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BODY OF EDWARD
WILL LIE IN STATE;
FUNERAL MAY 20
Widowed Queen and Others of
Royal Family Yield to
Wishes of People
VIGILS WEAR ON ALEXANDRA
Truce Between Commons and
Lords Expected; New
Court to Be Simple
[AsKOelatPrt Pr(w»]
I; ONDON, May B.—The tomb of Ed
■ ward VII will be. beneath the
*. "Albert Memorial chapel at Wind
sor, where the body of his eldest son,
the duke of Clarence, has a sepulcher.
The obsequies probably will be held
May 20. Before the funeral, It has
been practically decided, the body or
the king will lie in state in Westmin
ster abbey.
Before being taken to Westminster
the body will lie In state In the throne
room at Buckingham palace. King
Edward's casket will be fashioned out
of oak grown in the royal forest at
Windsor. It will bo lowered first to
the vault beneath the chapel floor of
St George's chapel, Windsor castle.
Afterward, when the permanent tomb
has bean prepared, it will be removed
to Albert Memorial chapel.
Queen Alexandra and King George
conferred with various officers of the
state and household concerning the
funeral arrangements today after hold
ing service in the royal" chapel at
Buckingham palace, which the late
king always attended when In resi
dence there.
The date of the burial was tenta
tively fixed for May 20, although it
may be May 18, the date on which
Theodore Roosevelt is scheduled to de
liver the Romanes lecture at Oxford
university.
The members of the royal family, It
{is believed, would prefer there be no
lying in state, but it was represented
to them that the wishes of the people
were so strongly for this that they
were willing to waive their personal in
clinations. ...
I>l-- \l» KING 1-ll.s IN HI li
King Edward still lies in the bed
where lie died, clothed only in night
clothes, with his hands crossed on his
breast. Alexandra visits the chamber
frequently, appearing greatly worn
and tired. King George and Queen
Mary spent most of the day with her.
After the chapel the family again
looked upon the body for a few min
utes.
.. .An Impressive incident this after
noon illustrated Queen Alexandra's
desire to show consideration for Brit
ish subjects of every class. Gen.
Booth sent a message that the Salva
tion Army wished to show,honor to
King Edward by holding a service be
fore the palace, and the queen gave
permission. At 4 clock a large band,
wearing *ed Jerseys and carrying sil
ver instruments and banners with
scarfs of crepe, pushed their way
through. the crowd to the palace in
cloaure. The big iron gates were
ii,,, ii and the band formed a circle
under the windows. >- ' y .
First they knelt, while the leader
prayed, ard then they sang "Nearer,
.My <;<>«!, to Thee," "Abide with Me"
and "Angela Ever Bright and Fair."
Finally they marched out, singing
"Onward. Christian Soldiers." .. . • .
a The blinds were closely drawn, but
the attendants gay that Queen Alex
andra left her apartments, with Prin
cess Victoria, and her ladies in wait
ing 1 and listened to the singing.
- The crowds' around the palace and
Marlborousjh house were undiminished
* today. The street* tonight are filled
with people, but faM' London buildings
: have mourning f decorations. The
' draping of houses will be begun to
morrow. Many big stores have ex
hausted their stocks ot mourning
goods. t ■
' TRITCK IN POIiTICS EXPECTED
All political discussion foreshadows
a truce in the struggle between the
commons and lords. The bishop of
Worcester, preaching in the cathedral,
said patriotism and chivalry demanded
. that contentious questions be put aside
by the statesmen of. all parties for a
year at least.
The house of commons will meet on
Wednesday, when Speaker Lowther re
' turns, to I receive the address from the
throne. , Premier Asquith and A. J.
Bulfour, leader of the opposition, will
reply. Mr. Asquith and Reginald Me-
Kenna. first lord of the admiralty, em
barked today at Gibraltar on the
cruiser Enchantress. . ■ .
. According to a circular issued from
Marlborough house tonight, the desig
nation of the new queen will be Queen
Mary. The 11 role she will play at the
new court has. been the subject of con
siderable speculation. \
As Prince and Princess of Wales, the
new king and queen lived such retired
lives that it is difficult to form an
opinion, but it Is almost safe to as
sume the court will be far less brilliant
than it was under King Edward; The
latter attached the fullest weight and
dignity to the ceremonies of the kingly
office and all state functions under his
reign were invested with the pomp and
magnificence he considered ; befitting
the court of a great empire. He at
tracted to his court a brilila/it . array
of wealthy >■ social figures, in which
American heiresses married to English
aristocracy played a prominent part. ~f,
; NlflV COURT jTO; »X SlMl'l.t: vT-V;
It is quite certain that great changes
will be seen in the constitution of the
„ court. circle. Queen Mary is , credited
with great strength of character and Is
* likely to exert far . more Influence on
the court surroundings than did Queen
Alexandra. I She is deeply religious and
has- a love for* charitable work con
, nected with the church, .while; King
George, so far as known, is more fond
* of, : country ■ life, and • pursuits ' than of
courtly pomp. • ', ,
'i Hence.there is a general belief that
the new 'court'will be of simpler and
more austere type and that | many. of
those who heretofore exercised a para
mount Influence will be obliged,to seek
' fOiSparatlve retirement. •■-.. .■.'■■■■■.
1.- Nothing has ,been received , from Mr.
.Roosevelt with regard to his plans, but
it is certain that all public or ' .semi
' public entertainments; will > be canceled
(Continued on Pa«« Two) I
LOS ANGELES HERALD
TURNS AUTO DOWN
CANYON; MOTHER
INSTANTLY KILLED
Son in New Machine Crashes
Into Bank and Then
from Road
RIVERSIDE PARTY IS WRECKED
Son- Grandson and Granddaugh
ters Escape with Only
Slight Bruises
(Kpeclal to The Herald.)
RIVKRSIDK," May B,—Mrs. Mary
Breedlove, mother of B. B. Bush,
a well known Riverside real es
tate dealer, was instantly killed at
about 9 o'clock this morning as the
result of an automobile accident on the
Box Spring* grade.
Mr. Bush was on his way to his
ranch in the country and was driving
a new gasoline White, which Lee, his
son, was teaching him to operate. In
endeavoring to make way for an ap
proachlnff team on the fill about a mile
north of the head of the grade, Mr.
Bush went too far to the right and
brushed Into the bank; he turned bo
sharply to the left that the car crossed
the road and ran directly off the side
of the fill into tho canyon below.
The occupants remained in their
seats until the car struck a huge
boulder, when, with the car, they went
hurtling through the air about twelve
feet. Mrs. Breodlove struck the rock,
her skull being fractured.
With the party were May Bush, the
eldest daughter of Mr. Bush, and Fan
nlo Bush, 14 years of age. a While
seriously bruised and rendered Uncon
scious for a time, none of them sus
tained any broken bones. Medical aid
was secured within an hour after the
accident. W. S. Collins of Newport
happened along In his touring car and
hurried back to town for assistance.
TEXAS HAS OIL EXCITEMENT
EL PASO, Tex., May B.—East El Paso
county is rushing for oil lands. The
Texas (Gates) company has struck a
large body of oil and Is putting down
more wells. The excitement is growing
and all land around the strike is being
taken up.
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
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- . FORECAST f ■
U- -" """"""^ '■-■■•. X ' *"s •
For Los' Angeles and vlrlnlly— Fair Mon
day; moderate temperature. Light north
wind, changing to south. Maximum tempera
ture yesterday 17 degree*; minimum 84.
Editorial and letter bos. PAGE i
City brevities. '" PAGE B
Hotel notes and personals. I'AOE 5
Sporting. • PAGES 6-7
Classified advertising.' PAGES 10-11
Shipping. *rlV":' •\| ' PAGE 9
LOS ANGELES
Motion picture* show how Mr*. F. B.
Tomklns wat thrown from buggy
'and badly Injured. PAGE 12
Twenty-seventh annual session of the
Southern California W. C. T. U. to
convene Thursday morning. PAGE 3
Report of the highway commission on '
itself to be made. to the supervisors
today and advisers plan to renew at
tack. , PAGE 2
Thousands In Los Angeles observe,
Mothers' day by wearing white car- s
nations and attending special services
at churches. N * , P.AGE 3
Probable.-that some member of city at
torney's force will land Hewitt's Job
when latter vacates it. ■ PAGE 3
Remains, supposed to be those of goat,
found in ruins of burned barn and
sent to morgue. PAGE 3
Reform, not Jail, Is Judge Willis' ad
vice. » ■ ••;.: . PAGE 3
Fear missing man Is slain; 14000 the
motive. PAGE 3
De Hosier, In plucky ride, becomes the
world's champion. PAGE 3
Testimony In Rlndge ranch road case
recalls Indian's suit of twenty years
ago. PAGE 12
Topham gives saloon hard tongue lash-
Ing. PAGE 8
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Eastern and northern capitalists bid for
Pasadena Rapid Transit company's
stock. * • • PAGE 10
One baby burned to death and brother
seriously injured by falling In San
Bernardino bonfire. v ; .PAGE 10
Mrs. Mary Breedlove, mother of River
side business man,his Instantly killed
> when son runs auto off grade. - PAGE 1
COAST
Gov. Glllett prevents" Adj. Gen. Lauck
discharging clork. In order to maka
place at "pie counter" for his daugh
ter. ....:.< - ■■: : PAGE 1
Burglar kills call boy when latter enters
bouse to awaken sleeping brakeman. •-' \
. - . _ PACK 2
EASTERN ' f
Senate battlers suspend hostilities over
railroad bill. PAGE 3
Fifteen killed, fifty Injured. In "crowd
attracted to powder , mill fire near ..',
Hull, Quebec; great area laid . waste.
.» - ' ,i PAGE 1
Ruling of supreme court may open doors
of federal prisons for many convicts.
PAGE 1
FOREIGN V\iT
Roosevelt calls throat specialist be»';.
cause of hoarseness; calls latest, poll
\ tical rumor "nightmare." . PAGE; 1
King Edward's body will • lie In state; ■>.
funeral set for May 20. . PAGE 1
Ten thousand homeless at Cartago. Eight
.'.'hundred bodies recovered. ■> PAGE 2
MINING AND OIL
Rotary inventor asserts present day
. drills are Imitations of his device. PAGE I
American Petroleum will 'operate ten
- strings •In sections 6 and 32, Coal- .
ings. .. PAGE 9
Angeles man buys soap mine In ).'*;•
\■- Arizona and will ' manufacture ''pro- -,i,
duct. " -„- . PAGE; 9
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MONDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1010.
COUNT BONI DE CASTELLANE
IS BEATEN BY REPUBLICAN
Socialists Gain Fourteen Votes;
Jaurez Re-elected
PARIS, May B.—Tlin second ballot!
for BS9 teat) in the chamber at depu
ties, taken today' throughout Franco,
passed quietly. The Rovrrnment has
lost fourteen v<it h. The Buiallsta
Kainrrl fourteen. The government ■till
has a safe majority. Bonl de Ctt»tel
lan* \\;im-defeated fOT ie-election by
the Radical-Republican, Perchod. M.
Jauroz, leader of th«> Socialists, whs
re-elected. Lditer returns «hnw the
election of 100 deputlen, leaving 116 to
the government, 44 to thn Sorlalists
and 36 to the .parties of 4he right.
SUPREME COURT RULING
MAY OPEN PRISON DOORS
Criminal Lawyers All Over United
States Interested in the
Freeing of Weems
WASHINGTON. May —Criminal
lawyers throughout the country are
said to be agitated over the action of
the supreme court of the United States
In inaugurating what Is designated as
a new era in the punishment of crim
—that of requiring punishment to
be proportionate to the offense.
The agitation among the legal pro
fession arises from the decision of the
court last Monday, when for the first
time In Its history it set at liberty a
person convicted of an offense because
there \ had been inflicted ,upon him "a
cruel knd unusual punishment."
It was in the case of Paul Weems,
an official in the lighthouse service in
the Philippines. His case came under
the bill of rights of the island. ?■• <
The court announced that it must
give the same - interpretation to that
bill of rights as "given to the eighth
amendment to the constitution."
Thereupon it prvyeeded to . construe
this amendment, prohibiting "a cruel
and unusual punishment."
"In the application of a constitu
tion." said Justice McKenna, in an
nouncing the decision of the court,
"our contemplation cannot be only of
what has been but of what may be."
This he based on the belief that
otherwise the general principles of the
constitution "would have little value
and be converted by precedent into
impotent and lifeless formulas."
"Rights declared in words," said he,
"might be lost in reality." .
Much speculation exists as to the
effect .of the decision. That it will
apply to the territories and to the Dis
trict of Columbia is not doubted. But
the states.. will not. be ■ compelled to
■ follow tht new* rnllns-."^'** 11*.**^."'""*""***^"
, Most of the states, | however, have
provisions similar to the eighth amend
ment, ' and it is believed the decision
will have a powerful influence in fu
ture Interpretation of these. A flood
of applications to release prisoners
sent to the penitentiary by the federal
courts on the > ground that the pun
ishment was not proportionate to the
offense may result from the decision.
SHOOTS MAN BLAMED FOR
BREAKING UP OF HOME
Victim Shot in Head When With
Assailant's Wife
SEATTLE, May B.—Luke A. Mlley.
an architectural engineer, leaped from
a street car on Forty-fifth street near
Sixth avenue northwest, this afternoon,
and rushing to the curb fired from an
automatic revolver through the head of
E. A. Morrison, a tile fitter, who was
walking in company with Mlley's wife
and 6-year-old son Donald.
Morrison fell and Miley grabbed the
boy in his arms, and taking him aside
began to caress him. As soon as a po
liceman arrived Miley surrendered.
Miley and his wife separated two
years ago. He told the police that to
day was the little boy's birthday and
he had started to Mrs. Miley's home
to get the child. He said that when
he saw Morrison, whom he blames for
his domestic troubles, walking with
Mrs. Mlley and the little boy, he lost
control of himself.
Morrison was taken to a hospital.
His condition is critical. The child was
placed in the hands of the police ma
tron.
POSTERS URGE SLAUGHTER
OF CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
May 28 Set as Date for Anti-
Manchu Uprising
CHANGSHA, China, May B.—The
general uneasiness has been greatly in
creased here by the appearance of a
large number of posters unsigned, de
manding the destruction of foreigners
and of native Christians, and letting
May 28 as the date for a general anti-
Manchu uprising.
Government officials have destroyed
the posters and the city is being strong
ly patrolled. Agitators are holding se
cret meetings, but it is believed the
presence of foreign gunboats will act
as a check to the movement.
"LIFE PROMISSORY NOTE;"
ARIZONAN KILLS HIMSELF
A. R. Arnet of Tucson Leaves His
Views Behind
SAN FRANCISCO, May B.—"Life la a
promissory note, duo one day UtM
date, and which we must all pay on
demand."
Tersely gumming up hi* estimate of
life in this brief philosophy, A: R. Ar
nel. of Tucson, Ariz., committed sui
cide Saturday In hl« room in ,i hotel
here by shooting liitns.lf in tho head.
Hla body was not discovered until to
day. ,
ROOSEVELT CALLS
THROAT SPECIALIST
TO EXAMINE HIM
Colonel Advised to Stay Indoors;
Avoids Speaking, but Bows
to Singers in Street
LATEST RUMOR "NIGHTMARE!"
Former Thus Describes Report
He Has Been Asked to
Succeed Knox
STOCK IICfLM, May —A Stockholm
paper publishes a statement that a mes
senger from president Taft has reached
Mr. Konaevelt with a letter in which Mr.
Taft Hays he does not Intend to be a can
didate, for the presidency, ' and Invites
Mr. Uoosevelt to become secretary of
state in succession to Mr. Knox.
When he was shown this story, Mr.
Roosevelt said It was worse than a
nightmare, that It was a tissue of ab
surdities, and that, of ' course, no such
messenger or men* exists.
I Associated Press]
STOCKHOLM, May B.—Former Pres
ident Roosevelt shortened his pro
gram today even more than it had
been abbreviated already by KHig Ed
ward' 3 death, because of the hoarse
ness from which he is suffering. A
throat specialist visited the palace
twice today and advised Col. Roosevelt
to stay indoors, as the weather was
blustery and rainy.
Col. Roosevelt . left his apartments
only once. He took lunch with Charles
H. Graves, the American minister, at
the legation and there met Sven Hedin,
the explorer; Dr. Nordenskjold, the
Antarctic explorer; Admiral Palander,
Prof. Arrhenius, who is connected with
the Nobel institute, and other scien
tific and literary people. He intended
to make a speech at the National mu
seum before the students and the
massed singing societies, but he gave
this up and instead bowed from the
balcony of the legation to the students
and singers who gathered in the street
below and Bang selections.
The combined choruses sang Swedish
songs and the Star Spangled Banner,
and at the conclusion of the singing
Col. Roosevelt expressed his thanks.
The crowds on both sides of the water
front facing tho legation were estl
matrd at between 30,0Q0 aud 40,000, the
greatest crowds, Minister Graves said,
he hail eve rspen in Stockholm. The
roofs of houses and the shipping in the
harbor were crowded and a mighty
shout went up when he appeared.
RECEIVES IN LEGATION
Later he received in the legation the
Swedish members of the inter-Parlia
mentary union. Senator Beckman re
ferred to Mr. Roosevelt's services to
the cause of peace, and the former
president replied briefly.
Prof. Gunnar Anderson presented to
him the first copy, Just from the press,
of the Norwegian geological survey,
which had been specially bound.
Arrangements had been made for
Mr. Roosevelt to go today to the Rid
darholmen to place a wreath on King
Oscar's tomb, but he sent Kermit in
his place.
The crown prince spent some time in
the colonel's roam In the forenoon and
had tea with him in the afternoon, at
which, also, the crown princess and
other members of the royal family were
present. •
Word comes to Stockholm that the
funeral of King Edward is likely to be
held May 17, which Is the day follow
ing the proposed arrival of Mr. Roose
velt in Liondon; hence the former pres
ident would be present for the funeral.
He is prepared to postpone his Oxford
lecture schedules for May IS should
the university authorities so desire.
While he has not heard from Berlin.
Mr. Roosevelt wishes that the imperial
plans for observing mourning be ar
ranged without regard to his visit.
After luncheon at the legation there
was an exchange of stories. Mr. Roose
velt being deeply interested in the ex
periences of Sven Hedin in Tibet.
The Roosevelt party will leave here
at 11 o'clock tomorrow for Berlin.
SHAKES PLUM TREE FOR
DAUGHTER; GETS LEMON
Halt! Cries Gillett When Lauck
"Fires" Clerk to Make
Room for Relative
(Special to The Herald.)
SACRAMENTO, May B.—That Adjt.
Gen. J. B. Lauck would sacrifice an ef
ficient office employe for the purpose
of making room on his payroll for his
attractive daughter, Mrs. Vlda Lawson,
Is the charge made today, following the
announcement that it was due to Gov
ernor Gillett's efforts that Harold Mc-
Intyre will continue in the service of
the state as one of the clerical heads of
its militia.
The trouble dates back several weeks,
it is said, when Controller Nye warned
the adjutant general that about June 1
there no longer would be extra money
on hand to keep Mrs. Lawson engaged.
She was employed to do some extra
work. I^auck, It is claimed, disliked to
discharge a member of his family, so
decided that Mclntyre, who has been
In the oiffco for nine years, starting
under Gen. George Stone, must vacate
in order that Mis. Uiwson might re
main employed. Incompetence and dla
loyality to tho guard was given as the
reason for Melnt.vre'.s "forced retire
ment."
Governor Giliott was appealed to hy
Uclntyre'l friends. At drat he was in
clined to .sustain tho general, but when
it dawn on him tint Kuuck was a
long time discovering Hie faults of the
clerk he probed still further, and after
learning the true secret ordered Mf
lntyre retained.
AMERICAN BULL FIGHTER
FATALLY GORED IN MEXICO
Wounded Man Kills Brute Before
Seeking Any Aid
MEXICO CITY, May B.—Harper Lee,
an American bull fighter, was gored
by a bull during a bull light at Guada
lajara tonight and is not expected to
live. A special received late tonight
by the Mexican Herald said that Lee,
with sixteen inches of his intestines
protruding from the wound made by
the bull, killed the animal and then
quietly walked to the stand where he
received medical aid.
The nerve displayed by the Ameri
can matador is the topic of conversa
tion in (Juadalajara. He Is now at the
home of his uncle In this city.
WANTS ECONOMIST TO
SAVE M ONEY FOR CITY
Socialist Alderman of Milwaukee
Will Introduce Resolution to
Fix Cost Unit
(Special to The Herald.)
MILWAUKEE, May B.—The city of
Milwaukee will be In a position to save
$500,000 yearly, if an adequate cost unit
for contracts and other municipal ex
penditures can be substituted for the
present haphazard way of doing busi
ness. This is the gist of opinions ex
pressed by the university professors
and other economists in conference
with Victor L. Berger, Socialist alder
man, at Madison.
Berger returned today with many
new ideas on municipal management.
He will introduce a resolution in the
council at the next meeting providing
for the employment of a professional
economist to make a study of various
departments of the city and devise an
up-to-date system of management.
"The secret of success of the trusts
in a large measure lies in their system
of keeping account of the cost of their
business," said Mr. Berger. "Why
shouldn't the city, when it has so much
buying to do, also have a system
whereby its officials may know just
how much everything it uses will cost?"
»—* _
KILLS SELF TO PUNISH
HER ACCUSED DETRAYER
Robbed of All by Alleged Bigamist
Reason Given
BAKERSFIELD, May B.—Brooding
over treatment received at the hands
of her husband, who Is now in jail
here charged with bigamy, Mrs. Julia
Goldberg, formerly of St. Louis and
later of San Francisco and Seattle,
shot herself through the head about
daylight this morning in the outskirts
of Moron. She was dead when found.
Goldberg was arrested three weeks
ago on complaint of the woman,
who said that after being married to
him on two weeks' acquaint?.nce he
induced her to sell her hotel business
and come to San Francisco with him.
Later, she alleged, she went with him
to Seattle, where he secured all her
money and deserted her. She said that
he returned and took from her trunk
$150 she had saved working in hotels.
Later she learned he had married a
woman In Manford, she said.
Some days after her marriage he
forged her name to a check, which she
paid to save him from prison, she al
leged. Goldberg was found at Moron.
At the time of making the complaint
Mrs. Goldberg told friends she intended
to kill herself as punishment to her
husband. Goldberg's preliminary ex
amination is set for Tuesday, May 10.
MANY SKINNED IN GRAFT
OPERATION AT VANCOUVER
Friends' Cuticle to Cover 504
Inches of Man's Leg
VANCOUVER, Wash., May B.—A
skin grafting operation of unusual pro
portions was commenced here today
on Otto Johnson, a railroad man of
this city, who wan seriously burned
on the left leg, between the hip and
ankle, some weeks ago, bu the explo
sion of an oil stove.
The area to be covered amounts to
504 square inches and fourteen fellow
employes today each contributed three
square inches of skin and next Sunday
as many as possible of seventy more
will contribute the same amount.
The .skin grafting will continue each
week until the whole of the burned
area is covered.
BODY OF DEAD MAN FOUND
BESIDE THAT OF BULL SNAKE
PHOENIX, Ariz.. May 8, The body
of an unidentified dead man well ad
vanced in years was found In the Mar-
Icopa irrigating canal four miles east
of Phoenix, today. Beside it was the
dead body of a big bull snake. The
bull snake is not poisonous and prob
ably the presence of the snake was
merely a coincidence.
The body of another man of ad
vanced years, a cook named Riley, was
found late this afternoon in the Santa
Fe railroad yards here. Death was due
to natural causes.
MOTHER'S MISTAKE COSTS
LIFE OF INDIAN CHILD
PHOENIX, Ariz., May B.—A little In
dian girl Dt Mesa t'iiy dl«d today af
ter eating pills containing strycl
thinking they were candy. The parent*
are educated Indian! employed by the
tCeaa City FTe« PreM. Tiny bad just
moved into a house recently vacated
by another family. The child found
the pill*, ate acme and ihowed the oth
ers to tier mother. The mother tasted
them. Tiny were Bweel and sho de
clded they were candy and told the
child to eat tho rest ot them.
SINGLE COPIES: nAii/rse. on trails s*.
Oli> \J(ljlli V^V^-C-llifO . HI'NDAYSc. ON TRAINS 10f.
EXPLOSION KILLS 15, INJURES 50;
ROCKS HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
AT OTTAWA, FOUR MILES AWAY
Curiosity Lures Victims to Burning Powder
Mill Near Hull, Quebec; Frantic
Warnings Are Ignored
SCENE RESEMBLES A BATTLEFIELD
Great Area Is Laid Waste; Town Left in
Darkness; Buildings Wrecked;
Large Trees Snapped Off
;
[Associated Press]
OTTAWA, Ont., May B.— explosion today wrecked the plant of the Gen
eral Explosives company of Canada, near Hull, Quo., killing fifteen per
sons and injuring fifty others.
The force of the explosion was terrific. The country, for miles around
was laid waste and many small dwellings in the city of Hull, on the side
nearest the scene of the explosion, were flattened to the ground.
A baseball game was in progress a short distance from the powder
works about 6 p. m. The teams were playing the last inning, and when a
fire was seen in one of the small buildings of the powder plant the crowd
began to swarm up the hill to get a better view of the blaze.
Warning of the danger came to the onlookers in two minor explosions
soon after the fire got well under way. A shower of sparks and fragments
of the wrecked building fell among the spectators and there was a scurrying
out of what was considered the danger zone.
WARNINGS OF MANY IGNORED
Some men in the crowd, aware of the possibility of the danger when the
main magazine was reached, pleaded with the crowd to go still farther back
and many of them heeded the warning. Others, apparently enjoying the ele
ment of danger in the spectacle, stood within 1000 yards of the burning build
ings. They were kept on the gui vive by detonations that sent showers of
burning brands in all directions. ' •
The baseball game broke up and the rest of the spectators and players
rushed up to join the crowd at the fire. It was then that the magazine ex
ploded. There were two stunning detonations. Everything within a radius
of a mile and a half was torn and shattered. Giant trees were snapped off
close to the earth; barns and dwelling houses were converted into kindling
wood and even in Ottawa, four miles from the scene, hundreds of plate glass
windows were broken.
SCENE RESEMBLES A BATTLEFIELD
The scene where the crowd from the baseball game stood resembled a bat
tlefield. Headless, armless and legless bodies were lying about among scores
of unconscious forms.
The silence that followed the final death-dealing blast was more terrify
ing than the cries and moans which came with a return of consciousness of
the badly injured.
The terrific shock brought thousands of terror-stricken people into the
streets of Hull. Some thought it was an earthquake, -while others cried out
that the comet had struck the earth. Hundreds of / chimneys were toppled
over and there is scarcely, a whole window left in the northeastern section of
the city.
The first call for aid from the hospitals and the police came from the
section of the city nearest the magazines. There it was found that fully
forty small frame buildings had been shattered and that many injured peo
ple were imprisoned in the wreckage.
WOUNDED CROWD HOSPITALS
It was fully an hour and a half after the explosion that word came into
the city of the disaster. Ambulances and automobiles were rushed to the
scene and the seriously injured were carried to the Hull hospitals until .-.
there was no room for more, and then they were brought to Ottawa.
In this city, four miles from the explosion, the terror inspired was scarce
ly less than that at Hull. The earth trembled, buildings shook and hun
dreds of windows were shattered. The great cloud of smoke that mounted
in a column over Hull quickly indicated the true cause of the terrifying
shocks. . • .» "
Rideau Hall, the offical home of Earl Grey, and the buildings on Parlia
ment hill caught the full force of the explosion, being two miles nearer
the powder plant than is the main section of the city. j
Every window in one side of Rldeau Hall was blown out and two great
stone chimneys toppled over on the roof of the building. The parliament
buildings were also badly damaged.
EARL GREY AND FAMILY DRIVEN OUT
. Rideau Hall is still occupied by Earl Grey and his family. The wholo
viceregal establishment fled panic stricken to the street. They were soon
assured that there was no further danger. As soon as Earl Grey learned the
extent of the damage he ordered a detachment of troops sent across ■ the
river to help the authorities. ,'•)"• JV.l'-v,
The building in which the main explosion occurred was built of solid .'
stone, the walls being two feet thick. Fragments of stone weighing up
to 1000 pounds were shot through the air for a quarter of a mile, shattering
the -frame buildings of workingmen which run within an eighth of a mile
of the factory.
SISTERS SITTING AT TABLE KILLED
In a home just north of the works two sisters were killed while sitting
at the supper table. John Blanchfield was sitting with his wife in the door
of his homo when a fragment of rock killed him but left his wife unharmed.
The head of a boy was cut clean off from his body.
Louis McCann, a laborer, was crushed by falling fragments. Ho was
started for an Ottawa hospital in an automobile, but when it was seen
that he was dying the car was stopped in front of the Catholic church.
There, standing on the steps, a priest administered the last sacraments a
few moments before McCann died.
The electric light works were disabled and the city of Hull was left in'
darkness. This added to the confusion and the difficulty of locating vic
tims.
The Ottawa hospitals were crowded with injured and it was almost cer
tain that some of these are so badly hurt that the list of fatalities will
grow. - '; -':•"•'■'
PITCHED BATTLE AT MINE;
1 KILLED, SCORE WOUNDED
Volleys of Bullets Exchanged by
Strikers and Guards
PITTSBURG, May B.—ln a riot at
the Westmoreland Coal company mine
at Yukon, thirty miles from here, one
man was killed tonight, two others fa
tally hurt and more than a score
wounded.
A squad of thirty guards employed
by the company clashed with the min
ers and revolvers and shotguns were
used freely for fully twenty minutes.
Paul Kornan, a miner, aged 35, and
married, was shot through the heart
and killed. An unknown woman and
a child received bullet wounds. Three
guards bear bullets In legs or arms,
and many miners tutve similar wounds.
Accounts of the origin of the trouble
differ, en« story being that a number
Of nun barricaded themselves in their
houses and from windows emptied
shotguns Into a crowd of strike
breakers.
CENTS
BENSON OF LAND FRAUD
F;JfeE DIES SUDDENL
Contra Costa Millionaire Dro,
Dead on Way to Ranch
SAN FRANCISCO, May B.—John A.
Benson, the Contra Costa county mil
lionaire, who two years ago was
Charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government In timber land deals,
dropped dead today while on the way;
to his ranch In Contra Costa county.
Benson recently completed a year's
sentence in the Alameda county Jail,
his appeal to the supdenu? court after
his conviction having been denied.
TO REDRAFT RAILWAY BILL
WASHINGTON, May B.—Senators
Klkius and Nelson wern In <-onferenc«
with President Tart today discusslnff
the railroad bill. Tho last three
tiona of the hill. It is said, will be re
framed and Senator Elkins will Insist
on a section in the bill Riving author
ity for some control of the capltallaa
tion of railroads.

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