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Show S I RAGING SEAS ? ON LAKE HURON J s ; 1 Revenue Cutter and Tugs Un-(tfew Un-(tfew able to Get Near Over s' turned Steamer. GOOD-BYE MESSAGE Captain of Missing Lightship Writes Last Words on Piece of Wood. Cleveland. O . Nov 12 As today progressed prospects for a speedy re-'VK re-'VK sumption of street car (raffle were bright and It was expected that the railroads rJso would establish com municatlon with the outside world on a basis approaching much nearer to schedule lime than yesterda.v. Bright, sunshiny weather prevailed In the city thl6 morning the Uc trolt avenue line, one of the great traffic arteries of the city, and a few cross-town lines were still out of com-iJJJs com-iJJJs mission Hundreds of laborers were f nt work clearing the tracks, however and the reopening was only a matter J? of hour? Vessels were able to clear Cleve lend port. Life savers aud tug own ers were on the outlook for traces of wrecks on Lake Erie. While the railroads street car (ft, line and Interurban sv stems are approaching ap-proaching ordinary conditions tho telegraph and telephone companies will not be able to restore their lines completely for weeks and perhaps even months L fr, Cleveland. 0 No 12. - With the cltv under from two to six feet of suow. the problem of distributing the available food and coal supplies In the cltj caused anxiety tcday 01 , other fond except yreen stuff, a fairly large supply is on hand The big 1 milk companies yesterday made sale6 only to those who wanted It for ba-bies, ba-bies, and the greater part of the de Irah maud was thus supplied Factories began shutting down es t I tenia because of the shortage of III ciial Reta.l dealers pa.i a famine "J of coal for dwelling houses and I apartment houses depends on dellv I eries which Just now are Impossible Triple prices were paid to the few teamsters who would haul produce. .L Iron) the railroad yards to the central market hous-KJUa hous-KJUa Meat. regp. flour and butter In suf- ficlcni quantities to last several days are In the down town groceries, but ) yaj in the suburbs where It ban been impossible to carry Bupplles, grocers W I, have almost empty shelves fa f Ten plants of the merlean Steel and Wire company employing about 6000 men were &hut down last eveulng ; SB because of the lack of coal and 500 men employed at the Glidden Varnish , company were sent home for the same reason M ' If Heavy Losses Reported. luUll Goderlch. Ont. Nov. 12 Reports L from iolnts along the Canadian shore it of Lake Huron point to a heavy loss of life and shipping In the re-h re-h St I cnt 6torm- Seven bodies from the schooner Charles S. Price have been BBBBBJ washed ashore below Grand Bend Wreckage found hero indicates that 3 the James Carruthere. the largest Ca-Z- -4 nadlan freighter on the lakes, has t been lost, p An oar picked up this morning Just I outside this harbor was marked -.1 "James Carruthers." Search along I Ski t-'le CCB-S or R revealed a rud- IV der from one of the Carnither'B Ufo jfjUl boats, part of an oak finished cabin, pieces of oak chairs, part of a pilot fl blE bouse and other portions of the up-1 up-1 per works of a large steamer. The j Carrutbers "was owned by the St. Lawrence , and Chicago Navigation At km. company. I The Charles 8. Price was a steel schooner of 4901 tons, built at Ixraln. Ohio, and owned by the Mahoning ' Steamship company. The bodies of her crew were washed ashore last 1 night at Grand Bend, which is on the eastern shore of the lake. E pi-i6 Tug Martin Arrives. Menominee, Mich. Nov. 12 The tug Martin, which had the Plymouth 0 C& . In tow, arrived In a sinking condition Ph late last night. It was at first re- -- ported that tho Martin had been lost - with its crew of nine men. Captalu j"' lx)Uls Stetunsky of (he Martin report- f ed that the Plymouth anchored near b Gull Island Saturday morning while . y the tug sought shelter a few miles below Returning later, he was un- , able tci find any trace of tho barge 0T and he thought It was probable the Hj craft broke from its moorings and git I sank I The Identity of four of the fieven ' men In Plymouth lb not known here grist)' The others are ( hrlstopher Kenan, ft ' a deputy United States marshal, and pjtcrs James Salota. both of this city, and , gt f Axel Larson of Marinette, Wis. |