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b isiu?'SH and could not sec him again.
'William*" walked out into the waiting
room again then, still declaring, however,
?t would not leave until he had had
mother interview with the president,
t'ashler Mckear was sitting at his desk
ist i11?ide the wooden counter which sep
'trtifl his office frum the reception room.
' William**' walked over to the counter
and renewed his request for a loan of $f?,
??>. In the office with the cashier were
Vlriiitone. his secretary, and Willie Wright.
? messenger hoy. The secretary had his
a. k turned to the counter and the hoy was
ii the rear of the office. They did not hear
he details of the conversation between the
?-i 'er and the loan applicant, but the
?..?nor> nwnw frnm thp r*min -
llliailt IU1 1ICU unu/ tiuui
?*r with the remark that the hank could
?t hn-1 money without good collateral.
.1 'ist at tint moment the cashier's tele
ne hell ran?. He picked up the ?n
itiment listened for n second, and said,
Ml i i?ht. rurne in Monday and we'll fix
Mat up lie was siting In his chair, half
? ? tk the man on the other side of the
muter. when .the latter quickly pulled a
rlniriK metal cylinder from his pocket and
? >? I ii over at th? cashier. There was
i puff ?f white smoke, a tremendous re
* n t *:j?I then all was confusion.
Body Torn to Piece .
Wl.en the police got In they found the
ashier's body about twenty feet from the
ipot where he li&d been sitting. The force
?f the explosion had struck the upper part
?f his hody. and It was torn to pieces. His
"?h had been thrown against a window
<?n tl Harmony street s'de, and parts of it
V?*r? f, rl<'d with the btts of glass into the
tr??et. Kvery .strip of clothing had been
from McLt-ar's ho dy with the excep
tion of his rollaf Th* hnnh had hit the
floor about five feet from him. His desk
ind I.air were blown into splinters.
f'ramp, the negro messenger, who was
standing: about t?-n feet f:?-m the spot where ,
tlu? missile exploded, but in front of the
oiinter. was blown into the biff open grate.
Hiith e\#s were blown out. and one was
ying **n liis cheek held by a shred. His
-iothing also was torn into rags, and his j
race and body cut horribly by the flying ;
^arth-les of glass and splinters.
I?u! tiie l>omb-thrower?it was some time
l^fore the polit e could find a tra-ce of liim
n the pile <>; debris that littered the execu
tive utll'-es. One leg was picked up under
* pi' of plaster in one corner of the room,
it !' was scarcely recognizable as a hu
man liml- Another leg, equally niuiiiaieu, i
was found in another corner of the room.
!'.jrr (?r the trunk, with only stumps left for
irms, was found about twenty feet from
lie spot where the man was standing, and
Mil <?r' it was wedged into a grating fifteen
et from the floor. The ceiling was tho
st gruesome sight. For an area of ai
i?>st twenty feet it was red with blood
?nd panicles of human flesh.
Hurled Through Partitio .
M'llhone. the cashier's secretary, was
lrivfn through a glass partition by the
xpli'sion. and was picked up with blood
trickling fp>m numberless wounds in his
!ie;?d. The office boy, who was in the
ishier's room also, was hurled twenty
feet.
Ttii? uht<?: partition whifh separated the
eeptinii room frum the second vi p presi
lint's office was blown t?? pieces, and it
was the crashing: of a hu?-:e pic e of plate
^l.iss on the head of t^ierk Thomas A.
I:ii11 r that caused the injuries which may
suit in his death.
Nearly .-ill of the other persons who
core injured were hit l>v flying: fflass, al
though many of them who were working
fn the main offices of the bank were
knocked off their feet by the concussion.
President Kushton. who was standing
ibout titty feet from the spot where the
toinli struck, was thrown to the floor and
bruised All that saved him and many of
the employes in the main business office
was the bipr three-story steel vault,
which served to break the shock from
the main offices. The bomb struck within
ten feet of the vault, and the police have
expressed the opinion that it may have
been the intention of the thrower to
wreck it If he had succeeded and had
)\\ i>. I I . ? * ? r i r\ 1 * liavn l.'ii4 ?i n
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trouble in k?-11ii)jc many times the amount
that he had asked as a loan.
The Fourth Street Hank is one of the
richest hanks in Philadelphia. Its de
posits are estimated at $40,0110,000. Tlie
explosion upset the combination of the
vault somewhat, but didn't interfere with
the time lock.
A little money, in coin, was blown from
drawers, and Inter, when an effort was
made to pick this from the debris, it had
to ht- separated sometimes from human
flesh
Police Guard Building.
President FMtshtOn was much affected.
After the explosion 'lie went home for
awhile, but later in the day he returned
to 11.e bank and superintended the efforts
that are being made to set it into shape
for business again. The police depart
ment. immediately upon hearing of the
explosion, sent 100 men to guard the
building. The news spread quickly, and
soon the streets leading to the bank
were choked with people.
The bank had about 130 employes work
ing in the main building when the ex
ribisioii occurred, rtrwl thpco rusher! r?-inin
stricken from the building.
It was announced tonight that the bank
will resume business on Monday. Im
mediately after the dead and Injured had
been removed the work of clearing: up
began. The first thing done was to search
for securities and other valuable bank
papers it-id the books and money that had
been scattered by the explosion.
The police believe that the bomb-throw
cr's P olity is disclosed in a ey ring which
the> pl' ked up near a part of his muti
lated Im?I> The ring contained the name
' K Steele,' Garner, Iowa It is the idea
<>f th?- police and the bank officials that he
was not an anarchist, but a mere crank.
Th- keys have been photographed by the
police and I he pictures will *>e sent to va
i itifs in hope of finding a clue which
will U-arly establish' the identity of the
bomb thrower.
A iiiiii answering the description of the
.>onib-tlir<>w< r earlier in the day visited the
K>(ui'al?le Trust Company on Broad street
uut demanded a loan of $T>Oi) on securities
lie d'-i'lared to be in his possession, Receiv
ing Teller McDevitt, whom he approached,
ordered the stranger away. The man fum
bled in his pockets, but finally withdrew,
lie stopped at the doorway, however, and
again fumbled in his pockets.
A woman patron of the trust company
pass.-'! the man, and his eyes, followed her.
This, it is said, diverted the man's atten
tion and when the watchman, following In
struction* of the teller, ordered him out he
reluctantly left the building. Shortly after
ward news of the explosion at the 4th
street bank reached the trust company.
RALEIGH STEELE'S RECORD.
Iowa Man Left Home at Garner Six
Years Ago.
Sprci?l r>l npMt?-h to The Star.
C1ARNKR, Iowa. January 5.?The only R.
Kat<-lgh Steele. who left here six years ago.
While here Steele divided his time between
m machine repair shop and running a ped
dler's medicine wagon. He had a wife and
several children and was about forty years
of am* lie was an unobtrusive character
and temperate 111 bis habits. When he left
here bis destination was never known, but
It w:is rumored at various times that he lo
cated in Chicago and then In Philadelphia.
There w is also a report that he had met
with considerable misfortune. There are
other Steele* In this community, but none
who claim relationship to Kalelgh Steele.
SPECIAL OFFICER ATTACKED.
Interfered With Three Men Stealing
Bailroad Coal.
Special Policeman Thomas Hayden, who
Is employed fn the railroad yard In South
Washington. had a painful experience last
night shortly after 12 o'clock, when he at
tempted to arrest a colored man who was
charged with having taken a small quan
tity of coal belonging to he 1 nllroad com
pany He found three ' ien in the yard
helping themselves to coal, and when he
went to place one of them under arrest the
three men turned and attacked him. One
of tliem struck him on his head with n hard
Instrument. Inflicting a severe scalp wound.
It was rumored that there had been a
murder committed in the railroad yard, and
policemen connected with the fourth pre
clnrt went th<ve to make an investigation.
They learned that Hayden had been as
saulted almost In front of his home, but
his injury was not of a grave nature. He
went to the Kmergency Hospital and had
km Injury dressed.
STORY TOLO BY
THEJG1ER
frnm-- T^ircf Patrn S
charge at Silver Spring Sunday night about
it since the accident happened and he
claimed to have shown u? the white sig
j nal."
Quotes Book of Rules.
Coroner Nevltt. reading from the hook of
rules, quoted the requirement concerning
the equipment of passenger trains, includ
ing the number of red lights, torpedoes,
etc.. and asked NagTe if his train carried
the signaling devices mentioned. The con
ductor answered affirmatively.
Under the interrogatories of Assistant
United States District Attorney Turner me |
conductor said he did fiot remember hav- j
Ing received the double green signal at j
Sliver Spring on any other occasion. lie !
also replied he did not remember of hav
ing run a train of which he w is in charge
past a red signal. Nagle was asked the
same series of questions put to Engineer
Vermillion relative to the speed he would
fe?<4 safe in approaching Terra fotta If
he was in charge of a dead-head equip
ment train passing under a double green
signal at Silver Spring and he answered,
as did the engineer: "Eight to ten miles
an hour."
"When you reached Takoma and found
a white signal shown, and the station still
open, didn't you think some one had made 1
a mistake In connection with ihe showing j
of a 'double-green' at Silver Spring?"
"Yes, sir."
"Didn't it then occur to you that you
should make Inquiry of the Takoma opera
tor about the matter?"
"Well. I thought possibly Silver Spring j
had shown the wrong signal, but I thought j
the white target at Takoma indicated a
clear block ahead."
(i. \V. Stivers, haggagemaster on train
id. testilied he did not see the signal at
Silver Spring, but he saw the white target
at Takoma.
H. G. Crockett of lti-14 l'Jth street north
east. twenty-three years old, said he has
been employed as extra lireman on the
Baltimore and Ohio for about a year.
Crockett said he went out on a run on |
an extra engine to Gaither.^burg Sunday
morning, where he boarded the engine of
train (K!, to "deadhead" back to Washing
ton.
"L>o yon know whether or n.>t it is against
the rules of the company for extra men to
ride in the cab of a locomotive?"
"I don't know that it i.s necessarily a
violation of the rules. We usually do it."
"Did you see the signal displayed at Sil
ver Spring that night? If s>, what was it?"
"It was double-green."
"What did that indicate to you?"
"That the train should proceed with cau
tion to the crossover at Terra Cotta."
Crockett gave the same description of
tlw appearance of the "doub'e-green" s:g
t 1:11 at Silver Spring as did Rnglneer Ver
million. Fireman Crawford and Conductor
ICagli?"one green lantern on a po!e and
the usual target lamp."
Crockett was a.?ked. al the suggestion of
Commissioner West, what signals he saw
at Randolph at Kensington and at Forest
Glen, and said he could not remember.
Question by the Coroner.
"How Is it, then, you remember so ac
curately about the signal at Silver Spring,
when you have no recollection of the tar
gets shown at other p aces along the line?"
queried the coroner.
"I don't know-except that was the lirst
thing I thought of after the accident hap
pened." witness answered.
"Did you hear a whistle from a train up
the line after passing Takoma?"
"I don't remember hearing any."
Under examination by Mr. Turner, Fire
man Crockett said he heard Crawford say
to Vermillion, after the collision: "I'll bet
that was 'J 120 struck us."
Recalled to the stand Crawford could not
remember making the remark imputed to
him.
Engineer R. T. Anderson, who made the
"extra" run to Gaither.sburg Sunday morn
ing. testified to boarding train (Sti at Gaith
ersburg on the return to Washington, and
riding in the smoker to Takoma. where lie
went forward to the engine cab.
He said he saw none of the signals at
Silver Spring or at Takoma.
Asked whether he heard any one of the
train crew of fit! make any remark about
engine 212" Anderson said he heard Fire
man Crawford say something about 2120
following down the line from Washington
Junction. Anderson said this remark was
made, by the fireman after the collision oc
curred.
Crawford wa-s again recalled, but his
memory proved unequal to the lask of re
peating his exact remark, If any, in refer
ence to 2120.
Engineer Hildebrand's Testimony.
iiirrri i iaii> 11. miueoranu oi iui
West Ostend street. Baltimore, wlio was in
charge of engine 2120 which crashed into
the local passenger train at Terra Cotta
Sunday night, was next called. He said he
was thirty-eight years old and has served
through all1 the grades from extra lireman
to lireman, to freight engineer and to extra
passenger engineer.
Asked whether lie ran engine 2120 Sunday
night, Hildebrand said yes. and to a ques
tion. "t'nder what orders?" he read?
"C and E engine 2120 will run extra to
Locust Point via "ST at Washington; 2120
and 1863 will follow each other carefully
under green signals. (Signed) H. O. H."
Mnaeorana saia nis nremau was nainea
McClelland; brakeman. Rutlor. and con
ductor, Hoffmier. He said he received a
sheet at Boyds showing that all- regular
trains had passed that station coming east.
"Did you see train tat Washington
Junction?" asked the coroner.
"Yes."
"Did 06 know where you were going?"
"We were headed toward Washington,
but could have come down the main line or
cut-off to Adamstown."
"Do you know whether anyone on train
66 kin-w you were going to Washington?'
"I do not know."
"Should anyone on 66 have been notified
at Washington Junction that you were to
follow to Washington?"
"No. sir; because 66 was a scheduled
train ??
"What light did you get at Silver Spring?"
"Double grecis."
"Did that signify to you that another
signal should be expected at Takoma
Park?"
"No sir; It signified that Takoma Park
was 'dead.' "
No Signal at Takoma.
"Did you see any light at Takoma P rk?"
"No signal light?only the station lamp
hanging against the building. The double
green at Stiver Spring gave me the right
to the track to the cross-ovt?r at Terra
Cotta. and anv extra train using the cross
over was supposed to protect Itself by send
ing a flag up the track. I saw no flagman
and went ahead."
"L)id you know 66 was ahead of you?"
"No. sir; I knew when 1 left Silver Spring
that tM> was overdue in Washington, and 1
thought It must be In."
"Did you blow jour whistle at Takoma?"
"Yes; 1 blew one long blast for the station
call."
"Did you blow for the target at Silver
Spring?"
"Yes; and at that time I saw it was
double green. I asked nay fireman what it
was and he said "double green.'
"What was the position of the green
lamps at Silver Spring?"
"One was on a high pole about ten or
eleven feet from the ground and the other
in tlie target."
"Did >ou look at your watch at Sliver
Spring?"
"Yes; and X saw tMJ was due In Wash
ington."
"Is vour watch right?"
"I have It tested twice a vear, as the
rules require."
Coroner Nevltt read from the book of
rulfS for government of employes the re
quirement that the watches of engineers
and conductors should he compared with
standard clocks and the fact registered
upon prescribed forms before starting on
any run, and Hlldebrand was asked whether
he had done so at the beginning of his
run. .
"I compared watches with my condJfclor
at Cumberland, and I don't know anyij^ng
about the standard clocks," liildebrand
answered.
"How about registering on a blank?"
"I have never seen a blank."
"Did vou know the schedule of 66?"
Yes." ,
"And were you not supposed to took out
for It?"
Duty of the Company.
"If it was known 1 was gaining on 08 the
company should have notified me," Hllde
brand replied.
"In case the company and the operators
ar^ derelict, don't you th:nk there Is a
moral obligation resting upon you to look
after these other trains?"
"I would be supposed to run from block
to block and be notified if I was approach
ing another train. It is against the rules
of the company to allow two passenger
trains In one block."
"Do vou know that 66 always runs late
on Sunday nights. when It is doing local
work?"
"No. sir."
"Did you see any rear lights on 66 when
you struck it?"
"I yaw no lights."
"How fast were you going past Takoma?"
"About eighteen miles an hour."
"How fast when you struck 66?"
"About twenty-three or twenty-four miles
an hour." j
.Sliortlv afterward Hildebrand. answering
a similar question, placed his speed pass
ing Takoma at twenty miles to twenty-five
miles.
"Do you use intoxicants?"
"No. sir; I drink a glass of beer once hi j
a wnne."
"Did you have any beer last Sunday?"
"No. sir."
"Do you use cocaine?"
"I don't know what it is."
Asked whether hp slowed down approach
ing Stotts station. Hildebrand said he put
011 the air.
Askfd whether he had ever been suspend
ed for neglect of duty. Hildebrand men
tioned one case when he was given a lay
off for running into the rear of another
freight train on the main line, when the
flagman sent back to warn him went to
sleep, and another time when he ran ovei
a switch.
His Hours of Best.
Giving "the hours he worked Friday and
Sunday. Hildebrand said he slept four hours
Saturday night and four hours Sunday morn
ing. That was the only sleep he had be
tween Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock and
Sunday evening. In that time he ran extra
to Cumberland, from Baltimore, made one
round trio between Cumberland and Wasu
Ingtnn and was on the way back to Balti
more from Cumberland when the accident
occurred.
Asked when his eyes were tested. Hilde
brand said the last time the company' re
quired it.
When he took up the questioning Assist
ant District Attorney Turner asked Hllde
brand what time he passed Silver Spring?
"<>:.".l," the engineer replied.
"Wlvit time did you strike train 66?"
p.m. X looked at my watch."
"Would you be surprised to learn that
tlie watches of other railroad men put the
time of tile wreck at 6:34?"
"1 don't know about their watches."
Asked by the assistant district attorney
whet her lie saw any people on the station
nisi t fnrm ivhon hio n<*ooo/l Tnl/A?no
Park Sunday evening. Engineer Hilde
brand said he thought so. though he was
not sure, because the fog was thick and
all objects wore indistinct.
"I saw one o:- two shadowy objects that
mielit have been people," he added.
"You said in your testimony a moment
ago that you saw the station light at Ta
kflma Park?" Mr. Turner continued.
"Yes."
"How far l'rom the track Is that lo
cated?"
"I couldn't say exactly."
"You have been over the Metropolitan
branch many times?"
"Yes."
"And yet you do not known how wide the
platform at Takoma is. and how far the
station lamp, hanging on the wall of the
building, is from the track."
"Xo. I can't say."
"Did you see anything else?"
"Yes, I remember noting the base of the
signal post."
"You remember no other lights between
Silver Spring aifd Terra Cotta, where the
wreck occurred, except the one station or
wall light at Takoma Park?"
"I saw no other lights of any kind."
Beduced Steam at Silver Spring.
"Did you say, when under arrest In the
tenth precinct station, that you shut oft
steam at Silver Spring and drifted?"
"[ did. I shut off steam at Silver Spring
and I have never opened that engine since
then except to back out of the wreck."
"You didn't see any lights at Takoir.a
or on the rear of train GG?"
"I saw no lights at all."
"Were you looking for them?"
"Yes; I was looking all the time.'1
"How far Into the fog could you see your
headlight?"
"A couple of feet."
"And on such a dense night how did you
expect to see a flagman at Stotts when you
POllIHn'f vnur own HoarilicrVit or?*r /lie
tance at all?" Attorney Turner Inquired.
"The rules require that a train using the
cross-over should protect itself, and the
flagman shou/d place torpedoes or a fuse on
the track."
"And you were expecting to hear tor
pedoes?"
"Yesf sir."
"How was I to know 60 was ahead o?
me. How could I know when- they didn't
notify me or stop me anywhere along the
line?" said Hlldebrand in reply to another
question. "How was I to know Wj was
twenty-five minutes behind time and was
not In the station."
Mr. Turner asked the engineer what time
he passed Kensington, but he could not re
memwr exactly.
Adjournment was taken until 10:30 Mon
day morning.
Dr. Nevitt Suspects Perjury.
"I am satisfied that some of the witnesses
who appeared at the Inquest and gave tes
timony did not confine themselves to the
truth." said Coroner Nevitt to a Star re
porter last night, "and I am going to see
If the law will not apply to testimony given
under oath before a coroner's Jury the same
as it does to that given before juries In the
courts."
Dr. Nevitt asserted that there had been
some discrepancies in the testimony and
that he could account for it only by think
ing that somebody did not tell the truth. He
oaiu uc kiiuuguL .luiiicuiuio uu^ui iu uc uuilt
in the matter, and so far as he is concerned
lie is willing to spend several days in court
to have the ulloged perjury sifted.
The coroner also declared that lie Intend
ed to hear the testimony of all the wit
nesses he could find. Anybody who knows
anything about the wreck, ha announced,
will be heard by the jury. When the inves
tigation is ended, he stated, he does not
want anybody to say that he or she could
not be heard.
"What I want," he said, "is a full inves
tigation of the accident, and if anybody Is
responsible I want the Jury to have the
benefit of the testimony that will show
where the responsibility rests."
Arrangements were made last night to
have the police summon additional wit
nesses to appear at the inquest tomorrow
morning. It is said that the operator at
Boyds station is to be summoned and that
the operator at Takoma Park and the rail
road's representative at Silver Spring are
to be heard tomorrow. The three stations
are in Maryland and detectives from head
quarters will go to them today and notify
the men wanted to appear at the inquest
tomorrow morning.
RAILWAY INQUIRY BEGUN.
H and O. Officials Investigating the
Terra Cotta Disaster.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md., January 5.?The Bal
timore and Ohio railroad today announced
that It had begun Its official Investigation
of the wreck which occurred at Terra
Cotta Sunday night. The first session was
held late Friday night in the office of Mr.
O. II. Hobbs. superintendent of the Balti
more division. Engineer Hlldebrand and
his train crew were examined. The Wash
ington pollceiuan who claimed he saw the
red light was also examined, as was the
telegraph operator. No conclusions were
reached, and the Investigation was con
tinued until Monday. The exact time has
not yet been fixed. The affair was con
ducted behind closed doors. Superintendent
of Transportation Galloway and Trainmas
ter Kelly were present in addition to Mr.
Hobba.
AUDITORS FOB TRAINS.
Conductors to Be Left Free to Avoid
Accidents.
Special Di?D?tch to The 8t?r.
BALTIMORE, January 5.?It was stated
at the Baltimore and Ohio offices tonight
that Mr. D. B. Martin, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
p.imnanv < nnnaMftplnv thA Bdvlafthilitv nf
placing auditors on the passenger trains
of the company to collect all tickets and
look after the travelers. The Idea is to
leave the conductors free to attend to the
running of the trains and look after sig
nals. This would, it is believed. Insure
greater safety for the passengers. The
plan must lirst have the approval of First
Vice President Randolph, who is at the
head of the traflli- department of the road.
Other railroads in the west have tried i
the svstem nnrt hm-p friuml It moat satis
factory. It is being: recognized by railroad
men that conductors should devote more
time to the running of their trains than is
possible while they are responsible for the
collection of tickets, which requires prac
tically all of their attention. This puts the
entire responsibility for signals on the engi
neer.
It is thought In railroad circles that the
time will come when all roads will adopt
the plan of having auditors take up tickets.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
Burial of Composite Remains of the
Wreck Victims.
Funeral services will be held at the un
dertaking establishment of S. H. Hines, 715
14th street, tomorrow afternoon over the
arms. limbs and other fragments of bodies
belonging: to victims of the Terra Cotta
wreck, which were not identlned. Mr.
Hines was directed by the Commissioners
of the District to arrange for a proper
burial of the fragments. He said they con
sist of eight legs, twelve arms, six (eet
and various other parts of the human
anatomy.
The services will be in order at 2 o'clock,
and interment will be made in the Forest
Lake cemetery. The plot In the cemetery
has been donated by the cemetery com
pany through Mr. Hines. Regular funeral
services will be held, and clergymen rep
resenting nearly every denomination will
participate. Rev. John Lee Allison, pastor
of the Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church,
will officiate. The others present will be
Rev. J. G. Butler, Lutheran Memorial
Church; Rev. F. B. Power. Christian
Church: Rev. G. E. Whitehouse, Immanuel
Baptist; Rev. T*. G. B. Pierce, All Souls'
Church; Rev John Van Schaick, Church
of Our Father, lev. Ross Fishburn, Mt.
Pleasant Congregational Church, and Rev.
J. D. LaMothe, Church of the Epiphany.
The fragments of bodies have been put
into one large metallic casket and sealed.
There will be music and flowers at the serv
ices, and tne palloearers will he members
of the police force, assigned by Maj. Syl
vester.
OPPOSED TO DRYDEN
FORMALLY REQUESTED TO WITH
DRAW FROM SENATE RACE.
Special Dispatch to Thp Star.
PLAINFIELD, N. J., January 5.?Union
county legislators today issued an open let
4er inviting John P. Dryden. the only
avowed candidate for the United State3
Senate, to withdraw from the race in the
interests of harmony. They promise that if
lie is eliminated they will go into the party
caucus and be bound by its action. What
they will <Io in the event of his refusal the
legislators do not say. Neither will any one
of tliein say whether he will support Justice
Pitney of Morris county for the place.
Senator Ackerman and Assemblymen Per
kins, Tillman and Moxon, wliDse names are
attached to the open letter, met at Elizabeth
today for a conference on the situation in
Union county. Their letter was the result
of this meeting, and in it they assert that
a majority of the representatives of Union
county are strongly opposed to the re-elec
tion of Mr. Dryden.
Loyal to Organization.
The letter reads as follows:
"We believe that in order to conserve the
best interests of the neonle. the leeislature
of our state at the coming session should
elect a republican to the United States Sen
ate. As regular republicans we believe in
party organizations. Under the conditions
that confront the party at this time we
thin.! that all republican members of the
legislature should be placed in a position
so that they may enter tlie caucus and
thus insure the election of a republican
United States senator.
"Representing the people, of Union county
it is our duty to respect their wishes. As
expressed to us. the sentiment in our
county is so strong and overwhelming
against the re-election of Mr. Dryden that
we believe that a republican other than he
could be elected to that office. There Is no
doubt that there are many able men in our
party who could fill the position with
satisfaction.
"In order to clear the way to united
party action we suggest the withdrawal of
the name of Mr. Dryden as a candidate,
and if his name bo withdrawn we will en
ter the caucus anil be bound by its action."
BOMB INJURES THREE
EXPLOSIVE THROWN FROM NEW
YORK ELEVAT'D RAILROAD.
S|>e<'ial Dlsputcli to Tbe Stu
NEW YORK, January 5.?A bomb, evident
ly thrown from the elevated railroad at 2d
avenue and 42d street short! v after 11
o'clock tonight. Injured two persons rather
seriously and slightly wounded a fifteen
year-old boy. The bomb was thrown from
the uptown station platform of the elevated
railroad just as the train pulled in. The
train was not halted any length of time,
and the police think that the bomb-thro war
escaped north on the train.
The man injured is Guiseppi Cimilucia,
who has a fruit stand in front of a saloon
on the northeast corner of "Jd avenue and
4:M street. Standing in front of the stand
and bartering over a purchase with the
Italian was Mrs. Mary Bailey, who lives at
.">01 Kast 4*Jd street. The bomb struck the
pavement directly between the two. They
were hurled some distance and later picked
up unconscious.
Fragments of the bomb also struck Sal
vator? Cimilucia. tho tirteen-year-old
nephew of Guiseppi. The boy was sitting
in a little boxed inclosure at one end of the
stand and was not much hurt. He was
able to walk home.
Reserves Called Out.
The explosion caused a great : cport and
orougm peopie iruin tenements ior several
blocks around. It was necessary to call
out the reserves and c'.ear the streets. The
ambulances were summoned from Flower
Hospital by Policemen Dietch and Nichols
of the East 51st street station, who were
near by when the bomb was thrown.
Clmilucia and Mrs. Bailey were hurried
to the hospital. The termer was found to
have sustained a broken and badly lacer
ated right arm and a severely lacerated
left foot.
Mrs. Bailey was cut about the body and
head, her dress was almost torn from her
body, and there was a severe laceration
on ner aouomen. xiu?.ii aire auu v>iuiiiuciu
were sent to warda in the hospital and
their condition was such that the doctors
could not permit of their being questioned
tonight.
The bomb completely wrecked the fruit
stand and shattered a large plate glass
window in the front of the saloon. No
trace of the bomb could be found. There
was not even a mark on the sidewalk to
show where it struck, although the police
found many persons who stated positively
that they saw the object strike in front
of the fruit stand and explode.
These people describe the bomb as be
ing an oval object about eight inches
long.
The pofice learned tonight that either
Cimliueia. the keeper of the fruit stand,
or his brother was a witness in a shoot
ing scrape that occurred in Mulberry
street among Italians some time ago and
proposed to give testimony damaging to
a man now waiting trial for his share in
the shooting.
False Alarm of Fire.
A false alarm of Are, the third since yes
terday afternoon, was turned In at 12:30
o'clock this morning from box 172 at 12th
and Little B streets, which called out the
entire downtown section of the fire de
partment.
The police of the first precinct made an
arrest in connection with the turning in
of the alarm, but it is stated they have
as yet been unable to And any evidence of
I the prisoner's guilt.
MISS BARTON'S GUESTS
LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN
VISIT GLEN ECHO.
Miss Clara Barton entertained a large
number of the members of tlie l.eglon of
Loyal Women at dinner at her home ?iear
Glen Echo, Md.. last evening. The mem
bers of the organ'zation had from time to
time intended to pay Miss Barton a visit
and spend the evening with her, but only
last evening were they able to partake of
| the* hospitality of the Barton home. Early
In the afternoon many of the ladies pro
ceeded to Glen Echo, and later their hus
bands joined them. Thus, shortly before ?
o'clock, there was a jolly party In at
tendance when dinner was announced. Miss
Barton sat at the head of the table with
Thanloln f ~..1.... - IT
^ u|/.umi VUbUCIl VI lilC I1UUSC Ul v
sentatives.
After the dinner had beep, served ami
coffee passed the chaplain was railed upon
for an address. He dwelt particularly
upon the (rood that had been accomplished
by Miss Barton, remarking that long before
he came to this city he had made up his
mind that the flrst person he wojld call to
see upon his arrival in the capital city
would be Miss Barton, but until last even
ing he had not made her acquaintance. The
speaker added that he was pleased to bo
with the assemblage and to have had the
honor of dining In Miss Barton'* home.
Response by Miss Barton.
After Chaplain Couden had resumed his
seat Mls3 Barton responded. She 'assured
.her guests It gave her pleasure to have
them In her home, and added that she
would long remember the occasion. She told
of a recent trip she made to her old home.
Oxford, Mass., and of a visit to the family
burying ground, where the remains of Bar
tons for generations had been interred. She
said that while her heart was with her
dead still she had a large spot reserved
for the friends of this section of the coun
try, where she had passed so many years
of her life.
Entertaining Features.
Mrs. Evelyn Gurley Kane of the Bush
Temple Conservatory of Chicagf was pres
ent and contributed several elocutionary
selections. The first was ?ne garden scene
from "If I Were King, which was fol
lowed by "Sussanner." By request of
Chaplain Couden Mrs. Kane also recited
"The Banners of Burgundy." She also
pleased those in attendance with the dra
matic story of "In the Shadow of the Gal
lows." Mrs. Albert Houghton, Mrs. Juliet
B. Bennett and Ernest Houghton rendered
vocal selections. The guests were Mrs. Eve
lyn Gurley Kane of Chicago, Chaplain and
Mrs. Henry Couden, Mrs. Margaret A.Knapp,
Mrs. Julia G. Burnett. Mrs. M. E. Cutter,
Mrs. W. E. Roach, Mrs. Anna Ball, Mrs.
D. C. Perham, Mrs. Olive Johnson. Mr.
and Mrs. William Kiley, Mrs. M. A. Cook,
Mrs. Cora Curry, Mrs. Bell Kelver. Mrs.
William S. Odell, Mrs. Emma Myers, Mrs.
Nellie Mathews, Mrs. C. . Bollinger, Mrs.
Mattie Un >ln, Capt. and Mrs. S. A. Per
ham. Sidney Perham and Mrs. Perham,
Capt. Newton Ferree and Mrs. Ferree. i ol.
and Mrs. Grosvenor, Miss Grosvenor, C. A.
Sidman und others
TRAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT
MAN CONFESSES HOLDING UP &
A. L. PASSENGERS.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Jaanuary 5.
Percy Martin of Atlanta. Ga.. was arrested
here tonight by Chief of Police Dawson of
this city, charged with being one of the ban
dits who held up a Seaboard Air I<ine train
eighty miles south of Richmond New Year
eve. In an hour after his arrest he con
fneaa/1 fife triillt a nrl flplivprcH to thp nfllf'Pr
a five-hundred-dollar diamond ring which
had been taken from one of the passengers,
and he tells where most of the money can
be found.
Martin says he and his pal. arrested in
Richmond and now in iail In Mecklenburg
county. Va? planned the robbery in Wash
ington. D. C. After committing the crime
they walked all the way to Norfolk, Va."
Martin came here about three years ago
from Atlanta and began running on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad as a news
boy. but he is married. Martin will be held
here awaiting the arrival of Virginia offi
cials. There was a reward of $tHX> offered
for the arrest of the bandits.
RAIDED BY POLICE.
A Humber of Arrests Made in Two
House's.
Two raids were made last niglit by the
poliei; of the third precinct, crap players
being- interrupted and the games stopped.
The first visit was made to the house of
Frank Ford, colored, !>12 Rickett's court,
where tlie police found a game in progress
on tne second floor. One of the players
escaped by Jump!ng through the window,
carrjing the sasli with him. Eight men
were found in the rooms and they are to
appear as witnesses against Ford, who was
released upon $25 collateral for his appcar
ansce in the Police Court tomorrow.
Agnes Harris, the victim of the se :ond
raid, was short of cash, and was unable to
procure her release, Sergt. Williams and
Policemen Newton, Vanliorn and Scanlon,
who conducted both raids, found Agnes at
her home 2oU2 F street, with a few friends.
She was arrested, and charged jvith con
ducting a crap game. Unless she raises
money enough to leave collateral she will
be detained in a police cell until she is
taken to the Police Court tomorrow.
TITLE FOB MRS. LANGTRY.
Father-In-Law's Death Makes Her
Lady DeBathe.
LONDON, January 5.?Gen. Sir Henry
Perceval DeBathe, whose son, Hugo Ger
ald DeBathe. is the husband of L,lliie
L.angtry. is dead. He was born in 18^3.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CINCINNATI, January 5.?"What dif
ference does it make it the old gentle
man did die?" exclaimed Mrs. Langtry
tonight at the Hotel Havlin, when told
that her father-in-law liad just died and
that she was Lady DeBathe. "His death,"
she continued, "would make no difference
in my plans, as I do not intend to quit
the stage so long as I can draw well. !
"Here they say I have broken the record !
this week and that is very encouraging. 1 i
have no social ambitions. I had my s>cia! j
excitements before I went on the stage. 1
and as society interferes with work 1
dropped society. No one can do ooth.
Really, this telegram puzzles me. I have
no other information and can hardly be
lieve the report true. My husband, who is,
I think, in Switzerland, lias not cabled me.
and I am totally in the dark. However, 1
am on the stage to stay.
"This telegram reads like these 1 have
heard so often. The first interview I gave
when landing In this country was to New
York reporters on this very subject. Real
ly, I am puzzled. No man can live for
ever, and rr-:- father-in-law was eighty
three. His death would not alter my plane,
not a bit."
AGAINST SENATOR BAILEY.
Opponents Jubilant Over Defeat in
Travis County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUSTIN, Tex.. January 5.?The demo
crats of Travis county, in which the state
capital is situated, today defeated by a ma
jority ot 100 votes the proposition that J. W.
Bailey should be re-elected to the Senate.
The outcome in this county is expected to -
have biK Influence against Bailey's re-elec
tion. Most of the members of the legisla- 1
ture are now nere to atiena me session
which opens next Tuesday.
The anti-Bailey men are jubilant over the
prospects of bringing about a legislative I
investigation of Mr. Bailey, which they i
say witl result in Ms defeat for re-election. 1
BROKE ILL BULLS
OF BLOCK SYSTEM
Remarkable Evidence Given Be
fore the I. C. C.
AN OPERATOR EXAMINED
Takoma Station Kan Pretty Much a?
T 4- VIaqoaiI
xi x iva^Ui
MANY CONFLICTING STORIES
Judge Clements Comments Severely
on Many Admissions Made by
Milton Phillips.
It was late last evening before Ju.lgo
Clements of the interstate commerce com
mission finished with the last witness of
the day on the Terra Cotta wreck Investiga
tion The witness was Operator M. \V.
Phillips of Takoma. on whose truthfulm ss
and fidelity to duty the whole of the respon
sibility for the wreck turns. He was kt pt
on the stand for three hours and a half,
questioned by Judge Clements and Special
Attorney Walter for the interstate com
merce commission and cross-questioned by
Attorney Wilson for the Baltimore and
Ohio. Every possible detail of his aclion3
on the evening of the wreck was gone into.
All the phases of his management of the
block signal station were discussed. To
about seven-eighths of the questions asked
him lie replied "I don't remember." or "I
can't tell." But as to the one crucial
point of his having displayed a red block
signal against the extra train 212J, he re
mained firm, positively contradicting Engi
neer Hildebrand and his lireman, McClel
land, who had testified earlier in the day
that they saw no signal Uglit displayed at
Takoma.
Contradictions of Witnesses.
One important contradiction of his story
with that of the engineer and fireman is
that both of the latter men say they did see
a white nlatform lamn at Takoma. while
Operator Phillips says there has never been
such a light there. The whole of the tes
timony seems to be a mass of contradic
tions. Some of the other witnessos who
will be called have already contradicted
each other In interviews and before the
coroner's jury. One glaring instance of
this sort is that of the block operator at
Silver Spring, who says that both train tJO
and train 2120 were given a white light on
the night of the accident, while the engi
neers of both trains swear they received the
"double green.''
The one thing that did stand out clearly
in the whole of the investigation yesterday
was that the block signal system has been
run just about ar, the operators pleased,
that violations of orders were frequent and
not reported and there was no inspection
and checking worth a name. Operator Phil
lips testified that trains "too numerous to
mention" had run past his red light, though
111 thp fatal f hpv h.'id ulurovs
finally stopped and sent back a flagman.
Hut lie said though this was a violation of
the rules, he had nevar reported any one
for it But when he was called down by
the attorney for the railroad and told to
cite specific instances, lie fell back on his
customary answer of being unable to re
member except in the case of two trains.
Operator Phillips' Many Duties.
Operator Phillips is a small, youngish
man. and his features were wrinkled per
petually into somet' ing that looked like a
smile, but that might have been indicative
of either laughter or tears. He said that
he had been an operator for about three
years. He was the Poo Bah of the Takoma
office, being the station agent, the block
signal operator, the telegrapher, the bag
gage master, the express agent and the
mail clerk.
Halted liim If this enm
hination did not keep liim rather, busy. The
operator replied that scnwtimes he was
rather pressed for time. but he managed
to get through with it alt. He had about
thirty trains a day to handle, tickets to
sell, an average of five or six commercial
telegrams to handle and tlie express and
freight to bill. There were an average of
fifteen express packages, and the railroad
paid liim $T>2.?iO a month and the express
company 10 per cent on the business he
handled for them.
He said there was a rule of the railroad
company against having anybody come
into his office, but that he had friends
who called on him. and that on the night
of the wreck he had one of the name of
Page, who came about 4 and stayed all
night.
Asked If this was not a violation of the
rules, he smiled and said that it was, but
that he violated the rule whenever he
wanted to. There was also a rule to re
port <111 viutauuua ui vu*r ujuciv aiguai s.> ?
tem. but lie said that hp bad never report
ed any engineer for running past his red
target, though that was happening all the
time. He explained that they always cxme
back or sent back a flagman, though some
of them ran half a mile beyond his sta
tion.
Assistant Set the Signals.
He had one assistant, the gateman. Fred
I.umkum. He was fifty-three yearn old,
but, Operator Phillips testified, "very ac
tive." The operator let him light the signal
lamps and put them in position and knew
that they were all right, but he had not
gone out to look at them on the night in
question till after train 2130 had dashed
by his red block. Then he said that he
went out and saw that the block was really
red. and had stei>ped off the distance at
which it could be se?n. finding that it was
visible at thirty-eight paoes.
Judge Clements asked him If he did not
think that he was very remiss In not at
tending to the lights himself or seeing
personally that they were in position, but
he said that he trusted the old gatekeeper
entirely and he did net think anything
more was ncLes??rjr.
The flock In the railroad offlce. he said,
might get as much as two minutes out of
the way. either fast or slow, and that he
set it once or twice or three times a week.
The noon time signal was flashed through
his office every day except on holidays and
Sundays, hut he was not always there to
catch it and could not remember when Ids
clock was set by it He thought it might
have boon on Tuesday, the week of the ac
cident. He explained that time did not
really matter with the block signal system,
and Attorney Wilson for the railroad tried
to make this plain also in his cross-exami
nation. but Judge Clements said that in
this particular case, having the clock right
probably would have averted the accident.
Official Inspections.
Phillips said that an inspector came
around every coupl? of months to check up
his accounts and iook after the general con
anion or trie station, and that an inspector
uf signals came around two or three times
a year to look after the signals. Nobody
ever looked after his clock. He did that
himself.
Phillips look the stand after the"morning
reee.?s.
After explaining the dut <s devolving upon
h!m. Mr. Phillips In reply to questions of
Mr. Walter, the special counsel of the com
mission. said that he was expected to open
the office at 0:30 a.m. and close at 0:30 p.m.
He said it was a rule of the company to
give "good night" to the train dispatcher,
but he had noi always lived up to the or
der. He admitted tlrnt about one-third of
the month he closed before 6:30 p.m. be
cause everything was all right on his block.
Mr. Walter then went into the question
of the correctness of watches and clocks,
pursuing the same line of inquiry as devel
oped during the morning session. Mr. Phil
lips admitted that the clock in the Takoma
station was irregular in its habits, having
been sl>w or fast two minutes on a number
if occasions. He said the clock had neither
been inspected nor teated since it waa put
In. On week days the clock was sometime*
set at noon, time being given by the chief
dispatcher at BaMimore.
Bed Signals Passed By.
Frequently, said Mr. Phillips, a train
would nin by his red target, but up to the
accident every train thus running by had
returned to the station. He satd he had
nov'tftr ron<\rt cn.>h ? infra otlon nf I h?"?
rules because no accident had fveroocurrrtl.
Asked If since the accident he would report
such an Infraction tl?e witness nhowwl con
siderable hesitation, but finally said he
didn't know whether he would or not
The witness then reported the testimony
he had given before the coroner's Jury re
garding the parsing of train
A Railway Investigation.
Then Mr. Walter asked the witness if he
had Iteen in Baltimore since the accident.
Reluctantly Mr Phillips admitted that he
had; that he was there Friday night and in
the offices of the Bultimore and Ohio Com
pany; that there were a numlier of others.
I including his gateman l.umkum: Page, who
was with iiim in the office on the night ?f
the Rcoiilent Rpnuibiirir tin* nwrator Jit
t'niversity; Detrow. operator at Silver
Springs; Kennedy ami QuUin; that th?*y
were gathered up by Mr. ilobbs. who is
superintendent of the Baltimore division.
in addition to these in the ufF.ees were C.
W. Gal low Ay. superintendent of transpor
tation, and Mr. Covey. They went first to
\V. E. McCauley's office and later into a
larger room, where lie saw the train ore**
of both trains, including the engineers, fire
men and flagmen. He said the gathering
was in the nature of a railroad investiga
tion. but had no bearing on either the in
quest or the Inquiry being directed by the
interstate commission
The witne>s during this portion of the
jn-ni iii^ ?%.i? it \ n M' iu it'iuiiK iiii> i imiik
about whHl happened in Baltimore, even in
timating that nothing occurred out of the
ordinary. Commissioner Clements, how
ever. developed that there had been an in
vestigation at the hand.s of the railroad au
thorities.
The Station Clock.
Mr. Phillips was again asked al>otit the
clocks. He said that he thought his clock
was about as good as the rest on the road
and he had never made requisition for m
new one. He said that a clock that would
not gain or lose more than two minutes In
a week he believed to bt* a pretty good
clock.
Commissioner Clements asked if on this
particular occasion it would ,iot have been
a good thing to have had correct time
The witness was visibly embarrassed and
hesitated. Waiting a moment the Commis
sioner said: "There is no use to pursue
that further. It is a self-evident fact."
On cross-examination Mr Phillips sa'd
that he did not see any markers on 213f?.
i r? ri ? i ill i ^ M^n.ua ill
front?"
k "They do."
\ "Now. you know That ?>?> had not cleared
at I'niversUy?"
"Yes."'
"You know '2120 was the next train to go
by?"
"Yes."
"You knew It was f!::t<V Then why did
you not go out and put a torpedo on the
track
"Because it was none of my business.
There Is nothing in the rules so f^r as 1
know :o empower hii operator U? do it."
Ignored the Rules.
Later in the craf?s-exam ination Mr.
Phillips said he had had a number of in
oi.tin \> 11 * * x i ?'itg iuit'ii i an i>>
his r<-d target.
Mr. Wilson, the counsel of the Baltimore
and Ohio Company, .said it was an in
justice to the eng.nemen of the road if
he failed to specify the times when these
infractions occurred and wanted specific
instances. The witness tnid he had not
re|>orted the instances of trains running
by the red target because they had re
turned or had sent their flagman back
and he thought no rules were violated
Mr. Wiison, visibly nettled at the wit
ness. had him read certain rules govern
ing the movement of trains within the
block.
Commissioner Clements listened intently.
After the witness had ceased reading Mr.
Wilson asked:
"Don't you think you have ignored the
rules," and reluctantly Mr. Piiilliiw an
swercu ye?.
Commissioner Clements M5k<-d the wit
ness:
"Don't you think the non-ol?.>?ervsiipe of
these rules as to biork systems make* the
system worse thin no system at all If tliey
are being treated by ewrylxxjy in the way
you treated them?"
Phillips refused to answ< r.
"Answer the <iuestioti the Jodge has asked
you." said Mr. Wilson, and very slowly lie
said:
"Possibly it does."
I'nder redirect examination Mr. Phillip*
admitted that tin :e were torpedoes In the
office, but they had never In-en examined
and never used and that none had been
given liini for tiie past two year*.
This closod the examination. Before ad
journing; Mr. Clements stated that an the
commission would meet In Chicago tomor
row and that as there were matters to
take up which would take some' time con
cerning the block systems on the Southern
as well as the Baltimore and Ohio, he
would adjourn the hearing until January
14 at 10 o'clock.
RECEPTION BY STATES.
Southern League Function at M. E.
Church South.
The Southern States reception, held in
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episco
pal Church South New Year evening, was
largely attended. It was given under the
HllsriiceH i?f the memtiem (\f the l-'no-rtrt K
League of the church, of which Dr. Clifton
Clark is the president. The receptions wen;
inaugurated about four years ago, and each
year it is regarded as one of the leading
functions of the year among southerners
In the capital city. The decorations w.-re
of yellow and white, the league colors.
Bunting, southern smilax, palius and ferns
were also used In the decorations. The
front represented an ante-bellum southern
porch, with its board steps and tall fluted
columns. Kadiating from this porch w<>re
the smaller columns, making the different
state booths.
All of the guests first reported at the
booth of the state of their nativity.
In the receiving line, which stood in the
center of the room, were Rev. William
French Locke, Mrs. Ix?cke. Rev. Forest J.
Prettyman and Mrs. Pretty man, anil the
officers of the league. Dr. Clifton Clark.
Misses Pauline Chapman. Julia Pierre, Ina
F. Nelson, Dora Trent, Dr. Howard It.
W ?nH U'illia R
In Booths of States.
Those receiving in slate booths were:
Virginia?Misses Mary and Sarah Bea
mer, Jeanne Wakefield, Mrs. Philip Kcmon
and Mrs. Blanche Howell Hereford.
Maryland?Mrs. J. B. I>-onard and Miss
Kate S. Fowler.
Arkansas?Miss Nannette Pollock.
Mississippi?Mrs. B. M. Cheootreth. Miss
Lillian Chenoweth, Miss Bonnie N Nabera
and Mrs. Clifton P. Clark.
Texas?Mr. W. A. tlannon. Misses Felder.
Georgia?Miss Julia Pierce.
Tennessee?Miss Louise Keeling and Miss
Louella Wood.
North Carolina?Mrs. W. F. Tomlinson.
West Virginia?Mrs. Wm. French Locke
and Miss Jarnesson.
Missouri?Mr. and 'Mrs J R. Blackwood.
Alabama- Mr. William Chambers.
District of Columbia?Miss Gertrude Fow
l<?r.
Refreshment room?Miss M. Josie Brown.
Mrs. Owen. Mr*. Fannie Ten Kyck. Mrs.
Thomas A. Groover. Mm. M. E. O'Bannon,
Miss O'Bannon.
Committees in Charge.
Thft-commlttees arranging reception were
composed of:
Decorations?Mrs. Annie F. Tenniile, Mr.
Willis B. Robinson.
Refreshments?Miss M. Josie Brown, Dr.
Howard R. Moore.
Music?Mr. John W. Stewart.
Invitations?Miss Pauline Chapman.
Reception? Miss Alma Baird. Dr. Clifton
P Clark
Cloak?Messrs. William R England. Ho
rlan D'Este Jamesson. San ford Warren.
John Riddle.
Standard Steamer Floated.
HALIFAX. N. 8.. January 5.?The steam
er Garibaldi, which recently went ashori
near St Pierre and waa later floated, ar
rived here today under her own steam
She was leaking only slightly. A survej
wlil ba hmid hare 1m?dlafly.