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EIGHT PARTS
INCLUDING
Star's Sunday Magazine
And Colored Comic Section
No. 414.?No. 19,156. WASHINGTON, D. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1913* FIVE CENTS.
WEATHER
Generally fair today and
day, but with some cloudiness
warmer today; cooler Monday,
MAY DIE FROM SHOT
Gun Exploded by Brother
Shatters Girl's Arm.
AMPUTATION IS NECESSARY
Accident Occurs in Absence of
Mother. Mrs. Alma Lowrey.
WAS PLAYING WITH WEAPON
Hussell. Eleven Years Old. Says
Younger Sister Aline Was Wound
ed When He Tripped and Fell.
With her right arm torn to shreds, and
?offering from other wounds, as the re
sult of the accidental discharge of, a
shotgun with which her cleven-vear-old
brother Russell was playing. Aline S Low
rey. nine years old, was rushed from her
home. C street northwest, to Emer
gency Hospital last night, where the
mangled arm was amputated at the
shoulder.
Tiie little girl is the daughter of Mrs.
Alma Lowrey, who occupies rooms at the
C street house. The charge of shot prac
tically tore the child's arm off, mangled
the little girl's left arm, and inflicted
other wounds so serious that the surgeons
last night stated that her recovery is
doubtful.
The shooting was investigated by the
police of the sixth precinct, who decided
not to arrest the boy who was playing
with the weapon when the accident oc
curred.
Were in Gleeful Mood.
According to Russell, who was seen at
th" Lowrey home last night by a Star
reporter, he and his sister had been play
ing in the bedroom of theli4 mother, Mrs.
Alma Lowrey. on the rear of the third
floor. Mrs. Lowrey had told the two
children she would take them to see the
moving pictures, and In anticipation of a
good time last night the children were in
unusually good spirits.
Mrs. Lowrey had started to change
her clothing to take the children out,
when Mary Calloway, a colored servant,
who was working in the kitchen in the
basement, summoned her to the lower
floor.
The mother some -time ago borrowed a
double-barreled shotgun from a loomer
at the house as a protection. The gun
was unloaded and was kept by the moth
er in a corner beside a dresser. Five or
Hx loaded shells were in a drawei*of the
dresser. She bad hardly reached the
kitchen when the report of the firing of
the gun sounded through the house.
Rushing upstairs, Mrs. Lowrey found
her daughter lying on the bed with the
little boy bending over her declaring
that he did not mean to shoot her.
Placed Shell in Gun.
According to the story told by Russell,
his mother had hardly left the room be
fore he opened the dresser drawer and
took out one of the shells. He placed it
In one of the barrel* of the gun and
then pointed It at his sister, who stood
beside a bed watching his operation.
"I'm going to shoot yon," Russell de-!
Clares he told her.
"You better not do that." said the sis
ter. as she started toward the boy.
"I was only playing with you," Russell
says he told her.
He stated he then was turning to put
the gun in the corner from which he had
taken It, when he tripped over a hat box
which was on the floor.
"I fell back into the comer and then
the gun went ofT." said the boy. "I
didn't mean to ehoot her. I was only
playing."
Boy Cries Piteously.
During the entire time the boy related
tlie story of tfie shooting he cried piteous
ly and at intervals declared he did not
mean to shoot his sister. "She is good
and 1 did not want to hurt her," he said.
"I hope she will get well soon and some
back home with me."
When the child reached the hospital
in the ambulance she was immediately
placed upon the operating table and Dr.
Harry Lewis, superintendent of the hos
pital. amputated the right arm in an ef
fort to save her life.
So much blood had been lost by the
child before she was given medical at
tention that there is but iittle hope for
her recovery. Mrs. Ixnvrey went to the
hospital with a friend and was in a hys
leiical condition tor some time. She re
mained at her daughter's bedside during
the uight.
DEATH HOVERS OVER SHIP.
Reaps Toll on Hannover's Voyage
From Bremen to Philadelphia,
PHILADELPHIA, March 8.?Bringing
with it the story of a man washed over
board during-a heavy gale and the burial
of a child who died of scarlet fever at
soa, the steamship Hannover of the North
German Lloyd line arrived here today
four days late.
Leaving Bremen February 20. the Han
never almost immediately encountered a
terrllic storm, which slwept her decks and
kept all hands below.
March 1, after orders for ail passen
pers to stay be-low had be?Ti given, Jonos
Pellaes, bound for this city from Hun
gary, ventured on Beck and was swept
overboard. The steamer was stopped
and boats were lowered, but to no avail.
CASTRO MAN OF MYSTERY.
Puzzles Many by His Actions on
New York Pier.
NEW YORK, March 8.?Cipriano Cas
tro. former president of Venezuela, mys
tified persons gathered at a Brooklyn
steamship pier today to watch the de
parture of the Brazos for Porto Rico.
Shortly before the vessel's sailing time
Castro hurried out on the pier in an auto
mobile. He walked aboard the Brazos
and it was concluded he had changed his
announced plans to go to Europe and
had taken passage for Porto Rico. Just
before the gangplanks were taken in
however. Castro rushed ashore, entered
his car and was driven rapidly away.
He made no statement concerning his
mission and it was not learned whom he
met on board the Brazos.
Probable Fatal Injuries.
Sr?*cis! t? The Star.
ELK 1X5?. W. Va.. March ^.-Following
the derailment of a ear on the loop on
the Western Maryland ra'lway above
Bemis, W. Va . Arthur Nine, brakeman.
was missing. After considerable search,
he was found at the odfre of the river
sixty-five feet below the track with his
head wedged between two rocks. Ills
skull is badly fractured and his recovery
?s not <x pec ted. He was taken to the
Memorial Hospital at Elkins.
SONG HALTS PANIC
Crowd in Theater Fire Owe
Lives to Blind Man.
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FILE OUT AS HE SINGS
Not a Quiver in the Voice of Cool
Musician.
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HE IS THEN LED TO EXIT
Worcester, Mass., Character Stuck to
Post Once Before Upon
Similar Occasion.
WORCESTER. Mass.. March 8?The
coolness of Edward I. Boyle, a blind
singer, in keeping on with his song while
fire spread rapidly in the balcony of a
local theater tonight, halted a panic among
the 300 spectators, all of whom filed out
to s^ety. When the last of the audience
reached the door, Joseph L. Rogers, the
pianist, leaped on the stage and led the
blind man out through a rear exit.
Harry W. Lynch, son of the proprietor
of the theater, first saw the flames run
ning along the lower part of the balcony,
where electric wires had become crossed.
Stepping to the side of Boyle, who was
singing an illustrated song with all lights
turned down. Lynch quietly announced
that a small blaze had been discovered.
He requested the audience to file out
promptly, but without confusion.
Had Started to Bun.
There was a quick shuffling of feet, and
several persons had broken Into a run,
when Boyle signaled to Rogers at the
piano to "start something." Rogers
struck at once into a popular air, and
as Boyle's voice rang out distinctly, with
out a quiver, all signs of a panic van
ished. In the dark the singer and the
pianist kept on with the song.
Boyle s brother Thomas, who attends
the blind man, was across the street being
shaved when he saw smoke pouring from
the theater. Collarless, with half of his
face shaved and half lathered, be bolted
for Jhe theater and fought his way
through the crowd that jammed the stairs
to save his brother.
Saw Blind Man Being- Saved.
He reached the door just in time to see
Rogers rush the blind man through a rear
door.
February 19, while playing the piano at
another theater, Rogers was caught in a
lire, but stuck to his post until all the
audience filed out. In tonight's fire the
theater was destroyed and adjoining prop
erty in the business district was seriously
threatened.
LEARN TO FBOTECT SELVES.
Thousands of New York Children
loin the Saffctyleague.
NEW YORK, March a?More than 176,
000 school children in this city now wear
the red and green button of the Safety
League, according to announcement to
day by the American Museum of Safety.
The museum, of which Judge E. H.
Gary of the United States Steel Corpora
tion is one of the vice presidents, or
ganized the Safety League to educate
children to exercise caution and self-con
trol for their own safety in the streets.
For three months the museum has co
operated with the board of education by
sending lectures into the public schools
to point out measures of safety. Among
the things the children are taught are
how to watch ont for vehicles, not to play
in the streets and never to "hitch be
hind.'*
MISMANAGEMENT IS CHABGED.
Receivers Asked for $27,000,000
Bag and Paper Company.
TRENTON, N. J., March 8.?Chancellor
Walker in the court of chancery today
heard argument on the application of
Sarah Aldrich of Glen Falls, N. Y., to
have receivers appointed for the Union
Bag and Paper Company, a twenty
seven-million-dollar corporation chartered
under the New Jersey laws.
The complainant charged that the di
rectors of the company have misman
aged the affairs of the concern. In
solvency is not alleged by the complain
ant.
Counsel for the paper bag company de
nies all charges of mismanagement.
Chancellor Walker reserved decision.
FRIEND OF ENLISTED MEN.
Secretary Daniels States Position to
Chief Gunner's Mate.
Secretary Daniels yesterday called into
his office Chief Gunner's Mate P. F. So
kolowski, who has been in the navy fif
teen years, just to shake hands with an
j enlisted man.
I Mr. Daniels grasped his guest warmly
! by the hand and told him he wanted him
! and all the enlisted men In the navy to
know that the Secretary's heart beats
strongly for them, and that he wanted
to further their interests in every way,
so that they might be fully contented,
thereby adding greatly to the efficiency
of the navy.
Unusually Large Flow of Gas.
Special Dispute!) to The Star.
SHINNSTON, W. Va., March 8.?The
Gusher Oil and Gas Company drilled in
a monster gas well on the Ella Martin
farm near Shinnston. which proved to be
a four-billion-foot well. This is the
largest gas well ever drilled in this sec
tion of the country.
Son of Revolution Dead.
Sperial Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., March 8?George
W. Horn, a Son of the .Revolution, his
grandfathers, John Jacob Hoyer and
Henry Horn, having been revolutionary
soldiers, is dead at Buffalo Hills, the last
of bis father's family. George N. Horn,
Shenandoah Junction, W. Va-, and C. V.
i Horn, Pittsburgh, ara surviving sons. He
; was eighty-nine years old.
Legleitner Released on Bond.
LEAVEN WOHfTH. Kan., March S.
Henry W. Legleitner of Denver, one of
the thirty-three men convicted at In
dianapolis of conspiring to transport
dynamite illegally, was released from the
federal penitentiary today, hlB bond ? of
*50,000, approved at Chicago, having ar
rived in the morning 'mail. Legleitner
is the fifteenth man in the case to re
ceive his nberty.
Shake-Up Indicated by Testi
mony of Sylvester.
GAVE EXPLICIT ORDERS
Needed More Time to Clear Path of
Suffrage Parade.
RESOLUTION SAID 3 O'CLOCK
Tells Senate Committee He Person
ally Cautioned Men Before Go
ing to Protect Wilson.
A shake-up in the Washington police
department, in which the official heads
of at least two captains and a number of
patrolmen" will fall as a result of their
attitude and actions during the woman
suffrage procession last Monday, was in
dicated by the testimony brought out yes
terday afternoon before the Senate sub
committee investigating the cause of the
interference of crowds with the pageant.
The Inquiry was not completed and will
be resumed at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
MaJ. Richard Sylvester, superintendent
of police, was on the witness stand dur
ing most of the afternoon and presented
I a mass of data to show that both by
I written orders and personal directions he
| had done everything in his power to
[ guard the women during their procession
I from insult and interference. He said
he had faced a difficult situation, how
ever, because the resolution passed by
Congress directing the safeguarding of
the procession provided for the clearing
| of Pennsylvania avenue only between the
hours of 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock.
Blame With Officers and Hen.
Maj. Sylvester declared he was "sur
prised and shocked" to find that the
crowd had been allowed to overflow into
the street in face of his directions. He
said that if there had been any trouble
the blame lay with the officers and men
on duty along the Avenue. He said that
an exhaustive investigation is alreadv
under way at police headquarters and
that all guilty parties will be dismissed
or otherwise disciplined.
Reports on their work during the pro
cession made by police captains stationed
along the Avenue were read by Maj. Syl
vester to the committee. He agreed'that
some of them did not represent conditions
as they really were, but said that "we
will take care of them." The report from
the officer having charge of the section
from the Peace Monument to 4% street
showed it to have been cleared of people
and the suffragists agreed that this was
correct.
Went Out of Way to Help.
Maj. Sylvester denied many reports -con
cerning his attitude toward the suffra
gists, and said he had always been more
than willing to assist them in every way
possible. He said he had gone out of
his way to try to make their procession
a success.
The appearance of Maj. Sylvester came
after testimony by former Secretary of
War Stimson and Gen.. Leonard Wood,
chief of staff, had placed responsibility
for the lack of protection for the pro
cession squarely up to the police depart
ment.. Mr. Stimson maintained that he
could not have done more without exceed
ing his constitutional authority.
Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the com
mittee which arranged for the procession,
told Jthe committee that for more than a
month she and her associates had "bom
barded" Maj. Sylvester and the War De
partment officials in their efforts to insure
the proper protection of the parade. She
held Maj. Sylvester and Secretary Stim
son both to blame for the final trouble.
Surprise at Sylvester's Statements.
All during the afternoon session
a large crowd of women and a few men
sat in the hot, stuffy committee room
listening to testimony. Many were un
able to gain admission. In the main the
audience was orderly, but sometimes a
ripples of "noes" and exclamations of
surprise followed some statement of Maj
Sylvester.
Senator Jones, chairman of the sub
committee, conducted most of the ques
tioning, but Senators Pomerene and
Dillingham, the other two members,
often interposed to clear up some point.
Senator Works of California, a member
of the Senate District committee, sat
through most of the hearing and lis
tened to testimony.
Gen. John A. Johnston, Commissioner
in charge of the police department, often
made suggestions for questions, and
Assistant Corporation Counsel Francis
H. Stevens, with a stenographer, was
present. There was not sufficient time
for Gen. Johnston to present his tes
timony, but he will go on the stand
first tomorrow morning.
Traffic Officer on Stand.
The committee took a recess at noon
yesterday, after hearing Mr. Stimson,
Gen. Wood and a number of out-of-town
witnesses. The hearing was resumed
at 1:30 o'clock, with David S. Carll,
general manager and vice president of
the Capital Traction Company, on the
stand.
Mr. Carll told of directing the clear
ing of Pennsylvania avenue of street
cars on the afternoon of March 3, and
said that all cars were off the Avenue
at 3 o'clock.
"I don't think I ever saw a denser
crowd on Pennsylvania avenue than at
that time," continued Mr. Carll. "I saw
no particular efforts to clear the Avenue
of people.'*
H. S. Hallam, a newspaper correspond
ent. was the next witness. He said he
wanted to tell of how a police sergeant,
whose name he gave, had been dis
courteous to him and to a woman who
held a ticket to the suffragist grand
stand opposite the Treasury steps.
Police Sergeant Joked Crowd.
"He made fun of me and of the woman
when we asked to have the crowds
opened to allow us - to get through,"
Hallam said. "He asked the crowd to
open in a joking way. Soon afterward
Capt. Board man, chief of detectives,
came with a woman, and the sergeant
quickly opened a way for them. I dis
played ft press card, and the woman a
ticket to the grandstand."
The sergeant made many disrepectful
and Joking remarks about the suffragists
as they passed. Hallam said, -and caused
frequent outbursts of laughter from the
crowd The name of the sergeant wan
taken down by the stenographer for the
Dolice department.
Mrs. Irving Moller told of having an
interview with Secretary Stimson, and
of trying to get troops to guard the pro
cession. She said that she had told the
Secretary that when "Gen." Rosalie Jones
and her pilgrims arrived In Washington
there was almost ? riot, and that con
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HUGE SWINDLE CHARGED FIGHT COUNT BOW'S PlEA
Mgr. Parriilo Opposes Annull
ing of Marriage to Anna
Lawyer in Crippen Case and
Others Accused of Obtain
ing $115,000.
LONDON, March S.?Arthur X?vtoo,
the tawy# who came Into .ifre
?Hgtag the ti4atsS#fvTtf-- Crippeu fpr nmr
4connection 'iflth which he wax
subsequently suspended from practice,
was today brought up at Bow street
police court on the charge * of conspiracy
to defraud Dr. Hans Thorsch, a wealthy
young physician of Vienna. The sum in
volved was $115,000. The magistrate in
remanding the accused described the case
as "a swindle" and imposed the heavy
ball of 150,000.
Alongside Newton in the prisoners' in
closure stood Berkeley Bennett, a land
agent whom the magistrate refused ball.
A warrant also has been issued in the
same Connection for a third party, who
calls himself Count Ander Festetics, and
says be is a Hungarian nobleman.
Dr. Thorsch said he was induced by the
conspirators to part with his money on
the pretense that it was to be invested'
for him in investments of the "wildcat"
type.
Bennett said Dr. Thorsch posed as
"Gordon Bennett" and induced him to
advance #57.500 for a pretended deal in
Canadian timber lands "to provide print
paper for American newspapers." Later
Bennett, scenting danger, told Thorsch
that he was a nephew of the newspaper
proprietor, to whom he referred as "Dear
Old Uncle Gordon."
BRITISH SHIP AT PLYMOUTH.
First Foreign Craft to Visit Port for
300 Years.
PLYMOUTH,? Mass., March S. ? The
harbor of Plymouth, made historic when
the Mayflower dropped anchor there 300
years ago today, floated a foreign steam
er for the first time. This craft, too, hap- i
pened to be a Britisher.
The harbor is one of the shallowest on
the Atlantic coast and what little ship
ping it has received has been confined
to small sailing vessels. In recent years
these have disappeared.
Three years ago the state, town and
private interests undertook to dredge a
three-mile channel from Clarks Island,
under the lea of which the Mayflower
lay, to the wharves.
Up tfcis channel now open for traffic
steamed the Helghington flying the .Brit
ish flag and bringing a cargo of hemp
from Progreso, Mex. The town folks
made much of the occasion.
Gould.
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BOM.fi}, 'j- March 8.-Mgr,' Parflflor d?
fenter of tha matrimaatofc-*???*, has ap
pealed against the race** decision of the
Rota tribunal; annulling the marriage of
Count Boni de Castellane and Anna
Gould, now the Duchcss de Tallyrand.
Two decisions have already been ren
dered by this court?the first, against
Count de Castellane, who sought the an
nulment, and, the second, reversing the
former decree and granting the annul
ment. The case will now come up for
the third time at the sitting of the Rota
about two months hence, and Mgr. Par
rillo's appeal has been Intrusted to Mgr.
John Prior, an English member of the
Rota tribunal, for the necessary investi
gation.
No matter what the decision of this
court may be, another appeal is possible,
but only if based on errors in the pro
cedure or in the law. or on new evidence,
i In that event the Segnatura^ tribunal?
the supreme court of the Vatican?mi^ht
either reject the appeal or, if it admits
the claims, decide that there must be
another hearing before the Rota tr.bunal.
It is not probable that a final decision
will be reached before July or August.
BRAVES BLACK HAND'S WRATH
Son Finally Tells Police of His
Father's Murder.
NEW YORK, March S.?"I know 1 am
going to be shot, but I want", the man
who killed my father sent up." declared
Frank Nocillo today, after he had given
the police information that resulted In
the arrest of Pellegrino Sacco in con
nection with the killing of Pellegrino
Nocillo, who came here recently from
Scranton,. Pa., and was found in an East
Side gutter on the night of March 4
shot to death.
Young Nocillo refused at first to talk
about the killing of his.father because of
fear for his own life, but after two ?days
of questioning was Prevailed upon to
tell the story that led to today's arrest.
The shooting, in the belief of the po
lice, was the result of a B ack Hand
conspiracy, the details of which they did
not disclose. Sacco, according to their
information, came from Italy on the
same steamer as the victim of the mur
der plot. .
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Surprised When Told He Is
Chosen for Ambassador
to England.
BOSTON. March 8.?Definite announce
ment fnonj Washington that President
Wilson had decided on him tot the post
of ambassador at the court of St. James
took Richard OIney by surprise today.
Mr. OIney said:
"I have received no such offer, and I
doubt the accuracy of the report."
Silent as to Acceptance.
Hs did not indicate whether he would
accept the mission. When his name
was first mentioned in the present con
nection, Mr. OIney treated the suggestion
as a joke, and those closely associated
with him expressed the opinion that his
advanced years would make his entrance
to the diplomatic service improbable. Mr.
OIney is seventy-eight years old.
In view of Mr. Olney's statement that
he had not been offered the mission to
Great Britain, it was stated by those in
a position to know that the offer of the
post had been decided upon and that Mr.
OIney would shortly be apprised of it.
TEST OF THE WEBB LAW.
Proceedings at Richmond for Man
damns Against Railway Company, j
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va.. March 8 ?Richmond
liquor dealers, through H. Clarke & Sons,
a mail order house, formerly of Marion,
S. C-, today began proceedings before
Judge Waddill in the federal district
court for the issue of a mandamus com
pelling the Southern Express Company to
rescind its order, recently issued, refusing
to receive consignments of liquor for
South Carolina territory. Judge Wad
dill, after hearing argument, took the
matter under advisement, promising to
make known his decision Monday.
It is generally understood that the pur
pose of the proceedings is to test the
Webb . Interstate law, giving Individual
states the right to control shipments of
liquor within their boundaries.
T.T.ATrait IN MINERS' STRIKE.
Secretary of Labor Wilson Known
as Union Organizer.
Spec ial Dispatch to The Star.
. FROSTBURG, Md., March 8.?William
B. Wilson, the new Secretary of L?abor
In the cabinet of President Wilson, is
well known In this locality, having led
the" memorable strike of the miners of the
Georges creek region in 1894, when the
'Maryland National Guard was encamped
at Frostburg to preserve order. Mr. Wil
son came as a general organizer of labor.
Demands were made on the coal com
panies for an increase of 5 cents per "ton.
The miners were then getting 45 cents.
The demand having been refused, the
miners at L?onaconing, Barton and other
points went on strike.
The men employed in the mines in the
neighborhood of Eckhart refused to go
out. Mr. Wilson then organized his men,
1,000 strong, and marched to Eckhart
for the purpose of urging the miners
there to "go out." This resulted in the
coal companies calling upon Gov. Frank
Brown for protection and the state guard
was ordered to the scene. For several
days after the arrival of the troops there
was rioting, but no 'blood was shed. The
only harm done was the dynamiting of
two houses occupied by miners who In
sisted upon working.
Mr Wilson was later elected secretary
and treasurer of the United Mine Work
ers. Upon several occasions following
the strike he returned to this section and
delivered addresses at labor meetings.
Surf Demolishes Sea Wall.
RIO JANEIRO. March 8.?A furious
surf in the bay today tossed high waves,
which demolished the large extension
sea wall on the Avenue Belramar. The
adjacent streets were flooded and traffic
I suspended. Many residents were im
1 prisoned in their homes, and communi
cation is being carried on oy boats.
Stevedores' Boss Accused of
Causing Alum Chjne Disaster.
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Declared to Have Jabbed Balehook
Into Dynamite Box.
NUMBER OF DEAD IN DOUBT
Seventeen Bodies Identified and
Many Missing?Investigations
Will Be Resumed Tomorrow.
BALTIMORE. March 9.?William J.
Bomhardt, assistant foreman of the steve
dores who were loading the dynamite
into the Alum Chine, the tramp steamer
which was blown up with awful loss of
life, was arrested shortly after midnight
and is held for a jury of inquest sum
moned by Coroner Russell. The coroner
ordered the arrest after a statement made
to him by Morris Price, a stevedore.
According to the coroner. Price told
him that Bomhardt reproved several of
the stevedores for working too slow, at
the same time hastily Jabbing a balehook
into one of the boxes of dynamite on a
chute. Immediately there was an ex
plosion.
Earlier in the night Bomhardt made a
statement to the effect that there were
two explosions aboard the vessel, the first
occurring when a box of dynamite he
and another man were handling exploded
us they set it on the floor.
Bomhardt's Statement.
After the explosion, Bomhardt said, he
and fourteen others scrambled out of t&e
hold and got onto the deck of the tug
i Atlantic. Bomhardt said that when they
got to the tug they saw smoke coming
from the hold of the Alum Chine and
? that twenty minutes elapsed between the
time the box exploded and the big ex
plosion came.
"We had. not gotten more than 100
yards away from the ?lum Chine when
she blew up," he said. "Then the At
lantic caught on lire and we jumped
overboard. I can't remember what hap
pened after that. That is how the ex
plosion' happened. 1 was not careiess.
l was as careful as I couid be."
The fifteen survivors of the crert* of the
Alum Chine tonight signed a sworn state
ment in which they declared that tne
governmental laws regarding the loading
of explosives were earned out, and tnat
fire of unknown origin in the bow of the
ship caused the explosion. The men say
they saw the fire before the explosion.
Dead Not Yet Known.
Efforts today to determine the exact
number of dead and injured as a result ot
the explosion were only partially suc
cessful*
?seventeen bodies have been identified,
two remain ta the muigue unidentified,
twelve men among the missing haVefce^l
given up as lost, and it Js thought that at
least ten mevedores who were known
onlv <by numbers lost their lives. Twc
of "the forty-three known Injured proba
bly will die.
A conservative estimate oi the property
loss Is between $41)0.000 and $500,000.
Steamboat Inspectors Wright and White
will beg.n an investigation tomorrow and
interstate Commerce Commission Agent
Frank McManany and Cok Dunne,
United States Army, retired, who were
here for a short time today, will return
from Washington Monday to cont.nue
their investigation.
The public service commission will
make a thorough inquiry on behalf of
the state of Mary land.
Launches and tenders worked all day
with grappling hooks at the scene of
the explosion, but their efforts to re
cover bodies were unavailing.
WRECK TO BE REMOVED.
Debris of Alum Chine Obstructs
Navigation at Baltimore.
Following telegraphic correspondence
between Gen. Bixby, chief of engineers,
ftnri Lieut. Col. K H. Beach, the army
engineer in charge of river and harbor
improvements in the vicinity of Balti
more, yesterday, the latter was allotted
the sum of $5,000 for immediate use in re
moving all part? of the wreck of the
British steamer Alum Chine from the
path of navigation in the harbor of Bal
timore The wreck Is obstructing the
navigation of the port. The allotment
was made by Mr. Garrison, Secretary of
War.
dreams lead to wealth.
Telegrapher Invents Device for
Which He Is Offered $50,000.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
GEORGETOWN, Del., March 8.?As the
result of three dreams in as many nights,
C. B. Shockley, a Pennsylvania railroad
telegrapher here, finds himself on the roaa
to wealth.
He has frequently acted as relief agent
at stations and In walking down the
tracks has noticed that nuts on bolts
holding the rails together would frequent
ly loosen and fall off. He began think
ing how to make a safety bolt and today
It was announced the idea came to him in
dreams. It is a shocklock and nut com
bined.
He had the dream idea patented and
has been offered 150,000 for his patent
rights. He is holding out for |75,<J00. A
patent lawyer in Washington 'who handled
his claim has offered him the $50,OW.
HYDROPHOBIA KILLS CHILD.
State Will Now Treat Alarmed North
Carolina Residents.
GASTONIA, N. C.. March S.?On ac
count of the fa'ct that Ralph Thompson,
eight years old. died here this week from
hydrophobia, which came from the bite
of a rabid dog more than three months
ago, special arrangements have been ef
fected whereby the state department of
health will send an expert to give the
Pasteur treatment to a number of per
sons who fear infection, including the
physicians and nurses who attended the
child during his illness.
STATE TO ISSUE BONDS.
North Carolina to Raise Money for
Permanent Improvements.
RALEIGH, X. C.. March 8.?An eleven
hundred-thousand-dollar bond issue to
cover a deficit for permanent improve
ments, particularly for new state build
ings and their equipment, was ordered
today by the general assembly, which
increased its appropriation to the state
university from 187,000 to 105.000.
Tbe bonds will, be put oa the market
t at an early date. ^
CURRENCY LOOM!! UP
May Yet Be Taken Up at Ex
tra Session of Congress.
MEETS VIEWS OF WILSON
Believed That Conditions May Com
pel Consideration of Reforms.
NO INDICATIONS OF A PANIC
Observers Claim, However. Very
Existence of More Flexible Law
Would Act as Deterrent. '
Information reaching the new adminis
tration leaders from important financial
sources in New York Intimates the pos
sibility that actual and practical financial
and business conditions may compel con
sideration by Congress of currency re
form at the extra session.
As stated in The Star last week. It i?
the desire of the proponents of tariff re
vision to concentrate attention upon that
subject to the present exclusion of all
else, and President Wilson Friday in
dicated his willingness to yield to their
judgment and postpone currency legis
lation.
But the precarious condition of the
money market may result In conditions
necessitating a change of program- For
the past three weeks the money markei
lias been showing signs which were not
altogether assuring to big business, fore
shadowing a tightening of the market
later. The week closed yesterday with
no reassuring outlook for the immediate
future.
Condition Is World-Wide.
The condition is not local to the United
States, but world-wide, and tight money
In Europe, especially In Germany, threat
ens a movement of gold from these
shores. Indeed, engagements for export
already have been made. Money Is not
being diverted here to speculative pur
poses. for the -took market Is very dull
and the conditions are said to be en
tirely the result of natural causes here
aNeitherais there anything in the present
and possible future situations bearing re
lation to the change in administration.
Not in the memory of statesmen-finan->
eiers of this a-neration has a political
revolution so radical and sweeping a8?tt.lJe
present one been attended with so utile
effect upon the sensitive speculative
market as the change of March 4 ana
the succeeding days.
No "Democratic Panic" in Sight.
In fact, it has not created a ripple so
j far, and it cannot be claimed that there
is anything like a "democratic panic
: either in present conditions or In sight
. for the future. Even the highly protected
manufacturing Interests are not making
' immediate outcries of dismay, but a*s
? waiting to see Just What the new tariff
i will do and how it will actually affect
' output and labor.
i And that is just where the currency
1 situation hinges. If there should be seri
? ous disturbance to business through tne
operation of the new tariff, or if money
' takes alarm later at the threat of it. ob
servers claim, the need for a more elastic
1 currency will be accentuated. After tne
I extra session had adjourned It would be
too late, and this thought is father to
the suggestions coming to Washington
now to take up the subject at the extra
session.
Would Act as Great Deterrent.
It is urged that the very existence of
a more flexible law may be sufficient to
ward off necessity for recourse to it.
The comforting thought that in an emer
gency relief is at hand is a great de
' terrent. it is claimed, to disturbance o:
1 the money market of serious nature.
Certainly the five-hundred-milllon-dol
lar emergency currency clause, which
soon expires, will have to be renewed,
and In considering that legislation effort
will be made to attach a few other pro
visions of a remedial nature.
Should the Congress take up for action
the recommendations of the Pujo com
mittee it is said that unquestionably an
offset to the drastic regulative measure*
thus proposed will be demanded, or the
salutary character of that legislation will
be lost and It Is claimed that more harm
than good would be done.
The admin.stratlon leaders, it is said,
clcarly have no desire by either acts of
commission or omission to give occasion
for precipitating financial stringency at
the outset of the new regime. According
to the best information at hand, very
careful observation will be made of the
money market and there will be no hesi
tancy in Interjecting the currency ques
tion Into the proceedings of the extra
session if occasion demands.
Wilson Beady to Respond.
Indeed, President Wilson Is understood
to have yielded rather reluctantly to the
Importunities of the tariff leaders to side
track currency reform until the regular
session in December, and it Is hinted that
he will respond quickly to any demand
for legislation which Is created by ac
tual conditions of business and not a
ttct't'.ous demand worked up by parties
In interest. Nothing thus far indicate
a basis for the latter suggestion, howevet.
There is absolute unanimity in finan
cial and business circles upon the pro;
o?it"on that currency reform is neces
sarv. It is only a question of "when *
and "how," and if conditions do not ini
prove in the money centers very soon it
Is claimed in some quarters the first
question may soon be resolved into the
answer- "immediately."
SIX GIVEN UP AS DEAD.
Revenue Cutter to Search Seas for
JSoston Fishermen.
BOSTON, March 8.?Six fishermen,
members of the T wharf powerboat fleet,
have been given up as lost. They left
for the fishing grounds in three boats
Just before a heavy gale set in last
Thursday night and have not been heard
from since.
On the chance that the boats may
have been blown far out to sea in the
gale and that the men inay still be alive
the revenue cutter Itasca was ordered
late tonight to cruise in search of
them.
WEBB LAW IS DISREGARDED.
Express Companies Continue to De
liver Liquor in 'Dry" States.
L/OUISVIIiLJS, Ky.. March 8.?In the
absence of special Instruction from their
respective headquarters, local officers of
the various express companies are re
ceiving liquor for shipment without re
gard to the provisions of the Webb law,
which restricts delivery in "dry" states.
? statement attributed to A. C. So tu
rners, representing the Adams and the
Southern Express Companies, says these
companies will pay "no attention" to the
law, at least until the courts pass upoa It.
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