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ANDREWS GRIP ON PUCE HARD 10 SHAKE LOOSE Resignation Given Only After Repeated De? nn a nd s Had Keen M ade. MACVEAGH'S SIDE OF CONTROVERSY Assistant Secretary Used Every Means Within His Power to Retain Position, Before Re? signing and Writing "Scur- | rilous" Letters Attack? ing His Superior. I-aw.'onct. Mass . July 4.?aecretar-/ ' of the Treasury Franklin MaeVeash. , In a statement given out here 10-day, ?leclarel that the resignation of A. l'latt Andrew, Assistant Secretory of the Treasury, was not bunmlttcd un? til It had repeatedly been requested by both Mr. MncVoaKh and President Ta?t. The Secretary said that Mr. Andrew pleaded to be retained In tho service and brought every possible . lntluence to bear to hav,_. the req lest for his resignation withdrawn. Secretary MarA'taxh, who Is a vis? itor at the homo of Uayurd Thayer, to-day received many telegraph an? , telephone messages from frlendti and Officials and acquaintances expressing cohftdence In his administration <?'. II ?? tlepartmor.t. and prepared a lengthy statement of his *lde of the contro- j vcrsy, which precipitated Mr. Andrew's; ;? ? j? r ef resignation. Tula li in Proper Ltgat. The statement of the Sucre Very i.nys: "I regret that It seemed neces* snry to refer to the letter published by Mr. A. Platt Andrew and addressed to the President and to mo The vlru- t lence of the attack has probably lim? ited Its effect; but apart from the at lark upon me he strangely mlsrep- , resents n number *hf the c hief men of I the Treasury Department to wnom 1 attribute % large measure of tl". success of the department work, and ? oim t'? deny that anything has been i accomplished either by them or by! anybody else I am obliged, therefore.) i? restore Mr Andrew's resignation j to Its proper light. '?Mr itndreW k*vs h? resigned he-1 . of conditions in tne Treasury, Department, of which !-..? disapproves. I A comparison of this statement With the factr is probably the simplest way' to test the animus and the veracity of his letter. He did not resign vol? untarily, but wan asked to resign? Und asked repeatedly?and he used, every effort and Influence possible to get the request for his resignation withdrawn and pleaded to be allowed tri continue In his place 'And It was when he had failed to . have th" request for his resignation withdrawn, and because of this, that | he made his attack, r.nd chose to give ; ibe Impression that his resignation] was a matter of his own choice, and ; determined upon for public reasons "The details as to his resignation are as follows: "On .Tune when Mr. Andrew re- i turned from Chicago. I formally asked tn a note for his resignation He called | on m? at once to tirce me to change rhy mind and allow him to stay. At j hi* wish 1 explained at length my r-ssons and listened to all his argu? ments and wishes j felt, however, oldlged to tell him the request for his r< sier.ntlon could not be withdrawn 7 supposed Mr Andrew would send his resignation promptly, and. as a matter of course, as i had never known a case wh-re such a request had not been promptly complied with. Request I? Repented; "1 waited, however, without reply until June 2R. I then wrote and re? peated the request. On June 29 Mr. Andrew sent me a brief note treating the matter with vagueness 1 replied Immediately, saying I could not ac? cept vagueness, hut wished to have that day either his resignation or his refusal to resign To this he did not reply at all. And therefore, on July 2 I wrote a fourth time, renewing the request and communicating n copy of a letter addressed to nie hy the Presi? dent authorizing and directing me. to ask for the resignation. 1 asked for n prompt reply, stating that i was. going out e.f town. I left Washington on the midnight trr.ln without hearing from Mr. An-' drew, and saw in the next afternoon's papers long extracts from two scur illous letters, one to th- President and cne to me w.hich at las', conveyed his unwilling resignation. Meanwhile, as 1 only learned after n week. Mr. Andrew had diligently Used the Interval while T was waiting to secure all the Influence he could to n!d him in keeping his place. Besides' nrgulng the case himself with me and with certain Senators, nnd besides' having his case areu<*| both at the White House and before me, be ar? gued his ease himself in the White House. "Mr. Andrew did not at any time' mention to me any objection to bis treatment in the Trr/asuty Department, except that he thought that I did not give him as much of my time as 1 Otight; and that I had sometimes ill-, lowed Other callers to be received, when he was In my room. On the I other hand, some of 'hose connected; with my 6fftce~and who were impar-1 tlal?thought Mr. ndrow had had! r.t certain periods too much of my: time. Certainly his curious calcula-; tlon of the amount of time given him1 will strike every one In my olMro with; wonderment. J Hud No Other Complaint. No other complaint 01 criticism did' Mr. Andrew ever offer. And It is hard to point out that a man whose grip on his place T could hardly shake loos,-, could scarcely have found bis place undesirable or h.n association" unendurable. "if Mr. Andrew could represent him? self as resigning voluntarily when ho (Continued-on-Second P?se!) MURDERED WHILE HE SLEEPS Tboinaa Seaboldt Meeta Death ut Hund? of Unknown \ -f hid. Tbomaa Heaboldt, apparently about thirty-four years old, nu> murdered ibin morning about ItSO o'eloch walle oaleep In bin bed fir bin hiiurdlu~ Inline, 1'.' South Allen Avenue. The murderer, whoever be nuir br? wit* not known n* early n? Si30 o'clock, though the entire detective and police force wo* fit work on the cane. Seaboldt iviiH n boarder ?Hb Mrs. II. Walker. He hud retired for the Blathfi when the shotH which ended Iii? Ufr ?erc Ilrecl arid the position of the bod;, tbr general appearance of the loon, in ?hieb, the murder occurred, murilier ?Ith clothing nirrwn here mid there, move firry evidence that the man hmi not died without u strua; sie. He Ih nu|?i to have been recently released from Ihr rrdcritl prison nl VtlOUta, where he wan hervliiK u term for counter!eltluir. In ihe Immediate vicinity ?if the houae, neighbor* seemingly know 11 a ? tlu of Mrs. Walker nu?c Ibut she bra? hern orpur:il??l from h<-r biixbund tor aeveral years. Mr. Walker Is believed to br In the country, though no dell nlte point ut which be mlirbt now be cuuld he named by 'he wife, whose teara Rowed freely. In Uer ii r inn she curried an Infnnt. probably a yenr old. ?.. G, Johnson, who II-.?-* neroKs the street from the Walker bonne, was the Urs I to discover tbr body, He beard distinctly three ahota und tin- scrcumn ?r a woman. Without limitation be went to isl*ve aaalstaace if ony were needed. When be arrived SeabOldt was dead, blood guablnst from ivoUnda in his brennt find head. Tbe police were at onre BOtlOed? ond onicern Tiller and Whitlow, with Ser srranl Kroft, responded. hater Captain McMnbon arrived and was closeted with the woman for more tbai, an hour. The dunlin nrr being kept secret 111 the hope of flndtni: tbe anility party. The uun with wlib-h Ihe mur? der was committed in nt present belnaj sought i>? the detectives. Ihe tbeorj generally held In Ibaf the mini renpon slble for the i-rlnir beld some portlcu Inr grudge niTir the victim, bid himself In the bouse, waited until nil vraa mill and,carried out his carefully laid plana. I oroner Taylor will hold on tnuiicnt to-day. BANKER IN TROUBLE lie In Arrested, ? lmn;r?l With r.inhrx > I In t- #" ?,r,(iO. Chicago. July 4.?Howard Harter, twenty-eight years old. former cashle of the Citizens' Bank of Akron, Ind.,: sat arrested here to-day on an in? dictment charging him with having embezzled $2f.SO0. of the funds of tbo institution In 1911. The bank was founded by Andrew p. Harter, father of the young man The elder Harter was president of the institution. Har? ter was taken bark to Indiana by Sheriff Sheets, 0? Fulton county, who served the Indictment on him. The young man If said to have spec-, uiated in grain. After the bank closed Its doors Har? ter prepared to give h.mself up. The gir*olors of the bank paid all the jie peisitor* and the case was not present? ed to the grand jury until lart June. In February Harter came to Chicago. Informing the sheriff nf his where? abouts He was willing to go back and "face the- music." he said when lie was ai - MAY VISIT WEST POINT Student* nt Argentine Mllllnr) Acad? emy Invited Here Xext \ . nr. New York. iluly 4 ?General lames A. Drain, president of the National Rifle Association of America, and Colonel j. H. Uwing. who arrived last night wltr. the American team which competed successfully In the Pan-Anv-rlcan rille tournament at Buenos Ayres lust May. said that an effort is being made to br!r.-r the entlri? membership of the Ar? gentine Military School to this country next year for a visit to West Point. The trip of the Argentinians should ne most pleasant, they said, as the Ameri? cans had received a most friendly wel? come. V Plans were tile', lid. as previously announced, for thii -.labllehmenl of a Pan-America:, eonf?> -atloa for the de velopment of rifle s. Ijtlng and for a match in the United S t-s in 1913. "OF AMERICA" v. .1ITTED Error Nearly Suspends Program for Manoeuvres. Washington. July 4.?The whole ex? tensive p.-ogiam for the joint encamp-, hiebt and manoeuvres of the regular army and the National Guard, wh'ch began to-rjay. came near being sus? pended through omission in the enrol? ment of the a.-t of tJongress provid? ing for the exercises. Jn the haste e.f the legislators the law bore the usual initial declaration:' ? By tli- Senate and the House of Ki p ri-scntativeS 01 tin- United states." But tlie word* "of America." which should have followed, were omitted, and the, act thus was made Invalid. The War Department law officers.! however, discovered that the appro? priations for the maintenance of the regular establishment might be- used to a limited extent for about two weeks to defray the expense? of the troops, and before the expiration <if that time Congress is expected to cor? rect the error. COLUMBUS WAS ITALIAN Franklin Adams Flnallj Has Reached 1 hm 1 nnclusion. Washington, July 4.?After having "followed Christopher Columbus over the New World and the Old,*' having v:>iu-d all the places where Columbus lived And worked ami bavins made eXtehsivO historic research ut all these pluccs, Franklin Adams, of the Pan American union, who has returned trom an extended trip through parts 01 Latin-America und Europe, has reach? ed tin- conclusion that Columbus was an Itai'iin. The primary purpose) of Mr, Adams's trip was to colle t data for use by the: Pan-American union u .is work of encouraging promotion of trade between the Latin-American I countries and the I'nited States. ACT IS SIGNIFICANT Attempted Murder of sir Francis Henry May Has Political hide. Hong Kong. China. July 4.?The at? tempted assassination yesterday of Sir Francis Henry May, the newly nppo'n: ed governor of Hong Kong. Is regarded I as possessing some political signifi? cant c. The WOUld-be murderer was for. merly a hospital dispenser In this city. Ii.- said this morning that he regret? ted thai he had missed his aim. lie Wanted to kill th ? governor because the colonial government of Ifong I Kong had .stopped the circulation of I Chinese Coppoi coins on British ter? ritory, and he Interpreted this action I as directed ugninst China. FOR CELEBRATING Beverly Jubilant Over Fourth and Return of Taft. THOUSANDS COME OUT TO GREET HIM In New York Tammany Cele? brates the Day, Hearing Letters of Regrets and Felicitations From Governor Wilson. Anniversary Observed in Foreign Countries. Beverly. Mass., .l ily 4. ?Beverly had a Joint celebration to-day in honor ot the Fourth and the return of lta most distinguished summer residents, the President and Mrs. Taft. Thousands of persons stood tor morn than an hour at the Beverly station to greet the President when his train pulled in from Boston an hour late, crowds lined the street to watch him pasa and hundreds more marched be? hind his automobile to Puramctta, the , summer White House. "It's good to get ba-k to Beverly ' .-.g ilt.," said the President to the re ; ceptlon committee that met him at his station Mis. Taft smilingly nod? ded her approval of that sentiment. President and Mrs. Taft Immediate? ly entered one of the White House cars* brought up from Washington several days ago and. with tli? Bev? erly Taft Club as an escort, were drive In slowly to Paremetta. A de? tachment of bluejack-is from the dispatch hoat Dolphin, anchored in trie I bay. fell In behind, and the Dolphin tired til- presidential ralute of twen I ty-or.e guns. The cottage had been prepare'! for : the President's arrival, and on the i steps of lta wide portico he stood for ' ? half hour and shook hands with the ' inf.rchers. I Th? executive offices here will not I be opened at present, for Mr Taft i will return to Washington SSTnday. The president made a short speech to the membei? of the Taft club. He sat d i "I am glad to he here and t" be re? ceived by the Taft Club of Beverly. You hnve given m? a substantial ex? pression of your confidence in mo In i the late primary, and. I very much ap? preciate It and return my thanks to you und to those of the city of Beverly who stood with you in this matter. "Mrs Taft and I and my family ar* glad to be here. We ore coming to get all the pleasure there is and nil th* health and all the energy you have up here in Masachusetts and to renew our claim of being iTnnkeea" After the reception at Param?tta the President took his younger son. Charles. I and motored to the Myopia Hunt Club. I where he played golf with John Hays I Hammond. Tammany Celebrate-. Fourth. New York. July 4?At the Tammary j Hall Indopc-nlenoe Day exercises a lot j ter was read from Governor Wbodrow i 'WUscy. acknowledging the receipt of an invitation to be present. The Governor wrote: "I greatly regret that engagements elsewhere bind me for that date'' He continued: "I think It must be a mit? ter of congratulation on the part of all lovers of America that th* Society of Tammany should through so many years have maintained its celebration j of the anniversary which Is crowded I with so many memories Of the Insplr ; lr.g kind, not only for the people of the i United States,- hut for the people of the world. It Is upon hearths of this kind that the flame of liberty is kept burning " Governors JUdson Harmon, of Ohio, j and Simeon B. Baldwin, of Connectl I cut. also sent letters of regret. Celebrnted In Purls. Paris. July 4?The observance of this i Fourth of July In Paris this year ?was an especially elaborate one. H. Cleve i land Coxe, the t'nlted States consulate. general, representing the Sons of the 'American Revolution, placed the Stars i and Stripes on LAfayette'a tomb in ; Plcpus Cemetery. Daler in the day spe? cial exercises were held at the I.nfay i etle statue in the Tulleries Garden. ! Myron T Horrlck. the: American am bassador, delivered an address dwelling 1 on the services- of Lafayette to I lie United States. A large number of American citizens were pres-nt. ,n-< I eluding Mrs Matthew Scott, president of the Daughters of the American Ksv. ' oluti?n, as well as delegations from the I Franco.American Committee, the Alli I ance Francalse and the French Insti j tute in the United States The Marquis ' of Dafayette responded to the address i of the ambassador. infe nnd Sane Fourth. Chicago. 111. July 4.?The- city au? thorities, the various park commission era and the Sane Fourth Association ; to-d.ay superintended forty-one enter? tainments In different parks and play? grounds. In many of the programs a band concert figured, and all of them were designed to lure the small boys from t:ic forbidden cannon cracker or dynamite torpedo. Rigid regulations governing the use of fireworks, the au? thorities h?M?yed, would lessen lue danger to life and property. Athletes Hold Reception. j Stockholm. Sweden. July 4.?The team of t'nlted States athletes which Is to i participate In the Olympic games gave a reception this afternoon on board : the Finland In ccb.-hratlon of the Fourth of Jtily. Some hundreds of res? idents of Stockholm, members of oth"r teams and Amcrioan visitors attended. Tho vesHcl was decorated with f!a<s. and the hand played national airs. Secretary Meyer Recovering. ' Washington. July I ?While Secre : t u v Meyer Is still confined to his bed ai Hamilton; Mass.. lie has so far re ? ov< r< d from typhoid fever that It Is expi Oted he can be removed soon to his flagship. Dolphin, at Beverly, twelve miles distant, for a short run Llo sea. j He Will Make Race for Presidency Along Novel Lines. APPEAL TO FARMER AND WAGE-EARNER It Is to Them He Will Look for Votes for Nev/ Progressive Party ? Finds Invaluable Campaign Material in Old Party Plat? forms. Oyster Bay, >: Y., July 4.?A cam? paign along novel lines v. as sketched ? in hare outline to-night hy Colonel ; Roosevelt. As the candidate ..t the I new progressive party for the presi? dency. Colonel ROoaevelt Intends lu ! make an appeal largely to the farmer j and the wage workers, on the gtound j that neither the Democratic nor the : Republican party 1: alii ihptlng se ; i-lously in this campaign to d<-ai with j the fundamental, economic und social : conditions which confront the coiin ! try. It is from the i?rrncr and wage ' earner colonel Roosevelt feels that he i has obtained his etr-.-r.gth In the past. I It is te< them that tie intends to appeal Colonel Roosevelt says Senator Jo I soph M. Dixon, of Montana. ?ho man? aged his campaign for the Republican ' presidential nomination, in ?11 prob? ability will be his campaign manager in his flpht at th? head of the new ] party. The Senator's hi adquarters : probablv will be in New York. I The former President hopes to lead I whnt he termed a "people's govern? ment " Throughout his campaign col? onel Roosevelt will contend thit nelth ; er of the great old parties has shown j the adaptability or the Inclination to take th* point of view of tfitj average ] man who has to work for his living, i This statement he intends to couple with the argument that the Republl i can and Democratic parties are largely I under the Influence of bosses, and that i the time has come ^-.r a new national j party. Mill vtres? < ?st of Living. I In this connection the hlrh cost of 'living Is to come In for especial at? tention The former President said he ; Intends to deal with It constantly, on , the ground that, while to some ex? tent It is due to natural economic causes, there are collateral causes ; which may be reached and remedied, jfolor.el Roosevelt has been enpatred jln a study of the platform adopted (In P,altl:nori' this week and of the i Republican platform, and believes he in meettnt- down at Old Point. Just :in a stud> ..f thc- platform adopted In R-itimore rhis week and of tile Repub? lican platform, and believes he has ; found in them valuable campaign mate* j rial. He said neither of these platforms showed the slightest understanding of i the social and Industrial movement which is under way in this country, They have taken up. he said, the old policies and the Kittle cries of other i years. At the Ba?lmoro and Chlesco ? conventions, he continued, there ap? parently was no reflection of the ?movement, which as he put It. .ill serlous-mlnded rv.?n are dwelling upon?the effort t -. obtain better con? ditions of life for the -ordinary wage .worker It Is his Intention, he said. I o attempt to set forth the conditions 1 which. In his opinion, are responsible i for the high cost of living and th* ; measures which he believes should be , undertaken. ?it Is going to be a strilght ?tronc. hard-fought campaign," he said. Bryan la Optimistic, ' Chicago. July 1 ?William Jennings Bryan, who stoppe d In Chicago to-day nn tils' way to Nebraska, declared that if a third party wer? formed. Colonel Roosevelt might drive some reaction? ary Democrats over to President Taft, but with Ihe Democratic ticket and : platform Roosevelt could not expect j to win over progressive Democrats j Before leaving Baltimore, Mr. Bryan ! estimated that Wilson would have a 'plurality of 2,000.0.1) over President Taft When asked to-day. If he still held to that estimate, he replied ?in estimating M'llson's plurality nt j 2,030,000. I was no> counting on a third I party. That might reduce the plural ' Hy some, and yet not much, b ?cause many Republicans will vote for Roose ? velt who would not be willing to vote i for a Democrat, and that will largely reduce Taft's vote Taft will b? the contender for th* Roosevelt votes? not Wilson. ?in our platform.'* snld Mr F.ry.an. "the single term for the presidency will attract much attention, and also the declaration favoring direct pri? maries. One of ti c best planks Is that declaring for popular election of na? tional oommltteemen, the committee men to becln Service when elected. This change will prevent hold-over commltteemen from organizing eon i ventlons." ! Asked whnt he thought of Colonel Henry Watterso s prediction that Colonel Roosevelt's part.' would suc? ceed. Mr. Bryan s-aid: "Mr. Wattcrson'3 predictions have not all come true, but if such a mis? fortune as he predicts should over? take us. T hope C at Ihe Lord will plve US strength to bear It with more cheerfulness than 'Marse' Henry shows." Mr. nrynn said that while he thought that c-ICer Governor Burke, of North Dakota, or Senator Chamber? lain, of Oregon, wmlr) have hrouirht the Democrats more votes than Mar? shall, the Indiana Governor was a powerful man on the stump and had an excellent record. Loan for Vunn. ?-hl Kol. Peking. July I It is reported hero to-day that a Kroup of Peking fina'n ? lerS pronoscs to advance to President Yuan Shi Kai a loan of $.in,OHO.oori without any conditions concerning for? eign supervision. WISHESOFWILSON WILL BE FOLLOWED I National Committee j Wants Him to Name I Campaign Manager. _ 'members pay visit to seagirt Several Mentioned as Available : for Chairman, but Entire Mat? ter ox Selection Is Left in Hands of Candidate?Many Assurances of Sup? port. Seagirt. N. J., July 4 ?Thirty-live members of the Democratic National I Committee called on Governor Wilson at Seagirt to-day. They canio up from Baltimore on a special train, and on the way ihcy talked of the bc lectlori of a seasoned manager tor chairman to run the Governor's cam? paign. When they left acCglrt two l. j irs later, after friendly chats witn ; tho nominee, most of them declarea 1 that .any one whom the Governor I might name would be elected to thn I place As to who this Will be. wheth? er William F. McCombs, Fred B. i : Lynch, Bobert S. Hudspeth or any ?one of hnlf a dozen others mentioned 1 for the place, will have the prefer, nee [Governor Wilson had not Occlded to ; night The Governor will meet the ri mitten July 15 In Chicago. Ftop ? ping off oh route probably at ItHllap-! i oils 'o take Governor Marshall, his I runnlngmatc, with him I Tnere was much diversity of opln ; ion on the way up from Baltimore among the delegates as to who should be elected chairman. t.jneh nnd Wade .Mentioned, i Mr Lynch, who managed the cam : pnlgn of the lat? Governor Johnson. 1 of Minnesota, and Judge "Wade, of j Iowa, were frequently mentioned. It seemed to lie the consensus of opin? ion that a man who knows tho party leadi r* and the field would make an ; ideal leader There was no idea of selecting a man to-day. Some of tho members of the na? tional committee desired to meet in j New York on July 16 for Organization, , but after centering Wlkd iiovernor Wilson, and after a new canvass of (the committee. Chairman Muck an ! nounced that Chicago had been seleci i ed. Thomas Taggart. of Indiana, sug? gested that the meeting he held *t French Lick at his ?xpense. There was a great deal of surmise as I to Governor Wilson's choice for chair? man. Mr Hudspeth. whe managed the oar-tern end of the campaigns in lTolt nnd 1908, and a close friend of Gover ? r.or Wilson, was frequently mentioned. ? "Personalb-. I am In favor of Mr. Mo Combt," Mr. Hudspeth raid. "He has j managed the Governor's campaign i ! rllllantly so far nnd I see. no reason i why he should not continue to do so. . It is a mistake. I think, to swap j horses in midstream." A. Mitchell Palmer, another close ; friend of the Governor, who has been ! aroken of as chairman also said Mr. McCombs is his preference. McComba l? tt llllo-x. "If the Governor feela that I can do S r.ny good In this refp.-ct I will put nslde personal inclinations, however '. great the sacrifice." declared Mr. Mc? Combs. who arrived late to-day from ' Baltimore. Norman K. Mark, the retLrlnir ehalr . man. said that under ho circumstances I would he entertain a thought of re i election. "Governor Wilson's choice i will prevail.'' ho added Senator Tlllm.an. Wlllard Saulabury and John I Martin also called upon the ; nominee. Senator Tlllman, as he took I Mrs Wilson's hand, said; "I am sure you will be th* next ! Indy of the White House. I only do | sire to live long enniirfn to see your i husband inaugurated." I Of all the assurances of support j which were voiced through the com ' niitteemen and all the confident pre ' dictions of election made, none pleas ?; ed tho Governor more than one from ? F.dwln O. Wood, of Michigan . "I have tn my poek-M," he told the Governor, "a telegram signed by Six o' the most prominent Republicans of 'Detroit You can't Imagine what they say." "No," laughed the Governor, "I can't. What -:? Thar they will vote for you" Governor Wilson announced that ; Ollie James, who waii permanent chair. I man of the convention, would visit I hint to-morrow or Saturday lo ar rance the date and detalla for his I formal notification ->f nomination j Governor Wilson was highly grati? fied at the stand taken yesterday by i Governor Osborn, of Michigan, with I regard to Colonel Roosevelt and hlm ; self "This ts very Interesting. In I deed.'" Governor Wilson said, nfter ! reading Governor Oshorn's statement ! "1 Just don't know what to say about j it. except that it is most significant. 1 Osborn Is a man of force, ho knows ? his own mind. What he said gratified j me greatly, particularly what he said about me" tlrvnn Mills Him. Charles W. Bryan, n brother of Wil? liam J. Bryan, called on the Governor to-day. Ho was closeted with ihn Governor for more than an hour Mr Bryan declined to make public tho ' topics of discussion, and said his call : was largely social. "l convoyed to i Mrs. Wilson." he said, ? heartiest con i gr.atulntlons and Lest wishes from j Colonel Bryan's wife." Mr Bryan said that his brother j doubtless would be found on the stump for Governor Wilson throughout the J campaign. A group of enthusiastic j Texans brought Governor Wilson as | a trophy the Lone Star flag which floated over their delegation at Haiti. I more Snlli for Hampton Road*. Washington, July !??Rear-Admiral' I Osterhaus, commander of the Atlantic j Meet, on hl? flagah p. Washington, sail? ed to-day from G?nritanam? forHrimp. I ton Rondr. where ho will change Ills iiag to the Connecticut and proceed to ? Nu rraganset t Hay to direct tho drills and exercises of the Atlantic fleet I 1 along tho New England noaat. J LEAVE WORD OF SUICIDE Leonard Honett Disappears From Huy Steamer. Baltimore. July 4.? Leaving a letter behind him explaining that he had committed suicide, and asking that a lelatlve In New York bu notintd, Leo? nard HoWett, a gentleman (armer, with a considerable estate In North Carolina, disappeared Tuesday night from on board the steamship City of Baltimore, en route from Nor foils, to this port. The wireless operator on the steam? er said that at 11 o'clock Tue-day night ho heard a pistol shot. Short? ly after he reported the occurrence It was discovered that Mr. Hewitt's stateroom was unoccupied. In the room was the following let? ter to the captain of the steamship: "I sall'd on your sh'p to-day from Norfolk. Report my disappearance as toon as possible by telegraph to Aus? tin C MaUry, 3.1 Mornlngsblo Avenue. New York. I Inclose 12 to cover ex? penses of telegram and express on handbag to same address Accept my n crets for any trouble my intentional suicide may put you to. "LEONARD HEWETT." GERMANS TO GO TO ARCTIC i:\plortitioti w in tu- t ondueted lu tbe XOTtheaat I'nioiivo. Berlin. July 4.?A German Arctic expedition under the leadership of Lieutenant Schroeder-Slranz will start in June. 191;., for a three to four-year trip of exploration In the northeast pussuge. the water route north of Eu rcpe and Asia between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Princess Therese, of Bavaria, the Duke of Altenhurg. Duke Adolph Friedrich of Mecklenburg, the DuUc of , Urach and other prominent pefsoh jages are among the supporters of the ; expedlt'on. The scientific equipment win be stip j plied by the Berlin M?seuiVl, und a I cot ps of able scientists will be of the ; party. The northeast poesage was i first explored in 1S7S-9 by Nordensk ] Joid, In the Vega. AMERICAN CITIZEN SLAIN William Adams Shot As He Stands <>ti nr. Doorstep. Bl Paso. Tex.. July 4?WtlPam Adams, an American citizen, was kill? ed two days ago as he stood on his di oratep Jn Colonia Diaz, the Mormon colony, seventy-tlve miles south of Jua i res. It Is alleged that a. rebel shot. ; Adams ns the latter left his house to attend his wife's funeral. O. H Brown, agent In El Paso of the Morman colony, has sent the fol ; lowing telegram to Senator Smoot, In Washngton. "WjjJ.Iiam Adams murdered .at hlK door in C?loni? Diaz. Conditions un i settled and no guarantee of protection to Americans where there Is a ejuss i tlon . between Americans and the na i tives. People making appeuls to I rebels for protection." HARVARD TO^eTT?SSILS lend to PrOTe ? Uba Was Once Part of American Mainland. New York. July 4.?Dr. Carlos de la Torray Huerta, former Mayor of Ha? vana, who received the degree of doctor of scinece at Harvard last month for discoveries tending to prove that Cuba was at one time a part of the American mainland, received to-day two large cases of fossils anil shells which he re? cently gathered in Cuba and adjacent waters and on which he based his the? ories. The fossils and shells will be shipped to Harvard University, to which Dr. Huerta has given them, and he himself will spend the remainder of the sum? mer at Cambridge arranging the collec? tions. HALE GOING TO BRAZIL He Will Represent Pan-American Union ut Opening or Railroad. Washington. July 4.?Dr. Albert Hale will represent the Pan-American I'n.on at the opening early in September of the Madelra-Mamore Railway In Bra? zil. Opening up an extensive rubber country in the interior of Braz'l near the headwaters of the Amazon, the completion of this road, coming after nearly a century of effort and numer? ous failures because of the flight aga'nst nature in the jungle, 's con? sidered to mark an epoch In the h's : lory of Brazil. Dr. Hale will visit the other coun? tries of South America, gathering in tormat'on and lecturing in the inter? ests of the Pan-Anierlcnn Union. Ho I will be gone six months. CONVENTION OPENS Baptist Young People's t Dion Ik Meet? ing ill Toledo. Toledo. O.i July I.?A patriotic sei ' vice, oecupyng the morning session. WHS tile principal feature of the ilrtt day's session of the international con? tention of the Raptlst Young People's Union of the United states anil Canada, which opened here to-day. Rov. Rus I sell II Conwell, of Phtladefphtn. dellv 1 ered the address nt this meetine. The board of managers' report con? tained the recommendation that work ' ers in various sections of the Inter : national Held may undertake work in i dep. ndently of the international com? mittee as may seem necessary tor the i advancement of their specific needs, but this work need not Interfere with I the International fellowship. MRS. DAR ROW ILL Her NervcB Shattered hy Long Trial of Her Husband. j Eos Angeles, cat., July 4.?Mrs. r:;.,r ! enco S. Di.rrow. who has been In con i stant attendance at the trial or h, r ', husband for jury bribing since it be? gan on May l?. is confined to hif honio by lllnesj Shattered nerves, du-- to . Ihe long -train of the trial, are at? tributed by her physicians as the j cause of her condition, There was no session of the trial to? day and most of the jurors spent the , hoi.day Visiting their families, Three more witnesses for the >R<-r? | remain to be examined, and it Is be i lleved that the prosecution will rest ' some time to-morrow. In that event I the, defense probably will ask for nn ; adjournment Until Monday before open ] ing its case. C. WrSTANSELL-INJURED Either Palls or Jumps from ruird story Window. Chicago. July 4.?C. W. Stansell, j said to bs a wealthy lumber dealer freni Alabama, fell or jumped from a window of his room on the third floor of a downtown hotel to-day and was seriously injured. IPs fall was check? ed when he struck a t'lnss canopy at the third rtoor. Crashing through the glass he fOll *v> the sidewalk. He waa in.conscious when picked up . Attaches of the hotel insisted that etansell's fall was accidental. TRAINS CRUSH SUD FORTY-ONE IMS ME LOST ! Wrecked Cars Are Filled With Holiday Excur? sionists. - - 3a DISASTER WORST I INROAD'S HISTORY [Running at Speed of Sixty-Five ; Miles an Hour. Express Dashes I Into Crowded Passenger Train. Which Had Been Blocked by Freight. Cars Are Demolished. Corning, \. V., July 4.?Westbound Ldi'ku? anna passenger trulu Nu. U, troni >c\v York, due to arrive at Corn? ing ut 4t47 A. M., composed of tvio en? gines, u bsggage ear. three I'ullruu"? ' mid two iluy couches. In the order named, was demolished at Gibson, three miles eu?t of Corning, ut G-.-ji . o'clock tlii*> iiiurului; by express trulu ? No, ll, due ut Corning nt BtlU A. M< Forty-one person* were killed and be? tween fifty und sixty injured. .Muuy of ll>e victime, were bollduy excursion? ists hiiuuil In MuKuru from .\cn Vurk, und other* Iiittl liuurded the trulu at points uIuuk the Hue. Tue tdenllUed --end. The number ot ldentltiod dead to-, tala twenty-lour, as tollcws: Armstrong. William -V. Mobokeu, J. Ilraudlt-h, Mr, and Ira. Charles? Xevr York City (married ycaterduy, and on Wedding trip). llyuk, lleriiuin. .Newark, \. J. Erwin, .Mrs. C; E? Chicago. Hess, Mrs. lldltli A.. Scranton, I'a. Ivey, Dr. E. \ ?, ?f Bellevue llo"pl tai. \ew Vork| bouie Suffolk; Vu? Jones, Mrs, Auuu HUI, ?crautau, 1'u. Laird. Ueorge Brooklyn, .V V? , , Lowry Evelyn, colored .\.--.iurk, A', J. Novak, Antonio, Scruiiton. k*u. Nelson, Antuu, Jersey City, A. J. l'rntt, F. C, Bun'ul?. truvellng ?nle? nin u. Patouskl, Mm Immigrant, ticketed to Buffalo, Hruveloirskl, Iteglnn P., Ituaslu. Reynolds, .Mm. LIMIan, Brooklyn. .V. Y. Setteducatl, Mr*. Lucy. Nnv York City. Smith. James, colored, Pullman por? ter, Xcv?ark, A. J. Schultz. Ernest. Duflnln. Zimmer, Mr. nnd Mr*. John, bcriin ton. Pa. Laird, Mr*. \\ llllam H. Laird, Philip, two Jcurs old. I.nlrd, Mabel, llir years oi.. nil at Brookl) n. The wreck was the worst tn ths history of tho road. Its cause, ac? cording to Engineer Schroeder. of the express, was his failure to see s'gnals against his train. The morning was foggy, and he said he could not malt? them out. The wrecked train stood on the main tr.-k blocked by a crippled freight trim. There was no flag out. according to Kngineer Schroeder. The signals Eng'neer Schroeder declared it was too foggy to see wero Just around a curve. The flying express plunged past them and crashed Into the rear of No. ft. br'nglng death to more than two score of Its passengers. Schroeder had taken No. u at Hl mlra fifteen minutes b?tore. It was a few minutes late. The stretch of track from Elmlra to Corning is fitted for fast running, and he was sending his train along at sixty-five miles an hour. No 9 was supposed to he half an hour ahead of him. He had no warning until he made out the outline? of the rear coach of No. 3 through tho fog. Then he threw on the reverao without shutting off steam. < rashes Into Coaches. The shock threw the train off tho track, and the locomotive- reduced to splinters tho two day coaches tilled with excursionists, nnd lore through the last o:' the Pullmans. S.-hroeder Says tin- impact threw him from tho car. and landed him on his shoulder on the roadbed; practically unhurt. Tho inc.ton monster continued its plunge through the middle of the train, grind? ing everything in Its path. When hnally blocked by the debris it re? mained on the roadbed in the midst .-?i the desolation It had caused, while hundreds of persons rushed m every kind of vehicle to the scene to lift and pry the dead and injured front the tangled mass of wreckage. Taking advantage of the noliday ex? cursion rates to Buffalo and Niagara, Falls, many excursionists had board el No. ft at all points from llobok.-n. Including Seranton. Blnghamton und Elmlra. The.e were also many pas? sengers for the west. By tho tints Elmlra was reached the train carried so many passend.is that a second en? gine was attached. Long before extra freight train /-s ?I. hOV.lld from Buffalo, bad pulled through F.lmlra, when the hea*"?; grade at Gibson was reached, a drave-* head pulled out and No. ?II was crlr pleei. Signals which she put out stoppe.? No. 0. The first engine wan wncoiy*"* and set at work to push the dead ennj of tho fre'ght Into a siding to allow I No. 11. which was due In twenty-five lor thirty minutes, to pass. Tho woTrt '*us slow, and during tho wait many J passengers from the day coaches go5 out. Meanhlle tho signals had been thrown against No. 11. These failed to stop tho express, and the crash fol? lowed. Rescuers tlutekly e>u Scene. Resellers were quickly on the scene, in what seemed an incredibly short time hundreds ot automobiles had lined the highway- which led to the wreck, and the work of getting the m'u.-.t to the hospitals and the dead to ths morgues Was,Impeded by the blocking of the road. Thirteen of the Injured ' ^Continued on Second Page.). .1