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ENGLISH SECTION 12 PAGES EL PASO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915. A mi dead mm. GALVESTOf'J IBM 06 AR Seawall and Causewav at Galveston WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC WITH C0MMIICA1N WITH WIND TORN CITY REMAINS UNCERTAIN; LOSS OF MANY AMERICANS ABOARD IS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE LIFE THERE BELIEVED TO BE SMALL Reports Indicate Most if Not All of Passengers and Majority of Crew Escaped From Vessel; Boatloads of Sur-. vivors Reach Queenstown. Governor Ferguson, in Houston to Take Charge of Relief Work, Declares Everything Possible Is Being Done; Does Not Believe Outside Aid Necessary.

it 1 III, Report of Attack Without Warning Comes as Shock to Officials at Washington; Rupture of Diplomatic Relations With Berlin Possible Result. 1 Country for Hundred Miles Around Storm Scene Presents Scene of Desolation With Crushed Buildings and Ruined Crops; Search for Bodies Continues. LA was given and the ship refused to obey even when subjected lo shell fire. 0 ViNy-u StK WITHIN TEN MINUTES AFTER TORPEDO STHUCk. Bu AsKOCiatetl Press Londin, Aug.

19. The big White, Star line steamer Arabic, formerly a favorite ship of the Ulverpool-Hostoti servhe, but which on her present trip was on tne way to New York, was torepdoed and sunk by a German submarine al 0:15 o'clock Thursday morning southwest of Fastuet. Attacked Wilhoiit Warning. The steamer, according io a statement of the White star line, was attacked without warning and went down In ten minutes. Of Bu Anriatrit I'itm Houston, Aug.

111. The list of missing in the hurricane, was reduced to loti tonight, when men from the dredges Sam Houston and San Jacinto, carrying respectively anil 50 men, reported that all hands were safe. Some id the Sinn Houston men escaped to olTicers and soldiers or Ihe Filth brigade, stationed on Galveston Island, did magnificent work throughout the night of the storm In helping to perfect system of rescue work, citizens worked wiin the soldiers. orrti-ers find soldiers apportioned the number of refugees who should occupy each room in sonic of the large buildings during Ihe hurricane, stationing guards at each door. Two life boals navigated the streets, forming the square about tile post-ofrice nearly all nlghl during the sioriu, their flashlights searching Hie water.

ordinal roodslnris were abundant today, owing to lack ot heating apparatus tor baking there wus a temporary shortage or bread for Iwo days following Hie storm. Now crowds gather in front ol each bakery hours berore its day's bake is due, banks here had not renpened up to the time this dispatch was riled today, producing a shortage or small change. Heavy rains alter the sinrtn helped lo wash away much or tho mud Hie sea water had lert. The. storm washed some bodies out of the cemeteries.

The United Stales Fruit coinpuny's boat, Beatrice, arrived today fifun lioslon with a bad list. The Morgan liners El Slglo and El Valle and Hie Miillory liner Concho all arrived loriav safely from New York. ft AHxfKiatal Pies evv York, Aiis. iO The While ott (rials announced lit 2:30 o'clock tills morning thai a revised list showed 20 persons missing- from the Arabic. Of this number two are Americans.

A revised list of survivors compiled rrom ruble reporis received from Liverpool early today Indicated that Miss lirugiilere and Edmund Woods wire still unarcoiinieiT roc among the American passengers. They were men-Honed as having- been saved in previous reports The line announced here that from figures available that six passengers hiuI 2t! member or the crew of lite steamship were lost. I1. A. S.

Franklin, vice president of the line, slated lale last night that the. company would suffer lit tic if any loss through the sinking- of the. Arabic. The liner had been insured by the Hrltlsh government with Hritisli insurance, companies for approximately he said. Mr.

Franklin stated there was no contraband on hoard and only about 1,000 tons of freight. The loss or the freight will have to lie borne by the shippers. It was said. The Arabic carried mail from European points for the I'nitcd Slates. Wall Htret relt the ci'fert of the sinking of the Arabic, shares railing sharply when the news first reached here.

They milled, however, when It was learned that most of Ihe passengers and crew had been saved. The wire and children of Capt. John B. Kelk, former commander of the White star liner erotic, were among the passengers rescued, r.aptain Kelk now Willi the British army in France. 11)1 ittroefcrfftl Press New York.

Aug. 1(t. Careful checking of the various lists of survivors or Ihe Aiablr, as given out by the white star line, Indicate that nil Americans on board the vessel hart been saved. It Is possible that some Americans boarded the liner as she was about to sail and were carried in the list given out by the White, Star line as of other the persons on board 181 passengers aul 212 members of the crew 32 are nuss-tng and are believed to have perished. Most of ihose who have not been accounted for belong to the crew.

Only six of the passengers are reported missing. Americans Aboard. Whether any of those not accounted for are Americans has not yet been determined, but there were only 26 citizens of the United States on hoard, 2i being in the second cabin and four In the steerage. The Arabic carried no llrst class passengers, having been turned Into a two-class liner. Survivors In Queeiislowii.

The survivors left the steamer In the ship's boats and were picked up later by passing vessels, arriving in Queenstown tonight. They are being accommodated by the white Slar line In hotels and boarding houses in the Utile town, which so short a time ago cared for the survivors 3iid the dead of the Lusitania. Details or the sinking of the. Arabic are larking, but that the loss of life was not Tho Hnilsb steamer Hiiwkhead Is aground III ii ifft A greater doubtless was due to the Tact that to conditions In the storm stricken area. Mv Information now Is that the loss or life Is not great and the local authorities will be able to handle the situation without outside assistance.

Everything possible Is being done to relieve conditions," Nineteen Dead lu Lighthouse. The destruction by the storm or the lighthouse at Siirfstde, Texas, about nrty miles below Giilvotou, was courirmed by couriers from lliat section tonight. These couriers said they knew positively Unit nineteen persons lost their lives in the lighthouse. It collapsed under the Impact of huge waves and roaring wind between midnight and a. in.

Inland lor hundred tulles on each side cd Houston, Hie vast, flat south Texas prairies uie dotted with crushed buildings, many Isolated trees have their brunches whipped almost hare or roliuge and the whole country still Is teeming with water rrom the effects of a rainfall of nearly seven inches which accompanied the hurricane. Today for Ihe firt lime since the storm the Intermittent rams, gules and alarming black clouds disappeared and the sun snone brightly. During the hurricane the wind was so cold on the prairies thai many hurily persons nearly perished from exposure incident to standing Tor hours in water and rain niter their bouses hud become unsafe. A young son of Henry llell-nuin, uearAlvln, died rrom such exposure, Rullroails lladly Freight cars lie on their sides along the railroads In these rials and many miles of lelrgriipli poles were snapped oil' or blown over. Harris- county, where Houston is situated, bus provided large (iiautllle of disinfectant materials lo use about bodies of domestic animals which perished by hundreds along Hie edges of the bays.

The steamer Honduras, overdue at Free-port, Texas, with persons aboard, reported her sure arrival there late today. Murllul Law in Gulxeston. Railroads 'promised by tomorrow to have trains running on regular schedule from here lo Texas City and thence by barge about six miles across (he bay to Galveston, nne road sent two trains to Texas Cllv loday, one morning and one evening, both crowded with passengers carrying permlls from Mayor lien i.uiiipbell of Houston, explaluinv the nuliirc of their business lu Galveston and asking city authorities there lo admit them. At the city hall here II was said these permits were necessary in Hie Interests of order and safety while the water was impaired, Galveston city auihorities hail declared what amounted to martial law. Searching for Rndlcs, At many points between Galveston and Houston many people were out from Ihe shore in small boats searching for the bodies of relatives believed drowned by the high water along the shore west of Galvesloii bay and Hie ship channel.

It is reported that live persons were lost at Morgan Point. Wreckage of numerous rrame buildings weer seen on tho trip rrom Houston Ui Galveston. Crew of Dredge Lost. The second relief train was leaving Houston for Galveston Unlay at o'clock. A sailor, believed to he a survivor of the wrecked dredger Sam Houston, drifted onlo the mainland between Cliftoii-ny-the-Sea and San Leon late Tuesday, clinging to a pole and a bit or wreckage.

The jnan was In a dazed condition and said that "he was the only one lert of a parly of friends on a dredge on the gulf." It Is believed here that virtually the entire crew or the sum lluiiston has been lost. DAY'S SUMMARY EUROPEAN WAR. on Pelican island and the transport Me-Clellan also Is aground, being In some apparently danger of turning over when Hie tide recedes. The fust boat to leave Houston for Galveston, returned here lonighl, having taken more than hours to make Ihe round trip. It left Houston yesterday and stopped In Galveston today lor two hours.

Among Its passengers was J. F. Furtiswnrth of Dallas, vice president or the Southwestern 'Icle-phone ruiupitny. who went to Galveston to get Mrs. Fartiswortll.

They returned together. The lug Helen Henderson was round today sunk In the, Texas City channel. What becniiie or nor crew of nine was not discovered and they were listed among the missing. Hie dredge Houston, a dirrerent boat than Ihe Sam Houston, owned by the North American Dredging company, was round today broken in two with no trace of her fifty men. FIERRO MARCHING TOWARD TORREON REWARD OF 1,500 FOR IB MEMBERS MOST III.MMIkVllI.E SINCE MEXICAN AH ltlG CONCH SION.

GOVERNOR (IF GEORGIA TKI STEPS TO APPREHEND MEN MHO HANGED LEO I ltk. All the undertaking establishments In the have floating bodies district report that Island resort of Morgans point been seen near Ihe brooke, Lynchburg, sea-nnd have Northern Ciiliiinn Which Severed Olireqnn's Cuimiiinilciilions mid Attacked Mexico City Alioiil lo Rejoin Main Arm v. Atlanta Cliainhrr of Commerce Adopts RcMiliillmi Calling on Loyal CHIens lo Wipe Out Disgrni Id State. no such bodies Jennings island, but been reported terovcred. nn mm ma.

w. al I nn a plying the Get man siibitiurme ar one now keep their boats swung out and otherwise are prepared for emergencies. The torpedo thai sunK the Arabic struck her on Ihe larboard side, Kin feet from her stern. The. vessel had left Liverpool Wednesday arternoon and taken a southerly course, well orf the Irish coast, doubtless with a view of avoiding the submarines which frequent the waters nearer the shore.

When some, fifty miles west of where the Lusilatita was sunk in the German underwater boat rose to the siinacc and launched a torpedo. The marksmanship of tin; Germans, as in the case of the Lusitania. was deadly accurate and, like the Lusitania, the big liner quickly settled down' and shortly disappeared from view. Saw Another Vessel Torpedoed. Some of the survivors, according to reports received here, say that thev had just witnessed the, torpedoing of a Hritisli steamer, presumably the Dunsley, and that it Lad caused great alarm on board the Arabic.

In their fright the passengers had rushed for life preservers and had barely adjusted tliem when the Herman submarine turned Its torpedo against the vessel's side. Lifeboats Quickly Launched. Ten lifeboats and a number of liferafts wire quickly got over the side of the steamer and Into these a large number of the passengers and members of the crew scrambled. Many of the passengers, however, fell Into the water, but they got hold of th.i rafts and later were rescued, one woman fell Into the sea and screamed pitifully for help. Two sailors swam to her assistance and succeeded in lining her upon a ran.

Among those who xvert- rescued were Captain Will Finch, commander of the Arabic; all the deck officers, the chief engineer, tlie surgeon, the purser, the assistant purser, the chief steward and the third-class steward. Third Engineer Lugon is among the missing. Lusitania Survivor Aboard. one of the assengers on board was Ken-netii Douglas, web known English actor. Douglas was on the Lusitania when she was sent to the bottom, ills good luck followed him today, for he is among the survivors.

KNOWN DED OVER ONE HUNDRED; ANOTHER HUNDRED MISSING. Bu AxxiiCHitid Print Houston, Texas, Aug, dead outside ol Galveston from Monday night's West Indian hurricane were nil, according to reports here tonight. Missing oulslde of Galveston were nf the missing list it was feared more than half were dead. Communication with Galveston and Texas (illy, a distance of sixty miles from here, continued to be a matter of many hours. It was known that Galveston's loss of lire Ilil Asmuiatrit Prex Washington.

Aug. 19. News of the torpedoing of the Hritisli steamer Arabic or the white, star Hue, with Americans on board, came as a shock 1o orricluls or the I 'lilted States government ho had hoped, since the dispatch or the lard American note, there would be no lurtlier aggravation or an already tense situation between the united Slates utid Germany. Official Information was meagre and It was only through press dispatches that It was heard here that the vessel was torpedoed without warning. While it was recognized that a canvass of the might reveal that no American lives were lost, the torpedoing without warning of a vessel carrying Americans has in Itsell been pronounced by the t'nited states government as a violation or Its rlgliis which, ir repeated, would be regurded as "deliberately unfriendly." American Note Disregarded.

In the last note to Germany in which It was generally accepted was the last word on the principles of the question from Ihe Trilled States. Serrelary Lansing used the Pillowing language in rererrlng to violations or American rights In the war zone: "Friendship Itself prompts It (the United Slates government), to say to the imperial Herman government that repetition by the commanders or German naval vessels of acts in contravention of those rights must be regarded bv the government of the United States, when they afreet American citizens, as deliberately unfriendly." What the course or Hie United States would he. no ori'lcial would predict because of the absence or detailed Informs Hon. It must be i stablished authoritatively whether anv warning was given and whether the vessel attempted to escape. IT no American lives were lost, It was thought in most quarters tonight that drastic steps were improbable, but in the event it is found Americans were drowned, a rupture in diplomatic relations was everywhere discussed as likely.

Vessel Carried No Contraband. The attack on the, Arabic came without official intimation rrom Berlin that submarine romiuamlers would persist in tor The most sensational event inaklnn a (lay ol ninny iteieliipmenls mi three bailie trends, was Ihe shikln bv a German submarine or the While Slur liner Arable, biiiinil rrom Liverpool for New York, caiTjiiiii persons, passeiiiiri's mid err iv, inclniliiifi Lfi Americans. Ihe While. Star line reporis that the strainer was loi'prildeil wllliiuit narnlii. The ilcslriiellun of the Arabic aroused (Ileal, cuiiicni at Washinntun, but no nl'liclal statement will lie miiile until (he iiicls arc at loiiiii.

The last American note In Germany on Ihe sinkinii of Ihe Lusltiiiiia ipue uariiinn. Hint the I nlled States would regard us "ilrllhernli'ly iiiil'rieiidly" any nil In contravention of the riiilHs of American citicus upon Ihe seas. The Teutonic Invaders are sllll bat-terliid successfully al the Russian fortresses, back of nhlch Hie mllllnry experts have supposed Grand Duke Nicholas intended to make a determined stand. Forces under Field Marshal Mackcnscn hate pencli'ati'd Into Ihe outer fortiticatloiis at iiresl-Lltovsk. slroiifirst of liiiMovtlc defense works.

wo additional forts liHvr fallen al Novo beoriilevsk and the unny of General von Ualtwll has reached the railuuy from llailyslok lo On the western front Ihe French claim lo have captured Ihe cross-roads east of Notre Dame lie Lorelte Ihroiifih which the Arras-lletliiine unit the An-nres-Ahliilne hiiihuays run, piittliia llirin In a position io make effective attacks uorlh and northwest or Su civile. The have landed additional troops on the shores or Suvla liny, on the west side or the Galllioli pciilnsiiln, but Ihe war oilier ailinils that utter heavy flflhllnif in which no satisfactory progress was made, the llrlllsh advance was halted. Official announcement comes from Berlin that a llrlllsh cruiser and lor-prdo-lioat drstm.irr were sunk off Jutland Tuesday afternoon In an engagement with German torpedo-bout destroyers. A large fleet of German warships Is threatening Riga. Hie Russian port on (he Gallic.

The Italians are rirrlurrd lo have in readiness in Ihe south a strong squadron which will be sent to allack Turkey If I hi" lltluniuii giivernniriit does not permit Italians to Iratr. General Portolfo Flerro, with a flying column or cavalry. Is moving northward from Aguascallentes to Join General Villa at Torreon and official advices rrom that city yesterday reported his arrival in svmon, Z.ic, a station phi miles south or Torreon. The arrival of General Flerro al Symon has again placed this territory 'under the complete domination of the Conventionalist gov-ornment. The final march to Torreon can easily be accomplished as trie railway Is in operation from Torreon to a point near Symon.

With the arrival at. Torreon of Flerro and his flying column Flerro will have completed the most remarkable campaign ever undertaken by a military force In Mexico, starling out from Aguascallentes two months ago with General Caiiuto Heves and 5.000 cavalry, the column encircled the. obres-on army which was then Leon and began a destruction of the railway communication between obregnn's base and Mexico City and Vera Gnu. important city after city in central Mexico were captured, the Villa troops going as far south as Mexico City, where they effected Junction with the Zapatista forces which had been driven from Mexico City and defeated the Carramca column under General Pablo Gonzalez. Flerro then began his march northward which lias consumed over a month.

Heyes and Flerro were accompanied north by a large force af Zapata troops but most of these nave been taken eastward from Aguascallentes bv General heyes to attack the mam bodV of the Obregon forces which are in San Luis I'otosi. Whether Flerro occupied Zacatecas or encircled thai city on his march northward from Torreon was not Indicated in yesterday's dispatches. FLEET BRINGING OFF ES AND RECOVERING BODIES. "jitne IIEFUG Wnen the news of the sinking of the Aramc reamed London late this atterp.oon It caused a tremendous sensation. The first reports stated that it was feared a largo Ity 1'ri Atlanta, Aug.

19. -Governor Harris tonight proclaimed reward of St. sun for the first three persons convicted for participation in the lynching or Leo Frank. Al the same time lie issued a statement declaring lie would do all In his power to apprehend the perpetrators of the "unfortunate occurrence." In defense of the state authorities me governor pointed out that the prison farm, from which Frank wus abducted, was not constructed to withstand attack rrom Hie outside, and declared that the complete secrecy Willi which Ihe lynchers made their careriil preparations made Impossible any defense which might have saved the prisoner. It IS not believed liny further action will be taken in the way of an investigation at the Slate prison.

The members of the slate prison commission were mi a visit to the institution when the attack occurred, and have belli thai the prison orflclals were powerless lo prevent the attacking party rrom carrying out its purpose. 1 ruckling Demagogues lienoiinced. The bu aid of directors of the Atlanta Chamber or Commerce today iiiiaiilmonslv adopted resolutions urging the governor and other state officials to exert every errort to apprehend and convict the men who lynched Leo M. Frank. The resolutions, which relet- lo the hand as a "secret oath-bound organization." In part follows.

'Whereas, on Monday night, August an armed mob, overpowering the warden, superintendent and guards, took from Ihn slate penitentiary at Milledgeville Leo M. Frank, a prisoner, serving a life sentence and hanged him to a tree In Cobb county, near Marietta, and left him there dead; llierefore, be it "In-solved, That the directors or the Atlanta Chamber of Goinmer-ce, that bv tills crime and lis flagrant deriance or officers of the law, the, state has been disgraced, Its society insulted and a grievous reproach cast upon our civilization-, "Therefore, we call on the governor and all officers or the laud to use all the lower or the state to bring the gullly parties to Justice. "Resolved riirlher, That we call upon ail irue and brave Georgians to lift their voices denunciation or this foul crime and Its perpetrators. Let every man show that he is on the side of law ami order, giving no countenance lo truckling demagogues who pander to the mob, and let every man who Is a man, tand ready to support ond actively am the officers or the law in slumping out Hie mob spirit wherever it is found." was caiiiparntlvely light and It was evident that tho Island city was not rushing out any appeals tor aid The dead ami missing lists outside or Galveston tonlghl as recorded here. Dead: Muigaan point, 6.

Wellesvllle. It. Lynchburg, S. Port Arthur, h. Anabuac, 5.

Texas City, M. Sm-rslde. tfl. Houston, 4. Jennings Landing.

1 San Leon, 3. Seabrooke, a. Cedar Rayon, Freeport, I. Sour Lake, 1. Orange, 1.

Alvm, I. Sun Jacinto battleground, Dickinson, t. Scattered on beaches, A. Total. 101 Over One Hundred Missing.

According lo the latest estimates, thrro are ivi peroii missing. Remote points on Galveston bay, body of water Hie size of an ordinary county which penetrates the mainland for fifty tulles, began to report today, some of them bringing small quotas of unidentified dead. At Anabuac, on this bay, the loss of the United States dredge boat No. 12, was confirmed hut there was no loss or life reported from lleaumont. The loss of life at Anabuac was placed at rive.

Governor Ferguson Issues Statement. Governor James F. Ferguson of Texas, who Is here to lake charge of general relief work, today Issued the following "1 trust the papers of the country will be careful In their statements with reference niimuer 01 me passengers hid been lost. Reassuring news came shortly by wireless, however. It was to the effect that some fifteen or sixteen boats and llferarts bad left the steamer safely and been picked up and were being towed into Queenstown, Lap private telegrams brought the news from most of the passengers that they were safe, although some of them were Injured.

Captain Well Known In Paciric. Captain Finch was formerly the Pacific Mail service, but for some years has been in command of the Arabic. ie steamer Is the largest yet sunk by the Germans with the exception of tl Lusitania. pedoing shirs without warntn ana in me tace also or constant reiterations In tier- nan quarters here that 111 tin- future pas- ngcr vesse woutn nc given our nam KlifHnt Wire to Thf Time Houston, A inc. in.

Galveston this morning was reported "organized for action." One of the most remarkable features or the storm is the way the "mosquito fleet" weathered the gale. Galveston lias hundreds of little rislung boats, locally termed "Jltne" boals. and they bobbed about in the water and survived the storm Hint wrecked many a prouder craft. Today the island Is depending almost entirely mi these llltle boats for transportation. Thev are scouting the shores and high places for survivors and bring off refugees by the downs.

They have also recovered a number of bodies. Several additional cracks In the sea wall were discovered this morning, but none or them are serious, merely illustrating the terrific pounding of Ihe sea. Big Schooner Leaps Sea Hull. The three-waster schooner Allison, en route from Yucatan to Mobile, was hit by the hurricane far out In the Gulf of Mexico. A Tier battling for hours with the waves the big ship was driven ashore and jumped ihe sea wall and broke up near Fort Crockett.

The crew of tin1 vessel consisted of ten men and all were rescued by the soldiers, of Fort Crockett. All of the grain elevators at Galveston survived the storm, one is reported some-(Continued on Page 2.) ATTACK OCCURRED NEAR SCENE OF LUSITANIA CATASTROPHE. By Prt "New York, Aug. 19 The White Star line OCCUPtTION DUIUNGO BY VILLI TROOPS CONFIRMED Dispatches from General Villa's headquarters in Torreon yesterday confirmed the earlier reports of the reoccupation or ru-rangu city by troops or the Conventionalist army. The occupation of tlx- slate capital was affected two (lays ago without loss of life, the Arrleta brothers with their followers fleeing V) the hills.

A column of Conventionalist troops, according to the messages from Torreon, is marching overland from Durango via Som-brerete with the Intention or attacking the Carranclslas at Zacatecas. BY CARRANZAARMY received word at 2:30 dork this after-noon, from its office in Liverpool, that the liner Arabic had been sunk bv a German submarine al o'clock this morning off the south coast of Ireland. Press dispatches from London had told of tho sinning, an nour oerure. Almost at the same moment that the cables were telling or the sinking, the line received a message from London announcing that the vessel had sailed from Liverpool yesterday afternoon. This was followed in a few minutes by another message, staling that the steamer had aboard ISO cabin passengers and in the steerage.

For nearly an hour this was the univ ing. The Incident, therefore, caused widespread surprise, especially since the ship was bound Tor the United States and had no contraband. In some quarters there was a disposition to think the German submarine commander might pave exceeded his orders or made a mistake. German Statement Eagerly Awaited. The general imtiuinitv which passenger liners or belligerent flags carrying Americans seemed to have enjoyed In the last few weeks, had developed a feeling of confidence that the German government would avoid any Incident that might Intensify feeling in the United States and bring the relations of the two countries nearer the breaking point, For this reason, along with information as to exactly what occurred when the Arabic was attacked, the viewpoint of the German roreign office Is eagerly President Wilson Slartlrd.

President Wilson was startled by the news. He spent the entire afternoon and evening trying lo get detailed information. Though obviously worried, be took the posit Inn that Judgment should be withheld until official details were received. The president was preparing lo go golfing when word of the sinking of the steamer reached him. He Immediately abandoned his plans and remained his office the remainder of the day and evening, receiving- reports as fast as they came in.

The decision or the United States to refuse all claims for life or property lost aboard ships torpedoed with due warning was made clear today when II became known that a claim in the case or John Wall, a muleteer killed when the Armenian was sunk, would not be taken up by the state department, The department holds that thero can be no legal claim In cases lik the Armenian, where (tuple warning Information that the line could give to Bv AwiatrA Pre New York, Aug. I9.A number of prominent CbiHiiaiis and Jews met here today to discuss plans for aiding the stale or Georgia in apprehending the men who lynched Leo M. Frank. Bv Awiclatr.it Pre Nogales. Ar Aug.

19. Frederick Sim-plch, American consul at Soimra, received information today that E. Gales, an assistant superintendent or the Southern Pacific railway of Mexico, and two other Americans had been made prisoners by Carran.a forces which raptured Imuris last Monday. A demand was made for their release. The men taken prisoner with Cites were a conductor named Halm, and an engineer named Miller.

With three Mexican railroad employes, according to the report made to Slmpn they were, forced to gather the dead on the battlefield on which the Car-ranza troops had defeated the Villa forces. Afterward, lashed together, the prisoners were taken In the direction of Cananei. These reports were brought to Hie border by Americans. The Carranna force whlcn captured Imuris also took Magdalena, according to an orrieiai report to Gen. p.

1 lias Calles, which als-r claim, that tho booty captured Included a mllitaiy train, ci head of cattle, too horses anil several hundred rifles with a large uuantitv of GENERAL BVXUI PHI ED IN CHtRGE OF MEXICAN ItMLItOAD LINES A general shake-up in the ofl'lelal personnel of the Conventionist government railways between Torreon and Juaivz is under way and within the next few days It is expected a number or new officials will be placed In charge of the line. General Manuel llanda who has been superintendent of military trams, will probably be placed In complete charge of the railroad. General Band is now on th" border and praetifally everything connected with the railways Is under iiis direction, on his arrival at Jiiareu lie ordered the telegraph line which connected the El Paso offices with Juarei cut. The reason Is not known. With the shake-up on the railway investigation or the conduct or the orfic.es have been instituted, This has already resulted in the arrest of Genaro Hlos del nio.

general purchasing agent of the lines at Fl Pa-n. win. has ii held prisoner in Juarez fur the past two davs. His biotner, Enrique Rlos del Rio, was also arrested nut ine nunorens or inquirers wno besieged Ihe ot'Nee hi person and bv telephone for news. Sur Ivor Landed al Queenstown.

Then the slory came through, a few words at a lime. Firteen boat loads of survivors, an early dispatch said, were on their way to Queenstown. four hours after the first message, a cablegram was received convering the lnteiiiirence Have Not Asked Outside Aid A STATEMENT has been Issued by representative citizens of Galveston thnt no outHide assistance Is asked, us homo people consider that they are ablo to handle the situation brought about by the storm. Governor Ferguson, In Hounton, has given out an Interview, in which he nays that the tdtuatlon In the Htorm-sdricken district of Texas is not serious enough to Jimtify a general call for outside aid. This belnK the case, The Times will wait until all affected sections of the roast territory have been heard from before calling for subscriptions to a relief fund.

The plan of The Times has been approved by practically all of the responsible citizens of El 1'bso approached and the bank cashiers stand ready to accept donations should the need arise. K. H. C'hesney, 2915 Oro, telephoned The Times last night that he heartily approved of ft relief fund being raised 4f such action was necessary and said he would gladly give J5. He felt that hundreds of others would bo glad to give in various amounts.

Cither expressions have come to The Times, and if further details prove that there Is suffering the fund will be raised. Those familiar with the country swept by the storm feel sure that help will be called for as soon as all sections have been communicated with. Galveston probably can care for Its own citizens as can Houston, but other seQUona may not, Isadore evy, an attorney and member of the board of education, who Is Interested in tho movement, said a temporary organization had been efrcrted and within a D'W days a strong appeal to Governor Harris, of Georgia, probably would be made. that 375 survivors had been landed at By AwiQte4 Pre Chicago, Aug. 19.

Lester L. Bauer, of Chicago, who was chairman of the Leo Frank committee which wis active in ob-tilniiig commutation or Frank's sentence, announced today that lVi of proposed 120,000 fund to be offered as a reward for the apprehension or members of the mob wbicb. uncbed. Fraalt Jus been raised, Queenstown, mat only were to be accounted for, and that the captain of the liner, Will Finch, of the Hoval navy reserve, lu.t wired that his iilp was torpedoed without warning, and sank in II minutes. At 6 o'clock the line had the Dame of (Continued oa rage was later reieiueu.

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