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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1915.?TWELVE PAGES
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PRICE, 2 CENTS
Considering What Reply if Any
Shall Be Sent to Gerard Bear
ing on German Note.
DELICATE ISSUES INVOLVED
Situation Still Is Regarded as
Susceptible of Friendly
Settlement.
WASHINGTON, July 7.?President
Wilson personally will dcclde what
reply, if any, .shall be sent to Ambas
sador Gerard's message outlining the
tentative draft not" submitted to him
informally as a proposed answer to the
American communication concerning
submarine warfare
Secretary UansinR and others have
transmitted to the President at Cor
nish, N. II., their views on the policy
fhey believe ought to be pursued. [t
was stated officially to-niqht, however,
that no word had been received as to
the President's position. 1? was inti
mated that Mr. Wilson nii?hi not be
ready to net until Friday, as delicate
questions involved require care and
deliberation.
Dunne the day Count von Bernstorff,
the Herman ambassador, back from his
summer home at Cedarhurst, asked Mr.
I^anslng informally concernlnK the
latest phases of the negotiations in
Berlin. The secretary outlined in a
general way what had been trans
mitted by Ambassador Gerard. but save
no intimation as to the course the
United States would follow. Count
von Bernstorff said he had no advices
of his own concernintr the situation.
IIOKS NOT NKCrcSSAUII.*
KKQI'lltK W ANSWKIl
I' was sai'l that Count von Bern
storff l'-ained that Ambassador Gerard's
message was not of a character which
necessarily would require an answer.
There is little doubt in official quarters
that the German proposals in ihelr
present form would be unacceptable to
the d.'nlted States.
The situation is j>erplexiiiK officials
here, because they are reluctant to
enpage in an informal discussion of
questions they hold were stated clear
ly in the American note.
It was said that Ambassador Gerard's
message did not make clear whether
Germany had asked hitn to obtain the
views of the L'nited States on the tenta
tive draft, or whether in showinR him
a copy the Implication was that the
American eovcrnmenl could comment
on it before the note was completed.
After his conference, however, the am
bassador asked if the State Depart
ment had any instructions for him.
Some of the President's advisers seem
to think advantage should be taken
<>f t h e opportunity to reiterate that
the United States, having stated its
position, can make no concessions or
consider any temporary arrangement
until there is a clear understanding
on Germany's attitude toward the
principle compelling visit and search
before destroying unresisting mer
OPTIMISM TO SO>1K
KSTI'.Vl IS DISS I l*A TKI)
While the optimism which has pre
vailed In officia 1 mi,'triors, as a result
of Ambassador Gerard's early ines
?aKfs, has to some extent been dis
sipatcd hv the unsatisfactory character
of proposals in the tentative draft, the
situation still was regnrded as sus
ceptible of a friendly settlement. Em
phasic was laid on the fact that the
German Foreign Office apparently
seems anxious to learn the minimum of
the American demands, and the belief
was expressed that further conferences
with other departments of the govern
ment and even with Emperor William
himself might be planned in the event
that the proposed note, as shown to
Ambassador Gerard, was not viewed
favorably by the I'nited States.
Secretary Lansintr said no Intimation
had come as to the date when the
German reply would be formally de
livered to Ambassador Gerard.
SPFXDS SRVKIlAli IIOL'RS
STIDVIXG MKSSAIiKS
CORNISH. X. II.. July 7.?President
Wilson spent several hours to-day
studying messages from Ambassador
Gerard, at Berlin, outlining the posi
tion of the German government toward
submarine warfare, and later for
ward ed a reply to Secretary Lansing,
which was understood to contain in
structions as to what should he com
municated to Rerlin.
The President expects the German
note some time next week, and plans
to return to Washington to work out
the American answer with Secretary
Lansing and others.
The President played golf to-day,
and also motored through Vermont and
New Hampshire. To-night he gath
ered his family about him and read to
them.
TO PRESERVE MEAT SUPPLY
III 11 Advoented by E, -| of Selborne
Pnnsen Seeond Reading.
LONDON, July 7.?The Karl of Sel
borne, president of the Board of Agri
culture, moving in the House of Lords
to-night a second reading of a bill to
prohibit the slaughter of younp stock
to preserve the meat supply, expressed
the opinion that the Germans were
putting their whole shipbuilding
strength into construction of subma
rines. German submarines, lie said,
wore taking a steady loll of British
ships, and as the war continued it is
probnble that more submarines would
be engaged in this task.
It would not be the fault of the Ger
man admiralty, he continued, if thay
failed to deal a fntal blow at the
carrying trade which supplies Great
Britain with food. As it was, even if
there were no diminution of the over
seas supply of meat, there probably
would be less for the civil population.
The bill passed the second reading.
Ten Killed When
Car Jumps Track
Rolls Down Steep Embankment,
Score of Others Being
Injured.
QUEENRTON, ONT., July 7.?Ten
persons were killed and a score injured
to-night when a trolley car on Ihc In
ternational Railway's line Jumped the
track at a curve on the sharp incline
leading from Queenston Height into
the village and rolled down a steep
embankment. The csir was carrying a
crowd of Toronto excursionists to the
boat landing here. Late to-night the
only body which had been Identified
was that of Dorothy Keats, seven
years old. /
The car was so completely crushed
that the work of extricating the in
jured was distressingly slow. There
were about thirty-live passengers on
the car, and only one or two escaped
injury. Kight fiend were taken from
the wreckage, and two of the injured,
one of them a girl of sixteen, died
while being carried from the car to
an ambulance at .Via far a Falls.
Passengers said that the car seemed
to buckle in the center before it left
the rails The car was virtually in
two sections when it stopped. Owing
to the inaccessibility of the spot, there
was a long delay in getting the dead
and injured into Queenston and Niagara
Falls. Special cars were rushed from
both ends of the line. The more seri
ously injured were taken to the Gen
eral Hospital at Niagara Falls, and
those .who could be moved after re
ceiving flrrt aid were carried on board
the Toronto steamer, which was held
at the dock.
STIRS IRE OF LLOYD GEORGE
I.nnl Halilane'n Version of Cabinet
Action, lie <nr?, 1* Incomplete.
{Special to The Times - Oispa tch 1
LONDON, July 7.?Lord Ilaldane.
former Lord Chancellor, who before the
war was known as "the Kaiser's best
! friend in England." lias stirred the anl
j moslty of Lloyd Oenrse Lord Hal
dar.e recently made a speech before the
| National Liberal Club in which he de
fended Lord Kitchener and told of the
strenuous efforts of the cabinet early
In the war to "Increpse the supply of
munitions tenfold."
These efforts, he said, were frustrated
by labor troubles.
Lloyd George to-night authorized the
issuanee of a statement to th'e effect
that Lord Haldsne's version of what
' occurred months ago In the Cabinet
J committee on arms was "Incomplete
and, in some material respects, inae
j curate " The statement refers to the
| "unwisdom of partial and unauthorized
disclosures of the decisions of highly
[confidential Cabinet committees."
BRUMBAUGH ASKS BRIEFS
South Carolina Official* ifrk Return of
Negro .Murderer.
HARRISRirRG. PA.. July 7.?Appli
cation was made to Governor Brum
baugh to-day by Attorney-General .1.
M. Peebles and Prosecutor George Bell
Timmerman, of South Carolina, for ex
tradition to South Carolina of Fred
erick Brown, charged rrltli murder. On
a plea that if Brown were given up he
would be in danger of lynching, the
Governor recently refused extradition.
South Carolina officials told the
Governor to-day that Pennsylvania
was morally and legally bound to give
tip the prisoner. Mr. Tim merman said
South Carolina was concerned in the
administration of justice, and that
Rrown was In no danger except from
the electric chair or the penitentiary,
lie answered the charges of lawless
ness hv saying South Carolina was not
the only State to have such experi
ences The Governor took no action,
requesting that briefs be filed.
LIBERTY BELL IN DES MOINES
Iteiie. F.n Route to San Francisco. Re
ceives Great Ovation.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
DES MOINES, IOWA, July 7.?Deco
rated with huge floral wreaths, which
had been placed by school children and
Daughters of the American Revolution,
who had gathered at the various stops
from Peoria, the Liberty Bell arrived
here on the special train at 7 o'clock,
and received a great ovation, en route
to the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Lieutenant-Governor \V. E. Harding,
of Iowa, and the Governor's staff, in
full uniform, accompanied the bell
through the State from Davenport.
To-night the members of the official
escort of the hell were the guests of
the Chamber of Commerce at dinner.
TO HONOR JOHN PAUL JONES
Xorth C'nrollnn AHMoelntion Will Pre
serve House Where He l.lved.
RALEIGH, N. C.. July 7.?A charter
was issued from the office of the Secre
tary of State of North Carolina here
to-day for the John Paul Jones Asso
ciation. The purpose, of the associa
tion is to preserve and maintain the
"Grove Hotise," at Halifax, N. C., where
John Paul Jones once resided. The or
ganization also proposes to establish
ft military or industrial school as a
memorial to Jones. United States
Senator I?ee S. Overman, of North Caro
lina is anions the incorporators.
GUNS ON DECK OF SUBMARINE
I>nnleln the M-1 Will He Flrnt to
Dr Ho Equipped.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
WASHINGTON. July 7.?Secretary of
the Navy Daniels announcer! to-day
that the first of the United States sub
marines to he equipped with Runs on
fleck would he the M-1. All subma
rines ultimately will have three-inch
K?ns mounted 011 disappearing car
riages. which will sink below decks
when not in action. This is the Ger
man method of mountin* puns. Th?
(lisappearlnK-Kun carriage is an Ameri
can Invention which adopted
abroad.
WESTERN STATES I
SWEPT BY STORM
Tornadoes and Cloudbursts Cause
Heavy Damage and Loss
of Life.
SEVERAL TOWNS ISOLATED
Exceptionally Heavy Rains Re
ported From All Sections of
Affected Territory.
CHICAGO. July 7.?Tornadoes and
cloudbursts sweeping eastward from the
Missouri Riv<T Valley to-day caused
heavy damage and loss of life. Mis
souri. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio an<! North
ern Kentucky were the track of (he
storm.
Three persons were reporter! dead at
Dardenne. Mo., and Wentzville and Gil
more. Mo., each reporter! one killer!.
Five or mor?? persons also were believed
late to-night to have been killed at
St. Charles, Mo.
Cincinnati was cut off from wire com
munication for several hours to-night.
When communication finally was estab
lished it was reported that meager ad
vices Indicated much property damage
there and in Kentucky cities across the
'?hio River, with possible loss of life.
Tornadoes swept districts north of
St. Louis. blowing part of a Wabash
Railroad train from tiie track and de
vastating St. Charles. Mo. The wind at
St. Charles blew eighty miles an hour.
TWO REPORTED KILLKR
AT LAtVBK>TEVII.I,E
Similar storms were reported to have
struck at St. Peters, Mo., and T.awrence
ville. 111., the latter pin- <_? being a few
miles west of Ylncennes. Ind. First
j reports said two persons were killed
^t Lawrencoville.
I Exceptionally heavy rains were re
[ ported from all sections of the affected
territory, especially at Rock Island. 11!..
and Cincinnati, O. At the former town
merchandise stocks were damaged when
water poured into basements and rose
i :n some instances to floors on the ?treet
levels.
The rains extended over a greater
territory than the windstorms. Valen
l tine. N'eb . reporting a fall of more than
?J inches; Terre Haute, Ind., 3.7 inches,
and Chicago. 1.64 inches.
Official forecasts for the storm-swept
territory promised a cessation of the
disturbances by to-morrow.
DAMAGE IX MISSOl'Rl
MAY AGGREGATE Sr.OO.OOO
ST. LOUIS, .Tuly 7.?A tornado and
cloudburst which swept St. Louis and
St. Charles Counties late to-day caused
damage which may aggregate 1500.000,
isolated several small towns, blew half
a passenger irain off the tracks, and
deluged parts of the affected district
with four inches of rain in half an
hour.
Five persons are believed to have
been killed during the storm, and a
woman and child, who entered the Bor
j romeo Church at St. Charles just before
it was demolished, had not been ac
counted for at midnight. Mrs. Thomas
Slattery and her two children were
killed when their home at Dardenne
was wrecked, reports from that place
said. Wentzville and Gilmore each re
ported one man killed. At St. Peter,
Mo., there was heavy property damage.
St. Charles suffered most from the
tornado. Wind gauges there reg
istered eighty miles an hour, and an
area of more than 100 square blocks in
the city was more or less ruined.
rATHOI.IC rHI'RPH
totali.v demolished
St. Charles's Borromeo's Roman
Catholic Church, built at a cost of
$3 00,000, was wreckcd. A wall and a
part of the roof of St. Joseph's Hos
pital were torn away. The panic
stricken patients were removed to
safety.
A wall and half the roof of the Sec
ond Baptist Church caved in and many
houses were damaged.
The Sacred Heart Convent was dam
aged and the shrine of Madame Dus
cliene, founder of the American branch
of the orrler. was crushed.
The Wabash bridge over Dardanne
Creek between O'Fallon and St. Peters
was demolished by wind and water,
and westbound railroad traffic was
stopped. Between Filmore and Wentz
ville the tornado struck a Wabash pas
senger train, hound from St. Louis to
Kansas City, and hurled four cars off
the track. The five passenger coaches
left on the track were coupled to the
engine and the (rain proceeded. From
Montgomery City the crew wired Gen
eral Manager Cotter that no one was
hurt seriously.
To-nicht St. Charles, a city of more
than 10.000 population, was in dark
ness. The entire front of factory No.
2 of the American Car and Foundry
Company was blown in.
HEAVIEST RAIN IX
MEMORY OF GENERATION'
'Ihe storm came from the southwest.
The first volley of wind was followed
oy me neaviest rain in the memory
of a generation, and then came hail.
The storm swept ncross the Missouri
and Mississippi Rivers into Madison
County. 111., where its fury appears to
have been spent. '
An automobile party which rushed to
St. Peters returned to St. Charles late
to-night and reported that while every
house in the town was badly damaged
and many demolished, no one was killed
and few were hurt. The town was
strewn with stacks of wheat carried
from neighboring fields by the wind.
two pehsons kim.kiii
FIFTY IIOTSKS xVltKCKKI)
TERR 13 haute, IXD.. July 7.-Uw
renceville. 111., fifty miles south of
Terre Haute, was visiter! by a terrific
windstorm late to-day. Two persons
are reported to have been killed and
more than fifty houses were destroyed.
It Is estimated the damage will exceed
1500,000.
By Employment of Strong Re
Enforcements, Russians In
flict Heavy Losses.
ALSO GAIN BEST POSITIONS
Much - Heralded Teuton On
slaught in West Confined
to Woevre Region.
IXI.VD'W. July 7.?By the employ,
nient of stronc rc-r>nforccmcnt.s. the
Russia ns. temporarily at least, have
(checked the Austro-fierman advance
j toward the l.uhlin railway. which, if
I successful, ivoiiM Imperil Warsaw. The
j Russians yesterday claimed a serious
j defeat for the Austro-Gcrman army in
| the region of Krasnik. south of that
iiailwuy, whil? tin- Austrian* state "that
I the battle was Invigorated l?y the par
ticipation of strone Russian reserves."
; as communications are con
l corned, th<? Russians now have the ad
? vantage of positions, as they have a
: splendid system of railways behind
them by which they can <|Uickly move
|troops and guns to the threatened
j ar eas.
This hattl?. one of many since the
Austro-Gertnans commenced their drive
I through Galicia. has ju?t commenced,
[hut. according t?, dispatches received
in Geneva, from Austrian sources, the
Russians thus far hr. \n had the best
of it. and since Monday have inflicted
. heavy losses on the invaders. These
dispatches state that thousands of
wounded are arriving in Lemberg.
Przoinysl and Jaroslau.
GERMANS TRYING TO Itr.GAIN
OROl'ND I.OST IN A Pit II.
rhr much-heralded German onslaught
I in the west has ber>n confined to the
Woevre region, where the army of the
German crown prince is trying to re
ealn ground lost In April when the
| French attempted to force the with
drawal of -what is known as the St
| Mihlel wedge. The Germans have won
| some trenches at the tip of the wedge.
| but at other points tho French claim
they were repulsed with heavy losses.
(Artillery combats continue from Arras
to the sea. and It Is stated to-night that
las a result of German bombardment
Arras is In flames and its cathedral de
| stroyed. The Germans also claim to
; have retaken trenches lost to the Brlt
: lsh north of Ypres yesterday. However,
! the fighting here appears to he desul
, tor>". despite reports of the arrival of
j large German re-enforcements for an
other try at Calais.
On the Galllpoli Peninsula on Sunday
| the Turks made their third attempt
! u'lth!n a week to regain ground the
I allies took in their last attack. This
^ offensive, like others, resulted, accord
! ing to Rritish and French reports, in
j the complete discomfiture of the Turks.
who are said to have suffered severely.
I The allies are only six miles from
their goal, the narrows of the Darda
I nelles. but the country is strongly
fortified, and a ga-in of a few hundred
yards is all that can be expected at one
time. There is talk of a new combined
land-and-sea attack.
Tl'RKS FA 11/ IN ATTACK ON
ANGI.O-FRKNCH POItCKS
LONDON*. July 7.?The Turkish forces
i completely failed in the big attack
[ which they began on July 4 on the
Anglo-French forces on the Darda
nelles. according to a statement to-day
by the Rritish official press bureau,
i which added that the Turks lost
heavily.
The text of the statement follows:
General Sir Ian Hamilton reports
that the night of July 3-4 was r,Uiet
in the northern section, hut at 4 a M
the enemy started a heavy bombard
ment of the trenches. All the guns
occupied previously against us nnd some
j new ones were in action, but the bom
bardment died away at 6 A. M. without
I doing much damage.
"Tn the southern section the TurkB
kept up a heavy musketry fire along
the whole line during the night, and
did not leave their trenches. At 4 \ m
their batteries started the most violent
bombardment that has yet been exp -
rienced. At least S.000 rounds of artil
lery ammunition was opened by them
"Meanwhile, this shelling of our lines
on the peninsula proved the Preliminary
to a genera 1 attack on our front, with
special efforts at certain points. The
principal effort was made at the junc
tion Of the royal naval division section
with that of the French.
, 7:30 V- M. the Turks drove
?>ack our advam-ed troops'and assaulted
a port'on of the lines held bv the ???>?/ ili
naval division. Some fifty Turks .r.ilnod
a footing in our trenches. where j
nevertheless, some men of the rovalj
naval division held on to our supports
and the men who had retired counter
attacked Immediately and hurled the
Turks out of the trenches again
Anoth.r artack on the right of the
Iwenty-nlnth Division was practicallv
wiped out by rifle nnd machine-gun Are
On the left the Turks made several
attacks, hut none of these was able to
get home, owing to the steadiness of
our troops and our effective nrtiii*,...
support. TJie bombardment died down
towards 11 A. M., though it was resumed
at intervals.
"Not only was the result a complete
failure, hut while our losses were
negligible and no impression was made
on our line, the enemy added a large
number to his recent very heavy casual
ties. It seems plain from the disjointed
nature of his attack that he is finding
it dlfllcult to drive his infantry forward
to face our fire," :
ONE DEAD; THREE WOUNDED
llefttilt of 1'lntnl Unfile Knlloirlng Qunr
rel .\enr Wnyorowi, (<n.
WAYCROSS. (? A., July 7.?Charles
Inman was killed and Miss Addie Inman,
Henry Inman and W. J. Griffin were I
wounded in a pistol battle at Griffin's
homo near here to-day. The police to
night were searching for Griffin, who
escaped, though he sustained a frac
ture of the arm.
With Eyes on Trieste, Italians Engage
in Series of Desperate Operations
WITH their eye* "? Trlewte. the
| tn I In iix the pant ffn dn.m
Itnvc heen riiKnunl In n nrrlfH of
ilcNi>rrntr operation* nlone Ihf
Inonr.o front.
Of thene. little Iiiin lirrn rfconlfil
In the <> III <* I it I comiuiiiili'n tlonn, lint
corrcnpondciitH Mii.t tin* plntrnii of
Dolierdo, xt hlcli Ik of Krrnt ntrntcKlc
viiIuc with rdprct to no mlinnrr on
Trlentr, hnn hren the Hi-riir of line
of flic heaviest lionihard ment? of
l hi* entire i-nmpiilcn, tuirl of hrllllniit
UNnaultn liy tin* ItnllniiK nml llcrec
i-oiin tern t tni'ks l>> tin* A untrtiinn. In
which AiixtrlnilM noil ItnllnnM fell In
urent mini lirr?.
One ni'i'iiuilt linn It tluit one-fourth
of the 111111itii iirmy mm niRncnl In
the operation.* iiriiIiini (lorlxln. hut,
ooMvl tliNtnililliiK the terrific hull of
.iIicIIm nml thi* heavy Itnllnn Infan
try nttnvkM, the nit rln iin repelled
tin* Invader*. 'I'ho Klnc of Itnly noil
Premier Nnlniidra nre snlil to have
tvlfiicNNcd pnrt of tin* buttle.
tin the linlllpoll I'enliiMiiln Turk
full attack* eontlmieil .Inly 4. tlir
perlml covered liy the latest report
received from tieoernl Sir fnn llnm
llton. Infnntry nttnekn of the Turk*
were preeedril liy *c*ernl homlmrd
mentM. In one of which .">.000 round*
of nrtlllery niiiniinil t lou were ex
pended.
The Turk* gnlneil n fnotlnj; In one
llrltlKli trrnrh, hut were driven out,
nnd their rlTiirtu nrf dfsrrllicd hy
(icnrrnl Hamilton nn "n complfte
fnllnrr." nnd lie nrtdn tlint. nlillr the
llrltlHli InnMen were nrRllpllilr and
the llrltlvh line Intnct, Turklnh cn"
uiiltleN were heiivy.
Attention I* nt i 11 riveted on the
crnclnl front In the eon(, between
the HI?o-?? \ 'Intiiln nml nuc, In
Southern 1'olnnd, where the Teutonic
force* hnve lieen hurling theni
nelvrx nunlnxt n Ntuhhnrn RtiMNlnn
renlfttnticc In nn attempt to elenr the
nny to WnrxniT.
The IliiMMlnn force* which hnd
lieen retrentlnjc before the Au*trn
tiermniiM linn lire ImldlnK their
itroiuid with tlie nld of Ntronu re
enforeementw. mill In the hnttle rnn
Inn nenr Krnsnlk nml ennt nml
noptlieiiMt i?f Hint plnce, they hnve
Inflicted henv> Io.sncn on their nil
verHnrle?.
The cniiipnli;n In TIcIkIuiu nnd
Kranrr lin.s lieen ennflned Inrsrclj- to
nrtlllerj ni'tloni. (Int ntrnnx ofTen
mIvc iiinienieiit h.v the liermnnn In
the forest of Apreniont w?? ntopped
cvciituull.v hy the French, who re
port tlint Ihe liermnnn nindc nn new
cnliih.
SEVEN ARE INJURED ftS
! PATROL AND JITNEY CRASH
1 Examinations nt Hospital Show None
of the Wounded Danger
ously Hurt.
WAS DOING AMBULANCE DUTY
Patrol Wngon, Pressed Into Emer
' gency Service, Was Returning
i With Would-Be Suicide When Col
lision With Jitney Occurred.
Physicians at Virginia Hospital early
thip morning expressed the opinion that
1 there would be no fatalities or serious
j after-effects among the fourteen per
j sons injured and shaken up yesterday
| afternoon when the First Precinct pa
j trol wagon collided with a Jitney bus
'at Seventh and Marshall Streets,
i Policeman O. L. Hooker suffered a
fracture of the left wrist and a lacera
tion of the scalp. f
Policeman B. R. Warriner was
' bruised and slightly cut about the left
I knee.
j Mrs. Maggie Sayiers. 2.111 East
i Franklin Street, was injured about her
I left knee and suffered a sprained back.
Dr. F. F. Fletcher was cut severely
above the left eye and bruised about
the body.
Chauffeur W. H. Metcalf's hip waB
j injured, and some fear that he may
I have suffered internal injuries is felt
by the physicians. However, no de
; velopments of this kind had been noted
j up to an early hour this morning.
Miss Elise Sayiers escaped with slight
' bruises.
Clyde Matthews, T West Clay Street,1
although in the accident, w/is not in
jured.
Ous Sully, colored. 1420 Moore Street,
was cut severely about the chin and
lower face.
| JIT.VRV-III s ivassk\c;khs
KSCAI'K WITHOUT IN.H IJY
Neither J. It. Campbell, 2217 Tnvlor j
j Street, driver of the. Jitney which i
| collided with the patrol wagon, nor.
j either of his three passengers \\>ro
| Injured. N'one of the occupants of this,
i car went to the hospital, and the three;
I passengers refused to give their names'
I to the poliee.
The accident occurred shortly after!
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
i ambulance was on a call to South Rich-'
j mond when officials at Virginia Hos-|
I pital received word that Clyde Mat
j thews had attempted suicide by drink-i
j itig carbolic acid at his home. In the
I absence of the ambulance the patrol I
of the First District was pressed into
service, and with Drs. Fletcher and
Iden went to Matthews. The surgeons
! succeeded in pumping most of the acid
from his stomach at his home, but
deemed it necessary to rush him to the
hospital for further treatment
Met calf had been told that it was
essential to make good time, and was
proceeding down Marshall Street at a I
rather rapid rate when the accident!
occurred. His gong and siren were
being used to their capacity, it is said,
but Campbell, who was driving his
jitney north along Seventh Street,)
either did not hear it or paid no at
tention to the signals.
I'ATHOI, 4 It.ASIIKS l.\TO
iit>itsi:-i>itAw.v vioiiv
The cars met about the middle of the
street. The Jitney was hurled to one
side, turned around and finally over
turned. The patrol shied toward the
north side of the street with the im
pact and dashed into M. J. CrulPs
wagon, which was being used by the
Va tig ban - Kobe rt.son Drug Company as
a delivery van. This wagon was prac
tically torn from ln? horse and hurled
to the sidewalk.
Mrs. Sayiers and her young daugh
ter, who were walking along the street
near the curb, were struck by the
careening wagon and knocked down,
the wagon turning over on lop of
them. They lay buried beneath it and
its scattered contents.
The patrol dashed on with tin
slackened speed Its left wheels
mounted the curbing and the machine
hurled itself against a tree. The force
of the blow was sufficient to break
the tree down. With hut slightly dim
inished speed, the wild patrol-wagon
sped on to a telegraph pole a few feet
further down the street. There it
brought up with a stop so sudden that
Warriner and Me tea If were hurled
-(Continued on Second Page.'>
OVKIIS GUT T4> ll.\ I.TIMOIt F.
Vta "ork Plver and <"hex;ipi>ak?? B?v \
.most 'ii>?lr,ihl? rout*: only I? .SO one w*v, J(
and J4..V) round lrtj>. Ku?t steamer train
soviet* elf ec 11\ e June 2S. Inquire to;
'?-Asi Main Street, relative Atlantic City and i
Niagara Fallr excursion fares. *
CM PREDICTS BRYAN
WILL SUPPORT WILSON
Declares Former Secretary Is on
Record hs Favoring His Exemp
tion From One-Term Pledge.
MAY GIVE LETTER TO PUBLIC
Was Written to House Judiciary
Committee While Question W?s
Pending and After Senate Had
Passed It, Unanimously.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
WASHINGTON*. July 7.?The fact
came to light to-day that former Secre
tary of State William Jennings Bryan
is on record favoring' the exemption of
President Wilson from the one-term
pledge of the Baltimore platform.
This is the pledge which Mr. Bryan
will invoke, it has been declared, In
nn effort to prevent the renomination
of the President when the next Demo
cratic National Convention assembles.
Representative Carlin. of Virginia,
for a time acting chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, in a state
ment to-day, made it clear that a letter
from Mr. Bryan is on file which will
prevent the commoner from raising
the one-term issue against President
Wilson. Mr. Carlin has Just returned
from Annapolis, where he has been
appearing- before the midshipmen court
of Inquiry. \ , i
"President Wilson will be renom
inated and re-elected." said Mr. Carlin.
"The Republicans have no man to
match him, and I expect him to have
an easy return to the White House. |
EXPECTS NO OPPOSITION'
IX DEMOCRATIC PARTY
"I do i not expect any opposition to
him within his own party, and I know
no man whom the Republicans can
bring out who would be big enough, in
the opinion of the country, to cope
with him an a candidate.
"I believe Mr. Bryan will warmly
support the President for re-election,
ami 1 am sure he is being misrepre
sented as to his views on the one-term
plank, for I happen to know that after
that plank was adopted, and while the
one-term constitutional amendment
was pending bofore the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House, the Senate having I
passed It unanimously, Mr. Bryan wrote
n letter to the committee which will
forever preclude him from attempting
to either embarrass or oppose Mr. Wil
son on that ground. In justice to Mr.
Bryan and to all parties concerned, T
may give the details of the letter to
the public later on."
It Is a significant circumstance, on
the other hand, that Mr. Bryan has
permitted the statements attributed to
him to the effect that he would raise
the one-term issue in opposition to the.
President's renomina fion, to go un
denied for ten days.
GERMAN BASE OFF CANADA
Report Coni-ornlng It* Establishment
-Not llrgiirileil nn Serious.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
WASHINGTON, July 7.?The report
that Germany might establish a sub
marine war base off the coast of Canada
was not regarded as serious or authen
tic enough for discussion by Navy or
State Department oftlctals.
The Oermnn ambassador was at the
State Department for a short while
to-day, but It was stated that his visit
had nothing to do with the matter. One
of the officials said the original report
was that such a base was contemplated
off the coast of Maine, but that the
story had been exploded.
PLATURIA CASE TAKEN UP
1'ntted State* Kmlinit.iT In Rerllu
Hrekn Explnnntlnnn.
BERLIN, July 7 (via London. July 8).
?The United States embassy has taken
up the case of the American steamer
Platurla. which, while on the way from
New York with a cargo of petroleum
consigned to a Swedish port, was
stopped by a German warship and
taken to Swlnemunde.
The embassy also is endeavoring to
get explanations concerning a number
of other neutral vessels brought Into
Swlnemunde at the same time for In
vestigations and search.
NO BOMBS FOUND
ON LINERS AFTER
HOLTS WARNING
Suicide's Letter Said the
Philadelphia or Saxonia
Would Be Destroyed.
HIS WIFE SENT MESSAGE
TO STATE DEPARTMENT
Commanders of Both Steamers
Report by Wireless That
They Are Safe.
TENSION" NOT YET RELIEVED
Further Spectacular Developments in
Case of J. P. Morgan's
Assailant.
N'EVT YORK, July 7.?Fears for the
safety of the Cunard liner Saxonia
were dissipated late, to-day when a.
wireless message saying- no bombs
were nboard was received from her cap
tain in answer to a Warning sent out
that Frank Holt had asserted that this
boat or the American liner Philadelphia
were In danger of internal explosions.
Earlier a reply had been received from
the Philadelphia that no bombs wero
found aboard her.
However, the tension caused hy the
warning of the man who set off the
Capitol bomb, then shot J. P. Morgan
and Anally killed himself was not en
tirely relieved, because it was not
known that he had not left explosives
aboard other steamers.
Both the Saxonia and the Philadel
phia left New York on July 3 for Liver
pool. The Philadelphia is due to dock
on the other side July 10 or 11; the
Saxonia should reach her destination
July IS or 14. Both boats were in
midocean to-day. Holt had written
that "steamers leaving New York on
July 3 will be destroyed in midocean
by an explosion."
CONTAINED IX LETTRIt
TO WIFE IX DALLAS
Holt's warning was contained in a
letter to his wife at Dallas, Tex., and
which waB forwarded to the State De
partment at Washington hy her attor
ney, J. E. Cockrell.
The text of Holt's letter follows:
"A steamer leaving New York for
Liverpool should sink, God willing, on
the 7th. It is the Philadelphia or the
Saxony (Saxonia), but I am not sure,
as these left on the 2d or 3d."
On the margin of the letter was writ
ten :
"Tear this off until after this hap
pens."
Radio messages immediately were sent
to the commanders of the two ves
sels of the Navy Department, and of
ficials of the lines here were notified.
It was believed that Holt had written
the warning just prior to his attack
on Mr. Morgan at the financier's homo
near Glen Cove on Saturday.
The belief that Holt was Erich Muen
ter, fugitive Harvard instructor and
alleged wife murderer, was strength
ened here to-day by identification of
the dead man as Muenter by three men
who knew Muenter. These men went
to the morgue at Mineola accompanied
by detectives, who spent a busy day
delving Into Holt's past in an effort to
trace his possible accomplice or accom
plices and to learn the whereabouts of
dynamite owned by Holt still unac
counted for.
UNABLE TO LOCATE
.MORE OF EXPLOSIVES
Commissioner Woods, directing the
search, said to-night that so far his
men had been unable to locate any
more of the explosives.
The police learned to-day that Holt
had purchased 200 sticks of dynamite
here, and that these explosives con
tained 40 per cent dynamite. The dyna
mite found in Holt's trunk here last
night was of the 60-per cent variety.
Late to-night Commissioner Woods
announced that he had learned that Holt
had traveled extensively through Mex
ico and Tennessee, and that there are
a number of letters from various purts
of the country now in Ithaca addressed
to Holt, which he has requested be sent
here.
WAIT WITH GnAVB ANXIETY
FOIt NEWS FROM LINERS
fSpecial to The Times-Diepatch.]
WASHINGTON, July 7.?Officials of
this government and the British em
bassy were waiting all day with the
gravest, anxiety for news from the
Saxonia and Philadelphia, either of
which, according to Frank Holt's let
ter to his wife, might be blown up
to-day by a bomb.
The Navy Department gent wireless
messages to the commanders of the
two vessels, warning (hem of their
danger. The messages were sent
through the South WellsJleet Station
at Boston, and the Siasconset Station.
The powerful radio station at Arling
ton was not employed because it uses
ft different system.
The British embassy cabled the For
eign Office for the information of the
British admiralty. It is presumed here
that the British government would
send out vessels to meet the two liners,
inasmuch as they are now supposed to
be comparatively near the Irish Coast.
Late this afternoon the Navy Depart
ment learned unofficially that the Phila
delphia had acknowledged receipt of
the wireless warning.
graphed to Secretary of the N'avjr
Daniels by J. E. Cockrell, former Con
gressman.
rti.i.MAX uurussEs
1.ATKST nK V KI. OP.M K NT
Discussing the latest spectacular de
velopment of the Holt case. Major Pull*
man said to-day:
"The. suicide of Holt is most unfor
tunate. for now it will be most difficult
to determine whether he was a member
of a Rang of organized bombmaker* or
was working without accomplices.
"Holt's letter to his wife, stating that
one of the steamers sailing on the 34