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SIX MET DEATH IN
COUNTRYCLUB FIRE
Continued from Page One.)
Hon. were taken from the ruins today.
Identification having been established by
dentistry work and Jewelry worn by the '
victims.
The club bouse and contents are val-
ued at 145000 with $35000 insurance.
Mrs Stewart who was upending her ;
first night at the lub as the guest of
Mr.-. 1'ora i gdcn. hail escaped from the
burning building but with Homer Jones
started hack to rescue Judge Webb whose
hearing was affected and they feared he
would not hear the alarm. The trio was
caught in the dense smoke and went to
their death together.
Irisoners from the city Jail were
niched to the scene by Police Chief Fred
Lancaster and worked with the firemen j
digging in the smoldering ashes. Chief
Wright complimented the prisoners on
their work and said that they labored
not only diligently but willingly. No
guard was placed over them while work-
ing. As soon as the bodies were uncovered
they were covered and carried to a va-
V cant garage where an attempt was made
1 to Identify them. A crowd of morbidly
curious followed the rescuers but none
were permitted to view the bodies unless
- It was thought they could throw some
light on the Identity. Ropes were
stretched about the ruins by firemen and
volunteers petroled the lines to keep
back the crowd which visited the scene
from the city.
Thousands went out from the city.
Every street car was crowded and many
. more went in automobiles.
.Identification of the bodies was possible
only by the teeth and minute examina-
f tions by persons who were closely ac-
quainted with the victims. Judge and
sirs. Watthalls' bodies were identified by
Walter Walthall brother of Judge Wal-
thall after an examination of fillings In
the teeth.
BODIES FOUND
NEAR FIRE ESCAPE.
Of two bodies discovered at 7:40 o'clock
this morning one was identified as that
of Judge Webb. Identification was ac-
complished by the prominent teeth and
Jaw.
The other body was not identified at
the time but was later by process of
elimination proved to be that of Homer
Jones who is known to have been In the
building and has been missing since.
The body of Miss Helen Cockrell was
recognized by Its small stxe. The maid
was known to have been in the building
and has not been located since the fire.
All of the bodies were found near
where the north end of the second story
hall way stood and were within 20 feet
of a fire escape. It is believed that they
were trying to reach the fire escape
when the floor fell in or they were over-
come with smoke. The body of Mlsa
Cockrell was found at 1:30 o'clock.
STIFF WIND
FANNED FLAMES.
The body of Mrs. Stewart was found
at 10 o'clock near where the south porch
of the building stood. It was beneath
one of the Iron locker frames in the base-
ment. Identification was Impossible with-
out minute examination. Friends of Mrs.
Stewart viewed the body but could not
positively Identify it. A dentist who
worked on lira. Stewart's teeth a few
days sgo positively declared that it was
her body.
The fire Is said to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion. It
was said that there could have bean no
accumulation of gas In the building snd
there Is not believed to have been sny
fire In that part of the building
A atiff wind war blowing at the time
and the building being situated on a high
hill the wind fanned the names to fury
within a hort time. The long spell of
j dry weather in this section bad dried out
' the pine wali-of the rlub so- it was al-
most as inflammable as Under.
( VICTIMS WELL KNOWN IN AUSTIN.
- James D. Walthall Spent Many Years In
4 y State Capital.
' (Hoaifos Post Special.)
AUSTIN Texas. March If. Austin was
-V yrafonndly shocked end grieved upon
. ' hearing of th deaths In th Hre which
destroyed th San Antonio Country club.
. James D. Walthall was almost as well
. known In Austin as In Ban Antonio. First
"' aS student of th State university and
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A HERO OF SCIENCE
Dr. Carlos . Husk.
!r Carlos E. Husk of El Paso was one
of the physi ians sent by the Guggen-
heim lnterejM into Mexico to establish
hospitals for the cure of the typhus which
rages over the northern part of the country'-
He broke a vial of typhus germs and
caught the disease. Though he was hur-
ried to Laredo he died there.
later as assistant attorney general and
then attorney general of Texas. He re-
sided in Austin several years all told. He
was popular here and in university .cir-
cles. Mrs. Walthall visited In Austin be-
fore her marriage and was well known in
sOf'ial circles.
Mrs. Maco Stewart had been spending
most of the winter in Austin to he near
her son a university student. She wa
quite a golf enthusiast and almost a. daily
isitor to the links of the Austin ountry
i lub. Only recently she went to San
Antonio.
The news ol tne tragedy spread over
Austin like wild fire and many messages
of sympathy were sent to ran Antonio.
VILLA AND BAND ESCAPED FROM
TRAP SET BY CARRANZA'S ARMY
(Continued from Page One )
why he should not make his way uninter-
rupted into the mountains of the Guerre-
ro district towards which he appears to
be heading. Once there It is conceded
his capture will be difficult and should
he choose to pass through the district on
into the south there are trails over which
he might move his little army until s
Juncture Is made with one or more of his
roving organization in Southern Chihua-
hua or Northern Durango.
If Villa moves into the districts further
south military men realize that the prob-
lem of capturing htm will become many
times more complex. More troops will be
necessary and their provisioning by way
of country' roads will become practically
an Impossibility.
Fifty-four more auto trucks went into
service today along the line between Co-
lumbus and Cases Grandes and 27 more
were reported to be on their way from
the factory but even with this Increase in
the motive power of the transportation
division bad weather and heavy roads.
make than method of getting supplies to
the front uncertain In the opinion of of-
ficers connected with the quartermaster
department. The escape of Villa and his
renewed movement towards the south
they say make the use of at least one of
the railroads and possibly both from
Juares to Chihuahua almost essential to
the success of the chase.
22 VILLA SOLDIERS KILLED.
Ten Prisoners Tsken In Battle Were
Promptly Shot.
(Asioctcttd Frm Rtfort.)
QL'KRETARO. March 26. General
Pedro Gosmann and 22 others all mem-
bers of a Villa band were killed In battle
today In the neighborhood of Lagnna and
Dlnamlta. in this action between gov-
ernment forces and bandits 10 prisoners
also were taken and summarily executed.
This Information came In a message to
the minister of war who waa Informed
that the campaign against the VHIistaa
waa being waged with the utmost vigor.
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DETAILS ON SUSSEX
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Con tinned From Page One.)-
affidavit "made in London at the Amr
loan embassy '-. by two American stn
vlvora Edward S. Huxley and Francia B.
Drake of New Tors- Both swore that the
xploeion occurred "without the 'slight-
est warning" and they credited the 'com-
mander of the Sussex as saying that he
saw the wake of a torpedo before It
struck his vessel. '
Another statement in the affidavit of-
ficials seemed to consider significant had
to do with a strange sailing ease) which
horered near the Sussex after the ex
plosion and Which in response to signals
for assistance from the channel steamer
sailed away. Press dispatches quoting
a Belgium arm officer as saying that
the submarine probably had hidden be-
hind the strange vessel which apparent
ly disregarded all the traditions awd laws
of the sea in failing to succor a vessel
In distress were read with Interest
Information retarding! the Sussex which
had been received tonight did nor. high
administration officials said convince
them that the vessel waa the victim of
submarine attack.
One member of the cabinet who dis
cussed the situation with the president
mid the reports at hand were by no
means conclusive.
The course at the United States will be
decided upon by. official re porta from Its
own officers.
In this connection It la probable the
limed state will not Issue lor ine
benefit of the European belligerents the
statement of Its position regarding the
use of the submarine In warfare until the
two recent disasters are cleared up.
A private cablegram received hero to-
dav bv relatives from Prof. J. Mark Bald-
win one of the American passengers of
the Sussex read: "All safe." Wits Pro-
fessor Baldwin on the Sussex were his
aife and daughter. Miss Klixabeth Bald
win. reported in various dispatches to
have been killed i ne message ens uaiea
at Boulogne today
CAPTAIN SWORE
HE SAW TORPEDO.
There no longer Is any doubt that the
death list is much larger than the early
advice Indicated. The latest figures com-
piled In London show as many as 10
persons missing including three Ameri-
cans. The Sussex had 436 persons aboard.
The list of missing may be slightly
diminished later by the fact that some of
the passengers who landed continued their
journey without reporting sate to the
proper authorities.
The casualties occurred in two ways-
first in the explosion when the ship was
struck and. second by 'drowning when
two lifeboats capsized and only a few of
their occupants could be rescued.
Captain Mouffe together with several
officers snd a number ot the passengers
assert that the ship undoubtedly was tor-
pedoed. Most of these witnesses includ-
inathe captain declare they saw the tor-
pedo approaching.
AFFIDAVITS MADE
BY AMERICAN SURVIVORS.
Associated Press Report.)
PARIS March I.'). "There is no man-
ner of doubt whatever that the channel
steamship Sussex was torpedoed without
warning" says an official statement is-
sued here tonight bused un affidavits
made by American survivors.
John Hearley of Albany. N. Y. a press
association conespondent. deposes the
tatement says "that on Friday about
J o'clock in the afternoon while a dosen
Americans were watching from the
luidge a great explosion occurred In the
forepart of -the vessel without warning
and that three Americans at least saw
the passage of the torpedo."
Tingle W. Culberson declares that he
saw Miss Baldwin stretched on the deck
wounded in the head.
Samuel S. Bemis of Harvard university
deposes that the explosion occurred with.
out the slightest warning to show there
was tne least nanger ana mat many per
sons were thruT.n into the seat that some
were killed and some wounded tliat he
saw -bodies on the brldae of the Sussex
and that while being rescued he saw two
persona drowning.
These dispositions are confirmed by
the Americsn men and American women
who took passage aboard the Sussex and
whose names follow:
John Hearley 6f Albany Mrs. Lillian
Harde of New York. Mrs. Clarence Handy
side of New York Mrs. Gertrude Warren
Of St. Louis. Miss Gertrude Barnes of
New York. Mr. and Miss Beer of New
York Mrs. Dorothy Hilton and daughter
Edna of New York. Samuel Bemis of
Bedford. Mass : Tingle W. Culbertson of
Lewispurgh I'a : Daniel Sargent of Wei-
lesley. Mass ; Vharles T. ami .George H
('rocker Jr. of Kltchburg Mass.: Wilder
C. Penfield of Hudson Wis.: and' Miss
Alice Huiz of Lyon. Colo. These last
five were enrolled in the American Bed
( mss ambulance. A certain number of
the saved have been taken to Pover.
MISS BALDWIN
IN LONDON HOSPITAL.
COLL Bl'S S. C. March Jii. Cyrus
H. Baldwin brother of Prof. James Mark
Baldwin who with his wife and daugh
ter were aboard the Sussex received a
telegram tonight from J. A. Storrett of
Washington Professor Baldwin's son-ln
law. saying that Miss Kllxab th Baldwin
was in a London hospital.
GRAPHIC STORY OF ATTACK Otf
SUSSEX TOLD IN AFFIDAVITS
Americans Declared Craft Struck
Without Any Kind of
Warning:.
t.-luhiilii rress Heteri.
WASHINGTON. March it. A graphic
story of the explosion which damaged the
English channel steamer Sussex and the
events which followed is told in a Joint
affidavit signed by Edward S. Huxley and
Francis E. Drake both of New York
and forwarded to the state department
today by Ambassador Page at London.
The affidavit follows:
"At 3:06 when we were about an hour
and a half from Folkestone without the
slightest warning there occurred a loud
roaring explosion. Wreckage and tons of
water were thrown Into the air. higher
than the masts and' the water came down
on the boat as far back 'as the stern. We
went forward and saw the entire forward
part of the ship Including part of the
bridge and the forward mast gone! Some
men and women Jumped overboard at
once and we threw over rafts and seats to
them. We then went to help the women
into the lifeboats and afterward to help
the wounded out of the debris. We saw
at least IS severely wounded and helped
with five ourselves. Among these were
Dr. i'enfleki and Miss Baldwin.
"Altogether six boats were launched
One of these capsixed with its passen-
gers. We supposed 25 or 30 people were
lost in this boat. W4 lowered one boat
ourselves.
"Of the remaining five boats
throe were filled with passengers
and standing off 10 yards. Of
the other two. one was nearly
full of water and contained only five
men. We did not see the sixth boat. We
know of only three Americans who got
Into the lifeboats. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin
and Hiss Baldwin. After 10 minutes of
watching we decided that aa the ship waa
not sinking we would stay with herAfter
the small boats had been standing -for
an hour they were hailed and the people
Drougnt DacK on board.
"About dusk a sailing vessel three
miles away which had been standing by
for some time was signalled by rockets
and waving of biankets. At least 3 ex
ploding rockets with colored flares were
sent up but the ship continued on her
course and disappeared In the distance.
"At 11:10 a French steamer came up
ana iook on tne woman ana emioren and
half the men and Mlsa Baldwin who 'Wail
unconscious. Then four or Ave boats
rams up and we with the remaining pas
sengers were taken on board a Brllisn
steamer. ;Wllh us there were seven
wounded Bv men and two women. One
man died on the way te England Five
dead were 'ten on the hulk but appar-
ently no Americana among' them. Th
first officer (at least a commissioned of-
ficer) of th rescuing British ship told us
tnat mi captain of the Sussex reported
to th captain of th British ship that he
saw clearly th wake of a torpedo.. He
ported his helm hard and in a few seconds
longer would have escaped It." . - .
SHIELDED THE SUBMARINE'
EyswKiMta T4d Story of Attach an
4 r ux.
' .' tAsttciuIrd rrtu Kfrt.) ' f -PARIS
March I f :lt p. m Count B
a Betgiaa army oflcerl who was. on th
Sussex state that th reason a perl scop
waa not observed la that Bear th Sussex
waa a merchantman which bora on Jta
hull ' th nam of Nleuport XnC.'.H
ten that this -vessel approached th
Sussex and screened th submarine as
soon as th explosion occurred.! Accord'.
ing to this account tne Nleuport aia.
a Belgian steamer seised by th Ger
mans sailed away without lending aid.
Th -total number of victima la still un-
known. It ta estimated varloalv at from
S to.. -
Marlua ue- Brabant general agent 01
th 8n Pedro Um Angeles and Salt Lake
Railway earn Deny at New York who now
is In Paris says that Joshua D. Annltag
of th Brpvaf Taylor Armltage A Co. of
New York waa aurely on the Sussex. No
word has been received of him.
SPECULATION AS TO U. S. ATTITUDE.
London Ppr Devote Much Spec to
Sussex.
tAtnnntt i frrn RfrO
LONDON. March 27. Th editorial
comment of the Jxmdon morning papers
on th sinking of the Sussex contains a
large amount.of speculation as to th
probable attitude of the United 8tates.
The Dally Chronicle remarks:
"Obviously no more direct or defiant
challenge was ever handed by one nation
to anotner than that wnicn Germany now
has launched at the United States."
Only Three Amerleant Missing.
(.iuociu.-. -J rnss fttfort.)
LONDON March 25 The records of
the American embassy up to o'clock to-
night show Joshua D. Armltage Calliope
Anastasla Fcnnell and Edna Hale as
Americans' still unaccounted for the oth-
ers having arrived In Franc or Eng-
land. George Crocker has not recovered con
sciousness but shows some signs of im-
provement. Wilder Penfield In the same
hospital at Dover has regained conscious-
ness and is much better. He is suffering
from a fractured leg and Injuries of the
bead. .
A Paris dlspat-h giving an Interview
with Kdna Hale indicates that she la safe.
TORREON REPORTED IN DANGER
FROM A NEW VILLA UPRISING
Refugee! Brought Stories of -Condi
tions of Anarchy Prevailing-
in Section.
(Assocuitfti Press Report.)
KL PASO Texas March Si. Interest in
the Mexican situation shifted today tem-
porarily at least from Northern Chihua-
hua to Durango and Coaliuila where the
Villa followers appear to be gathering
strength to Such an extent that Torreon
is seriously threatened.
There has been no direct news from
Torreon received here for a couple of days.
but dispatches from Monterey report an
extremely grave situation. The remain
ing women and children of Ihe American
colony at Torreon sent out of that city
bv the British vice consul who has taken
charge of American Interests following the
departure ot the United States consul
have arrived at Monterey.
They were four m number and brought
a story of conditions of anarchy existing
in the district between Torreon and Mon-
terey. A box car was all the accommoda-
tions 'thev could get and almost through
tne entire journey they were subjected to
a running tire from hands of mounted
Villlstas who raced alongside the train
exchanging volleys with the Carranza
guard supplied by General Ignario Ramos.
1 ne women ami children crouched be-
tween a double barricade of trunks which
protected them from the bullets which
pierced the wooden sides of the car.
VILLA BOASTED
OF NEW PLANS.
Arrivals here today from Parral gave
new details of the flight of the women
and children and of conditions In the dis
trict where Canuto Reyes is supporting
the Villa cause. Thay said Reyes lias
been encouraged by messages from Villa
who reported great victories.
Villa asserted he would soon drive the
gringos" over the border. R. F. Crosby
mining man. one of the arrivals said
the peons readily believed the wildest
stories put nut by the Villlstas one of the
most popular being tltat President W ilson
had fled to Canada and that Villa was
about to occupy Washington. He de-
scribed the conditions of the country as
deplorable. There was an almost dearth
of employment and Reyes had little diffi-
culty in ohtalnlng recruits by liberal
promises of loot.
As far as the pursuit of Villa is con.
cernedfi the absolute dearth for days of
any aenniie. rename news has caused
much of the Interest in the case to vanish
Into a feeling of complete pessimism.
LITTLE ACTION
IN EL PASO.
Only one ripple of excitement In re-
fpect to the locae situation stirred El
Paso's Sunday calm Ths was a rsport
that American troops were preparing to
cross the border at Fabens. SO miles east
of here. This report was spread abroad
after General Bell ordered a company of
the Twenty-fourth Infantrv to Fa hens A
troop bf cavalry already arrived there to
reinforce I la hfimur natrnl o.n.r. 1 n-ii
said dispatch of the Infantry was Just an
orainary movement 01 troop "with no
special purpose."
Mayor Tom Lea of El Paso tonight ad-
dressed a telegram to Senator Borah at
Washington denying that any one In El
Paso wanted intervention for interven-
tion's sake but that the Jlnvernm.nt
should be prepared for any contingency
along the border. Th mayor addressed a
telegram to Congressman W. R. Smith of
lexas at vt&siungton in which he also
urgea preparation along the border Ao
meet any possible conditions.
. VILLA IMPRESSING YOUNSTER8.
Seized JS Men and Boys at El Vails
ue Facto Joining.
(Associated Prtsi Report.)
CABAS GRANDES March 21. (By
Wireless to Columbus N. M.) Francisco
Villa the outlawed Mexican bandft who
Is fleeing before American cavalry some
where In the district between Namiqulpa
and the foothills of the Sierra Tafapu
mares. is Increasing his band by force ac
cording to army reports today. The ban
dlt chieftain seised 16 young man and
boys at Kl Valle 5 miles south of here
and forced them to accompany his col-
umn. Half of the constitutionalist aar
rison at Namlnulps about 60 miles south
of here has disappeared and It I bus
pected that some of them at least also
nave- joined Villa.
Utmost haste is being made In- the
flight towards the mountains which villa
Is nearlng rapidly neither men nor horses
being spared. It Is known that he Is
practically without supplies and ammuni-
tion and It Is reported that he is attempt
ing to reach a neighborhood where he
has ammunition cached.
The haste which the. bandit Is making
In his flight would Indicate that th
American forces are close on his heels
but General J. J. Pershing expeditionary
commander who returned today from a
two days' Inspection trip of troops In th
seia says reports tnat-viia is swrround
ea are premature.
'
GERUA1IS BROUGHT:
DOWN RAIMIG SEA
PLANES OF BRITISH
(Continued From Pag On).
Here vBerlln ' say's the Russian attacks
brok down . '' : ' J
STORMS IMPEDE""" '
ITALIAN ATTACKS. ' '
Storm In th Austria-Italian Unea have
impeded opera tions but bombardments
at continuing on the I son so front
at to coastal region of th Kusso-
Turkish war theater th Russians ar
making good progress against th Turks
and also further south in th Lake Van
region bay thrown their line still fur-
ther forward.
Three mora British steamers have been
sunk presumably by German submarines.
Thay are th Minneapolis one plying be.
t ween Amerteen ports smd London; th
ki. vecma on a voyage irora rortiana
Ma and th Fenay Bridge bound from
Philadelphia to Hull. The crews of th
St. Cecilia and Fens Brides were res
cued. Th fat of th crew of th Min
neapolis Is not known.
The exact number of American casual.
ties on board the steamer Sussex which
was blown up in th channel Friday after.
noon has not been determined. Th
Ftench admiralty baaing Its statement on
affidavits of American passengers saved
says the Sussex was torpedoed without
warning. -
ALLIES QO INTO
CONFERENCE TODAY. .
A conference of th anient allies ot
tar-reaching Importance will begin at
Paris Monday. Th premiers various
other high government officials including
th British foreign secretary and secre-
tary for war and th commanding gen-
erals of France Great Britain and Italy
win taxe part in th conference which
will give the closest consideration to the
military and political situation brought
about by th war.
Th Dutch ministry of marine sava an
examination of a piece of bronze metaj
found la a lifeboat ot the Dutch steamer
Tubantia recently sunk. Induces the be-
lief that It belonged to the sir chamber
of a torpedo.
RUSSIAN ATTACKS
DENIED SUCCESSFUL.
lAuociatea Press Report)
BERLIN March 3. The offtclil statemeat
today:
"Westers front: We obtained good results
vesterdar from t successful nulosloa of Si
mine sortheist f Vennelle. As obMrvatioa
POSt of the eDeruT fell tnt th rMter antl apv.
ra I British dusoiita were destroyed. Northeast
i ."uviiir a small dirialon o( MermaD troops
advauceU. after the ancceasfiil eiplooi.'n ot a
lulue ami returned with a lnuubcr ot prisoners.
"A Krroch attempt at a counter attack near
I J fooiDella fort aouth of Hhelma. waa unsuc
cessful.
"In the Argnnae and near the Meuae the
actlou of the artillery tncreaaed until it at
taiued considerable Intensity.
-in uh laiiietra wona. sontneasi or tort
Douaumout. hand to hand enceuntera during tha
night tarminated to our advantage.
"An eitrnalte explosion In the Voafea north-
east of tvilea cauaaU hy the vueni). inflicted
heavy lossea on himself. Our pogitlona were
not Impaired.
"Near tit. Qnentin a British biolan fell into
our hands utiilauiaKed. After an atrial battle
lit-ar t'nilltMif wood a French aeroplane fell
antl waa tlasued to pieces.
r.aMt'm mint: me nussisiw am net re-
ieat TrKtrnlH.v tltelr attacks arittinat the Jacott-
Matlt brhlKelieaU antl our position! uttrtli of
Wldsy. Several advances which they tititlf rttMik
iv.l.nli r .tilth anil wintliWMtt nf ll.ln.l k...
brought to a standstill at a eoniirienihle ills-
tance nrrora our entaugieraenta. In the night
the enemy resumed his attacks with strong
forces northwest of Poslary and hetweeu Nantes
and Wtainiew lakes. His attacks ware itnaut--cesaful
anil suffered heavy luesve. w captured
oov officer snd 1&5 num.
'Balkan rront: There Is nothlnj to report."
FRENCH REPORT
VIOLENT ACTION.
LAssocHiea Press Report.)
PARIS. March 36. Tne offlelal announcement
follows:
West of the Melise the oomharumeut was
very violent In the course of Ihe niitht In Ihe
sectors of Malancoiirt. rt-ues antl hill .lot.
Ther were no Infantry actionj. Eait of the
Meuae thti night waa relatively raim. There
was some activity so the part of the artillery
la the Wovre
"In I.e Pretre wood two attacks directed by
toe enemv aiialnat our trenches at Croix is'a
Car met were repulaed by our flrw. The enemy
w-aa compelled to retire leaving some oeaa tin
the ground.
"In the Vaesea we bombarded supply trains
at Wattwaller. There were no important eveuts
un the remainder of the front.
"On the night of March 36-3n two of our
aeroplanes dropped 10 bomha of large siae In
the enemy cam pa at Nanlllloia and Mootfaucon.
"Is IQe Voagea our artilltry was aetlvtt against
the tierman organitattona in the valley uf the
Kecht.
"This morning a German aeroplane was
brougnt dowu: it fell near our lines in the neigh-
borhood of Douaumout."
The Balrian ofarlal communication reads:
"Artillery actkiua on both altlea occurred on
the Vaer front."
TUftEE BRITISH MERCHANTMEN
SUNK-ONE BY A SUBMARINE
No Lives Reported Lost in Any of
the Disasters One a Passenger
in Mediterranean.
(Asstciatei Press Report.)
MARSEILLES March J8. 11 p. m. The
British liner Minneapolis was sunk In
the Mediterranean last Wednesday hy a
submarine according to Captain Bibb of
the British steamer Leicestershire which
has arrived here from Rangoon.
LONDON. March 18. The British
steamer St. Celella from Portland Me.
March 11 for London haa been funk ac.
cording to a dinpatch to Lloyds from
Dove'. Tne crew waa savea.
IJoyda reports that the British steam-
shiu Kenny Bridge has been sunk. The
crew has been landed.
The Fenay Bridge 1838 tons sailed from
Philadelphia March 18 for Hull.
TJBGES PEANUTS AND FIGS.
Washington Demonstration Agent
Organizing' Boys' Club..
(Hoaufoa Post Special.) .
BRENHAM. Texas. March 21 During
the-Tat week County Demonstration
Agent L. O. Sumrall has spent several
days In Old Washington Mill Creek
Wledevllle and other rural point en-
rolling members for the boys' corn clubs
rig clubs and the contests of the Texas
ndustrlal Congress. He states that
many farmers In this county have en-
tered the various contests of the Texas
Industrial Congress which Ls offering
$10000 In gold In prizes.
Uverywnere ne goes nr. numrall boosts
the . peanut as a profitable crop and
states that a large number of farmers
have pledged themselves to plant pea-
nuts this year.
The city council held a special meeting
this morning and declared the following
official ballot for the election of four al
dermen to be held April 8: Alderman
of the First ward Henry Thlel; of the
Second ward F. H. Oiesecke; of the
Third ward J. J. Marek and J. C. Day.
Funds war transferred from the gen-
eral fund to the waterworks bond and
sinking fund the school bond and sink-
ing fund and the city hall and jail bond
and sinking fund. The secretary was
Instructed to pay the bonds and Interest
when due.
iTh council held a lengthy discussion
regarding cleaner streets and premises
and pledged Itself to make svery effort
to have the town in an attractive and
sanitary condition on April 18 When th
Fourth district Texas Federation Wom-
en's Clubs will meet here. Requests were
made for Individual cltlsens to co-operate
In the work of cleaning up In every way
Dosslble. i
A branch of the GeraMtn-Amertran Al
liance was organised at William Penn
last night with th following officers:
William Klussmann - president; William
Horsmartn vice president; Henry Mueg-
re. treasurer A social session followed
the business meeting and Ban Kessel was
host at an enjoyable luncheon. Many
members of th Brenham branch war
prsat. .. -
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Sixty-eight years ago this
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great conflagrations nottably- Chicago; Boa-
ton. Baltimore and San Francisco and by the liberal jahdY
just treatment accorded its patrons has satisfied the pu -lie
as to the high character of the indernnity offered. v
ITS. AMERICAN BRANCH POSSESSES ASSETS ON JANUARY 1ST.
1918 OF tlMHtSSS WITH A.SURFtUS Or.SAS411887i! "5
Of the assets $12314386.00 represented valuei in;
Reaj Estate Bonds Stocks Mortgages and Cash in
Bank all of which is held by a Board of American Trus-
tee being five citizens of New York Gty for the benefit
of its American Policy-Holders. Thus is created a special'
fund of security for its American patrons quite inde-
pendent from that afforded (by the extensive assets held
by the company in other parts of the world . i !
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LENDS MONEY
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At Lowest Rates In Houston
Large Stock Quick Deliveries
STRUCTURAL STEEL
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Houston Structural Steel Works
THE NEWS IN
DOMESTIC NEWS BBIEFS.
Mt'SKOGKR okla.. March 26. Officers
and posses of cltlsens tonight- were
searching for a negro who ran over and
instantlv killed Mrs. M. Clayton with a
motorcar. The negro witnesses said
when he saw what had rtappened. Jumped
from the machine and disappeared. Mrs.
Clayton was 70 years of age.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan. March !.
Andrew K. Turner a guard In the fed-
eral prison here was stabbed to death
hy Robert V. Stroud a convict. In the
prison mess hall at noon today. With
1S0O prisoners looking on Stroud plunged
a case knife into the officer's heart.
Stroud was disarmed without resistance.
There was no disturbance among the
convicts.
SALT L.AKE CITY. Utah. March 26.
Working alone a robber early today held
up the engine crew of Oregon Short Line
passenger train No. 1 and forced the en-
gineer to run the mall car up the track
a short distance where the robber ob-
tained 31 pieces of registered mall and
escaped lie made no effort to molest the
passengers on the train. The value of
the stolen mail has not been learned.
NEW ORLEANS. March 2. Real es-
tate men from all sections of the country
were arriving tonight to attend the ninth
annual convontlon of the National Asso-
ciation of Real Estate Exchanges which
opens here tomorrow and will continue
through Friday. The proceeding tomor-
row w ill consist principally of meetings of
the various committees the board of
managers antl auxiliary associations pre-
liminary to the convention propery which
begins "Tuesday.
tt-jaHlNnTIW. March 26. Tributes to
the life and work of Clara Barton founder
of the American Red Cross were paid
here todav by prominent men and women
gathered in mass meeting to give Impetus
to the nation-wide movement for the erec-
tion of a memorial here In memory of "the
angel of the battlefields." The speakers
who agreed that the memorial should be
the finest ever erected In memory of a
woman included Senator Vardaman Mis-
sissippi: Congressman Summers Texas
and Cone Johnson of Texas solicitor of
the state department.
' AVOID THE BLUES.
Practice Will Aid Muoh in Every
day life.
There are a lot of people In this world
who seem to take a fiendish delight In
being miserable and In making others feel
that.way too.
Some men. and women too surround
themselves with an atmosphere of gloom
that eternal sunshine couldn't dispel and
through this distorting medium molehills
grow to mountains and ther are tears
and groans where ther should b smiles.
They wake up In th morning with a
face that looks like a sodden doughnut
and perhaps the sun ls bright and the
birds are singing. They will grumble and
say "Oh well this won't last: we'll have
bad weather yet befor night. And
should the sky grow clouded and a re-
freshing rain moisten tne thirsty earth
they shout In glee "1 told you so."
When they sit down to th breakfast
table they almost sour the cream they
Eut In the coffee and the moat tempting
reakfast does them about as much good
as a carpet tack sandwich would.' They
grow dyspeptic morose pessimistic
cynical hypochondlacal and get to be
downright nuisances.
If you ever get to feeling blue about
things stop and think what it will mean
If you keep it up and than pin your mind
so hard on your dally task that ther Isn't
room for anotheitj thing lit your head.
That's th way to keep the haunting
spirit of pessimism and despondency out
of your heart. .
And remember the world has. no time
to listen to your troubles; for every one
has troubles of their own and th ohances
are that a good many have a great deal
heavier burden to bear than you have.
.Galveston military training camp under
auspices war department Juna I to 10
Particulars on application to offlear In
Charga Galveston military camp Qal
veston Texas. Adv. . . .-
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company entered the United
Loan Society
TABLOID FORM
SIDELIGHTS OF THE WAR
LONDON March 26 10:10 p. m.- Uur-
mg the naval engagement off Svlt four
l.ernian torpedo boats were cut off by a
number of British destroyers bat eventu-
ally succeeded In making their escape
ays a dispatch to the Central News from
Copenhagen.
PARIS. March 2. 7.40
Important conference nf i
) p. m. The most
the entente allies
since the outbreak of the war will begin
at Paris tomorrow under the presldenrv
of Premier Brland. The premiers nf
i?'1 Britain. Italy Belgium and Serbia
will partiulnate. Husaia will be repre-
sented hy the foreign minister. M. Iswol-
fcky and Japan hy the Japanese amhassa-
dor a5 rars- Other high officials includ-
ing the French British and Italian com-
manders In chief will be present.
Bain at Caldwell.
(.Houston Post Special.)
CALDWELL Texas March 26. A light
rain fell here last night enough to freshon
up the vegetation some lteporta from
different parts of the county indicate that
it was general but not heavy at anv
place. Crops and gardens have stood the
drouth remarkably well and with an-
other shower in a short time will be in
good shape.
RUSK Texas March 26 Rain fell here
last night aiter a long period of dryness.
The indications are more rain.
Statistics for China.
The follftwlng missionary statistics of
LninaJ1 taken frorn the China Missi.ni
eTear Book: Catholics. 1.500.000: Proteat.
ants a Christian community of 358. Jou-
ordained paatora (native) 502; evan-
gelists native) 7281; Bible women (na-
tive) 1789; congregations (native) 34 lit;
amount contributed by the churches for
one year for church work J216.000; Prot-
estant foreign missionaries 6144; Catholic
foreign missionaries 1475. There Is one
Protestant missionary to svery 78600 In-
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