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RALD
El Pao, Texas,
Thursday Evening ,
Jar 13,1911 12 Pafet
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lecfsed Wire.
WKVrHEIt FORECAST.
Unsettled weather Tonight and
Thursday.
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Fight on Government Pure
Food Expert Reaches a
Critical Stage.
COMMITTEE TJBG-ES
GENERAL SHAKEUP
Washington, D. C, July 13. Dr
Harvey "W. Wiley, pure food expert and
chief of the bureau of chemistry oi
th donartment of agricultural and!
one of the most widely known offi
cials in the" government service, has
been condemned by the committee on
personnel of the department of agri
culture with a recommendation to
president Taft that he "be permitted
to resign."
"Wickersham Approves.
Attorney general Wickersham, in an
opinion" on they case submitted to the
president, rpcommends approval of the
committee's action.
It is charged against Dr. Wiley that
he permitted an arrangement to be
made with Dr; H. H. Rusby, a recog
nized pharmacognosist, of Columbia
university, New York, for compensation
in excess of that allowed by law. It
Is claimed that the arrangement was
to put Dr. Rusby on the payroll of
the department at $1600 a year as an
employe of the bureau of chemistry, an
agreement being made with him that
he should be called upon to perform
only such service as this salary would
compensate for at the rate of ?20 a
day for laboratory investigation and
$50 per day for attendance in court.
Others Are to Go.
Attorney general Wickersham held
that the law permitted the payment of
only $11 a day. The committee and the
attorney general also recommend that
Dr. Rusby be permitted to resign, that I
Dr. L F. Kebler, chief of the division
of drugs in the department of agricul
ture be reduced and Dr. W. D. BIgelow,
assistant -chief of the bureau of chem
istry also be given an opportunity to
resign .
Taft Suspends Action. ,
President Taft, It was learned later
today has forwarded all the papers In
the case to Dr. Wiley, and will sus
pend action until he receives his an
swer. It is known that the president has
tne highest regard for the pure food
expert and for his administration of
the bureau of :hemistry. Dr. Wiley
has been attacked almost constantly
since "-! e pure food law went into
effect. It has been claimed by the in
terests affected that Dr. Wiley's rul
ings have been unduly harh and un
just. Dr. Wiley has regarded Dr.
Rusby as one of his most valuable as
sistants In the t3Jk of ctiforclng the
bureau food and drug act.
Rushy Makr Reply .
Dr. Rusby reecived all the papers in
the case several days ago and has
made a reply, public in New York, but
it had not reaped Washington early
today. In this re'ply, however, he is
quoted' as saying he 'lid not siek nor
desire the work in the department of
charges that there was a cne
elded presentation f the case to the
attorney general to coastlfute the basis
of opinion.
Dr. ' Rusby said that be had
no means of knowing tthat the ar-T-ano-pmont
miadft with hkn wa? irregu
lar in any way. He said he seemed to j
be regarded by the department as a
conscript and resented the idea that j
lie could be dismissed in disgrace for j
reluctantly doing work which inter-
fered with his regular employment.
Wiley H.as Not Resigned.
Dr. Wiley has not resigned and so
far there has been no request for his
resignation. It is believed that with
The publication of technical charges
against him there will be a great wave
of protest against his proposed dismls- I
saL
President Taft before acting on the
case, will grant a hearing to all I
Involved and will be guided only by his
own judgment.
Better Not Walt Around.
"I would not advise any one to wait
around ray office to see me put out.
there is no telling how long that will
be," said Dr. Wiley when asked for a
statement. "Do I look frightened about
of the charges was served 0n"me about!
a week ago, -and I will -make reply to !
them through secretary Wilson to the j
president. Until the latter sees fit to
make the statement public, I have j
nothing further to say in the matter."
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GATES'S CONDITION
IS LESS FAVORABLE.
Paris. Prance, July 13. Al
though he had a relatlvely
good night, the condition of
John W. Gates, this morning
was "less favorable.
CLOUDBURST DRIVES
SCORES FROM HOMES
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Telluride, Colo., July 13. A cloudburst in the country north of here
early this morning:, sent a wall of water four feet high down the San Miguel
river and Imperiled the lives of scores of persons living in the lower part
of town.
Many were rescued from second story vt inflows by men on horsebnek.
Considerable minor damage has been clone, and the river lskat tbe highest
point In 20 years. No drovrninrs linve heen renortcd. nHhniurb nnt.ir.r-.i.i.
wctleM sf the lsvrer valley xxe flooded.
"No Ketchem Chinee
He Know Dly Town
Parade at Fort Bliss was hot as per
gatory. The concrete walk in front of
the officers quarters radiated heat like
a metal roof. The few trees around
the yellow brick houses of the infantry
officers furnished no more shade from
the afternoon sun than a coverless um
brella. On the shaded porch of Lieut X.'s
quarters sat the lieutenant host, a visit
ing officer from the cavalry camp, three
civilians from the city and young
Lieut. X., not yet out of his rompers.
Lieut. X., from the recesses of his
wicker library chair, cool as the clink
of the ice In the .glasses the Chinese
servant was passing, directed the ori-
i ental In the mysteries of concocting a
highball. A glass half filled with a
crystal of ice, a big bottle colored like
a stained glass window and a smaller
bottle with its contents sparkling clear.
Each of the porch party received the
ingredients from the Chinese boy's tra3r,
All but the cavalry officer, who is
known from Shelling to Bliss as a tee
totaler. "What is this, Charlie, whisky?"
j asked the officer.
With a face as stoic as a Buddha stat
ue, tne uuinese answerea; no, sim.
No ketchem whlskie
town."
here. This dly
CANANEA GARRISON
IS REDUCED TO 250
Commands of Sosa and Es
coboza 6o to Magda
lena for Duty.
Cananea, Son., ilex., July 13. At the
present time there are 250 soldiers In
Cananea, all that remain here after the
various commands left for various por
tions of the state. These men are be
ing guarded against disease and ever
precaution Is being taken to prevent
sickness In their ranks. Maj. Randal,
who is chief surgeon of the army in
Sonora, has fumigated the cuartel gen
eral several times and the place has
been cleaned up and -will be kept in
that condition, and In the future there
will be no danger from disease in that
quarter.
Lieut. CoL Sosa and Maj. Escoboza
and their commands have left for Mag
dalenat where they will be located for
a short time. The men numbered about
200. All were well mounted and left in
the evening in order to take advantage
of the lull between rains. The leaving
of Sosa and Escoboza makes Maj. Diaz I
Lopez the highest ranking officer In
Cananea with the exception of Gen. J.
P. Lomelin.
There was a small washout on the
Southern Pacific de Mexico road be- i
tween Cananea 'and Naco which caused
the train from the border town to ar
rive here late. The damage was dis
covered early in the morning and as
the train does not leave Naco until 11
oclockf the bridge, Vhiph was a small
one, at kilometer 22, was repaired in
time to permit the train to pass over
but an hour late.
A business men's tennis tournament
will be started on the Billiken "club
courts on Saturday of next week.
There have been a large " number of
entries to date. The main feature is
the loving cup which will be given to
tne winner, which was presented to the
club by David Cole, former superin
tendent of the Four C's company, and
who Is now general manager of the
Ray Consolidated Copper company, -with
headquarters at Hayden, Ariz.
Tom Whaling, who was center fielder
on Cananea's ball team last season,
went to Los Angeles on Tuesday to
make his future homel
Horatio Bonzi president of the Mer
cantile bank of Cananea, Is in the city
from Guaynias, on business pertaining
to that institution.
RIVER IS FALLING-;
ELOOD DANGER OVER
People Driven From Their
Homes by Water Are Re
turning to Them.
The damage done by the storm that
occurred the first of the week, is "rap
idly being repaired. The adobe houses
that were rendered dangerous by
cracks In the walls have been torn
flntt-Ti on1 rnhMnlnw i-n imo-nTr roc?c I
.w .. .v. . . .....& . ..j v,..oo u
already begun.
Out at Washington park, and In the
fu?Ty adition and the Garden sub-
nlVlRWin. 'Xhprp front ftn.vnmrix -nrrjr. Anna
, .. 0. cw .... jj Uw..i.
by the river flooding, -no more trou
ble is looked for. The river went down
over 10 inches between Wednesday noon
and S oclock Thursday morning, and
no further rise Is expected. The peo
ple of this section are moving back to
their houses and are devoting all their
time to the saving of the remainder
of their vegetable gardens, of which
whole acres were flooded.
BURNS FINE 330Q- TO
i-n-np A en? T'TrTT QTDTDTrn
jnJT jl-JhiDJh Jit V JLLi OiTi-iXrl i.
Denver, Colo., July 13. Claiming
that a demon spirit had followed him
for davs calling upon him to atone
for his wreng doing by offering a dog
upon an altar of flames, Roy Bradley,
i an 8yearold boy, yesterday captured
j a high bred Japanese pointer and burn-
ed him in an ash pit.
The dog was the property of Dr.
Shirato, Japanese missionary in Den
verand had been imported from Japan
three weeks ago.
The boy admitted that other animals
had been sacrificed to appease th
spirits.
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Denounces Alliance of the
Standpats With Demo
crats on Reciprocity.
SAYS TAFT SHOULD N
BE PUT TO THE TEST
Washington, D. C, July 12. In a
speech in support of his amendment to
the Canadian reciprocity bill, provid
ing for a -reduction of the duty on
sugar, senator Bristow, of Kansas, a
Ropubllcan insurgent, today denounced
what he ""characterized as an alliance
of certain standpat Republican sena
tors with the Democrats to pass the
measure and "permit the inequalities
of the tariff to remain."
"If this had been an honest effort
j to relieve the American people from
I the burdens of excessive tariff taxa
tion, me nign auues on trust con
troled products would have been first
attacked," he said.
Trusts Iieft TJHtoucheA.
"But the sugar trust, the American
Woolen company, the steel trust, the
smelters trust, the rubber rust, and
all of those great concerns that have
monopolized the American market and
used high protective duties to charge
excessive prices to the American peo
ple are left untouched, while the pres
ident of the United States and the
Democratic majority In both branches
of congress have joined in an attack
on the duties of the agricultural sched
ule duties that have never been a
burden to the American people be
cause they have never materially In-
creased the price of products on which J
they were imposed.
"The combination on this floor be
tween certain standpat Republicans,
representing great manufacturing
states and a majority of the Democrats
has, we are told, decided that no
amendments shall be attached to this
Canadian bill, and that soon after it Is
passed, congress is to adjourn.
Would Put Taft to Test. -
"If the plan succeeds, the standpat
ers save their high duties on manu
factured articles; the p'resident gets
even with the insurgent farmer of the
west and makes friends with the news- !
papers and the Democrats are given an j
iccno fnr thp iBmnaltrn next vear. I
which is the .thing, .that they most de- J
sire. They will point with pride to
the record which the house had made
ajid Incidentally this record of the
house maycali favorable attentfo'n to
the 'qualifications of its speaker for
the presidency.
Mr. Bristow declared the president
never had said he would veto the reci
procity bill with a tariff j "rider," and
he thought Mr. Taft should be put to
the test
Mr. Bristow said he realized that
the reciprocity would pass unamended.
Urges Admitting New Mexico.
Senator Nelson has introduced an
amendment to the New Mexico-Arizona
statehood resolution, providing for the
immediate admission of New Mexico
as a state, but requiring- the people of
Arizona to vote jagain -on the pro-
posed "recall of judges" in its new
constitution. The amendment is in line with the
minority views of the senate commit
tee on territories.
Bailey Amendment Lost.
The Bailey woolen amendment to the
Canadian reciprocity treaty providing
for a reduction on all wool duties to
30 percent was defeated in the senate
today without a roll call.
Senator Bailey said be considered
It a waste of time to delay the sen
ate with a record vote.
Rouses Williams's Ire.
A characterization of the Confed
eracy as "an infamous cause," by Hey
burn, of Idaho, brought from senator
Williams, of Mississippi, a bitter re
ply. "But for the parliamentary rules,"
declared Mr. Williams, "that restrain
me, I would have a few words to say
about the kind human being In whose
heart such thoughts can exist."
Lorlmer Probe to Resume.
The Lorimer investigating committee
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trui resume its sittings nere tomorrow.
lt was originally , thought that the
committee would continue its hearings
either in Chicago or Springfield, but
n..i i -i ...a . . i
luii(. plan u.a cj.ua.n.'1'j.i i ut &evriti
reasons. The members of the commit
tee are disinclined to go on junketing
trips if it can bs avoided, and have
deemed that it would be better to
bring witnesses here for examination
than to go to Illinois and hear them.
Then, too, there is the belief that the
reciprocity and tariff situation may
breav at anj' time In the senate and
members desire to te here prepared
to vote on these measures if the
opportunity comes.
Seeking New Evidence.
During the past two weeks that the
committee has been in reces?. the at
torneys for the committee, Marble and
Healy, have been searching after new
evidence, and devising means either to
substantiate and. verify, or disprove
and discredit, the story told by Edward
Hines, the Chicago millionaire lumber
man and backer of senator Lorimer.
Scores of suggestions and communica
tions containing advice have come to
the attorney and some of ,the "tips"
have been followed, particularly where
it was believed that new evidence
might be developed, but both 31r.
Marble and Mr. Healy have declined to
state whether or not they have found
anything new, or What their line of
procedure will be.
Bribe Charge Not Reached Yet.
Up to the present time the investi
gation has scarcely touched upon the
question of vote buying and bribery in
the Illinois legislature. There have
been .references to the much discussed
"jack pot," but the evidence has had
little hearing with respect to what
influence, if any, the alleged ' use of
money had upon the election of sena
tor Lorimer. Hines rather than Lor
imer, has ibeen the center figure in
the investigation thus far, and gen
erally the testimony has had to do
with his alleged boasts that he per
sonally was responsible for the elec
tion of senator Lorimer, acting at the
Ccatinued c$ page two.)
Government Stars Investi
gation of 'Wholesale Deal
ers' Alleger Combine.
TWEIVE BIG-FIRMS
CONTROL THE OUTPUT
Washington, D. C, July 13. Follow-
i Ing closely on the criminal action
against the retail lumber dealers of
the west and tho civil trust action
against the retailers of the east,
the government has determined upon a
thorough Inquiry Into the methods of
wholesaling of lumber.
The National Lumber Manufacturers
association of which Edward Hines is
president and a director probably will
be one of the first investigated.
It has been represented by the re
tail lumber dealers who have been un
der fire by the government that the
manufacturers were maintaining agree-
ments that curtail the manufacture of
lumber so as to Increase the demand '
and prices and there have been ttempts '
to monopolize the supply of certain I
kinds of lumber in certain sections, i
and that in sections a uniform price I
has been maintained which resulted In
Increasing the ,prices 20 percent in the
last two years In the face of a de
creasing demand, v
Will Push Probe.
Attorney general Wickersham, it is
said, intends to push these investiga
tions of the retailing and wholesaling
methods while the civil suit against the
eastern states retail k lumber associ
ation and the criminal indictments
against 14 secretaries of as many re
tail associations of the west are pend
ing.
Twelve in. Alleged Combine.
Twelve organizations are said to con
trol largely ,the manufacture of lumber
from logs, compose the National Lum
ber Manufacturers association. E. G.
Griggs, of Tacoma, Wash., is president
of the association. R. B. Van Sant, of
Ashland, Ky.; J. A. Freeman, of Ta
coma; George K. Smith, of St. Louis,
and Leonard Bronson, of Tacoma, are
its other officers. Lumbermen from
the western and southern states com
prise its board of directors and gover
nors. . . :
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AAAHO JLSJ.VS J. Ji.l
ELKS' PATRONAGE
El Pasoan's Loyalty to Sul-
Irran Will Be Rewarded
by New Official.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 13. Geo.
E. Wallace, of El Paso, jointly with
Charles Rasbury, of Dallas, defeated
candidate for grand exalted ruler, will
dictate the Elkpatronage in Texas this
year. '
Wallace has been outspokenly an
advocate of the election of John Sulli
van, of New Orleans, to the position
of grand exalted ruler of the order,
and every Texas lodge endorsed Chas
Rasbury, of Dallas, for the position,
and all Texans worked for his elec
tion. Wallace remained steadfast and
outspoken for Sullivan, of New Or
leans. Other Elks called It disloyalty
to the state. Wallace called It loyalty
to a friend. ,
Wallace's friend won and lieuten
ants of Sullivan told a Herald corres
pondent that the next exalted ruler
would consult the El Pasoan in every
thing before making his Texas ap
pointments, and that Wallace .would
be district deputy for El Paso and
West Texas.
Phone Rings, Baby Lost;
Rings Againy Baby Found
A lost child, a child found, two ex
cited women, two telephones busy ring
ing and police court being held was
tbe combination that served to make
Ed Bryant a much wor- '
10 minutes Thursday j
police sergeant
ried man for
morning.
It all started with the calling of po
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lice court, which took away all the
attaches of the sergeant's office ana cento, aitnougn tne aetans oi tne re
left him utterly alone. The court had duction in the key rate from 44 to less
hardly started when the phone began !
to ring. The sergeant put the receiver i
io ms ear uiu meu a. iiuuu or requests
met his ear. An excited and hysterical
mother was reporting the loss of her
baby girl from 606 "Virginia street.
Tleaching for a pad and pencil the
sergeant had just commenced taking
down the description of the lost child
when, lo and behold, the two phones
began to chatter. The sergeant was
worried; on one phone was an excited
mother and on the other phone the
bell was making such a racket that
the sergeant could not hear. There was
no one around to answer the other
phone and sergeant Bryant could not
Induce the mother to wait long "enough
for him to answer.
Just then an outside visitor walked
in and seeing the dilemma of the ser
geant, answered the automatic. An ex
cited woman was on the other end of .
the line also, but Instead of losing a
baby she had found one.
The sergeant and the visitor worked
Industriously for a few minutes and
finally managed to extract from tho
two excited women a description of the
child, each was talking about, and it
was with a sigh of relief that the po
lice sergeant informed the mother over
the Bell phone that her baby was on
North Octavia Street, and the visitor
was only too glad to Inform his party
that the baby would be sent for.
The Herald will issue for street
sale at 5:30 Daily an Extra Edi
tion containing the Returns from
all the big league games.
Nassau7 returns
Mysterious Mrs, Jenkins
Would Forget the Past
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S"s "v iimti nl I Hi liTi'Ti itTi w,nri t i TTfllMiW' i i
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New York, N. Y.. July 12. Mrs. Heren Dwelle Jenkins, of New York, for
whom three millionaires conspired to cheat the United States government out
of duty on jervels worth a princely fortune, is philosophical over the notoriety
that has been brought to her "It
hard to face- I wish I could forget the past."
The larger part of the more than $300,000 worth of jewels given to her
came from Nathan Allen, the leather millionaire of Kenosha, 'Wis., 'according
t to Sirs. Jenkins's statements.
EL PASO FIRST CLASS
WILL GET BENEFIT OF LOWER RATES
INSURANCE CITY NOW
El Paso is now a first class city. Not
that it has not been first class for
years, but the state Insurance commis-
sion nas so ruled, and this city will j
Rm eujoy the'advantages'that come to j
cities having a key rate under 40 cents,
Notice that El Paso had re-
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rene" T,1IS ciassutcawon. nas oeen re
2MANY" INVESTORS
VISITING- DOMING
Purchases of Land Being
Made and Farms Are
Being Improved.
Deming, X. M., July 13. C. P. Shel
by and son, of Jonestown, Miss.; Dr.
A. M. Peters, of W'infield, La., and A.
McGhee, of Birmingham. Ala., are
among the new arrivals in Deming with
a view to locating here. Mr. Shelbv J
has already purchased one piece of
Deming land, and Is now investigating
with a view to purchasing a much
larger piece for investment. I
H. D. Dresser, who located on 4 SO
acres of land northeast of Deming last
winter, is in the city, .coming from
Steamboat Springs, Colo. Mr. Dresser
could not get his pumping -plant in
stalled for this season's planting, but
by another season expects to be located
permanently on his holdings.
Rev. Chas. -R. Hunt, of the Presby
terian church of Deming, is In receipt
of an acknowledgment from the state
department at Washington, of the vote
of the Deming pastors expressing their
hearty approval of the International
'opium conference at The Hague.
"W. E. Bowman and wife, who recent
ly located two miles southeast of Dem
ing, are showing one of the finest small
fields of alfalfa in the valley.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
INVESTIGATE" CONFERENCES
"Washington, D. C, July 13. The in
vestigation of the Brussels conference
of steel men. which it has been predict
ed, may bring about an international
combination to control .fhe steel of
the world, will be undertaken by the
department of justice.
can't be helped now, she says, "but it is
than'-JU has not yet been made knonn.
Thefr.fcv classification gives the city
the privilege of having reductions, made
in turafe; at any time'such reduction
is dut. and to have the reduced rate
promulgated by the commissloi.
The r.ew classification will -also, elim
inate the clause in the insurance policy
..known as the three-fourths loss
clause.
BUTTERINE BEIBE
.CHARGES ARE MADE
Government Officials and 23
r-iButterine Officials Are
Indicted.
- Chicago, 111.. July 13. Two revenue
off Iqers and a . former government of
ficerlare charged with accepting bribes
in Indictments returned by a federal
grand jury and 23 officers and em-
ployes of butterine manufacturers are
chared with conspiracy to defraud the
.
government out of butteiuie taxes, the
bribery of government officials, it Is
charged, being part of -the controversy.
GUADALUPE FLOODED;
PEOPLE WITHOUT FOOD
Guadalupe, a small Mexican town about 35 miles eant of Jnaxex, is al
most completely inundated by the hlffh water, which, has risen over tie baaka
of the Rio Grande during the last few day. Gen. Jose Blanco, military
chief of Juarez,, received a message from Servlano Madrid, tke municipal
chief of Guadalupe "Wednesday evening, sayingr that the entire tovnt of Guad
alupe was flooded, and that the ndobe houses in town were tumbling down.
The inhabitants of the town he said, were without provisions sad were
unable tq cope with the flood water which were pouria? Into tke city
from the Rio Grande.
Gen. Blaaco lmmeliately answered Madrid's message, and told him that
if assistance was needed, he would dis patch a number of his men immediately
to relieve the people of the city. Gen. Blanco Is awaiting an answer be
fore sending the men to Guadalupe to assist the citizens in lighting th
flood waters.
Fury f Flames in "Canadian
Woods Is Abated After
Holocaust.
Whole families
abe overwhelmed
In Rush to Escape From the
Rush of Flames Score
Were Crushed.
Toronto, Ontario, July 13. Superin
tendent Black, of the Temiskaning &
Xorthern Ontario railroad at North
j Bay, states that thP fires in the Porcu-
pint district "are under controL A. D.
J Allies, construction engineer for the
! Great Dane mine estimates the loss
of life at 200.
AVIde Area STrept,
Billows of fire miles in length con-
I tinued today in the camps, woods and
j brush of the Porcupine mining district
of this province and the regions to the
I north.
J Unverified reports continue to swell
j the number of fatalities. Some esti
j mates arc as high as 500 dead. Th
financial losses represent a huge sum.
J Only with the return of the Metcalf
S expedition and the reestablishment of
railroad telegraph service will the full
exfent of the continuing disaster be
accurately known.
More details of death, and of suf
fering, with' those also of numerous
miraculous escapes are learned today
as refugees rea-h Toronto.
Many Die in Istelatlea.
Many have died in Isolation; miners
j huddled In shafts have perished; fires
j have overwhelmed whole families and
J only charred remains are left- Hen.
i women and children and domestic and
wild animals, standing together for
j hours in swamps while the flames
raged over the countryside, have In
seme cases sunk at last to death, part-
ly suffocated, and then drowned. Oth
j ers have weathered the fiery storm,
t standing in streams and putting out
into the lakes in boats and canoes.
It is stated by ore of the owners of
and best known of "the Porcupine mines
that the financial lossesare gfbssely
overestimated.
A train from Xorth Bay arrived here
today, bringing 22 refuges from Por
cupine, mainly Toronto neople.
Wardrop Not Killed.
McDonald Wardrop, of Hamilton. &
nephew of lieutenant governor Gibson,
was among them.
"The report has spread that I was
killed." he said, "but I saved myself
by taking to the water along with
about 500 others. "We were forced to
ard in the cold water for over thre
houi;s and became so numb with the
cold that some went under.
"W. R. Rlggs, of Kansas City, anoth
er of the party said:
"A great number of people wer
saved at the Hollinger property. That
place was like an oasis In the desert.
Quite a large area had ben cleared
by the owners and they had water
pumps which were saved. I am sure
there were about 400 refugees from all
directions there besides the Hollinger
employes."
Fully S0 Dead.
All the narty agreed that the esti
mate of 300 lives let tv?s not excesslv?.
At South Porcupine 600 people sought
refuse ir the lake. Of these 200 per
sons, mary of them women with chil
dren in their arms lost their lives, a
cordirg to a private- message received
here from TV. A. Carlton, of Hallbury,
a prospector.
TVest Dome owners have received
telegrams giving the total number of
deaths at that place at 25 Including
Robert A. "Weiss, superintendent of
the mire. Mrs. "Weiss and Mis "Weis3.
Panic nail Chaon Prevail.
Panic and chaos prevailed when the
flight bv water from South Porcupine
began. Men fought with each other for
places in the boats for their families.
Thirty launches and as many canoes
soon had the women landed safely ot
the other side o,f the lake. There was
one exception, Mrs. "William Gohr,
with her baby in her arms, refused to
leav until she had news of her hus
band. Gohr had gone baclc to save
some valuables and with his clerjc was
penned in the building.
For more than two hours Mrs. Gohr
stood in the lake calling for her hus
band and refusing to leave until he
was founds Even after all had de
serted the town and the fire hd
burned out she remained nearby await
ing recovery of her husband's body
Acts of heroism were numerous,
t;nTimiiti or. Pnjrt Twoi.