment of Kovno began scarcely a week ago.

Today German troops are passing between the dismantled forts along tho road to Vilna. Vilna already has been evacuated by the civil population, and all articles that might prove of military use to the Germans have been removed. The city Itself is open and can offer no resistance to the Germans. Sections of the Russian field army Intervene between the Germans and Vilna, but they are in hasty retreat, and little opposition is expected to the Teuton inarch on the main line railroad to I'etrograd, about five hundred miles away. Already military experts are property damage in the flood area, he believes, is great, but the loss of life is comparatively small.

General Bell has gone to Houston to direct relief measures for the swamped soldiers of the Second Division. rM'S CLEMENCY 3 ROSEMARY HALE E0ST0N, 18. Two little naked children playing in the sand and in the Atlantic Ocean have Second Cliff, an exclusive summer resort, astir today. They are the offspring of Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale, and are known as the "Suffrage Twins," because of the suffrage activities of their mother, who is a sister to Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the noted English actor.

Mrs. P. F. Tague, one of the members of the colony, which is situated near Scituate, was one of the first to voice an objection against the children appearing on the beach without their clothes. Twenty-five were lost at Virginia discussing the possibility of a German FRANK LYNCHING CONDEMNED BY GEORGIA PRESS HOUSTON'S LOSS SURE TO REACH INTO MILLIONS Debris Is Still Scattered About the Residence and Business Districts.

advance against the capital. Kxpcoted to Ix) so Kovno. Grand Duke Nicholas, to all appearances, expected the loss of Kovno, for his forces in Poland are making a hasty retreat eastward. They are holding their own from Kovno to south of Ossowiec, but to the south are being pressed hard by the armies of General von Scholz and von Gall-witz, advancing from the northeast, and by Prince Leopold, who, having crossed the Bug, is driving on the Brest Lltovsk-liiolostok Railway from the west. He is attempting to cut the railroad line between Blelostok and Bielsk.

The fortified city of Blelostok is being evacuated by the Russians. That the Russians on the Brest Governor Determined to Bring Point, Texas City reports loss of fifty-two, which Includes twl ve United States soldiers. Eight -e killed at Morgan's Point, seven at H5, tchrork, six at Port Arthur, six at l'a Porte, three at Seabrook, two in Houston's suburbs. Included In the total propert' Is the ruination of the South and tral Texas crops. Fifty per cent them were destroyed and it means at least $10,000,000 loss to the farmers.

Troops are patrolling the debris-choked streets of Galves'jn to keep off looters. All communication with Galveston is cut off. It will probably be a month before trains can be run to the Island City and a week before wires can be restored. The newspaper man's story was of a city piled high with wreckage, of an entire island covered with the spew of the storm, but tt allayed fears that Galveston had suffered a second disaster to life such as thdt of 1900. The causeway and sea wall on which Galveston spent millions to protect the new city after the old one had been w-iped out by a tidal wave, saved her.

In places it was torn away and the flood swept into the city six and seven feet high, but the greater section of (Continued on Tage Two.) Mob to Justice Mother of Girl Seems Satisfied. SEA WALL DOES ITS DUTY, SAVING 40,000 LIVES; BOULDERS WEIGHING TWO TONS ARE TOSSED LIKE SAND First Official Representative of Stricken City Gives Version of Disaster to American Correspondent Says Water Supply Will Last Only About One Week. I.itovsk lino face even a more serious Klve messages were received from General bell today. In one lip reported thiit mounted portions of his command during the storm to the animals, ami It Is Impossible yet to nrrount for nil nn-n und animals. The ineMnge Continue: "A few more rasualtles have been titlicnttcuted among civil population, hut It seems probable Mint the loss of life him not been very great.

Not possible to rare for homeless families of officers and enlisted men In Texas ritv. Many officers families lost everything, und nearly nil the families of enlisted men lost all. Am endeavoring to find a building big to hold nil the hitter, and will organize ft mess with soldiers to rare for them temporarily at Government expense. (ifthers' families will be provided for nt their expense at Houston or elsewhere. Shall ship nil families out.

Not possible to bring yrder out of chaos until nil families aro gotten out of Texas City. Ample accommodations In Texas City and community to care for neless clvlllun Wooden Structure liown. denrial Hell's earlier messages reported a hurricane from 85 to 100 miles an hour, which demolished tho camp. Tho tents were largely destroyed and wooden structures went down. Tho water and electric light svslems are out of commission.

ljick of water, ho said, menaced tho health of soldiers and civilians. The camp la like a lake I-argo sanitary forces havo been put to work Mui troops aro securing shelter as they rnn. The rompleto list of dead was given In dispatch reading: "Company Twenty-third lnfnnt- (Contlnued on Two.) situation than they did around War (Continued on Page Three.) Bpcclal to The American. HOUSTON, Aug. 18.

Although two days have passed since the hurricane swept Houston, much debris is scattered about the city Both In the business and residence sections. This is composed principally of broken glass and leaves or branches of trees. There was some real damage done Monday night, but for the most part (Continued on Page Two.) GREECE WILL DEMAND HIGH PRICE FOR HER ATLANTA. C.a., Aug. 1 8.

While tho body of M. Frank was speeding on Its way to Hrooklyn today. Governor Nat K. Harris was actively engaged in work preliminary to a searching Investigation of the lynching by the "motor mob" which carried Georgia's famous prisoner half across tho State from the prison farm and hanged him In an oak grove Tuesday morning. Threo Atlanta newspapers of this dale print strong editorial condemnations of tho lynching and call upon State authorities to go tho limit in re SERVICESTO ALLIES New Greek Cabinet Under Ven- GALVESTON MESSAGE REPORTS 24 vealing tho identity of the members of the mob imd bringing them to justice.

This is tho editorial uttttudo of the State press in eeneral. Governor Harris devoted most of his tlmo today to a study of the availa- Continued on I'ago Three.) izelos Wants Union of All Greek Populated Territory. VESSELS ARE SUNK WITH ALL Of BOARD DROWNED; STORES LOOTED 8. Greece is will Texas City on the Galvez. an excursion boat well known in Houston, about three hundred people, including Galvestonlans and up-State visitors, being on board and from Texas City, lr.

Powell and a few others caught the first automobile to Houston, the car being a Ford driven by Warn B. Herbert of Houston, Dr. Powell being the first man from Galveston to come through since the storm. He was met on tho Harrlsburg road Detow Har-rishurg by a party of Post and Austin American representatives, who were looking for refugees from Galveston. Dr.

Kugeno Vernon Powell came to Houston with the first news from Galveston. There were five known dead In the undertaking establishments yes-terday. Four of them were soldiers. So far as is known that Is the whole death list Four soldiers were killed at Fort Crockett. The soldiers from Fort Crockett came to town.

LONDON, Aug. 1 ing to throw her Into the scales for military strength Special to The HOUSTON. Texas, A tiff. 18. 'The seawall did Us duty fully and Galveston was saved." Theao wore the first words of IT.

Vernon Powell, official representative of the Galveston Commercial Association, sent out with the first party leaving Galveston for the mainland since tho storm. Tho property datmtRA is creat, running Into tho millions of dollars. None of the large buildings in the business district were seriously damaged by wind or water, and tho structures which were demolished were frame buildings of more or less flimsy construction in the section of the city nearest the beach. The Galvez Hotel, situated on tho beach facing the Gulf, was damaged only to the extent of a few broken window panes and water In the basement. Kveryono In the hotel Is safe.

Tho official version of tho storm was brought to Houston by lr. Powell, who came from Galveston to the allies, but her according to dis- price will be high, patches reaching authentic sources in ere tonight from Athens. new Greek cabinet The policy of the being formed by M. Venlzelos looks to Continued on Tage Three.) PASSENGER STEAMER (Continued on l'ngo Two.) Funston Wires War Department Fifth Brigade Camp is Ruined WASHINGTON, Ahr. 18.

The- War Heparlnient tonight received its flrM, report on conditions In Galveston. It chiiio from General mid was received at 7:15 p. m. The ine.ssngo was sent by radio front the transport Ituforil to Tort ham Houston. It follows: "A sew re liuirlcaue visilcd this Island Aug'.

1(1 and 17, causing licnvy (lamnac ml considerable suftcriiig. Water system, lighting system, gas lid street car systems nut of commission, and no drinking water in city, except In cisterns, 1 il'lli llrlgadn camp completely wiped out. No loss of life reported. Depot corral destroyed. Two employes reported missing.

All animals except two drowned or missing, "McClclhin grounded on IVllcun Islam! Ituford and Kilpatrlck safe. Poo damaged. t'usMiig safe. Troops of V'lrtli Itrlgnile will ho quar-tered on Ituforil unit Kilpatrlck today, until oilier means are available for them. Iiarge quantities of subsistence stores destroyed mid am trying: hi wire St.

I Is and New York mid Kansas City for supplies. "City under martial law and I am co-operating with Mayor and citizens' Three) hundred fret of causeway destroyed and no communication with mainland, cither by rail or wire. Will scud Mils by radio If possible. No news from Texas City. Ample tenlagc on- hand for troops.

Sufficient subsistence supplies on band for troops except fresh vegetables, hard bread and flour until connection Is established. All officers, classified employes and enlisted men and families safe." OVERDUE THREE DAYS REPORT 219 TROOPERS Special to The American. GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 18. bile to Houston.) For three days the heavy seas have lashed Galveston's seawall without destroying it Gigantic waves still (Wednesday) break over this bulwark but conditions have improved by leaps and bounds with every hour that passes.

Hut while there was small loss of life In the city It is feared that loss of life at sea has been great. Fully two dozen boats known to have been within tho radius of tho storm aro given up as lost, with their crews. Gas Carlson, sailor on the United States dredge boat San Bernard, was rescued from tho surf fifteen miles down the island last night with a life belt about him and unconscious. He had been fifteen hours In the water following the wreck of his boat. At noon today he regained consciousness and said that probably twenty-seven of the complement of the San Bernard were drowned.

He said the deckhouse was washed off the boat at 10 o'clock Monday morning thirty six mtlei south of here. The vessel sank imme. diately and the crew took to twu burges, The barges soon were beaten to pieces and Carlson doesn't believe any but himself saved. O. T.

I.arsen, her master, and several of the ercw happened to be ashore. Those thought lost are Ewell K. Wilkins, chief ennl-ner: John Westland, leverman: Joint Kavich, steam engineer: Ingram Gurry, Julius Paulson, A. K. Knudsen.

H. Perry, Jens Jensen, William Anderson, Krltz Hedin, tins Petersen, char. He Johnson, Alec Hovdl, liaslltos Pal. eologoa, Peter Hansen, II. Vulundcr, George Linden and eight seamen whoso names aro unknown.

Tho dredgo boats Sam Houston, Sun Jacinto, No. 1 and Galveston may bj (Continued on Pago Two.) MISSING AT GALVESTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Four officers and 215 enlisted men who were In Galveston durlnir tho fton.l Train Load of Soldiers Stops While in Kenedy Special to Tho American. KENEDY, Texas, Aug.

18. Mixed trains passed through Kenedy today, carrvlng soldiers, artillery and horses and other munitions of war. This group Is presumably a part of men and munitions directed to be sent from Oklahoma to lirownsvllle. Sunday, to assist In suppressing the bandit raids on tho border. ported missing in a telegram received NEW ORLEANS, Aug.

18. The United Fruit Company's liner Maro-wljno, bound for this port from Belize, Honduras, with a large passenger list, is long overdue and fears for her safety are felt because of the hurricane which swept the Gulf of Mexico, The Marowljno was due Monday afternoon and hito tonight no word had been heard from her. Efforts to locate her by wireless have been iic uio wax lippnrtment late tonight from Colonel Waltz, commander of the Nineteenth Infant rv nt ivutn. The message, dated today, was sent oy rauto. says, however, "It is not believed many, if any at all, of these are lost." Austin American is the only newspaper in Texas that publishes the full day and night reports of the International News Service, including (by special arrangement) the exclusive war dispatch-s of the London Times, London Telegraph and Berliner Tageblatt.

The American's State Capitol and Legislative reports are the most comprehensive and complete published and do not appear in any other newspaper..