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DARROW ACQUITTED
OFGHARGEOFTRYING
TO BRIBE TALESMEN
Jury : is Out, Only Thitty-Four
Minutes and Only One Ballot
- is Taken. '.'
DEMONSTRATION IN COURT ROOM
There is Wild Applause, Despite
; y Warning of Bailiffs. ,.
FIRST , , COUNT RULED OUT
QUAKE KILLV THOUSANDS
American Ship Brings Tale of Horror
. from Sea of Marmora.
SIX THOUSAND ARE INJURED
Odor of Decaying Bodies In Rilni
Makes it Impossible to Approach
Several Villages Shocks
Are Still Continuing.
Court Instructs Jury.; to Ignore
, Charge Involving Iockwood.
VERDICT IS ON SECOND COUNT
: Panel Finds Under Instraction . of
Court that Evidence of Alleged
Accomplices. Had Not Been
Corroborated.
, L03 ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 17. Clarence
S. Darrow. the- Chicago - lawyer, -was
I found 'not guilty today of the charge !
, bribing a juror In 4he MCNamara case.
I The jury was "out thirty-four minutes'.
' Judge George H. Hutton . began nig
; charge to the" Jury at' 8:20 this morning.
, T,he jdourt eamln&ted tha first count n
'the indictment, that Darrow had bribed
George H, Lockwood, a regularly drawn
Juror Jn .the. case of' J.; B. . McNamara
I The evidence, Judge Hiittot. instructed,
did not. Justify, a.verjllptof, guilty on the
i first count. i ;'.. .
The second count charged Darrow with
' attempting corruptly, to influence a man
about to be drawn as a juror. ' " ' '
' Thecourt also instructed that a verdict
f;gtrilty could not be found on the un
corroborated evidence of accomplices. ,
I .''It yu lad no evidence Independent of
the testimony of accomplices," said the
Judge,! "you must; find the defendant, not
guilty. Admission made to accomplices
by the defendant are not to be regarded
' as corroborative. -, The, testimony of "a
feigned accomplice, however, does not re
quire corroboration."
1 This instruction applied to Lockwood. .
' Only One Ballot Taken.
. Only one ballot was taken by the Jury
and each juror votecf not guilty.
Although Carried against' any demon
stration bythe bailiffs,, there "was a spon
faneous outburst of applause 'when Fore
man M. R, Williams, in response to the
court's query stated that 'the Jury had
found a verdict of not guilt yl ,
There was a rush to the side of the
v defendant which- was stopped - by ths
bailiff i, bu H was renewed rflo
menu later after Judge Hutton thanked
and dischargcd-the jury. ,.'
. Then, ensued a remarkable scene. . Dar.
row Approached iha Jurors still in the bo
to thank fherri and two of them, Jurors
CioldingXand Pun bar, threw their arm
about, him and. patted - bit back.; Other
jurors readied forward and clasped hand
with the attorney. ' " i "
The scene gradually resolved itself Into
e. reception ior Darrow and. the -jurors,
.frlendS of the erstwhile defendant crowd.
)ng. up to congratulate; him and shake
hands, with '.the Jurors while "the flash
lights1'" of ; newspaper , photographers
boomed 1 from 1 every ; angle of . the ' court
.' voom:.''. i ,. ,.! :.:, t : y '
j Darrow Dictates Statement, :
Darrow dictated the following state
ment: " '"" - 't'.:- ' X. -..
"It has been a long, hard ordeal and of
course I have a great sense of relief at
its close." Korie!of those 'who knew me
ever believed - that . I was guilty and their
encouragement - and : faith has been my
greatest help in this trial. The indictment
I ana prosecution coma .not nave nap
' pened except under the tense excitement
land strain of the dramatic close of the
McNamar case; ;
"I shall spend' the rest of, my life as
I have that which is past, : in doing the
, best I can to serve thecause of the
poor." ' ', ... ..."- - ;v ' . '
Retail Promoters ; ; .
Down'ti) Business
Phillip ; Schwartz chairman of the
Omaha Retailers' association, has named
the following ,' membership "committee:
' Robert Roseniwig, , A. Itospe, W.''R.
Mathews., .P. B. , Meyer, C." E- Maloney,
H. P. Kerr," C. B. Brown, Thomas fted
mani A. t. Peck and j. A. Stewart'
The committee will begin work tomor
row and Sbh warts says he expects to
have 200 new. members in the associa
tion . before the week is over. - While
the club was started but two weeks ago
It. already has a membership of 100.
The purpose of- the club is to be. boost
Omaha and the retail concerns.. As soon
as the organization is perfected trad ex
cursions to Omaha for residents in out
lying " districts and . towns 'will' o . held
several times a month. .' .
G. 0. P. STATE COMMITTEE ,
;, MEETING DATE CHANGED
Notices of a change, of date for the
next meeting of the republican state cen
tral committee from Friday. August 23,
to Monday; August 26, have been sent out
by M. J. Greevey, acting secretary of the
comm'ttee. The meeting will be, held in
the Lincoln liotel, Lincoln, at 7:80 o'clock
in the evening. , V ' "; .' , '.' '
The Weather
For "Nebraska Generally t fair: west,
showers -east portion; cooler east portion.
For Iowa Showers. . . ,
Temporatnure at Omaha Yesterday.
f rii Hour. - uer.
Njv (jjAf. 1 a. m .. 74
A .tsw' " A 8 a, m.... : "5
jy-,..h 10 a. m 81
rffti n 11 a. m 84
rHw " 13 m-- 87
JLrT : p-m ti
rs .Tln - P- m ti
I , IR;. Bp. m tt
. p. m... 92
. CONSTANTINOPLE," Aug.' 17,-An ap
palling story of suffering and damage
caused by the recent earthquake in the
region about the Sea of Marmora was
told by the . members' of the expedition
dispatched on August 14 to the stricken
district on board the United States gun
boat . Scorpion, .guardship at Constanti
nople,, which returned here today. ,
J. Cornell . Tarler, second secretary of
the United States embassy, and the spe
cial 'mission of four doctors on board
estimate the number of killed in the
various towns and villages at S.OOO, while
the total or those injured reaches 6,000 ;
;,lt' was found impossible to approach
several villages on -account of the odors
arising from the bodies buried among the
ruins. Other-villages were simply heaps
of charred debris. -v , '
The..pll8ht of the. survivors has been
rendered, worse on account of the diffi
culty of obtaining building material.
. Shocks Continue Daily.
Earthquake continue almost dally at
many places along the coast Six shocks
were felt yesterday and many damaged
houses collapsed.. , , , ; ,
In' several, villages visited by the ex
pedition some of the -houses which were
apparently undamaged were found to con
sist of empty shells, the whole of the In
terior having collapsed: ' '
'At i Myriophlte ' the appearance of the
town was deceptive because a number of
the houses standing on tbe sea front, sur
rounded by gardens, were intact, but im
mediately in, the rear scarcely, a stick or
stone - was -left ' upright. Numerous fis
sures were observed In the ground,, but
none of great size, although the villagers
reported that a cleft nearly 200 feet deep
had opened in a hillside eight miles in
land, i ;.; , ., ..
"People Stnaned by Catastrophe.
The people 'throughout the district ap
peared stunned by the catastrophe and
made . no.' attempt to , .help themselves,
sitting' and brooding over their, misfor
tunes and awaiting the arrival of relief.
x The Red Crescent society and the Greek
Philanthropic societies are.. doing good
work in ; the . district, the Red Crescent
having dispatched missions to the Interior
to' assist the Sufferers, j f , ' , 4'
The Turkish transport, Bessm-Y-Alem
has been converted into a hospital ship
and anchored off the coast. ;".
The American medical mission, ' after
treating 300 patients and finding that its
work was overlapping that of other mis
sjons, handed over its suoplief and med
ical stores to tha vali f Adrtnople, who
is. superintending the work A the. scene.
The American Red Cross society con-tlrttSes-'ttr'
dispatch supplies to the' suf
ferers and the iorelgii colonies hers pur
pose to. collect subedrijtions under . the
patronage, of . their respective legations.
- The ; ecumenical patriarchate contem-
lildtes making. an appeal; for. aid to the
archbishop of Canterbury. . '
A Cry for Help ,
TIER
DAY W
FRON
iisciippMi
Wild West Attractions to. Be Made
Feature of Ak-Sar-Ben Fall , ;
' Festival. ' ' !
CHARIEY IRWIN TO MANAGE IT
All the Picturesque Featnres of the
,' Bis Celebration Jot Closed at
1 Cheyenne to Be on" the '(',
,. , ; . Program. ,
CENTRAL 0FF1CEIS PROPOSED
Railroads May Merge All Downtown
Ticket Offices in One.
PLAN IS , TRIED ELSEWHERE
By Establishing Union Ticket Office
- Honey Would Be Saved and Pub-
Mo Would Enjoy Greater ,
'.'!;'. Convenience.'
American Explorer
RpftedKilledby
India Avalanche
BOMBAY, ; India, Aug. 17.-W. Hunter
Workman, , theV 'American mountain
climber ,nd explorer, is reported to have
been killed by an avalanche while climb
ing In the Himalaya range in the north
bf'Indla. v I ' , '," '.''.' ',"'- .''
Native coolies attached to the expedition
report, that a great avalanche over
whelmed the party, killing one of them.
, No definite information: was obtainable
itrom. the coolies as to whether the victim
was Mr. Workman himself or one of Me
gUideS.. V ., J - . ; ; ' '.' .
; Both W. Hunter Workman, who is a na
tive of Worcester; -Mass., where he was
born on February 1?, 1847, and his wife.
Fanny Bullock Workman, also of Wor
cester, have been for many years engaged
In' mountain climbing, principally In Asia.
they hkve usually made their ascents to
gether. Mr. "and" Mrs. Workman also have
delivered lectures on their travels. They
have ' written many books and have re
ceived a number of foreign decorations.
Chief D8nalrae Dying
I M;Hoge of Saying'
1 iHiiii is Abandoned
, All hope for the, recovery of Chle o(
Police John ; J.i Donaftuo , is-practicably
abandoned by the attending surgeons and
members of the veteran officer's family.
A slight improvement - f ollowipg a re
lapse yesterday, was not noticeable yester
day, but before. noon the chief, was sink
ing again. Restoratives wern made, yester
day morning to prolong lite, but the end
seems 'to be fa--matter of. only a short
tlme,v :'.').;''-":.:...' .
! Ths chief withstood the operation Mon
day for the amputation of Bis right leg,
which had ' become affected with, gan
grene, "and it was thought for a time he
had a chance , of recovery.
The chief is suffering from ; diabetes.
which, coupled with the shock of the
operation, seems certain to cause death. '
WISCONSIN BOYS START
" WEST TO KILL INDIANS
ELGIN, r III., ! Aug.. 17,-Two 12-year-old
boys from Shawano, .Wis... each armed
iith a repeating rifle, an automatic re
volver and a six-inch liuntlng knife anl
several . hundred rounds of ' ammunition,
were arrested here - today. They gave
their names as Calvin -Drier and Harley
Huntington' and told the police they had
run' away from their homes to go west
and shoot Indians, i ' . '
The' Cheyenne frontier day celebration,
with all Its native p'othresqueness, wild-
ness' and 'daring, will be removea 'to
Omaha and held September 2 Sto October
S as' the principal attraction of the fall
festivities. v." -' : -
Since .three years, "ago,' "the; hoard of
Ak-Sar-Ben governors has been trying to
bring the frontier" day ' celebration to
Omaha, bdt.owing to the strong objection
froiq Cheyenne and the1 enormous ex
pensa the show would entail, it could not
b. secured- , '""'.'. . ...
By a special arrangement with Charley
Irwin, manager 6f the celebration Just
closed at Cheyenne, by which the prin
cipals and animals can be brought here,
and by an agreement with Pa Rourke
to enlarge and use the ball park, the
board has been ' able to accomplish Its
desires.'
' Irwin In Charge.
Irwin will be in pmajia to manage the
celebration in person Just as he so sue
cessfully managed it at Cheyenne. He
already has engaged 126 men and women
to bring to Omaha along with several
train loads . of steers, wild horses,
bronchos and Ind'ans.
, The program he Intends to stage at the
ball park every afternoon from Septem
ber 28 to October S will include buffalo
races, broncho busting contests, steer
roping, tying and bulldoggtng, women
riding race, Indian squaw races, cowboy
races, wild horse races, Indian war
dances and all the other features of the
regular Cheyenne celebration. '
' Charlea McKlnley , of , Plattsmouth,
Cola, world champion broncho ' buster,
has been engaged as an addition to the
show, and such other famous busters
ropers and bulldoggers as Lafe Lew
man, Howard Lehmonds, . John Rick,
Jack Elliott and J- E. Weir, heroes of the
late celebration, probably will be here to
contest and endeavor to beat the record
made at Cheyenne. ' - v
Prizes for Wild Horses.
"Old Steamboat." 'I-Be-Damrt'' and
"Rocking Chair," the unconquered wold
horses of Cheyenne will be brought to
Omaha for another tryout, and in ordor
that .other obstreperous animals may be
p. part of the show the celebration com
mittee 'will offer :5 for every horse that
cannot be ridden. - . i .
Pauline and Joella Irwin, winners of
the women's horse racts at Cfieyenne, anl
Goldlft ' St. Claire ' and Prairie Rose
Henderson will beTamong the contestants.
Of the genuine range features there
will be a steer stampede and calf brand-
Announcement comes that the railway
companies ; centering in Omaha contem
plate the abolition of the ticket offices
in the city and the merger into one large
union office. ' : .
. This proposition is to be tried out at
once in. Kansas City . and some .other
cities.; Oflctals have been .discussing the
matter for sometime and.havV practi
cally decided to adopt the plan- , ,
Railway' ' officials and persons' In
charge of the offices in Omaha refuse
io either deny Or afllrm the rumor, but
admitted that there might be something
in it. ' ( . ' ,'' ,
; the abolition of the individual offices
would not but many employes out ' of
work. The plan Is to' erect one large
building or to rent floor space on the
ground floor of one of the larger build
ings. ' ""-',' ' ' '
Railway officials feel that a union of
fice would be a great saving to all the
companies and would be of great benefit
to the traveling public.
Taft Will Continue
Battle to Save the;
Court of Commerce
WASHINGTON, Aug. --President
Taft told callers today he. intended to
fight congress for the retention of the
commerce court if it kept him in Wash
ington all summer. He declared he .would
again veto the legislation, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill If it came back
to him containing the provision to abolish
the court.
Mr. Taft was aroused over reports that
democratic house leaders planned to re
taliate for his veto by refusing appropria
tions for the counselor for the State de
partment, the bureau of trade relations
and other adjuncts of the department,
which-the president considers ot immense
importance to interests engaged in for
eign trade. ; ,','" . ,
i Two republican senators, Smoot and
Sanders, assured the president that the
senate might pass the bill as reported to
the house Friday, but they were confident
it would not pass over a second veto. :
Taft Signs Pension
Bill and Payments
Will Start at Once
'WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. President
Taffs first official act today was to sign
the $160,000,000 pension appropriation bill.
The pension office was Immediately notl-
mg exmo.Wn. . t telegraph orders were sent to
Arrangements will b made to. enlarge J . u. , K,ar, ent
the ball park for a seating capacity of
Many Ieeher(t Sighted.
NEW YORK. N. Y.; Aug. 17.-More
than: fifty Icebergs were sighted . near
Newfoundland by Captain Amundsen of
the steame.' Ragnarok. - which came In
today from Botswoodville, N.- F.. Captain
Amundsen -said he counted thirty bergs
strsnded on the Newfoundland coast be
tween Notre Dame - by and St. - Jonas,
N. F.
more than 10.000. '. Race tracks will be
laid out and corrals for the buffalo.
steers and horses will be built. " '
The board of governor of Ak-Sar-Ben
have been planning for the celebration
for six months and after figuring on the
Speedway and East Omaha as likely
places for it,, flnally.were able to secure
the ball park and save the expense of
erecting a grandstand. The. celebration
will cost about $50,008. .
CHILD BORN TO LADY DECIES,
DAUGHTER OF GEORGE GOULD
LONDON," Aug. . 17. Lady Decles, wife
of Faron Docles and daughter of G,org
J. Gould, gave birth to a . daughter this
morning. Both mother and child are
doing well.
the, outlying agencies to start payment
at" Once of the money so long held up by
the delay in congress. Every pensioner
In the United States will be paid by
Tuesday at the latest.
Wounds Officer, Kills
I Wife and Himself
PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 17.-ReslsUng ar.
rest. Joseph Spltzer, 25" years old, shot
and seriously wounded the officer who
attempted to take him into custody, killed
his own young wife and then committed
suicide at his home, twenty miles south
of Paducah, today.' E. "C. Anderson, wno
was wounded by Spltzer, bore a warrant
sworn out by SpiUer's mother-in-law,
charging Spltser with disturbing the peace
and maltreating bis wife.-
SPEAKERS' BUREAUS
OUTLINING ROUTES
National . Campaign Managers Be
gin Assigning "Spell. '; ' '
, : binders. .
REPUBLICANS HAVE BI( ( USX
Chairman MeContbs ol ' National
Democratic Committee III 'and .
. Must Be Off Datyft Vf,"
Several Weeks,
CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-W0rk at tns speak.
era' bureaus at both progressive 'and re
publican headquarters In ' Chicago was
started today and tentative lists of "spell
binders", compiled. ; s ' i U. " 9 '
; Henry F. Coehems of Milwaukee, Wis,
tok personal charge ' of 1 the progressive
bureau upon his arrival from New York.
It was said the campaign would beTn
full swing before September 1.
David W. Mulvane of Kansas, director
of the Chicago republican headquarters,
assumed the direction Of the , republican
bureau pending the selection of a perma
nent manager for tf.is division. Mr. Mul
vane. said the republican organisation
found Itself with a large surplus of speak.
ers.' , ''',:.. ;.'':.'..'.
The Illinois state progressive campaign
was launched at a meeting of the twenty-six
members of the state committee
held in the Hotel LaSaiie. Medlll Mc
Cormlck, state chairman, presided.
Fnnk , Makes Address.
. Mate Senator Frank Funk of Blooml5
ton, candidate for governor on the pro
gressive ticket, addressed the committee.
He also issued a statement in which he
outlined what the progressives expected
to do. . i , ,
"We propose to make, Illinois a free
state," he said. "We propose to give the
6tate government back to the people. W
propose to bring state laws abreast of
the human and industrial needs of the
hour.
"When I say a free state. I mean a
statejike California and ivansas, where
the people have thrown off the control
of big business t.nu bad politics and .taken
their government Into their own hands.
It Is my belief that this is what the peo
ple of Illinois want." -
MoComhs Brenka Doirn. -NEW
YORK, Aug. 17.-Natlonal Chair
man William F. McCombs, who has had
a week's rest from political activity under
orders of his physician, Is in such physi
cal condition that he Is not expected to
resume woik at democratic national head.
quarters for some time. :
Governor Wilson, who Is , much con
cerned over the breakdown of the man
who managed the campaign In the anti
convention period and at Baltimore, has
urged Mr. McCombs to take two months'
rest. . Mr. McComb's place is being filled
by William G. McAdoo. '
NEW YORK GAMBLERS FLEE
Announcement of Supreme Court In
'l quiry Causes Consternation.
JUSTICE GOFF IS IN .CHARGE
t nder John Doe Proceedings He Will
Forre Men 'Who Pnld for Pro
tection to Tell Who Re
ceived Money,
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-A general in
vestigation Into .police graft in all its
phases' is to be undertaken by the extra
ordinary session of the supreme court
presided over by - Justice Goff, who has
been designated by.Gov., Dlx to sit in
the trials of Police Lieutenant Becker
and others charged with the murder of
the gambler Herman Rosenthal.
News that 'the supreme court ' would
conduct a grand Jury ' inquisition ' with
justice Goff having, full powers of.com-.
pelling testimony caused a panto in the
under . world today and many gamblers
and others ' hurriedly left' the city.
It has been supposed that the appoint
ment of Justice Goff was only for tha
purpose of trying tl- "tcsenthal murder
case, but it leaked oithal the supreme
court would begin a John Do Inquiry
that would delve into the innermost re-'
latlons between the police and keepers
of gambling and disorderly houses.
Can Br in Ont Facts.
Under John Doe proceedings Justice
Goff can call gamblers and keepers of
disorderly houses and force them to tell
how much money was paid for police pro
tection and to whom the money was paid.
The ajdermanic Inquiry it is expected will
co-operate with the work ot the supreme
court. ' ;' ' ; ". ' .
Evidence Is In the hands of District At
torney Whitman that disorderly houses
In the city paid more than $1,00,000 for
police protection during the last year, and
that this money went to certain poitoe
Inspectors and others "higher up." '
) The punishment inflicted upon Inspector
Hays by- reducing 'him to' the rank ot
captain and then suspending him on that
Charge that he failed to keep his district
clean, Is believed to be a forerunner of a
general shakeup by, Police Commissioner
Waldo, who is now convinced that the
police have deceived him as to gambling
and vice conditions. Commissioner Waldo
ad. ., , ,, ;', ... . , ,
I "There is proof how of laxity and bad
work on the part of certain inspectors
and policemen. If these men have been
downright crooks tne truth will c6me out
and they will be punished. It they have
erred through stupidity or carelessness,
they wilt be required ; to change their
ways or' I will firs them from the depart
ment"';." Y; '' " '
fifteen-Persons Hurt
; in Had-ori Collision
...at Springfield, 111.
SPRINGFJELD, Iil.rAuff. 17,-Two in
terurban cars on th ' Illinois traction
System collided head-on Just south of
Springfield" this' noon, injuring fifteen
persons, .several seriously. - The injured:
i Ed. 'Krceley, , motorman,' arm br6ken;
Serious,' ... . f.' J
C C, Jones, Curranr L.,hand crushed.
' ,Cora MatHngor, Paris, Mo., face cut ,
i Oscar Turner,' Chatham; III., face cut.
; Ada -Stack, nose-' crushed, i i
Mary A. Bets, St. Louis, face cut.
i Mrs. Edward Brubaker, Glrard, face
cut. : - " " " " "'" "
i Ed. Engllih, Vlrden, 111... head Injured,
eyt., punctured. '. . ; i .
1 Miss" M. McCiellHii, he'arf cut.
Ida Turnbo, CarllnvUle, Iir., head and
shoulders cut , s 4 , . . ..
i Misses Cora and Louise - Mattlngly,
Paris, Mo., faces cut.! 8
; Roy Van Doen. Chatham, face and
head bruised. .
Grace Williams, Cantrall, , 111., body
bruised,' ribs broken.
' The conductor ot the south bound car
forgot to throw the switch, after his car
had backed into a' siding and the north
bound limited crashed into the other
car.; - . ,' . .--'.
Nat C. Goodwin is
Out of Danger
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17.-Nat C.
Goodwin, the actor. Injured Thursday
when his rowboat was dashed ashore
on Rocky Point beach, was pronounced
out of danger today. .
The National Capital
Saturday, August 17, 1012,'
The Senate. ''
The senate convened at 11 a. m.
Agrued to request house fci, further
conference on army appropriation bill.
Conferees agreed to report Alaska
"home rule" bill with provision for two
bouse of the legislature and a railroad
commission. -
The House. ,
. The house convened at 10:80 aum ,
: Resolution appropriating $20,000 to fur
nish subsistence for refugees from Mexico
adopted. - - -
General Edwards is ,
to Jake Command -
; of Fort Ds A. Russell
Washington. Aug. : 17.-Brigadier
General Clarence R. Edwards, rntly
at the head of the Insular bureau, lias
been assigned to , command the brlgado
post at Fort D. A. Russell, -Wyo
i Brigadier General William Crosier, U.
8.,'A.j chief of the bureau of ordnance,
has ; been selected to , succesd ..Brigadier
General A. L. Mills as president of , the
Army . War college of this city. v. i
' General. Mills becomes chief ot the di
vision of militia affairs, .relieving. Briga
dier General R. K. 'Evans, assigned to
command the Department : of the Gulf,
recently commanded by Brigadier General
Wotherspoon. now , In nomination before
the. senate to be major general. , . .
i Brigadier General E. Z. Steever, tem
porarily In command of the Department
of Texas, succeeding the late Brigadier
General Duncan, is made Ommlndef df
that "division. . ' , ' ; ' - .
PANAMA CANAL BILL
READY TO BE SIGHED.
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
House Follows Lead of Senate ii
Accepting Act Regulating . Ad
. ministration of Zone I
CONFERENCE MEASURE PASSED
Provides for. Free Passage of Amer
ican Coastwise Vessels.
MATERIAL FREE TO THE ZONE
Fast Train Ditched
at Middlepoint, Ohio
. CHICAGO, Aug. ; 17.-rAibert Bemird f
Chicago was the only passenger who suf
fered more than trivial injuries, accord
ing to Information received at the office
of, the railroad here. . ..
He was Injured about the head and
taken to , Fort Wayne. A special train
was made up and hurried to. Middlepoint
to take the passengers to their destina
tions. , It Is expected to arrive hers about
uoon. The accident occurred at 5:38 this
morning. .The official report says that
three sleeping , cars were derailed. ; The
cause, of ; the accident has not been de
termined. , ,. , :.. . i : . .
DEADLY POISON FOUND ;
; Y ; IN GEORGIA PEACHES
; ATLANTA, Ga., Aug; It-Discovery of
arsenate -of -lead, a deadly poison, - in
quantities of Georgia preserved peachet
resulted in State Pure Food Inspector
Mcthvin announcing today that an exami
nation of samples from each of the peach
producing sections of ths state would be
made immediately. . Spraying of the tret,
shortly - before time for the ripening of
the -fruit Is believed to be responsible for
Jthe presence of- .ths poison.
Railroad or Trust-Owned Ships Are
, Excluded by Law.
LITTLE OPPCSHION COMES UP
Special Role Prohibiting Points of '
Order Prevent Moore' and 1 Olm
' stead from Renewing Attack
; on One. Prorlslon.
WASHINOTON.' Aug. 17,-The Panama
canal bill as agreed upon by conferees
of ths senate and house was passed by
the house this evening, by a vice voce
vote. As was expected, ths bill, which
provides for the government and ad
ministration of the canal, contains pro
visions for the passage ot American
coastwise vessels through the canal free
of ton and the admittance of ship build
ing material to the canal cone free or
duty. The bill already has passed tha
senate and It now goes to tha president
for his signature.
j A special rule prohibiting points of
order ' against the measure prevented
Representatives Moors and Olmstead of
Pennsylvania, republicans, from renewing
their attack on the provision for ths freo
admission of ship materials.- As a re
sult there-was little, opposition.
1 Mr. Moore was taken severely to task .
by , Representative Alexander, chairman ,
of the merchant marine committee, for ,
ils . allegations that the free admission .
clause would, injure- American ship yards
and work a hardship on American labor. ;
Mr. Alexander held that with free ,
material., shipping, would . bs , greatly ,
Vtnefltted and that such a provision
would In. nonsense affect the labor, situa
tion in American yards. Ho defended th
admission of foreign build ships to Ameri- ,
tan registry on th ground thai American ...
Shipyards, were not building vessels .for
ths foreign trade. ; i . . .
The exclusion of railroad or ? trust ?
owned' .ships- from , using! the canal, in
ths apipion- of pepreseptatlvs Slnv ot
Tennessee, was worth all ths. labor "and:,
time taken to mold the bill. He felt, he "
said, that a tong ,stP, forward, tad tn
taken in the solution ;lKhVtrusf problem.
Wabash Train Bound . ,
::for Omaha' Wrecked
! "Near Bingham, Iowa"
' , ', ' i . :
I SHENANDOAH.!' Ia.'"Aug." 17.-f8pectal
Telegram. )-Wabash train No. 1' St Louis
to Omaha, t went 'Into the ditch half a -mile
south of Bingham at 8 o'clock this ,
morning. ; Only the' engine and the rear
wheels of the rear coach remained en
the track. Ths train was making thirty- "
five miles an hour when the accident oc- .
eurred. The passengers in all the coachea
were thrown Into heaps. Many passen- '
gers were at breakfast In the dining car "
when the shock cams and were obliged
to crawl over tables and dishes to loavo
the car. : : - - -' '
; The Injured: Mrs. H. K. Hllloms, col-
ored, 2903 North . Twenty-sixth street, '
Omaha. Neb., back painfully Injured. . .
, Mrs. A. L. Burgent, Terra Haute, Ind., .
cut over fight eye and severely injured.
; The rails were torn up by. ths wrec. .
Traffio will be delayed all day. '. . ,
MMMlTTrT REFERS BURNS'
!:;,..-. BILL IN L0R1MER CASE
I WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. -The senats .-
(iommittee-which investigated, William
Lorlmer's election today referred a bill ;
of S2.5QO presented by William J. Burns :
for detective work In . the case to Its at
torneys for investigation and report Tha
committee thought the . bill was not,
Itemised sufficiently. No action was taken t
on Lorlmer's claim for reimbursement of 1
his expenses. The pay of John H. Marbla f
and John J. Healy.' the committee's at-
torneys was fixed at $12.00 each.
fJALLS FOR FLOUR, GUNS
, . , V , AND. AMMUNITION
i PANAMA, Aug. 17.-Tbe commander of r
the American forces in Nicaragua cabled ,
to Camp Elliott today requesting ths dls- ,
patch- of twenty tons - of flour, thrsa
three-inch guns with, ammunition and .
eight Colt, automatic, guns with 10.000 .
rounds of ammunition. Nicaragua 1 ,
threatened with famine and a quantity
of flour. Intended-for its. relief was lost
this morning on board the steamer Nw
port when it sank at Balboa. "
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