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DIE IN STORM
Finger Prints on "Murder Car' HAVE NO DOUBT
Figure in the Police Inquiry
AS TO WILSON
Western Pennsylvania Pre
sents Scene of Desolation
j After Last Night's Cloud
burst and Flood.
NEWS FROM MINERS MAY
SWELL DEATH TOTAL
Many Shafts Flooded Warn
ings by Telephone Save
Many in the Tor
rent's Path.
Pittsburgh, July 26. When dawn
spread light over western Pennsylva
nia, eastern Ohio and West Virginia
It revealed to thousands of flood suf
ferers a wide scene of desolution.
Early reports were that more than
80 persons had lost their lives in last
night's torrent. Uniontown, Pa., re
ported 16 drowned; Smoak, Pa., 14;
Gladstone, 12; Linn, two; Wheeling,
W. Va., three; Lemont, Pa., four; El
lcnwood, three; New Martinsville, six;
Monongah, W. Va., one; Fairmont, W.
Va., two. Of these 23 are known to
he dead. The others are missing and
their bodies probably have been
washed away. There is danger that
the death list will be Increased as
many mines are flooded and it will
take months to pump them out and
search for victims in them. Many
sections have not yet been heard
from.
When the disastrous storm and
cloudburst came many towns were ; Hon not to recede further.
Just recovering from the torrential I "What will be the effect of the ac
r:iins of last Sunday. Yesterday tlon ?" Chairman Padgett of the house
storms drove many families from ' naval affairs committee and leader of
houses and demolished or damaged, the house conferences, was asked
residences. Streets were torn up by i when the caucus adjourned. "Heaven
the mile and wire and mail service ' alone knows," he answered. "I'm Just
was demoralized. The people of Dun-! going to 'sit on the log,' and I don't
bar, Pa., were warned by telephone
and fled to high ground Just In time
to escape the flood that swept down
the valley.
It Is estimated the money loss will
run into i he hundreds of thousands,
although nothing of a definite nature
can be obtained. The homeless will
not suffer as in former floods on ac
count of Warm weather. Persons
who penetrated the Superba mine, in
which 15 perished, report the interior
looks like it had been wrecked by a
gigantic explosion. Progress into the
diggings have been retarded by
debris.
Uniontown, Pa., July 25. Caught
like rats In a trap when water rushed
into the man-way of Superba No. 2
mine at Evans Station, three miles
north of Uniontown yesterday after
noon, following a cloudburst, IS men
were drowned and 87 escaped after
a most harrowing experience. The
men were drowned about 4000 feet
from the mouth of the mine, their
only avenue of escape. The majority
of the victims were married and had
large families.
Although a list of 13 was given
out by official;, It is reported that at
least one more victim, an unknown
foreigner, will be added. He was pass
ed by other men In the mine when
they escaped, refusing to accompany
them to a place of safety.
The majority of the victims had
large families and about thirty chil
dren are deprived of their breadwin
ners by one of the worst catastrophes
that has ever visited Fayette county.
The men who escaped were forced to
half swim and half walk td the pit
mouth through water ranging In
depth from their waists to their necks
on their way to safety. The majority
of the miners were knocked down by
timbers that ware sent down the mine
with great velocity In the raging cur
rent Several men were being carried
back Into the mine by the current
when rescued by their companions
who risked their Uvea.
Jeanette, Pa., July 26. A cloud
buret flooded miles of territory be
tween here and Oreensburg today.
The lowlands were quickly Inundated
and hundrede of persons were com
pelled to flee for their Uvea Resi
dences and buslnes places were al
most completely submerged In some
districts, while the Manor Valley and
Turtle Creek railroads, together with
trolly service, were put out of com
mission.
Her 2000 persons, Including many
women and children, are marooned
on the hlUs of Oakford park, where
the anual outing of the. employes of
the Union Supply company from
Westmoreland and Fayette counties
wee held. Two creeks In the vicinity
of the park overflowed their banks
snd before the pleasure-seekers In
the park coOld help therotclvea had
sui rounded the hill.
The water continued to come up
last night and no method of remov
ing the people from the park had
been provided.
Heventy-ftve families are homeless
In Jeannette. The monetary loss wlU
be heavy.
Brownavllle, Pa., July 26. Horse
men dashing frantically down the
Redstone valley yesterday, with water
up to the taddle girths, mide a Jour
"v of nine miles In time to save the
Uvea of hundreds of persons at 8mo k
a mining village Aalde from the
great quantity of water due to the
cloudburst. It was feared a huge ree-
CAUCUS AGAINST
ANY BATTLESHIPS
House Democrats Refuse to
Budge on Naval Pro
gram. Washington, July 25. No hope of
breaking the deadlock between senate
and house over the battleship appro
priation bill is in sight. House eon
ferrees are bound by the caucus, which
last night again declared for no bat
tleships. The situation is acute.
Washington, July 25. Democrats
of the house in caucus last night vot
ed 70 to 62 not to recede from their
"no-battleship" program in the naval
appropriation bill. A determined ef
fort was made to have the caucus ap
prove a compromise with the senate
whereby the house would agree to the
construction of one sea-fighter. Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, chairman of
the appropriation committee, led the
opposition to the proposal on the
ground of economy.
The action of the caucus further
complicates the adjournment plans of
the ' leaders of both the senate and
houBe. The naval appropriation bill
Is In conference and the caucus was
ordered in an effort to break a dead
lock that has prevailed for some time
with no apparent chance that it could
be broken.
The senate, committed to a two-
battleship building program, was will
ing to compromise on one Vessel this
year.
It has expressed its determina-
know what the outcome will be. How-. investigation of the Rosenthal mur
ever, we'll probably be here until frost der ca8e ,H through linger prints taken
arrives.
The caucus was a noisy one.
Through the guarded doors the voices
of those for and against the battle
ship plan came plainly. Those in
favoriof a greater navy because of the
approaching opening of the Panama
canal wasted Impassioned oratory and
sought the support of the "country"
members. Those opposed insisted
that the democratic pledges of econ
omy in governmental administration
made It Imperative that the naval
program, as already approved by a
previous house democratic caucus,
should be adhered to.
Representative Sulzer, chairman of
the foreign affairs committee offered
a resolution that two battleships be
provided for and that objection to
the senate amendment be withdrawn.
Although Mr. Sulzer had a number
of nii porters, Chairman Padgett
moved to amend the proposition by
substituting one such vessel which
would be "the last word" In naval
construction.
Majority Leader Underwood, Rep
resentative Murray of Massachusetts,
and Pou, of North Carolina, with sev
eral others, supported Mr. Padgett's
suggestion. Mr. Murray, who repre
sents the district in which the
Charlestown navy yard Is located,
confessed he was In favor of two big
fighting crafts, but that In the pres
ent temper of the two houses of con
gress he believed a compromise was
necessary to expedite public business.
The debate was growing acrimoni
ous when Representative Burnett of
Alabama moved that the entire mat
ter be tabled. There Immediately en
sued a scene of confusion, but the de
mand for a roll call on the proposal
was carried, with the result that the
caucus voted to stand firm by Its pre
vious decision.
Several Ineffectual attempts were
made to have the caucus vote to re
lease Its members from the pledge ex
acted by the previous caucus not to
vote for battleships this year.
TELLS OF HUM'S
BIG CONTRIBU I1QN
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Sheldon Says Roosevelt Didn't
Know of It Until After
the Election.
Washington, July 26. The clrcum
stances of the Harrlman contribution
to Roosevelt's campaign In 1104 were
related today to the eenate Invesligat
Inb committee by Qeorre R. Sheldon
treasurer of the committee In 1(08
He eald Governor Odell, New York
state chairman, asked Treasurer Bliss
for money to make the state nghi
Bliss had no money and appealed to
Harrlman. Harrinnn raised 1211,0(0
and the money given the state
committee and never went to the na
tlonal committee.
Sheldon knew unofficially that Mor
gan and Frlck were contrlbutore In
1((4 and said Rooeevelt did 'not know
Harrlman contributed until long after
the election, or at least that he had
no knowledge that Rooeevelt knew.
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Gamblers Believe Know
of Plot.
New York, July 25. One line of
several days ago from the doors of
Louis Ubby's gray automobile, In
which the murderers rode. These
have been compared with the prints
of reveral suspects now being held
and who are known to the police. The
results of tnis investigation nave noi
been made known yet.
Dollar bills were never so plentiful
imong certain 'habitues of Broadway
and Forty-second street as since the
niurder. It Is suspected that someone
with a "dough bag" has been "fixing"
newsboys, chauffeurs and anyone who
might know of the circumstances sur
rounding the killing.
Fi ar of revenge at the hand of east
side gangsters, ever present In the
minds, of witnesses in the Rosenthal
murder Investigation, yesterday tem
porarily blocked the efforts of District
Attorney Whitman to draw closer the
lines about the men who aRsasslnateil
the gambler. Apparently awed by the
presence of gangsters In the coroners
court, John Relsler, a barber known
to the sporting fraternity as "John
the Barber," retracted at the coroner's
examination a statement he Is alleged
to have made a few minutes earlier to
Mr. Whitman that he had seen
Rrldgle" Weber, how under arrest.
running from the scene of the mur
der. After Relsler had onled his
earlier statement he was arrested on
a charge of perjury.
The coroner's hearing in the after
noon was In the nature of an examin
ation of "Brldgle' Weber and Sam
Paul, both of whom are charged with
complicity In the murder of Rosen
thal. The prosecution charges that It
was In Weber's gambling house, near
the scene of the murder at Forty-
third street and Broadway, that the
murder gang congregated to go to the
place of the killing. It was to con
nect Weber more closely with the case
that "John the Barber" was placed on
the stand.
Having failed In his attempts to get
desired stotements from the witnesses.
District Attorney Whitman secured
adjournment of Weber's examination
for 48 hours In order that more wit
nesses might be secured to bring out
his connection with the case.
Sinn Puiil's examination Continued.
The examination of Sam Paul was
likewise put over. It Is believed that
Mr. Whitman Is laying Ms lines to
force from Weber a statement which
will Implicate those "higher up" In
the case.
The proceedings yesterday after
noon were sensational. Relsler was
the flrst witness called against Weber,
Continued on pare two.
One Killed In Ktorm.
Wheeling. W. Va., July 26 The
upper Ohio valley waa swept by i
most destructive wind, rain and elec
tries! storm yesterday afternoon. One
and perhaps three lives were lost.
At Welleburg, the fsotory of the
Wellshurg Glass company was blown
down end much other damage Inflict
ed. Traffic on the Ohio river and
main line dlvlelons of the Baltimore
ic Ohio waa tied up by landslides and
the going out of small bridges.
Good Bread Wins Wealthy Husband.
New York, Ju'v 21. Announcement
of the engagement of Andrew Cole
aged 80, a wealthy lumberman, and
Anna ftehults, aged 22, waa made to
Cole eald he flrt fell In love
with ' her delicious brown bread."
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Think Right Hard, for a Man
Found Them, $60,000 Worth, and You Can Have
Them for the Sum of $10,000.
Does anyone in Ashevllle or Hender-
sonvllle remember losing JGu.ouu
worth of diamonds about two years
ago or any number of years ago?
Does anyone 'n Ashevllle or Hender-
sonville remember that anyone else
lost diamonds of this Worth about two
years ago or at any other time?
If anyone does, It Is time for him
or her to come forward and make the
facts known and have the diamonds
reetored for the trifling consideration
of 210,000. The diamonds In question
considerably In question are sup
posed to have been Hast between hern
and Hondersonvlile, but It would not
greatly mutter where they were lost;
they may Just as well have been lost
between here and Wayneevllle or here
and Weavervllle as anywhere, always
provided that there was $60,000 worth
of them.
For there Is n man In the city who
says that be know! a man" who
found 2(0,000 worth of diamonds snd
he Intimated that he could restore
them to the uwner, If he Could And
who the owner I -and he exi" . ted
210,000 for the restoration.
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Many Oppose Third Party.
July
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rters of
Maryland hiii
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of Diamonds?
Says He Knows the Man That
The man Is of foreign birth and
lalms to be a detective. He does not
talk English very well, but he knew
enough words of the language to tell
what he wanted, which was the name
of a lady who had lost 160,000 worth
of diamonds between here and Hen-
dersonvllle about two years ago. He
did not know many of the details. He
did remember, however, thnt she had
offered a "preent" of $10,000 to sny
one thst would restore them. After
which he assumed a very mysterious
air, which led one to suppose that he
knows where the diamonds are and
could restore then at any time he sees
fit. In fact he said that he knew the
man who h.id found them. The only
thing he was In doubt about was the
name of the woman who had lost
them. In this,, too, he showed that
he was a real detective, for he had
already learned that she came here
from Boston.
Members of the police department
say they have no recollection of the
loss of jewels to this amount, and they
thought they would have heard It If It
had been generally known.
Strike In t arj"'-
Thomasvllle. Conn., July 2b. All
fTorts to end the dispute over wage,
t the mills of the Hartford Carpet
laUon far have failed. Neither I Miss II :
Kill recede. Btrlke-breakere tc her toda.- In which she eald I consmersuon or
. t I many preachers would be without ir i m governm
I opposition.
BATTLE IS BEGUN
ONWQOLMEASiIRE
Prospect of Agreement on Tar-
iff Measures Seems More
Remote.
Washington, July 25. Senate lead
ers today began lining up forces for a
three days tariff light that is expected
to begin on the congressional wool
bill. With both republican and demo
cratic forces undecided upon a plan,
the .situation appeared unusually com
plicated. The democratic wool bill
was to be taken up for amendment
when the senate met and the introduc
tion of the Cummins substitute yester
day had mixed the situation further.
The sugar and excise tax bills are
next in order after the wooi bill.
The prospect of agreement between
tne senate and house on the tariff
measures seemed u be lessened by
the pvowed pi (iose oi Senator Gronna
to pr sent amendments for the repeal
of Canadian reciprocity.
FLOG WOMAN III LOVE
AS ARMED MEN WATCH
Victim Accuses the Father of
Sweetheart of Night
Attack.
Macon, Ga., July 25. Lying on a
cot In a hospital, her body a mass
of bruises and her life endangered
Miss Essie Carter yesterday whispered
to her attorneys details of the fearful
beating she says she suffered at the
hands of W. S. Dozier, father of the
boy who had become infatuated witlL
her In her home in Dublin. The fath
er plied the lash, the declares, while
two men held her, helpless, and 15
others with guns in hand stood by. V.
O. Dozier, the youth, was locked in
the home of a brother while this was
going on.
The men nvolved are prominent In
this section. W. S. Dozier is clerk of
the Superior court of Terrell county,
and his helpers are said to have In
cluded one son and neighbors who are
leaders In business and professional
life.
Mr. Dozier .s the story Is told here,
went In company with two brothers-in-law,
and a party 18 in all to the
woman's house In automobiles.
"They dragged me out of my house"
Miss Carter told her attorneys-, "and
two men pinioned my hands. Then
they removed my .owin they had
pulled me out of bod and while two
men held me so tight I could not
move the father gave me an unmerci
ful flogging with a buggy whip. A ne
gro cabman held the light. I fainted,
and this, I suppose, soared them, for
when I came to my senses I had been
taken back Into the house and they
e ill pone. Then my sister came
ina ' .it me to Macon tor treat
ment."
MOTHER DIVES BLOOD.
FAIES TO SAVE HER BOY
Her Prolonged Sacrifice to
Strange Malady Has Prov
ed Unavailing.
Lexington, Ky., July 25. Prolonged
sacrltlce of blood by a mother failed
to save the life of Frank Grover, aged
17, who has died from a malady the
doctors could not diagnose. He was
stricken weeks ago. The affliction
took the form of a mysterious ab
sorption that left him weak. Physi
cians decided that he must have new
blood.
"Frank rhall have my blood," said
his mother; "I am strong and my
blood will make him strong." Each
day she was strapped to her son on
an operating table and blood trans
fused through the arm arteries. The
boy's strength returned quickly and It
was believed he was recovering. Re
cently a change for the worse oc
curred, the malady absorbing new
blond faster than It could be sup
plied, and he collapsed this .afternoon
snd died.
MISS GOULD'S RETORT
She Tells Divine Msny Prea lim
Would Be Without Wive but
for Old Maids).
Grand Junction, Col., July 25.'
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a sermon recently advocating tho ex-
lie of old malde to a barren Island as
nd as
a lot
i.itnr
waste humanity, he anticipated
of resentment, possibly, but hs
d himself at Issue
lie eeosjti
House Leaders Believe Effort
to Have Him Declare for
Mild Protection Will
Fail.
;gAY HE'LL APPROVE
HOUSE LEGISLATION
And That His Speech of Ac
ceptance Will Reveal Him
Standing Squarely on
Platform.
Washington, July 25. Democratic
leaders of the house who have con
ferred with' Governor Wilson are con
fident that he will not read any pro
tection into the Baltimore platform.
They look for his speech of acceptance
of the nomination to reveal him
stan llng squarely on the revenue tar
iff legislation of the house. That suits
Representative Oscar W. Underwood
of Alabama, the majority leader. He
is just as willing as Mr. Cannon that
the i;sue should be protection against
revenue tariff.
The efforts of protective influence
in the democratic party to induce the
candidate to desert hi3 own theoret
ical free trade ideas and leap over
the revenue tariff policy into a species
of mild protectionism have attracted
much attention here.
Since it began Speaker Clark has
seen Governor Wilson twice and Rep
resentative Underwood has conferred
uith him once. Mr. Underwood can
:-ee no other sane fighting ground
than continued advocacy of the tariff
legislation already attempted bye the
house but nullified by the republican
senate and by the presidential veto.
If Governor Wilson were not pre
pared to proceed in harmony with
what the house has sought to do Mr.
Underwood, always plain spoken,
would be quick to show his dissat
isfaction. But he has, uu the contrary,
expressed his hearty approval of the
candidate, 'Phe harmonious accord
between the two has been apparent
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS
Alaskan Civil Government Bill
Must Go to Confer
ence. Washington, July 25. With the end
of the congressional session depend
ent upon the speed with which the
senate clears its docket, that body
made a record progress yesterday.
Among the Important bills and reso
lutions passed were: .
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
carrying $110,000,000, and providing
for the continuance of the tariff
board.
The military academy appropriating
bill, carrying over $1,064,000.
The Alaskan civil government bill,
establishing a legislature and partial
home-rule In the territory.
A resolution directing the secre
tary of war to investigate claims of
Americans to redress for Injuries from
Mexkan outbreaks along the Inter
national border In 1911.
A revised Alaskan mining claim
measure.
A bill making a fcdernl standard
for apples shipped in barrels..
A bill authorizing $750,000 for a
memorial amphitheatre at Arlington
National cemetery, near Washington.
A bill to regulate sponge fishing In
the Gulf of Mexico and Florida wat
ers.
From these measures of a public
character, the senate pushed on into
the calendar of private and seml
publlc bills, and before adjournment
had disposed of much Important bus
iness that had been held back by the
appropriation bills, the Panama canal
debate, the Lorlmer case and other
hard-fought measures. In the desire
to hasten their legislation, the canal
bill was not taken up yesterday.
The democrats renewed their light
on the tariff board when the sundry
civil bill went through the parliamen
tary procedure of passing from the
"committee of the whole" Into the
"senate," but the appropriation of
$225,000 for the board was again
endorsed. The provision will In the
subject of a renewed fight In the con
ference committee.
The Alaskan civil government bill
which had already passed the houaa
wll require perfecting In a nonfereooi
committee before It goes to the pres- I
Ident (or slgnatuie. As paiscd In tho
senate. It would establish a legisla
ture of one house, consisting of Id
member The Alaskan uscmbly would
and p
latora d
lators 1
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