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The Washington times., 1909-06-27
HEAT KILLS SIX
IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, June Z.-Despite
the fact that this is the coolest day
Philadelphia has experienced IN a
week. and that a good breeze is blow
ing, five babies. two 2f which died in
the same house. and one adult were re-
ported as dead OF the heat at tho coro-
ner's office this morning.
The greatest number Of deaths ever
reported IN one morning in the history
of the coroner's Office was the record
OF tventy-six announced by Coroner
Ford's msn at 11:30 o'clock. Coroner
Ford himself said that he thought the
weakening effects OF the terrific tenn
peratures OF the week had FASTENED or
actually caused most Of the deaths, al
though they were ascribed 70 various
causes.
In Philadelphia alone and the heat
wave has been wide spread all over the
United States, causing death and SUI
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
ADDED HEAT HORRROS
IN MIDDLE WEST

CHICAGO. Ill, June 27.-Chicago and
the middle West has been sweitering
for three days with only intermittent
thunder showers to relieve the strain.
and these same storms have dealt loss
Of life and property through lightning
flashes and fires until the harassed pop
ulsce have wondered what was coming
next.
At least seven deaths in Chicago alone
have been directly attributable 70 the
heat IN the last three days. while the
prostratto and hospital cases amount
TO scores.
At noon today the humidity was ex-
cesstVe, and though the temperature
stood at 81. lower than has been the
average for three days past. the suffer
ing was intense. Thunder storms and
showers threatened over this vicinity
as the only relief In sight.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
SWIMMING POOLS
TO OPEN THURSDAY

On Thursday morning the swimming
pools at the bathing beach VIII be
ready for use and there viii be many
there 10 assist in the dedication.
The new pool is about completed and
will be a model for safety and neat
ness It Is sixty-five feet long and
forty-five feet wide and it's depth varies
from four feet at one end to five feet
six inches at the other.
The hours for bathing viii be from
10 o'clock TO IL O'Clock mornings and
from 2 O'Clock TO 8 o'clock afternoons. On
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the
pools viii be open from O'Clock to 10
o clock mornings for the use OF ladies
and their escorts. Sundays, the pools
will be given over 10 the use of men
only. During the week, children are
TO have the preference and swimming
teachers will be present each day 70
assist in teaching them to swim.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
STORM IN MARYLAND
CUTS COMMUNICATION
Eastern Shore Crops Ruined and Telephone and Tele,
graph Wires Around St. Michaels, Scene of
WoodiIl Murder Are All Down.

BALTIMORE. Nd. June 27.-Destruc-
tive damage was wrought by the terri
be downpour Of rain that swept over
Maryland last night. but which spent
its greatest fury on the Eastern Shore.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down In many places. and that section
of the State. now the center of absorbed
interest because of the murder OF Mrs
Gilbert Woodill. has been cut off very
largely from raptIy listening world
Disconnected telephone messages that
have reached Baltimore from the staff
correspondents Of The Times now at the
sceLe of the tragedy and from other
sources of information. tell a story OF
very great destruction. The rain was
accompanied by a wind that approached
a gale in fierce momentum, and wires,
poles, trees, and even small houses
were swept from its path like chaff.
Along the rivers and estuaries that
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
SHIPWRECK YARNS
FROM TWO COASTS
Rowing Son Tells of Adventure Near Bahamas. And
Four Foreign Whalers Are Picked Up
Off East Africa.

NEW YORK. June "a remarkable
tale Of shipwreck was told today by
Robert Edward Baldwin, son Of James
r. Baldwin. a prominent attorney, of
les Beacon street, Boston, who arrived
here this morning on the White Star
line steamship Celtic from Liverpool.
OF a rowing disposition young Bald
win refused to interest himself in his
fathers practice. He decided to go to
sea, and shipped on the thrse-master
Doreatha last January from Whining
ton n. c., as a seaman. Bremen was
the port for which the boat was
headed.
We encountered a stiR gale off the
Bahamas said Baldwin, '-and gradu-
ally forty-mile northeaster was beat
ing the sea into suds and swinging our
boat about like a cork. We were
in latitude . I,prth, longitude SO west
The boat was heavily loaded with cop
per, and she shi pped many seas
"A sudden squaIl took away our fore
and mizzeE masts. Immediately the ship
began TO fall into the trough Of the sea
and I'll up. II was 9 p. al. on the evsn-
ing of January p when the captain or
dered the three boats launched In the
first boat was the captain. the mates,
and two Of the crew.
In The second the bo'sn and fourteen
men and in the third the head seaman
and seven men.
-Four Men Disappear.
~AII OF the boats had alright COM
partments, and although tossed about
in the bitter cold we ssisted the storm.
Dawn showed four mn missing. None
of the sailors could account for the
manner in which the missing men were
lost After three days and nights we
were picked up by a Norwegian bark
bound for Shanghai. From there we
were shipped on the barkentine National
for Liverpool"
A still more exciting tale OF danger At
sea was told by four sailors from the
whaling vessel Sullivan. Of New Bed
ford, William Haggerty. captain The
men are Narcisso Dsgwea. Alfredo ca
bull. Justine F'rules. and Antonio Fran
cisco. -Four boats. two OF them drag
ging whales on the east coast OF
Africa. were out when q storm caTns up.
Despite the hasty effort to get the boats
in. one OF them containing the four mon
became separated from the ship For
four days and nights the sailors were
exposed TO the fury OF the storm The
:: 1ter and small supply OF food on the
boat was quickly exhausted.
VIII Ship Again.
Just when the sailors were ready to
give UP and leave the boat at the mercy
of the waves a German trading vessel
hove in sight. II was the Suakopmund.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
HOT AIR BLANKET
z, 400 FEET THICK

BOSTON, June 27.-The blanket of
superheated air which for six days has
been suffocating Boston and all New
England, causing many deaths and
countless prostratioET. Is all OF 2,400 feet
IN thickness.
Charles J. Glicden. the aeronaut. IN
the balloon BE st.5t," measured the
depth of this hot wave of air. In com
pany with John J. VanValkenburgh
city engineer of birmingham, Mr.. Gid
den made an ascension from Fitch burg
The highest elevation reached was {, S33
feet. He found that the temperature
stood at seventy-fve degrees at all
attitudes until they had shot upward,
where a drop OF fifteen degrees was mo-
ticed.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27

Continued from First Page.)
through the carly afternoon and viii
continue this evening unless something
Unforeseen happens.
Thousands of family picnics to ada
cent parks, Chevy Chase, Rock Creek
Cabin John, Glen Echo. and others,
started OF gayly enough in the early
morning, baskets filled with grub" and
minds filed with visions of a cooler
country somewhere beyond the limits
OF the city
The Excursion Crowds.
As Old Sol swung higher and higher
in his brazen. burning trapeze act. and
as the city began 10 swelter again in
the first stage of "ninetyitis." the crowd
OF excursionists became larger, less
filled with heart beats. but more full of
hope.
The parks. always cooler by far than
the city, got their share of this crowd,
but thousands of them boarded the ex-
eursion boats and skiffs and canoes
and roWboats and power boats and
other boats, and sailed or steamed
away
Thousands Of people went TO Marshall
Hall and other down-river resorts to-
day. and enjoyed the breezes from the
old Potomac. Thousands of others
canoed and rowed up the canal in the
SiAuSs anu huHuredS dIIlred IN slim
bathing sUtts sought the river without
any boat IN under them
The other thousands who had 10 stay
in the city, stewed to perfection. The
brick and the asphalt and the stone,
looking exceedingly grim and forbidding
with the mercury up to ninety. held
scores of thousands who couldn't get
away. The city parks, always a bit
cooler than the streets, were crowded
with children and women and some men
Those who had to work outdoors
sought the relief of the shady side OF
the streets whenever possible, and alto
gether Washington might have been
taken for a tropical city at siesta time
most Of the day, II one looked only at
the pavements.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
ONLY IS DEGREES
IN NEW YORK TO-DAY

NEW YORK, June 27.-After six days
terrific heat New York residents awoke
this morning to find the rain pouring
down and a welcome cool breeze blow
ing through open doors and windows.
Later in the day the rain ceased. but
the clouds draped the city from the
suns rays and allowed the cool breezes
to drag the temperature down TO 70 de-
grees.
The rain drove thousands Of residents
from parks, open streets, and roofs.
find shelter. Cooler weather is promised
by the local weather bureau for the
rest OF the day and tomorrow This
viii check the largely growing list Of
heat proStrations, and give the crowded
hospitals a respite IL which to get back
into normal working share.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
HOT WAVE ENDED
IN NEW ENGLAND

BOSTON, Mass. June 27.-At last the
hot wave. which for the past week has
broiled Boston. causing the deaths OF
scores Of people in New England and
over 500 prcstrations, seems TO have
come to an end.
Today the cool breezes from the ocean
have caused the temperature 10 fall from
30 TO about 50 degrees and the relief
from the torrid weather under which
Boston has been sweltering was well
coined by thousands OF people through
out the Northern States.
Early in the morning cars and boats
to the beaches began TO take away from
the hot city hundreds OF people who de-
sired days outing. Revere Beach was
the mecca for about $1,000 people. while
during the day thousands of people en-
joyed the bathing.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
RAT" SAVES HER.

MILFORD, Del, June 27.-Miss Pau
line Abbott, eldest daughter Of former
Senator John Abbott. escaped serious
injury when in a fail down stairs she
landed on a rat worn on her head.
She had started down the rear stairs at
her nome, tripped and fell head first.
She was stunned and WAS in an uncon-
seiods condition when physician reach
ed her. An examination showed no
broken bones no bruises or cuts and In
the opinion Of the physician the rat
worn in her hair had saved her from
serious injury.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
CALLS TROOPS OUT;
ALARM ONLY JOKE
Governor Wilson Notified That a
Negro Is In Danger From
Mob.

LEXINGTON. KY. June 27.-some-
body played a Joke on Governor Wilson
at o clock this morning, when he tele-
phOned that a mob was forming to
lynch VIII Taylor, a negro, in the
Georgetown jail for an alleged assault
on four-year-old girl
The governor ordered the Lexington
company of militia out TO protect the
negro and then II was learned there
never was any danger of the mob form
ing Wilson was excited over the fact
that negro was lynched at the Frank
fort State capital here a month ago.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
PAUL BENDER SHOT
BY RICHMOND MAN

der. widely known in the South and
East as a ball player and umpire was
shot twice by 7. A Hall, an elderly
man. at the iatter's home IN Blair street
today.
Bender's wounds are not fatal. He re
ceived one bullet in the arm. another n
the right side. Hall says he was at
tackled by Bender and shot in self
defense
Bender's story is that he went 10
Hairs house TO svenge an insult to
which his sister had been subjected.
Another version OF the affair relates
that Hall was incenSed because Bender
thrust his attentions on a feminine
relative OF Hall
The only point clesr 70 the police Is
that the two men quarreled over a
woman.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
PURSE SNATCHER
is BUSY AGAIN

Detectives are looking today for a
negro who snatched from Mrs. G NJ
Whittier, Of As G street northwest. a
pocketbook containing 81 and some trim
kets, while in II street. between Fifth
and Sixth streets northwest, last night
Mrs. Whittier has furnished the police
with a good description of the negro
who grabbed her purse.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27

bound for an East African port. The
men. on reaching Africa, were Obliged
10 work there for two months In order
10 get passage money back to Liverpool
On arriving at New Bedford they will
ship In another whaling vessel. None
of the sailors seemed in any way dis
couraged by what they termed their
little experience on the African coast
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
EXPLOSION STARTS FIRE.

p Explosion Of an oil stove started a fire
which did 5l5 damage TO the home Of
+. II. Killman, 1855 Kearney street
northeast. this morning H. T. Walsch,
OF 1871 KeaTney street, rushed into tie
house and attempted to put out the
blaze before the arrival of the firemen.
lie was slightly burned on the hands.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
BAL IhORE GETS
NEW YORK PASTOR

NEW YORK June 27.-At the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church this morn
ing the Rev. Mr.. Stevenson announced
his acceptance OF call TO the Brown
Memorial Church of Baltimore. There
was a small congregation and consider
able suppressed excitement among those
who were there. II is subject for
comment that the assistant rector, DIT.
Edward r. Hallenbeck. is also leaving
the church. but for what reason could
not be discovered.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27

fcring everywhere. there have been
tWenty-eight fatalities in the last seven
days, ana hundreds OF prOstrations. the
hospitals being filled with patients.
scores of horses have been killed every
day IN this city.
The last victim of yesterday was a
stXteen-year-old lad named Joseph
Haas, who went in swimming in the
Schuylkil river at $3.50 in the evening to
escape the heat lie was d. owned off
the wharf of the Malta Boat Club, his
compa mons first crying out for help
and u en- disappearing.
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
WEATHER MAN GOES
BACK ON HIS PROMISE
Break in Hot Wave VIII Not Matenalize Tomorrow.
He Says-Ony Local Showers Are Predicted.
Rain Elsewhere

CONTINUED from First Page)
The Washington times., 1909-06-27
Sympathy Vi Men.


The employees are sanguine OF win
ming the strike. National executive
member, ". B. Fitzgerald. and local
president, F. B. Schafer. this morning
sent cautions 70 members of the union,
urging that the strikers refrain from
disorder and win out By appealing 10
public sympathy, obviously now with
the employees. At none Of the transfer
points were the strikers In evidence
this morning. After deserving their cars
they vent home. This afternoon a secret
meeting OF the strikers Will be held at
the Penn avenue headquarters al which
reports viii be D9ade and plans 10 pros
ecute the STRIFE 70 a triumph viii be
considered. The local union has been
pledged financial aid by the national
organization. while other trades aniol,s
81 greater. Pittsburg have volunteered
money assistance.
As noon approached hundreds or ex-
pressmen with wagons Of all descrip-
IiOnE motor cars. buggies and other
vehicles made an appearances downtown.
ready 20 haul people from church. TO
the parks and TO other points. This i'm
promptU service viii be extended to-
morrow. when an effort will be made
70 haul suburbGa passengers 10 Pitts
burg employment places a report was
current this morning that employees OF
join the strikers. A meeting OF the men
IS called for tomorrow night. No one
could be found 10 tell what the purpose
Of the meeting is, but IL Is very possible
-it1- ,s-NS my Sc a CDl.lE1AStc hie-tip
OF every line OF transportation save tho
steam roads.
At II o'clock officials OF the union
made The statement that not a car Was
going on the traction lines. Since 6
O'Clock" said the statement posted at
headquarters. net a wheel has moved
on any line controlled by the Pittsburg
Railways Company"
The traction officials notified Super-
1ntendent McQuaide al that hour that
no attempt would be made 10 move the
cars today.
Religious services in the parks,
feature Of Sunday afternoons IN Pitts
burg. have heen abandoned Pittsbufz
ie a closed town on Sundays No dis
orders incident to open saloons are ex-
pected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07

erai weeks concerning the industry
 which Rives employment when in full
 operation to several thousand men. IL is known that some few orders for
 steel rail and other shapes have al-
 ready been booked. With the rolling
 mill at Bessemer, twelve miles from
 Birmingham, in steady operation some
 little inroad win be made in a short
 while into the stacks of steel that is to
 be found around the steel plant An unverified rumor and one that is hard to believe has gained much circulation in this district to the effect that the United States Steel Corporation has purchased the Birmingham Mineral Railroad. the branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad which, runs through practically the entire mineral section of the Birmingham district, taking in dozens of coal mines. q like number of ore mines and many of the limestone quarries and other big works. It can hardly be believed that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad would give up such a feeder as the Birming- ham Mineral Railroad is.
 Cast iron pipe works are in full op- eration still and the shipments are equal to the make and little better. The soil pipe works are going some also and are making healthy shipments V& buStT pTOuuttS. improvements aaDt = ing added to several soil pipe plants in this State recently has brought about larger output and there appears to be no accumulation. Machine shops and foundries in the Birmingham dis trict are still receiving some business and several orders of some size are be- ing worked for with prospects, of be- ing landed in the near future. There Is better home consumption of pig iron just now than has prevailed for many a month and steady improve ment is being noted every week.
 According to J. W. Mcqueen, Vice. President of the Sloss-Sheffieid Steel and Iron Company. one of the best au- thorities on pig iron in the Southern territory, the prospects are bright and the inquiries that are being received indicate that there Is a need for a large quantity of iron. The Southern furnace companies will be able to care for all the business that will be of- fered this section. All orders will be delivered on time. also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07

Southern Lumbermara.
 It might not be . bad idea for the big yellow pine operators and stump age holders. and all lumbermen TOT that matter. to line up in advocacy or the adoption of national incorpora- tion law. under the provision of which every corporation, those doing a prt- yate business" as well as others, could come if they saw fit to do so. The suggestion of a national charter TOT corporations has been much discussea. but always with reference to public service corporations. or those enter prisss which for one reason or an other have come to be looked on as trust.
 We have never seen proposed na- tional incorporation law reauce3 .o w,r,tir1 No doubt the essential feature of auch a law would be that of giving the government supervision over the conduct of the business. and within certain limits, or rather beyond cer- tain limits a control over the pusl- ness. This is what the yellow pine husinesa needs--supervision and con- trol by somebody. Supervision ana some measure of control in the lum- her business is coming sooner or later' at the hands of the government eith- CT State or national. 1T it coulo ps
  government through the operations oI national incorporation law 1t might he coupled with some advantages that would far outweigh anything to pc feared from official supervision Aoh private business.
 If there was c national charter law in operation today. under which any sort of A private business carried on by a corporation could come if 1t saw 6t. and if a hundred or so of the pig gest yellow pine concerns did so see fit. there is no doubt but that policy of .curtailment of production nroao enough and deep enough, and conun- ned long enough, to put the business on a basis of legitimate profit, could he speedily put into effect. and brought about in e way that would an tagonize no intelligent public senu- ment and which would soon be found not only injure anyone. but to ben eft the whole people in checking reckless and outrageous waste or resource that can never be replacea. ana the dissipation of which touches inc veryi fundamentals of the coun- try's habitability.
 There is a special argument for Inc supervision and control of public ser vice corporations. as most Of these enjoy special privileges granted oy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
FOR HOWARD COLLEGE.

Birmingham. June 6.-(SpeciaL )-In the First Baptist Church of this city, the largest house of worship in the city, a mass meeting. composed prac- tically altogether of Baptists was held in the interest of Howard College, the Baptists institution of learning. The meeting tonight was one of a number that will be held in various parts of the State to arouse interest In the col lege at East Lake, near here.
 pr. A. P. Montague, President of the college, Rufus N. Rhodes and oth- CTS made short talks and great inter- est was manifested in the subject be- fore the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN
 THE LUMBER WORLD

Nashville, Tenn, June 6.-(Special.)- So far as known, no decision has been reached by the Senate Finance Com mittee on the details of the lumber schedule of the tariff bill. says this weeks issue of The Southern Lumber man.
 Last week the lumber schedule was temporarily passed over, pending agreement by the committee as to the rates of duty to he imposed on dressed lumber. The question relates to the differential rate between rough lumber and the finished product, which differ entiai rate at present ranges upward in grades of 50 cents per 1000 feet. &C., cording to the character of finishing put upon such lumber.
 There are intimations that Senator Aidrfch believes that the differential rate between rough and finished lum- Der Is too high. and the rate. which now starts st 50 cents. may be reduced to z5 cents, with corresponding de- creases in the rates on the higher grades. which. now bear duty at s2.5o . 1000 feet
 On the other hand, there is evidence that the advocates of retaining the Dingley rate of S2 per 1000 on rough lumber and the present differentials on dressed lumber are very strong in the Senate The radical protectionists pro-
 
 the argument put forth by Southern Democrats favorable to a duty on ium- Der. which does not apply to any manu- factured product. It is pointed out by the protsctionists favoring the Dingley lumber rates that the raw material of iumber-logs--is now admitted free of duty, and has been so admitted under all recent tariff laws. Beginning with logs the protective tarin laws have imposed gradually increasing duties on lumber, according to the amount of la- bor that is expended upon 1t in fnish- ing. On the other hand. the Southern Democratic Senators favoring duties on lumber declare they are able to justify their position upon the basis of the low rate of duty and the sub stnntial revenues derived therefrom.
 It is believed that if eighteen or twenty Democrats support duties on, lumber their votes, added to the ultra protection votes of the East and noun tain States. win retain the Dingley law duties in the bill as it will pass the Senate. Though apparently abe to do this, the lumber protectionists may choose to follow the Finance Commit tee in case it does not report in fa- vor Of the $2 rate. According to a calculation, seventeen Democrats will support the retention of the Dingley law duties on lumber. Some of the free lumberites express the hope that the Finance Committee will stand by the ei a thousand duty on lumber, as now provided in the bill, but there appears to be small chance of this being done.
 Substantial progress has been made