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S$UVL GREAT WAR THE GRAVEYARD OF MILITARY REPUTATIONS Four hundred General and many Admirals helved since It began. Read the story in to-morrow's SUN. THE WEATHER FORECAST. r Partly cloudy to-day; fair to-morrow) moderate temperature. Hlgheit temperature yesterday, 74; lowest, 63. Detailed weather, null and murine reports on pugo 13. VOL. LXXXII. NO. 306. BECKER TO TELL WHO GOT GRAFT HE COLLECTED Whitman Already Informed of "Higher Ups" Behind Strong Arm Squad. SIX POLICE OFFICIALS XA3IED BY PRISONER Charles llccker. In the death home It King Sing, will reveal before he goes to the electric c'nnlr the names of the J'ollce Department omclals living and (lend with whom ho divided the $100,000 traft money that was wrung from the pmblers and Illegal resort keepers In hla violent career as commander of the strong arm squad. That was the prediction made yester day by the condemned man's lawyer, Mrtln T. Mantnn. who gave to the novernor on Thursday the names of six men vtio uorked In the background and took the cash that Becker ground out of ulldoers. Not all of these men are living, hut thooe that are nllve ought to be shaking In their shoes, according to Mr. Manton, because' llecker Is des perate now that hope Is virtually gone. The lawyer himself would not make public the nanus of the officials ac. tuMil hy Becker. Me said he was bound not only by the ethics of his pro fusion and his promise to (Jov. Whit man, but was restrained also by the possibility that some of the men named by Btcker might be falsely accused. He U certain, however, that Becker Intend to tell, and explains that Becker Is swayed mostly by the feeling that ho doesn't want other men to be used a tools and then cast aside when they are no longer useful and merely dan- Imous. .Money Not Ills Object. "1 am convinced." said Mr. Manton li.it evenlnc. "that Charles Becker will L-lv in tha nubile the Information that tie gae to Gov. Whitman through me Ian Thursday. 1 wish I could pubHsn he names myself. It ougnt to oe aone In the Interest of Justice. The Gov ernor ought to do It. hut of course that s hie business. I may not criticise Bint. But Becker will make a clean breast fcf the grafting. He will issue a siaie- tient, not for money, but for the pur oi of Justly dividing the guilt of graft. We doean't want to die, if die he must, iM lnv. on earth a set of men wno might use others as he has been used. A Urge nmount has been offered to h'.m to make a statement that could be published by one newspaper alone. He has refused that offer. When he la ready to talk he will talk for all the news rianers and all the people." No amount of questioning, direct or Indirect, could elicit from -Mr. jiantun any further details concerning the reflations expected other than that neeii.r h mill the Governor that six r.r.nn. k..l,l himself nuea meir pockets from blackmail proceeds. Mr. Manton left It clearly to be understood that the large nmounts of money banked bv Lieut, -linker in 1911 and 1912 In the period when the strong arm squad as raiding and manipulating cviumo to .nit Hecker'a ends were shared with the six omclals. At least one of these il dead. t-u nbn hint mur.h less ii r irtiruu im"1 money than was generally credited to Mm at the time OI nis urreni ouu i--trials for the murder of Rosenthal was txcause the greater part of the black mall proceeds, estimated at fully 100,- r.An . . . . ii . .....i wl.l.l.n nnrtm vy'l, Weill 10 niB SHCIll unu ww..- fedtrates, was the impression gathered from Mr. Munton's Interview with the newspaper men. ne.ent Whitman' Hefual.' Although the lawyer was exceedingly careful In his choice of words. It was trongly apparent that he bitterly re Mnts Gov. Whitman's refusal to com mute Keeker's sentence as & reward for Htcker's craft revelations. Mr. Man ton Intimated that the Governor dis played nn astonishing eagerness to drop the whole business, a desire to close the entire case. Even after the six names were given to him. he. declined, Mr. Manton said, to extend any mercy to the condemned man. I renueated him a week ago to ap point a tpeclal commissioner to Inquire a to whether any man ougni to nave ln convicted on the testimony of such Mtnesses as nnnenred against Charles Uecker." said Mr. Manton. "I suggested !o that the special commissioner could o to Slug Sing nnd put any questions desired to Becker graft questions "r 'my other sort. The Governor ap- Pfareii nt first to think the suggestion as an excellent one. But he Informed ire on Thursday that he must deny the i'iuet rp tu date Gov. Whitman nn Viwn no desire whatever for a further I'l'Vutigatlon." Mr Manton's point of view, or stated i the interview yesterday, was that the ovtrnor should at least have given a lens reprieve to Becker, not only be i'uae time might demonstrate that Jack "one, firldgle Webber and Harry vnllon fave fnlwi. testimony, htit hecAtifls Hecker's willingness to expose the secret raiurs of the Police Department could Hi-oil for the public good. On the mer nand, it was reported rrom Aiuany eaterday that Gov, Whitman In talks itn close fr ends had said that Becker s vf,nons were of no special lm- vnnnce, Cnckrnn to Make Appeal. W Unurke C.'nckran, senior member ' the law Mrm of Cockran A Manton, in mane the anneal to tne supreme mui i in i ii hi i inns i m i ii t s n uiaii trmwtm ft 111' iinnM.,U.I .1.. I-- nAk.lKl. "v iwiivrniTu un inn mm iiunatuic - i in nn t- iicunt'l iiuin i ir til ii. i . 'iiircilllll 111 LUIHIUI'l lilt" HJJJirHI fJI I dtriKu Within ii few liayu, pomlbly rly next week, Mr, Cock ran will npply J f'ilMuif Court J tint Ice OhnrUn R 'URbf-s, in charge f thin illnlrlet, for n nt of error on the ground that there Continued on Last I'agt. Red Cross Relief Work in Mexico Blocked by Factions' Interference; May Force Wilson to Change Policy Association, Unable to Ac complish Results, May End Its Task. XO CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS Fighting Forces Prevent the Sending of Food to Stricken Districts. The-lied Cross tnny not continue its famine relief work In Mexico. Porflrlo Diaz was President of Mexico Conditions are such that the asso-1 trsm 157S to 1911 except between 1S80 , , , ,, ., ... and 1SS4, when Gen. Gonzales ruled. elation Is unablo to achieve anything j js power was unquestioned and unlru- In the war torn country. (paired until the successful Madero revo- .,, , ,,.. .hnllutlon of ,!,tl which exiled him. The fighting factions prevent the WUh ,ho cre(l of ,he MexlPlln mob Red Cross from reaching the starving t rising to the windows of the palaco the neonln with food , nRcl1 dlctntor superintended the park- peopto Wltn food. ling of the few possessions he could take Secretary Lansing's attention has Wth (lm nnJ aftcr two tUiyn ot ri0ting been called to the dllllculties and I dashed for the railroad station and President Wilson will be Informed. A change In the Mexican policy may re sult. No criticism Is made by the Hed Cross officials of the Administration policy. Carrnnza has refused to treat with Villa for peace. Machine guns were seized In the basement of an El Paso theatre owned by a Hucrta supporter now under ar rest. Criticism Is heard In Washington on I the way the Huerta case Is being handled. It Is reported that the C-ov ernment may try to have Huerta de ported to Spain. RED CROSS FINDS ITS WORK BLOCKED Unable to Accomplish Ends Under Conditions In Mexico. Washington, July 2. Until a radical change has been effected In conditions In 'Mexico, the lied Cross will not at tempt to expand and may not continue the famine relief work Initiated there following President Wilson's appeal to the country""of a monUiago. The Red Cross autriorUles have found hat under the conditions under which they have attempted to relieve suffer ing In Mexico the work cannot be con ducted consistently with the funda mental principles of the Red Cross or ganisation. To send food into Mexico under existing circumstances is likened to pouring water through aSleve in that It brings no results. The feeling on the part of the Red Cross, as communicated to the Btate De partment recently, is that what Is now being done falls to give promise of lead Ing to anything definite or achieving any tangible results for the benefit of Mexico. The essence of' Red Cross work. It was Dolnted out. Is rehabilitation, relief cal culated not only to remove acute distress i In an emergency but also to enable suf-1 ferers to reestablish themselves In posi-; tlons of self-dependence. The existing , situation in .-Mexico reiiaern auirn wuri absolutely Impossible. Armed Factions Blamed. With Mexico In control of armed fac- itlona which prevent the majority of the people from devoting themselves to the cultivation of the land or other tasks ztr yrce1.0 a8T,s..x the Red Cross o get access io me points i at which the distress is most acute, and even In some cases positively obstruct ing the relief work J with food being sold out of Mexico to furnish gold to the faotlons while the Rert Cross was snip pltig It Into Mexico, and with the Red Cross unable to exercise its customary control and supervision of relief opera- tUrvn. I, nittVinsUi' In ! nnrnnl.i. ' control and supervision of relief opera- tlons. those In authority in the organiza-1 IJUllB, Uivao ' uuuiwutj ttt vt" tlon reached the conclusion 'that real Red 7. question until conditions have been radl cally altered. The views of the Red Cross already have been communicated to Secretary of State Lansing. Upon the return of Pres ident Wilson to Washington next week they will be laid before him by leading men of the organization. Whnn tlm President a month nffO Is- hia aniMil tn the American neoDle to contribute funds to the Red Cross to relieve famine conditions In Mexico the wijiiuuu won ........ mfo' more profound effect on tne Auminisira- tlon's policy In Mexico than nny other taken by It lit recent montns, It was made clear by the Red Cross , OUUU llio Aunuiunuuun the Hed Cross whh Me to Irnvn uocphh hi mm iiiiiu iui me rAn iu him. dmv.- Amniiir the more nronilneiit or soneiH tu a , . . cess, of the relief work must depend 1 ' ia-e was Owen Madden, the New Yrlt ?ei ,"p. a" lc.e 7'tam, pl?,t',, , ,l0 a large degree upon the character of ''"J" "we" MBaurn' ,ne lont tried to tabllsh-a bowling alley, but! the support given tt by the United States established late to-nluht that lrtnilon was denied him by the Hum- Government. It was held that the Pres. ,"Sr X tried to U h0" authorities,. It was then that All-1 (.lent bv annealing for funds practically tl,e n.riM"ncr-. . ..uf.V L.... .!." ... i gnr derlnred he was being bnscotted In I was then lsUted Tha Ui " work would Placing that the keepers In that( Instl i.2 the moment this access was I tutlon were "down on him" and "made im'.'Vi.riJroVs I Has Aided Hut Little. The State Department bus had Its Consuls and agents cooperate with the lieil cross and has made representations i to the factions in behalf of tho relief 1 movement, It has not, however, taken any step to eliminate the conditions out lined above, which threaton to keep the relief work on a very sninu scaie ir noi to stop It altogether, The conclusions reached by the Red Cross will now put It squarely up to the I'reHicipnt a 10 wnemrr dp ,H( w,,ll,1 he asked the country to undertnko be abandoned thus early or whether ho will use the forces of this Government to Insure the distribution nf relief, It cannot be stated too emphatically that In taking this stund there Is not the slightest Intention on the part of the Ited CrosH to criticise the policy of the Administration, The Red Cross organl- nation maintains a non-polltlcul, non partisan policy which Is beyond ques tlon or reproach. The authorities of the organization Continued on Fifth Pate. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915 . Cowrtoht, 1916, bv the Sun Printing PORFIRIO DIAZ, "THE MAN WHO MADE MEXICO;' DEAD Fitnions General nnd States man Passes Away in Paris nt Age of ill.. Paiiis. .July 2. Kx-Presldent Porflrlo DIhx of Mexico died here at 7 o'clock this morning. Gen. Dlnz'a .wife, Scnora Carmen Ro mero Hublo Dlnz, and their son, Por Hi io Dlnz, Jr., and the hitter's wife were at the deathbed. luuit irain lor era riix. iier u peril ous ride he arrived at the seaport. Flowers were strewn In his path as he walked between rows of the bayonets of his guard to the steamer Yplranga. It was on May 31, 1911, that he sailed, never to return. Diaz went to Havana first, his famlly nccompaiiylng lilni, and there took ship for England. He Journeyed through Prance, Spain, Italy and up the Nile and then returned to Paris, where he spent most of his last days. It was reported from time to time that he would return to Mexico, that offers of nn army command had been made to him and that many felt he was the onlv nn. whn nnnl.l reltnlt the lint tnK factons under an Iron rule, but me rejKins never maieriauzeu. It has been reported several times re- cently that he was 111 and once that ha had died. Before he left Mexico he was a sufferer from arterlo sclerosis and gave evidences on his flight of be ing broken down physically. A Soldier by f'lrcnmatanrea. Diaz was born on September 14, 1S30, in a little Inn at Oaxaca, Mexico. He was intended for the church, but his early inclinations turned him to the law. The condition of affairs in Mexico mailt It Inevitable that he should become a soldier. The first thirty years of his manhood were spent In almost continuous fighting, the remaining years In constructive statesmanship whoe stern measures for the, upbuilding of Mexico won the re spect and confidence of the world. Dlas was of mixed blood. His father, Jose de la Cruz Dlas, was of full Spanish blood, while his mother was the daugh ter of Mariano Mori, of pure Andaluslan SING SING TRUSTIES GET OSBORNE'S CALF Theft, Attempted Suicide and Drunkenness Make Warden's Tleturn Vnpleasant. Ossinino, N. Y.. July 2. Warden i 'Thomas Mott Osborne's cup of trouble i flowed over the brim to-day when the tsing Sing hend returned from Auburn. Some one of his Mutual Welfare leaguers had stolen the prison calf and sold It. Two other lenguers, In order r,ners au- i"j ..iu, sumably as a result of drink bought with the receipts of the stolen calf, and an other had tried suicide by drinking a solution of carbolic acid, He was saved , . ,he Btomach ,m,np. , h HtoI' tlle ralf ,H U'nfiUn fluhnrnn flrtst mi "o sroie me can is a mystery nun Warden Osborne first set about solving. - l0 the theory that none could have en-' "" xcept one of the trusty squad of live Welf.trers assigned to take care of It, all i five were, summarily locked up In the yesterday wiw moved cIoho to the draw cell block until one or ull get repentent I bridge on the seashore side. Allgor nnd confess. The stable trusties were John Sharky, Domlnlrk Maffettn, Santa Barbara, Jlmmle Jasper and Tough Tony. The ttempt nt suicide Is to be the fluujeci or anoiner invesugaiioii, um not It too Involves the stolen -flif COulil not be learned. calf could not be learned. Hut In spite ot all Keeper Carson transferred elghty-four of the Sing Sing nmB,eB to Auburn this .lullttv. ... frnm Auburn whrf It 1m wmJU cl ... I' J " 111 life miserable" for him CAN'T MIX UQTJOR AND LAW. Ceiirxlii Legislators Must Keep Out nen inimil'llirn, Atlanta, juiy iiereaner u wii.v member of the General Assembly of Georgia become. Intoxicated he will not Atlanta, July 2, Hereafter if any bo allowed to enter the legislative hnlln. a standing rule was adonted to-day which provide thnt no membitr iihall be aniiuiie.i in ii """"' "" the doorkeepers are charged with rigid enforcement of the rule. It Is reported that tlie rule wns adopted because of certnln recent oc- 1 currences, but these reports are denied 1 nnd the supporters (if the rule declare It 1 is aimed at no pattlcular person or per. Wilfl Kiiuwn un wiiuiiiij ueir, nn ir As statewide prohibition Is the law innrfrfibfarf says thnt the Herlln Par of Georgia some memhors wanted to icners, which was suspended as a result know how a legislator rould get drunk, of Its publication of the pence appeal of without being a party to the violation Qerman Socialists, has been allowed to of law, ley Porfirio Diaz. strain, who married Maria Teola Corte, an Indian girt of the Mlxteco niw. Diaz was therefore one-fourth Indian and three-fourths white. When Diaz was 3 years old his father died and the family HufTered many privations. At 7 he earned his first money as an altar boy In the church of Santa Oatarina, and a few years later. ho was studying for the priesthood in the pontifical seminar' of Oaxaca, where , he soon liecame disgusted with the ways of the monks of the Santo Domingo inonawtery. Young Diaz alre.nly had liberal ideas and in the sclioolboy fights, when two factions calling themselves Liberals nnd Clericals lined up, he always led the Liberals, while his brother Kellx headed tho Clerical force. Later In real warfare they were simi larly divided, but finally Kellx Joined his brother on the Liberal aide. When he was 15 Dlnz met Juarez, the great Indian who was later to lo Presi dent of the republic. Juarez made a deep Impression on the toy, who soon nrter turnel rrom divinity to the law VI? '21 -,ht ,l!f.",l,U,f.of Art" nn,1,of The Hronx last night. Sciences, where ho studied for five years. During this time Diaz wa supporting himself ami helping Ms family by teach ing nnd doing clerical work. After Juarez was elected Preldent Continued on Fifth f'agr. SPITE BOAT STIRS RUMSON ROAD FOLK Alitor, Onee Ousted, Still An noys Them liy Talk and Postcards. SKAnmaitT, N. .1., July 2. Wlitn the spite fence bungalow of .lames Monroe i Allgor, on the Ruinson road, passed Into ( iiiu minus ui .tiujur ui'urKu . i.iliuiv last fall the summer residents of this placo and Rumson breathed easier, for It was believed that the nuisance that had long pestered them every season had been solved, Not so, however, as Allgor 1ms appeared In a houseboat nnd in ni iiaiif jiuniiii ilium tivsaai lio in vn more daringly than before. The man Is out as early as T o'clock In the morning and remains till duslt, Ntopplng summer folks travelling to nnd from Itiimson to the shoro nnd using iieuui ciaiory tn.K agiuns persons wnu alleges were responsible for the fall- - . . ,, .'nJ ! dafysT0w,,',S not arrested before not be the fault of those who are accosted, The Allgor houseboat, named "They Drove Me to It," Is also plncauled ami takes extrn cure not to offer any of the enrds for sale while he Is off the house boat, lie knows the law, as he has spent a smnll fortune In legal fees In his fight against the Rumson road resi dents, (u fact he has lost all of his property, even the Seabrlght home being old bv the Sheriff are known to every 1 .... ., one living within hulling dlstnnce of Heabilght. The trouble begun when he but a bi;ng(llow al tho ,ntranre of the lt,r tnllnte. hlH Ice neniii IiuhIiips.4 snil lieir.in tn r When he strung out promiscuously labelled clothing near his home the day oubKr,:,l ,?ri,,es,:aS ""'' - Allgor was uriested freiuently, spent several dus In Kreehold Jail mid was de- tallied nt the State hospital at Tientun, i.ore ins sanity was .,ues loiieil, After- ward lie was released and his place wus seized for debt. He defied Major (leorge ... ,-il.itt nml Mho, ll iw.w.ll.,. H..-I.. ... .....w.. ...... ..ui.t.t.Mn iitu n,i low to eject hlin from the Seabrlght iuw iu eject nun irom ine neanrlglU premises ufter the place had been pur- , ft1 ' jdni. He was finally ousted, but In tlie meantime his family left hlin. It ,,, amueu iu nuuu H nouHe- "V0RWAERTS" REAPPEARS. tie nn ii il Soelullst Newspaper .li loweil to llesame Publication. . Sprrlat Cablt Hrtpatch to The Sr. amsirsoa m, Wa London. July 2 Tha resume publication. " iiiimiDii riiiiti irum inn ur.iwi ruiiTH mum BIG BATTLE IN THE BALTIC REPORTED Itiisrtian and German Squad rons in Aetion Off Coast of Sweden. ONK WAHSHIP IS LOST of German Mine Layer's Crew Said to Have Been Killed. Sptrial Cablt Drtpatehc to Tnz Sis. CoriCNllAnuN, via London, July 2. 1 A naval fight occurred to-day within j sIkIH of DJugarn, Gothland. German destroyers with many wounded have ar 1 rived at Katthanmarawlk, Kast Goth land. Stockholm, via London, July 2. The German mine layer Albatross ran aground nn the cast coast of the Island . of Qouinnd to-day to escape four pur suing Russian cruisers. Twenty-one of 1 her crew were killed and twenty-seven wounded. London, July 2. The extent of the naval action off Gothland Is not yet known. Some Scandinavian reports represent thnt It was on a large scale and that four lilg cruisers and several other warships were engaged alt night, the battle continuing until noon to-day. (inn r..finrt frnm MtnpUhnlln snVH fmir ! Husalan cruisers attacked the Germans between Uatergaru and Faroe and that the Germans were reenforced, over whelming the Ru-iMnns, who retired northward In safety at ! A. M a run ning tight continuing until noon. Nothing otflcl.it Is obtainable regard ing the tight. It Is supposed that the ships were those recently engaged off Wintlau, which Is about eighty mllee from Gothland. An unconfirmed report from Petro grad says a German cruler of the Magdeburg typo was sunk near Wlndau. Ilr,,h slnU TurUi.i, Transport. Sprrial Cnhlr )e;MlrA f This Sfv. I-oNrxiv, July I. A news asency despatch from Athens says thnt n Hrltlsh submarine sank Turkish transport full of troops of Marmora on June 26. the Sea NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY. Killson Portable Searcullicht Tested for Jnly 4 Celebration, A dazzling white light that rut easily through the misty atmosphere startled residents of the Washington Height section of Manhattan nnd the lewer nart The power that turned night Into noontime was the new KOIson portahl searchlight, which has a maximum can dle power of three million. The light Is to be used Monday night as one of the features of the Independence Day cele bration In the new stadium of the City College. The test last night In the sta dium was under the direction of R. A. llachman, G. J. .laser and Sellon War- ! tier from Kdlfon's laboratories and st jits close many dazzled spectators rubbed their eyes and pronounced It n brilliant succes, The searchlight Is mounted on a pair of buggy wheels, under which Is slung a steel box containing twenty-six pow erful Kdlson wet cells. The battery will operate the searchlight for five hours u ml cull be recharged In an hour. Tin- reflector, which Is eighteen Inches In diameter, will throw th light nine miles BRYAN FOR WIIfiON, SAYS KERN Senator llellevea Kx-HroretHry Will He In Line In I OKI. WAStitNOTiiN. July 2 Senator John W. Kein, Demoemtlc leader of the Sen ate. refuses to Join In the belief that e-Secii'tnry Itryan will oppose President I Wilson for renonilnatlon next year. In Senator Kern's opinion President Wilson will have no stronger supporter In next year's convention than Mr. Itryan, Mr. Kern acknowledged that till was merely his personal opinion. The Senator's opinion Is sadly nut of Joint with the views held by men who have talked with Mr Hryan hlinvlf, and who learned that he will stand firmly by the sIiikIh term plank which he In serted In the Iliiltlmore platfonn, even to the extent of opposing the President's ambition for a second term. BRYAN TAKES HIS OLD DESK WITH HIM f'oiildirt Part With Historic Helicon Which Pence Trea ties Were Signed. VSIIIMITOM. .llliy . II1IMIKI1 .ir. liryuti found it possible lo part company wlth Piesldeut Wilson and voluntarily ;. - sepamte hlnieelf from the odloe of "''relary "f Stale, he could not l,eur lo , leiue tho huge historic desk in his office 1 in the Slate Depiu tment. Accordingly ,le , , ,,,,Hk wt, tl)m WMI . left. Willie Presidents and often Cabinet of- n...PM Ink.. tlilr nftlelnl ehulrs tills 1h IhH .................. ..... ntst time one bus carried oft n desk. Mr. Hryan became greatly attached to ,l,u .l...ilr ..lilMflv ItUfniiM., liu fi.lt It I1111I 11 ' peculiar personal and historical vulue, He had a new desk of the sunie Hlze made for the Department. It summer when an effort was made to take out the old desk and substitute a more modern one Mr. Hryan oujeited. The desk had been In tho Btate De partment for nearly fifty years and had been used by every Secretary of State for nearly two generations. Spend 3c. nnd read the money ilvlnr of the worid'a rlcheat man -in EVKRT MEKK, out to-rtaj',- "ayatfm John D, Ait. am'. PubUnhtng Amoctntton. BOMB EXPLODED IN U.S, CAPITOL WRECKS A RECEPTION ROOM Furnishings and Walls in Senate Wing Shattered War Fanatic Believed to Be Responsible Threat to Blow Up German Embassy. EXPLOSION ATTRACT BIG CROWD TO SCENE WASHINGTON, July 3 (1.30 A. M. Saturday ) .A time bomb was exploded In the Senate wing of the Capitol a few minutes before mid night last night. Tho explosion was a loud one nnd shook the entire building, break ing transoms nnd shattering plostcring. The hurried investigation thnt already has been made has produced no clue to tho identity of the person who set the bomb. Tho dnmage done is estimated at $000. The sound of the exploding bomb carried hundreds of yards from the Capitol. A large crowd assembled to ascertain its cause and rumors (lew thick nnd fnst through Washington that tho Cnpitol had been blown up. Elliott Woods, Superintendent of the Capitol, announced shortly before 2 o'clock this morning that he believed the explosion hnd been the work of a crank seokinir notorletv. Some persons in the crowd which gathered around the Cnpitol were Inclined to believe that the bomb had been placed by some war fanatic us an net of resentment against the United States Government. Just Such an Incident Feared. It was recalled that just such nn incident as this had been feared and guarded against in Washington since the early days after the outbreak of the European war. At the tensest period of the recent diplomatic crisis between the United States and Gormany, Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassa dor, received a letter informing him that tho German Embassy would be blown up. A special guard wns stationed around the German Embassy and maintained there until the departure of the Ambassador for his summer home two weeks ago. Tho explosion occurred in the public reception room of the Senate, which is on the first floor of the northeast wing of the Capitol. It is the room where the ordinary run of visitors to the Capitol nre allowed to wait when they send in their cards to Senators. The two windows in this room were broken, plustering from the ceil ing nnd walls was shattered and damage was done to the woodwork and furniture. Woodwork and glass throughout the northeast wing were damaged also. Watchman Thrown Out of His Chair. Watchman Jones, who was on duty at the entrance, was the only man in the Senate wing when the explosion occurred. He was thrown from his chair, but picked himself up uninjured and hurriedly began an investigation. Superintendent Woods, who was at work in his laboratory a few blocks away, henrd the explosion and hurried to the Capitol. He was joined by Col. Higgins, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and a score of policemen, who had been rushed to the scene from two nearby stations. 1 Superintendent Woods said thut the bomb evidently had been set by a ' person unfamiliar with explosives, with the result that the damage done is comparatively unimportant. He characterized the Incident as nn at tempt to create a sensation rather than to destroy the Capitol. The bomb could easily have been placed under n sent in the recep tion room almost nt nny time during the day, suid Mr. Woods, for the entire lower floor is open to sightseers regularly every day, and no im portant scrutiny is taken of them. Chief of the Capitol Police Loutlier said that several months ago he received u letter from a lubor agitator in St. Louis threatening to blow up the Capitol. He thought this crank might be the person responsible for lust night's explosion. Superintendent Woods announced that Prof. Charles E. Munro of George Washington University, one of the Government's experts on ex plosives, had been ttskud to make an investigation. Mr. Woods said that white there tire two telephone booth nnd a switchboard in the room where thu explosion occurred, he does not be lieve the wiring arrangement had anything to do with it. Capitol employees said that a gns explosion occurred in the Supreme Court room of the Capitol in 1898, doing (enmage estimated at $'25,000. THE NATION'S BEST KNOWN BUILDING The southeast cornerstone of the orlglti.il Capitol building was In til Sep. tember 1$, 1733, by President Wash ington. The cornerstone of the exten. slims was laid July 4, 1151, by Presi dent rillmore. Tile Capitol fronts east utld stands on a platfMit eighty-eight feel above the level of the Potomac. Tile entile length of the building from north In south Is 751 feet 4 Inches, and Its greatest dimension from east to west 350 feet. The areu cov ered by the building Is 115,112 squat t feet. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, cov ered with copper. This was replaced In 18513 by the present structure of (ast Irun, It wus completed In 11(15. The entire weight nf Iron used Is J1I.200 pounds. Tile dome Ih crowned by u bronze stntue nf Freedom, which Is lit feet (i Inches high, nnd weighs 1 4.HN5 pounds, It was modelled by Craw ford. The height of the dome above the base line of the eust front Is 287 feet MRS. FEROLA TO BE SAVED FROM CHAIR (i(ivi'i'iii)i' Dt'HuVs to Commute Hit Scuti'iii'i1 to liiipi'isoii iiiciit for AU Women here who have been working to save Mrs, Mnilelluii Ferula from the electric chair learned yesterday thnt Gov. Whitman has decided to commute her sentence to life Imprisonment, al though official announcement of the ex ecutive action has not yet been made, Tlie news was received with satisfaction by the members of the women's com inlttee which was formed to aid Mrs, Ferola, "Of course I am glad that Gov. Whit man has decided to commute the sen tence," said Mrs. Helen Hoy Greeley, a member of tha women' committee. 5 Inches. The height from the top of the balustrade nf the building is 1!17 feet 11 Inches. The greatest di ameter ut the bjse Is 135 feet 0 Inches. The intiiiuln is fi7 feet li Inches In diameter, and its height from the flour to the top nf tile catuipy Is ISO feet 3 Indies. The Sennte Chamber Is 113 feel 3 Indies in lei. gtli by SO feet 3 Inches in width and 3ii feet In height. Tlm gullet le.s accomiiinilnle 1.000 persons. Tile Hall nf Representatives Is 13!) feet In length by !'3 feet lu width, and 30 feet III height. The room now occupied by the Su preme Court whs, until 1S5H, nivnpled as tlie Senate Chamber. Previous to thut time tlie coiilt occupied the room Immediately underneath, now used as a law library. Wmlc on the construction of the ttpltol was begun In 17H3 and the mill n building was not completed until ' 1X27. Wllllnm Thornton, who died In 1SJ7, was the llrst architect. His de I signs were slightly modllleil by II. II. ! I.nttobe ii ml Chillies Hiilfluch. The wings nnd dnine were added between I 1851 and I Stir.. The central building j Is of Virginia sandstone, pnlntrd white, und the two wIiiks are of Massachu setts marble. "Hut I think we should continue our efforts ill .Mrs Ferula's behalf until she is het free. I do not bellew she was proved gullly beyond n reasonable doubt Her case should be carried to the 1'Vdeiiil coiirls" Miss Katharine I.eckle said th WillllellV eollliultlee Will lepoit to II meeting III till1 lllltlllole Hotel llevt Tuesday nn plans for n petition to Gov. Whitman without legaid tn his inten tion tn eoiiiiiiule .Mis. Ferula's sentence, Mis I'Vmlii, Mho Is IG enr.s old, was convicted un May I'll, IHH, of having Htabbed to i lea 1 1 1 Ciumelo i 'iirnestrale, n boarder ut her house, m December 2y, 1H13, because he would not keep Ills promise lo marry her unless she paid lilm $100. .Instil e Vernon M Davis sintenis'd her to the electilc chair. The Coutt of Appeals on June 17 last re. fused mi application for a new trial Ai.iiany, July 2 -Gov Whitman to day refused to consider the dismissal of District Attorney Francis Martin of Bronx county nn charges filed March 2S by William J. O'Gormau. The charges were based mnlnly on Mr. Martin's con duct of the Ferola nnd DeGorges cases, Mr. Martin said the charges were In spired by persons closely connected with the defendant. PRICE TWO CENTS. GERMANS RUSH ARMY TO POUND WESTERN LINE Great Drive Now in Pros pect as Troops Are Hur ried From East. FKKXt'II IX AKGONNE 3IKKT STIFF ATTACK Sprrial Callr Dtupnlrh tn The Srv. C' I.ONUCIN, July 3. Tho Unity Mnift correspondent at Rotteidain has received Information that the Hermans Intend to lesumo the offensive In the nest shortly on a gigantic scale. "They now are making thorough preparations nnd aio concentrating men and guns In enormous force on tho Allies' Ileft wing," the coriespondent says. "Tha tactics cmploKd with success against the . Russians will, It is h.i HI. lie repented. I "Tlie flshtlng of tho ntnr futuro wilt bo a battle nf guns, nnd victory will rest with the side that has the biggest end the most guns. In addition to the 15 Inch howitzers from Auitrla, tha Germans for some tlmo havo been mak ing huge guns at Ksven. Theso 15 Inch gun, It Is s.ild, do not need concreta einplacc meiitu. Tn I'll nee n I rule AltnrUs, "Prom Autrln nnd all over llermany guns are being concentrated at various points for the Journey to tho west. Ihionnous quantities of ammunition liava been stored at l.llla and other places, ii nd guns will be massed, not in tens but In hundreds. Tho fire, according to my Information, will bo concentrated at ono selected point nnd when, If the plan succeeds, tlm defence hut) been para lyzed hordes of infantry will dash throUKh tho breach. These tactics will be repented until the enemy achieve his object. "The menace nf big guns has now to be faced. The German military expert have concluded that only guns will pre vull In trench wnrfnre." Meanwhile the eceno ot activity In tho western thentro ot war ha shifted from the Arras region to tha Argonne and the Voiges, where desper ate Infantry nnd artillery fighting is re ported both In the French communique Issued to-day nnd the official report given out by the Herman headquarter staff. Conflicting statements appear In thesa leports. While tho Paris night com munique asserts that tho tJeniiKns wern routed in a fierce bnttlo 111 the Ulnar vllle tegion. at the edge of the liols da la Grurle. the Herlln statement, evidently referring to the am battle, says that the Crown Prince led a large fnrco ot Wiierttinibeig troops In a victorious as, sault nn the Fieiich lines over a front of about thiee miles. Claim ii TliniiMimil Prlsnners. The Herlln report adds that inorfl than a thousand prisoners, as well nt a large numli'r of guns, wero captured, The Herlln statement places tho sceno of this engagement nurthwest of J.o Four de P.irN, which Is on the southeastern edge of the Hols de l.i Gruile. Regarding the fighting In the Vopges which has been going on for several dus, the German statement asserts thut the Kaiser's troops captured French 1 works at Hilgenllrst and lenlsted a I (oimter uttnek of tlie French. The Pari 1 statement, on the other hand, while ad mitting Hint tlie Gentians lu tho third of a series of strong attacks succeeded III gaining a foutinc In the llrst llii.a of iieuclies at llllgeiillrst esterda), adds that the Flench dclhered a counter attack this morning which placed tlm French again In full possession of tlio ground temporal Hy lost The ntiicliil communique issued thli evening lu Paris was us follows: On the entlte fionl from tlie Yser to the Argonne nothing has been i im ported beyond artillery engagements, which havo been especially heavy lu the (jni llllevleres district. Tn the Argonne tlm enemy nfter ii Veiy Unlet i bombardment ntleiupted this morning .mother genelul attack heiuceu tlie llnmrville ro.nl n lid III, in leilll. After a desperate tight, which ut .ieet a I points of the battle linn developed Into a hand to baud strug gle, all mil' positions have been main tained. The Germans nfter one of the most Intense artillery pieparatlnns at templed a series nf attacks jesterday evening nil our positions at llllgen-' llrst. The first and second attacks were ieiiileil In the third attack the enemy succeeded In gaining a foothold In our works, A counter at tack delivered by us this morning en abled us to letnkii nil the positions The enemy continues lo liomli.iril thein with great violence. The sin lenient of tlie German head quartets slalf, nfenlng to tlm lighting lu France and tcceheil hero by wire less, wits us follows Gcmum statement. The night att.ieli on our positions West of Soticln. w,i beaten off. lu tlie western portion of the At gonne a p.ii't of the army under the down Pi luce stormed a point of sup port northwest of l.e Four dn Paris, and adv.inciil ntt a front tho l;IUi nietei's (tluee and one-eiglith miles ) long bv 200 to tt'iu meteis wide (671 to 1,020 feet) Th's w.m carried out by the Wueilieinhctg tiuops. Twenty-five otllceiM mid 1.710 men were made pilsnneis and eighteen machine guns. furt mine tluoweis ami one i ewilvei -cannon weie iiipiurid, The Fundi losses were Important. In the Vosges, on Hie Flllgenflrst front, we took the enemy's works, At tempts made by litem lo recapture the position weie repulsed Three officers and Hit nn u fell into our handa. Tho afternoon statement Issued by tlm French War Officii was as follows; The artillery lluhllng was spirited nil lust night at a greut many points along tlie front notably lu the vi cinity of Woesten, northwest of YpreH, lu the legion of Situchex nnd 111 tlm iieiglihoi hnnd nf Verneiill, -in the north of the Alsue, After a violent mid continued bum bnriluient upon our positions ulonu the road frnm Abl.un to Angres, tn the north of the Hethime highway, German gieiuiillcis delivered nu at tack nt ubout 2 n'clni k In the morn ing Tlm tehiilt was a complete, fail ure, Near I.a Rolsee one of our hues was successful In destroying I lie ,i i vance works of the Germans. I,