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V) T A 5 ROCK Associated Press Exclusiv J Wire SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 242. WEDNESDAY. JULY 23, 1913. -FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE SLAND iiAiin llUlilL til MANY BODIES STILL BURIED IN FIRERUINS At Least Fifty Girls and Women Perish at Bing hampton, N. Y. SOME ROAST ON ESCAPE Employes Think Alarm for Drill and Discover Mistake When It's Too Late. Binghampton. X. Y July 23. The exact number of prsons who perished in the fire of the Binghampton Cloth ing company yesterday may never be known. The list of employes is in the ruins. Only a half dozen of tiie bodies recovered have been identified. A careful estimate jO.ces the num ber of those i. the bi-IIding at t'.i.j time the fire started at 111. Of these only 53 are known to have been saved. Six of the dead have been identified, 15 bodies charred beyond recognition are at the niorgje, seven injured arc In hospitals, and 41 slightly Injured are at their homes. Eleven are re ported by relatives as mitring and 2C others are unaccounted for. Mrs. Ada Prentbs, who suffered ter rible burns In the head, died toJay. Mrs. Mary Benny ia not expected to recover. City officio! estimate the death toll at 50 and admit it niny reach 6t. Crowds watched me-j at work in the debris under direction of Mayor Ir ving. Charred bi's of human flesh were picked up here and there. Shortly before noon a body was re covered charred beyond recognition. As many of the bodies are unrecog nizable, a public funeral will be con ducted by the city and the unknown will b9 buried in a plot upon whlcu a shaft will be erected. - rwfl"f.ftTv i.oH azmi,mt." The loss by fire aud water to the buildings and stock of five concerns Is estimated at $200,000, largely cov ered by Insurance. The postoffice was badly demagod, but the malls were saved. The loss to the Binghampton Clothing company, of which R. 15. Freeman is president, estimated ut $40,000, is cov?red by insurance but does not iniluJe build ings which were rented. The heavy loss of life is believed largely due to the fact that employes, believing one of the frequent lire dril'.s vail being helj. were slow in leaving the building. Even' when it became kiiu'vn the building was on tire, many returned to the dreis'tiK rooms on an tpr floor for clothing and valuables, Tie flames spread with lightning ra- pidliy, and the intensity of the heat prevented the firemen from getting wlihln range of the building until res- cut was impossible. Women aud girls, too weak to go further, dropped ex- hr.iisied ou the single fire escape in the rear of the building and literally ressted to death, portions of their Iodic dropping to the street. Others J.in.peii and were killed. A half dozen girls rushed into an elevator which was standing on the fourth floor. A moment later oil dropped dead. Freeman estimates 120 "mploea were in the building when the fire started. Eigthy per cent of the girls employed were Americans. lll MKH vroolJ Al.tHH. "It is not the money Iofs of our busi ness that overcomes nu" he said, to il)'. Mr! but it's the thought that those some of whom had been with us for years, perished because they believed the alarm was for a fire drill, several of which were held re cently. They disliked these drilV, wheh forced them to appear In the streets In their working clothes. Many were proud spirited and did not like this The drills were a bother. So, hen the alarm was sounded, mot or them took their time, some to don coats, others to get their purses and other belongiags. But for this fact, I believe nearly all would bavo been eaved." The building was a four-story brick structure, 40x130. built 18 years ago for cigar factory. The Interior of the building was of wood, with two '-airways from the top floor. A fund lor the survivors has b?en started. M I.Zr.H BI.AVF.5 Ml RPR T. Albany. N. Y.. July 23. Governor Sulzer, after characterizing the Bing hampton fire as a terrible disaster, de clared in a itatement that the people of the state "will hold Mr. Murphy of Tammany hall responsible. The state labor department is tied up so it can r.ot execute laws on statute books to prevent tjiese tragedies." says the statement. "The fact Is Murphy will not permit his senate to confirm the nomination of John Mitchell or James Lynch for state labor commissioner." Throws Herself Before Car. Springfield, 111.. July 23. Miss Lela Overby, !4 years old. ended, her life at Vlrden yesterday by thrpVirg her eif In front of a car oj the Illinois TracUcn System. Shad been la U healta tor hum imif . i A II THE WEATHER J coreeat Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davenport, Molina, and Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Thurs day. Cooler tonight. Moderate north west winds. Temperature at. 7 a. m., CS: highest yesterday, S"; lowest last night, 68. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., one mile per hour. Precipitation in last 24 hour3 up to 7 a. m.. .n2 inch. Relative humidity at, 7 p. m., 40; at 7 a. m., 81. Stage of water, 5.6; no change in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Jupiter. Mercury. Morning stars: Saturn. Venus, Mars. Constellation Andromeda extends con spicuously above the northeastern hori zon aliout 0 p. in. BANK RUN STARTS FROM WILD RUMOR Fort Dearborn National Comes to Rescue of Kenwood Trust With $200,000. Chicago, 111., July 23. Fifteen min utes before the opening of the doors of the Kenwood Trust Savings Bank today an automobile from the Fort Dearborn National Bank arrived with $20ft.000,000 cash to meet the demands of depositors, a large number of whom had collected in front of the door. The run was started yesterday fol lowing a vague and unconfirmed ru mor of the bank's condition and $100, 000 was paid out. President Brown announced: "We are going to pay dollar for dollar. The Fort Dearborn National is behind us. We have en gaged extra tellers, so there will be no delay In cashing checks." Several hundred depositors were paid during the morning hours today, and excitement in the vicinity sub sided. Over $30,000 was withdrawn before 11 o'clock, but $4 was taken in for every dollar withdrawn, according to Cashier Knt. Twenty new accounts were opened, one with $25,OoO. Large eums. offered by a Joliet back and two Chicago backs, were declined. 'MO'SUfflflVES HANGING 3 HOURS Pronounced Dead by Physicians, He Revives After Being Placed in Coffin. Starke, Fla., July 23. Henry Mitch ell, a negro, hanged today for the murder of another negro, was declared deed at the end of 3S minutes by two j physicians. After the body was placed in a coffin, Mitchell, whose neck was i t broken, revived, and lived three J liours. inUM ) RIUFQ Willi U. UIKLv) CxJ FOR ORPHANS' OUTING Wcrkineman Presents $1 and Woman Who Makes Clothes 50c. Cleveland, Ohio, July 23. John D. Rockefeller wrote Secretary Caley of the Cleveland Automobile club that he will gie $25 to the orphans' day auto parade ntAt Tuesday. At the time Rockefeller's letter was re-ceived a workingman found his way to Caley's office and pulled a carefully folded dollar bill from his pocket. "Tliis is for the orphans." he said A few minutes later a woman wht washes clothes for a living came In w ith 50 cents. Oehkosh Seeks Policewoman. Oshkosh. Wis., July 23. There Is some probability that within a short time Oshkosh will have a woman add ed to the police force, the suffragifcts of the cry having filed a petition ask ing that a woman be appointed to hr.ndle juvenile court cases, public dances and bathing beaches. Sporting Wrrters in Early. Madison, Wis.. July 23 The Queens berry Athletic club of Milwaukee yes terday fiied articles of incorporation. The capital stock is $1,000. Three Milwaukee sporting writers. Manning Vaughn, Joe Ermatinger and T. S. An drews, are the Incorporators. This is the first boxing club to file artic.es. GRIPPEN LAWYER IS GIVEN 3 YEARS London. July 23. Arthur Newton, a lawyer who came Into much promi nence during the trial of Dr. Crippen for murder, wag sentenced to three years penal servitude today, for con spiracy to defraud Dr. Hans Thorsch, a wealthy young citizen of Vienna, out cf J115.000 by false pretenses in 1911 12. Newton's companion. Brickley Bennett, was sentenced to 18 months &t taxd labor. MACVEAGH IS NOT LIKED BY JIM WATSON Former Secretary Dubbed Mugwump in Letter to Mulhall. HELD NOT REPUBLICAN Seems to Have Blocked Manu facturers in Their Tariff Board Program. "Washington, D. C, July 23. With three-fifths of the Mulhall letters in the record, the senate lobby commit tee today hurried along in an effort to finish reading by tomorrow. The com mittee decided to expedite things by putting scores of letters in the record without identification. In answer to a blank question by Senator Reed, Mul hall b wore to the authenticity of tne whole correspondence turned over to the committee. Secretary MacVeagh was dubbed a "mugwump" in a letter from former Representative Watson to Mulhall Sept. 18, VjO'j. Watson, who evident ly was trying to land Schwcdtman of the Manufacturers' on the tariff board, wrote that President Taft was ap pointing only men recommended by MacVeagh. "If he were a republican, we might reach him," wrote Watson of MacVeagh, "but' be. is a. mugwump, and I am not hopeful of final success, for I swear I never on earth knew wnat to'do with a mugwump, inasmuch as I have no right to kill him." Mulhall, writing to Generaf Manager Bird of the manufacturers, advised him to be "in good fighting shape on Sept. 12 to visit the White house at Beveriy with me." TR1KS TO SEE Ml'RPJlV. Mulhall said that in November, 1909, he tried to meet Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, in behalf of George Gorden Battle for governor of New Wrk. He wrote Battle there were 72 organizations of manufactur ers in New York state, "a controlling influence in the great fight for gover nor." Overman, Reed aud Walsh gave Mulhall an unusually close examina tion upon the Battle letter. "You wanted to get Murphy to sup port him?" he was asked. "Yes."' "Did you see Murphy?" i( "No, sir." ''" Mulhall swore the rssociation thought Battle a "clean, above-board politician." He was a law partner of Senator O'Gorman and was "honest." The committee did not. develop whether Mulhall made the campaign. Neither Cummins nor Nelson attend ed the hearing. Both have objected to what they thought a partizari flavor in the hearing at times. ONE DAY WITHOUT TARIFF SPEECHES Washington, D. C, July 23. With no senator, democrat or republican, ready to speak on the tariff bill, the stna'e today took up the measure secticn by section for amendment. Senators -Weeks, Borah, Townsend aud Works are expected to make speeches this week. Republican Leader Mann" again fili bustered the house into adjournment today. As a climax to a series of par liamentary delays he forced a roU call taking half an hour on Democratic Leader I'uderwood's moticn to adjourn. At 12:15 the bousa adjourned till noon tomorrow. TO MAKE TEST OF VOTING MACHINE Chicago, Ii;.. July 23. Before the Butts legislative committee today, for mer President Cannon of the Chicago election board accepted a challenge of Attorney McEwen, representing County Judge Owens, to test the Em pire voting machine, to show it could be worked fradulently. Cannon and an expert will make the test In the near future. CARDINAL GIBBONS SAYS MASS ON 79TH BIRTHDAY Baltimore, Md July 23. Cardinal Gibbons la 79 today. In the chapel of the home of Herbert Schriver, near Westminster, Md., where he has spent many birthdays, the cardinal cel ebrated a mass of thaaxsgivlng mark ing the annlTersary. Only the im mediate family ot the host was pres ent A large number of letters, tele grams and cablegrams of congratu- latloca. inrlurilr.7 mMasmma frn.n .v, - tj - "-O AUU4 IUC pope, and some of the rulers of Europe, i were rereivprl sf tho oviinai'. ' M., .1 I m IKIIUII Itera, BOY IS BOASTFUL OF GRIME CAREER 'I Have Been a Thief Since I Was Born," Says Youth Held at Chicago. Chicago, 111., Jn'jr J3.r-In a state menJ7Tadeto'Bertective Sullivan, Wal ter Novak, age 20, arrested -wlthnr companions tcdayvafter they hadfYatal ly wounded Patrolman Sowers and .beaten Officer Walpcle, admitted hav ing taken part in more than thirty rebbcries in two months, and boasted of a career of crime. "I was born a thief and have been a thief ever since," said Novak. "I have been in all kinds of ins'ltutions to reform me, but they only made me worse. I don't cafe whether I go to the gallowg or not. I don't want any member of my fanii'.y to come to see me. If they do, I will kick them out I never robbed a man dressed like a working man. I have committed more than five hundred robberies since I started out. I did several jobs with the four boys who were hanged last February for the murder of Fred Guelzow, the truck gardener." AU70 DEFEATS BULL 9h fight Fort Life Car Charges Mad Animal and Saves Injured Farmer from Death. Elgin, 111., July 23 Matadors have been succeeded by the automobile as bullfighters. This was proved late yesterday when Peter Breen, a farmer, 60 years old, of Huntley, 111., was be ing gored by a mad bull while in one of his pastures. His screams attracted an automobile party of three men who were in the road. The men watched the attack for a moment, then the driver of the big touring car made a dash into the pas ture after the bulL The horn was tooted and tooted, and the bull was finally driven away from the helpless farmer. Three -of Breen's ribs were broken, but he will recover, it is said. CONVICT HEROES SAVE PRISON FROM BLAST Two Long-Term Men Carry Gasoline from Sing Sing Fire. i Opining, X. Y, July 23. Two con victs, one a long-term man, were herces late yesterday during a fire that caused between v150,000 and 1175,000 damage to buildings at Sing Sing pri;on. Wardsn Clancy 6aw them plunge through th'.ck clouds of smoke and roll eeveral large casks of ben zine and gasoline out of the paint shop during the height of the conflagration. j An explosion that .would have greatly i increased the damage, and possibly j caused loss of life, was prevented. The j warden expressed his admiration and ' announced that the convicts would be i properly rewarded, perhaps by a re-i-iuction of their terms. : 1 SITTING TIGHT V ABANDONED WIFE AIDED BY WIDOW With Four Children They Settle Down Under One Roof Af ter Husband's Death. Chicago, July 23. Two wives of I one husband and two husbands of one wife yesterday gave new Interest to the old triangle of troubled mar riage and wayward love. Of the wives, the first and wronged wife a sermon any minister might envy has taken in the second wife and is caring for her and her two little children. , Mrs. Wilfred B. Frost, 1335 School street, is the injured wife who could find forgiveness for the later wife and take her in with the children of the erring husband. The husband himself is dead. He was a traveling optician who lived in Chicago and was a good husband. ' Several years ago, while in Minne apolis, he met an l?-year-old girl and became infatuated with her. The girl, according to a statement by Mrs. Frost ran away with Frost on the un derstanding he was soon to obtain a divorce. The pair lived in La Crosse, WTis., Frost assuming the name of Lr. Wilfred B. Montclair. Recently Mrs. Frost was in La Crosse she says her visit was a busi ness affair and had . nothing to do with the second woman and whilo there learned that this woman was in poverty and helpless. She went to the girl and talked to her. As . a result the younger woman and her two children arrived in Chicago sev eral days ago and are now at the home of the wife. The two husbands in the second story are Johnstone Hefner and Charles Ballard. The wife was Miss Nancy Delaner of Belvidere, 111. Ac. cording to the story Hefner told As sistant County Attorney Jones, ha and his wife had lived happily in Chicago nine . years, when Ballard first ap peared. In February of this year, Hef ner, so he says, ' obtained a divorce and with the four children moved to a farm in Michigan. 11 Two months later, as Hefner tells it, the wife appeared at the farm, which is near Grand Rapids. She is said to haveiearned her second mar riage was illegal. At any rate, she was forgiven, and Hefner and, Mrs. Hefner-Ballard went to Grand Rapids and were remarried. Follows an interlude of happiness which was broken a week ago, ac cording to the Hefner version, by the appearance of husband No. 2. "She Is my wife, npt your6," said Ballard, and Mrs. Hefner agreed with him. She would remain no- longer with Husband Hefner, but would re turn to Chicago with Husband Bal lard. The two left though the chil dren cried long and loud. The next morning when Hefner arose he found Ballard and Mrs. Hefner-Ballard on the doorstep. Hus band No. 2 had solved the question in a way to satisfy all. The children cried when Mrs. Ballard (or Kefnor) went away. Therefore she would not go away. She would remain and he also. Husband Ballard, would remain. Hefner also should remain and should be happy all day long as the star boarder. But Hefner came over to Chicago to prosecute. - MINES CLOSED BY MICHIGAN STRIKE Men Demand Recognition of Union and Better Work ing Conditions. Calumet, Mich., July r 23. -Twenty mines in this neighborhood closed this morning, owing to a strike called by the Western Federation of Miners Only from a fifth to a quarter of the miners belong to the union, but it has been found impossible to work the mines with these men out. The men demand recognition bf the Western Federation of Miners, an eight-hour day, abolition of the one man drill, and better working condi tions. There has been no disorder so far. The companies seem determined not to treat with the federation and are prepared for long idleness. Recogni tion of the union is the principal is sue. The mines shut down are the Calu met and Hecla, Tamarack, Osceola, Wolverine, Centennial, Mohawk, Ah meek. Champion, Baltic, Quincy, Isle Royale, Superior, Franklin, La Salle, and various development companies. The Tri-Mountain and Houghton mines are also affected, but the Han cock and Franklin are still op?rating today. It is estimated 15,000 men are affected by the strike. Hancock, Mich., July 23. The strike of copper miners did not affect either the Franki'n or Winona mines, the men refusing to go out. Miners at Hancock returned to work shortly be fore noon. Smelters are running as usual, managers claiming they have enough stock on hand to last two months. Ore carrying roads are idle today. Boston, Mass., July 23. The strike at some of the copper mines in Michi gan caused a dec'ine in several local ! mining shares today, Calumet and j Hecla dropping 15 to 410. Officials of i Calumet pn l I'ec!:i thif afternoon exvpreped the belief that the difficul ties would be adjusted. NO BLAME IS ATTACHED FOR WRECK AT STAMFORD Bridgeport, Conn., July 23. Neither Frpr.necr Doherty nor the New Haveu railroad was guilty of criminal neg ligence in connection with the wreck at Stamford, June 12, according to Coroner Phelan, based on the death of Ada Kelly of Chicago, one of six passengers hiiiei in a Pullman car, Skylark, which v.a3 telescoped. The death wa3 f.assed as "accidental." IOWA LINES SEEK TO ENJOIN STATE Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 23. At torneys representing eight rai!road3 operating in Iowa appeared in the fed eral court here today to argue for the:r petition asking that the state of Iowa be reitrcinod from enforcing a reduced round trip pa:-.scngcr rate to people attending the slste fair. The case is upon the ejuestion of the rifibt of the state to require discrimination as to classes of travel and If the rateB are confiscatory- Judges Smith, Van Val- kenburg and McPherson are hearing the arguments, , BMJVE TO LET AR1S FLOW INTO MEXICO Is Likely Neutrality Rule Will be Repealed by Congress. NO GOVERNMENT THERE Proposal Is to Let Factions Fight Out Their Troubles Among Themselves. . Washington, D. C July 23. Repeal i of the neutrality proclamation prohib- . ,i iting exportation of arms to Mexico ,4' .. i being considered by the admlnla- ' tration and the next step in the Mex-,f,' lean situation. JtA - A conference of the president aj j . congressional leaders planned fpr-1 p day for a discussion of the propr which many leaders have E; f' nrnvol 0 0 0 Partial canvass of the h ft ' senate foreign affairs commit those interested in the mo' 0 lieve prohibition against sh arms into Mexico could t. 07 17 n with little delay. It is u , jn seventh, be the belief of admin -inth JRan cials that should vree 7 ""-. ?AB. R. H. TO. A. E. present situation migi. v 0 0 1 0 Constitutionalists have ' rep.. v y, V claimed lack of arms the only bar to quick victory. The repeal i3 proposed on the ground that there is no recognised government in Mexico. THHKATEX AMERICANS. El Paso, Texas, July 23. Threats to kill all the Americans in the Madera settlement, burn the big Madera Lum ber mills, which supply the El Paso Milling "company with lumber, and raze every American house' in the camp have been made to the Pearson ; company as the result of t,he harbor ing of the American cowmen after they had killed two of the bandits of El Mocho Martinez's brigand band. This threat was niado eight days ago, and as the telegraph wires are down and the brigands are preventing' any one from leaving the camp, the ' officials of the Madera company and the friends of the Americans in Ma dera fire afraid the bandits have al ready carried out 4heir threats. Among . the Americans who aro in Madera are: H. C. Herr of Newark, Ohio, manager of the Madera mills; F. J. Clark, a native of El Paso, : uperintendent of the El Paso division of the Mexico Northwestern railroad; W. J. Farragut of Alabama, a nephew of Admiral Far ragut, manager of the commissary de partment at Madera; W. W- Grubbs, Richmond, Ind., who if a nephew of Vice President II. I. Miller of the Pearson interests; R. B. Rawlings of El Paso, agent for the Northwestern at Madera, together with his wife and children; C. C. Commons of Rich mond, Ind., a brother of Dr. Commons, the company physician. An assistant of the commissary de partment is Charles A. Frlngle of San Francisco, who is a mining engineer and was one of the most famous foot ball players who ever attended the University of Califo nia. MAM. HAVE FW1II.I1H. Others are: George Gardner of the Foreign club; Guy E. Vaughn, fuel agent for the Madera company; Mrs. Vaughn; Lee Sanders, a meat dealer at Madera; Roy Hoard, plant auditor at Madera; Fred Schmidt, agent for the Dolores Mining company; II. J. Gallagher of Mexico City, who is chief clerk to the superintendent at Ma dera; T. R. Hager, chief dispatcher; Dr. Rogers, in charge of the hospital, and Mrs. C. J. Lawrence, who is a stenographer in the superintendent's office at Madera. Many of the Americans named have their wive3 and children with them. AMERICANS HELD. Tucson, Ariz., July 23. Thomas Hind, assistant general superinten dent of the Southern Pacific of Mex co, apparently is held for ransom by the Mexican federals at Guaymas, ac cording to a code message received : here yesterday. Railroad officials were reticent, butj it was unofficially stated they had aslfed the state department at Washington to demand Hind's re lease. ItKFOKT TOHKKO.V TAKES. Eagle Pass, Texas. July 23 An un confirmed report that Torreou was captured by constitutionalists was re ceived here today. Constitutionalist officials at the headquarters, Pledgras Negras, refused to confirm the report Banner Iowa Wheat Crop. e-miTi-i PiiiTrs. Iowa. July 23.- ductiou of wheat in western Iowa i the heaviest this year ever known and ' quality the finest. Philadelphia Delegates from near ly everv sta"e are at the ninth annual' convention of the National Leather j jW. Klela ofjlcagcUjPresldeut -