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COMPROMISE
OLDEST SETTLER DEAD.
ARMY MEN
COL. DUDLEY DEAD.
DEVELOP POSSIBILITIES
THE WEATHER
IS EFFECTED
IN SCANDAL
OF INTERCOASTAL CANAL
GOOD ROADS ELECTION.
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election is being held
AMERICANS SECURED
WHOLESALE GRAFT
NOTABLE CONCESSION
IN ARMY CANTEENS
S. S. ACILIA
SAKURA-JIMA
FOUNDERS
STILL ACTIVE
98 Souls Perish in the
Pacific.
MASS OF WRECKAGE
DISCLOSES BODIES
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ALASKAN RAILWAYS.
PREDICTS MUTTON FAMINE.
AMUSEMENTS
PRICES—25c to $1.00.
for
ewe lambs in the same reckless
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IMMIGRATION BILL.
ALL HANDS SAVED.
ROJAS ALSO CAPTURED.
TODAY
THE LOBBY PROBE.
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This Is Slogan of Business Men Along Waterway
Gathered Here Today.
Waco, Jan. 17.—Total poll taxes paid
to noon today 4,287, an increase of 293
since noon yesterday.
MUNICIPAL LODGING
VISITED BY MITCHEL
Mountain Vomiting Mol-
ten Rock.
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Safety at Sea Pact to be
Signed.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Jan. 17.—Poll taxes paid and
exemptions here to noon today 11,746,
'an increase of 276 since Friday.
Houston, Jan. 17.-—Poll taxes and ex-
emptions to noon Saturday 7,479.
Bow Street Trial Stirs
British Isles.
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Many Buildings Left Standing
Destroyed—Conditions
Are Horrible.
ALL ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE REGULAR BOAT
SERVICE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY
Arbitration of Disputes Now
Depends on Agreement of
Parties.
New York Mayor Declares City
Is to Extend Charitable
Work.
POLL TAX OFFICE
IS A BUSY PLACE
Declares Unfavorable Reports
Wore Based On Inadequate
Knowledge.
EARTHQUAKE FELT
AT KOGASHIMA
Traffic That Can be Supplied Is Another Problem That Is Gone
into Carefully—Col. Riche Is Among Those to Speak
at Gathering.
German Ship Left Corral, Chile,
October 27 For Ham-
burg.
8 Civilian Employes of Lipton
Also Involved in the Pro-
ceedings.
BESIEGED FARMER
IS STILL DEFIANT
How the Money Spent For Poll
Taxes is Expended by
Authorities.
THE REAL MISS LOVELEIGH
Vitagraph Comedy.
THE INSCRIPTION
Lubin Drama.
SUNDAY:
MARION LEONARD IN
“JOURNEY’S ENDING.”
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Grand Opera House
MONDAY NIGHT, JAN. 19.
The Greatest Moral Play the Stage Has
Ever Known.
“A GIRL OF THE UNDERWORLD.”
A Vivid Story of the New York Under-
world.
White lights”
Kalem Two-Part Feature.
Attempt to Parley Is Met by a
Fuislade of
Shots.
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF GALVESTON
Southeast Cor. Strand and 22 Sts.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Depositary of the State of Texas
“Perils of the
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ANNA WILSON
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San Antonio, Jan. 17.—Poll taxes paid
to noon today 7,279; paid in last 24
hours. 578.
f
ner as it sent heifer calves
butcher from 1900 to 1910.
One short lamb crop,”
county upon the issuance of bonds in
the sum of $250,000 for good roads. A
heavy vote will be polled.
has stopped all
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“EEE'E)
DAVA=
FRIDAY, JAN. 23, MATINEE AND
NIGHT.
Bert Leigh in Geo. M. Cohan’s Musical
Farce,
“THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE.”
With Hazele Burgess and Charming
Chorus.
NIGHT PRICES—$1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c.
MATINEE PRICES—$1.00, 75c, 50c.
Sheriff Anderson
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Poole, “would put both lamb and mut-
ton in the same category as lobster
and terrapin.”
Delegates were advised to petition
the interstate commerce commission
for a revision of the valuation clauses
in railroad contracts for sheep trans-
portation.
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Robstown Distriet of Nueces County
Votes on $250,900 Issue.
Pacific coast points will be left
separate consideration.
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HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
Esttb’zhed BANKERS Estas’zhed
(Unincorporated)
For
Banks, Individuals Corporations
American Bankers Association Trav-
elers Cheques for Sale.
traffic on the
Beardsley home.
Texas Pioneer Dies at Cleburne at Age
of 80.
By Associated Press.
Cleburne, Tex., Jan. 17.—D. G. Dalton,
80 years old, died here last night. He
was among the oldest settlers of the
country and was county surveyor since
1891. Mr. Dalton was one of the oldest
members of the Odd Fellows in the
state both in point of age and length
f membership.
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Crystal Vaudeville Theatre
Galveston’s Feature Photo Play-
house.
TODAY ONLY:
HELEN GARDNER IN
“Olga Treskoff”
A very beautiful and gripping story
of the Russian uprising. Admission
5c and 10c.
Cortland Smith Appears to Explain
Statement.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The senate
lobby hearings were reopened here to-
day to permit Cortland Smith of New
York to testify about the American
Press association’s connection with the
circulation of statements for various
sugar interests in the tariff campaign.
Mr. Smith appeared at his own re-
quest.
Robstown road
Austin, Jan. 17.—Total, poll taxis
paid up to noon today 4,922, including
exemptions. Seventy-nin'e were paid
today.
meridian: Unsettled tonight and
Sunday; probably rain in north por-
tion.
For Oklahoma: Tonight and Sun-
day, unsettled weather.
Winds on Texas coast: Light
southerly.
Crew of Schooner Fuller Palmer Picked
Up at Sea,
By Associated Press.
Portland, Me., Jan. 17.—The five mas-
ted schooner Fuller Palmer, which has
been missing for several days, was
abandoned at sea in a sinking condi-
tion. All hands were saved and are on
their way to Baltimore in a steamer
which picked them up. This informa-
tion was received today by the man-
aging owners in a message from Cap-
tain L. W. Clarke of the schooner Ful-
ler Palmer.
said Mr.
Another Federal, General Taken at El
Paso.
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Jan. 17.—General Antonio
Rojas, one of the federal volunteer
generals who made their getaway at
Ojinasa, was taken off the Southern
Pacific train at Del Rio. He is sup-
posed to have boarded the train at
Marie and was en route to Eagle Pass.
As General Jose Ynez Salazar was
also arrested and taken off a Southerri
Pacific train at Sanderson it is believed
that General Pascual Orozco must also
be in United States territory.
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Short Lamb Crop Would Cause Prices
to Soar.
By Associated Press.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 17.—A
mutton famine was predicted here to-
day by J. E. Poole, editor of the Chi-
cago Livestock World, in an address
before the National Wool Growers’
association, meeting in annual session.
During the next five years, he said,
the scarcity would become acute.
Mr. Poole'said that for the last five
years the west had been marketing
Fort Worth, Jan. 17.—Poll tax pay-
ments exclusive of receipt to noon Sat-
urday 6,100.
About the busiest place in town to-
day is th’e office of State and County
Tax Collector Fred T. Gloor, where the
entire office force, including several
extra deputies, are exchanging tax re-
ceipts for good American money. The
end of January will bring with it not.
only the closing of the time in which
th’e otherwise qualified male citizen of
this city can equip himself with a poll
tax receipt, but it also marks the end
of th’e period for the payment of taxes
to the state and county witheut the
added penalties and interest. The local
poll tax office reported 175 had been
psid since noon yesterday, making the
total paid up to noon today 2,970.
The men of Galveston county, of all
the counties in the state, have induce-
ment to pay their poll tax for th’e rea ■
son, selfish it may be, that of the $1.75
paid for the privilege of voting dur-
ing the succeeding twelve months, fifty
cents of the sum comes directly back
to the city of Galveston and is includ-
ed in th'© grade raising fund granted
bv the state to th’e city. That the
people may understand just exactly the
disposition made of the money paid
for poll tax receipts, Mr. Gloor gave
the following information: One dollar
of the amount belongs in the avail-
able school fund of the state in which
every county having schools partici-
pates; the fifty cents, as above stated,
belongs in th’e state revenue fund
which reverts back to Galveston; the
25 cents goes to the road and bridge
fund of Galveston county and helps
maintain existing roads and bridges. So
Galveston county enters more largely
into th’e benefits of the poll tax pay-
ments than any other county in the
state. This should appeal to some to
whom a more general reason might not
prove, sufficiently attractive.
Mr. Gloor states that several of the
business houses of the city have fol-
lowed the example of the one men-
tioned yesterday and have sent their
employes to the collector’s office for
th'eir poll tax receipts. He feels grate-
ful for this consideration and states
that he will need every moment of
the time thus far saved when the final
rush hour do'es come.
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GALVESTON TEXAS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. TEN PAGES.
NO. 45.
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FORECAST.
For Galves-
ton and vicin-
l t y: Tonight
and Sunday,
weather un-
settled. Light
to moderate
southerly
winds.
For Texas,
east of 100th
meridian: To-'
night and Sun-
day, unsettled
weather.
For Texas,
west of 100th
Vote On Question Will Be Taken in
Senate Thursday.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The Alaska
railway bill may come to a vote in the
senate next Tuesday. Senator Cham-
berlain, in charge of the measure, said
today he would ask unanimous con-
sent for a vote and believ’es it will
pass, . providing for a government
owned and operated railroad.
The proposal to establish a govern-
ment steamship line from Alaska to
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 17.—For many years no
suit has aroused such widespread in-
terest in the British Isles as the pro-
ceedings op'ened today at Bow Street
police court against eight officers of
the British army and eight civilians
cn charges of wholesale graft in con-
nection with purchases for the army
canteens.
Thirteen of th’e accused men ap-
peared today. Two of the officers
failed to answer the summons, and one
of the civilians was absent on account
of illness.
Six commissioned officers and two
non-commissioned officers are in-
volved. All are connected with the
quartermaster’s office. The eight civ-
ilians are all employes of Lipton, lim-
ited. of which Sir Thomas Lipton is
managing director. They include John
Cansfield, general manager and direc-
tor of the company; Jam’es Craig, gen-
eral manager of the military depart-
ment of the company, and the former
and present managers of the company
at the military headquarters in Ireland
and at Aidershot and Salisbury plain.
According to the opening sp’eech of
the prosecuting counsel, “bribery and
corruption have been going on for up-
wards of ten years, and it may be nec-
essary to add other names to the list
of those accused her’e. At the same
time several others are being dealt
with by military tribunals.”
The war office took the initiative in
the investigation of reports in circu-
lation as to graft in connection with
army supplies. Some w’eeks ago it was
announced that a general court-martial
had been convened to try five quar-
termasters “with a view to testing the
accuracy of statements made in var-
ious quarters as to the 'existence of
a system of bribery and corruption in
the conduct of canteens in the army.”
Crystal Majestic Theatre
NOW OFFERS
HIGH CLASS MUSICAL COMEDY
BILL CHANGED SUNDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
Matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Sat-
urday and Sunday. Night shews 7:30
and 9. Sunday matinees, 2:30 and
4 p. m.
Commencing Sunday:
“KRAUSMEYER’S ALLEY.”
Extra Attraction:
“THE KELTNERS,”
Comedy, Singing, Dancing and
Talking.
Commencing Wednesday:
“MOONEY IN INDIA.”
Tuesday and Thursday,
LADIES’ SOUVENIR MATINEE.
By Associated Press. ,
Redwood City, Cal., Jan. 17.—The first
“woman’s grand jury,” so called, in
California, was not a great success in
the opinion of Judge George H. Buck
of the superior court, who discharged
th’e jury here yesterday after he re-
ceived its report. Eleven members of
the body were women.
The court criticised the jury for its
unfavorable reports on county officers,
which, he told the jurors, wer’e based
on inadequate knowledge and con-
cerned matters essentially trivial.
Americans and English Send Expres-
sions of Sympathy.
By Associated Press.
Tokio, Jan. 17.—Messages of sym-
pathy with Japan in connection with
the recent disaster In the south are
pouring in from all parts of the world,
and especially from America and Eng-
land. Both President Wilson and Sec-
retary Bryan have sent dispatches.
Contributions for relief have been
made by the American Red Cross and
Naval society.
Prominent Citizen of Paris, Tex., Dies
at Age of 65.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Tex., Jan. 17.—Col. J. G. Dud-
ley, aged 65, a prominent lawyer of
this place, died this morning after an
illness of several weeks. Col. Dudley
has practiced law here for 40 years.
He was chairman of the Democratic
state executive committee in the cam-
paign of 1894, when Charles Culberson
was elected governor. Twice he was
an unsuccessful candidate for con-
gressman from his district. Col. Dud-
ley was a member of the commission
that codified the present civil and
criminal statutes of Texas, being ap-
pointed during the administration of
Gov. Campbell.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JAN 21.
Curtain 8 O’clock Sharp*
MRS. FISKE
And the Manhattan Company in
“THE HIGH ROAD.”
No free list. No telephone orders.
Mail orders must be accompanied by
check or money order.
PRICES—50c to $2.00. Seats Ready
Monday.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 17.—Mayor Mitchel
and some of his cabinet made a mid-
night visit to the municipal lodging
house and a recreation pier, where the
city’s homeless are being cared for.
The recreation pier has been enclosed
in glass, and a thousand cots have
been provided. Five hundred and ninety
men found shelter there last night,
while the lodging house accomodated
619, including 29 women and eight chil-
dren.
“This is a great thing,” said the
mayor, ■ “and the city will extend the
work. We must see that no person
goes without a bed or is hungry. The
city will find work for these men that
they may better their condition."
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 17.—A compromise has
been reached in the question of arbi-
tration which threatened to wreck the
international conference of safety at
sea. It is now said the convention will
be signed on Jan. 10. English dele-
gates have abandon their demand that
all disputes, and all violations of ship-
ping laws shall be arbitrated. Under
the new arrangement disputes as they
arise may be submitted to the Hague
by agreement between both parties.
Although it is a victory for the Amer-
ican point of view, a still greater one
for the American delegates is the in-
sertion in the convention of a pro-
vision guaranteeing a constant patrol
of ice and derelict zones. This propo-
sail was brought over by Senator J.
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, who said
of it today:
“While the proposal was mine, our
success in securing its adoption by the
conference was due to Captain George
F. Cooper and Captain W. H. G. Bullard
of the United States navy. Captain
Commandant Ellsworth P. Bertholf,
chief of the division of the revenue
cutter service, and Eugene Tyler Cham-
berlain, commissioner of the bureau of
navigation. What has cost us $100,000
will now cost only our share of that
amount.
“The convention will also contain
a provision that during a fog or other
dangerous conditions, a ship must
slow down. This is proposed by Cap-
tain Cooper.
“The international clause put forth
by American delegates that a ship be-
fore sailng must have a certificate is-
sued at the wharf, showing tha she is
properly equipped for life saving. For
example, all trans-Atlantic steamers
would necessarily have such certificates
before leaving American ports.”
Wilson to Grant Hearing On Measure
When Congress is Through.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 17.— President Wil-
son will give a hearing on the immi-
gration bill when it gets out of con-
gress and comes before him for signa-
ture. Presidents Cleveland and Taft
gave such hearings and it was after
one that Mr. Taft vetoed the last im-
migration bill proposing, among oth-
er things, a literacy test. Military
provisions of the pending measure are
being hotly contested.
By Associated Press.
Mayville, N. Y., Jan. 17.—The fifth
day of the siege of Edward Beardsley
in his farmhouse near Summerdale,
was ushered in by rapid firing from
the Beardsley stronghold.
Timothy Van Cise and William
Walker, friends of'Beardsley, who have
acted as go-betweens in the parleys
between Sheriff Anderson and the be-
leaguered farmer, approached the
house today, hands above their heads.
As they entered the yard they were
halted by the whizing of bullets sent
over their heads from the attic win-
dow. Beardsley’s lookout.
“Get out of heer and stay out. You
are trying to trap me. You can’t come
here any more,” shouted Beardsley as
Van Cise and Walker ran down the
hill toward the sheriff’s camp.
The emissaries had gone to tell
Beardsley that the police of Titusville,
Pa., would not allow his brother, James
Beardsley to take the children into that
state because they might become a
public charge.
From the amount of data submitted
by delegates from various section to
the Intercoatsal canal convention here
today showing the amount of tonnage
each district will be able to contribute
to a boat line along the canal, it was
definitely assured that such a line
would be established in the very near
future.
A resolution was adopted asking the
national rivers and harbors committee
to ask that the upkeep and mainten-
ance of the canal be paid for out of the
indefinite fund, which is in charge of
the secretary of war as is the case with
other canals and inland waterways of
the country.
It was also aked that , the appro-
pration from congress be sufficient to
pay for the proper marking and light-
ing of the canal channel.
Promptly at 10 o’clock this morning
H. A. Black, chairman of the traffic and
commerce committee of the Galveston
Commercial Association, smote the ta-
ble sharply with his gavel at the
Hotel Galvez and called to or-
der the Intercoastal Canal Convention.
Twenty-seven delegates, not counting
the representatives of the Galveston
Commercial Association, were present
in the long sunny room' overlooking
the waters of the Gulf. Business men
they were, who had left th'eir stores
on the busiest days of the week to
come tp Galveston to learn how by
developing the possibilities of the in-
land canal from Galveston to Corpus
Christi they mightsave money in trans-
portation expenses. All the towns
along (the canal showed the greatest
interest in the project from the start,
and 'even the two or three towns out
of fifteen which were not represented
bv delegates today sent data which
vas read in the convention.
The out of town delegates began ar-
riving in Galveston last night. A. W.
Davis, railroad man of Velasco, well
known in Galveston because of his co
operation with relief committees sent
from here on the occasion of the re-
cent flood, was at the meetins of the
directors of the Commercial Associa
tion last night, where he was given a
hearty hand. C. A. Jones and Judge
Munson of Freeport were last night
arrivals also. They are all enthusiastic
about the possibilities of the canal as
a means of transportation.
All during the early part of the
morning the visitors continued drop-
ping into the city by train or by boat.
The Velasco delegation, consisting of
S. H. Hudgins, H. A. Hall and D. T.
Austin, sailed gaily through the new
canal on the yacht Skylark. Ample
preparations had been made for the
reception of the visitors and as soon
as one was recognized on the water
front or at the depot he was escorted
to a waiting automobile and conveyed
to the Hotel Galvez. All the delegates
were equipped with yellow badges
showing their name and town.
The complete list of delegates from
all towns present today is:
Vanderbilt—J. F. Grant.
Velasco—S. H. Hudgins, H. A. Hall,
D. T. Austin.
Rockport-—Roy Jackson.
Port Lavaca—F. O. Moore, J. O. Hart-
zog’.
Matagorda—G. B. Culver.
Freeport—Geo. O. Morris, A. W. Da-
vis. W. W. Trigg, W. A. Nelson.
Portland—Senator Jno. G. Willacy,
D. Thos. Kirk Jr.
S’eadrift—Phil N. Steinberg.
Aransas Pass—Harry Curtis, A. J.
Tatum, R. F. Campbell, F. C. Hensel.
Port O’Connor—O. L. Crouch.
Palacios.—Harry Curtis, A. J. Tatum,
P. F. Campbell, F. C. Hensel.
The meeting was opened by an
address of welcome by H. A. Black, and
upon its conclusion, upon motion of
Senator Willacy of Portland, Mr. Black
appointed a committee headed by H. H.
Haines, traffic manager of the Galves-
ton Commercial Association, to tabu-
late the reports and data submitted by
the various towns. After this commit-
tee retired, Morris Stern was called
upon for a statement showing what
had already been accomplished in canal
development and what might be ex-
pected in the future.
Delegates wer’e then called upon for
speeches and G. B. Culver of Matagor-
da. F. O. Moore of Port Lavaca, Judge
Munson of Brazoria, Senator John G.
Willacy of Portland, C. O. Jones of
Freeport, E. O. Flood of Galveston, Col.
Riche, United States engineer, Galves-
ton: Rocy Jackson of Rockport, O. L.
Crouch of Port O’Connor, Dr. Kirk of
Portland, responded. The facts stated
by these men were eye-openers in re-
spect to what may b’e expected from
the canal country if adequate trans-
portation facilities x can be obtained.
All assured Galveston that they would
extend their co-operation in maintain-
ing the success of canal traffic. The
immense amount of traffic which can
be eveloped in the back country was
fully dwelt upon. The possibilities of
the amount of cattle, lumber, truck,
oil. cotton and other commodities which
are as yet seeking a cheap outlet and
which have heretofore been undevel-
oped because of this fact, that can use
the canal, brought out fully the great
importance of canal development to all -
the coast country.
The necessity of aid from congress
was emphasized by Col. Riche of GaL i
veston, who also touched upon the :
fact that the amount of lumber that i
can be shipped at reduced rates from
By Associated Press.
Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 17.—No
doubt that the German steamer Acilia
is lost with its crew of forty-eight and
fifty passengers. A telegram from
Punta Arenas, Chile, received here to-
day, says the bodies of two of her of-
ficers were picked up today among a
mass of wreckage in Moat Channel,
north of Picton Island, Tierra del
Fuego. Indians in the vicinity declare
that a big steamer sank there some
time ago.
The Acilia was a vessel of 3600 tons
net, built in 1900 and chartered by the
Kosmos line. She left Corral, Chile,
Oct. 27. for Hamburg.
A telegram from Valparaiso on Wed-
nesday last reported finding two of the
Acilia’s boats in Aguirre Bay, Tierra
del Fuego, containing the bodies of
her second mate and two seamen.
• Louisiana to Texas alone is important
, enough to justify the maintenance of
। the canal. Col. Riche also said that
a proposition was on foot to extend
the canal to Baton Bayou.
M, O. Frost, secretary of the Com-
mercial Association, (read telegrams
, from Corpus Christi, Hinkle’s Ferry,
Bay City, which stated that although
, they could not s’end delegates, they
; were in sympathy with the purpose of
the convention and promised co-oper-
ation. “Get those boats going,” was
the tenor of all these messages.
NOT SELFISH.
H. A. Black in his opening address
said that Galveston’s motive was not
wholly selfish, for Galveston mer-
chants realize that the back country
had its own problems to work out, and
that in some cases their interests and
those of Galveston would conflict. He
stated positively that he had arranged
to have a boat put on if a sufficient
amount of tonnage could be assured,
and stated furthermore that if the
tonnage could be assured, and stated
furthermore that if the tonnage was
forthcoming that the canal could be
cut to nine feet. He is already figur-
ing on a river boat he said—one that
can get into the bays, and he believes
that in time a regular traffic of im-
mense benefit to all communities can
be built up.
Morris Stern, who followed Mr.
Black, said:
“Our number ever since we started
this canal has been lucky 13. We
wanted to hold this convention in 1913,
but we were unable to . do so. Then
we wanted to hold it on January 13,
but as that came in the middle of the
week, we were unable to do so. Now
that we are here, I am pleased to say
that the number of delegates is just
31,. or the original lucky number re-
versed. In regard to the canal I feel
that Galveston is but a link in the
chain and that the other towns of the
canal are as important links as Galves-
ton. We know that it is a matter of
business and we are prepared to show
you the facts and figures. We expect
to meet and overcome competition.
“We regret that Galveston adopted
the plan of running little barges on
the canal, for it was not a success, but
it was an honest success. To develop
what the canal is capable of will re-
quire another boat inside of five years.
Galveston will help to build up the
manufacturing and industrial plants in
all the coast country, and will not ex-
pect to develop her own business at
the expense of the smaller towns. We
will see that the rates include wharf-
age and insurance.”
ARE INTERESTED.
G. B. Culver of Matagorda, who fol-
lowed, said:
“We are interested in this canal and
we want to do business with Galveston
and that is why we are here. The old
schooner that we tried out on the canal
was not satisfactory, for the reason
that there were no regular trips. If
we had a regular boat line on satis-
factory schedule we would get prac-
tically all our goods from Galveston.
We want government aid, however, and
we want to get this convention to help
us get it. It is unprofitable to have
to dig the canal out and keep continu-
ally dredging. We need water trans-
portation. We have 25 to 30 feet of
water in the bayou at Matagorda and
seven feet in the canal. There will be
no wharfage charges at Matagorda. I
have a warehouse which can be used
for our town. The possibilities are
enormous for future development.
Truck gardners are just starting in
business and they should use the canal.
The livestock men have requested me
to ask what can be done for them in
the shipment of calves on the canal.
We can transport lumber and all mer-
chandise that we use on this waterway
if we get a good cheap service.
Senator Willacy of Portland said:
“I am glad to see that there are no
politics in this convention. We are
all business men and we are talking
business, which is the only sensible and
practical thing to do. The traffic along
the canal is dependent on its regu-
larity. Last year we shipped 12,000,-
000 pounds of lumber through Port-
land, and there was no especial need
for regularity in this matter. But other
goods must be obtained on time and
so I believe that the canal can never be .
a benefit to us until we get a regular
boat with a dependable schedule. We
can promise you the tonnage. The
business is there. Come and get it. It
goes without saying that the prices
are going to be right, for water rates
can not be equaled.”
“We must have this business or the
railroads go in advance of business
ernment is not like the railroad. The
railroads go in advanc e of business
but not the government. Portland has
submitted data to the government
showing what she can do. Now as te
the use of the canal, the governmeng
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By Associated Press.
Kagoshima, Japan, Jan. 17.—Two
further violent eruptions of the volcano
Sakura-Jima, accompanied by a se-
vere earthquake, occurred late last
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night causing the collapse of many
more buildings. Numbers of the in-
habitants of Kagoshima who had re-
turned fled again in terror from the
city. Ashes are falling thickly today.
The sun looked like a ball of blood
over Kagoshima today, but it gave no
light and the darkness was such that
night signals had to be employed on
the railroad. The flying dust was so
thick that the few pedestrians on the
streets, making their way to the out-
skirts of the city, had to cover their
mouths and noses with towels and
handkerchiefs to prevent suffocation.
The sea in the gulf of Kagoshima
seemed to be boiling and the quantity
of floating pumicestone was so great
that it prevented navigation.
Bluejackets from the Japanese fleet
today discovered a native craft con-
taining sixteen refugees from Sakura-
Jima, who were in a starving condi-
tion. They reported that, owing to the
floating masses of pumicestone and
the high seas, they had been unable to
steer their boat and had spent three
days adrift without food. The blue-
jackets were able to reach them only
by using a wedge shaped raft, "which
pierced a field of pumicestone resem-
bling ice floes.
Lava today was floating steadily
down the sides of the volcano to the
sea, increasing the area of the island
as it solidified on reaching the water.
It is still impossible to give anything
like an approximate estimate of the
number of victims of earthquakes and
tidal waves. Some officials here ex-
press the hope that all escaped from
Sakura. Others are less optimistic.
Prof. Fusakichi Omori, the seismolo-
gist, pointing today to the village of
Yokohama on Sakura, where 400 houses
lie buried in lava, said:
“Are the people buried there as in
Pompeii?” And answered himself: “Only
the future can reply.”
Many refugees are reported to have
been driven insane as a result of terror
and exposure. Over a million letters
and eight thousand telegrams are ly-
ing in Kagoshima awaiting delivery.
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
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