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Evening star., 1912-08-30
MOTHER IS CREMATED
WITH HER SIX CHILDREN
Father and Son Escape
Flames, Which Level Ruth
erford, N. J., Home.

RUTHERFORD, n. j., August 30.-Mrs.
Emilio Debaro and six of her seven chill
dren. ranging from five months to twelve
years of age. met death early today in a
fire which destroyed their home. Debaro,
the husband and father, and the seventh
child, boy of thirteen. escaped by jump
ing from second-story window.
Debaro and his family made their home
In a matchboxlike structure not far from
the railroad station. The first floor was
used as a bakery: the rear one of the
by Mrs. Debaro and the six younger
children. Debaro and the Oldest boy slept
IN the front room.
Barred by Fire Wall.
Flames sweeping over the doorway to
the bed awoke Debaro and the boy. They
started to the doorway to rescue the
woman and children, but a wall of fire
checked them. With their nishtclothes
blazing away they jumped from the win
dow. So quickly did the flames do their
work that the building was gone before
the volunteer firemen reached it.
They searched the glowing embers for
the bodies and found five of them in a
huddled hesp near the center of the build
ing. The woman, with the baby in her
arms. lay near the window. Apparently
she had met death in a futile attempt to
escape after awakening the children.
Firemen believe that a spark from a
passing locomotive may have started the
Evening star., 1912-08-30
FRAUD CHARGE INQUIRY
South Carolina State Commit
tee Expected to De!ve Into
Primary Election.

COLUMBIA, S. c., August 3o.-Charges
Of fraud, including allegations that bal
lot boxes were stuffed, that 10000 IL
legal votes were cast, and that minors
and non-residents voted in many places
in the democratic primary I'm South
Carolina last Tuesday, were to be sub
jected to thorough investigation. &C
cording to the understanding prevailing
when the state committee began to as
semble here today.
Intense bitterness had grown out of
the three-cornered fight for the nomina-
ton for governor. with Gov. Cole l..
Blease leading. on the face Of the re-
turns, by over 1000 votes the combined
vote of his two opponents, Judge Ira
b. Jones and J. T. Duncan.
Orders have been sent to the chair
man of every county committee order
ing him to preserve all ballots, tally
sheets and other records.
Contests have been filed at many
points throughout the state, and where
county executive committees have re-
fused to hear them the compiainants
have come to Columbia to lay their
grievances before the state committee.
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THREE DEAD, EIGHT HURT
Speeding Passenger Train
Crashes Into Wreckers'
Crew Near Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH, August 3O-Three men
were killed, one fatally injured and q
number slightly hurt when the Pennsvl-
vania railroad train which left Pitts
burxh this morning from Cleveland over
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh division ran
into a wreck train engaged I'm clearing
up a freight wreck that had occurred a
short time before near Conway. west OF
this city.
Dead and Injured.
The dead: A. l.. Coughenour, Cleve-
land. engineer of passenger train.
Two unidentified laborers, Conway.
The injured: l.. c. Vaughn. Cleveland
fireman Of passenger train, fatally
crushed.
j. Robinson, Cleveland, baggagemaster
passenger train, slightly injured.
j. McAndrewS, general yard master OF
Conway yards, cut by flying wreckage
A. Reeder, laborer on wreck train,
Conway.
Three of the wreck crew slightly in.
jured.
John p Murphy. passenger.
Joseph Deidnick. passenger.
Warning Disregarded.
The wreck train from the Conway
yards was clearing away the freigh,
wreck and the engine section of a big
steam derrick was out over the track or
which the passenger train was approach.
ing. Railroad officials say fiagman had
given the proper warning. but for som.
unknown reason it was disregarded
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STEPHENSON HAS COLD.
Senator's Condition Declared to Be
Not Serious.

ESCANABA, Wis. August 30.-Reports
received here today from United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson's fishing camp
in the woods state that the senator Is
suffering from a slight cold, and that his
condition is not as grave as was first
thought.
1t was stated that when he contracted
the cold II was thought best to have
physicians with him. and the fact that
the physicians left this city hurriedly
caused the report that the senator's con-
dition was serious.
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MRS. ROGERS DIES ON TRAIN.
Widow of Standard Oil Magnate Sue
cumbs in New York.

NEW YORK, August 3O.-Mrs. Henry
H. Rogers widow of the late vice presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Company. died
suddenly in a dining car in the Grand
Central station at the conclusion of a
journey from Breton Woods. N. H., to
her home here.
Mrs. Rogers was accompanied by sew
eral friends on her journey and had been
but a short time in the dining car, talk
ing with them, when the end came. Her
death was reported to the coroner 8
office by Dr. McCloud. who was hastily
summoned to attend her
Her husband died about three years
ago in this city and was buried at the
Rogers summer home in Fair Haven,
Mass.
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STIGMA IS PENALTY GET PAID TOMORROW
Government Drops indictments Government Clerks Are Made
| Against Former Officials Happy by Announcement
PUNISHED ENOUGH, THEORY CASE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Further Prosecution of Men Held Regular Date Falling
| Unnecessary. Monday Being Holiday the
ECHO OF IRRIGATION WORK SAME APPLIES IN SCHOOLS
|
in Department of Agriculture. Month
Government Clerks Are Made
Happy by Announcement.
CASE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Regular Date Falling on Sunday and
Monday Being Holiday the Cause.
SAME APPLIES IN SCHOOLS
Officers, Clerks, Janitors and Help
ers Also to Receive Salaries for
Month of August.

Government clerks i'm all the derart-
ments were made happy today by the an
nouncement that pay day comes tomor-
row. instead of being deferred until next
Tuesday. This action is taken because
of the fact that Monday September - is
Labor day, and therefore a holiday. whlc
the regular pay day. September falls
on Sunday. In order to avoid deferring
the sem-monthly distribution OF salaries
until September 3 the clerks. therefore,
will get Their tomorrow, this bringing
three pay days In the month of August.
The order in the other departments fol-
lows the lead of the Treasury Depart
ment. Is usually the case. The dis
bursting clerk of the Treasury has been
authorized and directed to make pay
mentS to officers and employees of the
navy August 81. without formal certiflca-
ton of the pay rolls. Disbursing clerks in
the other departme nts have received $ mi-
lar instructions. the heads of the various
bureaus and divisions who are charged
with the certiticadon of pay rolls being
held responsible for notification in case
any employees should be found not to be
entitled to full pay.
Other Departments Also to PAY.
The dsbursing officers of the State.
employees of those departments the bal
ance OF their August salaries tomorrow
morning without formal certiiication OF
| the pay roll But for this modification OF
the practice of Withholding the pay until
the first day OF the month following the
payments for August would not have
| been made until next Tuesday. Labor
| day, which falls on Monday, is a general
| holiday in the District and all the de-
| partments will be closed. There are
| about l,4oo employees on the rolls of the
| War Department. about 6o0 in the Navy
Department and about loO in the Staie
| Department.
| Employees of all grades in the Depart
ment of Agriculture will get their money
| tomorrow also. The same Is true in the
Depa rtment of Commerce and Labor, the
| Interior Department and the Department
| of Justice.
| Officers. clerks. janitors and helpers OF
the public schools of this city will re-
ceive their pay for the month Of August
, tomorrow at ] o'clock at the Franklin
| bu lding. L.s c. Wilson. the disbursing
officer: Auditor Tweedale and Secretary
Hine of the board Of education co-operat-
| ed to get the pay out tomorrow SO as
/ 10 not impose any hardship on the en-
4 ployes by making them wait until the
| Sd of the month for their salary.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
BOY KILLED; SCORE. IN PERIL.
Six Unconscious Persons Rescued
From Fire in Hoboken Tenement.

HOBOKEN, N. j., August 3O.-Fire IN
a four-story frame tenement directly
across the street from st. Mary's Hos
pital caused the death early today OF
seven-year-o Edward Lynquist and i'm
periled the lives of score who were
saved by the use of scaling ladders and
by jumping from the windows Six per-
sons were rescued in an unconscious con-
dition. None of the occupants Of the
building saved more than the night
clothes they wore. The blaze originated.
it is believed, from a gas jet in the Gel
lar which was left burning during the
night.
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Turkey Waits on Italy.
MAY EXTEND TIME FOR TRIALS,
Sea Too Lively for international
Motor Boat Races.

HUNTINGTON, L. l.. August 3O.-The
committee in charge of the international
motor boat races decided this morning
that If 1t is unable to choose all the de-
tenders today it will extend the time for
trial races until IL o'clock tomorrow
morning, as was done last year.
The sea was SO lively this forenoon
that none Of the smaller boats could live
in it.
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JOHNSON IN WYOMING.
Appeals to Wage Farmers to Support
Theodore Roosevelt,

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., August 30.-ln
a speech here last night Gov. Hiram w.
Johnson, candidate for Vice President
on the progressive ticket. outlined the
party's platform and discussed he init
ative and referendum. He urged the
wage earners of Wyoming to stand by
Thet dore Roosevelt, saying he was the
only candidate who stood for the peo-
pie.
Gov Johnson urged legislation for the
shortening of working hours for women
and for the abolition of child labor.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
BOMB IN MILK BOTTLE.
Explosion in New York Tenement
Endangers the Occupants.

NEW YORK. August 3O-A bomb made
by filing q milk bottle with explosive,
covering this with wax and attaching a
fuse. was exploded on the top floor of q
six-story tenement on East Goth street
early today, nearly casing the death of a
score of persons from among the twen-
ty-four families in the house. Several
were slightly injured by fragments of fly
ing glass.
The police declare they have no clue to
the identity of the person who planted the
bomb.
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DIXON AS HONOR GUEST.
Manager of Progressive Campaign to
Make Address in Denver.

DENVER, Col. August 3O.-United
States Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon of Mon
tana. manager for Theodore Roosevelt .
presidential campaign arrived here to-
day and will be guest OF honor and
principal speaker at luncheon of Colo
RADIO progressives at 1870 o'clock today.
Mrs. Fred Dick, president Of the Colo
RADIO Congress of Mothers, also will
sneak for the progressives.
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TRANSFERS HIS STANDARD.
Admiral Osterhaus Adopts Battleship
Connecticut as His Flagship.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, August 3d.
Rear Admiral Hugh Osterhaus, COM
manding the Atlantic fleet. this morning
in Hampton roads, transferred his flag
from the battleship Utah to the battle
ship Connecticut with appropriate cere-
monies.
The Connecticut has been the flagship
of the fleet for several years. but was
replaced by the Utah temporarily while
undergoing repairs at Philadelphia navy
yard.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Marshall on Way to Indianapolis

BOSTON, August 30.-Gov. Thomas r.
Marshall of Indiana. democratic vice
presidential nominee, left Boston for In
dianapolis today. Gov Marshall reached
Boston early in the morning after
making four-day speechmaking tour in
Maine in the interest of the democratic
state ticket. Mrs. Marshall accompanied
him.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
German Emperor Goes to Berlin.

CASSEL, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Au-
eust SO.-The German emperor and en-
press left Wiihelmhoehe Castle today for
Berlin. Both their majesties appeared to
he in excellent spirits. They were accom-
panied by their daughter. Princess Vic
toria Louise.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Killed When Auto Turns Over.

EI1GIN. ILL.,. August 3O.-J R. Ballinger
an official of the Stromberg Motor Car
Company, was killed this morning near
Addison. H., while motoring from Chi
cago to Elgin to attend the races. Bal
lnger's car was overturned. His brother
William was injured when the car over
turned.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Government Drops Indictments
Against Former Officials.
PUNISHED ENOUGH, THEORY
Further Prosecution of Men Is Held
Unnecessary.
ECHO OF IRRIGATION WORK
False Certifcation Of Vouchers
Charge Registered Against Four
in Department of Agriculture.

After a thorough investigation by the
Office of the United States attorney and
Attorney General Wickersham the gov
ernment today decided that four former
officials of the Department of Agricul-
ture. who We're charged with false cer-
tification of vouchers in connection with
irrigation work in North Carolina and
Oklahoma, had been sufficiently pun
ished by having indictments hanging
over them for several months.
Accordingly Assistant United States At
torney Proctor secured permission of JUS
tice Gould Of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia to enter a nolle pros
OF the indictments returned April | asst
aga nst Charles G. Elliott. chief OF drain
age investigation bureau Of the Depart
ment of Agri rieulture: Allanson d. More
house. assistant chief of the same bu-
reau: Ray +. Teele. former chief of the
irrigation investigation bureau, and
Frank Z. Singleton, computer in the Of
flee of experiment stations OF the depart
ment.
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Find Couple Dead From Wounds.

PHILADELPHIA. August 3o.-With
gunshot wounds in their heads. James
McManus, twenty-four years old. and his
wife, Anna, nineteen, were found dead
at their home in West Philadelphia to-
day. The police believe the woman was
shot by her husband, who then committed
suicide.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Five Coal Miners Killed.

GEL SE;NKIRCHEN, Prussia, August
30.-Ffve coal miners We're killed and an
other dangerously injured by falling down
one of the shafts here this morning The
accident was caused by the collapse of a
wooden platform.
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|TAL|AN-TURK0 PEACE
TEMPORARILY BLOCKED
Italy Declines Concessions De-
manded by Turkey-HaIt
in Proceedings.

PARIS. August 3O.-virtually a dead
lock has been reached in the unofficial
peace conversations between italian
and Turkish delegates in Switzerland
according to special dispatch to the
Matfn. Italy will not admit any discus
sion of her seizure of Libya in Tripoli-
tania, and has refused all propositions to
leave part of the interior of the coast of
Cyrenaica to Turkey. She asks as a
condition of signing a treaty Of peace
that Turkey withdraw her forces from
Libya.
Concessions Made.
Italy agrees not to require recognition
by Turkey of the Italian province of
Tripolitania. She aso will accept the
religious authority of the Sultan of Tur-
key. She is prepared to pay large
indemnity to Turkey and is ready to
evacuate the islands in the Aegean sea
and make other concessions.
Turkey, on the other hand. declares
that these proposals are insufficient.
Turkish public opinion would not accept
the cession of Libya against a sum of
money, it Is argued, while the accept
ance by Italy Of the religious authority
of the sultan in Tripolitania is no con-
country in spite of the Italians always
recognize him as head of the faith.
Turkey Waits on Italy.
Nor is the evacuation of the islands in
the Aegean sea regarded as concession
because the powers will not allow Italy
to keep them. For these reasons Turkey
is waiting for Italy to find some other
scheme.
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Char e Preferred.

The charge against the men was that
in June. 1909. they thought the funds for
the work in the two states had been ex-
hausted. and interested wealthy men in
the vicinity of the work to advance funds
to complete the improvements, and ap-
pointed men as agents and repaid them
the money in monthly payments, certi-
flying that the men had Performed services
as agents when in fact they had not
been so employed.
When the matter became public Mr..
Singleton was suspended, Mr.. Teele had
previously resigned and the other two men
We're re ieved from duty, being dismissed
from the service The matter was pre-
sented to the grand jury and the indict-
ments followed.
In recommending the dropping of the
case against the four men the United
States attorney suggested that in view
Of the fact that the acts of the defend
ants involved and contemplated no proht
or personal advantage to themselves and
that three have been removed or suspend
ed from office and all inflicted with the
stis & ma of indictment, it would seem that
neither the ends o justice nor the dis
cipline of the public service would re-
quire further prosecution Of the cases.
Asked for Trial.
Singleton, the suspended computer
several times asked for a trial before
the summer recess, but was denied be-
cause of the congested condition OF
the criminal docket. When the case
could not be heard. it is understood
the matter was the subject of spe-
cial investigation by committee OF
Congress- which filed its report after
the United States attorney had ad-
vised the Attorney General in favor OF
dropping the prosecution. The report
of that committee shows the members
reached a conclusion substantially in
accord with the recommendation OF the
United States attorney.
Attorneys Henry l.. Davis and j
Miller Kenyon represented the accuse sed
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Was Missionary in Baltimore.

He was first an assistant rector at
Reisterstown, Nd, and then city mis-
sionary in Baltimore, later becoming as
sistant rector Of st. Paurs.
In 1872 he was called to become rector
Of the Church of the Advent in Boston.
He served there for sixteen years. re-
signing. to become Bishop of Fond du Lac.
Bishop Grafton was one of the organic
ers in 1868 of the Society of st. John
the Evangelist. a religious brotherhood
known as the "Cowley Fathers He was
the author of Vocation, or Call OF the
Divine Master to a Sisters Life
Evening star., 1912-08-30
Was Last Here in 1909.

Bishop Grafton was last in Washington
to attend a public ceremony in January.
1909 when the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding
was consecrated as the second Protest
ant Episcopal bishop Of Washington in
succession to the late Rt. Rev. Henry
Yates Satterlee
Other bishops of the Episcopal Church
in attendance with him at that time in
cluded the late Mackay-Smith of Phila-
de.phia, Walker of New York. Adams of
Easton, Darlington of Harrisburg and
Gravatt of West Virginia.
Bishop Grafton formerly was assistant
rector of ST. Paul's Episcopa! Church OF
Baltimore and chaplain of the Maryland
Deaconesses. He was born In Boston in
1880. and after attending the Boston
Latin School entered Harvard. where he
was graduated in 1853. He studied di-.
vinity under Bishop Whittingham OF
MARYLAND and was ordained a deacon in
1855 and priest Of the Episcopal Church
three years later.
Evening star., 1912-08-30

renee strike.
BOSTON, August 30.-President Will
liam NJ. Wood of the American Woolen
Company was arrested today On an in
dictment warrant charging him with
conspiring to distribute dynamite in
Lawrence during the general strike there
asst winter.
President Wood surrendered himself
to the authorities, and was accom-
1anied by counsel.
The American Woolen Company, which
bore the brunt of the great Lawrence
strike from January II until March IA,
controls thirty-three manufacturing
plants in New England and New York
state. 1t has a capitalization of $751;
900. 900. and employs $4,000 operatives
when all the machinery is in motion
About $4,000 persons are on the pay
rolls of the company's mills in Law
renee.
Prominent in Textile Industry.
President William NJ Wood is one of
the best known textile men in the coun-
try. Mr.. Wood furn shed cash bail of
Coo 1t is understood that he will be
formally arraigned in the superior court
next Tuesday.
After his conference with Assistant
District Attorney McIsaac, Mr.. Wood
said:
Il cannot conceive what information
could have been presented to the jurors
which in aiG way connected me with the
so-called dynamite plot. | certainly had
no connection with it and this fact will
be fully established at the proper time
to the Sc tisfaction of the public and even
to the district attorney. Beyond this /
have nothing to say
Dennis Collins of Cambridge. who was
indicted yesterday and arrested on a
charge of unlawfully having paced dyna-
mite in a railroad passenger train foi
transportation. is in jai. in default OF
81, 800 bail for hearing next Tuesday
The name of a third man indicted has no,
been announced.
Discovery Causes Sensation.
The discovery of dynamite ip a Syrian
lodging house. q cobber's shop and a
cemetery in Lawrence last January while
the textile strike was at it's height caused
sensation. The strike leaders denied
that they had any intention of using an
explosive to further their plans and
charged that the dynamite had been
'p anted" for the purpose of discrediting
the labor unions
Soon afterward John = Breen, a Law.
renee undertaken. was arrested on a
charge of having unlawfu.ly placed the
dynamite in the places where Il was
found. Breen was found guilty and fined
500. NO further court action was taken
in the case until the Suffolk county pro.
ceedings We're started this week.
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Americans Repairing Lines.

admiral Southerland telegraphed yes
tcrday reporting the arrival of the
california at Corinto on the 2Sth. Ac-
Cording 10 his advices 1t would be nee
cssary To have force OF marines and
bluejackets at Leon and intermediate
points.
lie reports also that railroad and tele-
graph communication between Corinto
and Managua is still in$rrupted owing
10 willful injury on the part of the
rebels to the tracks and telegraph poles.
The American forces are repairing both
lines as they proceed toward Managua.
He believes that with communication
open he can do much TO protect Amer
leans.
The gunboat Vicksburg, which was re-
ported disabled. having arrived safely
at Guaymas, Mexico. the cruiser Cleve-
ltnd, which was ordered to her relief.
Las been ordered to proceed to Corinto
Tor the protection of American in ,erests
The Cleveland has arrived at San Fran
q SEQ from Puget sound. and will con-
tnue down the Pacific coast as rapidly
as possible.
Marines at Colon Tomorrow.
League Island navy yard last week for
-NA-dIdSud are uut dt 1OloH tOHlOTTON.
They will be transported across the
1sthmus of Panama on a special train
and embark on the big armored cruiser
California, due at Panama tonight or to-
morrow morning. The California is 10
leave Panama Immediately, perhaps touch
ing at San Juan del Sur TO reinforce a
small marine contingent left at that pace
by the cruiser Denver, TO make sure that
the important cable sta. ion is not closed
by the rebels. All messages from the
American naval commanders at Corinto
must come to San Juan del Sur in order
To reach the cable.
The California should reach Corinte
Monday ght IL she covers the eJO miles
has already announced his purpose OF
sending to Managua at least 80 of tn,
marines she carr es, and the remainder
probably will be used. to patrol the sew
enty-two miles OF railroad connecting tn,
capital with the sea.
Infantry May Yet Be Sent.
These reinforcements will bring the
total American strength in Nicaragua ur
10 more than 1900 men ashore and abou,
900 bluejackets on ships In the coastal
waters on both sides of the country. The
naval commanders are satisfied that this
force will meet present needs. but should
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