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VOL. XLUI^-NO. 116.
FLOOD LEAVES HOT SPRINGS IN RUINS
American Troops in China Called Out to Guard Railway From Bandits
TROOPS AND
BRIGANDS
IN BATTLE
Washington Demands That
China Guard Railways
Immediately.
THREAT IS RECEIVED
Bandits Say They Will Kill
Captive Unless De*
mands Met.
PRIEST CARRIES NEWS
Says Execution Promised
Unless Terms Met hy
Nightfall.
BANDITS DEMAND TRIBITE
By tlie Ansor inted Press.
Hankow. China. May 15. —
About 1000 soldiers and ex-bandits
from Honan incorporated into nn
army are camped seven miles
from Hankow demanding tributes
of $150000 onu a quantity of im-
dp^nition ss the price of their de-
-parture. The authorities thus
fnr have refused to comply.
Trains between Peking and
Hankov. arc carrying guard de-
tachments of 40 soldiers cac'itas
well as inaebhio guns. A
By the Associated Press.
Tlentwn. May 15.—American troops
hero have been called out to be pre-
pared to guard railway property fol-
lowing rejiorts received at American
military headquarters of a battle in
progress between Chinese troops and
brigands at Tangshang. fifty miles
west of her on the I’eking Mukden
railway.
Washington . 1). C. May 15.—A
demand that the Chinese government
take immediate steps to guard the
principal government railways espe-
cially the Tientsin ; Pukow and the
I’eking-llankow lines has been made
by tho diplomatic corps in Peking.
A commission of foreign military offi-
cers has been created to further pro-
tect life end property. The commis-
sion will investigate measures taken
by the Peking government to protect
the Chinese railways from a recur-
rence of outrage similar to that ai
I. incheng.
By the Associated Press.
Shanghai. May 15. —Foreign diplo-
matic representatives were under per-
emptory orders today from a bandit
chieftain called Wang to guarantee by
nightfall that the Chinese govern-
ment would meet his demands that
several thousand of his followers en-
trenched in the mountain fastnesses
of Shantung be forgiven their depre-
dations and accorded the status of
regular soldiers.
Should the diplomats or the Chi-
• nese government fail to comply the
price as fixed by Wang in a letter
md*et»vred to the American consul at
Lincbeng. is death to the foreigners
held as hostages.
The letter wan brought from the
bandit headquarters to Llneheng by
Rev. William Confers an aged priest
of Lincbeng. who walking night and
day through the wild country reached
the mountain top where the captives
were held Sunday. He conferred with
the chieftain received the message ad-
dressed to the foreign ministers in
China and left immediately on the
perilous exhausting journey back.
Gives Viiid Picture.
Father Lenfers reported that the
bandits would not accept the pledge
of Chinese officials and so bad in-
sisted on foreign guarantees hnine-
diately after reporting to the consul
the priest dispatched a letter to Max
Friedman a brother of Leon Fried-
man. oue of the captives. The letter
which was delivered to the Associated
Press in Shanghai today gives a vivid
p.cturc of the priest’s interview with
the leader of the outlaws.
Reaching a village high on a
mountain Saturday night. Father Len-
fers ill from exhaustion .was told
that be could interview the chieftain
at S o'clock the next morning.
“I was taken into a bouse and a
'young man—clean well dressed wear-
ing eyeglasses — appeared. He was
railed Wang the commandcr-in-chicf.
Throughout our interview he was
quiet-toned cordial. friendly griqi.
Not Regular Bandits.
“He explained that his men were
not bandits but had been deprived of
their livelihoods when they were dis-
missed as soldiers unpaid. They de-
terminer! on the wholesale kidnaping
of foreigners to force Pekin to re-
enroll them all in the military ser-<
vice. He emphasized that they did
mu want money in return for the cap-
“Wane quietly told me'that he had
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THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
TEXAS BOY WANTED
TO BE SURE HE WAS
GIVING UP TO A COP
Youth Surrenders Telling
Officer He Is Army
Deserter.
New Orleans May 15.—Patrolman
Williams tietailed on strike duty on
the river front swung his club idly
and peered about in an alert manner
for possible lawbreakers yesterday.
Robert Nathan Joplin. 19 years old
and bailing from Texas hove into
view. The youth approached the of-
ficer eyed the uniform noted the
club and paid special attention to the
glittering badge of authority.
“You're a policeman ain't cha?”
inquired the boy.
"I ain't nothin' else but." replied
Williams “didcl.. think I was chorus
girl maybe?"
Roberts hadn't thought that.
He felt certain Williams was a
policeman.
“Betcha don't know what I am”
decla red the boy.
The policeman declined to wager
but wanted to know “wbat are you?”
"Well sir I'm a deserter from the
United States army; that's what I
am." and the lad grinned broadly.
He explained that he was in the
combat train of the fourth artillery
of Fort "am Houston Texas and had
deserted.
Roberts is in jail and the army au-
thorities hare been notified.
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
PATROLMAN’S SLAYER
SPEEDING TO MEXICO
Fugitive’s Wife Says He
May Kill Girl Com-
panion.
Cleveland. Ohio. May 15.—County
Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton was
inrparcd to go before the county
grand jury today to seek an indict
incnt charging John L. Whitfield with
the first d murder of Patrol*
man Dennis Griffin whose body was
found buried in a shallow grave in a
Woods near here yesterday.
A warrant charging Whitfield with
the crime was issued by Assistant
Police Prosecutor James C. Connell
shortly after tho body found.
Griffin was last seen alive Friday
morning when lie started for a police
station with Whitfield who he had
arrested. Posters bearing the man's
description have been sent to every
city in the country. He has not been
seen since last Friday afternooon.
A reward of IRIOOO for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of tho slayer was authorized by the
city council last night. A reward of
$5OO previously had been offered by
the Cleveland automobile club.
Relief that Whitfield is on route
to Mexico where his mother resides
was expressed by the fugitive's wife.
When last seen he was accompanied
by Marie Price.
“If that girl stands in the way of
his escape he will kill her too/^Mrs.
Whitfield ’declared.
“He’ll not stop at anything now.”
0 Berger in Berlin.
Berlin. May 15.—Victor Berger lias
arrived in Berlin on his way to Ham-
burg. where he will sit as one of the
American delegates to the Internation*
a* Socialist Congress which opefis next
week.
THE WEATHER
TEMFEKATVRFA.
MAT 14.
2 p. m S 3 2 v. in 79
3 p. m..< 87 " a. m 74
4 p. m 82 4 &. in 69
5 p. in 93 a. m 66
6 p. in 92 6 a. in 65
7 p. m 90 7 a. m 65
8 I>. ni 88 8 s. m 72
9 p. ni 86 9 a. ni 75
10 p. m S 3 10 a. 77
11 p. in 83 1T a. in 79
12 midnight.... 82 12 noon 81
MAY 15. 1 p. m tt
1 a. m so 2 p. m 81
w*
WEATHER.
San Antonio and ticlniiy: Tuesday
night and Wednesday fair; colder Tues-
day night; maximum temperature 78 to
76: moderate to fresh northwest winds.
Texas; Tuesday night fair; cold-
er; Wednesday fair and colder in east
portion.
West Texas: Tuesday night fair cold-
er; frost In Panhandle; Wednesday fair.
HOME WFATHKR FOR TOI RISTS.
at. Laaia: Temperature 62; raining. 18-
ndle wind from ><he south; lowest tem-
perature in last 24 hours 66; highest. 62.
Chicago: Temperature 58: cloud; ; 16-
mlle wind from the south: lowest tem-
perature in last 24 hours. 4G; highest. 60.
Kansas City: Temperature. 52; ftuody
14-mlle wind from th© northwest; low-
est teniperautre in last 24 hours 52;
highest. 56.
New York: Temperature 48 cloudy. 1*
mile nind from the southeast; lowest
temperature in last 24 hours 45; high-
est. 68.
Washington: Temperature 58; raining;
five-mile -J* Ind from the southeast; low-
est temperature in last 24 hours 54;
highest 70.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TUESDAY MAY 15 1923. -TWENTY PAGES.
YOUNGBLOOD
DENIES HE
PAID MONEY
Fire Escape Bill Was Pre-
pared in Interest M
People.
WANTED SOUND LAW
Former Laws Necessitated
Escapes Being Changed
Frequently.
Declaring he did not nay one cent to
any lobbyist or other person in con-
nection with the passage of the re-
cently enacted fire escape law Hull
Youngblood through his frit nds'here
Tuesday made public a detailed state-
ment concerning the adoption of that
!nw Mr. Youngblood's statement nus
prompted by the fact that since his re-
lusal to appear before the Legislature
and submit to being questioned con-
cerning his hillbilly speech there hi^s
been talk of repealing the fire escape
law.
His statement points out the need
for the law and says bis interest in
it was only to help the state get a
fair law dealing with fire escapes. He
said he spent no monef to obtain its
passage and knew of no corruption in
any matter before the legislature.
Mr. Youngblood is said to still be in
Louisiana
The statement made public by his
friends follows:
Not Special Favor.
. It has been insinuated that the fire
escape bill enacted by the regtrlar ses-
sion of the 3Stk Legislature im- |>ass-
cd as a special favor to me. This ru-
mor is absolutely absurd and ridicul-
ous to anyone acquainted with the
facts. The old fire escape law was de-
clared unconstitutional in January of
lhis year. I understand that the new
fire escape law had the approval of
the attorney genaral's department the
state fire marshal and the state fire
escape inspector and passed both
houses of the Legislature almost un-
animously. there being only about four
votes against it. If it is not wise for
the state of Texas to have n fire es-
cape law as other progressive elates
do. then let the present law be re-
pealed. If the present law isn't the
best fairest and most just fire es-
cape law that can be written then let
it be amended. The history of the tire
escape laws of Texas will show that
the owners of buildings in this state
Lave been put to great and useless
expense because of various lans
enacted in the past. I wish here to
state to the public the facts concern-
ing this fire escape law as far as I
bad to do with it and as far and as
fully as I know about it.
The company of which 1 am nn offi-
cial. lias been for many’years in the
business of building fire escapes
among other things in its line and
for the Inst few years I have had
charge of this department of the busi-
ness. In 1707 n law was passed in
tbisf state governing the erection of
fire escapes in 1915 another law was
passed governing the erection of fire
escapes and in 19n a third law was
passed governing the erection of fire
escapes and under each of these dif-
ferent laws it became necessary for
owners to take down their old fire
escapes and re-erect new ones.
Taku Donn Three Times.
To illustrate the working of the
above legislation the following exam-
ple is cited: Under the'first law men-
tioned my company built n fire escape
for a certain hotel in San Antonio
and built it strictly according to .the
law in effect at that time. Again in
1915 another law was passed govern
ing the erection of fire escapes and
| the above mentioned hotel contracted
। with my company to take down their
first fire escape and erect a second
to meet the requirement* of the new
law. In 1917 still another law was
passed governing the erection of fire
escapes and our company took down
the second and erected a third fire cs-
cape on the same hotel ail in the
space of about ten years each one
being according to the law at tbc lime
of erection. Now. the fire os-ape law
passsed by the Thirty-fifth Legisla-
ture. March. 1917. was in nearly all
respects a good law. but in the case
B>f the state of Texas vs. J hickory
in January of this year the Court of
Appeals declared it unconstitutional
because the law did not fix a standard
specification for fire escapes but dele-
gated to the state firu marshal legisla-
tive power in that it authorized him
to promulgate standard specifications
subject to change hy him from time
to time at win. My understanding
ds that when the present Legislature
met. the state authorities in charge of
fire escape matters requested tho at-
torney general's department Io draw
lip a now fire escape hill that would
m-ot the constitutional defects point-
ed out in the Dockery case and that
the attorney general's department ask-
ed outside for such practical informa-
tion as they «>uld get from people
who have technical knowledge of the
suhioct.
We gladly had our engineering de-
paroment spend the necessary time
v or! log no a draft of what our expe-
(Continued on next page.)
Hardeman Well Increases to 1000 Barrels
•
Here Is a picture of the Hardeman
well after gate valve was put on
showing oil and gas escaping. Above
is also picture of drilling crew who
gave Luling her first gusher oil well.
BONDSMAN ARRESTED
ON AN INDICTMENT
CHARGING PERJURY
Charles H. Hodgkinson Al-
leged to Have Sworn
Falsely in U. S. Court.
On an indictment returned by tJb
federal grand jury charging perjml.
Charles H. Hodgkinson of San Art
tonin was taken into custody by si
deputy United States marshal and aA
raigned before United States Commis-
sioner R. L. Edwards where he made
bond in the sum of $2500.
The indi- nt alleges that Hodg-
kinson on or about May 23 1921.
while he was appearing before Com-
missioner Edwards as a surety on a
bond swore that he was worth $25.-
000 in real estate-located in San An-
tonio and that the amount of such
estate was above the amount of ex-
emption that he m'"ht claim under the
laws of Texas. •
The indictment slhgcs that at the
time the written declaration and cer-
tificate was sworn to before United
States Commissioner Edwards that
the defendant was ware that the
statement to which he snore was un-
true.
The indictment alleges that on the
strength of the statement made by the
defendant that the defendant was ac-
cepted as a surety on n $5OO bond.
Department of justice agents have
been working on the case for several
months it was indicated at the fed-
eral building Tuesday morning. It
is indicated furthermore that other
investigations will be made by the
ITnitwl States district attorney's of-
fice in conjunction ’with the bureau
of investigation regarding alleged
false affidavits that have lieen made
by certain other bond sureties.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
by Hodgkinsop with the clerk of the
federal court. February 28 1923. in
which the defendant listed amoug big
liabilities eight judgments on ap-
pearance bonds on which he was sure-
ty. to the federal court. The bonds
forfeited to the United States gov-
ernment which were listed as liabili-
ties. totalled $4700. Among the oth-
er liabilities listml by the defendant
were thirteen appearance bonds for
$lOO each upon which he was surety
and returnable to the state courts.
The federal court here has ruled
that only bonds based on real estate
may be accepted by the commissioner.
The amount of real estate above ex-
emptions must be double the amount
of the bond.
When a surety appears beiore the
United States commissioner the latter
may accept -the sworn statement of
the surety that he owns the required
amount of real estate.
EX-PREMIER DIES
French Statcsmail. 91. Was Firm
Friend of Poincare
By Ilie AMmciuted Frr»«.
Paris. ‘Hy 15.—Former Premier de
Frcycinet i* dead.
The former premier who was UI
years old. had been in feeble health
for some titne.
He and former Premier CJemcncca
were old-time friends.
In February. M. de Freycinet was
able to attend th^ meeting of the
French Academy and take i»art in it*
business and ab'o pay a visit to Pre-
mier Poincare.
SNOWFALL IN DENVER
Temperature Hovers Above the Frerz
inj Point in Hi??i City.
Denver Colo.. May 15.—Denver to-
day fared a driving blustery snowfall
that gave promise of attaining con-
siderable depth before nirht.
The temperature hovered above the
freezing point.
CLARA IN JAIL BUT
t SHE IS NOT GUILTY j
COMPANION STATES
- - —
Mrs. Phillips Not Real
“Hammer Murdress ’
Carson Says.
Tegucigalpa. Honduras. Mai 15.—
I Jesse Carson who imsed ns the hus-
band of tho woman hold by the Hon-
duran authorities ns Clara Phillips.
California “hammer murderess." today
told newspaper men that the woman
is Mrs. Phillips.
Carson asserted that Mrs. Phil-
lips was not responsible for the dentil
ol Mrs. Alberta' Meadows for which
she was convicted the real slayer ac- ’
cording to his story being another :
woman.
He added that he would fight
against the extradition of Mrs. I'hil-
HP’-
MOTHER OF 2 GETS
$3O A DAY AS AN
ELECTRIC WELDER
Another Woman IVorfes as
Bricklayer When She
Needs New Hat.
—
New York. May 15.—Two mothers <
in overalls earning big pay at husky ;
men's jobs were discovered here to- ’
day.
Mrs. Katherine Nelson 35 who has i
a son. 17. and a daughter. 10 earns
$3O a day as an electric welder. She
works on skyscrapers bridges smoke- i ;
stacks and the like.
Mrs Florpnce Thompson 26. is a
bricklayer—the product of a school
for artisans conducted by her hus- ’
band. When slip works at the trnde
wbirh in whenever she n«eds a new 1
hat or gown she draws the prevailing
wagp $lO a day and up.
In her native Denmark. Mrs. Nel-
son was a maehinist's apprentice in
lipf husband's shop. When he died
sho came to America. Sh^ couldn't
get a* woman's job. 'O she became a
machinist in the Ere railway shops
and later became an electric welder. ;
TWO ARE BURNED
I
One Man May Die A» Result of an
Explosimi.
One man may die and a second is ’
seriously burned ns tbo result of an
explosion at 2 o'clock Tuesday at the i
bicycle shop of Francisco Pimental i
12u5 El Paso street. Piementsl is the
man who may die and Mike Herrera
817 South Richter an employe is bad- ।
ly burned.
They were (leaning bicycle parts
with kerosene oil when a gasoline lamp
under which the-- were working ex- '
plodrd. The burning gasoline fell into 1
the large can of kerosene they were '
using setting it afire.
Pimental was hnrned about the face
and body and his recovery is doubt-
ful. Herrera's burns are on the side i
and arm.
CLEAR AND COLDER
WEATHER FORECAST
FOR SAN ANTONIO
Cyclonic Area Passes Near
City Monday Evening
With Low Barometer.
After passing dangerously near San
Antonio the intense low pressure
irea that brou-ht a tornado to North
Texas Monday morning and severe
•form damage in its path had moved
northeastward and was centered over
Illinois Tuesday morning. At 7
I'clock Monday evening the bsranic.
er in San Antonio dropped to 29.44
he lowest it has been since 1920.
Jther than a-well developed thunder-
itoiin that made a half circle to the
lorth and east of Ban Antonio dur-
ng the night the cyclonic condition
nought no damage to Southwest
Texas.
The weather forecast for San An-
onio and vicinity for Tuesday night
iml Wednesday is fair and colder
rith maximum temperatures from 70
o 70 Wednesday. Fro t is predi( ted
or the Panhandle. Moderate to fresh
lortliwesterly winds Ure forecasted.
X high pressui.i area is moving to-
vard Texas and by Tuesday morning
t had sent the thermometer at Den-
•er to 32 and snow was falling. Al-
hongh Wednesday morning will be
•elatively cool the temperature will
•Ise rapidly through the day.
The cyclonic area was mixing pid-
v out of the country Tuesday mid
lue to this particular slant northeast
>y southwest it Is not expected to
■ause any severe damage. Were it
tretched north and south tornadoes
night be expected.
Oi\ its way out of Texas to the
lorth. however it brought heavy
ains to Ilie Middlewest and South
vith Little Rock lending with 4.22
nches. Other stations reporting
mavy rains were: Memphis 2.49;
threveport. 1.12; Oklahoma City
1.7.8; Dodge Cifv 1.02; Louisville
.3.8: mid St. Louis. 1.20.
Althtmgh rains were somewhat gen-
rsl over Texas yet no station re-
torted over an inch with the excep-
ion of Huntsville where one inch
va« reeoriled.
No report nf damage hr the thuiider-
*or ii near Kmi Antonio Monday
light have been received. The storm
vas first seen in the northwest but
Kerrville reported no rain. The
dorm moved eastward to a point nenr
Kew Rraim-fels and then dipped south
md came close enough for thunder to
>c heard in the north sections of the
ity. It then moved eastwant and at
I o'clock Tuesday morning lightning
•oiHd still be seen in the eastern sky.
_ Stations in the general vicinity of
he path of tho storm reporting pre-
nnitation were: Taylor. .10; Austin.
50: t'uero. .70; Luling. .20; San
darcos. .30; and Columbus. .43.
The temperature in San Antonio
e.""hod IK! degree- nt 5 o'elo-k Mon-
Iny afternoon and did not fall off
•apidly until after midnight. Fal-
nrrias reported a maximum of 100
legrees and Encinal. 10$ degrees.
Ship Steel hy Water.
Pittsburg. Pa. May to—Fin'shc.l
Ucel products enough tn fill 250
reight cars and valued nt approxi-
nately .$1000000 started South on
he Ohio river today for Louisville.
Evansville St. Louis and Mcmph’s.
t was said by the Jones and Laugh-
in Company to be the largest atecl
tow it has ever sent out.
TWO CENTS’*" ln elt * and ’ici.it.
A wfjr cent oo train and alaawn.r*
FEW LIVES LOST BUT
STORM AND FIRE TAKE
HEAVY PROPERTY TOLL
Communication Established With Ar-
kansas City After Cloudburst
Sweeps Through Business Streets.
Electric Gas and Street Car Service
Out of Commission — Fire Leaves
Almost Whok Block in Ruins.
Hot Springs Ark. May 15.—Hot Springs at noon to-
clay was endeavoring to extricate itself from debris and
ruin left by flood fire and wind which last night wrecked
the business district of the city with damage to property
ivhich is expected to run into^ millions.
Several persons are reported to have been killed but
thus far reports of fatalities have not been verified. It is
not expected however that the death list will exceed
three or four persons.
While the monetary loss is roughly figured in the mil-
lions no accurate estimate is available at this hour.
The Marquette hotel is a pile of charred bricks and
stones representing a loss in excess of $250000. The only
building left in the Marquette block is the Citizens Na-
tional Bank.
The city is without street car electric or gas service.
All utility plants including the telegraph office were
flooded and put out of commission.
Late yesterday evening the onrush of the waters
began following a cloudburst in the mountains nearby.
Water began filling the streets.
Soon fire broke out and almost completely destroyed
a business block.
Imperiled residents sought safety on the slopes of
nearby mountains.
Transportation and communication with the outside
world were shut off until late this morning.
TWO BODIES FOl ND.
8(10 Car* Swept From Streets Eye-
witness Says.
Benton. Ark.. May 15.—Two txxlies
were recovered from the flood waters
near the Missouri Pacific station at
Hot Springs last night according
to J. W. Arnold a lumberman of
Benton.
Accompanied by two railroad em-
ployes Arnold arrived from Hot
Springs early this morning on a rail-
road motor car.
Benton is twenty miles from Hot
Springs.
Mr. Arnold said be had heard re-
ports that a number of other persons
had been killed or drowned but that
the reports were not confirmed.
Two automobiles he said were
picked up by the flood and swirled
through the display windows of a •>-
and-10<ent store. Wrecked they were
left inside tbc store by the waters be
said.
Train Ge ts Through.
More than half of the automobiles
in Hot Springs he said were parked
on the downtown streets and virtually
every one of these was wrecked or
carried away by the flood. He esti-
mated that nt least SOO automobiles
were w recked.
Mr. Arnold said it would be at lea t
threo days before automobile traffic
to Hot Springs would be possible.
Index to Advertisers
Index to principal adv^riia'r.g in to-
daj’« Light for guidance of choppers;
Advertiacr— • Page.
American Safety Euxor Co. (Qem) 15
Amurementa *
Authorized Ford and Lincoln
1 'talere •
Banks. Insurance and Investments 2”
Hohnet’s Bakery 20
Bord<n Co.. The (Eaalc Brand).... 1 ‘
Classified and Real Estate 18-19
Coca-Cola Company 4
Fomtnr Clothing Co. 7
Frank Proa *
Goodall Worsted Co. (Palm Beach)
Guarantee Shoe Co It
Jagues Mfff. Co. (K. C. Baking
Powder) 13
Jo ke Bros Co 5-10-17
i«aufman Pry Good- Co 9
A Co. iCorn I lakes) !•
Kelly-^prlngfield Tire < o a
A Myers <Chesterfield> ... 11
Lorlllard & Co. p. (Muriel c stars) 15
McCornrick & Co. (Bee Brand) ... 1'
National Ttie Co 14
Newton & Weller C’J
P*-p.«odent Co.. The •
Pittsburg Water Heater Co. ....... 3
Praeger Hardware Co. / -
Rees optloAl Co.. H. C 11
Resort*. Railroads and Steamship
Lincs 1
Senlpsx Co.. The 1-
Stowers Furniture Co
Vo<ne Th* t-ll
Wolff A Marx <’o 4 ■
Welfso;. Pry Goods Co.. Inc. I
HOME
Ry the Associated -Press.
A Missouri Pacific work train got
through to Hot Springs shortly be-
fore noon and officials of the road
said regular train service would be re-
sumed immediately.
A special train was started from
here at noon.
"The men were trapped when the
water struck the lower part of tha
town and I assisted in pulling tbeir
bodies from the water he said. -The
torrent swept through the center »t
the town. While Central avenue the
principal Street was under many feet
of water fire was discovered in the
Marquette Hotel. The hotel and on.
of the largest business blocks were
destroyed. Water p!u;s were sub-
merged and tbe flood rase so rapidly
that firemen could not get near
enough to the burning buildings to’
coinbat the flames.
Punk- Follows W ater's Onrush.
“Panic followed th* onrush of th.
waters aud jo-opie living in the lower
part of the city abandoned their
homes nnd fled to higher ground.
“Water stood from six to eight feet
deep in many of the stores.”
Arnold said he left Hot Springs
about 9 o'clock Tuesday morning and
lie and the other two men on th.
motor car carried the light vehicle to
n place where it could be safely start-
l'd on tho rails.
All wires between here and Hot
Springs ar* out of commission and
no further details ar* known here.
MOKE FLOODS FORECAST
Overflow of Arkansas Streams Is
New Orleans. I-s . May 15. — The
weather bureau today issued a flood
warning for Arkadelphia Ark. be-
cause of a rise of from five to eight
inches in the upper Ouachita basin
during the past 48 hours. Tbe river
stage today or tonight will probably
exeekl 21 feet.
Utile Rock. Ark.. May 15—Serious
floods along White river are anticipat-
•ed from laat night's torrential rain.
I iu Arkansas.- according to a fore-
I cast honied today by the weather bu-
-1 leau station here.. The White river
this mornifig was two feet abov. fk»>d
stage at Batesville and a stage threw
I feet above flood Mage was predicted
at Newport by Thursday.
Renton. Ark.. May 15. — Two
bodies have been re>x»vcre<i from tha
flood waters near the Missouri Pa-
cific station at Hot Springs accord-
ing to J. W. Arnold a lumberman M
Boston. A>s'onipani<sl by twa rail-
road employes Arnold arrived from
li«t Springs early thia morning on n
I railroad motor ear. Bentae ia CO
| miles from Hot Springs
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