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Show FRESH COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SHANTUNG CONTROVERSY. WALL OF WATER OVER TEN FEET HIGH SWEEPS OVER TEXAS TOWN. The Action of Chinese in Terminating War With Germany Instead of Signing Treaty Negotiated at Paris Comes as Surprise. Residential Section Swept FlVsh lll it'll ltll4 Washington. him lid'll mlildl in i lie Shunning which In mu of i Im ulMiii leu to rn t i l'ii'it tlmi tif tin pence treaty Midi Germany. Follow II U llli disclosure dull I'lvsi-lil'll- t Corpus Clirlsd, Texas.- - (her a hundred persons are dead and at least 4000 are homeless, while properly damage will reach $1 I.oooJnio. ns ii result of Ihe tropical hnrrlcHiic which raged In this section for twenty-fou- Fifteen bat While Lives Being Lost, Property Damage Will Reach Four Millions. I WIIniiii Iiiin ('Illicit tl II ll I .In i III II III llllllollllll II 1111111111 (Inti on Which It Mill restore KIiiih'Iiiim' In Chinn il mum IIIIIIIIIIIH'd! tlulf t'lllllll llllll ill'll Jl I'l'll pence Midi Gcnmiuy after n-- ulny tn Nlllllllll to .llllllNI pIV.'MIlC III sir'll tin Versailles Irdily. Tin iicdnii nf fhluu In tci'iiitiiiitlnv; tin miii Midi icriniiTiy hy mi ciilct dnled Siiliiiilitr In liiNidnl nf signing flu In 'illy negotiated ut Purls in CH tin iliffitiildeM attending tin ef fnrtu nf die jircKlilciit In ulmte tin f i'll-ti- n Shantung controversy. If Jiiiiiii hum' yields to tin nf die president it VIII In compelled tn buck down on it m recent assertion diHt It Mould not enter lulu negotiation Midi riilini for die restor-M- l lull of KIiiim'Iiow until China lunl ' signed die tvud treuly. 'Hu new Unit Mr. Wilson IiimI nunli representation to .liiuiii In regard to dcfinlie arrangement for die mtum of tin lifriniin leased territory In Shantung to Chinn reui'lied Vnli Inn-tofrom Toklo. In the aliMeiid of the president uml of Secretary of Stute Imuslng, WIIIIiiiii riilllIiM, the acting secretary of Mtate, declined to confirm or deny the report. Aiming other Mute department however, mid ut the eapitol the luielligenoe miik pronounced authentic, one of the adiuliilstradon leuders In the aennte In the league of initliniH fight confirmed the report unequlvo-cullliiiinr-tUliilii'- n offl-i'IiiI- y. , Pershing to Get Thanks Only. Washington. Opssldon of several nieiuhers. privutcly expressed, eaused house leuders to ubundoii the proposed gift of a sword to deuerul lershlng. and Iicmoeruts Mere ItepuhlleunH among those opMslng an approprla-- 1 Um of f 10.000 for the sword, contend-iuthnt u vote of thanks to die gen-enIlls offleers and men Mas suffl-ei- i ut. g Socialism Bankrupting Itself. New Vork. Tmii iluiiiliuint In the mind of Herbert cimvlr-tiou- s 1 Should There Be no Permanent Guar-antof Peace, Saya Wilaon, the Nation Would be Untrue To Ite Promisee. At Away, louver after Ills five years service uhroail, are that soeiullsm is hmikrupllng Itself, anil that America must not uhun-do- n Its moral lendersld In restoring order In the world not penult Itself to he used for experiment III soehil Prohibition Law Liberalized. Washington. The principal senate amendment liberalizing the prohibit Ion enforcement hill, to permit home for individual consumption of noulntoxlcutlng cider mid light Mines, Inis been aceeptisl by the house conferees and placed finally In die bill, Hubjict to uctluu on the conference report. tnun-ufiictu- Draft Begins With War. Washington. t'nder the army law as the Mitr department Is asking congress to pass It, tldel of Staff March told tin house military committee, conscription of men he tween IS mid 4 A Mould begin mdo niatleaily on deelmatlon of Mar nl'l yut any oilier ueiion by congress. n Pact Formally Read in Senate. mal rendlpg of the it mini n peine treaty for mueiidmeiit was began Tuesday In die sem ! afler a sbnri parliamentary vvrnngli for an mid demnnd by liemoerats artful from Republican Lender l.odgi that the pact be kept eontiuiially be fore the body. hours. Latest lists show that 101 lives were lost, hut this list limy In- - nuitcrhilly reduced. It Is feared dint at least loo perished, however. The damage whs caused mostly hy a tidal wave driven In from the north hy u gale estimated at from slxly-livto seventy miles an hour. The oftlelal record of the tide places It at ten feet six Inches deep, hut tunny any the water was llfteen feet In depth on the bench. Clutppiirnl and Mesquite si reels. In the business districts, were flooded, mid while die water lias receded, they are tilled with debris. The entire North bench residential section of the city Inis been swept clean, except the ShiIiii smilinrlam, the I'ldted Slates public bealtli service hospital, w blrh was occupied y thirty-sevesoldiers sent here for iremment, and one frame house. Practically every frame hullning on the bench front was destroyed, tie gether with most of die bouts moored there. The residence section on the hill was slightly damaged and a few houses were unroofed. The atorm carried buildings and wreckage many miles, inland, according to meuger rcMrts from 4 Mem and Sinton, In which region seventy victim are reported to Imre been found. Every Industry In the city Is prostrated,' business at a complete stand-atilcommunication of all kinds demoralized and the fissl and housing problem acute. State machinery fiw relief of storm nufferers was completed late Tuesday by Governor Hobby, who ordered units of the Texas national guard to relieve federal troops at Corpus Christ! ns quickly ua trunsiortmion could he arranged. The governor issued a proclamation urging prompt contributions of money and supplies to the relief fund. e n l, Dily Strike Lost Ten Million. New York. Ten million dollars a day has been Ihe cost to the United Slates of strikes and threatened strikes In the last eight nionths, asserts Stephen C. Mason, president of the National Association of Manufac- II PfflFIC FLEET A PRESIDENT OF LABOR HEADS ASK WILSON TO TAKE UP CUDGELS FOR WORK-ERUNITED 8TATES HAS FLOWN OF NORTHWEST. FLAG IN SEATTLE HARBOR. FIRST TIME S Review Follows Incident Which Nearly Delegation Urged to Bury Differences Until After the Conference Called Resulted In Serious Consequence for Washington in for Presidential Party When October. Boats Collide. Sent tie. Marking the first time a president of the United States has flown Ids flag In Seattle's harbor, I'resldi'iit W ilson on September Ll, reviewed the great Pacific fliet from tin decks of the history fumed battleship Oregon In Elliott bay. The review followed the president's urrivtil from Tiieouia and also followed uu incident which nearly resulted In serious consequences for the presidential party' when the presidents luunch collided with a naval wluilclMtut. Arriving at the dock, it wu found the barge of Admiral Hugh Itodmun, which wus supposed tit lie awaiting the president, was not on hand. I. W. Foote, personul aide to Secretary of the Nuvy Daniels, promptly took over a nuvul luunch on hand. Into this launch went the president nnd Mrs. Wilson, Secretary and Mrs. Daniels, secret service men, secretaries and newspaper meu traveling with' Mr. Wilson. As Communder Foote ordered the launch shoved off, the small clmft heeled over till the isn't rail was nearly under water. Starting ahead then, the Into another launch, craft run hovv-ogiving the presidential party a severe Jar. The president, however sat serenely in the aft part of the launch und smiled. Com-laund- n turers, FATALITY MARS VISIT. Wild West Stunt in Gotham. Hock Springs, Wyo. .lohn lluxton, deputy state game warden, Is dead, and Joe Omeyot17, Is held In the county Jail on a charge of murder. Omeyo Shot Buxton when the oflh-e- r attempted to arrest hlin for hunting out of season. , MATTHEW WOLL News Writer and Driver With Wilson Party Killed in Auto Crash. Driven at breakneck Portland. speed along the Coluiulda headway, twelve miles from here Monday, an automobile bearing three newspaper eorresMinileiits ucrninpunylug President Wilsons party left the road, turned turtle on un incline nnd left two deud and three Injured men in its wake. Ben F. Allen, for fifteen yea is the ol tin Washington correspondent (lev eland Plain Dealer, was Instaut'y killed, ns was James It. Patterson, 7d years old, tin owner and driver of the ear. The injured were llohcrt T. Small Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Stanley M. Reynolds, Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun and Arthur D. Sullivan, a reporter for the Portland Seattle. - Representatives of the Washington State Federation of Imhor here on Sunday laid before President Wilson labor grievances of the Pacific Northwest und pictured to him existing labor unrest, which they suld would make difficult, if not Impossible, the prevention of a nationwide strike Oc-- sympathy for Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to life imprisonment for Sun Francisco bomb out-- , rages in RiHI. Specifically, the delegation asked for ua upiMiintment to sis the president to present the cases of political prisoners," notably those of llulet M. WeliS' Sam Sadler and Morris and Joe Pass .the latter two being brought here, all serving terms of two years for seditions conspiracy. The delegation was composed of I.. W. Ruck, net lug president of the State Federation; (. R. Cottrell, secretary of Tflple Alliance, composed of railway men. labor und farmers, and James A. Duticuii, secretary of the Central Council of Seattle. Mr. Duncan, ticcording to officials of the United States district attorney's office, was one of the lenders in a general strike here last February, which former Mayor nie Hanson characterized us a revolutober 8 In tion. For more than an hour the president discussed the labor situation with the delegation and suggested m them that organized labor should bury Its differences with eupital und do Its utmost to prevent strikes until after tin labor conference which he has called to meet in Washington, October (!. The president told the delegation he was giving the entire situation Ills careful attention, anil was hopeful of results from the conference. Emperor Charles to Live in Spam. The former emperor Madrid. Charles of Austria anil his family are expected to arrive at Santander ct an early date. They will occupy King Alfonsos palace of Magdalena. CAPT. ARTHUR L WILLARD News. Service Bonus Bill Passed. Tin senate lias pii'sci' the house bill . providing a bonus o' Ifir. for i aeh month of service foi soldiers, sailors mid murines aim strv sl the colors at some lime hetMeei the deelaratioii of war mid the signing jf the armistice. Holsts Flag of I rich Republic. Newark. N. .1- .- Tin green, white and Fold flag of the lnh repuhlle u:i' ft ailed Monday in tlie hah'ony of May or Charles 1. Gillen's suite In Newari city hull ns the city officially welcome! Kanion In Valera, president of the Irish repaid ie. Influenza Reported. eases of been have Influenza reported fpmilsh to the health department in three days. It was during the corresponding week of last your that the epidemic first crept Into Chicago. Cht'rngo. Tlil.,ly-ec- n Belgian Prelato Thanks Americans. Ihiltlmore. In an address to an m Mohlugo which packed the Lyric theatre Tuesday night, Cardinal Mer-cleprimnte of Belgium, thanked America for its great support of his country In time of trial. r, VIGOROUSLY OBJECTS PROVAL OF PEACE TReJtv' IN OES MOINES ADDRESS y half of R'vat,oi,! tlJ" to League of Nation. from an address Portland.-Quoti- ng made In Rtl.A hy Senator laalge, chairman of the senate foreign relations commlitcc, suggesting that nations must unite as men unite to preserve Portpenee, President Wilson told U land audieiiee Monday night that the longue of tuitions eoveniint curried out ivlinl Mr. laidge hud suggested. It was the first time tluriia: Ids sienkliig tour that .Mr. Wilson bail mentioned hy inline any of Ihe senators opposing the league. The president begun his address hy saying In had hiwti iniicli impressed during his trip hy the tiutnlier of children who came to see hint. It was really lo the children, he coiilitiued, that lie wanted to report. "I have come," lie said, "to report as to the safety uml honor tvf the future generations of America. Should there he no peruiaiieiit guarantee of penee. said Mr. Wilson, then the nation not only would he untrue to Its promises to those who won the war, lit its duties hut would also he to the mothers of the country! The presidents words were greeted with In tighter and cheers hy tin tiudi-ene- e which puckeil the municipal auditorium, said to uccotumoihite more than 7(nhI. For the first time since Ids speaking trip began there was no stop scheduled during ull of the day on Tuesday, and the president slept late while his train was winding southward through the (aseudes of western Oregon. He left Portland lute Monday night und arrived in San Francisco Wednesday morn lug. Thousands of people were gutliered at the stations through which the presidential party passed, hi hopes of catching a glimpse of the president. In the first day of his stay of more than a week oil the Pacific coast Mr. Wilson spoke during .Saturday ut Tacoma and then urrived in Seattle In the afternoon to review the Pacific fleet in the afternoon and address a mass meeting at the arena in the evenIn both eities he was elieered ing. by crowds that thronged every point of vantage to get a glimpse of hint. The president rested on Sunday ut u Seattle hotel. At u public dinner whli-hthattended before addressing the mass meeting at the nrenn, Mr. Wilson said he had been impressed by the uniformity of opinion among the people from oeenii to oeean. "There Is no essential division," he said, "In the thought or purpose of the American ople. No amount of debate will set them off their balance. At the arettO' vvhk-scats GWIO, there were a few empty seuts when the president hpgan speaking, hut many were standing. When Mr. Wilson entered the crowd rose und cheered him for more than a minute and when he was introduced hy Mayor Fitzgerald there was a longer detuoti't ration. n the stage were Secretary Daniels of the navy depart ment, and Admiral Rodman, commander of the Pacific licet. The president was the guest of Spokane on September lg, ami during his address declared that any change in tin peace treaty would make the ratl- would reopen the negotiation', it nl 'o prolong the douht tlon to the approval i y and the league of nationsmr-jby the senate without which protect every interest (lfT Inlted States wits voiced W. Johnson of ('aiifJn.K; Monday night in two mldrcsse, Hiram ered before large and (Helices. J?' c,iilnisiUs,.. , Senator William L. Borah f mh1 wus to have spoken here will, Sinat e Johnson, hut he sent Chicago stating tlmt In hud lieenna ed buck to Washington to iurtlct)at In the senate debate on the , purt. Senator Johnson was the Grunt club at p. made n brief address. His principal address the guint af nhere m vvu delivery Inter at the Coliseum, arranged umler the uusplces of the l.vugm for tllt Preservation of Amerlntn Indeimak enee. Senators Johnson and Borah hi taken up the gauge of buttle In behalf of the reservutloulsts to the league of nut Ions covenant, uml imimunee that uddresses will he tiuide In ull the eltle visited by President Wilson during hit speaking tour of the west. Speuklttg before a large undlenceat Sioux Fulls, S. D., Tucsduy night Senator Johnson made a stirring tp! peul for the rudleul amendment of the imace treaty. his arrival ut Sioux Falls, Senator Johnson was met at the train by a band and u committee of citizens und later rode in an automobile He sjmke from the same platform where President Wilson urged the adoption of the league of nations covenuut eight days previous, In hi swing through the west. To accommodate the crowd It was necessary te remove the cluilrs from the main floor of the hall, and the crowd remained standing while the senator spoke. At St. Louis, on Friday, when Senator Johnson stepped on the stuge at the Coll. scum to pleud for the defeat ot the league of nations covenant la its present form, he was given an ovation that lusted eighteen minutes. The Coliseum was packed to the doors. In my brief career I have never failed to accept a challenge from sa opiwnent, whether lie he a president or an humble private citizen, said Senator Johnson. I vvunt to deny Mr. Wilsons charge that the American people are quitters If they refuse to approve the league of nutlons. The American people never quit. When Mr. Wilson wentte Purls to demand his fourteen points and came home without theni( the American people did not quit, somebody else quit. Senator Boruh, In an address at Otiiulm, frankly declared his wish not the merely to uttiend, but to wreck league of nutlons covenant. The senulordenotineed the transfer of Germany's rights In Shantung t UMM-000 Japan as the turning over of uftd friendly people to our enemy, un ally to us an act of treachery surpassed In history. The sending of American soldiers V Siberia was declared to la In Mohe tlon of the constitution of the lulled States. and iiin-ct, imty Senator Borah repeatedly declared friend'1 and Mr Wilson 'aid he 'aw no imirul that the real Issue between ohei-tioto Interpretations winch opponents of the league of who "vu " ' Image the of the a difference between those meaning ua . it hut inhlcd that 'in I, a republic American the 'tep betray wotii.l met civ he to say thnt the it. rutted those who would defend an Slat,-- ' I, no w Ill an uddresa at Indianapolis the treaty to incim wlntt lari It do, '.IV'. Thursday, Senator Jolut'oii tlmt If responsibility for the highro e of living rests upon any ageta) "ill "lien- the lAon natloi,' the present 'cal' had been limn, ll rests upon tl'cil l,y lottery, a, n administration und upon pre'ltcn in,' hcei-di On his w a.v to the a Wilson. he had ridden Senator Johnson on September through It riot o mg ami flag waving, the cron spoke ut Kansas City, while the dow mow n sc, ion Borah delivered ail uddress at rut t. 'liiging hey ond tin- uirli , Dodge. Iowa. ln i , i"Mi-"t- Washington.-T'er- St. Paul. COVE DECLARES PRESIDENT Refuse to Surrender Kun. Paris. The Austrian government has refused to accede to Hungarys demand for tin extradition of P.da Kun, virtual dictator ut Budapest during tin communist regime, asking for proofs of accusations of murder and theft mndo against him, according to Vienna newspapers. Obregon Would Resist Americans. Nogales. (ieiicral Alvaro Obregon, former minister of war In tin Car. rniixn cabinet and a candidate for president In F.ILO, lias iinnoiinccd that he would take the field against the United States In the event of iirmd Intervention by the United State'. Matthew Woll of Chicago, recently :hosen eighth vice president of the Wild West Stunt In Gotham. American Federation of Labor, hat New York. Six bandits held up the seen acting editor of the American Federatlonlct in the abaence of Samuel Willlnmsbrldge branch of the Bronx Gompera In Europe. He haa acted for Borough bunk Monday afternoon ami Capt. Arthur L. Willard It in com. the past year aa Mr. Gompera' assist- escaped In an antomohlle with $xoon in mand of the battleship New Mexico, . cash. ant the flagship of the Pacific fleet. Race Riot In New York. Honduras is Quiet Town Demolished by Tornado. New York. One negro vviis killed Washington. Advices to the state Fla. A tnrnadn nf great in. Miami, a two Injured nnd pntrolnmii assaulted department n Saturday from Teguci- tensity on Wednesday almost entirely In a light between negroes nnd whites galpa reported the general situation In demolished Goulds, a town of ooa in which broke out Monday at Lt.'th Honduras quiet, ulthough some rcvoltt-tloimrmiles south of habitants, twenty-twat root and Loxon avenue, in the heurt disorders still were conilnulni Miami, ticcording to . iciiiliin-Mluinlreports of the negro section. on the north coust. Three persons wen Injui-eOrder Restored In Honduras. Washerwomen Strike. Silk Workers Strike. Washington. Order has been resChicago, Washerwomen along the Fifteen thnu'iimi Scranton, Pa. tored in Honduras nnd consequently north shore Suburbs have Joined In a silk mill workers in this vicinity are the landing force from the United demand for higher wages und better on strike. The strike, in States cruiser Cleveland has returned working conditions. They want $ a the Bliss mill ut North originating Scranton, has to that vessel at Iuerta Cortez, the day uml a noon meal. They have rapidly spread to all mills between this and cur fare. been receivin' ptute department hns been advised. city and Curbondule. y S-- ' I i l - R "as Mi Wilson 1 ,,.f 111 . nation iimn Lodge, Caillaux Removed to Hopi'a',er f"'1 Paris, Joseph 4nllhiu. In pl,,,, premier, who Inis been loon limn a year, charged "lib ha' laid reasonable dealings with emy, has been transferred 1" ft l" ''J. of I"1 t a I ut i Ncultly. n suburb ed In the i hninhi-of ., under who h Kim; Vi, t t'"lgll' all the Clown p Ihe benefit of tin- tlglp' reduces the civil list hy I 1 , os-p- Chargee Plot to Ass Lima, Peru. August p president of the rcpubi;. ft statement cm Herat Ing charges that a w One Missing In Explosion "l Kunsiis city. Out tnun N arid fifteen men were hijm1' " probably fatally, In an explosion k partly wrecked the Burling!"11 1111 elevators In North Kaimus Cli, Saturdny afternoon. 111 l plot to ii"U"ina!o him feiismi f(,r !lu, wholesale MNon MeCumber Preaenta His Report nil I1" Washington. Rejection ol ti'',,n1 posed iiiiioli, linclits lo tin tecnm the of treaty tmd modltlentlnn mended strong" reservations urged In nn Individual mln'i,v 0 port Hied with with Ihe setuib day hy Senator M, Cumber Rep.il''1'' on ' f North Dakota, next In rank foreign relnt Ions committee t WOllid he left lo Ihe Judgment Reed of for Ills courageous stand in oppon I'cllficatioii of Ihe league covenant. , othci praised Senator Ho . during the ilai. ,lt. ,,.s, lp In made m Washington, t ol Senator Poindexter o billerli the t rc.i Net one Of the s lo'crvatmi,' "'I hi the league of nn i. ns co " a r anted, . 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