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THE DEMOCRAT-TOPIC. FRIDAY. AUGUST 4. 1916.
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION HOCKS NEW YORK Mm
FOB DM
Thirteen Warehouses Loaded
Munitions Destined for the Allied
Forces Are Blown Up
LIFE
LOSS SMALL BUT PROPERTY DAMAGE
WILL REACH TWENTY-FIVE MILLION
\ eels were badly damaged. Crew s o
lhe big ocean liners anchored In thi
ii r* j "I harbor or docked along the New Jei
W lLll *«y and New York water fronts de-
dared that A hen the nrst two great
explosions occurred it appeared as if
tfieir vesseis were literally picked up
out of the water and then hurled back.
All New York and cities within a
radius of twenty-five miles were
awakened by the explosion. Within an
hour 6,000 telephone calls went over
the police wire from excited inquirers.
Hundreds of thousands of persons,
| many of thein scantily clad, ran exclt-
' edly through the streets, while auto.
1 mobiles containing policemen, firemen
and others dashed along. Detective*
were rushed to Maiden Lane, tin
home of the Jewelry industry, to guard
against thieves.
Thousands of persons in Jersey Cltj
fled to the parks after the first ex
plosion. l'anic stricken wouiec
wheeled baby carriages about, sonic
of them praying and others scream
ing.
'I he large railroad yards of the Le
high Valley and the reclaimed meadow
land for mlies around virtually wen
covered with great piles of wreckage
... . , v, i hi ,.ri«nd countless shrapnel shells, many
New York-Property loss estimated mas or for the New York OWiMon of w exploded,
the Lehigh Valley railway, was on the
Principal Damage Confined to Black
Tom Island and the Jersey Shore;
Office Buildings Rock and Streets
Strewn with Thousands of
Plate Glass Windows.
at 125.000,000 was caused early Sun-
day by u series of terrlic explosions of
ammunition uwaiting shipment to the
entente allies and stored on Black
Tom Island, a small strip of land Jut-
ting into New York hay off Jersey
City. The loss of lfie still Is proble-
matical.
Three are known to be dead and at
least five more are missing. Scores
of persons were Injured, some of them
probably fatally.
The detonations, which were felt In
fivB states, began with a continuous
rapid fire of small shells, then the
blowing up of great quantities of dyna-
mite, trlnitrotoloul and other high ex
plosives, followed by the bursting of
thousands of shrapnel shells which
pier when the lire started. He. said | Many spectators
that the explosion which occurred at j shrapnel shells as souvenirs.
ARMY MEASURE CARRYING *314,-
000 000 PASSEO BY UPPER
HOUSE.
REDUCTIONS IN CONFERENCE
Two Million Dollars for Relief of
Guardsmen's Families Included
In Bill As Passed In
Upper House.
Washington Nearly seven hundred
millions for national defense in the
fiscal year 1917 is the aggregate of
proposed appropriations reached in
the senate with the passage of the
army appropriation bill carrying
$314,000,000.
This grand total for preparedness
still is subject to revision, however,
because the army bill will follow the
naval bill into conference where re-
ductions are probable despite the firm
attitude of President Wilson in sup-
porting the liberal response of the
senate to the call for adequate de-
fense.
carried away
In some
08 o'clock was in the barge where! instances they had been dug from tin Hg nQW atan(j lire aB follows
the tire started. earth two or three miles away from
"Mr. llenly's first thought was to t,,e scene of the explosion.
remove the loaded cars on the pier( No special investigation of the ex-
from the danger zone He said that plosion will be undertaken by the de
when he reached the end of the pier' partment of Justice, nccording to s
the barge was burning fiercely all Washington dispatch, unless evidence
over and the fire was beginning to com-' is developed that It was a plot aimed 348.05
municate Itself to some of the cars; at the destruction of munitions of war.
nearest the barge. 1 A. B. Bielaski, chief of the bureau of
"Two long trains of cars were sue-j investigation, received word that so
SLAVS CROSS STOKHOD RIVER
SWOLLEN STREAM NO LONGER
BA RS RUSSIANS.
Large Reinforcements Brought Up By
Teutons On East Front Are
of Little Avail.
London.—Russian troops advancing
toward Kovel have crossed the Stok-
hod river all along the whole stretch
between Sarny-Kovel and the Kovel-
Rojitche railroads.
The official statement from Berlin
denies this success, declaring that on
both sides of the Kovel Sarny railway
south of the Turga river and on both
sides of the Lipa attacks by the Rus-
sians,against General von Linsingen's
troops were repulsed with heavy cas-
ualties to the attackers and that near-
ly 2,000 Ruslans were taken prisoners.
In the sector of Buczacz, Galicia, Rus-
sian attacks also were repulsed, Berlin
asserts.
The Russians, according to the pe-
trograd communication, have captured
tjie entiro thirty-first Honved regi-
ment, together with its commander
and his staff. To the south, near Bro-
dick, the Russians also are pressing
Austro-Germans, who are answering
the attack by bombarding Brody and
cessfully removed from the danger
zone before the rapidly spreading fire
engulfed the balance.
40,000 Tone of Raw Sugar Burned.
It has not yet been definitely deter-
showered the surrounding country and mined Just what the money losses will
waters for miles around. be. Some 40,000 tons of raw sugar,
Merchandise Worth $15,000,000 Burned ; valued at approximately $3,400,000, is
Fire that started soon after the first known to be lost, it is belieevd that
Relief for Guardsmen.
As it passed the senate the army bill
exceeded the appropriations made by
the house by more than $131,000,000.
In the final hours of debate on the
measure the senate agreed to an ap-
propriation of $2,000,000 for relief of
FOREST KIRES RAGE IN CANADA dependent families of national guards-
men and regular soldiers in service in
the crossings of the Boldurovka river,
The appropriations for preparedness j endeavoring to hold their lines of de-
fense. Large reinforcements are be-
ing brought up to keep the Russians
from further gains toward their objec-
tive, Lemberg.
General Letchitsky, whose opera-
tions were suspended by the Dniester
floods, is moving again and working
toward Stanislau, another important
Army, $313,970,447 10
Navy, $315,826,843.55.
Fortifications, $25,748,059
Military academy, $2,328,328 57.
Army and navy deficiency, $27,559,-
ALL DEfEffl
TWO HUNDRED PRECINCTS INDI.
CATE LITERACY TEST DE-
FEAT TWO TO ONE.
HUMPHREY IS NOMINATED
Race Still Doubtful For Long Term
Commissioner—Congressmen
All Renominated.—Some
Races Close.
far no facts had been developed to
show that the exploslou was the result
of a plot.
the other contents of the warehouses
destroyed will greatly Increase this
amount.
Edmund Mackenzie, president of the
National Storage Company, declared
One
Hundred and f-ifty Deaths Re-
portede.
Englehart, Ont.—Forest fires rag-
ing in northern Ontario are believed
to have resulted In the loss of from
150 to 200 lives. Other scores of per-
great crash, destroyed thirteen of the
huge warehouses of the National Stor-
age Company on Black Tom Island, In
which wore stored merchandise valued
at between $12,000,000 and $15,000,000.
The flames shooting into the clouds
were reflected against New fork's
skyline of towering office buildings,
which only a few moments before
were shaken to their foundations as
If by an earthquake. Miles of streets
In Manhattan were strewn with brok-
en glass and shattered signs. — ,
Reports of heavy loss of life were much matting from China and Japan ty-four injured; Iroquois JalU
- ... - aml the anj oth(,r merchandise. The loss to dead and many Injured, and ltamore,
railway center.
In the Somme region of France both
the British and the French are en-
gaged in consolidating positions won
from the Germans The French were
forced to sustain counter atacks in
the Hera wood and at the Monacu
farm, which Paris says were put down
with serious losses to the Germans.
Violent artillery duels are in progress
in the Thiamont wood and Fleury sec-
tors, near Verdun
impossible of verification
authorities asserted
the Mexican emergency. Distribution
of the fund Is left to the discretion of
the secretary of war but in no case
shall any dependent family receive
more than $50 a month
Academy Measure Passed.
As soon as the army bill was out of ANOTHER BRUSH WITH BANDITS
that the plant of his concern was val-| sons have been Injured and it is feared the way the senate took up and passed
ued at $7,000,000, while the contents '■ many of them may die. after brief debate the military aca
of the warehouses probably were At least five small towns have been demy appropriation bil carrying U. S. and Carranza Soldiers ught
worth $10 000,000. One of the ware wiped out by the names that have $2,238,328.67, an increase of *1,019.524 j side by side
houses which remains Intact, he said, I been raging tor forty-eight hours. over the house authoriiation.
is filled with chemicals. Beside the Reports thus far received show that In the main the senate approved the j An.„nin rnrrxnzlsta and the
great quantity of raw sugar burned | fifty-seven perished at Nushka, a mtntary committee's Increase over; .a , .
there were "4 000 bales of tobacco, i French-Canadian settlement, and thir- house appropriations in the army bill 1 nited ^'ates troops foug it side b>
- - - - - fifteen although there were a few reductions ! side in the engagement with Mexican
Iim uu m™. uu - - In the committee recommendations
the number of his company and the railroad, Macken- fifteen dead. The number killed at due to improvement in the Mexican
GREAT BRITAIN IS INFORMED
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
MAY FOLLOW.
IS UNFAIR TO U. S. FIRMS
Positive Protest to England Con*
tained in Note Sent to Eng-
land By the United
States.
Washington.—Great Britain is to be
warned in the American note of pro-
test against the blacklist made public
by the state department of the "many
serious consequences to neutral rights
and neutral relations which such an
act must necessarily luvolve."
Already In the hands of the British
foreign office, the note says "in the
gravest terms" that it is "manifestly
out of the question that the govern-
ment of the United States should ac-
quiesce in such methods" and that the
United States regards the blacklist as
"inevitably and essentially inconsis-
tent with the rights of all the citizens Private advices reoeived at republi-
of all the nations not involved In the can state headquarters indicate the
war." It reminds the British govern- defeat of the literacy test amendment
ment that "citizens of the United by a majority of 15.000, according to
States are entirely within their rights ,
in attempting to trade with the peo
pie or the governments of any of the i
Unless late official figures change
the result indicated in first returns
the literacy test and all other pro-
posed constitutional amendments were
defeated in Tuesday s primary elec-
tion.
Scattering incomplete official re-
turns from approximately 200 repre-
sentative precincts indicate the liter-
acy test lost by about 2 to 1. while
the negative vote on the other pro-
posed amendments will be even larger.
At democratic state headquarters
hope was held out that the literacy
amendment would carry by a "safe
margin," while the defeat of the other
proposed amendments was conceded.
deaths probably would be small. It zfe said, was partly covered by in-
was said that owing to the extent of I surance.
the wreckage it might be several days t Railroad Man Killed.
before the exact figures could be ob- C. W. Leyden, chief of the Lehigh
tained.
Fire Started on Independent Barge.
i tempting to _
The cause of the disaster has not cars from flre prospectors have been trapped
been determined. Officials of the Na- a quantity of dynamite exploded Tashota and Kowash. One farmer and
tlonal Storage Company and the Le- m>ftr ^ hero "lie was standing and blew! his ten children are known to have
high Valley railway, which also suf- hJs body tQ aloms The mCmbers of been burned, while the man's wife was
fered heavily through loss of property, |he crew pt.capeii wlth lacerations and vainly seeking aid to check the on-
declared that reports to them showed ^urns. rushing flames.
a fire started shortly after 1 o'clock' Chj|d Djcg of Shock> Nushka, a hamlet consisting of a
in the morning on a barge belonging The l)0(,y wf an unkientified man score of frame buildings and stores,
to an independent towing company j Wft}. reC0vered from the water near! suffered worst. It had been threat-
child in ened for several days, but the resi-
y City, according to the police, dents lingered in the hope they might
died from shock after the first ex save their homes.
plosion. i Refugees without food or clothing
are pouring into the larger towns ol
Statue of Liberty Damaged. ^ burned district. A large numbei
Every window in the pedestal of the have arrived here and are being sent
Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's island, to ^0balt and Haileybury. Kng!ehart
Porcupine Junction is not known, but situation.
the entire town except the railroad Legi„Jtlve Pr„vlsl0ns.
station was destroyed.
The death list will be materially In Among legislative provisions indud-
Valley railroad police, was killed creased, it is feared, by victims in out
while aiding an engine crew in at-: lying districts. There are apparently . . . . .
save a number of freight; well authenticated reports that many fense for the co-ordination of innus - an(j an American customs guard had
been killed, another customs guard
ed in the appropriation bill are
Creation of a council of national de-
bandlts south of Fort Hancock, Texas,
according to the official report from
Brigadier eneral Bell, Jr., at El Paso,
to Major eneral Fun at on.
After the bandits had been sur-
rounded in a ranch house on the
American side of the Rio Grande river
that had been moored alongside a (he Valley pier,
dock used by the railroad company to
transfer ammunition shipments from
trains to vessels in the harbor.
The barge, it was said, was there
without authority, either of the rail-
road or the storage company. The
officials refused to disclose the name
of the Independent towing company,
Faying they weer investigating "to as-
certain whether the barge purposely
was set on tire as the result of a
plot."
Warrants charging manslaughter
were Issued for the arrest of Albert
M. Dick man, agent at the Black Tom
Island docks for the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company; Theodore B. John-
son, head of the Johnson Lighterage
tries and welfare to consist of the
secretaries of state, war and navy.
„ , „ . , named Bean, ran down to the river
chief of staff of the army, an officer
of the navy and six civilians, to be ap- " nk a"1* called 10 a detachment of
pointed by the president who shall C'arranilstas on the Mexican side to
have special knowledge of some Indus- come over and assist the American
try. public utility or the development troops
of some natural resource Civilian A rap|ain an<J e|ght „oldle„ re.
members would serve without com-
pensation except for expenses incur-
re(^ which became general. Soon, the re-
... , . port savs, the bandits fled from the
Ten per cent increase In pay for of- 1
fleers of regular array and national 'anch house and retreated over the
guard and 20 per cent for enlisted men fiver, leaving behind four dead.
nations now at war subject only to .
well defined international practices
and understandings which the govern
ment of the United States deems the
government of Great Britain to have
too lightly and too frequently disre
garded "
The A .erican note is even more pos
itive in its terms than officials have
intimated.
APPAM IS AWARDED TO OWNERS
Germans Lose Ship Interned at New
port News.
Norfolk. Va.—Federal Judge Wod-
dill decided t/e libel proceedings for
possession of the captured British lin-
er Appain in favor of the English own-
ers and against the German prize
crew which brought her to Newport
News.
The court held that the German gov-
ernment lost all claim to the Appam
and her cargo as prizes of war when
Lieutenant Berg and his prize crew on
last February 1, brougnt them into
neutral waters of Hampton Roads*
with the intention of "laying up" the
vessel indefinitely.
"The court's conclusion," the deci
sion reads, "is that the manner of
bringing the Appam rnto the waters
of the United States, as well as her
presence in those waters, constitutees
a violation of the neutrality of the
United States; that she came in with-
out bidding or permission; that she
is here in violation of the law; that
she Is unable to leave for lack of a
crew, which she cannot provide or
Arthur Geissler, chairman of the re-
publican state committee.
While the heaviest vote against the
literacy amendment was recorded in
in actual service in the Mexican cam-
paign or on border duty.
Increase in the age minimum for
pposite Black Tom. was broken and C}t izons worked all night caring foi list ment in the regular army without
and Towing Company and Alexander. steadily throughout the hours of con-
Davidson, superintendent of the Na- fusion.
tlonal Storage Company. They are Little Damage On Ellis Island,
accused of having illegally permitted! Early reports of damage to the
explosives to be stored where human buildings on Ellis Island were tR
life was endangered. Johnson's com-' aggerated, according to Captain A. B
pany had been engaged, it was said, Fry, supervising engineer of federal
tn lightering muntions from the docks buildings in New York Captain Fry
the main i'|or, made i f iron and, j the homeless wanderers.
weighing almost a ton, was blown off Hundreds of square miles of bush
its hinges. The statue itself, how aiul farm jan(j have been burned over,
ever, was not damaged except from is0]ated settlers took refuge in lakea
the rain of shrapnel which bespat- amj rivers, leaving all their belongings
tered it. ; behind.
Although the plant which furnished 1{ain at Matheson and several
power for Bedloe's island was shaken otiier points, but a long continued
and partly put out of commission, the downpour will be necessary to ex
famous "light of Liberty" burned tinguish the flres and prevent tnerc
from sweeping further southward.
•onsent of parent or guardian from 18
to 21 yeari.
Revision of the articles of war gov-
erning rules of court martial
DALLAS MYSTERY IS NOW S0LVE0
Negro Confesses Kllli
March.
ig Nurse Last
to ships in the harbor.
Thirteen Storage Warehouses Lost.
A statement issued by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company, said
"Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the twenty-four owned and oper-
ated by the National Storage Com-
pany, and six piers owned by the stor-
age company and leased to the Lehigh
"Valley railroad wer© destroyed. Sev-
eral of the other brick warehouses
were badly damaged and some minor
damage was done to the Lehigh Valley
grain elevators. In addition, as far as
Is known, eighty five loaded cars were
destroyed.
Loaded Cars Are Hurriedly Removed.
"M T. Henly, night general yard-
said the loss could not exceed $50,000.
Most of the damage at the Immigra-
tion station was in wrecked walks and
buildings and shattered windows and
doorways. Two barges, ablaze and
laden with sharpnel shells, drifted to
the island. An explosion on one oi
the barges damaged the structure
housing the power plant.
Two other fire-swept craft grounded
Poets' Praise of Ale.
More poets have been inspired in
modern times by Brassenose ale.
brewed at Brasenose college, Oxford,
than by any other malt liquor of re-
cent memory. At one time it was a
custom for the college butler on every
Tuesday to present a collection of ale-
praising verse to the principal and re-
ceive a sum of money. Several of
these outpourings, the writing of un-
dergraduates, have appeared in book
form
The American dead numbered two.
Private John Tweney, F troop. Eighth
United States cavalry, and Robert
Woods, customs guard Serg. Lewis
Thompson, F troop, Eighth United
States cavalry, was seriously wound-
ed He was made the target of three
bullets.
General Funston said that the ban-
dits. when surprised by the Americans,
were attempting to escape from the
Carranzistas, who later engaged in the
battle. The latter had been in pursui
of the marauders for several days.
The American force consisted of
eight men under command of Sergeant
Thompson, two hospital corps men
and the two custom guards. They
Dallas Houston Wagner, a negro.
arreitad several days ago at McKln-
ney. Texas was placed in the Dallas
county jail here, charged with killing
Miss Zaola Cramer, a trained nurse.
,.n the grounds of a Dallas high school speedily surrounded the Mexicans In
March 27. last The negro confessed the ranch house. Woods was the first
the crime. to fall, laid low by a bandit who had
The killing of Miss Cramer was one slipped outside to aim at him.
of several unsolved murder mysteries
His death was avenged a moment
later by one of the hospital corps men,
f)allas has experienced within the past
few years The negro was traced , , , . . ... . .
• . ti* i who shot down the bandit just as he
through a cheap brass scarf pin. found „ ... .
Where It Was Needed.
My young nephew and a neighbor's
on the southwest corner of the Island, j boy were discussing w hat they wanted
which contains the contagious disease to be when they grew up to be men.
hospital. The medical staff removed \fy nephew, who has a dog that snaps
In the dead woman's hair
Miss Cramer's body was found on
the grounds of the Oak Cliff high moned the Carranzisttat.-
school early on the morning of March ing followed for a time
fleeing back into the house.
It was at this point that Dean sum-
Brisk fight-
Then quiet
450 immigrants on the island to tte
Battery.
Many Ships Suffer.
Many small craft as well as several
good sized steamers and sailing ves-
at the children, said "I want to be w
lion tamer." The neighbor's boy In a
disgusted tone of voice said: "Better
start on your dog first —Chicago TriU
une.
27 She had returned to Dallas during reigned in the ranch house. A cau-
thc night from an out-of-town visit as tious investigation disclosed three
a trained nurse. A suit case the
nurse carried was found near the body
and there were many evidence
struggle The motive for the
was the theft of the suit case There
was no evidence of criminal assault.
more dead bandits inside the walls.
The remainder had succeeded in get-
crime ou* am* making their way over
the Rio Grande. The Carranzistas
followed in pursuit.
Conflagration At Petrograd.
Berlin.—Reports reached here of a
Really Not Hi# FaulL Aigrettes from India.
The family were going to a picnic Aigrette plumes are now obtalm4
fTeat conflagration at Petrograd in and Howard had been dressed first in India In much the same manner it
which a bridge across the river Neva anij told to Fit on the porch until the which we gvt our ostrich plumes,
and twelve large steamer :d.nf rePt were ready. Soon after his mother When captured, the birds become very
several trans-Atlantic li r- ar. : the discovered him playing in the dirt tame. They nre fed upon flsh. The
PutilofT gnn works and other e.-'abilsh- with his clean clothes hopelessly birds grow rapidly, and each year pro
inents were destroyed F aming pon- ruined. After the painful scene which duce four sets of the delicate, highly
toons drifted to Vasstli Os'.ot Ba.-il followed he was deposited forcibly on prized aigrettes. The aigrette Is re-
Island), where a huge fire broke out, a chair and asked if he did not remem- moved without the least Injury to the
•r.d also to the port, where twelve ^er he had been told to stay on the bird. India seems to be the only
large steamers, Including seevral porch and keep clean. "Yes," he sob- country in which aigrettes can be ol>-
Irans-Atlantic liners, docks, docks and bed. "but why didn't you tell somebody tained without killing the mother bird
the Patiloff works. ' '>k fire. ; to watch me?" for her plumes.
Meat Cutters On Strike.
East St. Louis, Ills A meat famine
for Greater St. Louis was threatened
when employes of the big packing
plants here went on strike Repre-
sentatives of the strikers maintained
that 4.300 workmen signed up as mem-
bers of a newly organized union at
115 CASES OF PARALYSIS
Sevei
Cases of Infant Disease In Illi-
nois Fatal During July.
SUBM'SSiGN VOTE WIKS IN TEXAS
Virtually Complete Count Shows Ma-
jority for Prohibition Proposal.
Dallas Complete returns from 231
counties on the proposition to submit
a prohibition amendment to the vot
ers of the state show a majority ol
2,345. Practically complete returns
from El Paso county, the largest sec*
tion outstanding, reduced an early
lead. El Paso county voted almost
three to one against submission.
What is considered virtually the
final count is: For, 170,732; against,
168,387. No further totals until the
state's vote is oflicially canvassed on
August 7 are looked for.
A dispatch from Washington savs
In an address today to democrats
of Texas. Senator Culberson, who ran
next to former Governor Colquitt in
the recent senatorial primary In that
state, announced that h,a name would
be submitted to t75e second primary,
which will be held In August.
T
republican and socialist strongholds
the returns also indicate that many
democratic votes were cast against it.
The literacy test amendment was
designed to take the place of the nulli-
fied "grandfather" clause, which was
adopted at a special election in 1910
by a majority of 29.221 votes.
The early returns indicate that the
proposed repeal of section 12A, the
school tax distribution amendment,
was voted down by a heavy majority.
The nomination of tv. D. Humphrey
of Nowata on the democratic side for
the short term corporation commis-
sioner appears certain, while in the
contest for the long term nomination
all of the candidates appear to be run-
ning well, with Watson, Russell, Har-
rison and Willmering having the best
of it.
Parkinson Nominated.
Frank Parkinson of Lawton appears
to have been nominated by the repub-
licans for the long term and Judge J.
L. Brown of Oklahoma City for the
short term.
All present congressmen, Including
Dick T Morgan, republican, reports
; indicate, have been f*-nominated ex-
| cept Congressman William H. Mur-
j ray, in the Fourth district, who is re-
ported to be leading two of his oppon-
ents by only a small margin. Con-
gressman Joe B. Thompson in the
Fifth district, Congressman Scott Fer-
ris in the Sixth district and Con-
gressman Jim McClintic In the Sev-
enth district had no opposition.
ThreeCornered Race Close.
H. H. Smith of Shawnee and Tom
D. McKeown of Ada are both run-
ning close behind Murray. Early re-
turns indicate that Murray will carry
( reek county while McKeown will
cary Pontotoc, his home county, by a
handsome majority over both Murray
augment without further violation of and Smith. In Shawnee, Smith's home
neutrality; that in her present condi-
tion she is without a lawful right to be
and remain in these waters; that she
as between captors and owners, to
all practical intents and purposes
must be treated as abandoned and
stranded on our shores and that her
owners are entitled to restitution of
their property."
Reprieved Just in Time.
New York—A stay of execution in
behalf of Charles S. Stlelow, a farm
hand, was granted by Supreme Court
Justice Guy, three hours betore the
man condemned to death for a double
murder at Medina, was to have been
executed at Sing Sing prison. It was
meeting this afternoon and that all ported to the Illinois state board of I the second time since dawn that the
employes will strike, including butch- health during the month of July. Only jurist had interceded to save the life
ers. meat cutters, helpers, women and in seven cases thus far has the dis- of Stlelow. whose keepers in the death
foreign laborers unless the union is ease proved fatal Thirty-four cases house and whose neighbors In his
recognized. The packers union also were reported from Chicago and the home town are firmly convinced he is
asks for an elghthou-r day. The pack- remainder from fifty-nine different innocent of the crime for which he
ers admit 2.500 men are out. communities about the state \ was convicted.
Chicago. One hundred and fifteen
cases of infantile paralysis were re-
town. he Is running about even with
Murray, both being far in the lead of
McKeown.
In the Second district, Congressman
W W. Hastings of Tahlequah has de-
feated L. McNabb of Sallisaw by
an overwhelming majority.
The heaviest vote against the
amendments was on those affecting
the judiciary, which were voted down
by decisive majorities.
On the east side of the state where
there is the greatest volume of pro-
hate business on account of the vast
Indian population, a particularly heavy
vote was recorded against the pro-
posed abolition of county courts,
which have exclusive jurisdiction in
probate matters.
In some instances returns so far in-
dicate there might he a slight chance
for the adoption of t!ie amendment ex-
tending the workmen's compensation
law so as to include death cases; ere*
atlng a tax commission and establish-
ing limitations on municipalities in in-
curring indebtedness, but this is con-
sidered extremely doubtful.
Lansdown Kansas Nominee.
Topeka -W. C. Lansdown received
the democratic nouifnatlon for gover-
nor in Tuesday's primary, according
to incomplete returns which gave bim
a substantial lead over Ben S. Gaitis-
kill Dr. Eva Harding, well known
woman suffrage leader, apparently
was nominated for congress over 11.
J. Corwine by democrats of the first
district. Governor Arthur Capper had
no opposition for the republican gub-
ernatorial nomination.
Gardner Wins In Missouri.
St. Louis -Incomplete returns from
the Missouri primary indicate that
Frederick I). Gardner of St. Louis had
won the democratic gubernatorial nom-
ination by a plurality of about 20,000
j votes. Senator James A Reed of Kan-
j sas City was renominated overwhelm-
ingly over L. O. Martin in the demo-
cratic senatorial contest. Walter S.
Dickey was leading tr.e republican sen-
.tonal candidates. In the republican
race for governor, John K. Swanger
ad a lead over all opposition, so far
* returns are in.
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