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WILSON PROPOSES TO
,ST0P EXPORTATION
OF ARMSTO MEXICO
iNo Faotion Will Be Permitted to
Ship Guns or Ammunition from
' United States.
WILL WITHHOLD ALL PERMITS
Action Can Be Hade Effective
Within Few Hours.
AMERICANS UNDER SIEGE
People of Madera Huddled in Two
Houses and Short of Food.
IPANCHO VILLA HAS SCHEME
U Mnruhesi to ItrMuc of Americans
In it en il of AttacJkliMS Juam -KxprolB
to Gain Itecoarnltlttn
by Thl Means.
, WASHINGTON, July 23,-Later today It
developed that tho attltudo ot the udmln
Istratlon toward exportation ot arms to
Mexico will be to withhold executive per
mits from both tbo Huerta and Carranza
factions and force them to gather muni
tions of war elsewhere. Such permits
fire now necessary for every shipment of
turns no matter to whom consigned.
Repeal of tho neutrality act, prohibiting
exportation of arms to Mexico was
considered by the administration as the
next step In the Mexican situation. Con
ferences between President Wilson and
congressional leaders wore planned to
day for a discussion of the proposal, to
which many leaders have given their ap
proval. While official statements were lacking
today as to what support President Wil
son had given to the project, a partial
canvass of tho house and senate foreign
affairs comralttcos today led those Inter
ested In the movo to believe that the pro
hibition against shipments ot arms could
bn repealed with little delay.
It Is understood to be the belief of
administration officials that should free
exportation of arms be permitted to all
factions in Mexico tho present situation
might adjust itself. Tho constitutional
Ists have repeatedly claimed that lack of
arms was the only bar to quick victory.
The repeal is proposed on the ground
that there Is no recognized government In
Moxlco und when prohibition was enacted
a regularly constituted government, rec
ognized officially by the United States,
was In existence.
Want Report on Tllnd.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt ot the navy
today called upon Rear Admiral Cowles
atGruaymas to Investigate' the report
jbat Thomas Hind, assistant general su
perlntondent 'of the Southern Pacific rail
way In Mexico, Is held for ransom by
Mexican federals there. 'The State de
partment was without information on tbo
Incident,
The supply ship Buffalo has gone from
Ciuaymas to Topolobampo and reported
conditions quiet at the latter port, and
tho battleship Louisiana, which went to
Tuxpam, has returned to Vera Cruz,
This latter movement leads Navy do
partmont ofnclais to conclude that a
measure ot order has- been restored at
Tuxpam, relieving Americans of the dan
ger they were In when the battleship
was sent there under rush orders.
State department representotlves today
cay while tho activities of American cow
boys at Madera, has strained conditions
there, there is said to bo little danger
except to the persons responsible for the
hilling of two of El Mocho'H bandits.
General Pancho Villa of the constitution
tillst forces is reported to bo taking an
interest In the safety of Americans ut
Madera, tho federals having no force in
tbevlclnlty.
' Suspension of communication between
SaltlllO' and Monterey Is reported from
Baltlllo, with no communication over tho
National railway to uio.soutn.
American Under Sletre.
EL PASO, Tex., July Si-Huddled in
two houses on tho main street of Madera,
Mexico, the Americans who are besieged
by bandits, had been reduced practically
to starvation when a messenger left there
fourteen days ago. lie arrived hero to
day after a hard experience traveling
overland through mud. He said the ban
dits are surrounding tho town, bent on
murdering the Americans for the pro
lection theyhave given some cowboys,
who attacked and killed two members of
the bandit band while stealing cattle, and
are firing their rifles into the little settU
ment at Intervals.
He declares that all canned goods had
"been exhausted when helcft and that tho
.Americans had been reduced to meal and
a little flour. There are some English
men and other foreigner In addition to
hi Americans.
l'ttjieho Villa In Uncle,
Reports received at the local Mexican
rebel Junta state that Pancho Villa has
started south with his rebel command to
ie-ioye the Americans at Madera. Mean
time the attack on Juarez is given up.
Villa It 1 said, hopes to win recognition
for tho' rebels from the United States
government by protecting Its citizens.
. He has sent part of his men to the
Mexican Central railroad south ot
Juarez to resist attempts of the federals
toj-ebulld the railroad between Chihua
hua and Juarez. Repair crews are only a
few miles below Juarez and a train Is
expected into Juarez by tomorrow. This
will1 enable Chihuahua to get food again
(Continued on Page Two.)
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For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin
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Tornado Bond Election
A special election will be held to
day, July 24, throughout Doug
las county to vote on the proposition
authorizing an issue of bonds in the
sum of $250,000, the proceeds to be
available on mortgage security with
out interest, in sums not execedin
$1,000 to owners of tornado-wrecke
property or rebuilding purposes.
The terms of the bond proposition
require installment repayment over
a period of not more than ten years.
In response to many inquiries we
give anew the figures of the tornado
relief operations to date:
Relief committee funds 358,000
Share state appropriation 01,000
Restoration committee 116,000
Ralston Relief fund 25,000
For the special election the polls
will be open from 8 a. m. to 6 pi m.
at the same places in the various
voting districts where the last reg
istration was held. In Omaha and
South Omaha only those voters are
entitled to participate who - have
registered under the new law, i. e.,
since May 1 last.
See llet cf voting places on Page 'Xvro.
No More Land Suits
Will Be Compromised
By the Government
WASHINGTON, July 28,-Seeretary
Lane of the Interior department today
announced there would be no compro
mising to suits brought by the govern
ment against private Individuals for the
fraudulent entryand taking of govern
ment lands. The suits will be fought out
on then merits as a matter of principle.
ia"a letter to Clay Tollman,, commis
sioner of th4 general land office; the sec
retary said:
"I am opposod to this department being
a party to tho compromising of land
suits which involve a serious breach of
the law for these reasons:
"Such compromises necessarily Involve
a repudiation in some part of tpT5-vgov-ernment
claim:
"This office Is required to set itself up
In the place of the courts as to both law
and facts,
"The policy of compromising cases
leads to the bringing of cases which
should never have been brought, for the
offllcals will be less regardful ot their
facts when there is a likollhood that the
hcase will never bo fought out upon Its
merits,
8ueha. policy 'of' compromising' leads
inevitably to continued breaches "ot the
law, especially by wealthy and reckless
Individuals who believe that if their
wrong is discovered they will be able to
'settle with tho government.' "
Tho secretary concluded with a de
fense of the policy under which, ho ad
mitted, tho government doubtless will lose
many suits which otherwise could bo
compromised."
He'lnslsted, however, that It would de
velop respect for the law among tho
people at largo and among those whose
duty It Is to BOe that the law Is obeyed.
Stewart Appointed
District Attorney
for South Dakota
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Presldent
Wilson today made these nominations:
United States attorney tor western dis
trict of Missouri, Francis M. 'Wilson;
United States attorney for district of
South Dakota. Robert P. Stewart.
To be postmasters: Sherman H. Dalles
field. Pueblo, Colo.; M. J. Brennsn,
Leadville, Colo.
Joseph M. Sullivan of New York to be
minister to the Dominican republic. ,
Twenty Copper Mines
Are Closed by Strike
CALUMET, Mich.. July 28.Twrnty
copper mines In this and neighboring
counties were closed this morning owing
to a strike called by the Western Fed
eration of Miners. Only from a fifth to
a quarter of tho minors belong to the
union, but it has been found Impossible
to work the properties wltn these men
out
The men demand recognition of the
Western Federation ot Miners, an elght
houf day, abolition of tho on-man drUl
and better working conditions. No dis
order Is reported in the distrlot so tar.
The mining companies seem determined
not to treat with the federation and aro
prepared for a long period of idlencs.
The recognition of the union Is the prin
cipal Issue, The mines- shut down are
tho Calumet and , Hccla, Tamarack,
Osceola, Wolvrjne, Centennial, Mohawk,
Ahmeek. Champion, Baltic, Qulncy, Isle
Royalc, Superior, Franklin, Lasalle and
various development properties. t
All told, It was estimated, 15,000' men
were affected by the strike, which prom
ises to be long drawn out and stubborn.
Tho Western Federation ot Miners has
tried for years to gain a foothold In 'the
district and has aroused opposition,
which, the companies assert, will not be
withdrawn, and managements of the
various properties were practically unan
imous today that under no circumstances
would they treat with the federation.
Women Will Carry
Canes and Whistles
BOSTON, July 23,-Canes and whistles
as protection against mashers are to be
carried by the members of the Women's
Homestead association. The whistles are
to attract attention. The mayor's secre
tary informed the association that no
lw would be violated so long as the
whistles were not blown, but the women
declared today they would blow them Just
as hard as they possibly can and If
TSiany member is arrested for disturbing
the peace to have the association pay her
fine,
HEW YORK FINANCIER
EXPIRES IN LONDON
Anthony N. Brad&Jj&Mwn as Wall
gfwpauiren victim
inirina Pec
TiW 1JT
LlRTUNE
jimated
(liEATER THAN THAT
Particularly Prominent in Traotion,
Light and Power Companies.
DIRECTOR IN 60 CORPORATIONS
Body Will Be Sent to United States
.on- Ilonrd Olympic Today Ills
Death Hnrpriae to Friends
u7ut Association.
LONDON, July S3. Angina pectoris
was tho cause ot the sudden death ot
Anthony N. Brady, tho financier ot New
York City In a London hotel last night.
His body Is to be shipped to America on
board the Olympic tomorrow.
The extent of Mr. Brady's fortune is
unknown, but an estimate published to
day plaoos It at (25.O0O.000 and "probably
more." He was a director In nearly
sixty corporations and controlled some
ot tha largest public utilities In New
York City and state. He was particularly
prominent In New Tork traction, light
and power companion, being president of
tho Now York Edison company, chair
man of the Brooklyn Rnpkt Transit com
pany and a trustee of tho Consolidated
Gas company.
He !o survived by bis widow, Mary
Marcta Myers Brady, five children 'and
eleven grandchildren.
Mr Brady had bcun Ufdurlng the
voyago. from America. Ho arrived hore
on, Monday and a doctor was sum
moned on TuoBdny, who declared his
malady angina pectoris. At 10:50 last
night Mr.. Brady was seized with cardiac
Bpasms, from which he died half un hour
letir.
Known bm Wnll Street Molr.
NEW YORK. July 23. The death qt
Anthony N. Brady in Londn last even
ing from an attack of acute indigestion
was a shock to the financiers and friends
here, for Mr. Brady had sailed from Now
York only a week agp, aparcntly In good
health. He was much broken in spirit,
however, having grieved for several
months over the loss of a daughter and
three othor relatives, who were killed In
a wreck on the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad at West Port, Conn.,
in October, 1913.
Ts r. 'Brady's -seventy-two years' career
was an IntorwtJng one, Wrwa lKTV,Jn
Llllte. FraneeC and., cjunar.tcu.thla. country.
with his parents when o'chltd of less than
5 .years. At IS he was .obliged ,tp quit
school and to start to earn his own way
in the world. He started as cashier In a
hotel .barber' shop in Albany and ended
his career as a recognized power in the
world of finance. 'In Wall street he was
known as a tree lanco and his methods
won him In some quarters the sobriquet
of the "Wall street molo." because fi
nanciers were unable to say just 'what
Brudy was doing until thoy were con
fronted with results.
Peace Negotiations
Will Be Conducted
at Bucharest
SOFIA, Bulgaria, July a 6ervla and
Greece today agreed that peace negotia
tions with Bulgaria should take place In
Bucharest. An armistice is being ar
ranged in Nlsh and will probably bo con
cluded within a couple of days.
Greece insists that the armistice and the
agreement for peace negotiations be
signed simultaneously, Rumania has re
fused Turkey's request' to participate In
the peace conference. vT he powers have
consented to these arrangements.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
United States army, retired, has made an
appeal to the American Red Cross for
funds for Macedonian refugees.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 2J.-An of
ficial communication giving details of
the reoccupatlon ot Kirk KlellsHh by
the Turkish troops was Issued by the
Ottoman government today to counter
balance tho Bulgarian allegations as to
atrocities committed by ,th Turks. It
gives on aocount ot how the Inhabitants
of Kirk KlellBseh welcomed the troops.
It says:
'Their emotion wss indescribable and
flowers wero showered from the win
dows on the Ottoman troops by wom.en
weeping from happiness." (
Will Investigate
Eise in Price of Coal
PHILADELPHIA, July SJDistrlct At
torney Rotan of this city said today that
he would Investigate the ralsipg of the
price ot anthracite coal by retail dealers
In Philadelphia. Recently the legislature
passed a bill which was signed by Gov
ernor Tener, levying a tax of 2 per
cent on the value of each ton of anthra
cite coal mined, or approxmately C cents
a ton. The coal operators immediately
raised the price ot coal at the mines to
cover the tax and yesterday Philadelphia
retailers announced that beginning Au
gust 1 they ' would add 10 cents to each
ton of coal used for family purposes and
S cents for steam sires.
Nobody is to Blame
for Stamford Wreck
BRIDOKPQRT, Conn., July 23.-Nelther
Engineer. Poherty nor the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad was
guilty of criminal negligence In connec
tion with the wreck at Stamford on June
1Z, according to tho finding or Coroner
Phclan here today.
The finding is based on the death of
Ada Pearl Kelloy of Chicago, one of the
six passengers kilted In the Pullman car
'Skylark,'' which waa telescoped. Her
death was classed as "accidental,
SJsMBWSr'Xhsrina PeflteeJl
Cc&a you. tc2I 2iomt
Drawn for The Bee by PowelL
SEES FUTURE FOR ALASKA
v
Secretary Lane Declares Northern
Country is Mine of Wealth.
GREATEST NEED IS RAILROADS
Government Should , Stop In nnd
Jlrnln Active Dov-ejopiuent, to
Und that Colonisation Mnr
-Let congress ' appropriate tflc!rnt
nloiiey for a government owned riUlroad
In Alaska from the seaboard to the coal
fields .and there will bu, in the next
two years, a colonization movement In
Alaska that will pale into Insignificance
tho rush to the government lands within
this country. Tliere should bo S00 or 00
miles ot government owned railroads In
Alaska and a policy' established by the
United States by which the Alaskans
may be made to feel tnat something is
being dono for their territory the great
est land of resource controlled by any
country In the .world."
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
Iune, who passed through Omaha lrt
n'ght on his way to the Crow Tnrtlnn
agency, takes this view of Alaskan pos
sibilities. He came here from Chlcui;o,
w.'iere h Moppod for two days, and after
spviUMig it few days at the Crow us)im
will go tc Billing, Mont, to incF'Unte
the Huntley Irrigation projeo With,
him on the trip are Mrs Lane, Secretary
H A Meyers, (no Assistant -Je-Tolary
Miller. When the train' pulled Into
Oir.nha, Mr. Lsne was very Meoriv airl
fatigued by his ride. Secrel;i'v Meyer,
however, was v'dcawaVe, and ivas Mil
ling about on the platform. Ho Is ac
quainted with a number of Omaha news
paper men and asked to be remembered
to them.
"Mr, Lane thinks that If he can open
up Alaska in a, practical way It will be
the greatest thlnr ever accomplished by
tho office of the secretary of the inter
ior," Mr. Meyers told a Bee reporter.
"He believes that a railroad from Alaska
to Chicago, or some other large city
In the central states will be the key to
the problem. Another of his schemes Is
a government coaling station at one ot
tho many flno land locked harbors where
our Pacific fleet could be provisioned
for a world's cruise. i
Alaska is a great country. There, are
0,000 wild reindeer which feed upon 100,
000,000 acres of moss, growing wild.
There is no reason that with proper
transportation facilities Alaska should
not supply this country, and tbu world,
for that matter, with meat that is more
tasty and nourishing than beef."
Secretary Lane's visit to the Crow
agency Is to lnvtlgate the plan to allow
the Indians to invest (400,000 ot their
money in cat tin to bo placed on Indian
lands which uro now leased to cattlemen.
At present the Indians livo on the te
turns from tho lease, but the government
Plans to change this arrangement, and
Mr. Lane's personal Inspection of (Con
ditions is a step toward this end.
Man Hanged Comes
to Life-in Coffin
STARKE, Fla.. July 2J.-Horsey Mlt
oholl, a negro; was hanged In the Jail
yard here today for the murder of an
other negro and was declared dead at
the end of S3 minutes by two physicians.
After the body had been placed In a
coffin, Mitchell, whoso neck had not been
broken, revived and lived three hours.
FORMER COLORADO OFFICER
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
DENVHR, Col" July 23,-Wllllam L.
Clayton, Insurance commissioner of Colo
rado during former Governor John Shaf
roth's (administration, committed suicide
at hlshome here this morning by Inhal
ing gas. Financial troubles are given as
the reason for his act. He was heavily
Interested In lumber transactions in the
northern put of Colorado,
The Artist Serves His Country
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Young Man Who Shot
Policeman Says He
is a Born Thief
CHICAGO, July 23. in a statement
mado to Dotectlvu Kdward Sullivan, Wal
ter Novak, 20 years of nge, arrested with
four companions today after they had
wounded Patrolman Samuel W. Powers
and beaten Patrolman Frank Walpole,
, admitted havtnjjfaken,' pajt lVmoro .than
imriy louuvnon. in iwu inuuin luiu
boasted of his career of crime. A
"I was born it thief and' I've beon A
thlof ever since," said Noavlt. "I don't
care whethrr I go to tho gallows or not. I
stnrtcd when I was 0 years old ntenllng
pennies from kids. 1 havp been put In
all kinds ot Institutions to inform me,
but thoy only mado me worse. I don't
wanl any member ot my family to comw
and. sen me. If they enmo I will kick
them out, 1'lioro Is only una gdod thing I
ran say for myself, and that Is I never
lobbed a man dressed llko a working
man. "f suppose I havo committed more than
600 robberies since I started out In this
business. I was a 'palVot Frank Som
merllnB, Frank Shlbiawslcl, Ewald Bhlh
lawskt nnd Thomas Behults. who were
hanged lost February for tke murder ot
I'Ved W. Guelxow, tho truck gardener.
1 did several Jobs with tlioae boys before
they wero caught."
When tho four men attacked Policeman
Frank Walpolo nnd began shooting ot
him ho seized one of tliein, Adam Chic
banowskl. and used him ns a shield, call-
King ut the Home t!mo for help. Police
man Sowers ran to hl usslsinnco ana
was shot in the abdomen and right thigh.
Railroads Object
to Proposed Change
in Parcels Eates
WASHINGTON, July 23. Representa
tives of the railroads today formally
protested to tho Interstate Commerce
commission against tlws Increased cost
ot parcel post packages as proposed In
the extension of tho servlco by Post
master General Burleson on ground that
it would cost the railroads X20,000,009 of
revenue they now receive from express
companies.
Vatican Refuses
Demands of Guards
ItOMIC, Julr 23. The mutinous Swiss
guards at the Vatican today received an
ultimatum rejecting their demands.
They were notified by their com
mander that their terms could not be ac
cepted by the Holy Sec, as It was de
HtruotlTe of the principle ot discipline.
He added that those who could not sub
mit to the present military rule wore at
liberty to return to their homes as freely
as they hud enlisted. He concluded by
declaring that the organizers of the
movement would bo dismissed from (he
corps.
The guardsmen received the statement
with dissatisfaction and applied for an
audience with Cardinal Merry del Val,
saying that tholr requests had been mis
understood. Lives Two Days
With Broken Neck
WASinNUTON, July 2J.-Llvlns for
more than forty-eight hours with his
neck broken was the remarkable case of
Edward II. El wood, aged SZ, who died
here early today, following an operation
to determine exactly the extent of his
Injuries.
Kiwood dived Into the Potomac river
at a summer resort Sunday and struck a
subtnerged obstruction. He was brought
to a hospital here In a semi-conscious
condition. Surgeons marveled at his vitality.
Today
- j I
MAY CLOSE STORES EARLIER
Committee of Retailers is Now In
vestigating Conditions.
TO REPORT TO ASSOCIATION
Soiuo rTiir Closing Hnturdny NlKht
nt 7 O'oloHt, While Other Pnvox1
Closing; the Stores nt U
O'clock.
ifhe new nine-hour" law tor .fern alii
labor In Nobraska will llle!r result in
tho closing of the large stores nnd most
other establishments in tho dty a& not
later than 6 o'clock in the evonlng. Thin
arrangement would mako no ahango In
tho department stores except on Satur
day nght, as on Saturdays tho Htores
havo been In the habit of running until
0 o'clock.
A committee of the Retailers' associa
tion, consisting cf George Brnndots of J.
L. BrandctH & Sons, nnd Thomas Quin
tan ot liny den Brothers, Is Investigating
the matter ot early closing on Saturday
ovonlngs with a view to reporting back
to tho association at tho meeting which
will be held about Thursday. In the
meantime tho stores have to work two
shifts of girls on Saturday In order not
to violate tho law. which require that
girls work no more than fifty-four hours
In ii week and no mpro than nine hours
In any one day. The system that wont
Into effect last Saturday is that of let
ting ono shift ot girls come to work, at
8 In tho morning and get oft at 6
.with an hour off for lunch; while tho
next ohlft comes on later In the day and
works until 0 o'clock at night, when tho
store closes.
Many of the retailers are Jn hopes
that tho arrangement for a general
closing at 0 o'clock can be agreed upon
by all on Saturday. The committee has
approached many with a suggestion of
closing; at 7 on Saturday, Robert Cowell
of tho Kllpatrick company told them
flatly that he had no objection to clos
ing at 6 ami could sea no reasqn why tho
committee fhould attempt to set the
closing hourtven as late as 7.
Senate Reads Tariff
Bill for Amendment
WAHHINTGON, July 23-AYith no son
ator, democrat or republican, ready to
speak on tho tariff bill, the senate today
took up tho measure, section by section,
for amendment.
No democratic apeeohes have been mnde
Flnce tho debate opened last Friday ex
cept Senator Simmons' formal statement
In behalf of the democrats of the finance
committee. The republicans offered no
opposition today to the consideration of
the bill, section by section.
Senators Weeks, Borah. Townsend and
Works, all republicans, are expected to
make general speeches this week. Muuy
short demoncratlo speeche' are expected
during the consldratlon of the bill under
the reading for amendments.
WORLD'S WHEAT CROP IS
BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, July 23L-The Interna
tional College ot Agriculture, Rome,
Italy, has cabled the United States De
partment of A trl culture the following:
Wheat - Bulgaria, 61,301,000 jiushcls:
Spain, 110,100,000 bushelsi England and
Wuliw. S5,oro,0(X) bushels; Ituly, 193.117,000
bushels. Combined totui of Belgium,
Bulgaria, Denmark, Spufn, Italy, Luxem
burg, Switzerland, United States, India.
Japan, Great Britain, European Russia
(winter wheat), and Hungary, excluding
Croatia and Slavona, Is 1,'S,000,000 bushels,
or 100.2 per cent at last year's production
In these countries.
FOURTEEN COAL MINERS
KILLED IN GERMANY
GElLENKinCHEN, Oermany, July 23.
Fourteen coal miners were found dead
this morning In a pit where they weru
entombed yesterday by a fall of coal. A
large area above the mine had caved Jn
as a result ot a recent cloudburst.
LIST OF VICT
IN FIRE DISASTER
MAY REACH SIXTY
Exact Number of Persons Dying in
Binghamton Factory Blaze Prob
ably Never Known.
ROLL OF EMPLOYES IN RUINS
Only Half a Dozen Bodies Havo Been
Identified.
MANY ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR
Proprietor Places Blame on Drills
Held Frequently.
ESCAPES OF APPROVED TYPE
nintrlet Attorney Annonnoea hni
TlioronKh IiireatlKntlon Will Be
Mnrie ns io the Cnnao ot
the minister.
BINOHASITON. N. T., July M.-Thf-exact
number of persons who perished
In the fire In tho factory of the Blngham
ton Clothing company yesterday may
never ho known. The list of employes
Is In the ruins. Only halt a dozen ot the
bodlos recovered have been Identified.
A careful estimate today places the
number of those In the building at the
time the flro started nt 111. Of thesa
only fifty-three aro known to have besa
saved. Six dead have been identified,
fifteen bodies, charred beyond recogni
tion aro jat the morgue: seven Injured
aro In tho hospitals; forty-six. several
slightly Injured are safe at their homes.
Eleven have been reported by relatives
as missing and twenty-six others are un
accounted for, '
Mrs. Ida Prontlse,' who suffered terrlbln
bunts about the head, died today, and
Mrs. Mary Bonny, another of the in
jured. Is not expected to recover".
City officials estimate the death toll
at fifty, but admit It may reach sixty,
and physicians expressed tho belief that
tho bodies of sevornl of those lost In th-
center of tho building would never bo
found.
Ilnrnntl llnyonil ReroKiiltlon.
Crowds gathered about the scene of tho
fire today and wntchod tho men at work
In the dsbrls undor the direction nt
Mayor Irving, Charred bits of human
flCBh Were nicked Un hmrn nnrl hern nnrl
shortly before noon a body was recov-
ermi. oumea beyond recognition.
DlBtllct .Attorney Mejurhor
today that a thorough Investigation
would bo mode oh to tho cause of tho
disaster and to determine responsibility,
If any, for the loss ot life.
Mayor Irving will tssus n. proclamation
calling onutha citizens of Bingharn,;on,for
a genera! observance of a day to be set
apart for tho funeral of the victims. An
many or the bodies are unrecognizable a
public funeral will bo conducted by thi
city and the unknown dead will he hurled
In a plot on which a shaft will be erected.
Frank s. Ash of Blnghamton. an In-
Snector foe thn nlntn lnhni .1
sold 'today that tho flro escapes on the
uuuuing were of a typo approved by ths
state regulations.
Tho loss by fire and water to the
buildings and stock of flvo concerns Is
estimated at more than $200,000, largely
covered by Jtisurnnce.
The postofflce, buJK about twenty
years ago, wos badly damaged, but the
mails were saved, A temporary office has
been established. In a nearby garage.
Tho loss of the Blnghamton Clothing
company, of which Reed B. Freeman Is
president. Is estimated at about Itoortv
all covered by Insurance. This does not
include the building, which is rented.
The heavy loss of lite is believed, to
have been largely due to tho fact that
the employes, believing that one if the
fire drills was being held, were alow in
leavlnir the bulldtnir. Even whan It h.
cuma known that tho building was on f Ira
many returned to the dressing- rooms on
tho upper floor for clothing and valuables,
l'lnmes Spread Rapidly.
The flames spread with llghtnlng-llko
rapidity and the lntonslty of the heat pre
vented the firemen from getting within
fighting range of tho building urjtll res
cue was impossible. Women and girls,
too weak to go further, dropped ex
hausted on the single fire escape in tha
rear of the building nndJltcrally roasted
to death, portions of th bodies dropping!
Into the street. Othors Jumped and Wero
killed. ,
Half a dozen ot the panlc-strlckon girl
rushed Into the elevator, -which, wad
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tr
A Little Money
u
Goes a
Long Way -These
Days
July days bring many Inter
esting galea eventa to tho fore
ground in tbo shops.
Washable frocks, nklrts, walsU,
underwear anil all elae pertaining
to the realm ot feminine apparel
are subjected to rcprlctngs that
make them eagerly sought.
You wlflnd daily evldonco
of this in the advertising col
umns of THE BBE.
And these special sales occa
sions are not conflnod to wo
men's apparel,
There, are plenty ot offerings
in the way of toweling, sheets,
pillowcases, table linens, and var
ious things relating to homo im
provement and comfort.
Tho advertisements aro fruit
ful In tholr inducements.
If you arajvearlng hot cloth
ing nnd keeping back from
buying for fear of .giving your
puree a pinch take on u new
mental attitude.
THE BEE is a. fine guide to
economical buying.
