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WASHINGTON. D. C WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1912. -TWELVE PAGES
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.NO. 2105
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H1LLES CHOSEN
TO LEAD FIGHT
FOR PRESIDENT
Secretary Will Resign in Few
Days and Take Charge
of Work.
d. B. REYNOLDS SECRETARY
Offices to Be Opened Up In New
York in Metropolitan Life
Building.
Charles Dewey HlUea. secretary to the
President, yesterday was elected chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee, and manager of the campaign
for President Tafts r-electlon. The sub
committee of nine, which met In Wash
ington Monday and yesterday, decided
yesterday morning to leave the selection
of the campaign manager entirely with
the President. It required but a few
minutes for Mr. Taft to announce his de
cision, and Secretary Hllles was elected.
James B. Reynolds, of Massachusetts,
was chosen as secretary -of the commit
tee. The Question of treasurer, and the
personnel of the executive and advisory
clmmlttees were left to be decided at
another meeting of the subcommittee,
which Is to be neld In New York, at the
Waldorf Hotel, July 19. After a general
discussion of the tariff, 'conservatlv e
progresslveness," as expressed by one
member, and general plans for the field
work of the campaign, the committee
concluded Its labors as an organization
for the present.
It was decided, howeer, that each
member should regard himself as a com
mittee of one to carefully survey the field
of available timber for the office or
treasurer, and to measure the qualifica
tions of the half dozen or more men
whose names were recommended The
members, by following this plan, are
expected to be ready to come to a prompt
decision at the next meeting. The atne
plan was adopted for trie consideration
of men to be appointed on the advisory
committee or "strategy board." and also
a general plan for the w ork of this board.
The committee decided that since the
National Committee, at Its last meeting In
Chicago, had voted the subcommittee full
powers to dispose of all these questions.
there will be no need for any further
meetings of the entire committee. Each
member will be expected, however, to
co-operate with the advisory board, and
through the headquarters in his respec
tive district with the chairman.
Confers with Harness
Following-Mr.?HIIJesr JitIon. he bid
a lengthy conference with the President,
In part of which William Barnes, jr.
and Samuel Koenlg, chairman of the
New York County committee, partici
pated. It was decided that Mr. Hilles
shall proceed at once to close up his
work at the White House and leave next
Monday for New York to open up head
quarters He will be present and par
ticipate In the meeting of the subcom
mittee, and will be made chairman ex
officio of the executive committee as
well as of -he advisory board Tie
preference of the President and Mr
Hllles will doubtless be followed, in al
of these selections.
Although the subcommittee adjourned
its first day's sessions late Monday aft
ernoon without making any definite
progress toward the selection of chair
man. It began to be plainly apparent at
the political "love feast" reception at
the White House In the evening, as the
Pres-dent and other leaders exchanged
views, that Mr. Hilles would be the
man. Several members of the commit
tee denied point blank a rumor that had
been started by a few of the Roosevelt
sympathizers In town that Mr. Hllles
was drafted against his will, and that
the office had been offered to William
Barnes, Jr. Representative McKInley,
Senator Crane, Senator Sanders, and
others, who ded'ned to assume the re
sponsibilities of managing the Republi
can campaign.
Rnmnr Declared IJntrne.
"Thene Is absolutely no truth in such
a report," sa'd one member. "We had
some eight or ten names under consp
iration, and I believe that any one of
four or five Is well qualified for the
work to be undertaken. I have no doubt
that either Mr Barnes, Senator Crane,
Representative McKInley. or Mr. Daugh
erty, of Ohio, would be successful in the
undertaking."
This member explained that Mr. Barnes
has his hands full in the New York
State campaign, and that Mr. McKInley
did as much as any one man should be
expected to do in so successfully prose
cuting the preconvention campaign. He
did not explain why the others were
Continued on Pitfre Three.
HILLES SOUNDS KEYNOTE OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
"The Republican party approaches the Presidential campaign with
confidence In the solemnity of its cause and In the Integrity and ability
of the candidates who represent that cause. Progress with order Is good
doctrine for the Republican party to-day, as It has been since the day of
Its birth.
"Real progress Is not a theory but an achievement. No American
citizen should be deceived into an exchange of his birthright for a vision.
The progress of the nation toward better things, does not come from
declamation, but from actual results. More has been accomplished In the
last three years under the administration of President Taft than was
ever before accomplished by an American President In the same period
of time.
"A distinct line of demarcation between the Republican party and
the Democratic party is revealed in the platforms adopted at Chicago and
Baltimore. One is an earnest of future progress through a. record of
achievement: the other la a promise containing a denial of the good that
has been done.
"Upon the solid rock of the rights of the Individual as granted by
the Constitution, the Republican party builds Its structure of optimism.
The Democratic party, on the other hand. In the opening sentence of IU
address to the electorate, betrays Its recessional quality by denying the
right of Congress. a right again and again confirmed by the Supremo
Court, to establish protective duties for the benefit of American Indus
tries. It declares as false the vital Issue of the constitutional liberties
of the Individual. Such liberties are now assailed by -those who advocate
the overthrow of the independence of the Judiciary. It would leave tha
Individual defenseless in the protection of those rights declared Inalien
able under the Constitution." Charles D., miles, chairman of the Repub
lican National Committee.
WOMAN'S 'VIEW OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MISS ALBERTA HILL.
New York. July 10 Miss Alberta HiIU
chief clerk of Woodrow Wllsoa's New
York campaign headquarters, has her own
opinions of how a big political convention
should be conducted. Miss Hill attended
evey session of the Democratic Conven-'
tlon in Baltimore, and was an import
ant figure at all of the conferences of
the Wllon managers. "If I had charge
of a convention," said Miss Hill, "I
should have Insisted that delegates who
took off their coats should wear shirt
waists and eliminate their suspenders;
I should provide lots of clean free Ice
water. At Baltimore they charged five
cents per glass for water. I think I
would have well-ventilated hall with
plenty of electric fans, and also see to It
that the hall was thoroughly swept be
fore each session Another thing. I
don't smoke cigarettes, and I don't like
the odor of tobacco, but I think It was a
shame to prohibit the delegates from
smoking."
SIXTY-NINE DIE
IN BRITISH MINE
Double Explosion in Cadeby Col
liery Causes Large Loss of
Life None Rescued.
London, July 8. Sixty-nine miners were
killed in a double explos on In the Cade
by colliery In the Conlsborough District
to-day. Others are missing, and the
mining officers fear that the death roll
will reach t least eighty. Among the
victims are three government mine In
spectors Many of the - victims met
death while attempting to rescue their
mrades who were cut off from escape
the first explosion. While they were
ng searched for a second explosion
curred. which killed most of the res
cuing party. Several minor explosions
followed the two hard ones
An accumulation of gas. Ignited by the
firing of a shot. Is supposed to have
caused the explos'on
The Cadeby mine was jesterday re
ported to King George as the "safest
colliery in England," when the King was
visiting a collier adjacent to the one
in which to-day's explosion occurred.
The presence of His Majesty In the min
ing district doubtless minimized to-day's
fatalities, as half of the shift of miners
were on holiday. Instead of the 130
usually at work In that part of the Cade
by colliery, where the explosion occurred,
a little over half were at work.
TWO DIE OF BURNS.
Gasoline Stove Explodes ear Phil
adelphia Tilth Fatal Results.
Philadelphia. July 9 In a. fire which
totally destroyed the stable and several
outbuildings on the estate of William
Townsend Wright at St. Davids to-day
Mrs James Stewart, aged thirty-eight.
wife of Mr. Wright's coachman, was
burned to death In the stable and her
husband was so badly injured that he
died later In the Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Ttie fire Is supposed to have been
started by the explosion of a gasoline
stove while Mrs. Stewart was preparing
breakfast. The maze was extinguished
by the Radnor Fire Company, of Wayne,
with a loss of more than $30.(00. The
Wright mansion was not damaged.
HOTEL BARS TAP.
Asbury Park, July 9. Miss
Winifred K. Louise Barnes, who
la to marry Sangero Ono, a. Japa
nese, has left the Plaza Hotel,
because she was notified that
her husband would not be per
mitted to stop there.
WRECK CAUSED
BY DRUNKE
Witness at Inquest to Learn Cause
of Lackawanna Accident
Blames Engineer.
F0RTY-0NE LIVES WERE LOST
s
"-r-
Cornlng, N. Y., July 9. A man a loco
motive engineer got drunk on the
Fourth of July. .
The hideous corsequne was that
forty-one persons were killed and sixty
Injured that day In the disaster on the
Lackavianna Railroad.
Charles Xlapproth. a wholesale rquor
dealer of Elmlra. so testified In effect
this afternoon, and Klspproth was a
most efficient witness. He is a itrelong
friend of William Schroeder, the engi
neer who took out of Elmlra for a run
to Buffalo the express train which
crashed Into the Ill-fated passenger
train No. 9 near this city on July 4.
A deputy sheriff brought the unwilling
Klapproth to the Inquest which Coroner
Herbert B. Smith is holding. It was
drawn from Klapproth that he was go
ing from his liquor store to his home In
Elmlra when he met Schroeder, who,
Klspproth said, was very tipsy Schroe
der was staggering toward his home.
It was testified further at the inquest
that at 3 a. m on July 4. when Schroc
der was summoned from the train dls.
patchers office to make his run the man
sent to call him could not rouse htm and
had to go Into his room and shake
Schroeder. Later a second man was
sent, and even then Schroeder appeared
at the round house protesting that he
had not been called.
Never Tested Enn.1
It was after the leaving time, but
Schroeder"a train was held for him. He
took his engine out without testing It
Other witnesses added little of value to
the knowledge already had of the wreck.
The seven members of the train crew
sworn testified that there was a heavy
fog on the morning cf the accident, and
that the block signals could not be seen
at a greater distance than forty feet-
Train No. 9 was flagged by the use of
a fuse and torpedo, and as well as the
flag, but torpedoes were not used In the
attempt to flag train No. 1L although the
company's rules require their
One witness ststed that the us"Jjf
tdrpeaoes is discouraged by the signal
men of the road, as tending to damage
the automatic signals.
Chief Inspector Belknap, for the Com
merce Commission, brought out emphat
lcally that the company's rules leave
much to the discretion of the flagman
as to how far back he shall go to flag
a train, and what method he shall use.
ANGLER CARRIED
OFF BY TURTLE
Disciple of Izaac Walton Has Ex
citing Time in Jamaica
Bay.
New York, July 9 There Is a big sea
turtle In Jamaica Bay that fishermen
have been trying to catch for many
months. This same turtle makes life a
burden for people who catch weakfish
there by stealing bait, sometimes even
snatching a catch from the line Just as
the excited fisherman Is about to land
his plscatoral treasure.
Yesterday morning John Leonard, of
769 Madison Avenue, became excited
when he felt a tug on his line. The pull
was greater than any weakfish that ever
swam could make and young Leonard
temarked to his brother that he believed
they had the turtle hcoked.
Everything was happening Just as it
should to a successful disciple of Izaac
"Walton when the turtle sprang half out
of the water and then started for the
boat at top speed Leonard was like
the man who caught the wildcat without
any help. He needed help to let go
John clung to his line and tried to reel It
in and the brother tried to keep the boat
out of the turtle's way. But the turtle
managed to reach the boat and dived
under It and finally the line became
wraped around the legs of the would-be
captor and the turtle swam away and
dragged John feet foremost Into the
water. He was carried through the water
several yards before the line broke and
he managed to swim back to the boat.
He not only lost the turtle, but a new
rod for which he had paid $5 50, bought
especially for yesterday's fishing trip
ELKS' GRAND LODGE
FILLS NINE PLACES;
FIVE HOTLY CONTESTED
Portland. Oreg , July 9. Five of the nine
positions filled by the Elks' Grand Lodge
to-day were contested. The votes in three
of them were close, but Fred C. Robin
son, of Dubuque, Iowa., was elected
grand secretary for the ninth time over
David McEachron, of Port Huron, Mich.
John J. Faulkner, of East St. Louis. Ill ,
was chosen grand trustee over Jerome
J. Day, of Mohoco, Idaho. John Lee Clarke
of Albuquerque, N. Mex., defeated L. B
Leveron, Incumbent for office of Inner
guard. The closest race was for the of
fice of grand estemed lecturing knight. In
which Lloyd R. Maxwell defeated E. M.
DIckerman. of Tucson. Ariz.
The vote for grand esteemed leading
knight also was close. James L. King
won from George L. Addlngton. of New
York.
Patrick H. Shields, of Clarksburg. W.
Va., was re-elected grand tiler by ac
clamation. ie had no opposition.
Thomas B. Mills, of Surerior. Wis..
was the unanimous choice of the con
vention for the office of grand exalted
ruier, tne Highest gift of Elkdom.
Charles H. Ward, of Pasadena, CaL. was
chosen grand esteemed loyal knight by
itMuuauvp, ,v, , weisner, ot uold-l
field, Nev withdrawing at the last mo
ment, 1
WILSON TAKES
BIT IN TEETH;
HIT AT BOSSES
Refuses Mack's Plan to Have
a National Committee Chair
man and a Campaign
Committee Head.
SAYS ONE IS ENOUGH
Fearful that Latter Committee Would
Dominate Former Trying to
Avoid Past Mistakes.
Atlantic City, N. J.. July 9 Woodrow
Wilson took the bit in his teeth to-day
and refused to countenance the plan
suggested at last night's conference with
Norman E. Mack, which prcVlded for
both a chairman cf the National Com
mittee and a campaign manager It Is
the plan of the Democratic candidate to
have a progressive a man of the tjpe
of William F. McCombs to organize and
lead the fight. Every precaution will be
taken to prevent the campaign manager
from being handicapped by bosses un
der the control of capital.
Whether or not this determination has
anything to do with the resignation of
Thomas J. Taggart. of Ind ana. as a
member of the National Committee can
only be surmised Wilson said to-nlsht,
quite Innocently, that Mr Taggart's
withdrawal had come out of a clear sky
and that it had been a surprise to him
Wnrntd Agnlnst Scheme
Gov. Wilson's advisers hsd forewarned
htm against the plan suggested b Mr
Mack, who Is chairman ot the -National
Committee, pending the permanent or
ganization which will be effected at Chi
cago, July 15. Tbey pointed out that in
the Parker campaign or 11M there wai
toth a national chairman and a cam
patgn manager, whose ofnclal deslgni
tlon was chairman or the campaign com
mittee The campaign committee '
composed of Thomas f reran, August
Belmont, Senator Thomas Martin, or lr
ginla, and William F Sheehan Thoma'
J Taggart was the national chairman,
but Belmont and Its an held the dough
bag and hsd William F Sheehan ap
pointed chairman of the campaign com'
mittee with the result that the hjdra-
headed campaign resulted In party dis
grace.
Gov. WIlon Is to-night In conference
with Edward E. Grosoup. chairman or
tve New Jfrsey - le Democratic tain
ralttee, who with Judge Robert S Huds
reth. of Hudson County, will make
known the wishes of the candidate when
the National Committee meets In Chi
cago next Monday
Mill Not Itealan September 1.
While waiting for the Atlantic City
train at the North Philadelphia station
this afternoon, a reporter from a Phila
delphia paper rushed up to the candi
date and said a friend close to the gov
ernor had Just Imparted the information
that he Intended to resign as Chief Ex
ecutive of New Jerse September 1
"I have made no such statement to
friends or am body else I have said
nothing about resigning.' answered the
Governor
Just before leaving Trenton there was
a long conference with Samuel Gompers
and reprecntatives of the American Fed
eration of Labor, at the conclusion n
which Mr. Gompers Issued the follow
lng statement
"We discussed with the Governor the
platform adopted at Baltimore, and ev
pressed ourselves as In entire approval
of the planks In so far as they apply to
legislation and principles affecting th
rights of the working people or the
United States There was a mutual ex
change of views regarding the subject
Con as Tar n Posulule.
"I think the platform goes as far as
a gr'af political party can declare under
present Industrial and political condl
tlons. that Is with any degree of assur
ances that It will be enacted into law
We discussed only the matters that af
fect the normal and legal activities of
the working people "
"Did ou discuss any particular Phases
of the platform? Mr. Gompers i
asked
"We talked of that portion which ap
plies to the abuses of the Issuance of in
junctions ard contempt proceedings
growing out of the abuse of the writ of
habeas corpus and the declaration that
voluntary associations of worklngmen
should not properly come under the
Sherman anti-trust law as being illegal
restraints of trade, since they are not
organized for profit.
Envo of Labor.
"We also talked of the declaration of
the platform In regard to the manning
of vessels and the abolition of Involun
tary servitude of seamen
"We got along verj nicely with Gov.
WIlon
"We are acting as the env oys of Ameri
can labor men and women. We are go
ing to report to our colleagues, and they
will make a declaration or authorize us
to make it."
Mr. Gompers described' the platform of
the Republican party as a splendid lit
erary production, complete only In punc
tuation. He said the Republicans had
no provision for tha protection of the
w orkingmen.
GOVERNOR CONFERS
WITH LABOR LEADERS
Trenton, N. J, July 9 Former Sen
ator Everett Colby, of Newark, the
leader of the Bull Moose movement In
New Jersey, came here to-l.iy and told
Gov. Wilson that Theodore Roosevelt
considered him the hardest man In the
Democratic party to beat.
I am going to try and beat you In
my district," he told the candidate.
We would rather nave seen anybody
else nominated because we recognize in
you a most formidable candidate "
Gov. Wilson left for Atlantic City at
6.22 p. m , Immediately after a. conference
with Samuel Gompers and other labor
leaders.
The delegation Included, besides GomD-
ers, Frank Morrison. Dennis Hayes, vice
president American Federation of Labor;
William J. Spencer, secretary Building
Trades Department; A. J. Berres, secre
tary Metal Workers' Department; John
Mofflt. Arthur Holder, and M. G. Hamil
ton, of the legislation committee.
DONT CROSS LEGS.
New York, July 9. Magistrate
Naumer. of Brooklyn, fined Rich
ard Jaeger 110 yesterday for
crossing his legs In an. elevated
train. ,
BY HIS 01 RIB
Bricklayer Apparently Fatally In
jured by Fall, Victim of Most
Peculiar Accident.
RECOVERY NOW SEEMS CERTAIN
Stabbed through the lung by his own
rib, Samuel A Nau, stxt-two jears old.
a brlcklajer living at SJ3 F Street North
east, lies at Emergency Hospital as the
victim of one of the most peculiar acci
dents on record t the municipal Insti
tution Nau was removed to the hospital in an
ambulance yesterday afternoon from the
new Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Building at Fourteenth and D Streets
Southwest, suffering from hemorrhages
and apparently fatallv injured
An examination disclosed that with a
fair degree of luck Nau will not only
recover, but will not suffer any III ef
fects from the injur He is suffering
much pain and finds great difficulty in
breathing
1'nlls nit Scaffold.
Nau was working on a scaffold when
he accidentally tripped and fell head
long He struck on his left side Just be
low his arm pit on the sharp edge of
the top of a brick wall, not more than
four feet below the level of the platform
on which he had been working
Surgeons found that the Impact had
broken a rib so badly that one of the
Jagged ends had been forced through
the wall of the lung Wh-n the end of
the rib was forced back Into place, air
escaped through the hole In the lung and
a balloon was formed by the air between
the exterior of the lung and the chest
wall.
Phvsicluns fear the air will spread over
the entire lateral chest wall, but even
this, it I said, will not necessorll cause
death When the wound in the lung has
healed and no more air can escape. It Is
said that the air which now forms a
little balloon In th mans chest will
diffuse or become absorbed by the blood
like an) foreign matter
It is likely that an X-Ra will be made
to-daj to ascertain If the broken rib has
been forced Into a position where It can
grow together
NOT SAFE FOR
THAW TO BE FREE
Superintendent of Matteawan Says
White's Slayer "Might Again
Commit Murder."
New York. July 9 Dr. John W Rus
sell superintendent of the Matteawan
As lum. to-day delivered the most crush
ing blow jet received b Harr K. Thaw
In his efforts to obtain his release Dr
Russell, on the stand at the proceedings
before Justice Keogh to test the ration
ality of Thaw, testified that In the event
of his release from Matteawan the man
who shot Stanford White "might again
commit murder
Deput Attorne General W. T Jerome
called Dr Russell to explain If he could
the dissimilarity In the two returns he
made on April 17 and 24 last to the habeas
corpus writ sworn out bj Mrs Mary C
Thaw In the first return, which was not
filed In the present action. Dr Russell
swore that Hair K. Thaw is of un
sound mind ind has not recovered, and
his release. In m opinion would be dan
gerous to the public peace and safetv,"
while In the second return (which vvas
filed and thus became his official return),
it is simpl set forth that ' Thaw is of
unsound mind and has not recovered "
Dr. tvllliam A 'White, superintendent
of the Government Asj lum for the Insane
at Washington. D C and Dr Charles
Mills, of the University of Pennsjlvanla.
will testif for Thaw to-morrow. The
case will be closed. It Is predicted, b Fri
day evening
IOWA CONVENTION
LIKELY TO'ISSUE
REBUKE TO TAFT
Des Moines, Iowa, July 9 A resolution
asking President Taft to resign his nomi
nation for the Presidenc, and rebuking
the Chicago convention In naming a can
didate for President before purging the
roll of fraudlent delegates, will be pre
sented to the State Rerubllcan conven
tion to-morrow. The progressives afe In
overwhelming control of the convention,
and It Is expected the resolution will be
adopted The convention it is expected
will Indorse Theodore Roosevelt for the
Presidenc.
WEST VIRGINIA SHERIFF
CALLS FOR MILITIA TO
SUBDUE STRIKING MINERS
Charleston, W. Va , July 9 Sheriff s
P. Smith to-day appealed to Gov. Glass
cock to send the militia to Mucklow,
where during last night and early to
day several hundred striking miners, arm
ed with Winchesters, fired on a house oc
cupied b George Ellison, a strike-breaker,
and his wife. The couple escaped
through the rear. The house was wreck
ed The strike-breakers who have taken
the houses of the strikers are terror-
stricken Duputy sheriffs and mine offi
cials say they havei authentic informa
tion that armed miners Intend to Invade
the mining towns along the creek and
shoot up all the houses occupied by the
strike-breakers.
Elect New Exalted Ruler..
, Portland, Oreg, July 9 Thomas B.
Hills, of Superior, Wis t was to-day
elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks
for the ensuing jear. C H. Ward, of
Pasadena. Cal , was elected grand es
teemed loyal knight. Both men were
elected by acclamation.
(11.00 to Klasrara Falla and Return.
Baltimore and Ohio, July 12. Special
train of modern coaches and parlor cars
leaves Union Station 7.15 a. m via
Philadelphia and "Lehigh Valley route
Cheap side trips from the Falls to popu
lar resorts and liberal stop-over priv
ileges returning within limit of 13 da)s.
Other excursions July X. August 9. 23.
September S, 20. and October i
BLIND SENATOR FOR CABINET.
mmm
SKN VTOR ROUE.
Juanita. Okla., July 10. It Is stated
upon excellent authority here that In the
event of Gov 'Wllsun being elected Pres
ident, Senator Tnomas Gore will become
a member of his Cabinet, whereupon
George L. Bennet, of Juanita. will be a
candidate for the vacant place In the
United States Senate Col Bennet is a
brother of Mrs Champ Clark, and Is a
man of ability and character.
AVIATION ADDS ONE
MORE LIFE TO ITS
TOLL OF NAVIGATORS
Paris. July 9 Aviation claimed another
life to-day. when Aviator Bedel v
crushed to death beneath the motor of
his aeroplane Bedel was fllng from St.
Cyr to Chalons, when he ran into
thick fog The aviator landed so vio
lently that his machlre vvas overturned
and he was caught beneath the heavy
motor He whs dead when picked up.
REJECTED LOVER KILLS
SWEETHEART AND
SELF IN NEW YORK
New York. July 9 Paul Pohts.
young sponge worker, early to-day- fatal-
rl7 mounded his sweetheart. Miss Jo
sephine De Francisco, and then shot
himself to death in a room on the sixth
floor of the six-story house at 63 James
Street. The Ave shots that completed
the double traged closel followed the
oung woman s refusal to marry Polltz.
FLUE SWEEPS YONKERS,
iOJPQ $300,000 DAMAGE
IN LUMBER DISTRICT
Yonkers. N Y. Jul 9 Fire early to
day destroved Lawrence Bros, lumber
ard. the C A. Pearsall coal ards. and
the plant of the Yonkers Builders Supply
Company, entailing $3"1C loss For a
time the immense plants of the Otis
Elevator Compan and the National
Sugar Refining Company were threat
ened.
GOV. DLX IS SURE
THAT HE WILL
BE RE-ELECTED
Albany. N Y . July 9 Gov DIx, who
was at his desk at the Cipitol to-day.
reiterated his belief that he would be
renominated this fall
"1 expect that the party will approve
of m adm nistration. was his remark
when asked If he thought he would be
again selected to head the State ticket.
I do not hesitate to sty I am a can
didate. ' h added
FIREFLIES CAUSE
PANIC WHEN THEY
INVADE POWDER MILL
Aetna. Ind Jul 9 Thousands of
lightning bugs cau-ed terror among
workmen emploed In the powder mills
here last night, following a thunder
storm. The little Insects driven from the Kar
kakee marshes b the torm. settled
down upon a tank containing several
hundred gallons of nltrogIcerlne
The emploes saw the brilliantly Illu
minated bugs near the tank and Imme
diately scattered, running terror-stricken
In all directions In the fear that the tank
would explode
It required nearly an hour for fore
men of the mills to dispel the fears of
the emploes and Induce them to return
to work
FIRE PRACTICALLY WIPES
OUT THOUSAND ISLAND
PARK ON ST. LAWRENCE
Watertown, N Y, July 9 Fire to-day
practically wiped out Thousand Island
Park, one of the most popular resorts
on the St- Lawrence River, entailing a
loss of about Jl.OPO.OOO. Although there
was a panic among the sojourners over
the rapid spread of the flames, no lives
were lost.
In addition to practically all the busi
ness section of the place, the Columbian
and Wellesley Hotels, the New York State
Educational Building, and the post-office
were destroyed The fire started in nail
er's department store from an unknown
cause. A strong wind spread the flames
with astonishing rapidity, and in a short
time all the buildings In the vicinity
were ablaze Immediately following the
destruction of the business section and
the two big hotels, the lire spread
throughout practically every section of
the park, destroying about 2C0 cottages
and boarding-houses.
Help was summoned from Watertown.
Clayton, and Alexandria Bay, but It
reached the park too late to be of any
assistance.
931.00 to Chicago nod Return.
Baltimore and Ohio. July II to IV valid
for return until July 23 Through
trains of modern electric-lighted equip
ment, morning, noon, evening, and
night.
PSBBB3K'OefJni
.'shrill )k C fc& (&2 Bsssssf
Kaa4sMia?ii3 &!5'-Etw''-vIsssss1
CITIES SWELTER
IN TORRID HEAT;
MANY SUCCUMB
Weather Forecaster Promises
No Immediate Relief from
High Temperature.
SIX DIE IN NEW YORK CITY
Philadelphia Contributes Two Fa
talities and Numerous Pros
trations to Total.
New York, July 9-rAlrhough the heat
wave that has hovered over the North
'Atlantic and Great Lakes States for two
das was broken In some places by re
freshing thunderstorms. It still clings
tenaciously to the Atlantic Coast, where
temperatures as high as 97 were officially
recorded to-day.
Meanwhile the tool of death grows. In
Philadelphia, although the temperature
was 93. which is two degrees lower than
that of esterday. there were seven
deaths from the heat, bringing the total
for the three days of the warm wave up
to 39 Scores were prostrated and all
the hospitals In the downtown section,
of the city were busy caring for the suf
ferers. Tito Dl- In Hostou.
The official temperature In Boston was
97. two deaths and many prostrations
being reported b the police. Only tha
absence of excessive humidity prevented
a larger death list
In Pittsburg the heat showed no abate
ment. Official thermometers registered,
94, while In man sections of the city
the heat was recorded at K" degrees on
the street. There were several deaths.
The maximum temperature in New YorlC
City was 93 one degree higher than es
terday There were six deaths and about
forty prostrations The great East Side,
which is a thicklv congested tenement
section turned in the greatest number
of prostrations Thousands of people left
he crowded cit early In the day and
sought comfort at shore resorts, many of
them sleeping all night on the beaches.
'Nlm-tj-rlabt In Unit ford. Conn.
The heat at Hartford, Conn , was tha
greatest of the ear. breaking even last
summer s record The maximum was
9S The Intolerable temperature in Hart
ford and Northern Connecticut was miti
gated late to-night by a terrtt!c-lhuider
sUwnv which -dd considerable damage.
At Altoona. Pa., to-night lightning,
coming at the end of a day of oppressive,
heat, killed a boy and Injured several
persons when it struck a building in that
clt. Northern New York was also visit
ed b severe thunderstorms to-night.
ONE DEGREE COOLER
IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
With the mercury still high In the tube,
the entire country remains In the grasp)
of the heat wavewhicl made Its appear
ance several das ag
From nearl all of the larger cities dis
patches were received tel'ing of the toll
of life exacted by the heat New York,
Boston. Philadelphia, and Chicago each
contributed to swell the total
Washington was one degree cooler jes.
terda than m the preceding day. but.
notwithstanding the fact he weather
was decldedl uncomfortable
.., Rrllrf In Msht.
The weather wizard announced last
night that there would be no marked
change in the temperature to-day. Tn
da will be unsettled, and It i probable
that there will be showers but no: a
word of encouragement with respect to
a cool wave Is given out h.ven IX tna
expected showers do cool the atmos
phere, it will be but for a very DrieS.
time, and with the breaking ot a new,1
da. Old Sol will shine forth and roaka
things atiout as warm as they have beest
so far this week
The highest temperature reached hera
esterday was 3L lhe m'nimum was
72. which point was reacned early jes
terday morning At i o clock tCe mer
cur stood at 77 By noon it had
climbed up to S7 About 3 o clock it
reached its high point At 10 o clock last'
night 76 was registered
Wnrm Everhtrr
The rest of the country is Just as un-j
comfortable. If not more so tn BostoT
the mercury jesterday ascended to 9.
In both Chicago and Onitnn-itl the tem
perature was W Ues Moines sweltered
under SS degree weather In .New fork
City the heat reached the - pont. and
In Philadelphia similar weather was ex
perienced. Omaha, ebr, held the heat
record jesterdi with a temperature o
100. Up in Portland. Me , the ther
mometer registered X.
BALTIMORE SIMMERS
AND BOLLS AND GROANS
Baltimore, Md , Jul 9 If the city
simmered yesterday, it boiled to-day.
Not that the temperature was higher m
fact.it was the other way round: but
that arch enemy ot mankind s comfort.
Old Humldtt. got on the Job early and
was here with bells on.
It did no good to look at a thermometer
and find that it is two degrees cooler,
it being S3 degrees at 9 o'clock.
TOLL OF DEATH IN
PHILADELPHIA REACHES 34
Philadelphia, Julys Seven deatns rrotn
heat and numerous prostrations were re
ported In this city to-day. This Increases
the hot wave toll of mortality to thirty
tour. POLICE SURROUND
. HOUSE WHERE LITTLE
GIRL WAS MURDERI
New York. July 9 Late to-night a tori
don of detectives surrounded the tene-1
ment Ivoje t 336S Third Avenue In '
which froVall Indications twelve-year-old
Julia Conndrs was killed Saturday.
It was whispered that the detectives
expected to arrest u man who lived
either in the house named or next door.
They feel sure that the guilty person
was one who knew the ins and outs ot
the place where the body wis found.
