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Zte Cbatbam. IRecort). hTa. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 1.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Results in a Number of People Losing Their Lives . SCENES OF GREAT EXCITEMENT premature Explosion of an Enormoua Blast of Powder Near Colon Claims Tex Dead and Fifty Injured. Colon, By Cable. A giant blast of 3ynamitc, already prepared for firing, va prematurely exploded in "the workings at Bas Obispo Saturday. Tea men were killed and fifty injured, t i.i:1.." be that ethers have been kill 1. i'or debris is piled up in all direc- Pas Obispo cut is about 30 miles Vom Colon, and the shock of the ex Io?:cn was distinctly felt here, as in nk'itiou to that in the blast, 22 tons r thimnitc was exploded. N"xiiv.citu5 reports are eurrent as to l.o cause of the accident but the of-. iei;! version from Culebra, -which ;ive an estimate of ten killed and ifty v.-cunded, states that during the lor.dinx of the last hole of the blast '.he dynamite in. this cutting was dis ilirnnd. and the remaining 22 tons awe exploded by concussion. The holes had not been connected le-cirically as the discharge cf the blast was set for 0 o'clock in the i.ftcnucn. The last hele was being ended under the supervision of one if the most cfTkiciit powder men in the employ of the commission. A passenger train had just passed when t lie explosicn occttrred, but it wa not in any way damaged. The majority cf the victims are Fixiniitrds. "Relief trains were sent to the scene cf the disaster and one which re turned here several hours later brought back the report that 45 of the injured had been sent to Ancon Hospitpl. The officials on the train stated that eleven dead had been found while many others in (he gang of 120 who were employed in the cut were missing. It was ?lso reported by the train men that the explosion was due to a passing steam shovel, which hook ed the wire leading to the immense charge of dynamite. Whether or not this was the cause of the accident, a steam shovel and crew, which hap pened to be en the scene were prac fically buried under the mass of rocks and earth thrown up. Gans wc-re scon searching for the der.d and assisting the wounded. Electric lichts were set up and at r.ipht steam sbovels were at work re roving the tons upon tons of debris. ';eny of (he men have been seriously injured, seme cf them probably fa tally. Tradition has it that the Panama Railroad cost one human life for ev ?iy tie. what with accidents, insurrec hons and disease, and the construc tion cf the canal has not .gone along without exacting its toll. There have been a number of acci dents in the last two years, chief among which was the premature ex plosion cf dvnamite at Pedro Miguel in June. 1907, which resulted in the oeath of seven men and the injury nf a number cf others. 1U De?.:1, Tots! Fourteen. felon, P,v CaMe. -Thi cxplosionSun- flay at Rns Obispo rf 21 tons of dynamite blast was the most serious accident in connection with the build i'1? cf the Panama canal sines the Tinted States .took control. A thoiv orurh investigation with a view to fixing the resnonsibilitv has been or dered and already officials! are tak ing evidence. Creol-ci Wisconsin Banker Sentenead Jlii-vaukee, Wis., Special. John F. Scbul;?, aged 3S, farmer pavingr tel ler cf the First National Bank of Ha tine, v.a. rcntenced to five years at Tort Leiivcnworth by Judge Quarles. '-chili tc embezzled $15,000, pleaded Kuilty and asked for leniency. Five years is the minimum penalty. Sehuite as arrested at Cleveland on" July 7. Mail Carrier Badly Hurt. Spartanburg, Special. Jesse L. cod, a well known letter carrier, 5 thrown from his buggy early S"ttday morning and seriously injured- The horse Mr. "Wood was driving ;Ook fright on east Main street, just Jn front of the First Presbyterian Hunch. He was thrown violently to tJlP sidewalk and knocked uncon scious. When taken to his home it jyas discovered that three of-his ribs ha:t heeu broken and one of his shoulders terribly injured. He is nentened with pneumonia, which KnKc-i his condtiion trebly worse. Ohio Congressman Critically m. booster, O., Special. The man ftttr.cl unconscious in the chair cat a Pennsylvania westbound train Sunday and taken to a local hospital was later identified as Con Pjsman Grant E. Mouser, of the -3on, 0., district. Physicians de t'e ho is. suffering from uraemk poisoning and acute congestion of the kie.nevs PANAMA EXPLOSION VOL. XXXI. THE WORK OF CONGRESS Congressional Summary, The business of both houses of Congress was confined largely to list ening to the reading of the Presi dent 'g annual message bjit in addi tion a few bills Ayere introduced both in the Senate and the House and in the House a number of bills was sent to conference, among them being one providing for a new immigration sta tion in Boston. In addition, the Speaker announced the apointment of Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut, to a place on the com mittee on the judiciary, in place of Mr. Littlefield and of Mr. Martin to a place on the committee on Indian affairs in place of Mr. Parker, de ceased. For the first time during the present Congress there was a call of the com mittees of the House but no measure was reported by any of them. The miscellaneous work of the Sen ate consisted in the main of the ref erence in executive session of about 1,500 recess nominations, which Avere sent to the Senate by the President, and the adoption of resolutions of re gret on account of the death of mem bers of the House who have passed away since the adjournment last May. The Senate adjourned for the day at 2 o'clock and the House at 2:35. Census Bill Passed. For nearly five hours the House of Representatives considered the bill providing for the taking of the thir teenth and subsequent decennial cen suses, and passed it without material change. From the very outset of the debate it became evident that the progress of the measure toward pas sage would be impeded. Pensions in Senate. The session of the Senate was chiefly devoted to the formal presen tation of departmental reports and the introduction of bills. The re ports have been made public from time to time and the bills numbering 352 were chiefly for the granting of pensions. Saturday's Session. The House of Representatives Sat urday was in its old-time form. Nc particular programme had been map ped out, but under a call of commit tees several measures in which the members were especially interested, and in some cases vitally concerned, were considered. With few, excep tions they engendered the liveliest sort of debate, and it was disclosed that the forces for or against then were fully lined, up for the fray. Parliamentary tactics were freely re sorted to, with the result that five times the roll was called. The first rangle occurred on 1 reso lution fixing the boundary lino be tween the States of Colorado, Okla homa and New Mexico, which was agreed to by a majority but. not with out two roll calls. The House then by a decisive vote refused to further consider the bill providing for arbi trary settlement of disputes between employers and employes. Next turning attention to the bill providing for the protection of aliens in the United States the subject was threrhed out at length. The measure had rough sailing and it was passed by a slim majority after the roll had been called twice. Mr. and Mr Taft Given Reception Washington, Special. President, elect and Mrs. William II. Taft were tendered a reception by Miss Mabel Boardman, a Washington society leader, at her home on Dupont circle. The function was one of the most notable of the season, and among the guest were a large number of the rep resentative persons of the Capital's official, diplomatic and social circles. Tha Evacuation of Cuba. Washington, Special. At the Wav Department the first details regard ing the withdrawal from Cuba of the American army of pacification, which has been on duty there sinee the fall of 1906, were made known. The movements of the troops will be erin on January 1st and will be com pleted by April 1st. Killed by Electric Shock. Yorkville, Special. Mr. W. F. Downs, a native of Fort Mill, and for the past three or four years head machinist at the Tavora Cotton Mill at this place, was instantly killed by an electrical current. The electrical current which is furnished by the Southern Power Company, had failed and Superintendent Ramseur and Mr. Downs were searching for the trouble. The switch had been opened and Downs placed his hand on a wire he supposed dead but it proved not to be and he fell back lifeless. Thomas F. Ryan Gives $1,000 to " Uncle Remus Fund. Atlanta, Ga., Special. J. G. Les ter, secretary of the ''Uncle Remus" memorial association, annotmced the receipt of "a contribution of $1,000 from Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, to the fund of perpetuating the mem ory of Joel Chandler Harris. Mr. Ryan was tendered and has accept ed the vice presidency of the asso ciation, . 1 - . i- - ' PITTSBQRQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 16. 1908, . NO. 18. DUTCH SEIZE VESSEL Venezuelan Ship Towed Into Pert PRILE CARRIED DUTCH FLAG The Gelderland. Steams Into the Har bor of Williamstad Towing the Venezulean Coastguard Ship Alex Flying the Dutch Flag and Sport ing a Dutch Crew. Willeamstad, Island of Curacao, Special. -The Dutch cruiser Gelder land came into this port Sunday morning towing the Venezenla coast guard ship Alix with the 'Dutch flag flying and a Dutch crew on beard. The Gelderland captured the Alix off Puerto Cabello on Saturday. At that time the Alix was lying close in shore and notwithstanding the threat which the Venezulean government had made to fire upon any of the Dutch warships committing a hostile act, the Gelderland steamed at full speed towards the guard ship and sent, an officer and guard in a launch to seize her. No shots came from the forts on land. The crew of the Alix was put ashore and the Dutch officer and mar ines remained on board, the Gelder land finally taking the Alix in tow and steaming aAvay Avith her prize. The seizure of the Alix was in ac cordance with the plans of the Hol land government when instructions were issued to the three Dutch Avar ships noAV in these A-aters to make a demonstration off the coast of Ven ezula and to capture any Venezulean ships of Avar of guard vessels that thev might find. The people of Curacao are greatly rejoiced. The Governor of Curacao said :. "The capture of our Avarships of coast guards and war'vessls is not to be considered an unfriendly act against the Venezuleans. It is mere ly a reprisal against Castro's goA-crn-meiit Avhich refuses to give satisfac tion for his unfriendly acts toward Holland." It is learned from the officers of the Gelderland that the battleship Jacob Van Hemskerk and the cruiser Friesland are hoav off La Guyra and that furllier captures may be expect ed at any time. Taft's View of McKinley. New York, Special. President elect William H. Taft, speaking Sun day night at the dedication of a Mc- Kinley memorial organ in Metropoli tan Temple, told to the audience the story of his official association with the late Prseident, and declared Avith reference to the Philippine Islands that the policy laid down by Mr. Mc Kinley in 1900 had been the policy of the present as it will be the policy of his own administration in the White House. Mr. Taft Avill remain here until Thursday, Avhen he leaves for Augusta, Ga., to spend the five weeks preceding his proposed depart ure to the Panama canals American Railway Company Asks For a Charter. - Hawkinsville, Ga., Special. Char ter was applied for by a local attor ney on behalf of interested parties for a charter for "The American Railway Company," which proposes building a line frcm Abbeville, Ga., to Winchestei', in Macon county, Ga., via HaAvkinsville - and Grovania. The proposed read "will traverse one of the richest farming sections of the State. It Avill tap the Seaboard at Abbeville and the Gulf line at HaAv kinsville. Work' will begin at once, it is-' stated. 1808 Cotton Crop. Washington, Special. The crop reporting board of the bureauof sta tistics of the Departent of Agricul ture has estimated from, reports of correspondence agents of the bureau that the total production of cotton in the United States for the year 1908-9 would amount to 6,182,970,000 pounds. England Rushes More Troops to India. London, By Cable. Another heavy draft on English home regiments for service in India was ordered by the war office. The troops Avill be ready to embark for India as soon as pos sible as the threatened Indian up rising is believed to be imminent. Fri day's draft with the heavy rein forcements that started for India last Wednesday, has reduced many of the home battalions to mere skeletons ind an additional call for recruits will soon be made. Wife of Millionaire is Arrestd Fox Shoplifting. New York, Special. Mrs. Louis J. Schloss, wife of the well known NeAv York and Baltimore elothier, was ar rested here last week for shoplifting. Different articles she had picked up amounted to about $16. She pleads nervousness and ill health. The case will be heard soon. vv HAIL,- COLUMBIA Cm Uncle Sin"Whj', I TliouJUi It Wjj - ' - Ilami and Raise The Suffragist Movement in a Women's Revolution Which Will Affect Destinies Gf New York City. In a remarkable editorial The World writes as follows about a quiet revolution that is be ing wrought by the women "of the United States: A REVOLUTION. Here are these three matters of fact: The spread of the suffragist movement despite the laughter of a world of men; the general invasion of indus'j?al fields by women; wive3 outnumbering husbands two to one as plaintiffs in the 945,000 divorce cases of the last twenty years in the United States. It is customary to treat separately the thr5e issues thus presented. They are all manifestations of one general movement a Revolution of Women, due chiefly to the new industrial re gime under which a woman can do WOMEN LED REVOLUTION IN TURKEY". New York City. The Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, recently returned from Turkey, where he was at the time, the Sultan's declaration of the new con stitution was announced, spoke be fore the Baptist Ministers' Confer ence, in the Madison Avenue Baptist Church Hall, on tho "New Regime" in Turkey. He described the Sultan going to church with his thirty wives and said the Sultan painted his cheeks' and dyed his hair. No monarch in the world, he said, had such a gang of scoundrels and thieves around him as had the Sultan of Turkey before the next constitution went into effect. Since that timo the 25,000 spies had BISHOP DQANE ON FAMILY LIFE EVILS. He Deprecates Prevalence of Dlvarc: and the Increase 0' Race Suicide, v Philadelphia. There was read be fore the Federal Council of Churches of Christ a report on "Family Life," prepared for a committee by the Rt, Rev. William Croswell Doane, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, in which were exploited the evils pre vailing against the hearthstone. "Family life," wrote the Bishop, "is threatened, first, by the lowered sense of the sanctity of marriage; eecondly, by the prevalence of di vorce! thirdly, by the alarming in crease in the restriction of the bear lng of children, In this lait matter it is the duty of ths Christian Church to speak out. There has bsen a decline in the birth rate in every Western country, most marked in the English speaking countries; greater in the United States than In any other coun try. It is largely due to the loss of the sense of responsibility to God for the fruits of marriage. It is a symp tom of the spirit which Bhirks re sponsibility and resents self-denial and which results in the weakening of NOW THE "TUBE Paris, France. The .revolution gradually brought about in woman's dress as a result of the DIrectoire craze is producing some curious con sequences. The dress designers and makers, after having gradually brought about what they describe as a straight line in front, have now di rected their attention to the back por tion of the fashionable attire, and the decree has gone forth that the straight line, both front and back, is to prevail this winter. The result is to create an entirely Plan Uprising Againit the British in India. Vancouver, B. C. The World says British officers Tyvxirking among the Sikhs and Hindus of the Pacific Coast unearthed the details of a proposed uprising against British rule in India. The story is to the effect that scat tered outrages are now taking place in India for the purpose of scattering the British troops. The main rising will take place in April next at Amritzar. ' Stocks of arms of modern type are hidden in to n by Triggs. in the Ne.v York Tress. All Arranged Tint Ycu V;:: u Stsy at a Lirge Family I" (he United' States May Fore- the Whole Baco. a man's work and earn what wa3 a man's wage hardly a generation ago. Woman is no longer afraid of free dom. She can make her own way. Spinsterhood has ceased to be inevi tably a burden. Marriage when it becomes a disaster or a despotism need jno logger be borne as the pen alty of dependency. In her new spirit of independence woman may turn naturally enough to politics, though the suffragist movement in the United States Is thus far least important among feminist agitations. Other revolutions haAre changed maps, dynasties and governments. A Woman's Revolution may greatly affect the destinies of the whole race. An issue is presenting itself which no prudent statesmanship can safely un derestimate or ignore. been dismissed, the police had been deprived of their grafting methods and that every one was happy under the new 'order, so much so, that even the Cd drivers accepted a small fare without protest, but with smiles. Forty Turkish women, the preach er said, had been most instrumantal in carrying on the revolution in Tur key, carrying dispatches to all poiht3 of tho empire in behalf of the pa triots. These women had been joined by thousands of others since the con-, stltution had gone Into effect, and were establishing women's clubs, -and that the era of new womanhood , in Turkey had apparently dawned, Women, he said, were doing away with the custom of wearing veils. character of the American people, "Concerning this evil the committee desire to recommend that wherever possible legislation should be promoted to secure the prohibition of certain appliances and drugs' and corrupting advertisements; the prose cution of all who publicly and profes sionally assist preventive methods, a proper and efficient standard and sta tus of those who practice midwifery and the national recognition of the dignity of motherhood and the provU elon of adequate care, protection and assistance for Tfomen before and af ter childbirth, 'Differ cs we may !a the various Protestant churches upon the ground on which divorces may be allowed there is a consensus of opinion in all the churches that divorce is a menace to society and a threatening ruin to the home. The committee unhesita tingly declare that in their judgment there is at most but one cause for which marriage ought to be broken by a court of law." WOMAN" IN PARIS. new-shaped human being. - already nicknamed "la femme tube," or 'the "tube woman," because the few wom en seen about so far in the vary latest style of Directoire dress resemble walking stovepipes. The new figure requires the wear ing a corset of extraordinary length, resembling certain ancient iron in struments of torture. They are made of rubber or elastic tissue and whale bone, and reach nearly to the knees. Many of these new corsets are on show at the large shors. Says Kailroads Control Most Federal Judges. Lawrence, Kan. At a State confer ence here over State legislation, J. L. Brlstow, former Assistant Postmaster-General, who vill succeed Chester L. Long in the United States Senate, declared that the railroads control most of the Federal Judges, and that better, care should bo exercised in the selection of Judges. "Lawyers should be chosen," eald he, "who have not been affiliated with the railroads or other big corpora tioas."- HOLT'S:-. SLAYER' CAUGHT Weil-KnoATn Citizens cf Durham Tafc " cn Into Custody Fcr Asssnatioa of Englrccr frei Sett. Durham, "N. C, Special. The atv rest of Reuben Barbee here fcr th murder cf Engineer J. A, Kelt last week, almost demoralized the lay vis iters to the Methodist Conference and in a few minutes the news had spread all over the city. Barbco was arrested Friday after noon by a policeman for being drunk and that circumstance started the story of 'his connection Avith the crime. As a matter of fa;t, this step had been contemplated' several days wiih accumulating evidence rending to shew uufaAxiably against tho Durham man. Barbce lrmsclf has exhibited an interest in the crime, not altogether! characeristie. and this Aveek said he had found the murderer Avhcm he designatedxas Kobert Gcld en, a colored helper at the oaI chute. Reuben mentioned 'the single barreled' gun as evidence end said he Avanted but little more evidence lo cinch the reward. There are ctbei stories that in his cups be has said he has killed four men and fclloAv ed none to the grave. That record is supposed to be true, but Barbce never suffered for any crime. The circumstances upon which the arrest Avas made are these: Barbeo has been for years at loggerheads with the Southern Railway; he lh-es in the coal chute vicinity; he has a grudge against M. Greenbere:, Avbose house was fired into the night cf the Holt murder, and the officers have had no other thcorv than that -the same man did both; he has done some talking; two negroes are givin? tes timony that they saw him crmr? out from the coal chute the night cf the murder and hat he had a ?un in his hands. Tjpon this testimony the arrest Avas made bv Sheriff Ilanvard and DetectiA-e Ashbum. Banner Must Serve His Term. Raleigh, Special. According to , a ruling just made by the Supreme Court finding no error in the trial beloAv Lute Banner, a former mem ber of the State Legislature, post master of his toAAn and internal revenue officer, Watauga county, must serve his sentence of 30 .years in the penitentiary for the murder cf Ambrose Cline, Avhom he shot down as he was passing his store cn the opposite side cf the street Avith out the least. warning to Cline of his intention. The plea in the trial be Ioav was insanitjT, but the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Clark writing the opinion, declares that there was no evidence of insanity in the trial and expresses the Ari eAv that Banner was lucky to avoid conviction of murder in the first degree, thereby escaping the gallows Decrease is Ccmparatively SnialL Raleigh, Special. Corporation Clerk Wilson,, of the office of the Secretary of State, made up his re port on corporations, Avhich shows that during the twelve months Avhich ended NoA-ember 30th last year there were 83.0 charters granted, while this 5 'ear, up to KoA-embcr 30 th, the num ber was 763. This shows a falling eff this 3 occ of 7G, which. is a ;ip Ital showing. The largest charter went l: tne Raleigh Light and Poavft Company, the anurnt being $3,730 000. Falling off Shown in Tobacco Reports. Raleigh, Special. The November report of tho sale of loose leaf tobac co in the Avarehouses of North Caro lina to the State ' Department of Agriculture show 17,831,000 pounds for November compared with 41,291, 239 for October. Winston-Salem leads with 3,112,249 pounds; Wilson sec ond, 1,899,017 ; Mount Airy, third, 1,470,643. Forty-one markets re ported. . News cf the State. D. A. Lynch, assistant manager of tho Davidson football team for tho past gecson, has been elected manag er for next year, season of 1909. Editor H. B. Varner, of Lesington, and the party of nine young ladies who won a free trip to Northern cit ies in a voting contest, are now in NeAv York and are having a big time doing that city. The Champion Fibre Company, of Canton, is building a large boarding house at Sunburst preparatory to be ginning work there Avith a large crew of hands. The force noAv at work at Hornbuekle will be transferred to that place. . It is learned that High Point's public building will commence to take shape some time next sprint. The appropriation calls for $75,000 and High Point stands close to head on the list for appropriations to be pass ed upon. - Mr. Wr. E. Shepherd, railway agent at Mooresville. has resigned his po sition and will lesve in a short time for the West. Two Die of Ptomaine Poison. Westchester, Pa., Special. Two members of the family of George VanHorn, of Mendehs.ll, Chester county, are dead, and three others are ill as the result of ptomaine pois oning, caused-by sausage procured from a local grocery stove. John VanHorn, eight years old, died Thursday, and his sister, Mabel. 10 years old, passed away Thursday night. Both suffered intense agony. They were buried Friday. Zhe Cbatbam TRecorD, RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion One Square, two Insertions.... 1,5 One Square, one month a. 09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. - -. , FOREST RESERVES One cf the Most Urgent Needs cfthc Nelicn.. fH& DEMAND. rillLY GCKE OVER governors and Prcmircnt Ien From4 Every Section cf the Country Ap pear Befcrc the Housa Committee and" Urje tee Establishment of Fcrest Re:crv:3. . Washington, ' Spscial. A distin-, ruished assembly cf. Avitncsses tes ;ified before the House ccmrailtee on igiiculturc to the need of the Fed--eral government establishing forest eserves in the White mountains and in the Southern Appalachians. It narked the rpc;)ing of the fight in his ses-s'en cf Congress fcr the Crea don of -these reserves to protect tho lavigability cf naA'igable streams, a jurpese Avhich the committee conced ed is constitutional. Besfdcs Coventor Guild, cf Massa-. ihusetts, who Avas the spokesman in til he Avas ccmpelled to leave the , :ity end turn his duties over to Col. William S." Harvey, of Philadelphia, GoA'crnors Chamberlain, of Oregon; A.nsel, cf South Carolina; Hoke Smith jf Georgia, and Jchnson, of Minne sota, former Governors George E. Pardee, of California, and Blanchard, of Louisiana, and Dr. Edward Ever jtt Hale, chaplain of the Senate, Avero among thsoe av1;o appeared. Chair nan Scott, of the -committee, said the committee appreciated tho public sentiment in faA'cr of the project but that the problem of obtaining the., iesired end was difficult. ReprcsentatiA'e Scott explained that :he House committee on the judiciary had questioned the constitutionality . -3f action cn the part of Congress looking toward the purchase of land Cor the consenTaticn of forests what- ever it might do toward protecting the navigability of the streams of the Jountry. Goyernor Guild, in responding, laid ' smphasis upon the ability of the gen eral government to undertake pro jects for the general Avelfare of tho country, saying the appeal come frcm all quarters of the nation. It is probably the first time in his- tory that the GoA-ernor of South Car olina and the GoATernor of Massachu setts have joined band in hand to ap peal to Congress for the enactment of laAv for the general AA'elfare of the United States," said Governor Guild, as he bowed to Governor An sel, of the Southern State. - President Van Hise took the posi tion that the peculiar rapidity of erosion in the Southern Appalachian mountains necessitated the establish ment, of a reserA-e there, for the pres-erA-ation cf the naA'igability of the streams and the protection of the harbors. lie gave it as his opinion that the crucial area to be purchased was the loAver slopes of the mountains where the inclines are so steep and erosion so rapid that their use for agriculture is less important than the preservation of the streams. i Nine Injured by Bomb. New York, Special. Creeping over the roof to an airshaft in the five story tenement at 330 Sixty-third street, a Black Hand agent dropped a bomb to the ground. The explosion that resulted Avas, terrific. The Avails of the building feele.I and tottered, almost falling, and every window " within a block or more was shattered. Nine people in the building and in the street were injured by the ex plosion of the bomb, some of them seriously, although it is not thought that any of them will die. It was a miracle that no one was killed out right. The police are investigating the case and they have come to the conclusion that the bomb dropping was the work of the , same Blacl Hand agent who three years ago kidf napped the small son of an Italian banker, who owng and occupies a part of the building, and that the motive was revenge, the banker having re fused to ransom his eon. The bomb thrower made good his escape, but the police believe that-they havo clues Avhich may lead to his capture, or pes sibly to the breaking up of a Black Hand gang. Every Citizen to Becomo a Soldier. Washington, Special.- Every mal' citizen in the United States between the ages of 16 and 45 is to become a part of the military force cf the country and. to be liable for military duty under the terms cf a- bill, the 'passage pf which has been rccom- ' mended by the President in a special -message to Congress. Tho bill pro vides an elastic organization and, as the President says, under its provi. . sions it will be just as easy to raise an army of 2,500,000 as of 50,000. Hale Succeeds Allison. ' Washington, SpecialA largely at tended caucus of Republican Senator unanimously elected Senator, Hale, of Maine, as chairman of the Repub lican caucus to succeed the late Sen ator Allison, of Iowa. The position carries Avith it tho chairmanship oi the Republican steering committee pi the Senate. Senator Hale's nomina. tion was the only one before th caucus, Various rilstriets-