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VOL. XL VI No. 80.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, . SEPTEMBER 12. 1916. TEN PAGES.
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REPUBLICANS ARE
WINNERS IN MAINE
ON EARLY COUNT
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With nearly Half of Precincts
Heard From, 0. ,0. P. Can
didate Has Lead of About
Five Thousand Votes.
LIKE VOTE FOR SENATOR
Returns Show Milliken has 49,
202 and Democratic
- Rival 35,259.
303 PRECINCTS COUNTED
BULLETIN.
t Portland, Me, Sept. 11. If the
ratio of gains in the state is main
tained, the republicans will elect a
governor by a plurality of about
11.000. one senator by about 4,500 and
a second senator by about 7,500.
Indications at 10 o'clock were that
the feDublicans had elected three con
gressmen, with the Second district,
now represented by Daniel J, McGil-
ncuddy, democrat, in aouoi.
: Portland, Me, Sept. 11. With more
than half the precincts in the state
heard from, the returns indicated a
renuhliean ffain Over the vote of 1914
of more than 35 per cent and demo
cratic gains oi apoui pc. nui. -turns
from 350 precincts out of 635
in th Ktata (nr s-overnor stive:
Milliken, republican, 46,455; Curtis,
democrat, 40,456.'
Rar senator Hale, republican,
45,539; Fernald, republican, 46,022;
Johnson, democrat, 41,161; Sills,
democrat, u,wm.
Portland, We, Sept. 11. Returns
for governor from 303 precincts out of
635 in the state, give: . ; -
N Milliken, republican, 40,202; Curtis,
democrat, 33,). ( -
tor united states senator me vmc
in these precincts is: ..
Hale, republican, 39,386; Fernald,
republican, jy.ouu; jonnson, otmutrai,
35,881; Sills, democrat, 35,750. ;
Portland, Me, Sept. 11. Returns
"from 211 precincts out of 635 in the
state give for governor: ,
Milliken, republican, 26,654; Curtis,
democrat, 23,557. .
The same precincts in 1914 gave:
Halnn. rrnnhtirin. 19.169: Curtis.
J.nrrt flardner. nrouress-
ive, 5,509.
For United States senator sixty
three precincts give: Hale, repub
lican, 26,163; Fernald, republican, 26,
378; Johnson, democrat, 24,178; Sills,
democrat, 23,878. ' " . , ,
1 Portland, ' Me., Sept. 11. Returns
from 4131 precincts out; of 635 in the
Itate give for governor; Milliken, re
publican, 12,322; Curtis, democrat,
9,972V. - '"V - "
In- 1914 the same precincts gave:
Haines, republican, 9,360; Curtis,
democrat, 8,985; Gardnerrprogressive,
2,451. ' - . -
For LTnited States senator the same
precincts give:
-Halerepublican, 12,154; Fernald,
republican, 12,233; Johnson, democrat,
9 951 ? Sills, democrat. 9.821.
Portland, Me, Sept. 11. Returns
from thirty-seven precincts out of
635 in the state give for governor:
Milliken, republican, 3,551; Curtis,
democrat, 2,987. -
The same precincts in 1914 gave:
Haines, republican, 1 2,964; Curtis,
democrat, 2,819; Gardner, progres
sive, 697. f-
Portland, Me, Sept. 11. The first
four precincts heard from in the
state election today give:
For governor: Milliken, republican,
162; Curtis, democrat, 283. The same
precincts in 1914 gave: Haines, re
publican, 121; Curtis, democrat, 270;
Gardner, progressive, 14.
;; Portlands Me, Sept. 11, A close
contest for congress in the second
district, represented by D. J. Mc
Gillicuddy, democrat, was indicated
in the early returns of the vote in
today's election. Forty-two out of
147 precincts in the district gave Mc
Gillicuddy 4.076 and W. H. White,
jr., republican, 4,062.
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Portland, Me,1 Sept 11. Congres
sional returns from eighty-two out of
147 precincts in the Second district
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Des Molnea, eloodr.... 64
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Larder, clear 68
Notth Platte, rain 60
Omaha, ',aln.. 66
Pueblo, clear 64
Salt Lake City, clear.. 63
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SEVERAL INJURED
BY MOTOR CRASHES
Motorcycle and ' Automobile
Collide While Going at
Past Pace. '
TAXI KNOCKS TWO DOWN
Jack Johnson, mechanician, 1909
Binney street, who was seriously in
jured when ' his motorcycie collided
with an auto truck at Eighteenth and
Charles streets at midnight Sunday, is
hovering between life and death at
St. Joseph hospital, llarold Percell,
an occupant of the truck, who was
also badly hurt, is reported slightly
improved. Others injured in the crash
are doing well.
The injured:
Jark Johnson, mechanical!, 1909 Binney.
William Melvtn, 4609 North Twenty-second
street.
Wlltam Huffstetter, 4620 North Twenty
flnu street.
Harold Percell, 1422 gpauldlnf street
. Johnson was riding the motorcycle
and Melvinwas driving a light truck
with McKeegan, Huffstetter and Per
cell as passengers. The truck be
longed to Kettleman & Sons grocery
of Eightenth and Charles, and both
machines were going at a fast clip
when they crashed together at the in
tersection. The two machines were
demolished, so great was the force of
the impact.
- - Taken to Hospital.
Johnson was taken to the hospital
suffering from a bad fracture of the
left leg and internal injuries. Percell
was seriously hurt internally, and is
also at the hospital. The others were
oaaiy bruised and cut, but not serf'
ously hurt. Dr. Barney Kjlakofskv,
who attended the injured men, said
Percell and Johnson will be the only
ones to suiter possiDie permanent in
juries. ...... ,
When police arrived at the scene of
the accident, Melvin,' the driver of
the" auto truck, was arrested and is
being held for investigation.
Knocks Two Down.
A taxicab, speeding through ' the
dense after-theater crowd last nisrht
at Sixteenth and Harney streets,
Knocked down and severely injured
two persons and then disappeared,
followed by the anerv shouts of half
a hundred witnesses.
. Miss 1 Irene Callahan, 2820 North
Thirty-third, daughter of Dan Calla
han, sexton of Prospect Hill ceme
tery, and Glenn Osborne. 3118 Corbv.
were the victims.
Mr. Osborne.-was not as badlv hurt
aswas his young woman companion
and he took her to her home, where
ootn received attention. '"!-,
Over Birth of "3
SoflmHig Famliy .;
Causes Man's Death
Waterloo, Ia. Sept.' 11, (Special
Telegram.) Harry L. Green, aged
27, of Oelwein, was fatally injured
in this city this morning on the Chi
cago Great Western tracks while en-.
gaged .in bis duties as brakeman.
Green fell on the tracks just after
he had thrown a switch and a .box
car ran over his body. A son was
born yesterday in his family and he
was hurrying through to get home
early. . - . - ...
Arthur Moore, a life-long friend.
was at the throttle of the engine that
killed him and .he is prostrated. The
accident was witnessed by 100 per
sons waiting to take a train for Chi
cago. ,
Prohibition Special
. Ism North Dakota
- Fargoi N. D, Sept. 11. Swinging
throush North Dakota, which- has
been dry for a quarter of a century.
J. Frank Hanty and other speakers
aboard the prohibition campaign spe
cial train today proposed this state s
experience as proof of practical re
sults prohibition would bring.
Ihe party was awakened here to
day by a band playing Tennessee airs,
and Mr. Landrith, who hails from
that state, went out and welcomed
the crowd. It was a good-sized gath
ering. Hillsboro, Grand Forks, Lari
more, Lakota, Devils Lake, Rugby
and Minot were other cities visited.
Landrith here urged the people that
as they have done so well with local
option, it behooved them to vote for
national prohibition.
Pinchot Announces
Will Support Hughes
Chicago, Sept. 11. Gifford Pinchot.
prominently identified with the pro
gressive party, today made public a
statement in which he announced his
intention of supporting Charles Ev
ans Hughes, the republican nominee
for -president.
Mr. Pinchot prefaces his statement
by saying that he is neither a demo
crat nor a republican, but a progres
sive, and that in view of the fact
that there is no progressive candidate
for oresident he must vote for either
the democratic or the republican nom
inee. .
'As a progressive, I believe in na
tionalism," says the statement. "So
doe; Hughes. I am certain that un
der Hughes the progressive policies
will fare better than under Wilson
and that the safety, honor and wel
fare of the country will be in immeas
ureably surer hands."
Steamship Beaver
Reported Afire at Sea
San Francisco. Cel.. Sept. 11. The
steamer Beaver, enroute from Port
land, Ore, to San Francisco, is racing
for this port with a fire in its after
hold, according to a wireless message
received here by its owners, the San
Francisco & Portland Steamship com
pany. The message stated that the
fire was under control and that the
MEXICANS WANT
AMERICANS WITH
MONEYTORFT'
jfi
Effort. Hade tot, '
talisti, Who Left jimtry
During Revolution to
Come Back.
SERBS OFF FOR FRONT IN NEW EQUIPMENT Thia picture, taken at Salome, how
the reorganized Serbian troops, in uniform supplied by the French, ready to be transported
t"5 he fighting front, where the Allies are attacking the Teuton-Bulgar lines in an endeavor
e Serbia of the invaders. ,
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MAY RECALL WARNING
Decrees of Carranxa Held to
Be Confiscatory, Taken up
by Commission. (
STATEMENT BY CABRERA
New London, Conn, Sept. 11. An
inquiry which has for its object the
return to Mexico of Americans with
property interestsv there, was begun
here today by the American-Mexican
joint commission. It was indicated
that if the facts disclosed warrant
it, the State department might!" with
draw its warning that Americans stay
outof the neighboring republic for
the present. ;
At the suggestion of the American
delegates their Mexican conferees be
gan presenting detailed reports as to
the progress made since the recogni
tionof General Carranza toward re
establishing order. Whether Amer
icans are to be invited by their own
government to return 10 meir prop
erties, it was indicated, depends ap
parently uoon the showine that can
be' made as to the ability of General
Carranza to protect them from ban
dits. - The commission expected to
issne a statement later in the day
giving the substance of Uie reports
on this subject which have been pre
sented. . . -Another
chase. . of the discussion
soon to be taken up will be the vari
ous decrees issued by General Car
ranza which are held to be confis
catory by Americans operating in
Mexico. These are being arranged
and classified for the commission's
use and tabulations are being pre
pared to show their effect in dollars
and cents upon American property
holders in Mexico.
Lu i Cabrera head of the Mexican
commission, said today that the prog
ress which had been made by his
government during the ' last year
would prove surprising to those who
had no direct information on the subject.-'
Secretary Lane, heading the Amer
ican delegation, indicated that the
Mexican commissioners fully realize
the necessity for getting American
owned properties back to work.-The
regeneration of Mexico, he said, de
pended on getting the country to
work again, and ihe present object
of the joint deliberations was to de
termine exactly what conditions
Americans would lace if x they re
turned to their properties. .
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Colorado. Voters . v
Are Making Their
Party Slates Today
- .Denver, Colo, Sept. 11. Colorado
electors will select party nominees
for congress and state offices at the
primary election tomorrow. The re
sult is expected to turn on state is
sues, the voting for state officers be
ing confined to candidates for repub
lican and democratic nominations.
The assemlies of both parties de
clared for a strict enforcement of the
state-wide prohibition law.
Chief interest in the campaign cen
ters in the contest between George
A. Carlson, incumbent, and Samuel
D. Nicholson for the republican nomi
tion for governor. Julius C. Gunter
is unopposed for the democratic gu
bernatorial nomination.
In both parties there are lively con
tests for two places on the state su
preme court. Three aspirants are
making the race on the republican
and four on the democratic ticket.
These include two retiring justices,
W. H. Gabbert, republican, and Mor
ton S. Bailey, democrat. Six repub
licans are contesting for the attorney
general, nomination.
In the race for congress Benjamin
G Hilliard, democratic incumbent, is
opposed for the nomination by Henry
B. Teller in the First district. In
other districts Charles B. Timberlake,
republican, and Edward Keating and
Edward T. Taylor, democrats, are un
opposed for the party nomination.
Congressional candidates are present
ed by the progressive nartv in thrw
of the four districts.
The regularly called progressive
party state assembly decided not to
place a ticket in the field. Suh.,.
quently progressive leaders refused to
be bound by that action and desig
nated a state ticket. However, as no
acceptances were filed with the sec
retary ot state their names were not
certified for a place on the primary
ballot
Ask Chicago Women
To Weigh Bread
Chtcaon. Kent. 1 1 Wmie ,; t
Chicago were today urged to weigh
the bread thv hnv anH tn u
city department of weights and meas
ures in waicmng local Daxers tor vio
lations oi tne anti-trust laws against
short weiarhti. The I!nitH :,..
district attorney, the state's attorney
aim uif vmcago cny council have
started investigations into the bakery
rituation.
Norwegian Steamer
. ' - Sunk by Submarine
Amsterdam, Sept. 11. (Via Lon
don.) The Norwegian steamer Lind
borg, bound from London for Rot
terdam, has been sunk by a subma
rine, according to the Algeineen
Sandelsblad. The crew of the sub
marine stripped the steamer of all
copper objects before blowing it up. i
Tbe crew of the Lindborg has been
lanaeu.
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SERBIANS BAITKAWMJNa fSE fRONX
GERMAN ASSAULTS
ALONG jOMME FAIL
French Report Repulse of Five
Attempts to Retake Lost
Positions Near Berny.
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BRITONS BEAT BACK TWO
Paris, Sept 11. Five times1 last
night the Germans attacked positions
newly won by the French on the
Somme front The war office an
nounces they were repulsed each time
with heavy loss. . The official report
says the Germans employed burning
liquid in making their r.ttacks. The
fighting occurred south of the Som
me, from Berny to the region of
Chaulnei. . ?
Britons Repulse Two Attacks. -
London.' SeDt. 11. Two efforts
were made yesterday by the Germans
to recapture Ginchy, on tne ooinme
front, from the British, but it is an
nounced the attacks were beaten off.
The statement follows: '
"The enemy made two more coun
ter attacks on Ginchy yesterday,
which were repulsed. Several snkll
detachments of hostile 'infantry at
tempted to attack our line near Mo
quet farm and in the vicinity of Po
zieres, but were driven off.
"Between Neuville-St. Vaast and
La Bassee canal our troops entered
the enemy's trenches at several
places, taking some prisoners."
Berlin, Sept 11. (Via London.)
The British followed their great at
tack of Saturday on the Somme front
by vigorous assaults over smaller porr
tions of the line yesterday. The
official report of today says these
assaults were repulsed. The an
nouncement follows: 1 ' .
"Front of General; Field Marshal
Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg:
There is nothing to report.
"Front of General , field Marsnai
Crown Prince Ruoorecht of Bavaria:
The great British attack of Septem
ber 9 was followed yesterday by lim
ited but vigorously conducted at
tacks on the Pozieres-Sars high road
and against the Ginchy-Combles sec
tor. They were repulsed. Fresh
fighting has been in progress since
early this morning for possession of
Ginchy, and the ground southeast of
that point. Near Longueval, and in
the small wood of Leuze, between
Ginchy' and Combles, advanced
trenches remained in the hands of
the enemy during the hand-to-hand
fighting described yesterday.
"The French attacked in vain
south of the Somine, near Bellcy and
Vermandovillers. We recaptured a
few houses in Berny, which were oc
cuoied bv the enemy, on. September
8 and took more than fifty prisoners.
Front of the German crown
prince: Intermittent and sharp ar-1
tillery duels occurred east of the
Meuse (Verdun front)."
Austrian Troops in
Transylvania Retire
Vienna (Via London), Sept. 11.
Austrian troops fighting in eastern
Transylvania have been withdrawn
further ui'.front of Roumanian forces,
says an official statement issued from
Austro-Hungarian headquarters to
day. Roumanian attacks north of Or
sova, on the Danube, were repulsed
by the Austrians.
London, Sept. 11, The British
troops in their advance across the
Struma in the region of Lake Tapinos
have driven the Bulgarians from four
villaees. savs a war office statement
of the operations in Macedonia issued
tonight, the British also repulsed
strong Bulgarian counter-attacks. ,
Wife Must Give to ;
Husband His Pants
Mabel Zoellern, wife of Max 0.,
must return his coats, vests and trous
ers to him, according to a decree
handed down by Judge Sears when
Max was granted a divorce on the
grounds of desertion. Complaint of
the husband that his wife is in posses
sion of his wearing apparel brought
tne court oruer. xney were marneu
in Pottawattamie county April 1, 1915.
Extreme cruelty is charged in the
divorce petition filed by Frances Fin
ley against Edgar L. They were mar
ried in Council Bluffs nine years ago.
Divorce and the custody of the son,
Alfred, aged 17, is asked in the peti
tion filed by Gussie Rusland against
Alfred H, a tinner, aged 52. They
nere married in Omaha in 1893. ,
NEW YORK SURFACE
LINES ARE TIED UP
Service on Number Entirely
Suspended and On Other,
Only Few Cart Run.
TALK OF GENERAL STRIKE
New. York, Sept 11. With the
leaders of, 750,000 labor men of
Greater New York and vicinity
threatening a sympathetic, strike,
traffic on the subway and elevated
lines in 'Manhattan ar.d the Bronx
impeded, and the surface systems in
those two boroughs and Westchester
county 'virtually tied up, the general
strike situation assumed a more se
rious aspect today. , , .
. Samuel Gompera, president of the
American Federation of Labor, de
clined to discuss the probability of a
general strike, but union leaders as
serted that if necessary 50,000 union
men could be called out within six
hours.
Traction officials attribute the fall
ing off in service on the suoways
and elevated roads- to tie unprece
dented increase in traffic caused by
the stopping of all surface lines
Union leaders claimed, however, that
the defection of heretofore loyal em
ployes of the road was responsible.
Charge by Strikebreaker!.
Ten strikebreakers, most of them
from Chicago, who said they had "es
caped" from one of the Interborough
barns, ' presented , themselves before
Mayor Mitchel and the Public Serv
ice commission today and charged
their employers,' a strikebreaking
agency, with forcing them to remain
on duty at the point of pistols, the
weapons in many cases held by New
York policemen.. The men complained
that they had been misled as to pay
and working conditions and begged
the commission to aid them.
Will Vote On Sympathetic Strike.
New York, Sept. 10 A strike, of
stage employes, longshoremen, brew
ery workers, machinists, bartenders,
moulders and p'rinters in symapthy
with the unionized carmen, who quit
their places four days ago, was de
cided upon at a meeting of the
heads of their unions tonight, ac
cording to an announcement by Hugh
Frayne, state organizer of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor,
A resolution was adopted calljng
on all unionized wage earners in Great
er New Vork, Yonkers, Mount Ver
non, White Plains and New Rochelle
to sanction a strike in "support of
the contention of the street railway
men of their right to organize." The
resolution recommended that the
workers in the various trades "lay
down their tools until the companies
are forced to recognize the carmen's
union."
According to State ' Organizer
Frayne, approximately 750,000 men
and women are enrolled in the unions
that were represented at the meeting
tonight. i .... .
Before a sympathetic strike can be
declared, however, it was explained
by the union leaders, it will be ne
cessary, for them to call mass meet
ings of . their respective unions and
put the proposition to a vote of the
members. The delegates at the meet
ing tonight, it was said, assured Wit
liam B. Fiitzgerald, organizer of the
carmen's union, that there members
were "willing to . fight to a finish,
morally, physically and financially in
the interest of trade unionism."
-Officials of the railway companies,
when informed of ihe action of the
union leaders, asked whether the
building trades were to be included
in the recommendation for a sympa
thetic strike. They were told that
no- action with respect to these un
ions had been taken.
, -. Support Pledged
The meeting of the union delegates
following a meeting held earlier in
the evening at which Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Lai or, and officials of the
Central Federated . unions in New
York and Brooklyn, ii- well as the
heads of the' carmen's . .-.nion, were
present. Undivided moral and finan
cial support of all trade unionists in
Greater New York .as pledged in a
resolution adopted at this conference
to the striking carmen.
The fourth day of the strike found
all surface car lines in Manhattan,
the Bronx and parts of West:hester
county badly crippled. During the
day service on nearly all the lines
was about fifty per cent normal, and
tonight the poice reported that it
had almost entirely suspended.
! In the subway and on the elevated
BRITONS ADVANCING
ON THE BULGARIANS
Entente Troops Cross Struma
River in Macedonia, Forty
Miles from Salonlki. ..
BIO BATTLE PROBABLY ON
(Gantlnnad aa Fate Iwa, Column TwsJ
London, Sept 11. The conclusion
is drawn from the official French re
port in regard to operations in Mace
donia that an offensive campaign has
been inaugurated. In addition to the
British attack along the Struma, the
Serbians already are - advancing
against the Bulgarians, who some
time ago crossed the Greek frontier
near Lake Ostrovo and made a quick
advance southward. Since that time
the Bulgarians have retired consid
erably under pressure. The French
also are forcing the fight, attacking
from the Vardar to Lake Doiran.
i, .. Britons' Cross Struma. ,
Paris, Sept. 11. British troops on
the front in Greek Macedonia took the
offensive- last, night Thejr crossed
the Struma river, the -war office an
nounced today, and attacked the Bul
garians, who are resisting desperately.
The British troops crossed the Struma
under (ire. Having gained a f oting
on the eastern bank at a point about
forty miles northeast of Saloniki, they
attacked the villages of Nevolyen and
Karabjabes. . s:-.i, r
. The announcement follows:
"On the Strums front British troops
crossed the river at Ortiak, under the
fire of the enemy and attacked on the
left (eastern) bank of the villages of
Nevolyen and Karabjabes, where the
enemy is obstinately defending him
self. ,
"From the region west of the Var
dar to Lake Doiran our artillery vio
lently bombarded Bulgarian positions
and made some, effective practice on
the enemy's batteries.
"On the Serbian front a fresh with
drawal of Bulgarian advanced posts is
reported. ,
Greek Eeservists :
League Disbanded
On Order of Allies
Athens, Sept.. 10. (Via London,
Sept. 11.) King Constantino person
ally, has accepted the demand of the
entente allies that the ' Reservists'
league, of which he is honorary presi
dent, be dissolved,
Athens is virtually under martial
law. Patrols of infantry and cavalry
parade the streets and the entente le
gations are under strong guards. Fif
teen hundred marines have been add
ed to the garrison here on account
of the uncertainty in regard to the
attitude of the troops. The excite
ment caused by army disaffections at
Saloniki, however, is dying out.
London, 'Sept. 11. A Reuter's
Athens dispatch says that Premier
Zaimis had another lengthy confer
ence with King Constantine on Sun
day afternoon, after which the cabi
net met.
In regard to the shots fired in the
neighborhood of the French legation,
the dispatch says that the allies de
mands have apparently been fully ac
cepted, although nothing has been of
ficially announced. The closing of
the clubs of the Reservists' league, a
step demanded by the entente, was
begun Sunday evening.
Arctic Party Headed
. By lowan at Home
Seattle, Wash., Sept. : 11. The
steamship Northwestern arrived from
"Nome, Alaska, today with seven
members of the Vilhjalmur Stefans
son Canadian Arctic expedition that
'eft , Victoria, B. C, in the. whaler
Karluk June 17, 1913.
The men are Dr. Rudolph M. An
derson of Des Moines, la., second to
Stefansson in command of the expedi
tion; John J. O'Neill, geologist of
Port Colborne; John R. Cox, topog
rapher, Ottawa Ont; Diamond Jen
ness, anthropologist, Wellington, N.
Z.; Fritz Johansen, naturalist,
Copenhagen; George H. Wilkins,
photographer, London, and Kenneth
G. Chipman, topographer. New York.
Anderson and his party will go direct
to Ottawa to report to the Canadian
government on their achievements.
Anderson and his accompanying
scientists escaped the misfortunes
that were encountered by the branch
of the expedition that, went frdm
Nome- on the Karluk which was
wrecked in the arctic ice the first
wintrr mil. Thirty., mnUmm Af
........ - - - -- - -. . .... 1 3 v. itic
Stefansson expedition including five
scientists perisnea in they north. ,
CENTER SPAN OF
QUEBEC BRIDGE
FALLSJII RIVER
Section Weighing Five Thou
sand Tons Collapses as it
is Being Hoisted Into .
' . Place. .
TWENTY-FIVE MEN KILLED
Hundreds of Distinguished Vis
itors Gather to See Finish
of Engineering Feat., '
LONGEST SPAN IN WORLD
Quebec, , QuebecT Sept. 11. The
span of the world's greatest bridge
collapsed and fell into the St Law
rence rivStr today with a loss of life
variously estimated. The company
erecting the structure placed the num
ber of deaths at upwards of twenty
five, but H. P. Borden, a member of
the Quebec Bridge commission, ex
pressed the opinion that only three
persons were lost. Several hours '
after the accident happened at 10:30
o'clock a special train into .Quebec
brought twenty men who had been in
jured. . . ,.-
Nine yean ago a similar accident
at the same spot took a toll of seventy
lives.; Today ninety men were car
ried into the river when the 5,000-ton
span, being raised from pontoons in
an engineering feat designed to com
plete the $17,000,000 cantilever suspen
sion for transcontinental railway traf-
fie, plunged a distance of fifteen' feet ,
into the water and sank 200 feet, per
haps never to be recovered.
Five Bodies Recovered.
Chief : Engineer McMillan : . was
among the injured brought here. He
I I . c. .. 1 . J ! . .
was rescueu oy a lug- rive, ppuica
have been recovered. . Edward . Jor
danaiss, 22 years old, of Providence,
R. I., is among the known dead.
The engineer in charge of construc
tion, whose name is Porter; James '
Anderson, a blacksmith; Alfred Cado- .
ret. who is badlv hurt- and Arthur
vsuuici sic allium mc suirivuia. .
The collapse occurred when the
span was about fifteen feet in the air.
Boats from among the hundreds of
craft on which spectators had gath
ered were rushed to the spot . where
the span 'disappeared.. The fallen
structure sank 200 feet to the bottom
of the river and engineers who wit
nessed the , collapse . expressed.
doubts as to whether it; would ever be
brought up again.
i The bridge was being constructed
at a cost of S17.000.000 in order to
; shorten Ihe'ra-iiway journey from Hal
ifax to the Canadian north ut by 200
miles. . -- '
. ''!. Weighed 5,000 Tone.
The bridge stands on the site of
the structure which Collapsed on Au
gust 29, 1907, witt a loss of seventy
lives. The central span which fell to
day weighs more than 5,000 torn and
is 640 feet long. :--,..) --. ,
- The span had been constructed On
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bridge she and was towed into po
sition immediately tinder the gap left
in the anchor arms of the structure.
Chains 'with links thirty inches in
diameter, together with girders were :
then attached to tbe span and 8,000-
ton nyurauuc jaexs commenced tne
stupendous task of. lifting the span
into place. ' . ... .
tl:. i . . ... t j t . i - t. . j
a ma wora couiu db accompiiancu
only a few inches an hour, and as the
distance from the river level to the
floor of the bridge is 150 feet the
engineers had not counted on com
pleting the operation until the end of
this week or later. The bridge was
to have been ready for train service
next spring, marking an important
milestone in ' Canada s engineering
railway history:
Distinguished Company Assembles.
The juggling of 5,000 tons of steel
under unprecedented circumstances
attracted several thousand soectators.
including members of Parliament and
newspaper men gathered on vessel,
furnished by the Canadian govern-
ment. Members of the Dominion
cabinet witnessed the collapse from
the deck of a government , vessel,
while American tourists crowded
hundreds of other boats of all class
es. Eminent American authorities on
hr-iHc,. hiiilHinor anrl m,mh,n ni the .
Australian Parliament returning home
alter vismng in curope aiso were a.
the scene and river traffic for ocean
going steamships has been tempora
rily suspended. , .
The project interrupted today or
iginated in 1853, when at the request
of the Quebec City council a New
York engineer submitted plans and
estimates. Courage and capital were
lacking, however, and it was not untit
1882 that the scheme again was given
consideration. Later Canadian en
gineers obtained a charter and, after
manv v-ara nf rl-lav th hniMtnfi avaa
begun, only to terminate in the col
lapse of the unfinished structure in
1907. , ;.".:.;.,.'
:. Longest Span in World.
Canada's federal railway depart
ment then decided to reconstruct it
ana places tne undertaking in tne
hands of a commission which in-v
eluded several noted American bridge
builders, among them Ralph Mojeski
of Chicago, and C. C. Schneider' of
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The plans for the bridge provide
for a channel span longer than that of
any existing today anywhere. Its
contemplated length from shore to
shore was 3,239 feet, with a distance
of 1,800 feet between anchor buttres
ses. Provision was made for two
railroad tracks, two street car . track
and two roads. It was to have been
used by eight railroads. '
U. S. Pension Checks -
Held by British Censor
Berlin, Sept. ll.--(By Wireless to
Sayville.) "A veteran of the Amer
ican civil war who lives in Darmsdat
has not received his pension . for
months, owing to the British censor-'
ship," says the Overseas News AgetM
cy. "The letters which the State de-i
partment at Washington sent ,wfU
the check also have sot uriyeaV