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CHICAGO. April 27.—The hot
wave is spreading today throughout
the middle west. It has been so
sudden and sevejre that many deaths
have resulted, particularly in the
cities. Babies especially have suf
fered. The wave started on the:
Atlantic coast and seems to be ex
tending west. Such heat is un
precedented for this season of the
year, as it is still eafly enough for
cold weather.
SYRACUSE. April 24.—The libel
case against former President Roose
velt was continued at noon until
Monday. '’Col. Roosevelt is stllb
undergoing cross-examination. This
morning he made the admission that
he believed campaign gifts were
proper enough.
MONTROSE, N. Y„ April 26.—
Frederick William Seward, a son of
William Henry Seward, former sec
retary of state, died at his home
here last night at the. advanced age
of 84 years. He was assistant sec
retary of state in 1861-9 and from
1877-81. As acting secretary of
state he sat in the cabinets of Presi
dents Lincoln, Johnson and Hayes.
He participated in the purchase of
Alaska and was sent on a special
mission with Admiral Porter to
negotiate West Indian treaties in
1867. He was a strong Republican
and was president at the semi
centennial of the. Republican party
at Saratoga in 1904.
WASHINGTON, April 26.—There
hare been frequent criticisms re
garding the unpreparedness of the
American navy that have been dis
pleasing to the department here. As
a result Secretary Daniels issued a
lengthy statement replying to these
criticisms. He declares that the
fleet is stronger today than ever
before and is becoming more, effi
cient every month. He goes into
some detail to demonstrate the
correctness of his opinion.
FAIRBANKS, April 24.— A case
that has caused wide spread interest
has been before the court the past
fe.w days. It involved a physician
who is one of the best in the interior
and who has been held in high
regard. Several charges were pre
ferred again: t him in connection
with a young girl. He was first
tried on ;h: charge of assault. After
the car ' v ent to the jury this morn
ing a vc. . t of guilty was returned
in shcr* crd^r. Judge Bunnell an
nounced tnat he would pass sentence
on Tuesday next. He will again be
placed on trial Monday on a more
serious charge.
HONOLULU, April 24.—Today
there was again a temporary sus
pension of the effort to raise the
submarine F-4. After she had been
lifted eight feet the submarine cable
broke and the vessel dropped back
to the ocean bed. Divers w’ill again
have, to do their work over. The
vessel lies on her starboard side,
with the bow pointing shoreward, at
a depth of 290 feet. It rests on a
smooth, sandy bottom, with no
coral growths to interfere with the
divers operations. The. superstruc
ture seems to be caved in but there
appears to be no hales.
KANSAS CITY, April 24.—Frank;
P. Walsh, of this city, chairman of j
the Commission on Industrial Rela
tions, makes public today impor
tant information concerning the big
Colorado strike. He, gives out the
contents of letters between John D.
Rockefeller. Jr., and officials of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.
They clearly demonstrate that Rock
efeller knew everything in regard to
the strike. Mr. Walsh further ad
vises that the hearing be reopened
and that Rockefeller be summoned
as a witness. His former testimony
was not in line with the contents of
the letters just made public.
HOUSTON, Texas, April 24.—
Fears were entertained that Brasos
Valley in Southern Texas, would
suffer from the. flood damage nearly
-•equal to the disaster caused by the
floods of 1913, as a result of
Thursday’s storm.
HOUSTON, April 27.—The peo
ple of southern Texas are beginning
to breathe more freely as it is
thought that the crest of the flood
wave has been reached.
HONOLULU, April 23. — Rear
Admiral Moore reports that efforts
are again making to raise the sub
marine F-4. The divers from the
New York navy yard, who were
brought here from San Francisco by
the cruiser Maryland, are at work
attaching more lines to the vessel
which lies on the ocean floor just
outside the Honolulu harbor. The
gear and apparatus brought by the
Maryland has been transferred to
the scene of the disaster and it is
expected soon to raise the sub
marine.
THE HAGUE, April 24.—The
American delegates to tne Woman’s
International Peace Conference,
called by Queen Wilhelmina of Hol
land to meet at The Hague the lat
ter part of this month, arrived on
the Dutch steamer Ryndam. Jane
Addams of Chicago is chairman of
the Woman’s Peace Party of
America.
FAIRBANKS. April 24.—The ex
pected early thaw has gone a glim
mering. Nearly a week ago cold
weather again set in and it is now
generally accepted that the. opening
of navigation will be delayed so that
it will not be any earlier than last
year.
SAX FRANCISCO. April 23.—It is
expected that the fore part of the
week Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond
will succeed Rear Admiral Robert
M. Doyle as commander-in-chief of
the Pacific reserve fleet, who will
retire, from active service on May 5.
Rear Admiral Pond is commandant
of the Twelfth naval and lighthouse
district, with headquarters at San
Francisco, and president of the
naval examining and retiring boards
at Mare island. His last sea duty
was in command of the armored
cruiser Pittsburgh, then the Pennsyl
vania. stationed at the Bremerton
yard, and who left there on April
26, 1912, to take up his duties in
San Francisco. He has been in
charge of enforcing President Wil
son’s neutrality order at that port.
He is 58 and will retire from active
service October 26, 1918.
LEAVENWORTH, April 23. —
Donn M. Roberts, mayor of Terra
-Haute, who was convicted of election
frauds and sentenced'to six years in
the. penitentiary, was. unable to give
a bond of $60,000, pending an
appeal, so was brought to the fed
eral penitentiary here on Monday.
Since then ne has^een directing the
municipal affairs at Te.rra Haute by
telegraph. The' City Council has
made a request that he resign and
this morning he replied by wire that
he would not resign as he experts
to have the circuit court of appeals
decide in his favor. He claims that
he was not guilty of participating in
the various frauds. Judge Ander
son in passing sentence, designated
Roberts as the arch conspirator and
then went on to hit the saloon men
in these words:
“My notion is that the saloon will j
have to go. I believe the time, will j
come when people will rise up and 1
smash the saloon, at least as we
have it now. The evidence in this
case showed that the saloons were
the centers of nearly all the corrup
tion in the election at Te.rra Haute.’'
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—By
reason of action taken today in
parliament universal suffrage will
henceforth prevail in Denmark. This
question had been much agitated
during the past year. A strong
central organization, with its many
minor organizations has been work
ing night and day to bring about a
sentiment that would result in mak
ing the sentiment so strong that
parliament would be compelled to
take favorable action on their re
quest. There will be great demon
strations everywhere tonight to cele
brate the great victory that has been
won.
NEW YORK, April 23.—Harry
Thaw is again in luck. After a long
legal battle the. Supreme Court of
the state has granted him a jury
trial to determine his sanity. And
the friends of the unfortunate man
declare that there will be but little
difficulty in establishing the fact
that Thaw' is rational and that he
has fully recovered his mental
faculties. And they are. particu
larly confident because W. T. .Terome
is no longer connected with the
prosecution of Thaw. Out of the
more than $60,000 that Thaw cost
the state, Jerome received $25,000,
alienists and experts receiving much
of the balance.
SEATTLE, April 23.—The Seattle
Construction & Dry Dock Company
is arranging to increase its force
and shortly after May 1st will have
150 additional men at work. Next
month the start will be made on
the building of three submarines
for the United States government,
involving an expenditure of nearly a
million and a half dollars. All
three of the vessels will be laid down
at the same time and will all be
completed on practically the same
date. The material for this fleet of
under-water fighting craft had been
ordered and should be assembled ,.i
Seattle within the next few' days.
The greater part of the steel will
come from Pittsburgh, and the en
gines and machinery from the yards
of the. Electric Boat Company on the
east coast.
FAIRBANKS, April 24.—The
stage upon which Delegate James
Wickersham is traveling is due to
arrive, here tonight. A number of
friends and admirers wil^ be on
hand to give the Delegate a warm
welcome. They regard him as one
of the men responsible for the gov
ernment railroad construction.
FAIRBANKS, April 24.—There
has always 'been a multiplicity oi
offices, with good salaries paid, since
the early days of the great placer
camp. But as the town has dimin
ished some in population the neces
sity for retrenchment has become
apparent. At a meeting of the
Town Council last night the matter
was taken in hand and material re
ductions made. The offices of night
watchman and city physician were
abolished while the salary of tne
municipal attorney was cut to $50.
The firemen will replace the night
watchman and look after the peace
of the. town.
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels states that
it has been finally determined that
the Atlantic'fleet can go through the
Panama canal. Consequently the
original plans of passing through to
the Pacific Ocean during the early
part of July will be carried out. The,
secretary is anxious to have the
President accompany him on this
trip, but it is extremely doubtful
whether he can do so. It is still
a doubtful question whether inter
national affairs will permit him to
make a trip to California this sum
mer. His advisers are anxious that
he go and make a number of
speeches at different places. The,
prospects are brighter than they
were some time ago for his making
the journey.
SEATTLE, April 22.—Judge Ja3.
Langley, a former judge of the
superior court and a civil war vet
eran, died at his home this after
noon, after an illness of several
weeks. He has been a resident of
this city for more than 25 years.
WASHINGTON. April 22.—Infor
mation received by the department
here is to the effect that only 300
American refugees in Tampico will
take advantage of the opportunity ro
sail home in transports this summer.
NEW YORK, April 22.—Jess
Willard, who recently took the
world's championship from Jack
Tohnson at Havana, has arrive.d
here. He states that he received
$13,000 for defeating Jack. But he
figures that the real big money will
be won by him when the. next con
test comes oft.
SEWARD, April 22.—The Harri
man National Bank of Alaska at
Seward formally opene.d its doors
for business yesterday, in com
modious offices that have been
elaborately fitted up. Gaston Hardy
of New York, vice president of the
ne.w institution, is here and the
bank opened under his direction. He
will soon be joined by J. H. Sears,
of New York, a member of the
board of directors, who will sail
from Seattle on the 24th. With him
will be S. B. Congdon, formerly sec
retary to the Comptroller of the
Currency at Washington, and he
will be one of the permanent orti- j
cials. Mr. Martin, formerly assaysr
at the United States mint at San
Francisco, is here and will handle
the assaying and deposits of gold
dust. The new institution is the
pioneer bank in the federal reserve.
The president is Jos. W. Harriman,
who is also president of the Harri
man National Bank of New York,
with a capital of $500,000 and sur
plus and undivided profits of
$900,000.
HONOLULU, April 22.—A strong
wind has been blowing for a couple
of days past and has been the cause
of the delay in raising the sub
marine F-4. It is expected to soon
raise the sunken vessel.
PARIS, April 22.—Ade.li Hugo,
aged 85, and the youngest daughter
of the celebrated Victor Hugo, died
here this morning. Her death was
a sad ending to a tragic life.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Ac
cording to advices received by the
navy department General Obregon
is only 12 miles from Irapute, in
pursuit of Villa, who is on the run.
NOGALES, April 22.—It is re
ported that General Villa is now
making new squares across the
border.
SAN AIEGO, April 22.—Accord
ing to a wireless received here this
morning Carranza soldiers will leave
Mazatlan and take possession of San
Bias, evacuated by Villa forces.
SYRACUSE, April 22.—Colonel
Roosevelt finished his direct testi
mony this morning and immediately
thereafter he was put under a hot
cross examination. It required all
'he skill of the former President to
narry some of the questions, and at
times it was difficult for him to re
strain his anger. The interest in
the libel case continues and every
session of the court is crowded with
spectators, to the limit of standing
room.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Otto
H. Tittman, ."superintendent of the
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey" fob the past IB years, retired
today. He was 4S years in the
government service. Dr. E. Lester
Jones, deputy commissioner of
fisheries, succeeds Mr, Tittman.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—End
ing a four-day session the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
adjourned this afternoon. The
meetings w'ere well attended |finl
the liveliest interest was manifested
in all the proceedings. A spirited
contest was on for election of Presi
dent-General, resulting in Mrs. Wil
liam Cumming Storey again being
selected. Her strong opponent was
Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey,
state regent of Kansas. She had
support from influential sources but
not enough to place her at the head
of the organization.
CHICAGO. April 21.—Michigan’s
labor war in the copper mine dis
trict was recounted today to the In
dustrial Relations Commission.
Union leaders and operators of the
copper mines today told of the
causes, violence and results of the
strike, at the closing of an eight
day hearing held by the commission.
It has investigated labor conditions'
of the stock-yards, the Pullman,
Illinois Central and Harriman
strikes and the, telegraphers’ dis
putes.
CLEVELAND. April 21.—Two
navy aeroplanes are being built by
the government for the Cleveland
aeronautic corps of the U. S. naval
militia, and are expected to soar
daily above Lake Erie this summer.
The corps has been in training for
several weeks, making frequent
trips to Dayton and other cities
where aeroplane schools are located
and. in addition, has been given
weekly lectures by competent avia
tion instructors.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—There
is considerable uneasiness felt in
the navy department because of
recent information received from
the Panama canal. The plans for
the Atlantic fleet going through the
canal in July and proceeding to San
Francisco and Seattle may be
changed. It is possible, that the
fleet will not be able to pass through
the canal because the dreadnaughts
are too large for the channel.
SYRACUSE, April 21.—Colonel
Roosevelt again took the witness
chair this morning in the libel suit
brought against him by William
Barnes. Objection was made by
counsel to the continuance of any
further evidence in the line of
politics, also a motion was made
to strike out the great mass of evi
dence given yesterday dealing with
politics. A lengthy argument en
sued and the. court finally ruled out
evidence of this nature.
OSSEO, Wis., April 21.—The
community center theory idealized
by progressive educators, has passed
the experimental state in 03seo.
This city is to have, a municipal
opera house, an art gallery, a mov
ing picture theater, a public library
and a gymnasium, according to
plans just launched by citzens. One
building—the school house—will
house them all. The old school
building, which has been the. scene
of many public meetings, is to be
torn down. Some time ago Dwight
H. Perkins, an expert of community
building, gave a talk here in which
he said that building a school house
for community center purposes as
well as the regular school needs,
helps rather than hinders the regu
lar school work. Also it is possible,
he told the citizens, to secure, the
equipment for five buildings, so
constructed, almost as cheaply as it
could be secured for the one. The
building, when completed, will give
Osseq a model community structure.
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SAN DIEGO, April 26.—Wirejess .
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Thaw, who went to sleep in the
Tombs last night elated by the belief
that be had won his long fight for
a jury trial, awoke today to learn
that the outlook was not as prom
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