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< M um CTKiKts < \imtol crn II Vltl?. Mil-.- . IVrmuu. k ill. .1 und Heavy Prop? er t> iiOMM Caused b> Sudden Swoop of ? in >ag< i Kk'niriita, Washington, July .10.--Like n giant flail, 'v i?>?< leak storm of wind, rain and In .1 whipped back and forth across the nation's capital today, leav? ing death and ruin in Its wake. Three dead, ?cores Injured and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of prop? erty destroyed was the toll recorded In the hurried <-anvuss made when the city aroused Itself after half an hour of. helplessness in the grasp of the elements. out of the Dialing sky, under which the'city wu sweltering with the tem? perature at 100 degrees, (ante the norm, roaring from the north, divid? ing a maw of clouds thut cast a wan t'.e of darkness over the city. The gale, reaching a velocity of over bo miles an hour, swept the streeta clear, unroofed houses, tore detached small structures /rrm their foundation*, wrecked one Office building, overturned wagons and carriages In the streets and swept Waehlngton's hundred purks tearing hug? afaacaaa from trees and even uprooting sturdy old elm*, landmarks of a century. Tonight Washington's well kept streeta with their wealth of trees, w.-re littered with broken foliage, roofs, debris and dead birds, as If a Playful giant had carelessly swished his club up and down the city. As the wind wreaked its havoc the rain tame, and in live .-r.inates the temper atura dropped from the 100 rn.uk to between 60 and 70. Then the rain turned to hail and hailstones battered on roofs and crashed through sky? lights and windows. For half an hour the city cowered, paralysed, under the heating of the storm, every activity suspended. Trol? ley cars, street traffic and telephone Service were halted and government departments suspended. The wind wrecked a three-story brick office building occupied b\ the U. S. Salt rnparty, real estate dealers, and 15 persons were carried down In the craah. W K Hilton, vice president of the real estate company; Thomas H. Fealey. 6& yea s old, a clerk, und an onldentlfled man. who entered the building to try to rescue those caught In the wreck, were taken from the ruins lead. Half a Uoaen were taken to hospitals seriously Injured and half a dozen more were treated for slight Inlurlea. Tonight the police still were digging In the ruins, fearing other bodies might be recovered. The neatly kept lawns of the White Tumu itepre with stielt? House were devastated. Three m trees, uprooted by the wind, brown bodily across the lawn, huge Were and ui> to the very portico of the buildli g. blocking the drives. Pr?*i Idem Wilson was seated in the execut ve offices when the wind crash*1 1 through several windows In the V|hlte House proper. Secretary y hurried the president and fen .ui\e Korbley of Im.luna. horn he was conferring, to a ted Inner room away frc m the searching lightning flashes. The capltol, set high above the city, caught the brunt of the wind, rain, hall and lightning. The senate was In session when l ie ha.: swept down with a deafenlni. r?>ai. oeutlna on the glass roof of tlu chamber. The tumult m*de further business Impos? sible and hurrying to the vice presi? dent's denk. Senator Kern rnagaphon ed with his bands a motion to recede. The motion was put and as the senator* tosjM hear nothing, the sen ale <i?lt work for II minutes in con? fusion When the storm broke 35 painters were at work on the dome of the capltol, Mwarmkng over the curving i surface or swinging high on scaf? folding. William Ke. Me, the foreman, hurried to the dome ami got most ot his m#n to shelter Insul?* the I*Ik in? verted, bowl. Hut Jim Hoyle. John Ford, Noble Bailey and Hruce Jones were too late. Hal ley and Jones suc? ceeded In sea ing the dome In the wind and rain and gained a sheltered ledge, where they we?thered the Btorm after trying In vuln to get in ftlde. Boyle and K-?rd were < auKbt on a swinging ?cuffold Jtnt under the eves <u* the iogM and iherc the> nwung buffeted by the wind, beaten l?y the hall und soaked by the ruin, while the Mushes of blue lightning trbkb-d around the dome, down from th* platinum lightning polall on the heed mi Uta Qodde? mi freedom that surmounts tin' strip tut. Wh??n Um Storni wai over In?) i rept. ?buk. i, .not bruised, to nefot] Inside. Here and th.re Ihrnoeliool I no ell) panic appear. d I Um..?; drive?, frail Mi hv the wind and hull. dashed through the streets in terror until lb?) were stopped b] rolll?loa with um other wind-strewn obi.<t. in onm? ?I the riwVe building* and tin govern ment departments disastrous panic narrowly w.ie averted \t ib<- i.u rasa of printing and sngruN ing. mht I YUAN CAPTURES HANKING. RK.movf.k cornkrstom: OF soithf.rn kkvolt. Chinese Semite Confirms toil?Hull of llsung list Ung, Who Will Ai t a* Premier. Peking. July 30?Tin* return ol Nanking to ship ol the Peking gov? ernment is considered here ns having taken away the cornerstone from the Sum hern rebellion. The Chinese sen? ate toduy approved the nomination of Hsung Mailing, former minister ot finance, as premier and it is believed that a permanent cabinet will now be formed. NANKING NOW QUIET. * hamher of Commerce Hc|M>rts Things Tranquil. Shanghai. July 30.?The Chamoer of Commerce of Nanking telegraph ed today to the military governor of the province of Kiang Su and also to a number oP high officials at ?hang' hal the following dispatch: "Gen. Huang Sing, the ,-ommander ln-chlef of the Southern forces, lias left Nanking. The proclamation of independence issued there has been canceled. The city is quiet." A naval wireless dispatch today conflrma the return of the city of Nanking to its allegiance to the Northern government. SKIZK Ilt'KOW TOUTS. Northern Troops Capture Positions After Homhanlment. Hankow, China, July 30.?Chinese Northern troops captured the Hukow forts* on Friday after a fierce bom? bardment from a gunboat at Oli phants Island. The troops landed be? low the forts under cover of the bom? bardment and rushed the position at nightfall The Northern troops will now advance on Nanchang. affairs in chin a. Northern Army Reinforced and All Ci? vilians (io to Shanghai. Shanghai. July 30, (1:30 A. M.) ? The Northern army reinforcements estimated to number 4,000 with two cruisers arrived In the Yang Tse liv? er yesterday. The troops were loaded 20 miles below Wu Sung, apparently with a view to marching to the arse? nal here. Virtually all civilians have left Wu Sung for Shanghai, expecting a bom? bardment. Sbanghl thus is exposeo to an influx of refugees. Considera? ble damage has been done to the Na? tive City by fires which were partly due to bursting shells and partly to incendiaries with a view to looting, which has been extensive. The for egln settlements, however, have been comparatively free fron, this evil. One peculiar result of warfare In mid-Summer is the lack of clean clothes, all the laundrymen having fled to Ning Po. The foreign consuls yesterday pro? tested to the Northern admirals against tiring over Shanghai. London, July 29.?The Southerners profiting by their earlier mistakes, are repairing defects and getting in large supplies of ammunition, says the Dally Telegraph's Peking correspondent A long, wearisome war seems certain. "I understand iou Japanese oflleeri will Join the Canton army, which consists of 40,00(1 good troopa-i1 The Dally Tslegraph'f Shanghai cerri-spondent reports the Native City there on fire in three places as a re? sult of the cannonading of the arse? nal. The dispatch probably refers to Monday s fighting. Su Chow, July 21*.- Between lfi.OOO and 20.00t? Northern troops arrived hoes to el ay and were dispatched south* ward for Chin Klang, 4G miles north? east of Nanking. TO FIGHT IHSpr.NS.tUY. St. Matthews, July 29.?The fores opposed t<? the return of the dispen? sary have determined upon an ex t?msl\e campaign. a number of meet? ings and planlos have been arranged at the principal points of the county ami good apeak era ars being secured. Kvery Inch of the ground will he con Itemed, Four ream SgO, with at.out 100( voting, Ho- dispensary went out by tie narrow majority Ol 14. The situa? tion at this time appeara very little thanged in ratio ?f sentiment. The registration books ahuw 1,103 qualified eie< tors, with some additions since tin revision. hundreds of women ere employed, tie wind, sweeping through a huge win dow. sent a storm of broken plate glam hurling through tin big pr< room. Right ?'r ten women were cut by falling kIuss and one printer, John Rhodes, euffsred severe scalp wounds The < rash of glass awept panic through Ihe loom a hundred or more of |he girls working as printers1 as* wlstnnta fainted ami till to the floor and itthera dashed terror atrlcheri for I lie <\ii Fol two hours Ihe office V\ MH III Mil Ul'loUl ADVOCATE^ FOB_ HUERTA. ! AMBASSADOR Wilson PERSUAD? ING SENATE COMMITTEE. He HofcM Long Conference With For? eign Rotations Committee and Pro gents Arsmment in support or Hin Plan to Reoognlie Huertn. Washington, July 30.?Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson's conference to? day with members of the senate com 1 mlttee on foreign relations resulted in stronger tupport for his plant to recognise the Huerta government in Mexico than he has received at any time since reaching Washington. Af? ter three hours' questioning of the ambassador, many members of the senate committee tonight expressed the opinion that serious consideration should bs given to his recommenda? tions of a guarded and restricted) recognition of Huerta, designed to bolster up the present government until elections can be held October 20. The determination of the govern? ment's main policy does not lie with the senate, however, end there was nothing In the situation tonight to indicate that President Wilson or Sec? retary Hryan had wavered in their determination not to recognize the Huerta gov nment at present. The matter presented to the senate committee by the ambassador already had been laid before the president and Secretary of state and the atti? tude against recognition had been based upon information from other confidential sources, many of them at variance with the reports of Ambas- i Mtdor Wilson. The conference at the capitol today was distinctly a presentation of "his j side of the case" by the ambassador. As a result of the generally favorable impression he created, and the close scrutiny and tentative approval given his report by many members of the committee it is believed the adminis? tration will be urged ? furnish the sena*e committee at on. e with its pri? vate information gathered by Wil? liam Bayard Hale, Reginald Devalle and consular agents at various points. Two principal points of difference have been developed between Ambas? sador Wilson and the administration. These relate to the present control of Huerta over "Mexican affairs and to conditions that would result from the downfall of the Huerta government. Ambassador Wilson told the senate committee the Huerta government dominated affairs throughout the re? public and had driven the constitu? tionalists out of many of their strong? holds. President Wilson, it is understood, has information which he and Secre? tary Bryan consider thoroughly relia? ble, showing the constitutionalist strength to be greatly in excess of the estimates of Ambassador Wilson and Indicating that the Huerta gov? ernment dominates the situation in only a part of the republic. The need for immediate recogni? tion of the Huerta government, as laid before the committee by the am? bassador, was based on the belief that President Huerta can not long retuin control of governmental ma? chinery under present conditions. Should the Huerta government fall, { In the opinion of Ambassador Wil? son, conditions in the republic will be worse than at present and Amer? ican lives and property will be In greater danger. Ambassador Wilson made a direct recommendation for recognition of the Mexican government, under cer? tain conditions and restrictions. These would include an agreement for an election October 26, to choose a per? manent constitutional government; proper guarantees for the protection of American lives and property; a satisfactory arrangement to insure the payment of all present or future claims for damages to Americans or their property; the settlement of sev? eral longstanding disputes between this country and Mexico principally as to boundary matters; anil the des? ignation of a Mexican cabinet officer to control the elections, whose character would be a promise of fair dealing to the constitutionalist forces. Presldenl Huerta had assured him, Ambassador Wilson told the commit? tee, that he would not again be B , candidate for president. Ambassador Wilson told the com? mlttee he believed Intervention high? ly undesirable. The method by which tho United states could enforce a guarantee for the payment of the Immense claims thai will follow a set? tlement of affairs In the republic was discussed at length. One suggestion was that Ihe Mexican government > ould secure the American claims through a temporary concession ol territory. sharp questioning i>\ members of Ihe committee characterised tin- re i ital of ihe ambassador's connection with tin events immediately following tin' downl ill ot Madero He declared he anil other foreign representatives had repeatedly told Huerta thai no harm must come to Madero ami riuareg, tin- deposed president ami \i'? presidt m , H? wua confident Hueita vn mm Inno INTENSE TORRID WAVE. WEATHER BUREAU EXPECTS CONTINUANCE OF BEAT. Local Thunder Showers Muy Bring Respite to Some sections. Waehington, July SO.?No promise of relief from the heat wave In the next 24 hours was held out tonight by weather bureau experts. They said, however, that local thundemhowers probably would bring lower tempera? tures tomorrow night to many of the suffering sections where the mercury climbed highest today. The heat was intense today practically everywhere east oi the Rocky Mountains, the highest temperature, according to offl ciai figures, 104 degrees, being report? ed by Yuma, Ariz. Grand Haven, Mich., reported a new high record for that section, 94 degrees. Daven? port, Iowa, and Concurdia, Kan., with their marks of 102, held the day's record for territory outside of the al? ways torrid Southwest. In the Kast. Washington headed the list with a maximum of 1*7; In New York it was 94 and Philadelphia 9f> and In Baltimore 96. These were not official records, hut street ther? mometers were around the lbO mark. MI BULK WEST SUFFERS. High Temperatures Bring Woe to the Central States. Chicago, July 30.?Midsummer heat bringing to many cities temperatures as high as 106 and making the 100 ; degree mark common over wide areas, ] extended throughout the Central Stales today. Generally described the I heat wave extended from the Rocky ' mountains to the Atlantic coast, but I the maximum temperatures were re i ported from points between Kansas and Ohio. The weather bureau tem? peratures, usually several degrees low? er than the street level temperatures, j from Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Da? venport, Iowa, were 102. Louisville registered 101 3-10 degrees. Southern Illinois got the full blast of the heat. At Galesburg it was 100 and at Peoria 104. Burlington, Iowa, also reported a temperature of 100. Local showers relieved the heat In some places, while at Galesburg, III., no rain has fallen since July 9, Cairo, 111., today enjoyed 2 1-2 Inches of rain. Over Missouri, Illinois, eastern Iowa and Southwestern States generally the heat was about the 100 mark. Scores of deaths and numerous prostrations' were reported. POTATO MOTH WORKS HAVOC. Wlntr Crop of Potatoes Likely to l>o Destroyed by Moth. Washington, July 29.?Warning against a pest that threatens every dinner table in the land was issued today by the Department of Agricul? ture against the potato tuber moth, which is working havoc with the po? tato crop in numerous parts of the country, and whose ravages threaten to prevent the planting of the vege? table |n many places for the winter supply. The pest is especially prev? alent in California and Texas, the de? partment reports, and through ship? ments of early potatoes it is being introduced broadcast throughout the United States. Experts of the bureau of entomolo? gy urge potato growers to look care? fully over potatoes they dig and des? troy every potato ami vine that shows the slightest signs of the moth. AN ALLEGED BLIND TIGER. March Baker Amtted With Whiskey in His Trunk. March P.aker, colored, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Policeman H. G. MeKagen at the Southern depot up? on Baker's return from Columbia with four gallons and three quarts of whis? key parked away securely in his trunk Officer MeKagen had seen Baker checking the trunk to Columbia the day before and, as he knew his man. he had an idea enter his head of why Baker was taking his trunk along. Baker stated when arrested that he had about three gallons of whiskey In his trunk for his own use. The trial will be held In the Recorder's Court Thursday. , cent of any participation In a plan to kill the two and that the shooting occurred against his desires, the am? bassador said. The attitude of the Taft adminis? tration was criticised frankly in its relations to the enforcement of Amer ban claims. Ambassudor Wilson In? sisted he had used every effort at fust to enforce the clulms of Ameri? cans, but thai he had received little HUpport from the United states gov? ernment. Tin committee asked him categorically as to the many Instances Where it had been Claimed Ble Allli'i lettn eonsular and diplomatic officer*) lid not give fuir protection to Amer? icans' or their property. The umbas ?sador denied any American had bad to appeal to Herman or other foreign ottlcera foi uid or protection. OLD TYRANT TRYING TO JU: GAIN POWER. There May t>o a Three Cornered Fight Since Uen? Hcurnamlez, the Nation ai Llherel Lender, Also Has De signs ou Dictatorship. New Y??rk, July 30.?Continuation of reports that Cipriano ('astro has he gun revolutionary activities in Vene? zuela was received her?- today in a I cablegram to Gen. Jose Manuel Her? nandez, leader of the National Liberal party in Venezuela, now a political exile in this country. The message, dated yesterday and sent by one of the general's agents at Cueula, Colom? bia, near Venezuelan border read: "Castro's followers have begun in? vasion." "This is what 1 expected," said Gen. Hernandez tonight, "but 1 have no further information of Castro's ac? tivities." Gen. Hernandez, popularly known as "El Mocho," is opposed both to Castro and the present Gornez gov? ernment and is said to be waiting op? portunity to return to his native land and lead a revolution of his own party against President Gomez. He issued tonight the following statement: "Gen. Hernandez as the recognized h ader of the National Liberal parts of Venezuela lias with him the back? ing of the great majority of ihe coun? try and in the present state of affairs ' he can only say he is closely watch? ing events to see what can and must he done at the proper time and when due opportunity presents itself. "With reference to Gomez and Cas? tro, both are hated and distrusted both at home and abroad and there? fore there is no doubt that both will be forced by public opinion to disap? pear from the political scene. What the country wants is not merely a ! change of men, hut a change in the whole rotten system." ANTI-DISPENSARY CAMPAKiN. Florence Prohibitionists Co-operating in Fight Against "G. M. I." Florence, July 28.?The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was much in evidence in Florence yes? terday. Upon their request the min? isters of the various churches preach ' ed against the sale of liquor in this county, and made announcements ) from their pupils as to a public meet? ing yesterday afternoon at the City Auditorium and last night at the same place, when a union service was held by all the churches in behalf of the W. C. T. U. At the meeting yesterday after? noon addresses were made by local speakers and Mrs. Florence Swell At? kins, national lecturer and organizer for the W. C. T. ?. Quite a nice programme was carried out in the af? ternoon. At 8.30 last night Mrs. Atkins ad? dressed a packed audience at the Au? ditorium and her address Is saie* to have been very tine and was listened to throughout with marked attention. After the address a collection was taken to assist in defraying expenses. The Prohibitionists are at work in Florence County and they claim they are going to sweep out the uispensary, providing Judge Spain does not issue a permanent injunction against the election when he hear.^ the attorneys, Who have secured a u mporary injunc? tion, at Darlington on Friday, Au ' gust 1. Teach the Girls Home Making. A girl who cannot cook the food she eats, who cannot make even her sim? plest garments, who cannot wash and . iron them, and who does not know anything about what to do in a sick room, should not consider herself a candidate for matrimony, she is i cheating the man she marries and , laying up heartaches for herself. God intended women to be home makers and we are robbing the girls when we do not provide sultuhle training for their work. Give the girl a literary education, and add accomplishment if you like, but should these be allowed to crowd out the really necessary training for her life werk ? Domestic science can be made as in? teresting and attractive to girls sa . the practical studies and shop work are to hoys, in their schools. Why is not the science of bread making as in tereatlng to a ?irl as memorizing the distance of the heavenly bodies from the sun? Would not the members of her family enjo) eating one of her fragrant loaves unite as much as they would seeing her "do a sum' in alge? bra? Would she he B i.?" less a "lady' because she knew how to take a alck child's temperature? ?Mrs. James H Henley, in the Progressive Farmer. _ The mosquito caused 1,500 eases of malaria in Greensboro last summet, which in nun cost the city a sum es? timated at |63,000. It Would take a good deal h-ss than that to abolish Hie mosquito Wonder what the Wilniing ton balance sheet would show. Wil J miiiston star GREAT OYSTER BED IN SEA. Supply of I ?hhle Ginnt Scallops No tuully Inexhaustible. Washington, July 30.?An import am economic discovery in the shap** of an inexhaustible bad of giant anal lops "IT the Atlantic Coast has just been made by the United States Bu reau of Fisheries. Dr. Hugh If, Smith Commiasloner of Fisher!en, reported the valuable find today to Secretary Redfleld. This bed of big edible bivalves is said to extend all the way from Black Island off Rhode Island, to the Vir? ginia Capes ami appears to be HO miles or more In width. The discovery was made by William W, Welsh and Dr. Henry B. Bigelow, scientific assistant in the bureau, who have just completed in the Fish Com? mission vessel Grampus a trip from the New England coast to Norfolk. Every time the vessel's dredge was put down, the experts reported, it brought uP from one to three bush? els ot scallops. , m mj$ Another trip is to be made at once to determine more exactly the limit of the beds Charta will be drawn show? ing its boundaries. Enough is known from the information already secur? ed to make the officers of the Fish j Commission feel confident that their discovery is of gerat economic value and vi; tually inexhaustible. Heretofore the giant scallop has been found only in small spots along the Maine coast, although the small variety inhabits many places. ANCIblNT SHIPWRECK. Divers Discover Vessel Filled With Greek Bronze? and ' Marbles. London, July 29.?How a shipwreck which is supposed to have occurred in 86 B. C. was discovered was the Interesting story which Prof. R. C. Bosanquet related to the members of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. In 1907 some sponge divers found , an ancient wreck on the sea bottom at 25 fathoms four miles olf the coast of Tunis, and the diving operations were carried on for five years. The ship had on board a cargo of marble columns and works of art, and it is thought that in all probability the dis? aster was due to faulty loading, as ?6 of the columns were placed between decks. A similar wreck was discovered in 1900 off the Greek island of Cerlgo, : and in both instances the bronzes were comparatively well preserved, particularly a notable figure of Eros, which may be connected with the school of Praziteles. In sharp contrast to this is a group of very realistic statuettes, which seem to represent dancers in an an? cient cafe chantant. The vessel con? tained abundant remains of bronse furniture, braziers, candelabra, and j the feet and arms of bronze couches. American Money in Canada. Washington, July 30.?In connec? tion with the dissatisfaction felt over tariff legislation in many sections of the country, Democratic leaders have been looking into the records of American capital invested in Canada during the past few years. It is shown that $500.000,000 of American mon? ey is now being worked in Canadian territory. There has been a marked increase in American investments throughout the Dominion within the last few years. According to figures collected for the five-year period 1905 1909, inclusive, the amount of Ameri? can investments was $279.075,000. In May, 1911, it was estimated that these investments were approximately $41 7,143,221. Since then, according to the belief of officers of the gov? ernment who have made a study of the subject, there has been an ad 1 ditional investment in the neighbor? hood of $80,000.000. Recent reports on this subject from American consuls and other sources of information In Canada have not been collated, but officials are satisfied that :he estimate of $500.000,000 of capi? tal Invested is not far out of the way. While many of the investments are in lumber, mines, farms, and other nat | ural resources of the Dominion, a very large amount of American capital has hi en sent into Canada in recent years to establish branches of industries al? ready in operation In the United , Slates or to develop new lines of man I u fat tu re. Wisconsin's Marketing t ommi-Mon Ciiicago Record-Herald. Wisconsin purposes putting a Com? missi OH between the producer and the consumer that will be helpful to both It will advise and assist in all proper marketing plans, auch as the organization of . o-opcrc.tt \c market? ing associations, and It will have much the same p. wer to regulate pines and adjust differences when there is dispute or misunderstanding that the Wisconsin Railroad Commis? sion now has in the matter of adjust ing rates. In Europe war talk is evidently on ihe fre< list Gieen\i)i? Newa