GETS MY NICE
Roosevelt Refuses to Attend Dinner With
Senator Loriner.
WAS A GREAT SURPRISE
After Reing Informed that Junior
^ Senator from Illinois was Invited
to Ranquet (*iven in Mis Honor
Teddy Says "Then I Must Recllue
to Cio."
Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Ex-Pr^sideut
of the United States, Thursday
barred Senator William Lorimer,
punior Senator from Illinois, from
the Hamilton Club banquet at the
Congress Hotel at Chicago by refusing
to sit at the same table. The incident
came unheralded. The programme
of the big event, under the
guidance of the Hamilton Club, haB
for days announced that Senator
Lorlmer and others would sit at the
speakers' table with Col. Roosevelt.
The occurrence startled politicians
In Chicago and over the State. The
unprecedented demand that the Hamilton
Club deny to one of Its own
members the privilege of attendlur
the banquet came with characteristic
abruptness from Col. Roosevelt.
The Hamilton Club delegation,
headed by former Judge John T. Hatten,
joined Col. Roosevelt at the
Fair grounds in Freeport, 111., she,-- ^
ly after noon. The Colonel Bhook
hands heartily with each member of
the delegation and at once bi*fcan
questioning them concerning the
banquet.
"la Speaker Cannon to be there?"
he asked.
"Yes." Mr. Flatten replied, "he has
accepted the invitation."
"How about Senator Lorimer?"
was asked.
"Senator Ixirimer is a member of
the club," he was told, "and has accepted
an invitation to the dinner."
"Then I must decline to go," said
Col. Roosevelt, adding that he wonld
feel the same about the presence of
Senator L,orimer as he would of sitting
down with members of the II'!nol8
legislature vho are under Indictment
in the (graft investigation
The committee members looked
their amazement, and finally, after '
some hesitation, informed their
guest they would go back to Chicago (
and tell Senator Lorimer his views.
"No," Col. Roosevelt said emphat- (
ically. "Send a telegram telling him
that I will not attend the dinner tonight
if he Ib there."
The Hamilton Club men were per- <
plexe-d. but their embarrassment was
, apparently not noticed by Col. Roose- ,
velt, who chatted with others standing
near by. After some interval
the fallowing telegram was drafted
and dispatched to Senator Lorimer:
"Col. Roosevelt positively declines
to s?* at the same table with you.
Our invitation to you for this evening
is hereby withdrawn."
This telegram wns signed by former
Judge John H. flatten. The delegation
which waited on Col. Roosevelt
to escort him to Chicago and
the banquet hall was taken completely
by surprise and their discussion
of the event did not cease with
the sending of the telegram to Senator
Lorimer.
Judge Ilatten, as the spokesman
of the party, said that the incident,
was a complete surprise to him.
"Tho club had invited a number
of prominent Republicans among
them the Republican Governor of
Illinois and various Congressmen,
and it had not occurred to the men
?uu ai ians?u me dinner," sai(l
Judge Batten, "that they should not
Invite a Republican Senator. Under (
the circumstances there is nothing
for us to do except to respect the .
wishes of Col. Roosevelt, the guest ,
of the evening."
On the trip to Chicago there was
much discussion of the possible out- ,
come of the incident and all mem- .
hers of the delegation appeared relieved
when they were informed on
arriving at Chicago that Senator LorImer
would not attend the banquet.
On the street, in offices and in
public buildings the tidings caused
much comment, particularly among
those who noted that the ban against '
Senator I.orimer was coincident with
the completion of the second trial of
Lee O'Neil Browne, minority leader
of the Illinois Legislature, charged 1
with bribery in connection with the i
election of the junior Senator from 1
Illinois. 1
If Senator William Lorimer was ?
surprised at the refusnl of Col. Rous- <
evolt to sit .at the banquet table with 1
him, no Indication of it escaped him. I
If he was displeased or hurt at tho (
frank exposition of distaste of his c
presence he showed no signs. i
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Nine I>rowned. <
Reports Wednesday from the (
flooded districts of Hamilton and
Comanche counties, Texas, along the
p. South Leon River have not materially
increased the death list. Nine 1
persons were reported as drowned, t
which Include Mrs. George Carey (
and three children, J. R. Fulcer, 1
wife and two children, and Mrs. Mc- (
Cullougb. The crops along the riv- 3
er have been destroyed Wires are i
down and full details are lacking. t
COTTON GINNED
FIKST RE POUT ISSUED DY THE P
CENSUS DEPARTMENT.
Amount of the Staple (tinned of This W
Year's Crop Shows a Big Falling '
CUT to September 1.
The number of bales of cotton ginned
to September 1 from the growth P
of 1910 was 3f?6,824 hales, round , ni
hales counted as half hales, accord- ' n<
ing to the report of the census bu- ' ol
reau made at 10 o'clock Thursday a
morning. The 1909 lolul wits 388,-1 tn
242 bules; the 1908 was 402.22J fv
bales, and the 1907 was 200.2 7 8. tn
Comparative statistics by States of
cotton ginned follows: pi
States. 1910. 190 J. tr
Alabama 4,505 13,r>3.> tl
Arkansas 2 7 4 49 b;
Florida 60 4 3,542 Is
Georgia 2.818 106,3 10 lc
Louisiana 1,106 3,47 0 si
Mississippi 535 1,760
North Carolina. .. 4 1,070. ol
Oklahoma 397 1,370 tc
South Carolina. .. 198 18,949 st
Tennessee 4 r<
Texas 328,625 237,901 ai
All other states.. 55 1 a
The number of sea island bales
included Is 208 as compared with ol
1,236 for 1909. m
Statisticians of the census bureau w
do not consider the falling olT in the
figures of the first ginning report to w
the eastern States as significant as N
might appear. They attribute the s?
decrease to the lateness of the crop n<
rather than to any cause which in is
the end would effect Its volume They ti
say that the spring was late throughout
the eastern southern States, re- S<
tarding the growth of the plant and R
delaying its maturity for about tvo u<
weeks. Without having any other pi
definite information they expect a in
material improvement In future re- b(
ports. The season has been unusually
good in Texas, which fact ac- tl
counts for the prospective large crop in
there. pi
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GAVE DEATH DINNERS. m
, v<
Was An Eccentric Host mnl 1'rules. 111
pi
irable Husband
d<
Julius L. Brown, oldest son of the 0?
war governor of Georgia, and broth?r
of the present governor, who died
Lhe other day at Atlanta, was a unique
character. He graduated with
honors from Harvard and practiced i*,
law for a time, but gave it up and
became a collector of rare coins and
curios. He was a friend of the stage
and entertained at his home every
prominent actor and actress who
came to Atlanta.
He also entertained President Gro- 111
ver Cleveland, sitting in a chair once S(
owned by Napoleon and dining off a
tablecloth that belonged to the til- *
fated Maximilian. Mrs. Brown sep- jV
erated from her husband because of
his eccentricities, and for many years
he had lived alone in a great Kliz- ^
ahethan mansion.
Yearly he gave a "death dinner" ^
to a band of cronies. At these dinSt
ners everything was emblematic of
death. The table was in the form of ^
a cotlln, there were skeletons and
skulls about the dining room, lights I
were so arranged as to produce
ghostly effects and skulls and bones
were on the menu cards.
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WEALTHY PAINTER.
tr
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IL-iilh C. 1 11
r? I ?M?T IB
to lie Kit h.
That Frank Nicholas, of Momence,
Ills., a member of a crew of painters
at work on tlie Burlington Round j.',
House there, was not an humble
craftsman he pretended to be, but a
wealthy man studying sociological
problems, came to light thorough a
search of the man's effects after he
had been killed by a fall from a ladrc
tier on which he was at work. Deeds p
to valuable Chicago real estate, min- ()f
lug property in the Dakotas and
dock in various railroads, aggregat- ( )
ing over $50,000 in value were found j
among his poaessions.
CRIMINAL NEGUtiKNCK ^
ed
Millionaire Motorist Held Vnder
Serious Charge. (
"Guilty of criminal negligence ' ht
was the verdict found Thursday by lo
a coroner's jury against Edward "i". sij
Itesenheimer. tho young millionaire, dr
whose motor car ran down and kill- bi
id Grace Hough, the 19-year-old co
loonhU, ?.# ? 1' ? -- - '
.....?hi ui a trHriy on ir.e ?i
norning of August 18, in the Bronx, tr.
Mew York. It is charged Rosenheim?r
who was driving put on full pow>r
after the collision. The coroner
refused to admit Rosenheimer to ha
:>ail Thursday and said he would ea
onsider an application for bail Fri- n<
lay. th
? ? po
Negro <Jlrl Burred. vc
The United Statee supreme court tr<
nay be called upon to decldo Just of
vhat constitutes a negro In tho Unit- a
'd States if the court of appeals uplolds
the decision of the District of
^olumhia supreme court. In which 8- of
rear-old Isabel Wall, who Is 1-16th atl
legro blood, was barred from the* ye
vhlte public school. ut
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REMOVE BALLINGER
OIXT OF XO QUORUM RAISE I
AFTER VOTE IS TAKEN.
Titli "Regular" Republican Memlit-rs
AWnt, InMirgfiits and l>omtik
Huut MJin
At an executive meeting of the
allinger-Pinchot investigating comlittee
held at Milwaukee on Wedesday
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,
f Florida, a Democrat, introduced
resolution holding that the Secreiry
of the Interior w;is an unfaitn'.1
public officer and should be reloved.
Representative Madison, the Renblican
insurgent from Kansas, inoduced
a substitute holding that
le charges which have been made
v Glfford Pinchot and Louis Glav,
a former chief of the held divism
of the general land office, weie
istained.
Representative James. Democrat,
[ Kentucky, offered an amendment
? Representative Madison's substiute
resolution, providing for the
ymoval of Mr. Rallinger from office
id Mr. Madison accepted the
mendment.
The vote came on the substitute
[ Mr. Madison as amended by the
lotion of Mr. James and the roll
as called.
Those voting for the substitute
ere Fletcher, W. E. Purcell, of
orth Dakota, a Democrat; Repre ntative
James A. Graham, of 111 iais.
Democrat; Representative Madon,
Republican, and Representave
James.
When this vote was being taken
?nator George Sutherland, of Utah,
epublican, and Representative Samel
W. IMeCall of Massachusetts, Reubltcan,
left the committee room,
isisting the full committee should
? present.
The Democratic members replied
tat they had been months considerig
the evidence, that a quorum was
esent, and had a right to transact
tsiness. Senator Nelson, the chairan
of the committee, took the vote,
>ting present himself and then
ade the ruling that no quorum was
esent.
(Sir. James made thp nntnt r?f r?r
>r that no member raised 'he pom'
' no quorum before the vote had
?en called.
ELIMINATE MIDDLEMEN.
nions of Texas and Oklahoma Soil
Cotton Direct.
It was announced Thursday by the
esident of the Farmers' Union of
exas and Oklahoma that a deterined
effort will be made this sea>n
to eliminate the middleman .In
arketing cotton from that section,
s a result of the Galveston bankers
id cotton dealers coming to the asstance
of the cotton producer; of
exas and Oklahoma during the liincial
troubles of 1908 and 1909,
le farmers' union contracted to
indie the cotton of its members
trough the port of Galveston last
>aion. This was successfully ac>mplished
and the contract h is jns'
?en renewed for another year.
Speaking of the matter. President
oudermilk of the union said W'^d?sday
that Galveston was selected
^cause it is the purpose of the unn's
selling agency to bring .cotton
oducers directly into touch with
le spinners and dealers, thus cutng
out the middlemen, who are a
x alike on the producer and the
dnner.
TWO KILLED I?V FOI L AIR.
itrm Well in Lancaster County
Causes Tragedy.
A dispatch to the News and Courr
says Jim Shields and "Buster '
raig, two negroes, lost their lives
cently by foul air in a well on S.
Criminier's place, several miles
Heath Springs.
The men were preparing ro clean
it the well when Craig's hat fell
He went down to get it and.
>t returning. Shields was also bowed
into the well to find out what
0 trouble was. He likewise fail1
to make any response to those at
e top.
His brother, Sam Shields, then
arted down in the bucket, to which
> was securely tied. After being
wered some distance he made a
gn of distress and was at once
?v?i n|7. >> iitu itiKen out or me
ickot he was in an unconscious
ndition, but later revived. Foul
r in the well was the cause of the
agedy.
I<aily lluns for OfTice.
Miss Maude H. Cook, of Denver,
is announced that she will be a
ndiuate for the legislature on the
?raocratic ticket. Conservation of
e State school lands will be the ap
al which she will make to the
ters. and if elected she will lnoduce
a bill to prevent the sale
these lands and retain them as
perpetual asset of the schools.
Trial by Jury is regarded as one
the most sacred and venerable intutions
In the land, but some lnwrs
and Jurymen seem to do their
most to bring It into disrepute.
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MAYOR HITS AT TEDDY
? REFUSES TO SERVE ON THE RECKI'TION
COMMITTEE.
Because the Former President Said
Many Hard Things About the Sosialist
Some Time Ago.
Poon after Roosevelt arrived a
Milwaukee Wednesday and before he
sat down to breakfast at the Pfeister
i hotel, he found himself involved in.
I a controversy with Emil Seidel. the
socialist mayor, who had declined
to act upon the reception committee
which welcomed the colonel to Milwaukee.
In a contribution "Tto he Big
Stick." a newspaper published by the
Milwaukee Press club for this oc
casicn. Mayor Seidel stated that "if
Mr. Roosevelt comes to Milwaukee
holding the same ideas which he exi
pressed in an article published bv
him March iiO, 1909. it is clear that
, he cannot serve the cause of honesty
and decency iu American political
life."
> I tap From >lnyor Seidel.
! "! is possible that I have misuni
ders'.ood the article." stated Mayor
Seidel, "but inasmuch as I am a
socialist and he has called socialism
f a thing which is against morals and
I religion, 'abhorrent,' 'revolting.
which would replace the family and
! home life by a glorious state of free
' lunch counter and a State founding
asylum. I am sure that he will be
pleased that 1 am not personally
connected with his reception in the
city."
No ltiglit to l'reach Morality.
i Charging the colonel with "a cun,
ning and deliberate purpose to cre
ate a false impression," he declared
that the visitor "could lay no claim
, to the right of preachng either morI
ality or religion or ci\ic righteousness."
In the speaking tour of Mr. Roose
velt through the West." continued
i Mayor Seidel, "I fail to see anything
of impoorlance beyond ik?1 itlca 1 designs
and plans. As such, of course.
it is of no special service to the present
city administration. The probi
lems that now confront oar cl'.y are
of much the same nature as those
the nation faces."
Shown the Statement.
T'pon being shown this statement.
Col. Roosevelt promptly said:
"On this trip 1 have made no partisan
political speeches and of course
shall not break through the rule
now by discussing either the State
party matters or the municipal party
matters, and at present of course
the dominant municipal party in Milwaukee
is the socialistic party.
"If any one wishes to know nv
Views on what is usually called 30
oialism, they will find them sot o it
in such fashion that it is impossible
to misinterpret or misunderstand
them in the articles to which the
mayor in his letters refers, and 1
advise them to read the articles
themselves and not what the mayor
says of them."
CMMJ1S ON* UNO INK.
The Miraculous Ksca|>e From Death
of n Young Man.
Climbing from the wreckage of
his buggy, on the pilot of a locamotive
flying at the rate of 50 miles an
hour, Fred Minor, aged 18 years
recently clambered up on the running
hoard of the engine and inco
the engine cab. His escape was
near to the miraculous.
The engine on the Lake Shore
railroad struck his horse and bugs.v
a few miles outside of Ashtahula,
Ohio. The horse was killed and Minor,
wedged into the wreckage of the
buggy, remained on the pilot of the
rushing engine. Indignant, he climbed
into the Cab. he says to tell the
engineer what he thought of him.
He claimed that the engine had no
headlight.
The engine stopped to let him off.
Minor pointing out that his parents
would expect him home early and
he walked the six miles back to town.
He was not hurt.
"EARTH DISEASE" FOUND.
Incurable Korean Ailment Worries
Health Authorities.
The discovery of a case of dreaded
Korean "earth disease" or "tochil"
in Seattle, Wash., was reported
to the King County Medical Society
Tuesday night. Toohil has been seen
but on rare occasions In the United
States, being brought here from the
Orient. Because of the fact that It
is incurable and infectious, the medical
society will investigate the sanitary
features of the case. It is likely
that the Korean will be taken in
charge by the government authorities
and held for deportation.
Who Will Kun Over.
A dispatch from Columbia says it
was learned Saturday afternoon that
there was a mistake of 3,000 vot_s
in the tabulation made by the State
executive committee Friday nigiit.
by which McDuffle Hampton, son of
Gen. Wade Hampton, is in the race
for Railroad Commissioner with Jan.
Cansler, instead of O. C. Scarborough
being in the second race. The (
mistake waa in the Greenville vote.
JUST A TRIFLE TOO
I SURE. J
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The young man with the beetling I
eyebrows and the assertive ueckti I
paused to knock the ashes from t n
pipe. i
"Who'm I going to take to the the
atre party?' lie echoed. "Why, don't
tnind telling you that I'm rjing tc (
take Kthei!"
"Oh!" sa?4 the oth<~ young man
whose quietness .. bis noticeable
charae">- "Have }ou asi.ed
U?1 .
The young man with the necktie
looked fai wly surprised, "llow'd you
ivnow I h..iin"t?" he inquired. "I'll tel phone
h? r tonight. 1 w as so busy all
day 1 didn t have a chance. Besides, f
there's no hurry. There isn't any one ]
uKi'iy io asK ner hut you, ami
now, that 1 ve siwtken first, of course"
"Why, of course!" agreed the quiet }
young ii.an. "1 shouldn't dream of ,
Interfering with your plans! ' I
"That's oue thing 1 like about you." j
confided the young man with the tie. (
"Some fellows dou t kuow when they j
are licked, but you've got common |
sense. Oh, 1 was just spewing generally.
There are fellows, you know,
who'd 'a' sneaked tiff and phoned Eth i
el before I'd had a chance. Of course, (
though, I don t know that you're so
awfully keen on going w itli her your- t
self, only you've gone to sec her a
lot."
"Yes, 1 have," agreed the quiet (
young man.
"I've been so busy lately i haven't
had time to see Ethel as often as usn- '
al," said the young man with the tie
I "I expect she's sore about it. This
I theatre party and some dowers and
candy'U tix things all right! 1 know
girls!" '
"You do, indeed," agreed the quiet v
I young man. "She was speaking about 1
you only the other evening.'
The young man with the tie tried ic '
look unconscious. "Was she?" he '
asked carelessly. There was a si- '
lence. "Say," he broke out at last,
'1 don't mind telling you?we're old 1
'rlends and you are sort of one of us. 1
you know?I don't mind telling you '
that I'm going to marry that girl!"
The quiet young man stirred iutc '
urprise. f
"Ethel?" he inquired, explosively. (
"l'h-huh," said the young man with 1
tne tie. "1 expect you are kind o sur '
prised. 1 "atter myself that I don't '
.et on to the general public just what
( intend to do, hut I've been thinking <
it over for a long time, and 1 \ e de
?ided she's the girl for me!"
"Oh!" said the qinet young man '
.nore calmly. "I see. You?you c
hnvun'* aoL.o.1 1,....
The young mail with the tie shook
his head.
"Are you going to telephone?" hip
friend inquired with innocent interest.
The young man with the tie looked
a triftle suspicions, but dei ided nothing
was meant hy the question.
"Well, no," he admitted. "I hadn't
thought about it. I didn't decide until
just recently. I'm not going to
jump into a thing like that in a hurry
and bo sorry ever after. I know
what I want in a wife. Now, Ethel
is not too pretty, you see?she can't
tie vain about heraelf, and a vain woman
is always sell.sh I abominate a
selfish woman! Al? she thinks about
is herself and her own comfort. 1
want some one who 11 consider me
tirst. It's right that the man who provides
the home and works for it
should be considered first.!"
"1 see your point," said the quiet
young man.
"Some fellows never think of these
things. Ethel isn't everlastingly
chattering, either. She would give a
fellow a chance to do a little talking
himself. Most girls think tiie only
thing of importance is what they have
to say. Did you ever notice now Ethel
will sit and listen with her nead
on one side, as if she was so interested?kind
of amused?"
"1 don't believe I ever did," said
the quiet young man.
"Perhaps not, said his friend with
the assertive tie. "You probably
haven't had as long talks with her as
I have. She alv.ays listens that way
when 1 talk. That girl is intelligent,
and when she gets a chance to listen
to conversation that's worth while she ^
does it without interruption. I think
she's economical and a good housekeeper.
l?on't you? Not to speak of
her father being pretty well fixed, you
know !"
"1 have great admiration for Kth '
el," declared the tpiiet young man,
"but | never exactly figured out her p
good fpialilies as you have done."
"Well, that s natural you didn't have (
the idea in your mind that I did," said '
the young man with the tie.
"No. I didn't," said tne quiet young '
man with a fervency that caused bis
friend to look puz/led.
"You see," went on the quiet young
man, as he got into his coat, "I believe Jt
if I were you I'd not waste a nickel t
telephoning to Kthel. She promised v
to marry me a week ago and 1 rather
think she expects me to be her escort t]
to that theatre party. Good night!" j
The young man wttn tne violent tie ||
sat staring at the chair which had t
been occupied by the quiet young j
Ill?II. J
"I'd like to know," be said at last,
"JuRt what it was she said when she
spoke about ine the other evening!
Come to think about it, I believe his
tone war sarcastic m beu he mentioned
it!" n
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FIRE ON SHIP 1
Causes Explosion Which Killed Three
Men and Injored Nine
ABOARD NORTH DAKOTA
riw Mysterious Accident Ot-i-urrel
in liOwer Clu'siiiH-ak*' Buy Thura?lay
Moruiim While the Atluntic
Fleet Was Sailing from Southern
Drill (ituu'x'H.
Another of those ragedles. whi? h
50 to show that lite sailor offers Ma
life to his country in time o" peace
is well as in time of war, was eotcted
Thursday morning in the dread
lought North Dakota, about 10 mites
rum Norfolk, in lower Chesapeake
Hay. when an explosion of ml and
he ensuing fire cost the I'voa o*
hree men and more or less striont
njury to nine others, including Chief
Lieut. Orin U. Murfin.
The accident happened far from
iny shore, and for several ho irs the
vlldest rumors circulated through>ut
the community.
The official report of A'ttntrd
Schroeder to fhe navy department
tames the following dead and injured
in the tire of the battleship Nor'b
lakota:
l>ead: Joseph W. Schmidt, coal
lasser.
Robert Gilmore, coal passer.
Joseph Strait, coal passer.
Injured: Chief Machinist B. \V.
\ndrew. Machinist T. (J. McDonougft,
'has. C. Roberts, machinist's mate,
Sebastian J. Wittwer, fireman, first
lass, James A. Brady, fireman, first
lass; Leo F. Pioreh, fireman, second
lass. John G. Morrison, fireman,
irst class, Fred I*. Kinney, fireman,
irst class.
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder,
ommamling the Atlantic fleet, made
he following succinct statement of
he accident:
"Retween 10.30 and 11 o'clock oil
rom room No. 3 in North Dakota
aught fire, while the first squadron
>f the Atlantic fleet was making pas>age
from the Southern drill groundn
o Hampton Roads. Under a rcjuest
from the commander of the
<orth Dakota the comniander-inihief
of the fleet immediately ordered
the North Dakota to leave the
leet formation and the battleship
Cew Hampshire put in near to renler
assistance, in caBe they could be
if service.
No assistance was necessary and
iy 11.30 the fire on the North Dacota
was under control."
"It has not vet ?
low the lire started, although It is
lot believed that the accident was
lue to anj' carelessness of the men
>n the North Dakota. A board of
nquiry was natned to investigate the
incident, consisting of Capt. C. A.
Tore, of the Delaware, senior ofllcer;
Liieut. Commander I,. V. Price, of the
Delaware, and Lieut. Commander LH.
Procter, of the Connecticut. This
joard will thoroughly look into the
ause of the explosion.
After naming the dead and injured,
stating that the three who
vere dead were "killed outright,"
\dmiral Schroeder adds:
"The injured men are all eapect d
to recover. Chief Lieut Orin <?.
durfin was in the fire room at the
inie of the accident and was burned,
>ut not seriously.
"The North Dakota, shortly after
he accident, anchored off the Thim>le
Shoal lighthouse. The woundect
nen. who are severely hut not eerously
burned, who are remove?l
Tom the North Dakota to the hospial
ship Solace and are receiving th?>
est medical attention."
The settling tank in No. II fire
oom. near whti-h tho
- ?.?v mi v ? 14ml ciil*
y broke out is part of a double-hotomed
compartment, in v hlch tha
uel is carried in hulk. In inch fiio
oom are. two 250 gallon tanks. Into
vhieh the oil is pumped to he setled;
it is then pumped into the fite.
The North Dakota hal a fire once
efore since she was launched, m
Covember, 1!?07. That was on the
2th of last May, at the Hoston navy
aid, when a red-hot rivet dropped
nto one of.the after magazines while
he ship was in dry dock. The
ironrpt responce of her 250 men to
lie ship's fire call resulted in quick
xt inguish nient and averted tho
hreatened calamity. Oapt. Albert
.leaves," who commands tlie North
hikota, is a Tennessean and has had
hirty-seven years of naval s-rvi.-e,
rirluding nineteen years at sea.
Customs drafters.
At N'ew York Patrick J. Quigl-y,
, former customs weigher, v. ho tesiflefl
Friday in the customs uikIi
/eighirig trial, declared that while
mployed on the Arbuckb- sugar
ocks in Brooklyn from 1905 to
907 he had repeatedly partlcupated
n under-weighing operations.
( stifled that llis fee for pa sing the
nvportations was "from $50 to $?.">o
ier shipment." *
Killed hy Baseball.
Edward Ballard, 20 years old, was
;lllcd in a baseball game Thursday
,t W'isner, Mich. A foul lip h't him
tver the heart while he was playag
the position of catcher.
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