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THE
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BIRMINGHAM
AGE-HERALD
VOLUME XXXXIV
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1914
12 PAGES
NUMBER 51
ZACATECAS FALLS INTO HANDS
OF CONSTITUTIONALIST ARMY
AFTER FOUR DAYS’ BATTLING
Combined Forces of Villa
and Natera Required
to Oust Huerta
Forces
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FEDERALS LOSE 4000
KILLED AND ABOUT
2000 ARE WOUNDED
(Vas Fiercest Battle of Revolution and
Many Heroic Deeds Were Per
formed—Villa’s Troops Capture
Large Quanties of
Ammunition
Saltillo, June 24_(Via Laredo, Ten.,
Jane 25.)-—General Cnrransa here to
day received a dispatch from the jefe
de irmas at Torreon telling him that
■ t 6 o’clock Wednesday night. Zaca
tecas fell before the combined forces of
Villa and Natera. The report added
that the entire federal garrison with
alight exceptions was captnred and
with them a quantity of cannon, ma
chine gnus and other munitions of
war.
The federal loss in killed and wound
ed was said to be heavy, ns was that
of the constitutionalists. Details of the
assault, which undoubtedly Involved
the taking by atorm of La Buffa, a
heavily fortified hill commanding the
town, were not given.
I There wan no mention In the dis
patches as to the fnte of Gen. Medina
Barron, the federal commander at
Zaeateeas.
Zacatecas, June 24.—(Delayed Over Mil
itary Wires.)—Gen. Villa drove from Zaca
tecas a force greatly exceeding his own,
according to official estimates made late
today. Between TJ.OOO and 14,000 federals
defended the city, while the constitu
tionalists, numbering about 15,000 could
employ little more than one-half their
number in the attacks of four days,
which resulted in victory for the Villa
troops, the taking of hundreds of prison
ers and munitions, and the demoralized
retreat of the remnants of General Bar
ron’s army.
I Benjamin Argumedo and Antonio Rojas,
; formerly Orozco rebel leaders, but now
; generals of federal irregular troops, were
L-.lHed Ihst Saturday on the outskirts of
‘Zacatecas, according to an announcement
from General Villa’s headquarters today.
‘ The street fighting in Zacatecas was the
most severe of the revolution. The fed
erals fought from street to street, from
housetop, to housetop. Many federals
threw away their uniforms and began
sniping invaders. Tho£e who pleaded
guilty of this offense were shot after
being captured.
BLOW UP HOUSE
WITHOUT WARNING
The federals, already on the retreat,
blew up a mine in the customs house
without warning women and children.
Many constitutionalists who had entered
the building also were burled in the
y“jwreck of the three-story structure. How
.many federals escaped has not been
learned. Since the city had been sur
rounded the number cannot he great. A
force of 4000 irregulars, led by Generals
Pascual Orozco and C. Fuentes, arrived
Baturday in Zacatecas from Aguas
Calientes.
Though General Thomas Urbina Friday
had taken Veta Grande, the main ad
vance position of the federals, it was not
until last Monday that an attack on
the inner defense could be made. This
line consisted of extensive entrenchments
and redoubts. On Sunday the firing
started early in the morning and lasted
well into the night. Little progress was
made by the rebels up to Monday morn- ,
ing. when General Villa arrived from
Torreon. The firing that day started
N»arly and continued again into the night.
The fire was directed agnitfst the hill,
Tia Buffa, and neighboring hills. The
federals that night protected their posi
tions with a powerful searchlight and i
prevented a night attack.
EIGHT HOURS
i OF FIGHTING
On Tuesday the fighting began at 10
a. m. and by 6 p. m. the city had been
taken. Early in the afternoon El Refugi
Will, commanding the road Into Zacatecas,
was taken by the constitutionalists. La
Buffa fell after street fighting had been
In progress for sometime. All other fed
eral positions had been carried during
the morning.
i Receivers Are Named
for Montgomery Fair
Montgomery, June 25.—(Special.)
federal Judge Henry D. Clayton this
afternoon appointed Harry Danziger
and Leon Ashley as receivers of the
firm of the Montgomery Fair, which
today filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy following the failure of the
great dry goods house of H. B. Claf
f lin company of New York, with which
* tlie Fair was affiliated. The Mont
gomery Fa ip is a separate corporation
from the b'ig New York house, but a
petition in bankruptcy was filed as a
precaution because the bankrupt firm
owns considerable stock in the Mont
gomery store. Mr. Danzlger is presi
dent of the Montgomery Fair and Mr. -
• Ashley Is treasurer.
The Montgomery Fair will not close
Its doors to the public, according to
| President Dfinziger. The Fair employs
about 250 persons and does an annual
ATUsiness of more than a half million
| collars. The business of the Fair is In
a flourishing condition.
I SEVEN KILLED AND SCORE HURT
,j_IN EXPLOSION NEAR SHEFFIELD
| Sheffield, June 2B.—(Special.)—Seven
> killed and more than u score wounded
thin afternoon about BiBO o'clock, the
result of a dynamite explosion at the
government works on the Tennessee
river near Smlthsonla, about 18 miles
^«P Sheffield.
Those killed were John Rader, Sain
Cooper, German King, Tom Percell,
Bud Douglass and Robert Dong, all
employes of government dredge boat
and all said to be colored. From Shef
field and Tuscumbla It Is reported that
several white men are totally Injured,
but on account of the location of the
explosion it is impossible to get di
rect communication.
The drill fleet was In charge of
Capt. J. C. Hall. The United States
dredge boat McPhearSoh left Sheffield
tonight at 7 o’clock in charge of Capt.
W. H. Phillips With a number of phy
sicians and nurfees oh board to give
aid to the wounded. At is reported that
a number of well known people of
ihe Tri-Cities are hurt.
The steamer .Mci’iiearson, with the
dead and wounded, is expected to re
turn to Sheffield some time tonight,
where a large crowd of friends and
relatives are now anxiously waiting at
the wharf.
It is not known at this time just
what caused the explosion but is sup
posed that John Rader, the negro dril
loader, put battery to the fuse anc
failed to give the proper danger sig
nai.
Florence, June 26.—Nine negroes an
reported killed and two white met
seriously injured this afternoon when t
dynamite drill operated on the dredg
ing boat at the head of Coger island
in the Tennessee river, exploded pre
matui*ly. The wrecked boat was com
ma tided by Capt. J. C. Hall. The in
Jured M&hite men are John Scott o
Florence and H. Wells. Bodies of foui
of the negroes have been recovered
The scene of the explosiop is at th<
government work oh the river.
RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED
FOR H. B. CLAFLIN COMPANY
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Delivers Address as Final
Answer to Opponents of
Trust Programme
EMPHASIZES WORDS
WITH CLENCHED FIST
Says Administration Is Working Upon
Advice of Men Who Understand the
Business Situation—Does Not
Refer to Claflin Bankruptcy
Washington, June 25.—Under a "new
constitution of freedom" for business,
given by antitrust legislation soon to be
passed by Congress, President Wilson
today promised the country the greatest
business boom in its history. This was
the President’s final answer to opponents
of trust legislation at this session of
Congress and to prophets of evil times,
delivered with determined expression and
every word emphasized with clenched
fist.
"We know what we are doing,” said
Mr. Wilson. "We purpose to do it under
the advice of men who understand the
business of the country; and we know
that the effect is going to be exactly
what the effect of the currency reform
was, a sense of relief and security.”
Speaks to Editors
The President spoke to a group of Vir
ginia editors at the White House, but
his assurances were intended for the
country. There was every indication that
the speech was meant to be one of the
most important of the administration.
News of the failure of the H. B. Claflin
company in New York had reached the
White House earlier in the day, but the
President did not mention the incident.
”1 think it is appropriate, in receiving
you,” the President said, “to say just a
word or two in assistance of your Judg
ment about existing conditions. You are
largely responsible for the state of public
opinion. You furnish the public with
information and in your editorials you
furnish it with the interpretation of that
information. We are in the presence of
a business situation which is variously
interpreted. Here in Washington, through
instrumentalities that are at our dis
posal and through a correspondence
which comes in to us from all parts of
the nation, we are perhaps in a position
to judge of the actual condition of busi
ness better than those can judge who
are at any other single point in the
country; and I want to say to you that
as a matter of fact, the signs of a very
strong business revival are becoming
more and more evident from day to day.
Business Anxious Ten Years
*i want to suggest to you: Business
has been in a feverish and apprehensive
condition in this country for more than
10 years; I will not stop to point out the
time at which it began to be apprehen
sive, but during more than 10 years busi
ness has been the object of sharp criticism
in the United States, a criticism growing
lr. volume and growing in particularity;
and as a natural consequence, as the
volume of criticism had increased, busi
ness has grown more and more anxrous.
Business men have acted as some men
do who fear they will have to undergo
an operation, and who are not sure that
when they get on the table the opera
tion will not be a capital operation. As
a matter of fact, as the diagnosis hus
piogressod it has become more and more
evident that no capital operation was
necessary; that at the ;most a minor op
eration was necessary to remove admitted
distempers and evils. The treatment is
to be constitutional rather than surgical,
affecting habits of life and action, which
have been hurtful. For on all hands it
was admitted that there are processes of
business or have been processes of busi
ness in this country which ought to be
crrrected; but the correction has been
postponed, and in proportion to the post
ponement the fever has increased—the
fever of apprehension.
“There is nothing more fatal to busi
ness than to be kept guessing from month
to month and from year to year whether
something serious is going to happen to
it or not and what in particular is going
to happen to it if anything does. It is
impossible to forecast the prospects of
any line of business unless you know
what the year is going to bring forth.
Nothing is more unfair, nothing has been
declared by business men to be more
harmful, than to keep them guessing.
“The guessing went on, the air was full
of interrogation points for 10 years and
more Then came an administration which
for the first time had a definite pro
gramme of constructive correction; not
of destructive correction, but of a con
structive correction of admitted evil—a
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Biggest Mercantile Failure
in History of the
United States Is
Recorded
RECEIVERS NAMED
FOR SEVERAL OF THE
CLAFLIN STORES
Creditors Composed Mos 0 Bankers
Throughout Country- Claflin,
President of Comp Resigns,
and Says Failurs Due to
Shifting Trad '* iditions
if
New York, Jnv Jp J, •—The
mercantile ffnilnr if history off th«
inlteil States « reelpltated todaj
when receivers w<*»» appointed for H
II. t'haflln company off this city. Th*
company. It Is estimated, owes luor*
thnn *80,000,000, which, at the presen
time. It Is unable to pay* Its assets nr*
Mold to lie *44,000,000.
John Claflin, head of the company, an*
Its chief individual stockholder, is th
owner of a chain of nearly 30 other dr;
goods enterprises throughout the coun
try, which are involved in the failure
Receivers for several of these were name*
today and similar action, it was an
nounced, would be taken in the case o
the rest. Their business will be con
tlnued under receivers’ management un
til their financial affairs have been ad
justed.
From 3000 to 5000 banks in all parts o
the United States composed the bulk o
the Claflin creditors. They hold note
aggregating the major part of the lia
bllities. These notes are said to hav
been issud by the various Clafltn store?
endorsed by If. B. Claflin company an*
the proceeds used, when discounted, ii
financing their needs.
The United Dry Goods company, i
$61,000,000 corporation, financed severa
years ago by J. P. Morgan & Co., to tak
over other Claflin interests, is not in
volved in the failure. Neither Is the As
soetated Merchants company, owned b:
the tlnited Dry Goods company, and whicl
in tuiyi owns one-half of the H. Ii. GlaC
lin company and other large stores, priu
cipally in New York.
Mr. Glaflin, who was president of boil
the dry goods and Associated Merchants
companies, resigned those positions to
day and it is understood that when th
II. B. Claflin company is reorganized it
connection with both the former com
panies will be severed. Cornelius N
Bliss, son of the late New York dr;
goods merchant of that name, was electe*
to succeed Mr. Claflin.
Failure Due to Shifting Trade
According to Mr. Claflin, the failin'
was due to the unprecedented shifting o
trade centers in New York city, whicl
compelled the concern to rely mainly 01
its retail stores in other cities for it
profits.
"Their rapidly extending business,” h*
said, "occasioned large capital require
menta wnich we have not been able t*
meet.”
The crash came today after vain ef
forts had been made by Mr. Claflin t*
induce J. P. Morgan & Co., and othe
Wall street banking interests to loan bin
money to tide over his embarrassment.
These bankers, it was learned, advance*
the company several million dollars abon
two weeks ago, but banks continued t*
press their claims until it became eviden
that virtually the whole $30,000 000 woul*
have to be raised to save the cotnpan;
from failure. ,
Mr. Claflin at a conference lasting un
til after midnight last night, with J. V
Morgan, J. S. Alexander, president o
the National Bank of Commerce; Alber
M. Wiggiri. president of the Chase Na
t'onal bank, and other financiers, mad
a last appeal, but the decision wen
against him. The bankers believed a re
ceivership and a reorganization of th
II. B. Claflin Co., which would includ
its separation from the United Dry Good
company, and the Associated Merchant
company, was the wisest couroe. At thi
meeting Mr. Claflin is said to have an
nounced his intention to resign from th
two latter concerns.
Today John C. Fames, vice president o
the H. B. Claflin Co., filed a friendl;
suit in equity against it, alleging that 1
was unable at present to meet ils liabill
ties. This was admitted by the com
puny, and Judge Hand in federal oour
appointed as receivers Josenh B. Martin
dale, president of the Chemical Natioim
bank, and Frederick A. Juilllard, a dr;
goods merchant.
Almost simultaneously a petition ii
voluntary bankruptcy was filed by th
three merchandise creditors whose at
torr.eys announced they would seek th
appointment of other receiver, in tni
action pubpeonas were Issued for Mr
Claflin, Mr. Fames and Dexter N. Force
treasurer of the company, to appear an*
show cause on or before July 2, why l
should not be adjudged bankrupt.
To Protect Noteholders
Immediate steps to protect the interest!
of noteholders and the merchandise cred
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FIRE PLAYS HOVOC IN MASSACHUSETTS
CITY; THOUSAND BUILDINGS DESTROYED
SAFETY FIRST 1
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CORRESPONDENCE OF
: WAN AND UNITED
STATES ISPUBLISHED
State Department Makes
, Public Efforts to Settle
Antialien Land Contro
versy in California
Washington, June 25.—Diplomatic cor
respondence between the United States
and Japan over the California antlallen
land law, extending over a period of more
than a year, was published today simul
taneously in Washington and Tokio by
agreement of the two governments.
It disclosed that a new treaty was dis
j cussed as one way to meet Japan's pro
test against her diplomatic correspond
ence, characterized throughout as "es
sentially unfair and individually discrim
inatory,” “inconsistent with the senti
ment of good neighborhood,” "'inconsist
ent with the treaty in force,” “abridge
ment of vested rights." and against pro
visions of the California law, "mortifying
to the government and the people of Ja
pan.”
But as late as June 10, two weeks ago,
the Japanese ambassador, Viscount
Chinda, left with Secretary Bryan "in- j
at ructions from the Tokio foreign office
that the projected treaty would tend to
create new difficulties. The Japanese
government, therefore, the note said,
"was disinclined to continue negotiations
looking to the conclusion of a convention
on the lines of the project under discus
sion, but they prefer to recur to the cor
respondence which were interrupted,* and
they will now look for un answer to the
note handed Mr. Bryan on the 26th of
August last, hoping that in a renewal
of the study of the case, a fundamental
solution of the question at issue may be
found.”
The Japanese note of August 26 last,
which Mr. Bryan was asked to answer,
concluded:
"The imperial government claims for
them (its subjects; fair and equal treat
ment, and are unable either to acquiesce |
in the unjust and obnoxious discrfmina- j
tion complained of, or to regard th.? ques- I
tion closed so long as the existing state j
of things is permitted to continue.”
Secretary Bryan Replies
Two days ago Secretary Bryan replied
to that communication, hut publication of
the note was withheld today bccauBe It
' could not he Included In the correspon
dence made public at Tokio. It 1b under
stood Secretary Bryan reaffirmed the
position of the t'nlted States, leaving the
subject open for further diplomatic ex
changes.
So there the controversy stands, ap
patently at a deadlock. There are intima
tions In diplomatic circles that it Is be
■ lng worked around to a stage for arbi
tration at The Hague. A standard ar
bitration treaty with) Japan now Is In
| ■ force, having only recently been renewed.
! The proposed treaty halted by Japan's
latest attitude, It is understood, proposed
to touch on the naturalization of those
, Japanese already owning lands.
, The correspondence In full makes about
30,000 words. An abstract sets out the
main features in this manner: .
On May 9, 1913. after the California antl
allen law had been passed, but before It
was signed by Governor Johnson, the Jap
anese ambassador presented the first “ur
gent and explicit” protest of his govern
ment. He said that In the opinion of
Japan the act was unfair and dlscrlralna
'Coatluued « Pace BlfkO
THE INFLUENCE OF A
GREAT UNIVERSITY
—GOVERNOR HOOPED
Tennesseean Comments on
Fight to Secure New
Methodist Insti
tution
By HUGH W. ROBERTS
Nashville, Tenn., June 25.—(Special.)
Six million dollars is the sum spent
annually in Nashville by 12,000 stu
dents who come from other centers
This estimate was made by A. P. Fos
ter, secretary of the Nashville Indus
trial bureau for the purpose of creat
lng interest In a campaign launches
this morning for the acquisition of :■
Baptist theological school for negroes
which w'ill construct a plant valued a
$100,000.
The figures were compiled for the
purpose of reminding busines men ol
Nashville that their investments ii:
educational uses are returned tenfold,
“The people of Nashville,” said Mr
Foster, “who already have so many
colleges of all varieties never permit
to slip by an opportifnity to annex an
other, for the value of an educa
tional institution is measurable in dol
lars and cents.”
Governor Hooper, when informed to
day that Birmingham is preparing tc
capture the new college the southerr
Methodists will build, exclaimed: “Good
Birmingham needs the influence of r
great university. Birmingham is f
wonderful city, but it needs rounding
out—softening as it were.
“If Birmingham had Nashville's col
leges coupled with its incomparabb
natural resources it would be tin
greatest city and most delightful rest
dential center of this section of oui
country.”
DAY IN CONGRESS
HOUSE.
Passed sundry civil bill, carrying
$107,000,000.
Adopted conference report on
agricultural appropriation bill.
Instructed House conferees on
legislative appropriation bill to
suport reduction of mileage allow
ance of senators to 5 cents a mile
each way once a session.
Mileage allowance question as to
representatives deferred until to
morrow.
Adjourned at 6:30 p. m. until 11
a. m. Friday.
SENATE.
Adjourned at 5:50 p. m. to noon
Friday.
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TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Zacatecas taken by rebels.
Cl&flln company fails.
Japanese controversy correspondent!!
published.
Salem visited by disasterous fire.
2— Progressives facing party spilt.
3— Gold movement an economic one.
4— Editorial comment.
5— Li. & N. to put on more trains.
Harding dinner tonight at Tutwiler.
Merchants to fight credits tax.
A. G. 8. officials hold conference.
0—Society.
7— Sports.
8— Gives reasons for parol ling convicts.
13—Markets.
di—Henry C. Waller commits sulclda.
FALL OF ZACATECAS:
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TO REBEL POSITIONS
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Villa Now Military Chief- 1
tain—Carranza Will Di- >
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rect the Diplomatic
Negotiations '
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Washington, .Tune 26.—Agents of the
Mexican constitutionalists in Washington
tonight awaited final Instrut tlons from
General Venustiano Carranza regarding
the invitation to participate In informal
conference with representatives of the
United States and the Huerta govern
ment on plans to complete the pacirica
tion of Mexico.
General Carranza telegraphed hi> rep
resentatives here early in the day. as
he left Sultillo, that lie would make defi
1 nite his position on reaching Monterey.
He was expected in Monterey late toduy
and ids agents, Rafael Zubaran and Ruis 1
Cabrera, hoped to receive instructions by
tomorrow morning.
From Monterey it was reported General
Carranza planned to proceed to Nuevo
Luredo, where he would bt In direct
telegraphic communication with Wash
ington. This was taken as an assurance
that the invitation to participate In in
formal mediation over Mexico’s internal
affairs would be accepted,
j General, Villa’s victory at Zacatecas is
declared to have ironed out all the rough
edges in the constitutionalist ranks. Villa
for military aggression; Carranza to di
rect diplomatic negotiations, was declared
to be the alignment of the constitution
alist forces agreed upon.
According to the most reliable informa
tion obtainable here agents «»r the con
stitutionalists here will proceed to some
point near Niugara Falls to begin the
informal deliberations within a few days.
The arrival of Fernando igleslas Cal
deron from New Orleans was iwalted be- 1
fore detailed plans should be eompleted.
It. also was expected that Alfredo Bre
ceda. personal side of General Carrdnza,
due to arrive here early tomorrow night,
would bring information from his chief
bearing on the situation.
mm FEARED
Helena Authorities Believe
Butte Gunmen Are After
Labor Union Official
, Helena, Mont., June 26.—Police and sher
iffs’ officials are convinced that gunmen
from Butte are in Helena to assassinate
Charles H. Moyer, president of the West
ern Federation of Miners, who fled from
* Butte during the rioting there Tuesday
night. Three suspects were arrested here
and the police and sheriff s force are en
deavoring to locate a fourth.
Moyer is being closely guarded by sher
iff's deputies and members of the "refu
gee colony" of Butte miners, who accom
panied him to Helena. The federation
president was advised by friends in Butte
that men had left for Helena to attack
him. and throughout the day lie kept
close to his hotel. One*-. when he left
to go to a telephone exchange, he was
followed by the three men arrested.
‘OLD WITCH CITY” OF
JALEM DEVASTATED
)Y FIRE; ESTIMATE
.0SSAT$20,000,000
)ne Thousand Buildings Are
Destroyed and 10,000 of
45,000 Residents
Homeless
PATH OF FIRE TWO
MILES LONG AND
HALF MILE WIDE
listorir and l.ilcrary Landmark?
Wiped Out by Terrific Blaze.
Thousands Hornless ('amp on
Commons—Many Injured
Bui None Killed
Salem, Mass., June 2.1.—Nearly
lalf of the “Old Witch City" of
latent, rich in historic buildings and
radition, was devastated today and
anight by a fire that caused an esti
nated loss of $20,000,000; destroyed
ine thousand buildings, including a
core of manufacturing plants, and
nade ten thousand of the forty-five
housand residents Homeless.
The fire originated in the Korn
eather factory on the west side of the
ity about 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
tnd swept through the shoe and
eather manufacturing district, ruin
ng every building in a curving path
wo miles long and more than a half
nile wide.
Burning ambers, carried by a strong
lorthvvest wind, started tires In two
ther sections, the fashionable reslden
ial district adjacent to La Fayette
treet, and a manufacturing and tene
nent house district on the peninsula,
founded by Palmer's Cove. South River
tnd the water front.
Fourth Fire Set
Bate in the evening brands kindled
i fourth fire In the plant of the Salem
Ml company in Mason street. The oil
auks blew up with a terrific report
tnd showers of sparks fell threatening- *
y on a part of the town that before
lad not been in Imminent danger. This
Ire, however, was checked nt'ter it had
estroyed the oil company's plant and
3 houses.
When the flumes were believed to
e under control at 11 o’cldek tonight
11 the historic and literary landmarks
ad escaped destruction. These* Included
he Peabody museum. Essex institute,
Md Custom House, where Nathaniel
lawthorne did much of his literary
irork and “The House of Seven Gables”
riade famous hy the novelist.
Burning at Midnight
At midnight the lire was burning on
>erby street, not far from the Peabody
nuseum, but It was thought the bulbi
ng and Its valuable collection of curios
vould he saved.
"The House of Seven Gables” also
,vas In the danger zone.
Several buildings were dynamited
md late tonight It looked as though
:he Are had been checked. No fatalities
riad been reported up to midnight but
n the confusion it was Impossible to
leterrnine the casualties. Some 50 In
ured persons were received at hos
iifeal*
Thousands of homeless were camped
in Salem common tonight and the city
vas policed by militiamen.
The great destruction was due to
>oor water pressure.
Dominican Revolution Losing
Santo Domingo. June 25.—A presidential
lecree Issued today summons Congress
0 meet June 30. Advices from the In
erlor Indicate that the revolution Is los
ng ground. Puerto Plata, which is be
deged by President Bordas Valdez. Is ex
pected to capitulate at any moment.
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Siegel Trial in October
New York, June 25.—Henry Siegel
ind Frank E. Vogel, prime movers in
1 chain of department stores which
ailed sometime ago, and under Indict
nent for grand larceny and violation
>f the state banking laws, will b«
lied In Geneseo In October, It was
lecided today by Supreme Court Jus
ice Blanchard.
ROOSEVELT MAY YET
Progressives Finally Settle
Questions for Coining
Campaigns
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 35.—Theodore
Roosevelt and his leading associates to
3ay finally settled questions which, it is
believed, will decide the fate of the pro
gressive party in New York state this fall.
After it was all over Colonel Roosevelt
made a statement setting forth their de
cisions. Here are the main points:
There will be no fusion In New York
itate.
A straight progressive ticket will be put
Into the field.
District Attorney Charles S. Whitman
if New York, who ha* been talked of as
i possible nominee of both the republican
ind progressive parties, was repudiated
i.v Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt’s nomination for the
governorship Is being urged on him by
virtually all progressive leaders, despite
his repeated statement that he would not
run. The leaders said they still had hopes.
Today the colonel declined to deny again
that he would run.
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