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THOUSANDS OF LIVES, MILLIONS
IN PROPERTY, ARE IN DANGER
Suffering and Heroism Mark Progress of Great Flood
Waters Spreading Westwardly in Louisiana
, _ from the Mississippi River.
SOLDIERS COMPEL
u , NEGROES TO WORK
IN FIGHT TO SAVE LEVEE
Fleet of Rescue Boats Busy
Among Overflowed Towns.
SITUATION AND OUTLOOK
IN FLOOD SECTION
From Vicksburg, Miss., south to
New Orlans the Mississippi river
is from half a foot to two
and a half feet above any previous
flood record stage.
An additional rise this week of
approximately one foot from New
Orleans north to Baton Rouge is
predicted by the Weather Bureau.
Soundings made by United States
army engineers show that this
record-breaking volume of water
in the big river is moving at the
rate of 8.1 feet a second, or ap
proximately one mile an hour fast
er than ever before recorded in the
Mississippi’s Hood history.
Danger points in the levees in
Louisiana: Baton Rouge; Bon
net Carre, 25 miles north of New
* Orleans; Morrison, Plaquemine,
Scott’s Bunding. Cypress Hall,
New Roads and Third district,
New Orleans.
Hirer Sunday: Almost station
«n Torras south.
er: Sunshine Sunday
around mldtlay cloudy,
alas Irttni Torras south
o 0 p. m. ,
st: Showers in Louisiana
tadftpi Monday 11,111 Tues -
; i New Orleans, May 5.— ’-arg® sections
of fifteen Louisiana parishes west of
the Mississippi river are under water,
four other parishes have some flood
water and are bound to get more this
week; approximately 100,000 persons in
that territory have been driven from
their homes; trains are taking out
hundreds of families dally, fleets of
motorboats and skiffs are being used
to rescue marooned people; about n
dozen lives ail told have been sacri
ficed, principally because the people re
fused to heed warnings; several hun
dred thousand dollars’ worth of rations
have been distributed e«iong the refu
gees who are sheltered In all manner
of houses from cabins to churches and
lodge buildings.
Every day brings stories of suffer
ing and of heroic rescues, of new sec
tions inundated by the waters from the
crevasses already' recorded in the le
vees of the Mississippi river. The funds'
that w’lll be required to take care of
the. flood victims for yet other weeks,
many of them for months perhaps,
cannot be expressed In a few hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Danger Yet Is Acute.
It Is a pathetic picture and presents
a big problem in grappling with which
Louisiana and Mississippi, ably and
generously assisted by the federal gov
ernment, are giving their sympathetic
efforts.
But, withal, the still bigger question
of protecting the remaining levees
along the Mississippi river from the
mouth of the Red River south, is caus
ing deeper concern for the moment.
Millions of dollars’ worth of property
is at stake and thousands of lives
would be jeopardized if some of the
biggest of the levees should give way.
Federal engineers, state and parish
officials, and an army of men scattered
along the river from a point sixty miles
below New Orleans to the Red River
are bending every energy to prove
themselves equal to the task which
they’ shoulder.
Reports to-day were more reassur
ing than on yesterday and the federal
and state engineers declared they had
firm faith in their ability to hold every
remaining levee on the Mississippi. But
the danger is not past by any means.
Militia Rounds Up Negroes.
Lack of labor, due largely to the un
yoncern of negroes who have been
jrawing government rations, has been,
:he most serious drawback. Stringent
uictics have been forced upon the offi
:lals and planters, however, and to
lar Gov. Sanders ordered the Louls
ana militia to round up 500 negroes
ir.d make them work on the levees,
it the point of rifles if necessary. At
Baton Rouge reports came In that
planters in several Instances were
impelled to corral negro laborers at
:he point of shotguns.
Thousands as paid laborers and con
victs are working, In some instances
lay and night, on the weak stretches
pf the Mississippi levees from the
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WEEKLY f-TIMES-A-WEKK,II A YEABHodges .
SCENTS A COPY. R F ’ n , 24 Nov io,,
DAILY. ISA YEAR. u 1 1812
ARMCHAIR FOR TAFT
IN ANANIAS GLUG
Ex-President Says President Is
Useless to the People.
HE KNEW OF TRUST CASE
Declares Roosevelt, and Can’t
Help Remembering It.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., May s.—ln a
statement Issued here to-night by Col.
Roosevelt in reply to President Taft’s
speech In Baltimore last night, the
colonel asserts that Mr. Taft knew he
was making an untrue statement when
he said that the former President ex
pressed the opinion that the anti-trust
law ought to be repealed. He also
again contradicts the President in re
gard to the harvester trust case, say
ing that at a cabinet meeting and in
private conversation with him Mr. Taft
"repeatedly and emphatically approved
the course actually taken."
The colonel returned this morning
from his Maryland tour. He said be
expected to remain In Oyster Bay for
a week before starting on his Ohio
campaign.
Col. Roosevelt’s statement in part
follows;
“Useless to the People."
"With Mr. Taft’s personal opinion
about me I have no concern beyond
pointing out the sufficiently obvious
fact that he never discovered that I
was dangerous to the people until I
had been obliged to come to the con
clusion that he was useless to the
people. But his specific statements as
to the trusts, the crookedness in sc-;
lectlng delegates and the. Lorimer in
specifically in MatSachiis®te • al
though Mr. Taft’s rtpentlon of them
now is incompatible with sincerity of
purpose or conviction on his part.
"Mr. Taft knew all the facts about
the harvester trust decision and he
was present at that cabinet meeting
where they were all dismissed and also
In private conversation with me he
repeatedly and emphatically approved
the course actually taken just as he
repeatedly and emphatically approved
the course taken as regards the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company. He
was absent from the country when Mr.
Smith was reporting to me and con
sulting with Mr. Bonaparte, but after
his return in January the matter came
up again and It appeared that Mr.
Bonaparte had not understood that
my judgment was that the course ad
vocated by Mr. Smith was the proper
one to follow.
"Accordingly the matter was gone
over at length in the cabinet meeting.
Mr. Bonaparte was the only member
who was inclined to believe that the
suit should be continued without re
gard to Mr. Smith’s Investigation. Mr.
Taft emphatically took the opposite
ground and it is utterly impossible that
he should now have forgotten that he
did this, as a member of my cabinet,
take the opposite ground.
In Wrong on Both Sides.
“Os course, as a member of my cab
inet, who at that time I was support
ing for the presidency, he knew and
could not avoid knowing everythirtg of
Importance that went on. It is im
possible to reconcile his present posi
tion with any standard of honorable
conduct, whether we accept the view
that he then approved what he believ
ed to be wrong or whether we accept
the only alternative, which is that he
now denies what he cannot possibly
help remembering. Moreover, he has
been President for three years; every
document was in his possession
throughout these three years and if he
Is right now his three years delay is
Inexcusable.
precisely as I saw Mr. Morgan at the
time of beginning the Northern Se
curities suit and as I saw representa
tives of the Standard Oil trust again
and again at the time of beginning the
Standard Oil suit, just as in the case
of every large suit I saw any party in
terested who asked to appear before
me. I believe then and believe now
that the course urged by Mr. Smith
was the only one to take. Mr. Smith
is one of the most efficient and high
minded officials in the public service,
and while it was not necessary for me
to, and while as a matter of fact I
did not, make up my mind as to wheth
er he was correct In his belief as to
what the investigation would show, it
was my clear duty to follow his recom
mendation and have him make the
investigation before any suit was un
dertaken. Mr. Taft, not once iherely.
but again and again expressed his
complete acquiescence in this view.
Lost Good Results.
“Mr. Taft says I have changed my
mind about the anti-trust law. He
well knows that the position I take
now is precisely the position r tooi
agaln and again in speeches and in
messages to Congress while I was
President. He was then in my cabinet
and repeatedly expressed his approval
of what I thus said.
“Mr. Taft says that I have said that
the anti-trust law ought to be re
pealed. Mr. Taft well knows that this
is not true. I have always explicltely
stated that it ought to be kept on the
books and really enforced (not nom
inally enforced as had been by Mr.
Taft In the Standard Ot and Tobacco
trust cases), against all trusts gullty
of anti-social practices, bu* I have al
ways said and now say that by Itself
the anti-trust law will never solve the
problem of dealing with the great cor
porations and that to control the great
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New York, May s.—Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., is at her home, 666
Fifth avenue, in a serious condition after an operation for a acute attack of
appendicitis. She had beetl in excellent health all winter, and her illness
became pronounced after an evening at the theater. She rallied well .after
the operation, but had a relapse a few hours later, and for a time her con
wlltlon was extremely critical. Mrs Vanderbilt before her mar Cage was Miss
»lflrinm Tialfi, Senator Fair of NevAd.u, Aar-MMar
f jars and of the late Charles Fair, whose tragic death,
together with that of his wife, in an automobile accident in France a few
years ago precipitated a legal fight over his part of the large Fair estate.
TO ASK RECOGNITION
OF UNITED STATES
MEXICAN REBELS PLAN
Foes in Washington Issue
Rival Statements.
Washington, D. C., May s.—Simul
taneously with the arrival of Senor
Manuel Calero, the new ambassador
of Mexico, to this country, Dr. Poly
carpe Rueda, representative of Emilio
Vasquez Gomez, provisional President
of Mexico, appeared in Washington to
ask this government to recognize the
belllcerenej' of the provisional govern
ment. Both issued statements to
night
"The uprising has been confined to
the state of Chihuahua,” said Ambas
sador Calero's statement, in part, "in
spite of what has been said to the
contrary' and Is daily being repeated
in the United States. Disturbances ex
ist, it is true, in other portions of the
republic of Mexico, but these are not
political in character, but are rather
brigandage on a greater or lesser scale.
My government while successfully
combatting these movements is ear
nestly striving to find a remedy for
the problem and has in this connection
already accomplished some most im
portant work.
"I must most emphatically deny that
there exists any such thing in Mexico
as an anti-American feeling. There
are perhaps some Americans who have
received injury either to person or
property at the bands of the bandits,
but this happens everywhere. The
government is making and will con
tinue to make every possible effort
toward jirotecting all Interests, both
domestic and foreign."
In his statement, wldch is addressed
to the American people, Dr. Ruedo de
clares :
"The provisional government is a
fully organized political state, capable
of discharging the duties of a gov
ernment. by enforcing the law and
protecting life and property, and meet
ing its foreign obligations, it holds
two states and many cities and towns;
it has an established seat of govern
ment; it is supported by the people
and is a homogenous and popular
organization, carrying on trade, man
ufactures and war."
Dr. Rueda says the provisional gov
ernment is "in every respect a de
facto government, worthy of recogni
tion as such, and entitled to all the
rights of a belligerent.
"The war which has resulted in the
establishment of the provisional gov
ernment under Eniilio Vasquez Gomez
Is being fought for the liberation of
the Mexican people from the serfdown
ot peonage and slavery for debt."
Here's Orozco's Plan.
Mexico City. May 5.—A plan which
is alleged to have been outlined'rexvnt
ly by Orozco ss that which would gov
ern his procedure should the revolution
be successful was defined to-day by a
former official of one of the most im
portant central states of the republic,
who has just returned from the rebel
Continued on Page Seven
MAY RECESS OVER
! BIG CONVENTIONS
I PLAN BEFORE CONGRESS
: Senate Is Swamped by Impor
tant Legislation.
Washington, D. C., Maj’ s—Politics
is absorbing the attention of Congress.
Much of the discussion in both houses
is being aimed at the coming campaign
i and the congestion ot business In the
Senate is largely attributable to that
, cause.
All the House tariff legislation, a
formidable list of appropriation bills,
the case of Senator Lorimer, legisla
tion for the administrative machinery
> of the Panama canal and a varietj- of
other legislation are still to be acted
; upon by the Senate.
i Leaders of both sides concede the
i possibility of a recess over the na
tional conventions in June and a re-
: sumption of the sessions then to wind
. up the important legislation. So far
there has been no definite attempt at
an understanding as to an adjourn
ment or a recess.
The fight on the workmen's compen
sation bill probablj- will end to-mory
i row afternoon with conditions pre
saging passage of the measure in the
Senate. The tariff light in the Senate
' has been temporarily delayed bj’ the
workmen’s compensation debate and
may be interfered with further this
’ week by the minority of the Lorimer
investigating committee. Senator Kern
is planning to call up the case early
this week.
Republican senators are expecting
a number of speeches on the House
steel tariff revision bill with the possi
bility of a vote on it by or before the
earlj- part of next week. Senators
Cummins, Lodge, Smoot. Williams and
Stone will be among the speakers.
, To expedite business Republican
' leaders are contemplating fixing the
i hours of the daily sessions of the Sen
ate from noon until 6 o'clock. In this
. way senators optimistic ot an earlj
adjournment believe that all necessarj
business possiblj- maj’ be disposed of.
The House is busied with plans for
the monej' trust investigation bj' the
Banking and Currency Committee and
by a threatened investigation of the
charges against Robert W. Archbald,
a judge of the United States Commerce
Court. The charges have been with
held from the public. The House Ju
diciary Committee will take them up
next Tuesday with prospects of a thor
ough probe.
The service pension bill as agreed on
by the conferees will come up for ap
proval in both houses probably this
week. •
s. S. Ultonia Disabled.
Halifax. N. S.. Maj' s.—The CUnard
line steamer Ultonia arrived here to
night disabled, having lost her port
propeller in an ice field in the Gulf of
St. Her 1,200 passengers will
be landed here In the morning and
sent to their destination by rail. The
Ultonia registers 10.400 tons and sailed
front Southhampton on April 23 for
Montreal
MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA
/ TO CAST THEIR VOTES TO-DAY
In Former State Candidates of Both Great Parties
Are Struggling, While in Latter the Demo
cratic Fight Is Double-Barreled.
VETERANS ARE ON
MARCH TO MACON
Largest Confederate Flag Ever
Made Is Unfurled.
BIG CAMP IS ALL READY
Record Attendance Seems Cer
tain at Reunion.
Macon. Ga„ May 5.-The Confederate
army is marching to Macon. For the
second time during the history ot this
typical Southern city there is to be an
Invasion. During the sixties it was
with cannon roaring, muskets cracking,
drujis beating and flags flying. To
morrow the invasion wijl be none the
less determined but the roar of cannon
and tho crack of musketry will be
missing. The soldiers this time are
coming on a mission of peace, many ot
them to mingle with each other and
recount their experiences of the ter
rible struggle in which the North was
pitted against the South, the former
lighting to preserve the union and a
latter for a cause that it believed to
be right.
To-night the indications are that the
crowds will be the largest that ever
attended a Confederate reunion. Rail
road passenger agents variously esti
mate the number from 100,000 to 150,000.
Reduced rates throughout the South
eastern territory went into effect to
day In all but a few of the Western
states, tickets being sold in these lat-<
ter several days ago and many special
trains from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri
and Arkansas have been on the way
■ai»o«.SaiiwiLu.x. lutumln* iThjt frst spa
clal trains will arrive Monday morn
ing, though'several cars filled with a
delegation from Kansa’s City arrived
to-night. The city is fast filling up
with visitors. m
Largest Confederate Flag.
Ideal weather now prevails, though
for the last few days there have been
heavy rains. The streets and laiild-
Ings in the business center of the city
are elaborately decorated, the colors
of the Confederacy and the national
Stays and Stripes floating in the breeze
side by side.
This afternoon the largest Confeder
ate flag ever made was unfurled with
appropriate exercises at Camp John
B. Gordon, where 15.000 heroes ot the
late war will be encamped during the
reunion. The flag raising was in
charge of the military companies of
the Second Georgia regiment. Thous
ands ot Macon people mingled with the
visitors who have already arrived. Pre
ceding the flag raising a public recep
tion was held in honor of James C.
Williams, a 72-year-old veteran who
walked all the way from Dallas, Texas,
to Macon to attend the reunion, mak
ing the trip in 65 walking days.
Macon has made extensive prepara
tions for caring for the visitors. The
veterans will be housed at Camp John
B. Gordon, where 1.000 large army
storage tents furnished free by the
United States government have been
pitched and three meals a dav will be
furnished free to the old soldiers. The
commissary department has arranged
to feed 2.000 at a sitting. Almost every
home in the city has been thrown open
for the reception of visitors and whole
buildings have been filled with beds
and cots. Over 100 temporary eating
houses have been provided and there
will be no danger of any one going
hungry.
Crooks on the Ground.
The reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans does not open until
Tuesday morning and all sessions of
the convention will be held in an au
ditorium seating 8,000 people and lo
cated within 2t>o yards of Camp Gor
don.
The convention of the United Sons
ot Confederate Veterans and the
Confederated Southern Memorial Asso
ciation will open Monday evening.
One of the flrsb persons of note to
reach Macon was Gen. Bennett H.
Young of Louisville. Ky., commander
of the Department of Tennessee. He
paid a visit to Camp John B. Gordon
and pronounced it the best that has
ever been pitched at a Confederate re
union.
An army of crooks. It is said, has
arrived in the city. The authorities
have provided extra policemen and two
companies of the National Guard will
also*do police duty. Twenty of the
best Pinkerton detectives In the coun
try have been engaged to keep a
lookout for criminals.
Kick on Beer Sales at Macon.
Nashville. Tenn.. May s.—At a mass
meeting held at the Y. M C. A. to-day
under the auspices of the International
Reform liup-au, resolutions were
adopted protesting against the selling
of beer in Macon at the time ot the
Confederate reunion there. The reso
lutions were forwarded to Solicitor
General Matthews at Macon with the
request that he prevent liquor sales.
Menocal Begins Campaign.
Havana. May s.—The arrival to-day
of Gen. Juan Mario Menocal, the Con
servative candidate for the presidency,
at the capital, marked the beginning of
she active campaign by the Conserva
tives. who are greatly encouraged by
the bitter dissensions among the var
ious tactions of the Liberal party.
S CENTS A COPT.
Established 1850. - • Incorporated ISSA |\Jq, 14T 7
TRIS WEEK WILL BE
FULL OF POLITICS
MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS
Will See Battles Over Presi
dential Choices.
Baltimore, May s.—Maryland’s first
presidential primary election to-mor
row will decide the votes of the sixteen
delegates this state will send to each
of the national conventions. The law
permits no divided delegation so a vic
tory in Maryland will mean sixteen
delegates all in a block, bound to sup
port the candidate for whom they at"
Instructed, at least on the first ballot.
The names of Theodore Roosevelt an.l
President Taft appear on the Repub
lican ballot, while the Democrats will
vote for Speaker Champ Clark, Gov.
Judson Harmon, or Gov. Woodrow
Wilson. Active campaigns have been
waged on behalf of all these candi
dates.
The election to-morrow will choose
129 delegates to the state convention
and each county or district will bld its
delegates to vote for a national dele
gation favorable to the presidential
candidate for whom such county or
district declares its preference.
Negro Vote Uncertain.
Victory, therefore, will depend upon
the preferential vote by counties or
districts and not upon the popular
preference of the state us a whole.
An uncertain feature In the contest
is the negro vu’e which is about 34
per cent, of the wh< le and in some' of
tfte .-awte.Tl V*.MOV '
than half the ilepuHlesm stiff rage
If the Republican election Is close the
result max depend u;>on returns from
these counties which, owing to the
difficulties of communication on the
"eastern shore," usually are •the last
to arrive.
In addition to the presidential prefer
ence both parties will nominate can
didates for members of Congress.
The polls will open at 6 a. m. and
close at 5 p. m. in Baltimore city and
open at 8 a. m. and close at 6 p. ni. in
the counties.
Under th<* law the entire Demo
cratic vote will be counted first.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Jones-Blease Race Puts Climax
on Interest.
Columbia. S. C., May s.—Throughout
South Carolina to-morrow the Demo
crats will hold founty conventions to
elect delegations to the state conven
tion which meets here May 16. The
conventions are expected to prove un
usually interesting In view of the dou
ble-barrelled contest, presidential and
gubernational, which has attracted
more than the ordinary amount of at
tention in South Carolina this year.
The Woodrow Wilson supporters, who
registered strongly in the precinct
meetings of Saturday, April 27, are
hopeful of controlling the county con
ventions and through them securing
the majority of the state convention.
So far, there has been but little out
spoken support for other candidates
than Gov. Wilson. In the precinct
meetings Gov. Wilson was the only
candidate who secured indorsement.
The gubernational race, between Cole
L. Blease. the incumbent and Ira B-
Jones, who resigned as chief justice
in order to enter the campaign, will
also have its bearing on the county
conventions, especially, it Is thought,
on the election of delegates to the
state conventions.
mississippi”Temocrats
WILL VOTE TO-MORROW
Willon and Underwood Alone ni
the Running.
Jackson. Miss.. May s.—Democrats of
Mississippi on Tuesday, May 7. will
express their choice for presidential
candidate, elect delegates to the na
tional convention at Baltimore and
select a national committeeman at a
state-wide primary election ordered by
the state executive committee of the
party. Only two of the candidates for
the presidency have arranged to have
their names printed on the primary
ticket. Oscar W. Underwood of Ala
bama and Gov. Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey. The voter may scratch
both names and write in that of any
other candidate. Only white Demo
crats will participate.
Four delegates from the state at
large and two from each of the eight
districts will be chosen. There are four
candidates for delegate at large and
four in each of the eight districts ex
cept the Sixth, in which latter there
are five. Delegates must cast their
convention votes for the presidential
candidate receiving the majority of
the primary election vote.
The four candidates for delegate at
large, who are unopposed, are United
Continued on Page Seven.
MONDAYS
—AN O
THURSDAYS
Friends Boom Him for
Governor of New York
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. .New York, Maj' 5. —Joe E. Hedges
is a possibility for the Republican
nomination for governor of New Yorl
and is said to have the backing of
many prominent Taft men. A forma,
start to his boom is to be made at s
dinner to him at the Waldorf-Astoria
May 9. Mr. Hedges, who is a spell
binder of note; first came Into prom
inence us secretary to Mayor Low.
SOOTHEWiT
LEAVES TRACK
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Four Are Hurt When Derail
ing Switch Is Opened.
WRECK IS AT HORTENSE
Mistake Causes Smash-Up;
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Jesup, Ga., May a.—When the derail
ing switch was opened bj' mistake at
Hortense, twenty miles south of here,
southbound train No. 13 on the South
ern Railway was wrecked shortly after
8 o’clock this morning. Although ths
engine, tender, mail, baggage and ex
press cars and two passenger coacfies
were overturned, only four personl
were hurt, one seriqjisly, and no pas
senger was injured.
The injured are: A. K. Vanevera ol
Macon, engineer, hands and forearix
scalded; Esman Knight of Jesup, fire
man, injured in back and side, said t«
be seriouslj' hurt; J. I. Coleman of At
lanta, mail clerk, cut in head and
bruised; J. H. James, colored, of At
lanta, mail clerk, slightly hurt.
Every Wheel Leave* Rail.
The train runs from Cincinnati t<
Jacksonville and left Jesup at 7:41
o’clock. The train was thrown from
the tracks near the station when th«
derailer was opened just as the train
reached it. C. L. Sanders, relief agent,
after seeing the result of the mistake,
left the station. He went to Offer
man.
Steel cars on the train probably pre
vented loss of life.
Before leaving the wrecked enginv
the engineer, though injured, shut off
all the steam, so that there would b«
no trouble from that source for ths
workmen who would come to clear tha
track. Every car of the train was de
railed, the mail car being carried some
distance awaj'.
The injured were brought to Jesup,
where a relief train had been made up
with physicians and medicine. A hos
pital special was ordered also from
Waycross, but was turned back before
reaching Hortense.
CAPTAIN OF SUNKEN
S. S. TEXAS IMPRISONED
Though American and Greece
Both Kick to Turkey.
Athens. May s.—Notwithstanding tha
protests ot the American and Greek
consuls, the captain of the steamship
Texas, which was blown up a few days
ago in the Gulf of Smyrna, was forci
bly removed from the Greek hospital
to a Turkish prison infirmary to-day.
The Turks accuse him of spying in
Italy's behalf.
The American consul has notified tha
embassy at Constantinople, and it is
said that the first secretary of the em
bassy and the captain of an American
guardship have been sent to Smyrna.
A large number of the passengers
and crew were drowned when the
Texas sank. An inquiry into the dis
aster showed that the Turkish forts
fired a number of solid shots at the
steamer, one of which is supposed
either to have exploded a mine or the
vessel s boilers.