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ROOSEVELT TO NAME NAMEHIS NAMEills
if HUN HUNLeaders RUNNINGMA RUNNING ATE ATEk TE TELeaders
k Leaders Say He DominatesJ DominatesJthe Donnnatesthe Dominatesthe
the Situation SituatiollRESULTOF SituationRESIJLTOF I IRESULT
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RESULT RESULTOF OF OHIO IMBROGLIO IMBROGLIOThat
i iThat
I IGiven
That Unusual Victory Said to Have HaveGiven Have HaveGiien
Given Him Absolute AbsoluteControl Abso Absolute AbsoluteControl ut utControl
Control ControlAs
As a result of his hlsprompt prompt action In n the therecent therecent
recent Ohio Imbroglio and nd the extraor extraordinarily trnor trnordlnarily ¬
dinarily easy cas way In which he compelled compelledsome compelledsome
some of tho men who are are thought to be bequietly bequielly
quietly opposing him to obey ob Y his hisman hismandates man mandates ¬
dates it was said s ld last night by some of ofthe otthe
the Republican leaders in the city that thatnot thatnot thatnot
not cnly would ould President Roosevelt dom dominate om omInate ¬
inate the platform of the party at the thenext thenext thenext
next convention but thiit he would also alsosay alsoEay alsosay
say who is going to be his running runnlngmate runnlngmateOne mate mateOne
One of the men who expressed e presse this thisview thisiew
view iew is a former Cabinet Cabln officer and ac according a l lcording
cording to him it is more morethan than th n probable probablethat probablethat i ithat
that some young man of virile strength strengthof strengthS
of the type of Secretary S cretary Moody will be beselected beselectedra beselected S
selected selectedra rather than than a man n who ho has hasbeen hasheen hasbeen
been high in the councils of the party partyfor partyfor partyfor
for years But said the former Cabinet Cabinetofficer Cabinetofficer CabinetOlilcer
officer who the themnn man manwill will be Is a question questionthat questionthat questionthat
that probably no one on In thecouhtry ex except except cxcept ¬
cept President Roosevelt himself knows knowsand knowsaI knowstd
and aI d it is not known whether he has as asyet asyet asyet
yet made his choice choiceNomination chtlceNomination
4 Nomination Assured AssuredThe AssuredThe AssuredThe
The action of the leaders in Ohio Ohiocontinued Ohiotontlnued Ohiocontinued
continued the speaker settles the ques question quetJtlon question ¬
tion of President Roosevelts nomina nomination nomination nomination ¬
tion There is no longer any opposi opposition opposition opposition ¬
tion to him In any part of the country countryand countryand countryand
and his popularity is growing fast fastThere fastThere fastThare
There is no doubt as to his great greatStrength greattrength greatstrength
Strength in the West It Is my opinion opinionthat opinionthat plnlonthat
that he will get a large part part of the thePopulist th thPopulist thPopulist
Populist vote ote there It will be remem remembered remembered remembered ¬
bered that the Populists in some States Stateswere Stateswere Statesviere
were recruited from the Republican Republicanparty Itepublicanparty R publican publicanparty
party These men have renounced their theirPopulism theiropuHsm theirPopulism
Populism and they are now going back backto backto bacito
to their old principles principlesPresident principlesPresident principlesPresident
President Roosevelts Roosev lts policy and the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral
general prosperity both bot contribute tribu t to tothis tothis i itbls
this change changeThis changeThis changeThis <
This means means that the States which in inthe Inthe inthe
the last lasttwo two campaigns have havebelUlcon havebelUlconslder been con considered considered ¬
sidered slder q doubtful doubt ul are solidly SQu ny Republi Republican ¬
can Consequently onsequ ntly with all of this thisstrength thisstrength thisstrength
strength behind him it Is not surpris surprising surprising surprising ¬
ing that the President should like to tochoose tl tlchoose thchoose
choose his hismateand mate and to have something somethingto somethingrO
rO to say about the theplatorm platform which will willmake willmake m mmake
make his second Administration if he heis e eIs eis
is elected purely his own ownHe ownHeean ownHe
He Heean can do this as it has been years yearssince yearssince yearssince
since one man and especially a Presi President Presfdent President ¬
dent has so thoroughly dominated the thsRepublican theRepubllcan theRepublcau
Republican party partyNo partyNo partyNo
No Tariff Revision RevisionTaking RevisionTaking RevisionTaking
Taking these facts into consideration considerationit co slderaUon slderaUonit
it is safe to say there Is iagoIng going to to be beno beno beno
no tariff revision at the coming session sessionof
of Congress The President has already alreadyadmitted alreadydmfrted alreadyadmitted
admitted that any tariff tinkering just justnow justnow justflow
now would wou ddisturb disturb the business con conditions conditions conditlons ¬
ditions of the country countryIn
In the meantime meantime the President is iskeeping Iskeeping Iskeeping
keeping in touch with the big men meno menothe of ofthe ofthe
the party and he hels Is In no wise assum assuming assumIng assumlog ¬
ing the position of a dictator dictatorConditions dictatorConditions dictatorConditions
Conditions and not his own efforts effortshave effortshae effortshave
have placed him In his present power powerful powerful powerful ¬
ful position Although he is a chance chancePresident chancePresIdent chancePresident
President his growth of popularity has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been no more remarkable remarkablethan than his lack lackof lackof lackof
of anything anythi lg resembling bitter friction frictionwith frictionWith frictionwIth
with the national leaders of the party partyHe part partHe partyHe
He will ill defer to the theYlews views of the theleaders theleaders theleaders
leaders with reference rcerenceto to the Vice VicePresident VIcePresident VicePresident
President but he will also a sohave have enough enoughto
to say in the matter to cause the can candidate candIdate candidate ¬
didate to obe be a a man of ohls his own way of ofthinklns ofthtnkJn ofthInIdn
thinklns
The Iowa Idea IdeaThe IdeaThe IdeaThe
The speaker was of the opinion that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the Iowa idea will find a foothold In Inthe inthe Inthe
the convention and that it was more morethan morethan morethan
than probable that a plank would be in inserted Inserted inserted ¬
serted in the platform calling for revision revisionIf
If j needed need d This plank however he said saidwould saidwould saidwould
would be ultra conservative and nothing nothingwould nothingWould nothingwould
would be said that might lead to any anycommercial anycommercial anycommercial
commercial or financial disturbance disturbanceIn disturb nce nceIn
In conclusion the speaker said therwere there therewere therewere
were several men in the house who whocould whocould whocould
could have the Vice Presidential nomi nomination nomination nomination ¬
nation If they desired it He was of the theopinion theopinion theopinion
opinion that the nomination would go to tothe tothe tothe
the central West WestSENATOR WestSENATOR WeaLSENATOR
SENATOR IS INDICTED INDICTEDST
ST LOUIS May 30 lOAn An Indictment Indictmentcharging indictmentchargIng Indictmentcharglng
charging State Senator Frank H Farris Farriswith Farriswith Farriswith
with bribery has been returned by the theSt theSt theSt
St Louis grand jury Thirteen other in indictments IndIctments indlctments ¬
dictments returned were not made pub public pubHe publIe ¬
lIe but It 1ssnld Is s said that no unexpected unexpectedindictments unexpectedindictments unexpectedIndictments
indictments of importance are ar are among amongthe amongthe amongthe I
the number nutnberBITUMINOUS n1mbcrBITU1IUNOUSMINERS numberBITUMINOUS
BITUMINOUS BITU1IUNOUSMINERS MINERS STRIKE STRIKEMYERSDALE STRIKELYERDAL I
MYERSDALE Pa May 30 30Notlces 30Notlcesdeclaring 20NoticescI3ring Notices Noticesdeclaring
declaring cI3ring a reduction re uction of 5 cents in invages inunges InsageB
vages have been posted tost at the mines of ofthe oft oftile
the t Continental Coal Company District DistrictPresident DistrictPr DistrictPresident
President Pr stdent Daniel Young yesterday in inquired Inquired inquired ¬
quired Into the matter and ordered a astrike astrIke astrike
strike and tho mines are now idle idleDRUG IdleDRUG idleDRUG
DRUG STORE HOLDUP HOLDUPCHICAGO HOLDUPCmCAGO HOLDUPCHICAGO
CHICAGO May 30 30HlghNaymen Highwaymen en entered entered ¬
tered the drug atore of Dr A C Bren Brendecke Brendecke i idecke
decke Peoria and Randolph Streets StreetsJast Streetslast Streetslast
last night covered George G orge Semsrott Semsr > tt and andIr andL1 andhr
Ir John Forbes the drug clerks with withrevolvers withr withrwoIverg
revolvers r and when Dr Forbes made madea
a dash for a weapon shot him dead deadAfter deadAtter deadAfter
After the shooting the robbers rushed to tothe tothe tothe
the door and escaped escapedi
i
ALL BUT THREE TO TOTIE1 TOTAKE TOTAKE
TIE1 TIE1Two TAKE THEIR DEGREES UEGREESTwo
Two More Deserters From FromColumbian FromColumbian FromColumbian
Columbian Rebel Hanks HanksWILL RaulisWILL
WILL BOW TO AUTHORITY AUTHORITYJoined AUTHORITYoined
Joined J oined Objectors to Mrs Bailey Only Onlyin OnlynAppeal OnlyinAppeal
in inAppeal Appeal to Presi PresiTwo PresiI President
I dent dentTwp dentTwo ii
I
Two more 1ore students in in the advancedclass advancedlass advanced idvancedclass I
class c of the school of jurisprudence and anddiplomacy anddiplomacy andiplomacy
diplomacy d of Columbian University have havesignified havesignified haveignified
signified s their intention to appear upon uponthe uponthestage uponhe i
the thestage t he stage Tuesday to to receive the degree degreeof degreeot
of o f doctor doctorot of civil law in spite oftho ofthofact of the thofact theact i
fact f act that Mrs rrsBai1ey Bailey will also receive receivethis receivethis receivethis
this honor They The are Edwin C Duttonand Dutton Duttocnd
1 and a nd John K HenchThis IcnchThis Heath HeathThis
This leaves but three of the class who whoare whoare whoare
are still td be heard from one of whom whomis
is i s now owout out of town Dutton and nd Hench Henchsay Henell Henellsay Henchay
say s ay that they too protested to the fac faculty facuity faculty ¬
ulty that Mrs Bailey should not receive receivea
a degree dc ee They were led to this action actionby actionby actionadverse
by adverse statements of persons p rsons not notconnected not notconncctL notconnected
connected with the university in regard regardto
to Mrs 1rs Baileys thesis They say saythat saythathaving that thathaving thathaving
having since learned the faculty had hadpassed 11a 11apassed badpassed
passed favor favorably blY upon this thesis they theyhave the thlhave thehave
have decided to present themselves for fortheir forU fortheir
their U eir dlDlomas dlDlomasA
A Communication to The Times TimesTheir TimesTheir TimesTheir
Their position is defined in the foir foirlowing tol tollowing fl flowing
lowing l communication communicationTo
To the Editor of The Washington Times TimesOur TimSOur TimesOur
Our names have haveapp appeared ared several severaltimes severaltimesn severaltimes
times timesn in n the local localpapers napers recently in inarticles inarticles inarticles
articles stating In substance that we wewould wewould wewould
would not take the th degree of D C CL CLtrom L Lfrom Lfrom
from Columbian University Univ rsity June 2 be because because because ¬
cause of the action of the faculty con concerning concernlng concerning ¬
cerning the graduation of one of the themembers themembers themembers
members of the class classIt classIt classIt
It is s a misrepresentation unintentional uninten unintentional uIilntetionalno ¬
tional tionalno no doubt 40ub We Wehave have riot tsaid said so soWe soWe soWe
We joined the class without prejudice to tosex tosex tosex
sex sex to bring to toth the attention of the thepresident the5ldcnt thers1dent
president 5ldcnt adverse statements which had hadbeen ha habeen hadbeen
been made by persons pers ns not connected connectedwjth eonnectelth connectedwith
with lth the university per pertaining aJnlng tothe tothethesis to the thethesis thethesis
thesis thesis o5 oone o 6ne one of the class Wg believed believedthat beU believedthat Ved Vedtli
tli that t the best interests fntetes ot o theviristltu theviristltution t the aDStltu aDStltutJoa instiu instiution
tion demanded deI landed thisactJon thisactJonwehav this action actionWe actionSte
We wehav have since learned th that t > he hefaculty hef hofaculty
faculty f cu1ty have passed favorably upon tIP t on n said saidthesis said saidthesis saidthe5is
thesis and a ± hdwe d we ire shall sh ll present present ourselves ourselvesfor ourSelvesfor
for our o r degree oh on the th evening eeningof of the thecommencement tn tncommencem thecommencement <
commencement nt
EDWIN C DUTTON DUTTONJOHN DUTTONJOHX DUTTONJOHN
JOHN K HENCH HENCHMay HENCHMay HENCHMay
May SO SOl 1903
SIXTEENTH STREET STREETAS
AS IT WILL LOOK LOOKCot
Cot Biddle Tells of the Pro Projected Projected Projectel ¬
jected Improvement ImprovementFINEST ImprovementFINEST
FINEST OF THORGUGHFARES THORGUGHFARESRoadway THOROUGHFARESRoadway THORGUGHFARESRoadway I I II
Roadway Fifty Feet Wide Flanked Fl nkea by byNorway byNorway
Norway Maples rriapl s and Tulip Trees TreesParadise TreesParadise TreesParadise
Paradise for Automobilists AutomobilistsCol
Col John Jc n Biddle District Engineer EngineerCommissioner EngineerCommissioner EngineerCommlssicner
Commissioner Commissioner yesterday explained explainedln in indetail indetailthe
detail detailthe the treatment t ea tmcnt of Sixteenth Sbt centh Str Street Streetextended Streetextended et
extended in the proposed improvement improvementof improvem nt ntor 1
of or that thorbughfars From Morris MorrisRoad MorrisRoad
Road to Columbia Colum la Road oad the street will willbe sillbe 111 111be
be surfaced with asphalt and from Co Columbia Columbia Columbia ¬
lumbia Road to Piney Branch the road roadway rOidway roAdi roAdiway
way willbe will be macadamized macadamizedSome micadamlzedSome macadamizedSome
Some Work to Be Torn Up UpThe Uprhe UpThe
The change in plans p ms from from a fortyfool fortyfoolto
to a fiftyfoot roadway Colonel Biddle Biddlesaid Biddlesaid Bidtllsaid I
said would necessitate tearing up some someof someof someof
of the work wQrkput put down along the lower lowerend lo lowerend > r r6nd
end of the street Quite a stretch of ufcurbing ofcurbing ofcurbing
curbing had been set et and more than thllntwo thantwo thantwo
two blocks of cement sidewalk JIad had been boeaconstructed beenconstructed beencOnstructed
constructed A APorU portion > n of bf the sidewalk sidevalltwould sidewalkwould sidewalkwould
would have been torn up any way lay be because because because ¬
cause the contractor had not notcomplie complied compliedwith compliedwith 1 1with
with the specifications A few hundred hundreddollars hun hundreddollars r d ddollars
dollars at t most would undo the work workcompleted workcompleted workcompleted
completed upon the fortyfoot roadway roadwayplan roadwiplan roadwayplan
plan planUnder
Under the plan p nnnow now adopted the road roadway roadwaywculd roadway ¬
way waywculd would be fifty feet wide from curbto curb curbto cUrbto
to curb Beyond Columbia Colunibiathe Road Roadthe Ro d dthe
the curb would be set gutters construct constructed constructedand constructed ¬
ed edand and the macadam laid The side sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks ¬
walks would be supplied as they wire wireneeded wreneeded wireneeded
needed in the th future From Morris Road Roadto Roalito Roadto
to Columbia Road the sidewalk would wouldbe wouldb wouldbe
be b laid as soon as possible possibleSevenFoot possibleSevenFoot possibleSevenFoot
SevenFoot Tree Space SpaceInside Spa SpaceInside e eI
I
Inside the curb on each cach51 side would be bea bea bea
a sevenfoot tree space This would ould be beleft beleft beleft
left bare to be turfed over tve after the theplanting theplanting theplanting
planting of trees Adjoining the seven sevenfoot sevenfoot sevenfoot
foot tree tre space would vQuldboh be a cementside cementsidewalk cem em nt nfside nfsidewalk > side sidealk
walk alk eight feet wide This Thiswouldcom Thiswouldcomplete would com complete cornplete ¬
plete the public pubUcwork work Inside this would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe
be a a wide parking parl lug extending ext nding up to the thebuilding thebuIlding thebuilding
building line thirty feet e twide wide on each eachside eachsde eachsde
sde sdeIn < <
i > i J
iln In planting plantlngAr tr trees esT sfNolway Xorwayv oray maples maplesvould mil mapleswould pIes pIesould v
would ould be beset set in tbezire the heyr trecspacex1ext rgelspaccsjieitto rgelspaccsjieittothe spaccrleXL 10 10the tothe
the curb arid a d onftthevparklng onJth onthep p rking a aroW roof rowoftulip rooftulip i
tulip trees treesWhen treesWhen treesWhen
When the thelmprovement Improvement was complete completeand completeand completeand
and the treesshould trees should have attained some somogrowth som somgrowthSlxteenth somegrOwth
growth growthSlxteenth Sixteenth Streetould Street would be one oneof oneof oneof
of the finest thoroughfares In Wash WashIncton WashIDJton Washlngton
Incton
his first lap of the sixteenth mile his hisrear hisreat hIsrear
rear tire exploded explodedthe the wheel col collapsed collapsed collapsed ¬
lapsed and he was hurled high into the theair theair theair
air and landed rolling headlong down downthe downthe downthe
the embankment As he reached the hot hottorn bottom bettorn
torn he was struck struck in the head by Stin Stinsons Stinsons SUnsons
sons motor cycle cycleThe cyclerhe cycleThe
The force of thec011lsl0l1 the collision threw off offFrank offFrank offFrank
Frank Gatley of Roxbury the head man manSTATUE manSTATUE manSTATUEOF
STATUE STATUEOF OF SHER SHERUNVEILED 8M 8ftEA 8ftEAUVEIFUI ERMAN ERMANUNVEILEOINNE
UNVEILED UNVEILEOINNE I IDecoration ME V YORK YORKDecoration YUKDecoration
Decoration Day Crowds Attend Attendthe Attendthe Attendthe
the Exercises ExercisesNEW ExercisesEW ExercisesNEW
NEW EW YORK May May3 30 30To To the veter voterans veterans veterans
ans of the civil war to the soldiers ol olother 01other olother
other wars and to all who took part in inthe inthe inthe
the Decoration Day Da parade as well as asto asto asto
to the general public the chief feature featureof
of the days celebration celebrat on here was the thehonor thehoner thehoncr
honor done to the memory of Gen Wil William William Wit11am ¬
liam Tecumseh TecumsehSherman Sherman one of the thegreat thegreat
great commanders of o the civil war and andthe andthe andthe
the hero of Shermans March to the theSea theSea
Sea SeaHundlc Hundreds Hundlc s of veterans of the war in inwhich inwhIch invihich
which General Sherman played such a aconspicuous 1 1conspicuous tconspicuous
conspicuous part many of the nation nationsoldiers nati1soldiers nati3assoldiers
soldiers and thousands of citizens cltizenssto Stoolin stood stoodin j jIn
in line today and witnessed the unveil unveiling unyening unveiltag ¬
ing of St Gaudens equestrian statue stat e of ofGeneral orGeneral
General Sherman which was recently recentlyerected recentlycrectod recentlyerected
erected In the oval plot lot at the Fifty Fiftyninth Piityninth Fiityninth
ninth Street and Fifth Avenue i venue entrance entranceto
to Central Park ParkThe ParkThe ParkThe
The monument was unveiled by Wil William Wil11am WUUam ¬
liam T Sherman Thackara a grandson grandsonof
of General Sherman while the old Grand GrandArmy GaudArmy GrandArmy
Army veterans y tcrans thq th regulars and thft thftsoldiers thflsoldcrs th thsoldlern
soldiers of otne the National atonal Guard stood stoodwith stoodwith stoodwith
with uncovered nocrc heads as did the vnst vnstmultitude Y1 vnumultItude < i imulUtude
multitude of citizens who ha hai assembled assembledto
to honor the memory of one of the coun countrys Iioun Iiountrys ountrys ¬
trys greatest Gi atcst military heroes heroesIn
In the thcab absence tncc of William E Dodjre Dodjrechairman Doluchalrm Doditechairman
chairman chalrm n o or the Shcrnj tthprman n statue com committee eornm1ttce commlttee ¬
mittee he belr7 bl lto too ill to appear Cor Cornelius CorncUus Carflellus ¬
nelius X i Blrss acting chairman of the theccniruitteo thlt thecexnmitteo
ccniruitteo presented rcs resantcd ntc the statue s atue to the theCity th thI tbcity
t
City It 1 t was n S formally fDrmnllYaCccp accepted ted by Mayor MayorLow MarorLow itayorLow
I Low who wb in tho name nameo of the city re returned returned ¬
turned thanks for the statue Secretary Secretaryof Sccreta Sccretaat
of War Va r Elihu Root Rcnt then thmlf1 dqHygred 11 Qrec1 aa aaoration ari arioration a C Coratlon
oration eulogizing the memory of f Gen General GeneralShermiln en encml ¬
eral eralShermiln Sherman
cmU GOMMISSLONERSTO GOMMISSLONERSTOASKFOR lSSIONERS TO TOASK
ASK ASKFOR fOR NEW NE COURT COURTWonian
5 5W
Womans W Olnan Rescue League LeagueProtest LeagllPrptest LeagueProtest
Protest Received EeceivedTO
I
TO URGE CONGRESS TpiACT TpiACTJiiss Tg TQACT1IlSS ACII ACIIMiss
Miss Smiths EXPe Experience ence enceUpForced in in tue thtock thtockUpForced Eqck EqckTTp
TTp UpForced UpForced Forced Way W y in in Witlrl With WithPfisoners t tP l lPrisoners
Prisoners PrisonersThe P PfisonersThe soneis soneisTne
<
The resolutions of ofihe the Woman Womansnes Womansnescue a Jiea Jieacue Itescue
cue League protesting against theun theunsanitary the un unsnIiitary unsanitary ¬
sanitary condition Of the Police Court CourtBuilding CourtBuilding CourtBuilding
Building have been received by 1 > Y the theBoard theBoar theBoard
Board of Health and will will be referred Jo Jothe to tothe tOthe
the District Commissioners rs onlIond on Monday MondayThe MonddlrThe y yThe
The document filled with wthstrongde wthstrongden1tnciationo strong de denunciation dcnttheiation ¬
nunciation n1tnciationo of the present system syst mof mofnaintalning of ofmaintaining ofmaintaining
maintaining the building wlll be pre presented pr prscntcd proCOatCd ¬
sented to Congress at the next session sessionin
in support of the thebillaskhig bill asking for anappoprJatlon an anappropriation anappopriation
appropriation to erect a aneW new nev Police PoliceCourt PoliceCourt PoliceCourt
Court At that time attention will wilf 111 be becalled beca1le becalled
called to the fact that It is an anexpcS anexpcSflono expres expression expreszion ¬
zion flono of public opinion op hil on on the t e need needorD needorDmodern of 0fmodern a amodern
modern modern and sanitary structure structureCommissioners atructurecommissioners I IComniissioners
Commissioners in Accord AccordAn AccoraAn
An effort Tvas as made by the1ls the District DistrictCommissioners DitrletCommissioners rli t tCommissioners
Commissioners at the last session of ofCongress otCongress ofCongress
Congress to t have a similar ineasure ineasurefavorably ineasurfavorably measure measureJavorably
favorably acted upon The subject sUbJecthas sUbJecthasbeen s bjedt has hasbeen hasbeen
been given the hearty support supportCof of lh this thisCommissioners tinCommissioners i
Commissioners who have expressed expressedthemselves expressedthemselves Oxpresseelthemselves
themselves as ready to indorse iadOrseany any id idditional iddltIonal edditional
ditional movement to have conditions conditionsremedied conditions conditionsremedied conditionsremedied
remedied
Mrs Smiths Experiences ExperiencesThe ExuenencesThe cs csTbe
The action action of the league le gue in inbriugl5g inbriugl5gthe bringing bringingthe bringlnthe
the matter before the Health Office wag wagthe was wasthe wa wathe
the result of ofa a visit to the thecotirt court last lastThursday lastThursday lastThursday
Thursday by Mrs Charlotte CharlotteSmlthwho CharlotteSmlthwhofor Smith who whofor whofor
for years has beenpromlnently beenpromlnentlyldenU beenpromlnentlyldenUfled beea1prominently Identi Identified idantifled ¬
fled with r rescue scu work w khere here arid Od in in6tb2r in6tb2rcities other othercities Othercities
cities citiesAbout citiesAbout citiesAbout
About twenty years agoMrs ago Mrs Smith Smithpaid SmIthpaid Smithpaid
paid a visit to the fhecouit court for thepurpose thepurposeof he1 > lrpt se seor
of lending assistance < e to toa a woman woman who whohad whobad whQ whQhad
had been arrested for theft thetF Failing Failing ng to togain
gain admittance to the cellin cell In which iclt1ie iclt1ieomnn the thewoman thewoman
woman was war confined she topk toO tOolcTaplada tOolcTapladaIn < Ta < plica plicaInline llacainHne
Inline In line with 1thi the prisoners prisoI rs marched m r el < i down downand dowiand ow owan
and an was as locked ocke up with v ith theta the > in thebasement the thebasement incbasement
basement c cell cellTi cellIt ll Or
It Ti It waS Wlne wheconfined Jin ont1ned t1Ptlt1ia tbrr thaUr3 thaUr3Smith v vSmith XiI XiISmlthwasenabledtoreal1ii4tlie
Smith Smlthwasenabledtoreal1ii4tlie was enabledto enabled o reali realithe Lithe ap
52TTj > 1mn IIini condition ond Aift li ior of iiir iiirdally iJi the Criftr1 Criftr1cial rt pe pedaily
dally cial y she cells in which prisoners are areconflnedN nrcconfinedr areconfined
confined The result o of her experience experiencewas experiencewas experie ce cewas
was that the league obtained an appro appropriation approprlation pp o oprl ¬
priation prl tion of of500il 5000 from Congress for the therenovation therenovationot therenovation
renovation of the court
CYCLER C HARRY Y ELIES fILLED ON ONPOINT ONPOINT
POINT OF BREAKING < JECOR JECORCJear 1 CORD CORDear
CJear ear Tire CJl Explodes While making Sharp Turn and Ridei Riders > s Skull Skulls Is Split Splith SptItbyTRIs His Op Opponents Opponents p pponentsflotor ¬
ponentsflotor ponents cftlotor in in 20Mile Race at atCharlesRtver Charles River Park
BOSTON May 30 30Harry Harry Hikes Elkesot ElkesotGlens of ofGlens ofGlens
Glens Falls N Y one of f the thefor foremost foremostbicycle formostbicycle most mostbicycle
bicycle riders In the country was killed killedthis killedthis kIlledthis
this afternoon while competing in a bi bicycle bicycle bicycle ¬
cycle race at Charles River Park ParkBikes ParkElkes ParkElites
Bikes was thrown from his wheel by bythe bythe bythe
the breaking of the rear tire as he was wasmaking wasmaking wastaskIng
making a sharp turn turn rolled down the theraised theraIsed theraised
raised track and was struck struekon on the head headby headby headby
by a motor cycle which split his skull skiilland skl11and skulland
and he died before reaching the hospital hospitalElkes hospitalElkes hospitalElkes
Elkes was Oas riding In a twentymile twentymilemotorpaced twentymilemotor twentymilemotorpacOd
motorpaced motor paccd race against Will Stinsou Stinsouof SUnsoof
of Cambridge Jim Moran of Chelsea Chelseaand Chclseaand Chelseaand
and Bobby Walthour of Atlanta In Innfth the thefifth thefifth
fifth mile En Bikes es passed all and took tbo tbolead tbolead thOlead
lead which he maintained until his ac accident accident accident ¬
cident juat after passing the sixteenth sixteenthmile sixteenthmile sixteenthmile
mile At the tenth mile he was nearly nearlya
a minute ahead of the worlds record recordmaking recor recormaking recordmaking
making it in 1230 35 the record being beIng132i7
1327 132i7 At iifteen 1it een miles he was i43 i43ahead 143 143ahead i4Sahead
ahead of the record his time bfing b ing 1840 1840The 1840The 1840The
The track is a new one with wooden woodenembankments woodenembankments I Iembankments
embankments at the turns and five laps lapscomplete lapscomplete lapscomplete
complete a mile Just as Elkes was ou ouPROHIBITION onpnoniimow
PROHIBITION pnoniimow GOUTY COUflTYCONVENTION GOUTYGUNVENTIUN
CONVENTION ± AT i DAMASCUS DAMASCUSElect
Elect Delegates and Name Committee Committeeen II
en Platform PlatformSpecial PlatformSpcial
Special to The Washington Times TimesBQYDS TimesBOYDS I
BOYDS Md d May 30 30The The Prohibition Prohibitioncounty Prohibitioncounty I
county convention held afternoon and andevening andeV andevening
evening eV ning sessions in Odd Fellows Hall at atDamascus atDamascus
Damascus today which were largely at attended attonded attended ¬
tended Twentyfive Twcn tynvedelegates delegates from the thecounty thecounty thecounty
county were present presentThe presentThe
The afternoon session was called to toorder toorder
order by b C C Lawson Lawson country countr chair chairman chairIlIanW chairman ¬
man IlIanW W S Purdumn was elected chair chairman chairman chairman ¬
man of 0 the meeting and J T Burdetto Burdettosecretary Burdettoccretary Burdettoaecretary
secretary C C Lawaon was elected electedcounty electedcounty electedcounty
county chairman and F W W4 Watkins Watkinscounty WatkInscounty Watkinscounty
county secretary A A report from Prohi Prohibition prohibillon Probibltion ¬
bition alliances was receIvedTho received receivedTho receivedTh
Tho Th purpose of the meeting today was wasto wasto 7a 7ato
to elect delegates to the State con convention con conycntlon canvention ¬
vention which will probably mcet D oet in inHagerstown inHngerstown inHigerstoen
Hagerstown in July The dJlcgatcs dJlcgatcselected dt dcgatcs dcgatcselected tC 1tcs 1tcselcte
elected are A H W Wttkins Ukins Ca C Cson iaw iawBon QWson
son Samuel Hobbs W W WMotre WMotreBrooke MooreRogo MooreRogoBrooke o re n nBrooke
Brooke Benjamin n njamIn Johnson Jo nnon F W Wit Witkins Wntklns Wetklan
klan and J L Burdttte Burd tte Brooke BrookeWat BrookeWatkins Brookekins Wat Watkins
kins and Moore were appointed a cwm cwminlttee tyrninittee m mmittee
inlttee to compile a platform of the thoparty 1h theparty < 3 3pnrty
party
on the cycle and Stinson who was fol following following following ¬
lowing with head down struck Gatley Gatleyand Gatleyand Gatleyand
and was thrown Elkes was picked up upand upand upand
and carried In a police ambulance to to the theMassachusetts theIassachusetts theMassachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital but butdied bJtdied butdied
died before arriving there Stiason and andGatley andGatley andGatley
Gatley were also hurried to the hospital hospitaland hospitaland hospitaland
and will m probably be confined there for forsome forsome or orsome
some time timeStinson tImeStinson me meStinson
Stinson was badly cut about the face faceand fae faeand faceand
and head hcadand and received receivedman3 many bruises bruiijeGatley bruiseaGatley bruisesGatley
Gatley suffered like Injurl injuries s and he aW aWhad alsohad also alsohad
had his right foot split open The motor motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle
cycle continued by itself up the em embankment embankment embankment ¬
bankment and then fell over the front frontwheel frontwheel frontwheel
wheel being wrecked wreckedElites wreckedElItes wreckedBikes
Elites body will be taken to Glens GlensFalls GlensFalls GlensFalls
Falls as soon as possible Walthour and andMcran andllcrancontlnuedthe andMoran
Moran llcrancontlnuedthe continued the race the former formerwinning tormerwinning formerwinning
winning his time for forI the twenty miles milesbeing milesb61ng250 milesbeing
being b61ng250 250 25 25Elkes 25Elkes 25Elkes
Elkes was to t have haveridden ridden In WashiIlgton Wash Washington WashingtOn ¬
ington on June 4 arid and he h will be sadly sadlymissed sadlymhsed sadlyminsed
missed by the lovers of the motor racing racingNEW r racin racingame cing cinggDme
game gDmeNEW gameNEYIATTAHE
NEW NEYIATTAHE ATTACHE OF GERMAN GERMANEfMSSUeBIVES GERMANEMBASSY GEANIBA88YAflIV8
EfMSSUeBIVES EMBASSY ARRIVES HERE HERELieutenant HERELieutenant HEIIELieutenant
Lieutenant Martin Becomes Guest of ofLieut ofLieut olLieut
Lieut von Bredow for the Present PresentLieutenant PresentLieutenant PresentLieutenant
Lieutenant Martin of the Fifth Dra Dragoons Dragoons Dragoons ¬
goons German army arm who wh was accredit accredited ¬
ed some time ago by thqfBerlin foreign foreignoffice foreIgnoffice foreignolDen
office as attache attachetothOGerrnan to ithevGerman iti German em embassy emLussy emhussy ¬
hussy here arrived arr1vedin > iri Washington Vashingtonyes VashingtonyestClday yes yesterday yesterday ¬
terday He was met in New York city cityby cit citI cityby
by b Lieutenant von Bredow of the em embassy cmba33Y emLanay ¬
I bassy staff who for Orth the prcs present nt will willhave Wmhave vIl1have
have the new attache as his guest guestLieutenant guestLieutenant guestLieutenant
Lieutenant Martin has recently been beenstationed beenstationed beenstatIoned
stationed with his regiment In Cased CassclGermany ClssclGermany CasedGermany
Germany He os Is a n bachelor In the thecourse thecouse th i icourse
course of the coming summer he ex expects ¬ I Inects Ipects
pects to t make Ia a visit to some of the thegreat thegreat thegreat
great cattle ranches of the West and anddo Ilnddo anddo
do some sightseeing In general generalALL generalA generalALL
ALL A L WATCEIK W RUSSIA RUSSIAPEKIN RUSSIAPElIN USSIAFElON
FElON May 111 30 30nul Paul Lessar the theRussian tbfp thePusaiua
Russian p sfJln minister returned here last lastnight Instnight lad ladnight
night after a visit to St Petersburg PetersburgThe
The course of events Indicates that RussIn Rus Russia Ruesin ¬
sIn will enforce her policy oll yln in Manchu Manchuria Mancliuna Ianchuria ¬
ria notwithstanding Chinas formal re refusal reus refesal ¬
fusal us l to grant her demands deiuandsThc The at attempt attempt 11tC1pt ¬
tempt to open uew towns in inl lilanohurln lilanohurlnto nlhurln nlhurlnto
to foreign trade Is likely 1110 lY to tofall fall Diplo Diplomats Diplomats Dlplomats ¬
mats are watching this feature of the thesituation i I Id
I d situation eagerly as being a test tes of Rus Russias nu nuOlas ¬ 1 I
I sins influence I
FIRE ADDS TO HORRORSOP HORRORSOPKANSAS HORRORS OF OFKANSAS
KANSAS FLOOD FLOODSITUATION SITUATION
RELIANCE EUAE WINS WINsom WINsomIN I8 OUT OUTPourtli OTIN
IN DRlFTlN tEll MATCH MATCHFourth ATJL1 ATJL1Fourth
Fourth Consecutive Victory Victoryfor Victoryfor Victoryfor
for New Yacht YachtCOLUMBIAS YachtcOLUMBIAS YachtCOLUMBI1S
COLUMBIAS POOR SHOWING SHOWINGA
A MixUp MIXU at the Starting St rtingpoint Point Causes CausesDelay Causc3Delaytfew CausceDelayNew
Delay Delaytfew Kew Defender Fast FastDrifter FastDrifter FastDrifter
Drifter DrifterGLEN DrifterGLEN DrifterGLEN
GLEN COVE May 30 3OA 30After After ter a adrasn long lo1 g
drawn out and unsatisfactory trial tlrj tlrjnew ti1new tir tirnan
new cup candidate Reliance won y nher her herfourth icr icrfourth
fourth consecutive victory on on the SouriJ SounJtod SouriJtoday Sounltodr
today tod y defeating Constitution by24 by 24 min minutes mInutc mlnutos ¬
utes utc and 26 seconds se onds and Columbia Columbiaby Columbiabytwo by bytwo bytwo
two hours Over a twentymile course courseYachtsmen courseYachtsmen courseYachtsmen
Yachtsmen agree that thntnoyacht noyacht afloat afloatcan afloatcan afloatcan
can hold the new boat in a drift and andtoday andt andtCday
today t day the wind wind > was a8 so light at the thefinish thefinish thefinish
finish that tiiat Columbia took over an hour hourto hCurto hourto
to cover the th last 100 yards after tershc tershcgtabreast she shegot shegot
got gtabreast abreast with wlththe the committee boat boatAsi boatAsthe boatAsthe
Asi Asthe the result r sultof of a alIttlemlxup little mixup at thestart the thestart thestart
start protests were filed with the re regatta regatta regatta ¬
gatta committee Of ofth2 the New York Yacht YachtClub YaeiitClub YachtClub
Club by the owners of > t the Constitution Constitutionand Conl lttition lttitionand
and Columbia a and their decision will be beannounced beannounced b bannounced
announced later Everyone thought thoughttheyachts tho thoughtthe g t tthe
theyachts the yachtswouldhave yachts would have a splendid test testtoday testtoliay testtbiiay
today as early earlyIn ln the morning it was wasblowing wailblowing wasblowing
blowing half a Rgale gale from f om the northeast northeastbut northeastbutuntortunatelyjustbefole northeastbut
but butuntortunatelyjustbefole unfortunately just before the start startthe startthe startthe
the wind died down to a a gentle breeze breezeMixUp breezeMixUp breezeMixUp
MixUp at it Start StartWhen Starthen StartWhen
When hen the starting star ng signal sounded soundedthe soundedtheIndsuch the thewind thewind
wind Indsuch such as it it was wa cistnortheast cistnortheastmade elstn eistnrtheastmade rtbenst rtbenstmade
made made It a beat to the first flrstmark mark The Thestart Tho Thostart TifeStart
start start was wa a pretty one but butCaplaln butCaplalnhodes Captain CaptainRhodes CaptainRhodes
Rhodes after aftE r getting the wIndwardberth windward windwardberth win ward wardberth
berth unfortunately luffed the Consti Constitution Constit ConstitutiOa ¬
tution t U n before the tbestarting starting gun and nd had hadto hadto liedto
to go go back and cross over again In do dofng dofng dofag
fng this the Constitution got in the Cb Cblumbiats Colum1 Celumbias
lumbiats lum1 > lI path and forced her be to give giveay glycway lve lveway
way ay v vvl
wayT1 wayThe vl T1 The > li > yt yachts chts m made adea a number nu fcer ofT5bort ofT5borthitches otshorthitches Fh rt rthitches
hitches hitches down the Sound Sounaarid arid the Re Reliance R RlIance Reliance ¬
liance drew drewslowly slowly In front so sq ear tq that t by bythe brthe bythe
the time she reached the thefirst first mark she shewas shewas shewas
was threeiqunrters of ofa a mile ahead of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Constitution and anda a mile and a quar quarter qU qu2rter r rter ¬
ter ahead of Columbia ColumbiaTime ColumbiaTime ColumbiaTIme
Time TimeReliance TimeReliance TImeReliance
Reliance RelianceConstitution u T5S 15653 15653Constitution 3 3Constitution
Constitution 1 w 20221 20221Columbia 2OZtColumbfn 20Z24Columbia
Columbia um 20010 20310Reach 20010Reach 20010Reach
Reach to Starboard StarboardIt
It was a a reach on the starboard tack tackto tackto tackto
to tho second mark with intermediate intermediatejib
jib topsails t psa 1s and as s the wind wlpd hauled hauledColumbia hauled hauledColumbla hauledColumbia
Columbia set a ballooner but fell so far farbehind farbehind farbehind
behind that she ceased to be a factor In Inthe inthe Iiithe
the race raceThe raceThe raceThe
The boats were were timed as they gybed gybedaround gybedaround gybedaround
around the second mark as follows followsReliance toHowsRcliance followsReliance
Reliance i 21836 21836Constitution 21836Constitution 21836Constitution
Constitution 22713 22713Columbia 22713Columbia 22713Columbia
Columbia 1 24923 24923It 2928It 24923It
It was a reach on the sort tack home homewith homewith homewith
with ballooners and Reliance increased increasedher increasedher increasedher
her lead quite a abltfinlshln bit finishing at 35017 35017Constitution 35017Constitution 35017Constitution
Constitution Constitution being Um timed d 41603 and andColumbia andColumbia andColumbia
Columbia 60000
First Second Elapsed ElapsedStart ElapsedStart ElapsedStart
Start mark IDarc mark Finish time timeReliance tirrieRelilnce timeReliance
Reliance 121500 15053 21836 35017 32311 32311Constn 33 3311lConstn > 11 11Constn
Constn 121020 20224 22713 41803 35337 35337Colbia 35987Colbia 35937Colbia
Colbia 121631 12163120910 20910 24923 60000 54329 54329PRESIDENT 5329SMALL 54329SMAll
SMALL CHANGE AWE AWEPE8ffiETROOSEVELT FOR FORPRESIDENT
PRESIDENT PE8ffiETROOSEVELT PE8ffiETROOSEVELTDivine ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTDivine
Divine Declares 50000 a Year a aFatal aFatI aFat1
Fatal IncomeNEW Income IncomeNEW IncomeEW
I Ithat
NEW EW YORK May 30 30I I wan want to say saythat saythat
that we all go to the devil on 50000 OOOO a ayear aJearat ayearat
year Jearat at least a great many men I know knoware knoware knoware
are going to the devil on that sum sumand sumandfew sumandfew and andfew
few are escaping it Once a man has h s an anincome auIncome anincome
income of that much money a aear year he is isapt isapt isapt
apt to forget In the same way wa that a aman amnn aman
man forgets to say 3aygrace grace after he has hasdined hasdined hasdined
dined dinedSo dinedSo dinedSo
So declared Dr Newell Dwight Hlllis Hlllispastor HilUspall HillispatOr
pastor pall tor of Plymouth Church Brooklyn Brooklynbefore BrooklYlibefore Brooklynbefore
before the annual annualconferice conference conftr nce of the Or Orthodox Orthodox Ortliodox ¬
thodox Friends at the meeting house in inGramercy inGamcrcy inGramercy
Gramercy Park ParkDr ParkDr ParkDr
Dr Hlllis was speaking on O Oliver OliverCromwells OliverCromwehis iver iverCromwells
Cromwells protection of religious lib Uberty liberty libcrty ¬
erty and said He was the thegreate greatest greatestlover greatestldvcr t tIdver
lover of liberty and righteousness thatever that thatever thatever
ever led led troops Into the field flcl to enforce enforcehis entorchs enforcehIs
his Ideals IdealsToday IdeasTodty dealsToday
Today we are raising pampered sons sonsand sonsand sonsand
and daughters said Dr Hillis sur surrounding surIoundlng surrounding
rounding them with every luxury luxurysn luxurysnhUe aa1 aa1iule am amidle
hUe satisfaction of desire and they theyme theymerottcn are arerotten arerotteli
rotten before they are ripe I repeat repeatit
it they are rotten before they are rips ripsand rlp rlpan ripeand
and an the boys In many cases are sinful sinfulbefore sllulbefore sInfulbefore
before they are bearded beardedMRS beardedMRS
0
MRS ROOSEVELT AT GROTON GROTONGROTON GROrONGROTON GROTONGROTON
GROTON Mass May 30 30lIrs Mrs Roose Roosevelt RoOseveIL ¬
yclt veIL and her sister Mrs Irs W WS S Clefarrived Ccwles Ccwlesarrived
arrived today and attended the annual annualprizedayexercises annunlprizcdl annua annuapr1zcdiexercise8 I
prizedayexercises prizcdl exercises of the Groton School Schoolwhere Schoolwherc SchoolvherOllieOdore
where vherOllieOdore > > Theodore rJlcodore and Kermit Roosevelt Rooseveltare Roose91nrc
are pupils Principal Pe Pebody body Senator SenatorLodge S SenatotLodge nator natorL1gc
Lodge and nd Jacob RIIs made mndeaddressea mndeaddresseaand addresses addressesand addtessesand
and former ormQrGovern Governor or JBoutwell gave out outthe t tthe
the prizes The awards were twenty twent I
Blazing Boards Float Float Through the theNow theStreets theStreets
Streets of Topeka and Residents Residentsin
in Waterbound HouseS Are AreI AreNow
I Now in Desperate Desp rate Straits
ROOSEVELT BOYS NOT TO TOGO TOGOUUNTI
GO GOUUNTI HUNTING IN lf MAINE MAINEOldBillSewell A1E A1EOJffBffl
Old OldBillSewell OJffBffl BillJewell Sewell Tells That ThatTrip ThatTrip ThatTripIsOff
Trip TripIsOff TripIsOffLADSTO I Is Off OffLADS 0 0LADS
LADS LADSTO TOGO TO GO GOTO TO TOQYSTER OYSTER BAY BAYWere BAYWere A Y YWere
Were to Have Sp Spent ta a Couple of ofMonths ofonths ofMonths
Months onths in the t t1i Woods Learning Learningthe
the Art of Nature NatureThe NatureThe NatureThe
The ttoosevelt boys will not go to toMaine tolrciIne toMaine
Maine this summer summeri tobe be the guests of ofOld ofPld ofOla
Old Bill Seweli Sewe after aft r all The news newsthat newsth3t newsthat
that theycannot they cannot make the trip has come comeft comeircm comefrem
ft ircm cm the U theveteran veteran woodsman himself He Hehas Hehas Hehas
has sent word to one of his friends at atthe atne atthe
the White House that the trip Is isot isotfor off offfor offfor
for this this Year much to his regret but butthat butthat butteat
that he hopes for better luck next time timeHe timeHe timeHe
He sends the information In a letter letterwhich letterwhich letterwhich
which is characteristic of his own per persoriallt personality persociality
soriallt sorialltThe sociality sonalityThe socialityThe
The Presidents eldest sons Theodore Theodorejr
jr and Ken Kermit 1It were invited by the theveteran the they theyeteran
veteran y t6ranIalne Maine woodsman upon the con conclusion conclusion conelusIon ¬
clusion of his visit to Washington last lastFebruary lastFebruary lastFebruary
February to come down East when whentieir whent1eir whentheir
their school days at Groton were over overand overanll overane
and spend a couple of months with wlthhlm wlthhlmin him himIn himin
In the woods Old Bill Billhad had taught taughtthe taughtth taughtthe
the th President Prcsld nthlmsG1t himself a few sportsman sportsmanstrldks sportsIl1 ns nstrlcks s striALs
triALs 1 in n dayslong days long past and hoped h pd for forail torU or oran
ail U Opportunity oi > pcrt1nlty to make keNiriltodz Nlnirods Lmroda Oftthe OftthePresidents cf the thePte thePcSideats
Pte Presidents Idents sturdy stur < fs sons sonsEspected sOnsExtected ns nsExpected
Expected Great SportThe Sport SportsThe SportTee
The latter thought It would uldbe be gr great gxeatsp greatsport at atsport
sport sp rt to tog get t out into the tall tall timbers timberaand timbersand mher mhernd
and nd rough it tufor for 8 a while and so S in informed tI1formed Informed ¬
formed theIr friend Old ld Bill He went wentaway wentaw wentaway
away aw y with high hlghhopesJPr hopes Jpr the treat the theyoungsters theyoungsters theyoungsters
youngsters were going to give him and andwas andwas and11SS
was even hopefuL that the President Presidentwould Presidentwould Presidentwouldeome
would wouldeome come too But after the long Pa Pacific Pac Padde ¬
cific c t1cCoast Coast trip the Chief Magistrate Magistratewill Magistrate1l1 Magistratewill
will 1l1 probably prefer a thorough rest at atOyster rtOyster ittOyster
Oyster Bay Bay Ba and the boys will also be bethere hethere bethere
there most of the summer summer tor or a family familyreunion famil familreunion familyreunion
reunion after their absence all winter winterOld wInterOld winterOld
Old Bills observations upon the thematter thematter thematter
matter are couched in this Interesting Interestinglanguage interestinglangunge Interestinglanguage
language languageIm
Im sorry to say that I dont guess guesswell guesswell guesswell
well see the President this summer summer like likewe likewe likewe
we reckoned a while back He said saidwhen saidwhen saidwhen
when he got through his job in Wash ¬
ington so he could have plenty plent r of spare sparetime sparetime sparetime
time he thought as how hed come but buthe buthe
he aint ready yet et And it looksas looks as if ifhes nhes ifhes
hes goIn to hang on to his job for some sometime s sometime > me metime
time yet yetHe yetoHe yetHe
He was agoing to send his young younguns younguns youngtins
uns down here to see the woods this thissummer thissummer thissummer
summer but the plans Jl ns for the schoolIng school schooling schoollag ¬
ing didnt hitch jest right so he gaVe gaVeit gae gaeit
it UD UDTHOUSANDS UDTHOUSANDS tinTIIOSAS
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS PERSONSNo PERSONSHOr PERSONSUMELESS
I
HOr UMELESS ELESSIN IN OESMOINES OESMOINESNo IIES MOINES MOINESNo
No Attempt Being Made to Trans Transact Transact Transact ¬
act Business BusinessDES BtlsinessDES BusinessDES
DES MOINES IOJ ES Mar Ia 30 30The The water watersupply watersupply watersupply
supply is cut off all over the tb < city owing owingto
to t the floods and the light and power powerplantwill power powerplant
plantwill plant will be shut down in a < few hours hoursSeveral hourSeveral hoursSeveral
I
Several bridges are doomed doomedand and the thecity thecity he heclt
clt city dam is breaking up upAt upAt upAt
At 10 oclock all traffic across the Dea DeaMoines DcsI De r rMOines
Moines I lnes and Raccoon Rivers was w sus suspended sus suspendedEast su supeaded ¬
pended pendedEast East north and south Des DesMoincs DesMoines DesMoines
Moines were thus completely cut off offfrom oi oifrom offfrom
from the main part of the city The Theriver Th Thriver Theriver
river was 227 227feetaboye feet above the low water watermark watermark watermark
mark at this time a foot tootaad and a half halfabove haltabove halfabove
above all past records The State Fair Fairbuildings FaIrbuildings Fairbuildings
buildings and churches all over the city cityhave citYhayc cityhave
have been thrown open to flood refugees refugeesNo refugeciiNo
No attempt is made to transact bust business husil1Css bustfloss ¬
ness The street railway company does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not expect to be able to start cars for tara taraweek a aweek aweek
week Eight thousand persons are home homeless homeless homeless ¬
less 30 3 > per 1 > er cent of whom are practically practicallywithout practicallywithout practicallywithout
without shelter and an have been unfed for fortwentyfour rortwentyfour fortwentyfour
twentyfour hours in which time they theyhave theyhav theyhave
have been exposed to the constant heavy heavyrain heavyrahr heavymiii
rain with the theraometer close to the thefreezing thafreezinS thefreezing
freezing point Many women and chit children chUdren chitdren ¬
dren shivered sh1vcr d all night long In rain rainsoaked rninsoake rainsoaked
soaked garments unable to find a dry dryplace dryplnccon dryplace
place plnccon on which to He Box cars wera weraplaced weraplaced wereplaced
placed in reach of many of the rofugees rofugeesin
in which they th could find shelter shelt r from fromthe fromthe fronithe
the rain but relief work workls Is In a deplora deplorable deplorable deploreble ¬
ble condition and far 1r behind the needs riecdsTerrible needsTerriole needsTerrible
Terrible suffering prevails the sud suddenness suddQnness suddeinness ¬
denness of the flood having left no time timefor timer tImefcr
for r t preparation or organization to COTIIbat conjat con contbat
bat jat it Levees all over the city ara arayielding arayielding
yielding In many places the Des Moices MoicesRiver MoiaiRiyer r
River is two miles wide I I
I Over Seven Hundred Dwellings Dwellingsand
and Stores Are Burning and andTwo andTwo andTwo
Two Blocks of Business Busin ss Houses HousesHave HousesHave HousesHave
Have Been DestroyedKaw Destroyed DestroyedKaw DestroyedKaw
Kaw River Cuts a Mew N ew VChann Channel ChannelBack ChannelBack l lBack
Back of the Town Leaving LeavingNorth L LeavThgNorth aving avingNorth
North Topeka Entirely Sur Surrounded Surrounded Surrounded ¬
rounded by Water WaterPortion WaterPortion WaterPortion
Portion of Kansas City C Center nter of ofGreat ofGreat ofGreat
Great Lake and River StillRising Still StillRising StillRising
Rising Thousands Homeless Homelessin Homeless Homelessin
in Des Jftoines JftoinesTOPEKA l ToinesTOPEKA oines oinesTOPEKA
TOPEKA Kits Kaso7 May M y30Fire 30 30Fire Fire Is rag ¬
ing tonight In the floodstricken district districtof
of Topeka It started from lime lime in a alumber alumber alumber
lumber yard and burning burnlngboardsfloated burnlngboardsfloatedthrough boards floated floatedthrough floatedthrough
through the town setting setting fireto firetO more morethan moreth morethan
than th niOO 700 dwellings and stores stofes Two Twoblocks Twoblocks Twoblocks
blocks of business houses are burned to tothe tothe tothe
the waters watersedge watersedgeAs edge edgeAs edgeAs
As a a result of the flood here 7000 peo people peopie peopie ¬
pie are homeless Of Ofthes these a thousand thousandare thou d dare
are still hemmed in by water in North NorthTopeka North NorthTopeka NorthTopeka
Topeka a third < of o them on roofs and In littrees Intr Intrees
trees tr es The rescue work Is sloW i W and dif difficult difficult difficult ¬
ficult owing to the swift current whichis whichis which whichis
is full of debris It Is feared fcaredthat that many manywill manywUlperish manywill
will wUlperish perish in the night Fifteen deaths deathsby deathsb deathsby
by b drowning occurred today todayHundreds todayHundreds todayHundre
Hundreds May Have Perished PerishedPeople FerisnePeople PerishedPeople
People in 1uhouses houses hous who have 1ave not n f been beenrescued be boS boSresCued n nrescued
rescued have two twoalternaUvesthey alternatives alternatIyesthey1iuSt alternatIyesthey1iuSteither they jnust jnusteither Dust DusteIther
either suffer sutrerdeath death by fire fireor or lose their theirlives theirlives theirlives
lives in the iliefiood iliefioodOrdinarlly flood floodOrdinarily floodOrdinarily
Ordinarily North orth Topeka Is separated separatedfrom separatedfrom eparatedlromTo
from lromTo Topeka ckabythso by the Kaw River which whichhas whichhas whichhas
has now risen so high thatt11e that the streets streetsare streetsare streetsare
are all several feet under 1ri water ter terriver The Theriver Thariver
river bas cut a new channel chanI el back of the thetown thetown thetown
town which leaves it entirely surround surrounded ¬
ed by water waterThe waterThe waterThe
The current Is l so soswfft swift that it Is Im Impossible impossible irnpossible ¬
possible to cross from one town ta taanother t tanother taanother
another thus leaving the stricken people peoplewith peoplewith peoplewith
with no avenue of otescape escape Hundreds Hundredsare
are supposed to have perished through throughout throughout throughout ¬
out the afternoon afternoonand and evening from flre flreand firean flreand
and an l water waterPART waterPART waterPART
PART OF KANSAS CITY CITYALMOST CITYALMOST CITYALMOSTDEPOPULATED
ALMOST ALMOSTDEPOPULATED ALMOSTDEPOPULATEDKANSAS DEPOPULATED DEPOPULATEDKANSAS DEPOPULATEDKAXSASCITY
KANSAS KAXSASCITY CITY dIT May ray 30 3CThat That part of ofKansas ofKansas ofKansas
Kansas City CIt known as Armour Dale Dalewith Dalewith Dalewith
with a population of 16000 lsa1most is almost almostdepopulated almostdepopulated cJ cJdepopulated
depopulated Its IlShouscs houses stand In the thecenter thecenter thecenter
center of a great lake Its streets are areflooded arefiooded areflooded
flooded Nearly Nearl SOQO SOOOo of its residents are arehomeless arehomeless arehomeless
homeless About 10000 men who a aew aewdays few lewdays fewdays
days ago had employment are idle idleThe idleThe idleThe
The school houses and public bulld bulldirigs bulldhigs buildicigs
irigs of Armstrong Rivervlew and andWyandotte andWyandotte andWyandotte
Wyandotte are full of refugees in ina inapitiable a apitiable apitiable
pitiable condition All day a steady steadystream steadystream steadystream
stream of floodstricken people tramped trampedacross trampedacross
across the viaducts leaving behind themtheir them themtheir themtheir
their homes omes and household goods mov moving moving movlag ¬
ing toward higher ground It was waspathetic a apathetic apathetic
pathetic procession processionRiver processionRiver processionRiver
River Still Rising RisingThe RisingThe RisingThe
The river roso steadily all day and 13 13still i6still 18still
still rising No o one knows when It will willstop willstop willstop
stop The Government Weather Bureau Bureaupredicts BureaupredIcts Bureaupredicts
predicts more rain and yet et greater floods floodsin tioodsin floodsin
in both tho Missouri and Kaw rivers riversThe rIv riversThe rs rsTh
The Th Immense packing plant of Swift SwiftCtf iwlftCd SwiftCcc
Ctf is entirely surrounded by water waterwhich waterwhich waterwhich
which stands stal1 stenfeet ten feet deep throughout throughouttho
the buildings Hundreds of buildings buildingsadjoining buildingsldJ buildingsadjoining
adjoining ldJ olning It are are submerged submergedTh stbm rged rgedTh
Th Tho water Is running the streets of ofHarlem ofHarlem ofHarlem
Harlem like a millrace Every house housein
in the town is is flooded All of lts ItsiWO 600 In Inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants ¬
habitants are homeless homelessIn homelessIn
In Argentine 2500 people are homeless homelessand homelesand homelessand >
and with the exception of a wagon road roadwhich roadwhich roadwhich
which winds over the hills the town Is Iscut 15cut isoff
cut off from the rest of the world worldBusiness worldBusiness worldBusiness
Business at Standstill StandstillBusiness St3ni StandstillBusiness stUI stUIBusiness
Business at the stock yards was prac practically practically practtcally ¬
tically at a standstill today The Therall Therallroads rail railroads railroads ¬
roads with few exceptions are unable unableto
to bring in stock and all the packing packinghouses packinghouses packinghouses
houses with the exception of Armours Armoursare
are out of business Every Western Westernroad Westernroad Westernroad
road entering Kansas City Is affected affectedby affectedLy affectedby
by washouts washo ts The Rock Island and andUnion andUnion antiUnion
Union Pacific acifia are laid out completely coinpletelyand completelyand
and an the other oth r roads are moving few fewtrains fewtrai fewtrains
trains trai s their tr tracks c1S being submerged At Atplaces atplaces lt ltplaces
places placesThe placesThe placesThe
The union station and holels are arethronged arcthronged arethronged
thronged with thousand3of thousalIl thousadottourists > otourists tourists who whoare whoaro whoare
are unable to proceed proce proceedfarther d farther The doors doorsof doorsof doorsof
of churches schools aridpublic ndi bU build buildings buildings buIldlags ¬
ings In Kansas City Cityhaetb haveheen have been en throvft throvftopen throwtopen throwfeopen
open to the sufferers and committees committeeshave committ committeeshave 11 11hae
have been appointed by the mayor to torelieve torelieye torelieve
relieve the sufferers The T e weather to tonight tonight tonight ¬
night is iSC5Id cold and anlrain rain r in Is falling fallingFORT tnmngF fallingOF
OF F FOR 1Wel2TILA 1Wel2TILAPORT M nLA nLAFORT
FORT SID SAIt Ms 31a5 i 3d i0Tho rho ha United UnitedStates Unlt UnitedStates d dStatC5
States cruisers Albany Al nY 4ialelgli sleigh and andCincinnati andClnelnnatlhvc andCincinnati
Cincinnati Clnelnnatlhvc have sailed for Manila na
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