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LAST EDITION. 1
1'
HE BALEIGH' EVENING TIMES, '
VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1907.
PRICE to.
THE GOVERNMENT'S DUEL
BUILDING GOES DOWN IN A
ROAR OF RUIN AND DEATH
WITH THE TOBACCO TRUST
T
Raisuli, a Famous Bandit of Morocco
Suit Begun . in New York
District Court for Its
Dissolution
THE COURT ASKED TO
APPOINT A RECEIVER
The Petition lti'lili-s Inl'air Trade
Methods, Oppression, Ferocious
( onipt titio:i, Deception, Fraud mid
Conspiracies; Put si Its Assets at,
fS27.-,()0:,M(, .ami Says That. It
Wli! Soon Al:.'
-ohilcly Monopolize
sine's dl 1'ie orld
tin Tobacco
I'lSll'NS It4'Iil' i'
o:i.liit; Aiiioi
Named In (lie
O'l-'i'iiliti" i ';,!(.
; Speedily Foilli-,-
the . Drfeiulanls
Ait Several
:iss i.i This Sulc.
l'.y
Leased
Win
j'l. !'-,''
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Times.)
New
gun in
coithe
- was !:-
t eutli.t for I lie
w Voi'l; today
lie American
.v.i as l lie to-
:l r;
!ir.triel.
for tilt' i i.::
TftVucto ('
; hat t o l ":;:;l.
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to appo
at :j
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the eat
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llitore.'
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Macco busi
relief is al
d
vonct
,:".t :i i
The recllal of unfair trade meth
ods, oppression, ferocious competi
tion, deception, fraud and conspira
cies, hy -which it is churned that, I lie
IrttRt has grown since ls'Ki t'roni a
capitalization of $l!.r.U Oti.nOO to a
corporation whose total assets now
exceed $27ri,'(Miu,(i!iO, turns a now
leaf In the history of American cotn
mei'eiali.siiM The l)e lemlaiils in (lie Action.
The action is against the American
Tobacco Company, Imperial Tobacco
Company, I iritir-h-American Tobacco
Company, American Snuff Company.
American Cigar Company, Tailed
Cigar Stores Company and til'ty-iilne
other corporal tons and twenty-nine
Individuals connectetl with them, ami
is brought under Hie Sherman anti
trust law,
The petition shows the original
nianipnlution of scores of created,
acquired and controlled corporations
utilized as agendo.! lo accomplish the
general design; the progressive ab
sorption and elimination of com pell
torn and dost ruction of formidable
opposition, and the entry hy defend
ants into various departments of
manufacture and trade, domestic and
foreign, In tobacco products, with in
tent to monopolize, and the actual
monopolies aotjuired.
It lHVf'lured thirt 7a per cent of
the total Annual production of 800,
000,000 pounds of tobacco is pur
chased by. the American Tobacco
Company and its associates and til
lles, at prices unlawfully influenced
by the combination against them:
also that the trust manufactures,
sells and distributes more than SO
per cent of the. smoking and plug
tobaccos, 95 'per 'cent of the snuff.
Hi) per cent of the Cigarettes, 7" per
cent of tho small cigars, 95 per cenl
of the licorice product, SO per cent
of lie tin-foil products, and from 10
trVEb per cent of the cigars and sto
JJk, and that it Is rapidly acquiring
(flfntrol of the ordinary agencies,
wholesalers and retailers.
l'laii of MniioMly.
The general plan of monopolizing
the' different branches of the Indus
try, it is stated in the petition, has
been to acquire through one of the
confederated companies the business
of successful opponents; take from
owners and managers an agreement
not thereafter to engage in the busi
ness;, to drive out other opponents by
destructive competition; to deter any
who might wish to engage in the
trade, and" finally to gain control of
tho agencies through which tobacco
products are distributed. A favor
ite trade method was to cause a cor
poration secretly controlled to adver
tise Itself as wholly Independent and
free from association with trusts and
combinations, to offer its goods below
cost, to Imitate competing brands and
in theso ways to use the same for
I the destruction of real independents.
I Acquiring the Foreign Kit-Id.
Lfforts of the Americans to enter the
foreign field in 1901 resulted in the or
ganization in Great Britain of the Im
perial Tobaeeo Company and a tierce
trade warfare. This was ended a year
Hater by the organization of the Brit
ish-American Company, one-third of
the stock being held by the Imperial,
and two-thirds by the American com
pany. The Imperial agents refrain
from doing business, except to pur
chase leaf in the cniteil .States and
thr American trust to pontine its op
erations to the United Stales, their
dependencies and Cuba. The Itritish-
American Company was given abso-j
lute control of the trade and commerce j
I In other countries.
, "Tills division has been strictly ob
served," say:: the petition, "and tilt:
Willi their allies and associates have
all been operated in concert and liar-
' mony."
I.--. In lWlt the trust spread out in the j
1 i-elail field l,y secretly act'iulriiiff con
tnl -of the I'nited t'ljcar Sl ircs Coin
paiiy.
I The Siimiiiiii-i t"i.
The petition sums tip the accomplish
lnents of the trust as follows:
"They (Ibe - ilei'eittiitnts) have already
driven i.ut . liuisl uf I 11- ir oppoin-ntK,
ami have uliliiiin-il !-ue! linwev. in i-om-binalioii
Mint the fi-w estabii: lied com
petitors must t'oniiiii I their . business
in Ibe well grou i ii.-:l I :i r o!' swift tlo-
sti iieton, wh, nev i:
decide; to elilni'l:i t '
n'M'e 'wltliliiiltliivg. i
th, ir niiinei'iiiis bi-ii
baceo tieait r- .inbber
pmbubly- reiider. his
lielVnilai'.ts may
. t in-ill : mill : the
ir witlidrawiii;? of
;,ils f loin any . to
ur retailer would
s-iiei'ess impossible.
Th 1 .impni'tiiuiiii'S- fur
my "new coinpet-
itors in:-.- constantly be
i!el-nii:ms: ti:e: aiv-it-ie
tioa- are Map'uily eomin
undisputed 'control.''
I:i lis p raver fur reli
inseii by
iln t i ilui-
f.'l-
i 1 i I -
their
T 111- j. nv
ern-
iiu i't asks tin- court i;
lb" Ii.iliiin or :;,v-U -l.y
r,.-i l I i 1 1 i I eoi.;iii'..:ili nis in
et 'i po. :it ion itr.il ..'i: ' the
rlioui'. in the petition;
Milllllil? illegal
a.iv nl' l!i tle-
:: v.' ii.-i i inlant
riieil-'StMliei'S
In ';:! the
exeri i.-iin any
holding company from
right or control over any such share 1
of stock; also that th.- Impel lal and
the - lliitisii-American tobaeeo coin pa
nics be ' enjoined from engaging in In-,
terslate or foreign- coinnieiee within
the Jin isilletion of Hie I'nited Slates.
List of ilie Ocfeinlanls.
The (Ii letiilalits tlam. d la the bill, in
adilit Ion tu those already iiienl ioneii,
ineliide: Thomas 1-". It'an, the Dukes,
l.olillarils and I. A. it. Widener, and
the following corporations, many ot
which are eli-irged w ilb ndvei I ising ns
independents: American S.ntilT Coni
puny: American Cl;;.u Coinpiny;
Ainei-lean Stogie Company, Havana
Tobaeeo Company, Havana-American
Company, R l-oiillard Cumpany, Ii. J.
Heynolils Tobacco Company, Spaillil
ing Merrick, II.-A. J'nl terson Tobac
co Conipany. Itlackwell niirbam To
bacco Company, laihrman & VVilbiirn
Tobacco Company, John liollman Coni
pany, V. V. Adams Tobacco Conipany,
.1 oil ii W. Carroll Tobacco Company,
Nail & Williamson Tobacco Company,
Nashville Tobacco Works, Day - &
Night Tobacco Company, l'iiikertoii
Tobacco Company. Ii. IV 1 Jicliardson,
Jr.. & I'oiupanv, F. I!, l'enn Tobaeeo
Company, Wells-Whiteliead Tobacco
Company W. S. Mathews & Sons, T.
C. Williams & Company, David Dun
lop. V. IO. Carrot t & Sons. DeVoe
Snuff Conipany, Standard Snuff Com
pany, 11. Hollander, Weiman & Hrotlt
ers, Tile I'orto Hlean-Amei'ieail Toliac
co Company, the Cniteil -Cigar Stores
Tobacco Company, Kentucky Tobacco
I'loduct Conipany, Amsterdam Supply
Company; MacAndivws & Forbes
Company. J. S. Young Company. The
Conley l-'oll Company. Johnson Tinfoil
Ht Metal Company, (iolden Belt Man
ufacturing Conipany, Mengel Box
Company, Manhattan Briar Pipe Com
pany, International Cigar Machinery
Company, Ciarson Vending- Machine
Company, Crescent cigar & Tobacco
Company, Floradoru Tag Company,
Thomas Cusaek Company, M. Ii'.nck
over Company, II, B. Burnett Coin
puny, Clifweil Cigar Company, J. &
11. Moose, J. &. H. Moore Company,
Ousel, (loodloe Compuny, J. J. tiooil
'liin Tobacco Company, Jordan, !ib.
son & Batini. Louisiana Tobaeeo Com
pany, Smokers I'nradlse Companyi
Cuban Land & Leaf Company, Porto
llicaii Leaf Tobacco Company, Fed
eral Clgur Company, and Federal ci
gar Heal Kstate Company.
The grand jury today is "taking
evidence in the Rowland case. Tho
solicitor early this morning gave the
Jury the bill of indictment.
The bills against Rosa Johnson,
whiteand Elvira Powell, an old
colored woman, charged with tho
murder of Rosa's babe In May, were
also given to the grandjury thla
morning to Investigate.
INVESTIGATING
ROWLAND CASE
A STRUGGLE THAT
S IN KISSES
Cuniminos and Lovuly Laura
Mysteriously Elope
END
vi SECOND HONEYMOON
Saccharine Setmcl of One of the Most
SeiiNall:!ial - Ciikck That l-iier S.-t
ICven Chicago to iap!ug 1'irst
AVI ft' of Cuinnii'.ins Helped in i'.ec
onciliation Uilh Wife No. .2.
(I!v Leased Wire to Th Times.)
Chicago," 111., ,1 uiy 1 o.- ii'.v. um-i I i:t
1 10:1 is the lnte.it ileveiOiiiiie. it. iii. Iho
t !ii".:iiered lnarrieti lil-.i of Norman 1'.
Ciiniiiiin.'iS, one of Oliiea.'Vi's riehi-.sL
ri::il-o:'.late ' l.ii'ii, and i . 'l;,anr;i. c.
Cliianiinfs;. I lie soniiier.i beauty -':nd
well kii'.nvn in 'eastern' rin'i.-ly. es
terday they bewail their :-'e oikI honey-'
ntoo'.i. having mysteriously elope.!.
Tin- mull iplieily .of eoiirt jjiocje.l
inirs v.'i'iich have nrisea on tile con
jugal pathway irotl iiV lr.isliaiid a'.'.t!
wife since their maii'i:r;e were sum
marily cleared away when attorneys
for both appeared before ;lntlg'.v Sir
l'.'wen trad asked thai ell bills lor
divorce, septnate maiiiteiianee, i.'.
jiiiiction and writs of various lilies
and meanings bo dismissed.
Tile aiii.ine -feature- of I he recon
eili.il ioa is I luil Anna Cummin.-;.:,
wife iVo. I, is said to have acted as
laci
or lie.i iveen iiei' foriiicr Iris-
hiiml ami l lie. woman h-- is cliai'.ivetl
v.'ith bavin:;' boii;;hl, lnan'i.-ii at I lie
point of a ,"i:n. nutllreaii'd. theti
v.ooetl Willi roses and aii'.oaiobile:;. i
. Tile ('umiliings divorce .sail: vvas
one of the greaiea st'!ts:illoii::.'ever
brou:;hl ill Chicago coai'ls. Mr. 'i:i i
inings .was chai'.;i-d wilh liavi:'.i.,
boughl his wife fronc anot lit'r niaa.
lie was accused 'of.V.btUiins ber :i t'.' -t
lie had gainetl poi-se. sion of lie!'. :i-id
alter she hail left him he speel liion
sainis of dollars in t a'tu'ls to win her
bad;, 'i'tie t'Diiple were .'married al
.Miciiij'an City,' Dt'cembei' 1 ii, 1 liti.'i.
Since tital tune, it is alleged. Mrs.
( iiiniuir.KS liad starled Ion ilitTer. nl
baits for divorce ia itildiiion to tin:
i.clioii now disniissetl.
.Mrs. t'umiuings Kit. I gave bonds
of $ I -.1,011(1 for Iter loiniei- husbaiitl
in oiiti of the seconil wife's ' legal
lights.
HOUSES MELT IN
SHEETS OF FLAME
(liy Leased Wire lo The Times.)
PIltsbtiiK. Pa.. July in.-Forty uirls
had narrow escapes from death, one
yotiUK woman was Injured and the
damage to the extent of Jlnn.Oliil was
done by Haines which broke out in th '
live story brick structure of the 1 Cream
City Woven Wire Company this iiioru
iiih'. Forty Kills and ten men were at
work at the lime the lire starled, and
iiwlnff to the rapltl spread of tin'
flames to the Arbuekles Hats, llirce
story structures on the opposite sitl '
of Ucbecca street. S:-vi'ial of these
buildings were totally destroyed. A
row of houses In Snowtleii street, a
square away, are in Humes also, but
il is thought Hie tires aiiioiu; these
builililiMS will be controlled.
L
TO GfiEENVILLE
Cireenvllle has secured the Train
ing School for Eastern Carolina, de
cision having been rendered at four
o'clock this afternoon.
VXPUKCKOHNTKI) KHOyii
HY HOWKRY SAYIN(S H.WU.
New York, uJly 10. At tint close
of business yesterday the deposits
In the Bowery Savings Hank reached
a total of $100,000,000, a showing,
it is said, unprecedented In the his
tory of savings banks.
H00
GOES
I mm 5v ipx x mat m
i!i .fi;iteip I '
Muiiit .mm t "msmmmi
ie usis fin ii.e w.y isr
!'j v(- ! i"ii' liit .i:.-c i.t tile top is a snapshot of the l'aiiu;:s t'nmlit Kaisnli, I
"l"J '-'U j (v,. irvita- of .'loi-oeco, and sonic of tiie lieutenants. .( die bottom is
' . j i 't"i: iHlnct ie:i cf :j I ae-simiiC of a iio-.e :a tin- ( Arabic) ImiulM' riling- of
j iiiiiiii (ivatia ; of a ran-oui, a::d a pmirait of one of (lie robber's lieu-
THREATS BY OHCIIAIIO; rt .. -
D.'siateic..
lie .V.
Itcatli,
I ions t;'
: '(r::t
fill- Pel:
lily, .Leased Wire to 'I lie Tim,
l'.oise, Idaho. .Inly Id. 'J'ii
febse in Ilie r. -at itajwooil".
trial
siiian:; a setisai iua today when it
aniioiineetl l liat it lie next iwluess for
the aitiiseil wtiilld ...be: Charles 11.
Mover. Ihii:-. hriu;;iii!.; out clearly
thai the president of Hie YYeslerti
Federalii ii. of Miners had tun e anil
for. all refused to i nra slate's evi
dence and so pur -hast; his own free
dom. .
It lieiai.it' known today thai the
strotifii-st. of all pressure had been
brought to he ir upon Moyer, Iml in
spite of this temptation to secure his
own - immunity from trial as a co
consplralor v. ii ii Haywood and 1'etti
bone for the murder of former (Jnv-
ernor Sieutie.ilier!;, he sleadfasl ly !
held to his lie.aily. j
Pret-editic; the .'.'expected testimony j
of Mover, (lie 'defense brought for
ward tlisiiiieiested witnesses who
swore thai Orchard made threats in
kill Sli'iincnlii i'' and that, he offt'fed j
his interesl ill the Hercules mine for j
sale in 1S!ii and later. The defense
has t-ontendeil all ''along thai On !i-
tirtl iassassinaletl Slt'iiiienber;; tint of j
perstuiai haired and reveiige,;- and
this tt'slinionv is in support -of 'that
t-iiiit tii ii in.
An alleinpl was made by the tle
I'eiise to .. prove I hat ; Deleclive Mt
Parlland soittiiil to niatiiifacl tire tes
timony with
which to connect liny-
wood' with Orchard nlfer the blow
ing ui) of . the .Independence depot,
but Judge Wood ruled against this
proof at this time. Informing the de
fense that the proper foundation
had to bis laid. The defense .re
served this wilness to lie called afier
Mc Part la ml has testified, if he does.
The Menial by Moyer.
Mover is now testifying, denying
that he conspired wilh Haywood and
Orchard to assassinate Stettnenberg.
Mrs. Mover and her sister are in
courl.
..Fragmentary evidence was cleaned
up by the defense at the opening of
courl this .morning and then Moyor
was brought in. His examination
ami crosK-eNantinalimi will take till
day.
:i iee,l lcu;:e:i;)-,i!'e: ill)
'oi'i-.iboratiiin Hie Coalen
(!ie !!ci'; iiv-t' 'i'hal Orchard
the P!-v.' of an Assassin
iiiiai Kea.-cns.
ESELY BABBLE
OF fHE I'OOLib
I Admiral tomti t Says Wii'il;Loap From Carriages and Fly
Have iia
ttar
A 1501 OF bYMPATHY
ii.
Says That This lias
livisli-ti l!t
s .-mil Japan
Treaty Was
Commodore
lueen Hie Cniteil Statt
I'iver Since I lie l-'ii-s!
Si"tieil I'ollou inn-
Perry's isil In Japan,
ILV Leased Wire to Tile Timi
s.)
New Yoik. .Inly 10. ---"There is no
'chance of Avar between my country
and the 1'niteil States not tile slight
est cle'Vlee,". '' ; -"llefore
he '-hail set foot on -American
suit today from the steamship Cai
in. inin. Admiral iiaron . Yiimahoto,
niiuister nl' luariili' of Japan, impres
sively' uttered this .peaceful sentiment
to1 a ivii.it let- oT the . Hearst News
Service.
I was Intended as a tleeiara I inn of
the feeiiu:; v.hieli animates the Vast
I 'majority of the eh l-.ens of Japan as
I we I
the
as lli-v i-Tnv
i-iuii'. elas
toward
l'llilCil SI. lies. . .
l'.aron .Yaniaiiiji'io Is on the
I of' a trip a round the'wnrld in
lasJ laii
ideit:il'ii
i ....,:, . , .
partly nir ri i;.i.iiion aner nis stren
uous otlieial activities during tile ltus-sinii-Jnpuncse
war.
In his partv were Captains '1'- Flljll.
IM. Kondon, T. Tnkarobe, and 11. Kate.
of Hie Japanese navy, tillielal courte
sies wire cvteuded to tile bar-ill on
behalf of Ad mini I- Ciiiod rich,, commandant-
of the llroolilyn navy yanl. by
Lieillenant (ieoi'Ke Henderson,""-, who
boanieil the t'ariiiaiila down the- hay'
from the tug Powhatan,
Attired In a ceremonious garb, t in
sisting of a top. hut and a liing black
frock coiit, tile haroil received the re
poi'ters on the .deck of the Cnrnialils.
He saluletl each 111 KnsHsh mid reatl
ily answered iiuestlons. What he said
regartling.tlie piosiiecls of ii war be
tween .Input! and (be I'nited Stirti-swas
evidently ullei'ci! after studied pn -pa-rat
Inn."
"We Want Xo War."
"There Is n liniiil nf svnmatbv In
tween tin- two countries," he'i said,
xisted ever since the first
id alter Commodore
That bund is still firm,
be dissolved today. We
y net look for war. We want no
iv 1 ln.-li.evi' 1 am speaking as much
m' your 'Standpoint as ours.
"All this talk, of war is mere non-k:i:.-i.
Ii is He- trivial little storm
v.i i it-ti. : In n lil In-', toss-it into the Pa
eilie and .allowed to lose i 1 self. There
is no bid feeling to wit rd the United
Stales in Japan any iiiuie than the
is inn- in your l uiuilry, toward us. Of
that 1 am piisiiive.
"War lull; is the" babiile of . a few
fonllsli i-eupic. Men in high places dis
regard', it .'its" a gre it. dog would the
barking -of a little dog nt ttD heels..
(;;ioli' Ale Accurately.
"1 ' ;i :-.) anxious thai I should be
tiuott-d aiem-aiely in this. I. tin admit
that then.- ale eoiniit inns whieli seem
(Continued on Page Seven.)
WOMEN MEET IN
FURIOUS FIGHT
at Each Oilier
THE HUSBANDS LOOK ON
Willi l ist. Nail
men .'.t.enipt
Other, KolliiiL
l!espt'!-ale Sir:
ami Teeth I lie Wo
to Hemolisli liach
Over mill Over in
iinles Attempts to
Part Tin-ill I'lltile Ivvhaiislion.
lily Leased Win- to Tin? Times.)
Wine lio:-;or. Va., July Id.--News
has rent-lied Winchester t nut. it feud
v. hit ii iiad been in .existence, between
Mrs. Laura Linelierg, wife of Benja
min Lineberi;, and Mrs. I-'iuma Stot
ler, wile of James Stoiler, prosper
ous Frederick county fanners, for a
number of years, was settled, nt. j
least in part, several miles north
west of 1 his city. The women, driv
ing willi their husbands, mel on a
country road and. ii is said, leaped
from l heir c.i "I'iau'es and engaged in
a lei-i ilie lisl ii'ihi.
liolh wo. rich, it is stated, clinched
in pnt;ilis' It- iashiou and used lists,
fimrer nails, .and teeih with much
effect.
Mrs. Lineberg, .who is a delicate
looking woman, is said to have
blackened one of Mrs. Stotler's eyes,
who fs haxom ami attractive. Both
rolled over and over in the road, the
story goes, and fought desperately,
while Ihelr husbands stood off and
held I ile Morses.
Walter' Cooper, and Jacob Strelt,
happening along, started to separate
tiie combatants, hut were, unsuccess
ful, ant! the woiiu It only slopped
when exhausted.
Family .'mutters' are alleged to
have caused the list it: encounter,
ami when in town recently each wo
man Is said to have threatened to
"liix" Hie ti'iier. The authorities
I have not taken a hand In the mutter,
Fifteen
Taken From Debris
BETWEEN THIRTY AND
FORTY REPQBTED Ktt
All the Ambulances and Patrols
from the Hospitals and Police
Stations Hushed to the Scene, Of
the Catastrophe The Collapwii
Building Was the : Itrldaeiiian
Brotliei-s' Pipe. Factory of Phila
delphia. '
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.')
Philadelphia, Pa., July t0.--Thirty
to forty persons are reported
killed in the collapse of Brldgeman
lirothers' pipe factory, Tifteenth ahJ
Washington avenue, thia afternoon.
All the ambulances, and patrols from
the lionpiiiilK and police stations and
four - trucks lrom c.igine houses in
tne ilov.'ii-io'vn section have been
rushed to me scene. The work ol
recoverlnx the. dead'-, was. begun l
muse imiii'.'tliately and at 2 o'clock
fifteen iu.;:t were lying on the.pdve
inent on the Kifteenth street ld ftf
I the bitiluitig awaiting' conveyances.
All sorts of conveyances were im
pressed ii.fj servke to convey the
injured men to fie hospitals. TJie
receivint; wards of tup. ' Howard,
; Polyclinic, Methodist and other hbs
; pltal.t in the- lower section of , the
! t hy resmbi-ltl a lot of 8hambies..Men
bleetliii-A' and bruised - Jay ort the
iinor, after, tot. and stretchor . sup
i.lies hail become exhausted and tad
ambulance under patrol ; Wiroas
inaoo trip '-a tier .- trip at breakneok
speed, each Journey bringing in Elf- :
J It ion a 1 victims.
i-'ifteen bodies had been recovered
at l':4.-).
Many I'mler Masses of Debris. .
Tiie section of the factory Which
collapsed was a four-story concrete
addition in course of erection. Near
ly one hundred workmen, employe
by the contracting firm having the
work of erecting in charge were
caught by the mass of falling bricks
and mortar and all received Injuries
that in many cases proved mbrtal
before they could be taken from the
ruins. The number of dead cannot
he estimated at this hour, as a con
dition of chaos prevails and there
are two score workmen unaccounted
for whose bodies are believed to He
under the masonry and twisted Iron.
None of the injured victims could
give a coherent account of the
tragedy. They only knew that they
were working on the several fioors
of the factory when suddenly the
roof collapsed. Without warning
the front wall and side supports sag
ged and crumbled in.
Not one of the workmen had-a
chance for escape. They, went down
witu the horrible mass of creeklng
joists and crumbling brlckB and
mortar.
LATIilt KKPOKT MAKES
THK DKATH LIST LOWER.
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times,)
Philadelphia, Pa., July 10. Ac
cording to reports received at the
I'Jlecti'it a 1 Bureau at 3 o'clock this
afternoon twenty persons . weire
killed in the collapse of the building
1 at loth and Washington avenue.
The estimate of those Instantly
killed is based upon the reports of
the police officials at the scene of the
accident.
Their information is gotten from
tliiosH who escaped Injury in the
crash, it Is probable that their ac
counts of the accident are over
drawn. So fur as the police actually
know the death list does not exceed
live. The police believe, however,
that many bodies are still buried be
neath the debris. ,
BULLETIN OF
CROP CONDITIONS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, July 10. Govern
ment report: - .
Corn, i 98.099,000 acres; Increase
of 1.4 percent. Condition, 80.2.
Winter wheat condition, 78.3.
i Spring wheat condition, 87.2. .
Condition of winter and spring
wheat combined, 81.6.
Wheat, lust year's crop, held by
farmers, 54,853,000 bUBhels, -
At Two O'Clock
Corpses Had