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HE R ALD
ElPaso, Texas,
Monday Evening,
July 10,1911 12 Pife
ASSOCIATED PRESS
' Leased Wire.
OTCTHER fTORECASI.
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Pif ty Peet of tlie Canutillo
Structure Destroyed; End
of Chamberino Bridge Out!
WES? Elfl) IS CUT OF?
PROM COMMU3HCATIOK
High -water In the Hio Grande and
crumbling river banks, resulting from
recent rains, resulted Sunday night
and Mondav In the -washing out of
the bridges across the ,Rio Grande at
Canutillo and Chamberino, above El
Paso, and in rendering the bridge at
Mesqulte impossible to 'cross by the
washing away of Its approaches.
The destruction of, the Bridges ren
ders 4the -west side of the valley Im
possible of access from the east side.
No damage -by flood other than the
-washing away of bridges occurred at
ithr- PstniiHlln or fihamherino. and
at the latter place the river lacks three
feet of being to the danger point, al-
though it is still rlsin
There is no' flood damage in the
city.
CaHutillo Bridge "Wrecked.
"With a boom that could be heard
for more than a mile. 50 feet of the
-wooden bridge over the Rio Grande
at Canutillo, 13 miles northwest of EL
Paso, crashed dffwn into the river at
2 oclock Moonday morning and washed
down -along the river.
Quihlno Carreon, who had been
lashed to the bridge while he was
keeping brush -away from the piling,
narrowly escaped being crushed and
drowned. He had stood on duty all
night and but a few minutes before
the crash came hehad taken the rope
from around his Waist and had gone
up onto the structure to rest 4for a
spell.
The river had been eating out th
bank on the New Mexico side, for sev
eral days, as is Its habit after the
water" has receded somewhat. Slowly j
but surely it ate into the bank, and I
then finding its -way into a scoop near
the west end of the bridge, got under
the piling and 50 feet of the structure
crashed down Into the waters with a
deafening roar.
Men rushed from the nearby ranch
houses, and farmers from bora sides
of the river hurried to the scene, and
early in the morning secured lumber
and commenced the immediate con
struc'fion of a temporary foot bridge,
to be used until the span and a half
washed out can be replaced. 'The foot
bridge will be -finished today.
County surveyor' J. "W. Eubank hur
ried to Canutillo Monday morning and
directed the work of reconstruction.
He said" that the whole bridge can be
refinlshed In five or six days.
A -heavy rain at 6:30 Sunday evening
is believed to have -weakened the bank
by moistening it, and when the water
came with a rush .along the bank it
could not stand thV Impelling force
and gave way.
The Canutillo bridge, which Is 140
feet long, may be . replaced by a steel
structure, as the county commis
sioners are considering such action.
They can secure one steel span In
El Paso at cost and as all county
bridged are built of steel where
possible, it is very probable, that a
steel structure will replace it.
No other damage is reported at Can
utillo, though the water, continues t
eat away the bank at Montoya, a fe-rt
miles southeast.
Cars Tied Up.
The street cars on the Mexico and
Second ward lines were stopped for
a short time during the rain, on ac
count of the track at the corner of
Seventh and Stanton streets being
flooded. Nearly two feet of water cov
ers the track at this point. The Juarez
cars were started running over the
Santa Fe bridge a little before 10
oclock. and "both going to and return
ing from Juarez the cars ran over this
route. The Second ward cars axe being j
bein
run on Oregon street. ,It ,wlll take
about three or four hours to remove
the water from the tracks on Stanton
street and have the track in shape for
traffic.
Commissioners DIschss Rebuilding.
At the meeting of the "county com
missioners Monday morning, the dam
age -to the bridge at Canutillo was
brought before the court.
J. W. Eubank, connty surveyor, who
had been sent to the bridge when the
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CH1NIPAS HOLDING OUT,
LOYA IGNORES PEACE,
WA TER AND
Alamos, Sonora, Hex., June 30. (By
Mail Delayed.) A chapter in the his
tory of the Mexican revolution, of which
hut little has reached the .outside world
on account of the remoteness of the
ecene of action, but which des'erves spe
cial mention because of the heroism
shown by some of the participants, was
the defence of Chinipas by citizens and j
federals against the insurreetos.
This little town, the center of a mining
district in southwestern. Chihuahua, has
been under siege from the 11th of April
until the present time, and even yet the
siege has not been raised, though it is
expected that the arrival of Gen. Luque
with 600 federals within the next day
or two will finally restore tranquility
..to the troubled district.
About 75 citizen volunteers under jefe
politico Beinaldo Ahnada, 100 federals
under Coli- Manuel Reyes, and as many
nacionales under Capt. Francisco Oota
have held the place for nearly three
months against the attacks of 1000 in
surreetos under command of Manuel
Loya, formerly aminer in the employ
of the Bio Plata Mining company, and
ltataei uecerro, oi Jatopilas.
The water supply from the river was
cut off the first day of the siege and
during all this thne-i-the hottest and
most unhealthy period of the year the
El Paso Burros Will Be the
Feature of Great Pageant
Tuesday Night.
HUNDRED BANDS TO
DISPENSE MELODIES
EL PASO SHRINERS GIVEN
CLAM BAKE AT COKEY -
New York, N. Y., July 10.
- Texas Shrlners arrived here -
Sunday after a pleasant voyage
from Galveston. All El Pasoans
& and thein burros are in good -
- health. They were given a -
& clam bake at Coney Island by
- the New York Shrlners Sun- -O
day afternoon. They leave this -
afternoon for Rochester. &
?-"
J Rochester, X. Y.. July 10
"When
l Rochester awoke this morning it found
Itself the host of the liveliest and big-
gest bunch of good fellows that ha
ever assembled in any city of the east.
The occasion was the imperial council
of the Mystic Shrine, which meets In'
this city all this -week.
..w w.
have been arriving by thousands since,
Saturday. Every hotel Is filled;
dwellings have 'been pressed irito ser
vice; the railroad yards are filled with
special trains of Pullman coacbes; the
! city parks are made into camping
grounds for the visitors and every town
within a. radius of 30 miles is filled to
overflowing with the Shriners.
Never in the east has there been a
convention that will equal this. Only
the Mardi Gras, , or the Los Angeles
Flower carnival can compare with the,
scenes of lavish display here this
week.
In the first place, the chamber of
commerce of Rochester has donated
$10,000 for illuminations. The members
of Damascus Shrine have duplicated
jg amount. The electrical display for
brilliance and uniqueness has never
been equaled in this country. For
four months, electrical experts have
been busy with the deslgns.v
Rochester is the birthplace of the
Shrine and George A. Leder, the father
of the order, is on hand 'to -welcome all
Shrlners. Damascus temple has ar
ranged for a week of entertainment
hat will not leave a moment, of leisure.
The entire fleet of the Rochester Yacht
club is at the disposal of the Shrlners
and their wives; hundreds of automo
biles are' free to the visitors and every
saddle horse In Rochester and vicinity
has been engaged for the big parade.
EI Paso Burros a Feature.
Tomborrow evening the great pa
geant will move. It will be most
spectacular in the history of Shrinedom
and will extend over a line of more
than 10 miles. Temples from practical
ly every city in the United States will
participate with distinctive floats and
handsomely uniformed patrols. Over
100 'bands are already in the city for
this paTade. The floats represent an
outlay of thousands of dollars and crit
ics say they surpass those of the Mardi
Gras at New Orleans. A feature of the
parade will be El Maida temple" of El
Paso, mounted on burros.
The Shrlners from Los Angeles. Cal.,
will appear in the parade on 100 coal
black horses; one of the Texas templf
will be mounted on calico qolored
bronchos, and the Memphis, Tenn., tem
ple will have a herd of camels to carry
them over the line of march. Besides j
these, a South Takota temple will have
a black bear for each member, and
other localities will display live stock
characteristic of their country. The
entire display will be enough to stock
a half dozen big circuses. The animals
are to be presented ito the city after
the parade. t
The line of march for the parade is a
fairy land of color. The fronts of the
business houses on the mninJstreets of
th fttv flre entirely covered with
flags, bunting and electrical devices.
After the parade tomorrow evening
the paitrols will be escorted to Barthele
may hall, where a unique vaudeville
program will be given. Performers
from all parts of the wprld have been
engaged and only male members of the
order will be allowed within the doors.
The "Water Carnival
The big feature of the entire con
vention will be the water carnival at
Genesee "Valley park. Rochester's wa-
JContinued on Pago Two).
FOOD SCANT
only available water has been secured
froin two or three wells within the town
and carried from the river during the
night.
The inhabitants and soldiers have had
no meat for weeks, probably not since
the first two weeks of tae siege, and
the supply of provisions of other kinds
has run very loyv.
The ratification of -peace in Juarez
brought no peace to this besieged village
in the mountains. Eearing atrocities
which the insurreetos were reported to
have committed in Guazapares, jefe po
litico Almada and Col. Beyes, backed by
the sentiment of the entire population',
persistently refused to surrender the
'town. v
Governor Gonzales of Chihuahua and
Madero both telegraphed the insurrecto
leader Loya, ordering' him to raise the
siege and bring his forces to Chihuahua
city, but the latter ignored the orders.
Finally the governor sent a commissioner
from Juarez to straighten out the mat
ter, but he only succeeded in stopping the
fio-hting and reestablishing telegraphic
communication which had been cut off
J since the beginning of the siege. 2sTow it
is expected that the arrival of Gen. Lu
qu with several hundred federals in
tha next day or two will iirlly end the
long contpt.
New Order Makes for Stability of Government and Political Freedom
$Iany Abuses are Being Abolished and Outside Capitakis En
couraged But Grafting Methods are Discontinued--Fears
of Renewal of Hostilities Groundless.
" ' (By Georg-e H. Clements.)
Chihuahua, Mexico, jniy io. T he question uppermost in the minds or me- trcsted In Mexico at the pres
ent time is: "Has peace come to stay?" nrt the answers to that question -when put verbally or In writing are as
numerous and varied ns are the men g Ivingr .them.
The writer has just returned from a trip as far south as Torreon, as far west as Santa Barbara, and to many
points far from the railroad In the district which was the scene of the most active operations of the Maderlstas
during the recent unpleasantness, which ended in the capture of Juarez and the downfall of the Diaz government,
and in his judgment peace has come an d has come to stay.
That statement will be denied by many, among them Americans of reasonably sound judgment and of long
residence in the country which, in their opinion, particularly qualifies them to speak on this subject of such vi
tal moment, not only to themselves an d their fellow foreign residents, but t o all foreigners having business rcla-'
tions with Mexico as -well. Nevertheless, peace has come and has come to stay.
There undoubtedly will be differ-
ences between rival factions that may
result in physical violence it would ! sure, some striking examples of simi
be strange if that Were not the case; larity, but In the Mexican as In the
but so far as the nation Is concerned
it may be set down as a fact that or
ganized war is at an end. The people,
and that Includes all, rich or poor,
high, low and middle class; merchant,
miner, cattleman, farmer or laborer
all are tire4 of war and want no more
o it, , and to avoid it are willing to
i TT1H.KH H.n fMHIl Hi UllllSifc? IWllUU ill icuu
to prevent a recurrenceof armed con
flict. Certain it is that Mexico is much
' more at peace now than was Cuba at
Vie Close oi me opamsu-.A.ujei:n;u..u wtu
and for months thereafter, and those
familiar with history know that there"
Is not nearly the trouble, nor Is there
Mkely to he, that existed in the south
ern portion of the United States fol
lowing the war between the states.
Troubles of Construction.
Mexico must go through a period of
reconstruction, and reconstruction iq
always accompanied by more or less
bitterness which will often manifest
Itself in violence on the part of those
who find it hard to adapt themselves
to the new order of things.
Those who predict that the worst Is
yet to come, point to the many strikes
and other manifestations of unrest
which have occurred since the cessa
tion of armed hostilities as evidences
of tbe soundness bf their prediction,
evidently forgetting that in the United
States, Great Britain, France and Ger
mans', where perfect peace Is supposed
to reign; strikes are common and some
times national and even International
in character. x
Not Like French Revolution.
"The peon is in power," say some,
and those profess to find an analogy
between present day conditions in Mex
ico and those which existed in France
during the stormy period of recon- J
Mayor C. E. Kelly, waterworks super
intendent W. E. B.s and the city coun
cil are formulating a plan to reduce the
city's fire insurance key rate to its low-
est' possible figure. Everything is to be
done to give El Paso a low fire insur
ance rate that can be done, and a survey
of the items listed in the key rate as
deficiencies gives an idea, of what may i
be done in the reduction of the key rate
if the improvements are made as re
quired by the state actuary's office.
There is a deficiency in the pumps at
the pumping plants. This is a charge
of 4 cents in the key rate. The pumps
are not in duplicate as required, and the
city plant does noi iiave direct pressure
into its -mains from the pumping plants.
The. item of a -standpipe is not necessary
in El Paso, as the elevation o the
waterworks plant is sufficient to give
a good gravity flow. There is also a
charge of o cents m the ke" rate because
the numps of tiie waterworks plant are
ns-i- nAnmtfii-a -frt -fVio lamnnrl TlilQ i
makes a tojal of 9 cents Jthat is "charged '
m tne Key rate against xa jraao oecuuse
of the pumping plant defects. Most of
these defects, if not all, can be remedied,
and it is thus possible to make a reduc
tion in the key rate of 9 cents.
Building ASds to Rate.
The pumping plant building is the
cause of a charge of 10 cents being made
in the kev rate. The building is iron
clad when the requirements are that it I
shall be non-combustible. By rebuilding
the pumping plant of fireproof material
it will Ibe possible to eliminate 10 cents
in charges from the key rates. With
the pumping charges of 9 cents and the
charge of 10 cents for tne pumping plant
buildang, a reduction of 19 cents will be
possible as soon as these defects are
remedied. This will reduce the key rate,
to 25 cents.
Mains Decifient.
The waterworks mains are deficient
40 ipercent, according to the analyzed
key rate. This add3 a charge of 4 cents
to the key rate. A large amount of
new mains are being installed and have
been laid recently. For each , 10 per
cent reduction of this deficiency a credit
of 1 cent is allowed. There is also a
charge in the key rate because the mains
are not 'wholly cast iron. On San Fran
cisco streeet there is a quantity of
burned clay .pipe yet in service, which,
if xeplaced with standard cast iron pip
ing, would eliminate a part, if not all
of this charge. There was a deficiency
of 25 percent on fire hydrants. This
added 3 cents to the key rate. By in
stalling the "required number of fire hy
drants this charge of 3 cents has been
largely eliminated, thus making possible
the reducing of the key rate to 22 cents.
Fire Department Charges.
The fire department is charged 3 cents
for deficiency of men, and one hook and
ladder wagon. The shortage of men in
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struction which followed the triumph
of the Sans Culottes. There are, to be
French cases they are the exception
and not the rule.
A story Is told in tSuanacevi in the
northern portion of the state of Du
rango of the "mozo" of a well known
hacendado who had achieved some
fame as a petty leader of Maderistas,
and who, upon his return to the haci
enda at the close of the revolution,
walked into the refectory, seated him
self In his former master's . chair and
demanded of the criada that she bring
i
! him his breakfast. He terrorized the
servants wn.ii uis uiwauu auu umouc.
but when his former master, attracted
By the commotion, arrived upon the
scene he become mild as milk, retreated
to his former quarters, after giving up
his rifle, revolver and belts of car
tridges, and is now conducting him
self and taking orders as In days of j
1U . . , . ,
Other Instances Belated
One or two other cases, though hard-
ly.as exaggerated, are told of at Par-I
rabUtibeSere T r"f ef,?lUrfd,to go away to their homes, after
rather than the rule, and should be . . ... 0 e.M ' ,t w,,
uausc ivi nuuaciCAii. (wm iiit-iiimuv r
Mit rn fir-wm tt " nwt ai nTl1 " i T" I TT an
Stber f? hai?nnthfn MTXLlV
theory that the peon is in the saddle ,,
and ready to ride to the devil, carrying ,
cue -"""J """"" , .
Some fault is being found with the
Maderista government because It Is not
disarming the soldiers of the former
army of liberation when it pays and
disbands them.
Gen. Pasqual Orozco was ,asked
through an Interpreter whyrt tiisjas
not aone, ana tne reasons ite gave -were
logical at any rate. He said In sub
stance that If an attempt were made
to disarm the men that they would
oecome suspicious ui a. irtca. uua wuuia
go to their homes dissatisfied and dis-
the department, which is now being ring of additional mains and the stand
remedied, is a charge of 1 cent itf the j ardizing of the mains now being used,
key rate, and the additional hook and a still further reduction is possible. This
ladder wagon a charge of 2 cents, mak- will give El Paso a key rate of less than
ing a possible reduction' of 3 cents by 19 cents, or 25 cents lower than it" is
the addition of men and apparatus, or I at present. The corresponding reduction
a. rprlivHrm in ihf -rut p in 1 9 ppnf ??. The i in thp insurance rates would rrmke i
fire alarm sysiem is 20 percent deficient '
because there are not a sufficient num- i
ber of boxes and because of the worn '
condition of the svstem. This is a!
Charge of 1 cent in the rate and it is .
in the key rate of that amount by adding J IN GvREEX THEATER
the necessary alarm boxes and remodel-
There arenarges in tKe key rate that j Opening Sessions of EdllCa
are fixed for the present at least. The Ugflt j tinnal A Qcmiofinn TToIrl
nnd high tension -wires cause a charge
ot b cents in the basic rate. For the
present this must remain in the rate, as
it x will require three years for the wires
to be sunk in conduits. The railroad
crossing obstruction is another fixed
charge of 2 cents which cannot be re- i
moved except by sinking the tracks or i
sending the trains around Dv.the river j
on ahalf bojt, which will require a num-
ber of years to do. Another f ixed
emiree is xne cents in cne re lor i
shingle roofs.
Nineteen Cent Ratp Possible.
By making all the changes that r.re
possible to be made in the waterworks
svstem and fire department, including
the fire alarm svstem. it ic wvssihlp
Tinf i Vpv -rntp nf IQ oontc on K Vn1 I
within a comparatively short time. With
the reduction mndp iniWr lw ,i,0 i. i
the reduction made possible by the lay-
Realty Men Worked
Fog Valley Joy Rides
Auto trips down the valley are only
for those with the bankroll or the
folks with a first mortgage on the cot
tage. But the local real estate men
have discovered that the people of
moderate means have got wise to-a way
of touring the valley without expense
to themselves.
The scheme Is simple. Make a noise
like a land buyer, talk to some real
estate daaler about alfalfa acreage,
ditches and cost ' of clearing. It is
esentlal that the real estate man havo
an. auto at his disposal, else the game
will be for naught. Get prices on sev
eral tracts down the valley, the further
down -the better for the longer the ulti
mate ride.
After nibbling a sufficient length of
time to assure the tenant of realty row
that it Is a for sure sale, suggest that
one would like to look at said tract.
A ride is arranged and with as many
of the family as is possible to get into
Mr. R. I. Estate's car, the car geos
piroueting down the valley. Then ad
vance reasons why a purchase would
not be convenient at that particular
time.
Its a scheme that has been worked.
gruntled. The men, he said, for the
most part were ranchers who needed
guns with which! to kill game or pro
tect themselves and their herds and
flocks against the depredations of
j predatory wild beasts.
Guns Retained Are Old.
"When paid off they were given their
choice between taking .their arms
which, as a rule, are hid model "Win
chesters, or $25 in money, but as a rule
they preferred the arms and took them,
although no Mausers or other military
models or even high power guns of the
Bportlng type were permitted to be
taken.
Men Go Home Satisfied.
Under these conditions the men go
home satisfied Gen.' Orozco said also
that were an attempt made to disarm
the men that many bands then out
(this conversation was had about three
weeks ago) might and probably would
refuse to -come in and remain In the
hills In semi-organization, a menace to
j the peace of the state. The authorities
j. f .. . mn ... , t
nuui iuc uiuu iu vuuic in iu ucauqua-
ters to see and be seen, to become ac-
... . ... ..a. -,lt,Ml lMaM
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ed: out recognized a a part of the ma-
; . of government
lluLS From Foothills.
This he thought would have a tend-
ency to minimize any disposition on the
part of minor leaders at least to pur-
sue a guerilla warfare, and with the
leaders under control the rank and
file are harmless because powerless,
Gen. Orozco has seemed at least to
answer thosfr who fear that the "bron-l
,co" Mexicans, as the dwellers in the
hills are sometimes termed, having
learned, during the seven or eight
months of the revolution how easy it
it to get a living with a gun will not
tContlnued on Pge'Thre-.)
difference of many thousands in the an-'
nnai premiums paid by El Paso policy
holders.
EDUCATOSS MUST
at Berkeley. v
San Francisco', Calif., July 10. In
surroundings typifying the best of the
civilization and education of ancient
Grpwo th jqv. i .
T , convention of the
NatIonal Education associationr opened
this afternoon in the Greek -theater
of the University of California at
Berkeley. The educators were wel
comed to California by Gov. Hiram "W.
Johnson, mayor P. H. McCarthy of San
Francisco, C. C. Moore, president of
the Panama Pacific exposition, and
president Benjamin I. Wheeler of the
University of California.
iicopuiie wu.: uiiiue on uenaix ox tne
, Z.Z 7" uuert d- Aie' president
of the University of Maine.
After an addres9 by president Ella
Flagg Young of the association, out
lining the work of the convention, rou
tine work was taken up.
The treasurer's report and the report
of the board of trustees received dur
ing the day shows that the association
is faring well financially.
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PRESIDENTIAL CROWD
RETURNS FROM CRUISE.
? "Washington. D C.vTulv 10.
: President Taft and his senatorial
yachting party returned to
Washington this morning after
two days down the coast and
up the Chesapeake bay and Po-
tomac river. After the Mayflow-
er docked the president went to
the white house for breakfast.
Half an hour later he was at
work In the executive offices.
The president and his guests
left politics and the cares of
state behind and gave them
selves over to thorough enjoy-
ment of the salt breezes.
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STEEL TONNAGE REPORT.
New York, July 10. The United Steel
corporation announced that the unfilled
tonnage on its books on June 30 totaled
3,361,056 tons against 3,113,187 tons on
the books May 31,
It Is Alleged to Have Been
Written' by His Brother
Charlie for G-uggenheims
PEOBE IS RESUMED
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
"Washington, D. C, Juy 10. Com
missioner Fred S. Dennett, of the gen
eral land office and Miss M. A. Abbott,
a writer, both subpenaed as witnesses,
were present today when the housa
committee on expenditures In the in
terior department began an Inquiry in
to charges of an alleged "grab" of
valuable water front lands on Con
troller Bay, Alaska, by the Guggenheim
Interests.
Published charges have been made
that Richard S. Ryan, of New York,
claimed to be a secret agent of xthe
Guggenheim syndicate, wrote a letter
to former secretary of the interior Bal
linger, declaring that (Ryan) had ask
ed Charles P. Taft to spea'k to hi3
brother, president Taft, about the con-
troller Bay claims and that following
this the president made "no further
objection to my claim."
The land is said" to have been wanted
as a termidus for railroads from the
Guggenheim mine properties.
Commissioner Dennett was summoned
to tell what he knew of an order by
the .president throwing the land open
to entry. Misa Abbott claimed to have
made a copy of the alleged letter from
Ryan to Ballinger. '
Immediately following his return to
"Washington today, president Taft set
his office force to work to Investigate
the Controller Bay affair.
All four of the departments inter
ested were requested to make inves
tigations and- report any information
that might be found. Controller Bay
and Charles P. Taft letter files were
searched for a ltter to the president
from his brother in regard to this mat
ter, the report that such a letter had
j been written having been brought to
lw, oe!j.c ,tontinn fnr fh -first
the president's attention for the first
time this morning.
Charles P. Taft is now In Europe.
Look for Letter is. Ohio.
A communication has been sent to
Charles P. Taft's secretary at Cincln-
i nati. asking that an inquiry for such
letter be instituted there. Mr. Taft said
! he had never discussed R. S. Ryan or
i Controller Bay with his brother, and
j had received no letter so far as he
could remember. It Is explained that
R. S. Ryan representing the Controller
j Bay Navigation company, secured a
I frontage of 80 -rods of the water front
on the bay making, the department of
ficials declare, a monopoly impossible.
The matter was passed upon by the
cabinet in regular form, it was stated.
Letter Xot Found.
Tt -nra stated at the white house that
a careful search ofthe files in the ex-
! emitire off Ice .failed to reveal any rec-
ord of a letter to the president, from
Charles P. Taft concerning Ryan, or
Bearing in any way upon the Con
treller Bay affair.
The most Important development ot
the investigation of the case by the
house committee of the interior de
partment today was the"" testimony of
commissioner Dennett of the genera,
land office, that the claimants repre
sented by Richard S. Ryan, of New
York, said to represent the Gu'ggeM.
heim Interests, had benefited by the
commission's final official paper.
Part of Order Lost.
Mr. Dennett said that -when the ex
ecutive order opening the Controller
bay land to entry Teached his office.
It contained a provision under which
entrymen could not file on the land
for 60 days after the order was Issued.
In some way or other, he did not know
how, he said, this provision was lost
or eliminated before the final promul
gation of the order. This omission, he
admitted, gave great advantage to the
Ryan claimants who were on th
ground when the order reached Juneau.
Mr. Dennett said that the first draft,
which, in accordance with the usual
custom was prepared at the depart
ment of agriculture, contained the 60
days provision but that it was not in the
order as finally signed by the presi
dent. "Who struck it out?"
"I do not know."
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BUILDING "WORKERS OX
A STRIKE IX IMIIIS.
Paris, France, July lu
Twenty-five thousand union
building workers struck today
to enforce a demand that the
piece work system be abolished
and their dailywages Increased.
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Mystery arid Thrills
The Herald's New Serial
"The Skv Pirate"
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By Garrett P. S e rv i s s
Deals with "War Above the Clouds and is a Rotable
Forecast of the Future given in Most Interesting1 and
Thrilling Story.
The opening chapter Vill appear in a few days in
The Herald. '
You May Prepare for a Serial Treat
New York Swelters In Heat
More Depressing Than
Before.
PEOSTEATIONS ARE
INCREASING HOURLY
New York, N. Y., July 10. The heat
wave that showed signs of having beea
broken last week, returned at sunrise
this mora'ing' to claim new dominion
over the city and Its exhausted mil
lions. A stifling humidity prevailed and
prostrations began to come In with,
the earliest police reports. Two deaths
occurred -during the nlghti The tre
mendous demand" for ,mllk and Ice has
made both scarce and prices have risea
5f HHy Horses Fall.
At noon the temperature was 94 and
prostrations increased rapidly. So many
horses fell that nnayor Gaynor bad&
police commissioner "Waldo to Instruct
the police to !nterfere in all cases
where they thought horses were over
loaded. The local forecast said: Barometric
Indications are In favor of another
warm period. The maximum tempera
ture will be above 95 degrees this aft
ernoon and about that figure tomorrow.
The maximum of last week's heat
was 98.
Fittslmr Asala Het
Pittsburg, Pa July 10. The exces
sive heat in Pittsburg had not abated
and the discomfort is increased by In
creased humidity. The continued short
age of IcS increased the suffering:
At 1:30 p. jo. 90 degrees was regis
tered. ,
Ice Shortage 1m Ckieas.
Chicago, Hi., July 10. The Ice situ
ation' here is the most serious hera
smce 1868, it was announced today inr
connection with a raise in the price ofr
ice from 81-2 to 10 cents par hundred
to big users. The advance for family,
consumption, however, is only 5 cants.
It is said economy will be necessary
to make the supply last the season.
Hottest ef SBsaaer.
Philadelphia Pa.. July 10. This Is
one of the hottest days of the summer
in Philadelphia and vicinity, the official
thermometer showing 96 at 1 oclock
and still climbing. So far today there
have been eight deaths from .the heat,
making a total of 122 since the spell
of extraordinary heat began.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 10. Follow
ing a wind, tbnndr and rainstorm here
I sbortly after noon, the temperature
i Hrnnncrt 14 deerees. registering 73 at 1
oclock.
The storm, today Is believed to have
effectually broken tne heat wave, which
has caused much suffering and pro
duced practically "an. ice famine.
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IS ACCOUNTED FOR
STo lives Wexe Lost in the
Wrecking of Steamer
''Santa Eosa.
San Francisco, Cal.. July 10. Every
passenger dn the steamer Santa. Rtj3a,
wrecked near Point Arsruello, has been
accounted for, according- to a state
ment given out today by C D. Dntsann,
general passenger agent of the Pacific
Steamship- company. C. H. Stark, Mrs.
C. It Payne, and Mrs. Spayne, the threat
reported missing yesterday, have beenj
found. Stark decided not to take the
trip at the last moment and had hig
ticket redeemed at the local ticket of
fice. " Mrs. Spayne also was notfaboaxd the
steamer, while Mrs. C. !. Payne waa
rescued without mishap and is no'w in
?anta Barbara.
Thesireport of the passenger depart
ment confines the deadest to one of
ficer and three seamen, .who were
drowned when a small boat was
crushed against the side of the
steamer.
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THREE DROWN WHEN
LAKE STEAMER SINKS.
; Saulte. Ste Marie, Mich., July
10. Three lives were lost early
today when the steamer John
Mitchell of Chicago, was sunk
A in a collision with the steamer
W. H. Mack, of YermillRm Point,
Lake Superior.
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Albert 3Iast left over the Santa Fe
Sunday for San Marcial, X. M.
In Lverv Chapter