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MBMBBB Ml LIXLKjLj. UU Vjlli iN 15> IKK MONTH
LOEB, RIGHT HAND
OF ROOSEVELT,ON
MISSION TO TAFT
Colonel's Former Secretary Ad
mits That Conference Will
Be on Politics
DENIES ANY BREACH EXISTS
Former Secretary Indicates That
Colonel Will Be Neutral in
Coming Campaign
• Associated Press]
BEVERLY, Mass., July 10.—Beverly
was about to tuck itself away to Bleep
tonight after a dull and sultry Sunday
when William Loeb, jr., right hand of
Theodore Roosevelt, motored Into town.
There had been no warning of his
coining: and his arrival caused a flutter
of excitement only second to that when
Mr. Loeb's former chief visited Presi
dent Taft at Burg-ess Point. Mr.. Loeb
will see the president tomorrow after
noon and it was frankly admitted that
politics would be the subject of their
Interview. it will be the first politics,
by the way, that Mr. Taft has talked
since Mr. Roosevelt was at Beverly.
The president started in on a ten days'
vacation last week but there are in
dications that the period of rest Is
ended and that a number of important
conferences will take place In the com
ing seven days. Then Mr. Taft is go-
Ing to nail "way down east" for a
ten days' cruise along the shores of
Maine. - i-'
Recent incidents at Oyster Bay, Mr.
Loeb declared tonight, had nothing to
do with his visit. In fact, he said
that Mr. Roosevelt probably knew
nothing of his coming to Beverly. It
developed later that Mr. Loeb was sent
for by Secretary Norton, with the
knowledge of President Taft.
"I came to talk over the general po
litical situation with the president,"
said Mr. Loeb, when pressed for an
explanation as to his visit.
f "As a representative of the colonel?"
was asked.
"No, I come as the old friend and
loyal supporter of President Taft."
DKXIKI ANY SPLIT
During all of Mr. Taft's term Col
lector Loeb has been a frequent caller
at the White House and his presence
there, coupled with the general man
ifestations of friendship between him
and the president, has done much to
contradict the stories of strained rela
tions between Mr. Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt. During his candidacy for
the Republican -. nomination and his '
campaign for the presidency, Mr. Taft
: had no more ardent advocate than Mr.
Loeb, ,
Mr. Loeb was asked by one of his
interviewers if there was a possibility
that his visit had something to do with
bridging a "chasm between Beverly
and Oyster Bay." .
, "There is not any chasm," he replied
with' emphasis. "There has been no
break of any sort and relations could
not more pleasant. Mr. Roosevelt
told me he had 'a perfectly bully' time
when he visited the president.
"The president and Col. Roosevelt
are acting as Independent Americans,
each along his own lines, but to the
same end.' 1 '
Asked If he thought Col. Roosevelt
Would come out with an indorsement
of the Taft administration, Mr. Loeb
took the position that the president's
administration needed no indorsement
from Col. Roosevelt or any one else.
As already stated a number of times
in Beverly, the president feels that
ho helped his party make a record
during the recent session of congress
— record upon which it can well af
ford to stand In the coming campaign.
The question of Individual indorse
ment has not suggested Itself to Mr.
Taft in any way.
t INDICATES T. It.' NEUTRAL
Mr. Loeb was asked as to recent
events at Oyster Bay. and the seeming
preponderance of "Insurgents" among
the colonel's visitors. i,
"Col. Roosevelt sees everybody," he
said. "The so-called Insurgents wore
all friends of his and naturally they
went to see him. Some of them want
him to help them in their campaigns."
Mr. Loeb loft the impression Colonel
Roosevelt mhrht not go so deeply into
the coming camqaign as lias been gen
erally supposed. The colonel is report
ed as being anxious to avoid anything
that looks like unfairness in his atti
tude. This fact is said to explain his
consent to Senator Beverldge's request
for a speech in the senator's campaign
for election in Indiana.
I Col. Roosevelt already had promised
to , speak for Senator Lodge here In
Massachusetts. It was put up to him
by friends of Senator Beverldgo, it' is
stated ' here, that this would indicate
that he favored the so-called "conser
vative" wing of the party and would
leave a lot of his old friends out in the
cold. . ?i J K>
MAI DISCUSS GOVERNORSHIP .
Some of the reports current in Bev
erly tonight, connect Mr. Loeb's visit
with the governorship situation In New
Yoak. The collector of the port has
frequently, been mentioned for the Re
publican nomination. Mr. Loeb when
questioned, declined to take the matteV
seriously. He said he already had
made his plans for a ■ month's vacation
to '. be . spent in i the Rocky mountains,
hunting and fishing. ; This vacation
will be taken about the time the state
, conventions meet .' in New York, so If
the Republican nomination seeks Mr.
Loeb, it will have to cross | the Great
Divide to catch up , with him. - ,
Mr. Loeb insisted that hi.« talk with
the president would have to do with
general politics; not so much with
New York state.
Mr. Loeb expressed the belief that
the Republicans in New York would
get together on election day and would
be successful "as usual."
Secretary Norton was with Mr. Loob
until late tonight. He Intended, he
said, to get into touch with the polit
ical situation as seen by Mr. Loeb. So
far as the possibility of Mr. Loeb's can
didacy for the governorship is con
cerned, it was stated here tonight that
it was not necessary for him to come
to Mr. Taft for an indorsement, for It
had been known all along that Mr. Taft
has looked with favor upon tlio re-
(Continued on tmg» i'liree/
LOS ANGELES HERALD
FORMER SECRETARY
OF ROOSEVELT, WHO
IS VISITING TAFT
WILUA.U 1.0F.8, JR.
BRITISH SHIP LOSES
HALF CARGO BY FIRE
Crew Works all Night and Day to
Subdue Blaze
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—Hag
gard and worn from overwork, worry
and loss of sleep, the crew of the
British steamer St. Nicholas, which left
Antwerp May 4, camo Into port here
today and told the story of two fires
which destroyed about half of their
cargo, which was estimated to have
been worth $1,000,000. and badly dam
aged the boat. The fires occurred June
23 and Juno 25.
Thi 1 first one was of short duration
and did but slight damage. But the
second lasted during four days and
nights. During this time none of the
crew which sonsisted of thirty-two
mon slept, but devotod themselves to
liKlitlng the damns und carrying mer
chandise to the decks to be dumped
OWrboard "r stored. None of the crew
was injured.
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
Los Angeles and vicinity—Fair Monday)
light nest wind. Maximum temperature
yesterday 75 degrees! minimum, 68 degrees.
LOS ANGELES \ c
Papular Sabbath diversions barred by
pastor. PAQB 12
Dean Win. MacCormaek declares official
Investigation of moving picture shows
should be made. —■-- _ PAGE 12
Thieves secure scant reward for bold
ness In entering Central avenue gro
cery store. PAGE 3
Demented man. eluding brother's re
straint, Is found by police wandering
on streets. . PAGE 3
Street . orator's auditor, Incensed at
speaker's verbal attack, knocks as
sailant from soap box pulpit. PAGE 3
Business houses hurry to enroll In con
vention league. PAGE 2
Aged man found drowned in Silver lake
reservoir. PAGE 2
Chemists en route to San Francisco en
tertained by Sierra Madre club during
brief visit in Los Angeles. . PAGE 2
Former convict I wanted here on forgery
charge arrested In lowa. . PAGE 3
Little girl ' taken from Children's home
tires of benefactors' kindness and runs
away. \ ' PAGE] a
Engineer of rock crushing plant killed In
boiler explosion. PAGE) 8
Editorial. PAGE 4
Sports. ■ ■. ' PAGES 6-7
Mining and oil fields. PAGE! 9
Classified advertising. " \, ' PAGE 11
Theaters. . " PAGE 5
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Daughter of owner of Skyland eloped on j
" motorcycle and 'weds In Riverside.
PAGE 10
Salt Lake railroad will erect handsome
station In heart of Pasadena million
aires' row. . '/ PAGE 10
Delegates to homeopathic Institute at '
Pasadena landed in vacant lot at site
of old railway station. PAGE! 10
Venice bath house mystery baffles the ■
police. . PAGE 1
Leslie Wellington, painter at Ten City,
Rodondo. found dead In rooming •
house. . PAGE! 10
Long Beach Presbyterians dedicate
. new $100,000 church. PAGE 10
COAST ,
Back firing is thought, to have saved
* giant soQuolaa.. , .. PAGE 1
Babe in crushed by hay cart; dies. PAGE! 2
One man and three women Injured when
Yosvmlto coach tumbles 100 feet over
cliff. PAGE 1
EASTERN
Many perish in New York's record heat r
wave. ' PAGE), 1
Harmon's arrival worries Newark off I- " '
- clals. -■ '.■■••■_-:, ; PAGE 2
Engineer's bravery, and' coolness : frus
trates attempt of bandits to rob Katy
flyer. - ',' ' PAGE 2
Dam prospects make farming. outlook
in New Mexico, bright. ...;.. \ s PAGE 2
Charlton case is buttling United States. -
, . ' .- ', /■-■•..■ PAGE) 3
Roosevelt's former secretary, William
Loeb, - jr., arrived at Beverly on political
mission to President Taft. ': • ■ ■ PAGE) 1
Frederick Turner, Cudahy Packing com- !
' pany's manager, on way east- to face
embezzlement charge. ■' > -■ '- . PAGE 7
One hundred saved as man stops "wild"
tr011ey..... ... PAGE 7
Chicago church raided; whole * congre
gation arrested. „... PAGE 8
Meyer orders sale of dilapidated war
ships. ' > I :. PAGE 5
Outlook for bis gold importation bright.
PAGE) 5
Minister ' and young girl are arrested as
elopers in Kansas City. ■■'.■ PAGE 3
FOREIGN
Aviators at Rlielms set new records for dis
tance, speed and time. ; ■ PAGH.I
Submarine Salmon reaches Bermudas after
record breaking dash, • PAGE 1
MINING AND OIL
President - Diaz corrects faulty clauses
in Mexican ; mining law. jt . PAGE 8
Consolidated ' Midway Is reported as
■ doing 10,000 barrels 'an hour, . when
. permitted to flow. v,v PAGE 9
Englishmen are said to be forming pipe'
."/.line for California Hold. , PAGE) 9
Mays well Is again ' placed among pro- -
w «duceri. ••,;;.'; . , PAQB 9
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1910.
FLYERS SET NEW
DISTANCE HEIGHT
AND TIME MARKS
International Aviation at Rheims
Shows Triumph for the
Monoplanes
SPEED 68 MILES AN HOUR
American Fails to Win Prizes,
but Makes Good Showing
in Contests
[Associated Press]
% BETHANY PLAINS, RHEIMS,
France, July 10.--The international
aviation meeting at which new records
for height, distance, speed and time
were set closed today. The meeting
was a triumph for monoplanes, which
made all the recoi'du and carried oft
the majority of the prizes. The ex
perts declare that the most important
achievement was tbo record made by
Leon Morane, who yesterday attained
a speed of 106 kilometers (65.93 miles)
an hour. They believe that this will
be followed soon by a speed of 180
to 200 kilometers.
At such a speed aeroplanes would
be little affected by the wind. A time
Is In sight, they think, wheri travel
by aeroplane will be as safe and twice
as fast as by train.
The distance and dun; tion records
established by M. La Bouchers yes
terday, 340 kilometers (211.14 miles)
in 4 hours 37 minutes and 45 seconds,
were broken today by Olieslagers, wno
made a magnificent flight of 393 kilo
meters (244.44 miles) in 5 hours 3 min
utes 5 seconds. On landing Olies
lagers was handed a telegram of con
gratulation from the king of the Bel
gians.
Morane, who covered five kilometers
(3.10 miles) yesterday in ", minutes 56
seconds, and ten kilometers in 5 min
utes 47 seconds, succeeded in bettering
these records today, covering the five
kilometers in 2 minutes 53 seconds,
and the ten in 5 minutes and 42 sec
onds. He also carried oft the speed
prize for twenty kilometers (12.44
mles) In 12 minutes 45 seconds.
The cross-country prize over a twen
ty-two kilometer course was won by
Le Blanc In a monoplane. The officers'
prize for a flight of fifty kilometers
went to Lieutenant Cameron. He, In
company with Lieutenant Fiequant, at
the close of the meeting, left on a
machine for the camp where he is
stationed. The only American com
petitor, Weyman, while he did not
win a prize, made a good showing.
In another flight late this evening-
Morane further reduced the time for
five kilometers, covering the distance
in 2 minutes and 48 seconda, a speed
of more than 110 kilometers (68.42
miles) an hour.
BIG CROWD CUSP!; AS
CURTISS BUCKS WIND
Machine Tilts Dangerously When
Over the Breakers at At
lantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10.—
Glenn H. Curtiss made the only flight
of the day here at 7:05 o'clock p. m.,
staying In the air only five minutes.
When over the heavy breakers, his ma
chine tilted dangerously in the strong
wind and he was prevented from trying
for the $5000 speed prize over the fifty
mile course during the day. The crowds
were fearful for his safety.
Curtiss made the flight against the
advice of the Aero club officers after
the wind had driven the stake yachts
to harbor and forced the lifeboats sent
to watch him In case of accident to
return to the beach. The flight was
made to satisfy the crowd that had
waited all day to see the machine in
action.
Brooklns made no attempt to go up.
He announced that he will make no at
tempt at present to break the altitude
record of 6175 feet. His sensational
feat of yesterday is still the leading
subject of comment. He said today
that he felt no fear about getting back
to the earth safely.
"It was fearfully cold," he said, "but
I intended to try to add a few hundred
foot more to the record when I heard
the engines begin to pound. I know
that my gasoline was gone and made
straight for the lino. My descent was
so swift that I landed with a fearful
headache.
"I was only In real danger on the
last turn whan I dashed around in a
short circle to keep from being dashed
into the sea."
BELGIAN AVIATOR HURT
AS PLANE IS WRECKED
GHENT, July 10.—Daniel Kinct, the
Belgian aviator, was seriously hurt to
day while making a flight. The rudder
of his machine broke when he was at
a considerable height, and the aero
plane turned over several times, drop
ping like a stone in a wheat field.
Kinet holds the world's record for an
aeroplane flight with a passenger,
which he made at Mourmelon on May
15, when he remained in the air for two
hours and fifty-one minutes.
TIME COME FOR UNIVERSAL
RELIGION, SAYS JOHN D.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 10.—John
D. Rockefeller, speaking before the
Euclid Avenua Baptist church Sunday
school today, declared that the time
had come for a universal religion.
In his address Mr. Rockefeller de
clared that his church and Sunday
■chool work was one of the things in
life which gave him the slnceiest
pleasure.
Submarine Boat Salmon Making Record
on Voyage Condemned as Fatal Folly
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VENICE MYSTERY
PUZZLES POLICE
Clothing of Woman Bather Who
Fails to Return Found
in Bath House
VENICE, July 10.—Disappearing com
pletely after renting a room and bati -
Ing suit at the A'eniee salt water
plunge, a woman supposed to be Char
lotte Hitchcock of 709 West Fortieth
place, Los Angeles, waa sought by tho
police and life guards today. Whether
she is at the sandy bottom of the Pa
cific or in hiding as the chief actor in
a hoax perpetrated on her friends and
family is a question yet to be solved.
Her complete outfit of clothing which
she wore at the time she entered tho
bath house either Friday or early Sat>
urday morning was found In the bath
room today by attendants.
A thorough search of the bath houso
and vicinity was made, today by Super
intendent V. T. Reuter, assisted by
Capt. Tom Wilde and members of the
Venice Volunteer Life Saving corps.
Expert divers dragged the bottom of
the big plunge and investigated the
surf and breakers where it is consid
ered probable the girl's body will be
found If she has been drowned in
the sea.
FIND NOTE
With the clothing in the bath houso
was a note written on both sides of a
small sheet of note paper with a lead
pencil, lv which sha announced to a
frieVid her Intention of attempting t>
swim to the float and back wearing a.
cornet for a wager of $10. The letter,
which was unfinished, began with tho
salutation "Dear Grace," and tha writer
claimed to have scribbled it while com
ing to Venice or. a car. The spelling of
a number of words was careless, while
the writing was so legible that those
who have examined it decline to belieso
it was written on c moving train. Thiy
is the letter:
"709 W. 40 Place, Los Angeles, I'nl.,
July 8, 1910.—Dear Grace: Oh, oh, I'll
bet you would like to kill me or some
thing Just as bad, but honoy really I
lieen so busy (doing nothing). Our
family has gone to the bust up com
pletely. Abbie's married, Johnnies
married, mania and papa gone to Mex
ico and so Charlotte is left to bum for
herself.
"I had a job as office girl for a
Spanish teacher, but go sore at him, so
I just hiked and am going to the beach.
1 am on the car now and guess I'll ar
rive in safety. I w;is at -Long Reach
for a week and learned how to swim a
little. Well, good enough, so that 1
took a bet of $10 that I couldn't UVi tin
with my corset on out to the float and
Lack. So I am going to try it. If I
get out there and back in safety I'll
get the ten. I am afraid of the wat< r,
though, since the old fortune teller told
me I'd be drowned and never founded
(joke, laugh), but I'm going to try it
anyway.
"Harold has gone to Denver. He is
the same good-nutured old kill, or
lather was. 1 am at Venice now. Will
finish t.iis after I win that ten."
NO "KATB" FOI'NK
Included in the bundle of wearing ap
parel at police headquarters are a
black straw sailor hat, two-piece suit
of dark gray with thin dark blue
stripes, white shirtwaist, corsets and
black button shoes. The coat is long
and the entire outfit, according to the
police, is such as might be worn by a
woman of ordinury size. No "rats"
were left to Indicate the shade of the
woman's hair, although a large supply
of hairpins were left on a bench. A
copy of a current magazine with the
name "Charlotte Hitchcock" written in
lead pencil on the cover, was also
found.
It is thought the woman could not
have attempted to swim to the ilout
without being seen by the life guards
stationed by the bathhouse manage
ment on the beach throughout the day.
Stanley Townsend, George Wikle and
Adoplh Toenjes, all of whom spent part
of Friday and Saturday on duty there,
said tonight they had witnessed no
inch feat as that spoken of In the let
ter, Women attendants at the imiii
house say iiny do not remember ssee-
(Coutlnued an l'ngo xnvj.
BACK FIRE SAVES
GIANT SEQUOIAS
Army of Fighters Plan to Corra
Forest Flames Between
Two Creeks
VISALIA, July 10—The forest fire
which has been burning in the Sierra
slopes near Grant National park and
which entered the forest of giant trees,
fifty miles east of here, now is thought
to be under control. Back firing has
been resorted to In order to save the
big trees, and It is planned to corral the
fire between two creeks.
The fire penetrated into the preserve
of big trees, but none of the trees was
burned, although the escape was
narrow.
A large force of soldiers, civilians
and rangers have been fighting the
flames for three days. The fire now is
out on the east and south, and the only
danger now is that the back fire will
get away from control. Several thou
sand of acres of big timber have been
destroyed.
GIANT TREES IN SEQUOIA
PARK SAFE FROM FLAMES
Forest Fires Do Not Reach Fa
mous Tract
FRESNO, July 10.—The forest fire
which has been rag-ing in the Sequoia
National park in the Sierras for the
past three days never entered the giant
forest, as was at first reported. In
formation to that effect was received
direct from the scene tonight. Prac
tlcally no merchantable timber was de
stroyed, the flames being confined al
most altogether to underbrush. The
lire is now nt the edge of the pine belt,
but is under control, and while there
is still some danger that the fire may
reach the big trees, the force of men
now working there is considered suffi
cient to stop any outbreaks that may
occur. The loss is very small.
AUTO SKIDS OVER CLIFF,
DROPS 18 FEET; 3 HURT
Colorado Banker and Judge Are
Fatally Injured
FORT COLLINS, Colo., July 10, -W.
11. Allison, president of the First Na
tional bank of Boulder, was probably
fatally hurt and Judge James Uarri
gues and Harry P. Gamble of the state
district court sustain.'l severe injur
ies late today when an automobile IB
which they were riding skiddtd over
a cliff at Virginia Dale hill, thirty-five
miles northwest of here, and fell a dis
tance of eighteen feet.
Allison, who was driving, was pinned
beneath the car, .me of Ins arms and
a collarbone were broken, his face
was badly gashed and he reeclved con
tusions of the head and Internal injur
ies from which, physicians said to
night, he could not recover, The two
judges were thrown clear. The extent
of their injuries is not yet known.
ARMY MANEUVERS STAYED
BY BIG WATER FAMINE
DENVER, July 10—Extensive army
maneuvers at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.,
involving' several regiments <>£ regulars
und the pick of the 'national -uard of
Colorado Utah and Wyoming, due to
n here July 16, have practically
p because of w«te| fam
ine prevalent in the northweat, uccord
iutj to advices reecivod here today.
yiVVfli 1 ffIPTI?Q» WAILY 2c. ON TRAINS ««.
DliN VXJUi-i \JUI IJjO . SUNDAYS sc. ON TRAINS 10*
SUBMARINE SAFE;
SMASHES RECORD
Fears Dispelled by Report of
Salmon's Arrival at Ber
muda Islands
HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 10— The
United Etatessubmarine Salmon, which
sailed from yuincy, Mass., at 2 o'clock
on the afternoon of July 3, made St.
David's light at 1 o'clock this morning.
She remained until 5 o'clock and took
a pilot aboard, arriving at Hamilton
three hours later. The Salmon encoun
tered a rough sea on the 4th and Sth,
bbt suffered no damage. She fully
demonstrated the practicability of the
submarine for long ocean voyages.
The distance between Quincy ami
Hamilton is about 800 miles, and the
Salmon made an average speed af be
tween six and seven knot 3an hour.
The seaworthiness of the little craft
was proved to the entire satisfaction
of the representatives aboard and the
the builders.
The Salnion will proceed from Ber
muda to Hampton lioads, but the date
for her sailing has not yet been fixed.
The submarine is under command of
former Lieutenant Commander Greg
ory C. Davidson and carries a crew of
twenty-one officers and men.
When the vessel left Quincy two
women relatives of men on board
fainted, and many believed that the
little craft was going to certain de
struction. The navy department itself
considered the experiment a dangerous
one, owing to the number of disasters
to submarines in the past year, and the
trip was only undertaken in order to
give a thorough test to this type of
vessel with a view of building- others if
It proved successful, or of largely dis
continuing work with submarines built
on the present lines.
There has been strong criticism of
the department as engaging in a piece
of fat',l folly in starting the Salmon
on the present long trip.
YOSEMITE COACH FALLS
100 FEET; FOUR INJURED
One Man and Three Women Un
able to Save Themselves
by Jumping
YOSEMITE, July —A four-hourse
jtage coach carrying eleven passengers
bound for El Portal, th gateway of
the Yo.-?emite national park, went over
a cliff into the Merced river, a fall of
100 feet, today.
One man and three, women were
carried down with the . stage and in
jured seriously. The other passengers
and the driver jumped in time. Two
horses were killed.
The injured were taken to the hotel
El Portal and it is reported that one
woman still is unconscious. No in
formation concerning the identity of
the victims or the extent of their in
juries could be obtained from the ho
tel management tonight. . .
The coach was rounding a sharp
curve known as Devil's Elbow on the
stage road j between Yosemite and El
Portal. One of the leaders stum
and knocked the outside leading horse
over the cliff. The wheel horses and
the stage them went over. When the
driver saw that the "coach was going
over he called to the passengers to
jump for their lives, at the same time
leaping to .safety himself. Those .who
were carried over with the coach were
unable to extricate themselves in time.
Late tonight the manager of the
hotel announced that the Injured per
sons were not seriously hurt. Ho
said their names were withheld ' at
their own request.
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LIGHTNING KILLS MAN AS
HE AIDS IN BURYING FRIEND
CHATTANOOGA, Ttnn., July W.—
Walter white, a farmer, while aiding
in lowering the boily of .1 deceased
friend Into (lie grave, was itruck by
lightning and Instantly killed near
Tyner today.
[^^CENTS
VICTIMS GO MAD,
MANY ARE KILLED
IN HOT N.Y. WAVE
Hottest Day of Year Blister
Gotham and Spreads Dealh
and Suffering
THERMOMETER REGISTERS 92
Hospitals Taxed to Uttermost in
Caring for Stricken—No
Relief Promised
NEW YORK, July 10.—This was the
hottest day of the year in New York.
Three persons went mad with the heat
and eight other! died of it. The list
Of prostrations was long. At 12:30 p. m.,
the temperature was 92 degrees, one
degree hotter than yesterday's maxi
mum at 4 p. m., but the humidity was
not so high and early in the afternoon
a refreshing breeze sprang up. At 4
o'clock the temperature had gone down
7 degrees. The forecast for tomorrow
is continued heat.
MANY PROSTRATED AND 10
DEATHS IN PHILADELPHIA
Maximum Temperature for Day
Is 93 Degrees
PHILADELPHIA, July 10.—Ten
deaths and many prostrations occurred
here today as a result of the heat. The
humidity was 85 degrees during the
morning hours and the mean temper
ature for the day was 84. The maxi
mum temperature was 93. Late in the
afternoon a cool breeze from the west
brought relief and at 6 p. m. the mer
cury had fallen to 77.
RAIN BREAKS LONG HOT
SPELL AT EL PASO
EL PASO, July 10.—The hottest per
iod of eight days ever recorded by
the government weather station here
was broken today by a heavy rain
and a decided fall m temperature. For
eight days the temperature averaged
89.8. The Rio Grande river at this
point is entirely dry.
TWO DEAD FROM HEAT
IN SWELTERING BOSTON
BOSTON, July 10.—This was the hot
test day of the year in Boston, the.
official temperature being 93 degrees
at 2 o'clock. TWo deaths and a scorn
of prostrations were reported. For the
first time in Boston electric fans wero
used in some churches today.
ONE DEAD, 4 PROSTRATED;
102 DEGREES IN CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, July 10.—The na
tional capital sweltered today in torrid
heat which caused one death and four
prostrations. On Pennsylvania avenuu
the thermometer registered 102 de
grees.
86 DEGREES AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July 10— The. hottest day
of the year in Seattle was recorded
today when a maximum temperature
of n6 degrees was registered by the
government thermometer. A sea
breeze minimized the suffering and
only one prostration was reported.
ELEVEN DROWNED
BOSTON. July 10.—New England
waters claimed a toll of eleven lives
lost by accidental drowning today. In
nearly every case the victims were
seeking relief from the torrid heat by
a plunge in the water.
PRESIDENT DIAZ ELECTED
FOR HIS SEVENTH TERM
Eighty-Year-Old Head of Mexican
Republic Hale and Hearty
MEXICO CITY, July 10.—General
Porflrlo Diaz, who will he 80 years old
September 13 next, was today re
elected president of Mexico by the elec
toral college for six years, this being
the seventh time he has been chosen
as the head of the government. Ramon
Corral was elected vice president.
Rporta from all the states in the,
Mexican union are to the effect that In
the electoral college, which met today,
Dlas and Corral won overwhilming vic
torles and that no disorder of any kind
occurred in any section of the country.
President Diaz was first elected in 1878
to serve a term of four years. He has
been president of Mexico ever since
with the exception of four years—lßßo
-18S4—when Manuel Gonzales was chief
executive. Until 1892 the president was
chosen for four years; since that time.
the terra lias been six years.
President Diaz is hale and hearty.
WILL ENLIST SOLDIERS OF
FORTUNE FROM MILITIA
...
MONTGOMERY. Ala., July 10.— An
officer of the Alabama national guard
will pick 500 men at the encampment at
Chtckamauga next week who will vol
unteer for duty in Nicaragua, accord
ing to a report here, It is declared
that this officer and his men will sail
for Nicaragua soon after tin encamp
ment closes and will bo used to bring
to an end the hostilities between Ma
driz and ■ Estrada. It is not stated
which side the Americans will fight
with. Neither can It be learned from
what point the expedition will sail nor
the date.
