THE A- SffEVP" WM fmmm THE .WEATHER CITIZEN WANT AI.? SHOWERS BRING UESULTS ; Vol ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUKo DAY MOKNING, JULY 1, 1913. (XXIX, NO. 251. 7 G0I1FEDERATE AND UlilOH-VETERflHS' MARGHTOBETHER Men Who Fbced Each Other's 'Muskets Without a Tre- mor, Clasp Hands WOMEN SIN'G OLD BATTLE SONGS Eyes of Veterans at Gettys burg Misty as Familiar Tunes Are Heard GETTYSBURG, Pa-V Jun 30.--Over th field of Gettysburg where th blu and gray fought fifty. year wo, f ' th soldier of peace from th' north y and south, the east and west, trooped " 'today to the tented city of brown , Where they will live Id the four days of semi-sentimental celebration. ' 'It was an army united In sentiment and .united in fact, for the blue linked arms with Jthe gray. - They marched the' dusty road together front the village, ' they sat down at the same mess tables and, they talked. over the war tonight, If, there was any 'ran cor In any hetit,. any feeling, of bit terness, Jt did not. come to the sur face ac'd over the broad expanse of the 4cly" reunion of those who won . and those 'who tried went ' on hour after hour. . , v y ,40,000 Present. - v Officials of the regular army in charge of the camp tonight estimat ed that nearly 15,000 veterans came , In during the day, bringing th total close to 40,000. ' The sun blazed Just as fiercely, as ever but down fromi the Blue Ridge tumbled a Hvely ' littfe breeze thacurled the open tent flas and carried vigor to the tired vet erans. , In consequence of this .relief ther were fewer prostrations, i Although the progress of the cel Ibratlon will not be taken up until tomorrow there was a reception to- i day by! survivors of Buford's divis ion of Ueade' army and Wheeler's division of Lee's. 'The meeting was hsld in the big tent set 'aside1 for peechmaklng and began fifty years .to the hour from the time "when the 'first shot proceeding .the battle was '' ' .Sought 'tnii "skirmishes that led up to ' (the three days fight ' pledged them (selves In the shadows of the stars and stripes to "forget"" and their brothers in blue swore by the stars and bars that the fight was over (or ..' an time, " ' . '.' ' , Wotoen Sing Old Songs. . There were several Women from (the village in the tent and six one . time school girls, . grey-haired and - Wed now, sang "Rally 'Round the Flag Boys," while the veterans wept like 'boys, tout with pride. The six .women who.sang the battle song were . among those -who thronged the streets of Gettysburg after .the advance guard- of the Southern army left it fifty years ago. On that night when" ;Bufond's men came riding into the Village on the heels of Wheeler's . Continued on Page Seven.) 'TWELVE BDYS DB3WS AS wooden Ilk ol ni T LAWRENGE.EIVES WAY Great Crowd of Boys Break Down Bridge Leading to Both House , BODIES RECOVERED LAWRENCE, Mass., Juna 80. A (riarrow wooden ' walk - leading over ' 'fifteen feet ot water te the municipal ' isath-house in the Merrlmae river, to aay gave way under the stamping feet of a crowd of impatient boys and at lewt twelve ot the little fellows were drowned. There may be more bodies in the stream. The boys, ranglna from I t 18, were waiting foi W. M. Blythe, the ,batb-hstise keeper, to opea the door. (Ns one knea how man then were in ths party, birt it is thought that '.forty Is a conservative estimate. ' i Ido The eom were jumping up ana ows when ths supports sank and the walk extension dropped like a trap 'door, rolling the lads Into ths water. ; There Is a swift current at this ! point draws by the falls a quarter ot ja mils below and the youngsters were Uavght In tht swirl Many of them could not swim. : Witnesses on the rlvw bank say that all disappeared In a flash, but a mo lanent later there was a struggling 'mass on tht surface, The stronger tones, who conM swim, struck but for the boathonse and a score saved themselves. Their cries brought at J and several others were pulled ashore. Five unconscious boys were brought from the water and two of , these Anally were revived. j It was thought at first that on 'three were drowned and It was not unto two hours later that the probable loss of Ufa was realised. Boats and grappHnc Irons were then brought mat ttoeriverbed eras 4reir4, Whs tths work ceased lata tonight twelvs ses ha4 besq WALL STREET MEN SUMMONED BEFORE LOBBY COMMITTEE Investigation - WiW Be Resumed Wednesday Charges-'Made by Lovett and Mulhall Will Be New Line of Inquiry. .',' ' : V . . MX'OKKAKER, SAYS T.FT. . 4 , , NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 10. Former President William H. Taft today declined to discuss the lobby charges by Martin H. 4 Mulhall except to send word through his secretary that he re- garded the statement as one of those 'muckraking ., attacks that men occupying public office art subject te -,"'.' , ' ' : 4 WASHINGTON, Juns $0, Investi gation of lobbyists and lobbies by the senate will be re-opened Wednesday; with a number of prominent Wall street men as witnesses. Chairman ! Overman of the special committee de cided today after a talk with President Wilson and informal conferences with, his committee assistants, to renew ac tivity jt& once Instead of waiting until July S as had been planned. Claims of Martin M.. Mulhall, of Baltimore, that as lobbyist for the National Association of .Manufactur ers, he had for years maintained Close relations with members of congress and firlanced their campaigns for re election have so intensified the feel ing In congressional 'circles that the lobby committee has . determined proceed at once and, to Interrogate all persons connected with any of the recent lobby disclosures. . ' Witnesses for Wednesday. Witnesses for Wednesday include Paul Cravat h and Lewis Cass Led yard, prominent New Tork atorneys, and David Lamar, a Wall street fi nancier. The Investigation will center about the charges made recently by Robert 6. Lovett, of the Union Pacific railroad, that many New 'York fi nanciers and lawyers had been ap proached over the .telephone by lob byists and persons representing them selves to be members St congress. Until, this. branch Of the Inquiry Is disposed ot . the com,m.llUeJttrobablv will hH take tro" tw-fnor' recent uis closures of Mr.. Mulhall which have thus far appeared only in newspaper reproduction of his personal state ment and fac-sim!ile of letters he .claims to have received, containing references to ths efforts to control and Influence members ot congress. Mulhall Is under subpoena to appear July 8. " ... .-. - ... - . After Documents. Steps already Jiave been taken by the committee to get possession of the letters and papers Mr. Mulhall pre served, bearing upon his alleged op erations ' as a lobbyist. Subpoenas were Issued today for James A. Em- T LOSES HIS HAT OSES HE SMITH GUILTY President Pays Sudden Trip to Capitol to Confer on Appointments. HAT FINALLY FOUND WASHINGTON, June 30. Presi dent Wilson made a sudden trip to the capltol just, after i o'clock this afternoon. With Secretary Tuimulty he whirled off from the white house offices carrying a large sheaf of pa pers. "' " . '. . ' When the president arrived at the capitol he Immediately began con ferences with Senators -over appoint ments, .ii '. , - i - The preskdent talked briefly with Senator Bacon about Mexican affairs, but neither would disclose the nature of the conversation. As he left the capitol. President Wilson said hie vis it had beet, chleflj te discuss some appointment o( a routine character. With Senator Overman, chairman of ths th lobby Investigating com mlttee, the president discussed the Mulhall charges briefly. The presi dent manifested keen Interest in the work ot th committee which ts to be resumed July . , . Secretary Tumulty lost his hat dur ing the conferences and President Wilson lost five minutes of valuable time as a consequence. The president had started to leave his room when Tumulty announced that he could not find his hat Secret service men searched the room without avail. President Wilson call ed to the newspaper men outside: "Any of you wearing Tumulty's hatr . - ' , ' I . Half a doxan employes of ths sen ate Joined-lr. the search and after five minutes delay the president took his secretary away halle. , . " After the soiret servioe men and capltot attaches had spent sems time on the trail the elusive Tumulty hat Senator Mark Smith, of Arlsona, was discovered on his way heme serenely waaUng . ths muoh-sought.lisadgsi Us surrendered it but net without jrrotestatlons of ills Innocence. : ,' ., .-' OOL. POPE TO INVESTIGATE. . v; .... , , JrlARTFORD. .Conn., Ju-n 10. Ool. George L. Pope, president of th National. Association .of ilan- v ufacturers, . this afternoon said lie vu going to Invest kwat h lobby charges mads ba, Marti B. M. JUulhaJl. Colonel rope said he had' never hefcrd of Mulhall Until If last, spring and he knew oothlng et il( connection wltft the ai 4- elation; t enr, 'whom I Mulhall : described . In bit artlol as ths "ohief " lobby!" for the 'National Association of Manufac turers at Washington; 'Jot J. P., Mo Michael, former chief page of ' the house, whom Mulhall Is ;; uotd . . a saying was in : ths . employ of ths manufacturers' association and for a number of other persops' namsd by Mulhall as having been active In ths affairs ot ths association and In con nection with efforts to Influence legr lslation or Control elections to cuu greas.;... ,; ... ',;1 y... Demands from members, of the house for a eparat Investigation, of the Mulhall chagss by a special com mittee ot that body were made . in many quarters today. ' Representa tive Sherley, named In the Mulhall article as one whose support was ex pected ou certain legislation, declared the house should proceed at once with 'Its own investigation. .Resolu tions are expected at the session Wed nesday calling tfor a special commit tee of investigation. The senate com mittee has announced, however, that H will not hesitate to go into every phase of the Mulhall charges, includ ing efforts to Influence elections of members of the house. " Senate com-' mlttee members believe, ."they J haver necessary authority t go lnt these ! features and if they don't find they! hare will- ask- for additional -power from the senate ' ,' ' .'. i ' f Reed tn New Vnrk. ' . ." M"4tteot"iwi 'ieVlilssourt, "a ttem oerat member ot the committee, "(rent' to New ' Tork this afternoon. It was believed here his hurried trip was in connection with getting witnesses or i testimony bearing on the more recent developments that have fol owed the lobby probe. President Wilson ' talked . briefly with Chairman Overman during a vis it to the capltol this afternoon and expressed keen Interest in . develop-' menu. Earlier In the day ths presi dent Informed callers at ths white house that he believed the lobby In- Continued on Page Seven.) CORKY BILL MEETS DEUY ffi BUNKING AND Speed of Smoothly-Geared Legislative Machinery Is Reduced, WILL WAITLWEEK WASHINGTON,' ' Jans 10. -The speed of the smoothly-geared legis lative machinery planned to rush the administration currency bill through the house with dispatch was reduced today at a conference of democratic roemfbers of the house banking and currency committee. The majority members decided to allow themselves a week to think the bill over. They will meet again next Monday to plan the course of the measure through the committee, to take u the ques tion ot holding public hearings on th bill, and to discuss a proposition to make all committee deliberation open to th public. Meantime Chairman Glass was authorised to select an expert to advise with the committee. It Parker Willis, of New York, may be chosen." ' - Borne of the democratlo members thought a little more time for con sidering the bill would be advisable but others evinced willingness to vote al owe. . ; "There is no disposition on the pari of any Vemtier of the banking and I currency committee to delay consld jeratlon of th bill," said Representa tive Wlngo, of Arkansas, a new dem ocrats member of the committee. "Uvery member seems to be anxious to take up th U1 and proceed as fast as possible with It consistently with due -deliberation. If we should have daily session we might be able to report the bill by July 14. Members Of th senate banking i asd currency committee said they ex- j pected to .begin, work on the bill within two weeks, although no defl- laas. aould. fr mad, until -th. house committee had begun consid eration of Uus jnaaaur. e '.rvfji'-: -i r t- j vaj -, u . six 1 'v. : life m a sp. mm m .n. i .minus n.i.i m n "T" " """ 1 'L"""r'" "!'' ''" ;"n""";"11 11 ', .'' T.TTTrTy ltt UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ; , APPROVES M'REYN OLDS' PLANS AND. ; ii DISSOLVES U. P;-S. P. MERGER i Decree Signed ft St. Pau3, Court at Salt ST. PAUL, Minn.' .June 10 Federal Judges Waller ft i4aaborn, William G Hook and Waltertl Smith, sitting as ths . district oour of ths United States for the district ot Utah; approyj sd lau today plana agreed upon ty the attorney-genera an attorneys tor thf .Union Pacific Railroad, and thft iUnlon Paciflo-JBoutHera Paclflo Jnef- ef. known as the Harriman combine praoocauy cams to an nd. s i The decree signed odsy will, be come effective wUhM4i -filltig In the federal oourt at Ball take City which probably wiU.tiike-j; Mt,.Veqjrv .' ITintrsdittVf -,'i. ."' -"-'.i.' ..'WUgaubn tends,! i-.r-S-.. With ths handing down of ths final decree years of Utlgatloa cam to an end, the first suit of ths government to dissolve the merger basing been filed at Salt Lake Cits In 1108. The decision today came as a sur prise. There was a brief hearing this morning at wnicn the government was represented by O, Carroll Todd, special assistant to ths attorney gen eral and the road by N. H. Loomls and H. W. Clark. ; Ths, court then tank the case under advisement A num ber of times the judges called tn at torneys for both side te '. Question them further but there was. no hint that a decree would be given today, 8hortly before 4 o'clock Judgo Sanborn, presiding, announced . that the court had decided to enter a final decree approving th plan with only one Important exception. This ex ception was the naming of Louis C. is-ramnoir, ot sew rorn city, as a commissioner of the rojrt to see to It that the letter and ths spirit of the plan be carried o. The court also directed him to report to it from time to time. The Plan. In brief the plan which has the approval of President Wltsin, pro vides' that the Union Pacific shall ex change 138,000,000 hf Its t "6,000,000 holdings in the Southern Pacific for the Pennsylvania railroad m entire holdings In the Baltimore and Ohio DISSOLUTION Of MM CAUSES MUCH COMMENT Pointed Out That McReyn old'g Plan Avoids Mis - takes of Former Suits. - WASHINGTON, June SO. Scarcely had publicity been given to th government-approved plan, for dissolu tion of the Union Pacific-Southern Paclflo railroad merger at 8t Paul to day before comment was heard upon its reflections of the attitude ot Attorney-General McReynolds toward th "trusts". H was generally rec ognized that th plan marked a dis tinct departure In the dissolution of offending corporations under the Sherman anti-trust law, Particular ly was the plan compared with the Standard oil and tobacco dissolutions decrees. Miff Standard, oil and tobacco dissolution pointed out that the plan avoided th mistakes of the former dissolu tion decree In that it made it pos sible -for the stockholders to exert the restraints on thad forbidden to the corporation. In the Standard oil and tobacco decrees, they said, the stock holder were left free to hold stock In the rival corporations, which Suc ceeded ,th .parent corporation thus affecting a dissolution only in name, and that what the offending corpor ation did Itefore . the decree th stockholders havs been doing sine th decree. It was declared that the difficulty of th stockholder acting im inlei ws net tjeen sufficient "to' bring about competition among th tbaldary oomoani Ihc New Commandrnent iLiJ : .::Nvsl; HHlClt Minn. WW Become Effective Lake Qfy Union Pacific-South PnrUr . Combine la Thing of the . Past. virtually an equal amount; that th remaining H8,oo,000 shall b sold to th general publlo through th Cen tral Trust company, of - New Tork; that fio present ooko!dr In the Union Paclflo,' obntlnaing ss such; may buy any f th Southern Padlflo stock so sold; that th transition should begin Novembor t. 11S, nd if not completed ty January 1I6, th court should direct tin disposition otany Southern Paclflo Kf. remain- ICg unsold, , r-.? .s By this decision today th .canr dlirngarded.thte deMr of the ttnVn.-v; gnf4 '"that iit,al eiiUlo'ri J wlth. held- tst th Interposing ot bbjertlon by interested parties, to -which portion m th attorney general's plan Sir. Loomls mads objection at the hearing today as unfair te the road. 'The at-, torney-generai also had asked In this connection that there b publication, of th plan In th American Tobacco company case, calling the attention of Interested, parties that objection might be mad but this also was oW-ruUd by the handing down of ths dscre tJ in xourt. ... , . .. . y " . -"W deem a deer of dissolution mor necessary at the present ;tlm than any other action." . said judge Sanborn after announcing tlx? decree. . Muy Astall ArrangtTineuL . ,.. The government, too wvr, in the plan presented today and approved by th court, expressly stipulated that should any Illegal conditions arlss from th exchange of . stocks, lthr under existing or future legislation of future interpretation by the courts of present statutes. th government would have th right "freely to as sail" the arrangement ,. ,. . . , Mr. Toad, who left tonight for wannington, and Mr, Clarke and Mr. Mo mis, who lft for New York and Omaha, respectively,' declined to dis cuss tne oerree of th court. History of Case. When the suit of the government to (Ussoive th Union " Paolflc-Smithern Pacific merger was filed In the fd. REORGANIZATION DF THE Entire Service Will be Revo lutionized by Most Dras- i tic Changes. t - - WAKHINGTOV, June 30. The ma chinery by which the government col lect $300,000,000 annually in tariff dutl will be revnlutlonlr.fd tomorrow by the most drastic reorganization of the customs service ever attempted. By a sweeping consolidation the num ber of customs (Nstrlot grown to 1J during the nation's history, has been reduced to 49 and 113 collectors, ot customs lose their positions. Officials estimate that the reorgan ization will result In an annual saving of between $400,000 and ,$500,000 In the cost of collecting d'ntle. Be cause ambiguous phraseology. In the law authorizing the reform, official still are unable to determine wheth er congress contemplated a saving of $3f,S,000 or $700,000 by the reorgani zation. ' : DEATHS FROM. HEAT. , CINCINNATI. Jane. 0-Ttro 'deaths' and a dozen prostration resulted from'the heat wttV(0 her today. The government street level thermometer registered 104 degrees. , Shortage of Ice. caused by a 'strike of Icenouss workers added to th suffering. TWO MB OF HEAT. deaths and! seven prastratlons wer caused V the heat her today, 1 " , as Soon as Filed in Federal V: Utah, ti 7101, ths present court for the lhtl: district composed' ot juagt win van Deventer now on the suprems bench, Walter H. San-born,-St Paul,. and William C. Hok, Leavenworth. Elmer B Adams, of St. Loula, was appointed ah examiner t tak testlmoney. Wltnesne wer examines in an narts of the United States, thvldenre was submitted to the circuit luurt and In October, I HO, tn mm was argua in tn. Paul. . On Jnn S4. lU, a majority of th ceuH, dclid thatt.tlie ess of th nifirrt wss lint- ''Inod, ..hut - "- hook iis a flu. nting opinion, holtlitirf that'Tlb' rneru,,- nf th two systems was a violation of ths Sher man antlvtrust law. Th government pp!J th csm. to ths eunreme csjurt from th decision of,Jh circuit "purr and n Decern her 1.. Jill, the supreme court handed down a dmrir reversing th 1owr' osurt, upholding m mm main tn dissenting opinion of Jludg Hook and sendlns -th eK ak to the- federal' court for th- tnct f ,'Utah' for an nforcem th decs dissolving th merg' Courts Abolished. ; ' ':.. Between th Urn ot the filing of th original suit and - the deer - of, the suprem court congress hsd abol IShsd ths cireiiK courts and ml:ned tbjir Jurlsdiij4o to the district courts providing that ths clrcuK Judges who' constitute th circuit court, also should sit as district Judg. It is undthis law that th olrcult Judges lo ' tht csute at as th district eourt et Utah, i After th first tentaitv plan of dissolution was presented to the court at t IjouIs, February 4, HJi, a rttimbsr of modes of proredur pro viding tor untangling th merger, wer suggested, but ths objection was raised against each. Th principal point upon which the government and railroad representatives wer unabl to agree ws . the disposal of Union Pacific holdings of Southern Paclflo stock, amounting to $126,000,000, fOontlnwt nn iNte Right t E, DIES HEWS MO Became Suddenly 111 Sun day Night Said He Was Born in 1764 -7 NEW YORK, Jun $0-tr. Cho Choy, 1st of China and iia, died at the Kill Island (mm Igrsiiim sta tion today in hW hundred at4 fiftieth year k'-y f. A - Wlth a party of Chinese he was n route from Cui to Canada under 'bond, hawing .arrived here yesterday from Havana. HI health was ex cellent, foe said, and ha resented sug gestions that stories of his age were exaggerated, Choy stoutly declared that he was born in 17(4 at Shan Hal Kwang. He fcerume suddenly 111 last night. The aged Manchu was more than six feet fall and "bald, while hi features were aw pt gray wrinkles. Hh lived for Jfty years In his native land and claimed to tjave spent near ly one hundred years In Cuba prac ticing medicine among th Chinese there, where he acquired considerable wealth. While on Kills Island the doctor partook of no nourishment except few 'tabloids ot concentrated fo'd. which he always carried with Win and a little cold water. THE WFATHKR. WAPHTNCTON, June 30.-Forecast forXorih-Jr9llnaiJ?-aL.t'inJ,'r: shower Tuesday and .Wednesday, ex cept generally fair near the coast; light ts moderate varlabi winds- . - ) ... : GIL GEORGE POPE . IE', : E5 Says Subject IScDl Vital Inter- est to National Associa Hon of Alanufacturers ' MULHALL WAS LET OUT OCT. 23. 191) Say , Mulhall Used Name ol Association in promoting1 v Private Interests V , . NEW tOnK,' June J0.tn Slate- , ment Issued tonight, Col, George Pope, president ot th Nationsl Assoc'stlop . of .Manufacturer,: 'rsplled to lha vharges mads by Martin, M.' Mulhall ' In reference to tue piilltl'v.ii activlU of the association. , i . , "Th charges 'derv , Attention, I tie stateitiunt wild, ."and we shall tiv'' t nor to we ti It that nut only tht saiijort mattiar of lhe tharges, Xtut the whole Held of matter's relating to srt-c liJod luimr ii gisiatlou' at Wash Iniituii, shun ri-rrlv th fullest In- vesUs'ttUiiii and iutillcity( for.Jh sub ject 1m one of t'u? most vital and Im portant how " bcioro the , American public." .CvBueriilng sn uir w t 'ii tton, regarding t'utti 1 1 i Me 1 1 1 - hari s mads by Mr. sluiiu;,. t . Mtatement nys: : ' Tho Kintrnii t. 1 "Wo 'shall awftlt tho senate cuitimlUt'e -1 r u Mulhnll liiis tx'cn n i end that umlor u i oltjolnj fcody, the i r Imllctmcnt may 1 u tnd SpecUlc.' We tin t ol ' V. lo i ... i e 1 (f tii.,' irtlUO ; , t I it inn of l y ''. 1 thNt oommltiee will thoirounh, and If dco.nJ, wlij ro. operate with It tn every vmij powlbjs to sscertaln tho full truth.", In ionnectlon wiih .t. . Mulhall' employment with the- aasooiution, f Colonel Pope d:clure. ti nt "Mr. Jiul- ; hall's connection V h this -sm-i tlon was severed by usinti.-aj Oct..i.r 23, Ull, fcnd h' luis 1'a.l no n ' i i tepresent It In any ciipn ity 8!r i t t tlm, although 'w . We receive j fnrmatioa from vn'rlous .souh-'-s tl..t he hsa ri'nn so, -fw..,' i.' a- w.i.i.i 1"..,- l, .. iiii'"t to .that ttm.., . ' ' ,. ' ri'iiiuoting Trivitie Ma(f'r,7 ' - , ' "Durlng his connection ' with ' thi assoctiitlnn -Mr, Mlllh:i!l wss (fODtlnu-r ously promoting, ts h is elm's .be'n learned, ttitmy private 'and psrsottiili matters of lm oc', nietlIly In thu. political flcl.l. Jnthij fi prlviite mat-) ' tors h hus i ! tne name of the sa-l sticlntUm St)'! ..., nAei 'to represent it! v:'Utnl hi'l ..'.:' artd It WS the die- very of.nctivuies of this kind on tin it: cottrUid with other serious be- trsjal nt trtijt, that ws -responsible fur Ms 'dWnilsNtl by the saoriatlon.',j Contimiing, fc statement docleres.j t' "t t. National Association of Man-I 1 tias never in any wsy, ,byv ' f mmifsy, mftifne or sug-j K !, opposed any child Jabof law, coh rv odiicjitton 'law, or othnrt Is t bettsr .41. coftdUloa 'f work- Ing womem as f forth In th Mul-j hnll Si timnt. V On ths contrary, the, tfltem; t, eays,' the soelation,t haal ; Ctti- fn Ps re Seven.) SEVENTt-six FEr::s PERISH FfiO:l THE KEAT THROUGH CEUTFJ.I WEST Terriffic He tj7av5 Stili . Sweeping u ?SSCry from - Denver tblPittsbu;' 46DII!'lNmOA( I -HI'IAOO,- June ttf.' porsong are known to hi, the central west today sn ii tht, in Lens heal, . Th heat wave which hBf ued uninterruptedly for six dS tended from Denver, to PlKsaKit and a far north a Lak , Superior. Chicago , with a, temperature of I0J degrees was the hottest place la ths United States tkoept Twceon, Arts., ' where th thermometer was 1w 102 Intense stiff-rlfg ws reported In all the large idles enveloped in ths heat wavt." . ." ' - ': "' :" y - Fopty-slx persons ar ,. Vnrwn , to hav died here today as a result of th Intense heat' This number in cludes only th cases reported by the coroner and the police and It Is ex ipeoted will be Increased by reports ot private' physlcton.': Of these, aeaths. l were the directs resttll heat Strokes, five pemops, conimittnd sui cide, as a result of the heut, wo death wer ot children prt? lief ,i'V';- ;" .- " This wa the hnttast June day re corded In this flty'ftnc the govern-, ment .records were brst kept in 1872, X'.noty-ntn dflf?rees the. offlci il temieratur but the government ther mometer on the street level showed a temperature cf 102 degrees. The heat lat night and today was not temper ed by ,bre2es. . ' ; ' - Seven ' more dearths were resorted before midnight .Meet f t',". "" Iof person who auccumed to h . i ,.i the streets and died on th way 1s VESTIGA

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