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GALVHSTON TRIBUNE
VOL. XXXIV.
ARTILLERY ROARS ON BATTLE LINE IN FRANOE--RUSSIANS ADMIT REPULSE
WILSON TO ACT
U, S. TRADE
SEVEN NARROWLY ESCAPE
ARMIES CONTINUE GRIM
SWITZERLAND DENIES.
WHEN ASKED
IMPROVING
DEATH IN ELEVATOR FIRE
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY
Worst Effects of War
Have Passed.
HUGE ORDERS PLACED
MEDIATION CHANCES
IN THIS COUNTRY
NOT FAVORABLE NOW
REDISCOUNT RATES,
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GERMAN OFFENSIVE
CAUSES ADMIRATION
day in the great European war.
ably will continue to be of a sporadic
AN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
by some mighty effort prove they can.
of the
coast towns
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
MADE DIFFICULT
-
SECRETARY WEINERT ABSENT.
to the firemen but
Then the call was made for the net
from Warsaw, was driven back
southerly direction, not in the direction
ap-
peared that all efforts to save them
HOUSTON LIGHT RATES.
News from Vienna says all along the
Galician border
leads German observers to suppose that
SOUTH AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.
DALLAS REGIONAL BANK.
LATE WAR NEWS
TH^ WEATHER
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SECURES AN INJUNCTION.
TEXAS BUSINESS MEN.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
TO WED PARIS EDITOR.
and
Light
In
to
London, Nov. 17.—Russia has forbid-
den the export of copper, brass, steel
and lead, according to a Reuter dis-
patch. Exemptions will be granted in
was given up after several minutes of
useless effort.
Attempts were made to throw a rope
the Austrians also have taken the of-
fensive.
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London, Nov. 17.——Dispatches stating
that the German auxiliary cruiser Ber-
lin has appeared at Trondhjem, Nor-
way, probably indicates, according to
the underwriters, that she is endeavor-
ing to escape from the North Sea to
act as a commerce raider.
2,000 BALES BURNED
IN BRENHAM FIRE
the case of the allies. The minister of
finance, it also is said, has authorized
the exportation through Archangel of
sugar, duty free.
Awaits Initiative By the
Belligerents.
Thrilling Rescue is Effected as Big Sunset Ele-
vator is Consumed By Flames—Some of the
Firemen are Severely Injured.
Berlin Considers Russian Ad-
vance Still Menaces East-
ern Front.
$200,000,000 Worth of Sup-
plies Contracted For By
the European Powers.
Colonel Swinton Pays Tribute
to Dogged Perservance.
Issues Undecided.
Very Little of Cotton Carried
Insurance in Destructive
Conflagration.
Has Had No Sign That A Fur-
ther Offer Would Be
Acceptable.
Tonight
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coast:
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year will be given by retiring officials,
plans for the ensuing year will be out-
lined and the character of the work to
be undertaken by the association dur-
ing 1915 will be discussed.
vigorous opposition to th© bill last ses-
sion by many Democrats.
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hour shipments to the interior for
temperatures near freezing.
forced along a road running near Sol- j ious firemen by this time and it
dau, was forced back to Plock by way I peared that all efforts to save t
While i Democrats control by a narrow margin,
snow and rain and wind and cold have makes the result doubtful. There was
Ths FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BALVESION
Southeast Cor. Strand and 22d Sts.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Depositary of the State of Texas
eddet
without success.
are unattainable.
Public Institution Will Be Opened in
New York iCty.
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 17.—A public em-
ployment bureau is the latest agency
organized to help reduce the army of
unemployed in this city. The work will
be handled in seven departments, two
for women and five for men.
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ana says an along the ! pearing that each of the six was to
the military activity j die before he reached the ground.
t Arthur Tibedeaux was first to take
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TURKS SCORE IMPORTANT SUCCESSES.
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 17.—A Reuter dispatch gives this official state-
ment, issued at Constantinople Nov. 15:
“Turkish troops attacked the Russian position at Lylan, near
the Russian frontier, and the Russians suffered severe losses. .The
Russians attempted to land troops, which were dispersed.
“Another Turkish detachment occupied Duzkeuy and sur-
rounded the Russians at Nanmedreszi, capturing ammunition and
provisions.
“The Russians bombarded today without result the frontier
post of Kokmush and Abislah.”
A communication by the general staff of the Caucasian army,
issued at Petrograd, confirms reports from Turkish sources. .It I
says:
“The march of our advance guard in the direction of Erzerum
has ended.”
The communication tells of Russian successes in Turkish Ar-
menia, and declares the Turkish offensive against the Russian force
on the route along the coast has failed.
yield. In the east the Russians con-
tinue to push forward. The battle line
in France seems for the time being
Paris Claims Gains in the Argonne and About St.
Mihiel—Turkish Victories in Caucausis Are
Partly Confirmed by Petrograd.
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17.—Officials
BERLIN REPORTS A QUIET DAY.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Nov. 17.—(By Wireless to London, 1 :07 p. m.)—Ger-
man army headquarters gave out an official report today, as follows:
“Generally speaking yesterday passed quietly in the western
arena of the war. To the south of Verdun and to the northeast of
Cirey, the French made several attacks, which, however, were un-
successful.
“Operations in the eastern arena made further favorable
progress, but detailed reports are not yet at hand.”
Shippers’ forecast:
B. B. Cain Issues Call for Meeting of
Organization.
Special to The Tribune.
Fort Worth, Nov. 17.—B. B. Cain,
president of the Texas Business Men’s
association, has issued a call for the
regular annual meeting of that asso-
ciation, to be held in this city Friday,
Nov. 20. The meeting will be held at
the headquarters of the association in
the American National Bank building.
Committees will be appointed and of-
ficers elected for the coming year and
reports of the work during the past
(HANE YOU PoT
ON WR HEANIES
UET
of Lipno. The Germans now are stand-
ing on the right wing of the main Rus-
sian army; consequently they have won
a tactical success, in addition to crea-
ating a favorable strategic situation.
The Southern Pacific elevator at Pier 41 is a mass of flames as
The Tribune goes to press. A million and a half dollars worth of!
grain and equipment is destroyed or doomed, and the most spec-
tacular fire probably ever seen in Galveston is rapidly eating its
way through the remaining portions of the great grain elevator, and
threatening to destroy other valuable property on the waterfront.
A heavy norther is carrying the coals and sparks to the West, and
threatening the wharves of the Southern Pacific company, and the
plant of the Texas Carnegie Steel company.
The heroism of the Galveston fire department and the nerve and
grit of its members has been well exemplified in thrilling scenes, in
which seven different members of the department, displayed their!
iron manhood and made spectacular flying leaps through the air to
nets waiting below to catch them. Four of the number are seriously
injured, and it is possible that three may die as the result of the!
harrowing experience through which they passed.
The fire started on the head floor, next to the roof, and rapidly
ate its way through the other three floors of the cupola. Suddenly
seven firemen, working on the upper floors found that all escapes
by way of ladders or stairs had been cut off by the windswept waves
of flames.
nature until the allies in
is found on the Vistula, which sepa-
rates both wings of their army. The
Russian army which was beaten near
Wioclawek and which apparently came • and for volunteers to man it. The sit-
from Warsaw, was driven back in a I nation was tense, danger was increas-
; ing every minute. The fire was rag-
Flanders the allied line refused
1 By Associated Press.
' Dallas, Nov. 17.—The redis-
, count rates for the federal re-
serve bank of the eleventh dis-
1 trict were announced last night
as 5.% per cent for thirty days
and 6 per cent for longer periods.
This was one half per cent low-
er than the rate designated for
this district by the reserve board
at Washington.
were to be in vain.
At last the net was got to the top
of the tower, and firemen and soldiers
mounted to hold it. Then came the
rescue, thrilling and exciting, it ap-
Meet of the Warehouse Board of Su-
pervisors Postponed.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Nov. 17.—Because of the ab-
sence of Secretary of State F. C., Wein-
ert, the meeting of the board of super-
visors created under the permanent
warehouse law, was postponed until
next Monday. Senator Weinert, who I
was named as the general manager of
the warehouse system, wanted to be
present when the board met and could
not be here today on account of sick-
ness. At this meeting the board will
be formally organized.
London, Nov. 17.—A Reuter dispatch
from Brussels states the governor of
Namur province announces that the
clearing work of the Meuse has so far
progressed that the river from the
Rhine to the Namus will be navigable
next Sunday.
AUSTRIANS WIN SIGNAL VICTORY.
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 17.—-A dispatch from Vienna via Amsterdam con-
tains an official army order issued by Field Marshal Oskar Potiorek,
commanding the Austrian troops operating against the Servians.
The order reads:
“After nine days of severe fighting against an obstinate and
numerically superior enemy, the Fifth and Sixth corps have reached
Kulnbara and routed the enemy. Over 8,000 prisoners, 42 cannon,
31 machine guns and numerous other war material were captured.”
BERLIN DENIES STATEMENT.
Declares French Battries Were Near
Rheims Cathedral.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Nov. 17.— Via The Hague ana
London.—The Wolff bureau has been
authorized to deny a statement attri-
buted to M. Landrieux, priest of the
Cathedral at Rheims, that there never
had been any French batteries in the
neighborhood of the cathedral, or a
French observation post on the build-
ing. The Germans declare they ob-
served artillery near the cathedral and
saw an observation post on one of the
towers.
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government departments, which touch
the country’s business activities, feel
confident the most serious effects of
the European war on American busi-
ness have passed. The restoration of
the credit balance with Europe has,
greatly eased the situation, the increas-
ing demand from Europe for American
food supplies and also to the sudden de-
velopment of an abnormal trade in ar-
ticles needed by the armies aiding to
that end.
No accurate , figures on the contracts
of the latter character are obtainable,
but orders for horses, mules, army
clothing, harness and the like have
flooded factories and stockmen in some
districts. It is said that, including am-
munition orders, this business totals
more than 200,000,000 of dollars.
Other factors which have aided in
clearing up the situation are the inaug-
west of 100th
meridian: To-
night and Wednesday, fair.
from which it had advanced. It was i ing fiercely under the feet of the anx-
By Associated Press. . ,
Paris, Nov. 17.—There was given out in Paris this afternoon
the following,communication:
“From Nieuport to Dixmude, and in the region of Ypres, the
cannonading has been resumed with greater violence than in the pre-
ceding days. On the canal to the south of Dixmude the action of
our artillery checked the work that the Germans were endeavor-!
ing to carry out to keep down the inundations. The enemy was
compelled to evacuate a portion of his trenches, which had been
filled by the waters.
“Two attacks of German infantry, one to the south of BiX-
schoote and the other to the south of Ypres, resulted in failure. On
our side we have made progress between Bixschoote and the canal
“Between rmentieres and La Bassee, there has been an ar-
tillery duel conducted with great spirit.
“On the Aisne, certain German detachments which endeavored
to cross the river in the vicinity of Vailly were either driven back
or destroyed.
“On our positions on the right bank of the Aisne, up stream
from Vailly, there has been violent cannonading. This applies also
to the Rheims regions, and several shells have fallen on the city
of Rheims.
“In the Argonne there have not been any infantry engagements.
We blew up with mines a certain number of German trenches. On
the heights of the Meuse, to the south of Verdun, we have made
advances at several points.
“In the region of St. Mihiel we have taken possession of the
first houses of the village of Chauvoncourt. These houses served
as barracks for the St. Mihiel garrison. This village of Chauvoncourt
is the only point of support still held by the Germans on the left
bank of the River Meuse in this locality.
“On the rest of the front there has been nothing of importance
to report.”
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17?—Efforts by the
United States to bring peace to Eu-
rope,still are awaiting a time when one
or more of the big belligerents indi-
cates a willingness to accept mediation.
This became known authoritatively
today from persons who lately have
discussed the European situation with
President Wilson. The president’s po-
sition is that the United States, hav-
ing in a formal and an informal way
shown its readiness to act as an in-
ermediary, should now await the in-
itiative of the belligerents.
The president told callers today he
had not the slightest hint from any of
the European belligerents that a peace
offer would be received favorably.
Tnere has been much discussion among
neutral countries, such as Holland and
Spain, of the desirability of concerted
action, but the American government
will, for the present, refrain from tak-
ing the initiative toward joint action.
The president is unwilling that the
American government should be the
means of placing before any of the
nations, of its accord, an offer of peace
which it might feel bound, because of
a national interest, to reject, but which
might place it before the world of pub-
lic opinion as an obstacle to peace.
The general expectation of the dip-
lomatic representatives here of the bel-
ligerents is that the conflict will con-
tinue through the winter.
ships into American registry.
Of the shipping situation, officials
said said today there was a growing
scarcity of carriers for American ex-
port commerce, because the bulk of that
traffic was increasing so steadily.
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 17.—Reports from the
zone of fighting in Northern France in-
dicate that rain, falling continuously
for thirty-six hours, has turned all
roads into quagmires. Trenches are
flooded and the lowlands are largely
covered by water. Trenches are being
i shored and braced and the bottoms
covered with brush and straw. Mean-
while the artillery battle continues.
Does Not Especially Concern the United
States Declares Wilson.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17.—Questions of
neutrality of South American countries
do not concern the United States in a
strict sense, President Wilson declared
today. He expressed the hope that as-
surances of neutrality given by Ecua-
dor and Colombia would be sufficient to
j satisfy Great Britain and France, which
contend German warships have been
receiving aid from ports of those na-
tions.
Contest Between City and Company
Finally Adjusted.
By Associated Press.
Houston, Nov. 17.—The contest be-
tween the city and the Houston Light
and Power company has been adjusted
and ordinaces, it is said, will be adopt-
ed Thursday making the new rates ef-
fective.
The consumers of power will pay a
rate of five cents primary and 2% cents
secondary per kilowatt hour with a
fixed charge of 50 cents per horse-
power. This is against the present rate
of six and five cents. Arc lights will
cost 55 annually in. the future instead
of $70 as in the past. A discount will
be allowed in all cases for the prompt
payment of bills.
vinced German leaders that the French house of representatives, where the
By Associated Press.
Berne, via Paris, Nov 17.—
Statements in American press
that Switzerland had entered in-
to a secret convention with Aus-
tria and Germany binding her-
self to support with her army
an invasion of Northern Italy
and to permit an Austro-German
force to pass through Switzerland
in the event of Italy abandoning
her neutrality in favor of the
triple entente has brought forth,
a strong denial from the Swiss
government.
the one chance for his life. Waiting
only until the net was well stretched,
he made the awful jump over the
chasm which separated the elevator
from the brick tower. Down he came
Zavalla County Ranchman Takes Ac-
tion to Stop Hunters.
By Associated Press.
Uvalde, Tex., Nov. 17.—An injunction
restraining 23 residents of Zavalla
coutny from hunting or camping in his
pastures was obtained here yesterday
by Hal Mangum, a ranchman. Ranch-
men have been complained that some
hunters have killed cattle and in one
or two instances have offered violence
to pasture guards. The ranchmen are
watching the court proceedings closely
as a step toward protecting themselves j
from irresponsible hunters.
London, Nov. 17—Renter’s Amster.
dam correspondent sends the following
dispatch:
“The Berlin Vorwaerts announces
that the prefect of police at Frank-
fort has issued an order to the effect
that subjects of hostile countries, irre-
spective of age or sex, must leave the
town and district of Frankfort by No-
vember 24.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Nov. 17.—Via London.—A gen-
eral review from war news made pub-
lic here, of the eastern situation, indi-
cates that the latest German victories
are such that the advance of the Rus-
sians has been rendered more difficult,
but has not collapsed. Considering the
enormous numbers of available soldiers,
it does not even mean the discontinua-
tion of the Russian offensive.
The great difficulty for the Russians
Collier Attended Opening of the Insti-
tution at Dallas.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Nov. 17.—Commissioner of
Insurance and Banking Collier, who
attended the formal opening of the
federal reserve bank of Dallas, said
today that the system promises to be
a great success and will relieve the
money tension now existing through-
out the country. There are upward of
700 member banks in the 11th district
which is known as the Dallas district.
Farmers of Texas will share in the
benefits to be derived from this insti-
tution.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
Estakizhed BANKE RS Estaklished
(Unincorporated)
For
Banks, Individuals,
American Benkers Associntion Trav- .
eiers Cheques for Sa e.
By Associated Press.
Brenham, Tex., Nov. 17.—It develops
that very few of the farmer owners of
the 2,000 bales of cotton destroyed in
the fire which burned the farmers’
union warehouse shortly after 1 o’clock
this morning carried insurance. The
warehouse was valued at $8,000, carried
$4,000 insurance and covered an acre of
ground. Origin is unknown.
through the 50 feet of space and land-:
ed in the net flat on his back.
OTHERS TAKE LEAP.
One after the other the other six-fell.
One of them hesitated to take the leap
and could not be urged to try until
Assistant Chief John Boyle set him the
example of a courageous leader and
took the terrific jump.
The men who were thus saved were*
Assistant Chief John Boyle, Capt. J. J.
Ryan, Capt. Fred Gernand, J. F. John-
son, Reynolds and Arthur Tidebeaux.
Reynolds was the last man down and
probably the most seriously injured.
He, Capt. Gernand, Johnson and Tide-
beaux are the most seriously injured.
The cause of the fire is unknown, B.
Fish, foreman on the head floor, said
that he and his men saw the fire in 1
the roof and immediately turned in the '
alarm without any idea as to the
cause.
The loss suffered can only be com.
puted approximately at present, be-
cause the amount of grain, as well as
the salvage that w«l be made, is not
j known. The building in itself is
worth half a million and the grain
stored in it, amounting to 900,000 bush-
els, had a value of at least one million
dollars.
The fire was discovered about 11
o’clock this morning. For the first
hour that it burned it seemed certain
that the damage would be confined to
the top floor, but about 12 o’clock fire
appeared on the next floor, where 10
75-horsepower motors were located.
Soon the floor burned away under
these and they began to drop through
the building.
THROUGH UPPER FLOORS.
At 12:30 the fire had penetrated
through the upper four floors and found
a foothold on the bin floor, in the main
part of the elevator. After this there
was no hope of saving the building.
Fire was running down the legs
through which the belts run from floor
to floor although every bin and every
part of the structure was thoroughly
drenched with water by this time, there
seemed no hope that any part could
be saved and danger seemed to exist
that the flames would bridge the slip
to the Morgan line docks.
The fireboat Charles Clarke saw her
first real service since her construc-
tion and the aid she rendered to tho
fire department was easily seen. A
general alarm had brought several en-
gines to the scene, but the line from
the Chas. Clarke was the first to reach,
the floor where the fire raged. It was
not long, however, until several lines
were got to the top, but even this tre-
mendous flow of sea water failed to
check the onrush of the flames.
As soon as the fire was discovered,
the sprinkling system in the elevator
was turned on throughout the build-
ing. It worked beautifully and flooded
every inch of space. But water was
nothing compared with the fierceness
of the flames which were driven by
the stiff breeze from the north.
The loss of the elevator will be a
great damage to the port. Its million
bushel capacity will be missed. At the
present time the property is under
lease to the Rosenbaum Grain com-
pany and this elevator has handled
more grain than any two this season.
Two steamers were wating under its
spouts for grain at the time the fire
occurred.
All the injured firemen who were ta-
ken to the hospital were sent to their
homes after their injuries had been
dressed. None of them is in a serious
condition.
during the last few days so tried the '
troops as to reduce markedly their
fighting ability, there is nothing to
show that the invaders will not try
again.
How valiantly the Germans have
been meeting what to date has been a
hopeless task, is recounted by the Brit-
ish army’s official eye-witness at the
front, Col. Swinton, who, describing the
recent fighting around Ypres, said:
“Their dogged perseverance claims
our wholehearted admiration.”
This tribute was not qualified as
heretofore by the query whether disci-
pline or sheer bravery prompted the
men so to die, for the troops referred
to were guard corps, the pick of the
German army which has, according to,
Col. Swinton, “retained the contempt
for death” which it showed in the
Franco-Prussian war. 1
Reports that Cracow was in flames
after a Russian onslaught, that the
populace of both East Prussia and
Silesia was fleeing and that the Ser-
vians had been driven further into
their own country by the Austrians,
figured ih dispatches received in Lon-
don today from the east. Though what
really happened at Cracow is not
known here, the trend of the news
would seem to indicate that the Ger-
mans and Austrians are, for the mo-
ment, at the bottom.
Berlin is interpreting the retreat of
the German forces from Warsaw as a
strategic masterpiece, much the same
as the allied governments hailed Gen.
Joffre’s retirement in the early stage
of the German invasion of France, but
the German people, according to re-
turning travelers, are expressing
chagrin at the German retreat.
It will be recalled that similar criti-
cism was voiced when the French and
English armies continued to fall back.
That this was, strategically, a proper
move, subsequently was preved, and
according- to those who recently have
been at the German capital, the Ger-
man army in the east must similarly
justify its action if its retreat from
Warsaw is not to go down in history
as a defeat. >
London, Nov. 17.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Star says it is
learned from a German source that a
Russian squadron has left Helsing-
fors, Finland, with the supposed in-
tention of engaging the German Baltic
squadren.
L. P. Morgan and A. L. Thompson Were
Injured at Denison.
By Associated Press.
Denison, Tex., Nov. 17.—L. P. Morgan
and A. L. Thompson, carpenters, were
struck by a Katy freight train this
morning and Morgan was knocked
against Thompson so heavily, that it
was believed Morgan had been fatally
injured.
By Associated Press.
London ( Nov. 17.—German’s remark-
ably persistent offensive in blizzard-
swept Flanders in the west, and sta-
bility after her hasty defense along her
eastern frontier were issues, the out- uration of the federal bank system, the
come of which still was undecided to- openins.of the Panama canal and the
entry of more than eight foreign built
FORECAST.
For Galves-
ton and vicini-
t y : Tonight
and Wednes-
day, generally
fair. Light
easterly winds.
For Texas,
east of 100th
meridian:
Tonight and
W ednesday,
fair; frost in
the interior.
For Texas,
forgotten and the actions there prob- Freight rates have risen remark-
■■ ■ • - ” | ably and it ras said shipping compan-
EnGeps ies were avoiding all articles of even
21a semi-contraband nature.
prove conclusively that they can not j Huge shipments of grain are await-
be battered in, or until the Germans ins transportation at many ports. It
I appears probable this condition will re-
. x, . . x-, g1 .1 sult in renewed activity in behalf of
A month of futile fighting entailing ■ the administration federa 1 merchant
losses the extent of which perhaps marine bill, when congress reassembles,
will never be fully known, has not con- although the new complexion
For Oklahoma:
Wednesday, fair.
Winds on Texas
easterly.
GALVESTON TEXAS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1914. TWELVE PAGES
One of the number, Henry Thomp-
son of hook and ladder No. 1, found
himself on the motor floor, where ten
giant motors were crashing through
the floor one by one and threatening
momentary collapse. Thompson was
fully 150 feet above the ground and
apparently cut off from all hope of es-
cape, when he discovered a long rope,
which he managed to secure in a win-
dow of the floor he was on.
The began the hand-over-hand climb
down a swaying rope, with the wind j
banging him against the sides of the
building every minute. The thousands
of witnesses held their breath and
watched the nerve-racking scene, ex-
pecting every minute to see the fire-
man fall to the ground. Firemen hur-
riedly ran for the net and rushed it
beneath the dangling form. By this
time the pluck and grit of Thompson
had brought him within 50 feet of the
ground, but he was almost exahusted
and attempted to leap into the net from
that elevation. It was not much of a
leap and the exhausted man was able!
to make it, but the net caught him and
he was rushed to a waiting ambulance,
suffering from seemingly minor in-
juries.
OTHERS IN DANGER.
Hardly had Thompson made his hair
raising escape than the attention of
the thousands of witnesses was called
to the east side of the building. The
sight that met their eyes was one that
made the strongest heart sink. The
fire had burned down throug the motor,
scale and belt floors and six firemen
were caught without means of escape,
barely being able to find their way
through the smoke and flame to a point
of temporary safety on the roof of the
bin floor. This roof is fully 100 feet
above the ground and it was impossible
to get ladders to that height.
Already the wicked tongues of the
deadly flames were darting about on
the bin floor under the roof and un-
der the feet of the stranded firemen.
The heat from the upper floors was in-
tense and hardly a man in the huge
throng of witnesses expected ever to
see one of the firemen safe again on
firm ground.
Within a .few feet of the elevator on
the’east rises a brick structure known
as a grain dryer. This building is
approximately 50 feet in height and
from the top of it to the roof where
the firemen stood was a distance of
about the same length. Ladders were'
reached to the top of the brick tower
and men climbed up and endeavored
to get ladders to the roof of the ele-
vator. The attempt was hopeless and
Bessie Van Vorst Is Betrothed to
Hughes Le Roux.
By Associated Press.
Paris, November 17.—The betrothal
was announced today of Bessie van
Vorst, American writer, and Hughes le
Roux, an editor of Le Matin. The wed-
ding will take place Dec. 26.
NO. 305.
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Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1914, newspaper, November 17, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1438235/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.