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Were Convicts, Locked Up
stairs in Wooden Jail and
Had no Chance to Get
Away.
HEARD SCREAMS MILES
Bodies Were Burned to a Crisp
While Farmers Stood by
Unable to Offer
Assistance.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
JACKSON, Mich, July 22.-Thirty-
three convicts sleeping on the second
floor of a wooden cage at the Oakley
convict farm 20 miles southwest OF
jackson were burned to death shortly
before midnight last night. All OF
the victims were negroes and their
bodies were burned beyond recogni-
ton. The fire started on the first
floor at the stairway landing, cutting
off the only avenue of escape. The
structure was an ancient wooden al
fair, built ten years ago with lumber
taken from the old penitentiary build
ing In Jackson, and burned with as
tonishing rapidity.
The convict farm is not equipped
with any form Of fire protection. Two
night watchmen are employed at the
place, but neither saw the fire until
the flames burst through the windows
of the lower floor. The anguished
screams Of, the suffering prisoners
could be heard for nearly two miles
and farmers in the vicinity hurried
Ito the scene but were unable to give
any assistance The lower floor o
4 the cage was used for the storage o
hay, cotton and molasses. The ha,
lEscausei the fire to spread rapidly
Oakley farm is In charge of Sergean
s, T.. Byrd. The prison hospital 4
also located at that place, but th'
convicts who lost their lives were no
members of the hospital squad hu
4 were employed in the cotton fields.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-22
WOULD HITCH UP AND
GA[[OP INTO MEXICO.

IDENTIFY means that we must redress
any violence done to the persons or
property Of our citizens in Mexico. by
armed force Fall denied any such
intention.
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GULF FORT. Dec. ?S.-President Wilson had a hard time getting to church here today. The holiday and the prcsnce of the nations ruler hay" made this little place the center of the univese so far as the inhabitants Of the nearby country are concerned ard today being Sunday the people came from far and near to scc tn" great man go to church.
 ie village wns thronged with peo- p,e at an carly hour. many coming as far as twenty miles to attend service and to see the president. The throng In front of the church when the Will son automobile arrived was so great thnt the president directed his chauf-
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 GULF PORT. Mtss.. Dec. 21.-pres- ident Wilson today celebrated his fifty seventh birthday at Pass Christian n He spent the morning playing goi: with pr. Grayson. his personal physi cian. and in the afternoon read and arswered some of the numerous teie- grams of contgratulation received rem all parts of the country md the world
 The luncheon WAS stric,iy a sanfy ,.rair. there bcin; none presen, eH ,r,.. the wiisor f.milj ond the I.,. n' ..r of tho pr.,s, :enrs cnt" |: 'r". Mis- W .nn had m ., ca.' ;or her f''h. CT and nfty-scvcn pink and white candles proclaimed to all present tn" exact ago "f the chief executive of thf nation.
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HEART DISEASE
 KILLS WHOLE FAMILY

uw they opened the unlocked door. The bodies of the two children lay hud- dled on the floor and the boy was in welter of blood from the gash in htx throat. On e divan in the corner lay Mrs. Kneli with bullet hole in her head just bacI of the ear and tho murderer and suicide. the husband and father. Thy in front of the window shot through the temple.
 A search of the room revealed two letters on the writing desk. one of tkese was a will In which the dead man left all of his estate 10 relatives in Pennsylvania and the other was letter addressed 10 the coroner, or tn whom N might concern. in which Knel told of the killing of his children md s wife as a premcditated act w''s r.. had been contemplating ever sine. he became convinced that there was r." cure for his heart trouble.
 Relatives of the dead man or of his N ifc have been communicated with and the bodies were late at night re- moved to an undertaking establish m. mt on Fourth avenue.
 Few of the guests of the hotel knew of the terrible tragedy which had been enacted in their midst.
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CONFESSES---
 WILL HANG
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 LOS ANGELES. Dec. Ss.-rhe man Ferris. who some weeks ago shot and killed the traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific railroad In sensation, attempted hOltaup of Il slce ping car on the east bound ex press confessed to the murder when brought to trial here and was today .ni"hccd io hang for the crime
 Farris entered the car and oidered evsry"ne to hold up their hands and bc searched for valuables. The first man he attempted to rob was Mon- tngue and while he was going through th. officials pockets the hitter at- tempted {" capture the bandit In ,ln. light which cnsucd Paris shot Montague and then made his escap" br Jumping from tho train. He was later captured and brought here for tt ial
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 NEW YORK, Dee 28.-Henry Knell. secretary of the Philadelphia Steel and Forge Company. 'ms been suffering from form Of he. Tt disease for som" ,me. For the pas' few weeks he has been M New York consulting special ,stx ir regard to his maledy. After 2 conf. renee of doctors yesterday Kneil was told that there was nothing known to medical science which wOuht cure him md thot while he might live for years 1t was niso possible that h. we uld drop dead a, any moment
 This information must have pr"yc'i on the mans mift to such m extcn: that he became temporarily insane. After leaving tke ofIice of the doctor where the consult"tion was held Kne'i took a long npd solitary walk in Cen trnI park. t'pon his return from this vnIk he went directly to his rooms In onr nf the down town hotels and 1t E r: csumed that he found his eldest rEihl. n girl nf tOarteen there alone Wfat happened In the apartment cnr only he surmised but from the condi tion of the place later it is evident that tho girl was stranRicd to death afte, prttinr up fercr light for her life
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state department. In proof of this he points ont that only recently he has leased house in Washington which nld indicate that he expected ta "siay on the jo,'.''
 Thwartcd in their efforts to scparat" Mir Moore from the administration tn, nriginators of the resignation story may fall back for time on the "ap- pnliing incfticlcncy" of Secretary Bry- an. IL has become the habit Of the k;.kcrs to mako him responsible for au of tho mistakes of tho administra - lion and to Eive to tho president all the credit for tho good that has been Il. nc.
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...eiaI Nuoees
 .NAsTAsIA. W. v., Dee. sS' Fifty
 ago on Christmas day John s..,-.r eloped with the wife of Chris @ HardwIck Two weeks later liar, ,.. Killed Bulwar md the w"'na" l'' ..n,r in the mountains to whici, -. had fled. At this time I'ulw"r ..s son by hts first wife and this
 then a Ind of sixteen. sw"r" | .,.a his fathers death. He kem '. vord and five years after tn" ".,.a.r .of the elder B,llwar his son '.,, end killed TiardwI"k in front [" .,. courthouse a, this place. For this =, the young man. was scntcnrcd {" u,. imprisonment and it was th""s" .,.. ,he fued between tl" families "f n.,,,or and Hard'vick had died nat urai death.
 ,.,t if seems that the families of .,. ,,o,,ntaineers da not forget and
 r,hr,stnas day ihc Erandsons "f :. .hsrs of tho nr'nclpals in in" orig ,.,, e,opement md shooting affair |, fvnn, .t ue country church ,a viti,out q v..rd of warning open
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q. fire or each tther.
 Hath young mc, were seriously wounded and se,t rnl nf their relatives were hit before the shooting was stepped hy the local minister whn seemed to hnve enough influence with ,h" parties to make them agree to ;, i:,uc until after the service at tho church.
 The iinrtlwick faction remained tO mur,,d church but the Bulwars an'l tL-ir relatives started for their noun tain homes immediately.
 >f,cr the service was over tn" liardwicks organized themselves and their kin Into band md arming themselves started for the hills in per suii of the descendants of the ancien; .ncmIcs of their family.
 The original Isulwnr cabin " sit = ,G,,al far up in the mountains and tl,. trails leading tO it are steep and twisting. Tho attacking force wen. cautiously up these paths until within |: mile of the stronghold of their c,,micx. Here they were met with a ,nllcy of rife balls and several of
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The nOlxe of the struggle was not heard, by other inmates of the hotel. however and nothing waa known Of the tragedy when the younger child. hoy of nine returned from the homo
 Q friend where he had srn. '.", morning. The father was evidently expecting the lads return or that or hls wife for he must have been wait inG with raz"r In his hand when ih- hoy .ntered. The dead body of tn" child was found just inside the door with the throat cut
 About luncheon time Mrs. kne'' came into the hotel and went np t" her room. Shortly after the woman had left the elevator and passed down the hn,, to her rooms the maid on duty In the hail heard n terrified scream followed by iw" pistol shots in rapid succession.
 Reing afraid to enter the room iron, W hich the noise had come the maid telephoned to the office and reported the occurrence. The assistant man og+r and the house detective rt'W ra' ed to the maids call for help and went at once to the rooms occupied b, the Kneiis.
 There gruesome sight met then,
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seeeisl Nugget Service.
 CHIHtIAnrA, Dee. .J.' Genera Pancho Villa, who has his h's,dInmr lers here. where he is r,pidly Gettin. h;r force organized for the intended advance upon Mexico City. was toda. informed of the statement made h:- President Huerta that he would him self take the field al the head of the federal army and quickly bring th, revolution to an end.
 When Villa was told of the words a the president he smiled ana said that the Mexican federal army had II, more terrors for his men or himself with Huerta at it's head than 1t dI,I wtessuk s,tnfe .'fse prrdtcyea rG;,r F Hverta ever left the capital "f th.. rountry to direct tho operations Il, the field that hc would never return there unless he went as II prisoner "f war to bc tried for treason. :.
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PRES. WILSON

[, uI to go on by the church and after dismounted from the car and entered the church by hack door which ntrcssitated their crOssing gnrden and getting over a low fence.
 The town is full of newspaper cor respondents and photographers asd they are all reGrcttIng that they di'I not see the chief of the nation vault Ing the fence between the church and the garden.
 Mir. Wilson occupied a front pew during the service to which hc paid strict attention. and after 1t was over i,c was escorted out of a side door and through gate which hc had over cd in his haste to get in.
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ANOTHER WORLDS RECORD SMASHED
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 RHEIMS. France. Dec. 27.-Thc r'. ,nurkablc speed uf one hundred and ciPhien miles m hour was attained by edrinea here "h C:hristm day, This speed was made h> the French aviat"' .I,.' ing the ciimina,hn trinis for tho | ,"es to he held nex. week.
 More dangerous even than these high speed contests were the effort l made by the aviators who had eLtere'!
 hc low speed contests to remain In the 1ir at an attitude as low as one huuilreo and fifty feet and to fly 2 distanc. of six miles without going higher than this Fourteen entrants ur..iiHcd for the race.
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.HUERTA'S DECISION
 NOT WORRYING VILLA

Villas army seems tO h1 ansuininE [. rin aud orGa nizat iun and many cx- federal officers have recently joined him. These men trained In miiitar, tn,Ikrs are being used to organize an. drill the somewhat irregular and un- disciplined troops and there Is scrce ly an hour of the day when regiments are not maneuvcrine on the plain out side of the city.
 The financial condition of the r-be commander seems to he better than it las been heretofore hut it is impossi- hl.. 10 discover from where he is get ting his supply of money.
 Villa claims 70 have twelve thou snn.!4men If ifs cr,o.nmand and tn |" receiving recruits daily. IIc predicts i.at whom h, is ready to begin his ad ,.nr.. lr will not bc stopped until ln ,.nr,rs ihc presidential palacr i,' Mexico City.
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TIRE. BURSTS
 TWO DEATHS
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SpocieI Nu99St oSTN'cs.
 JACKSONVILLE. Dec 26.--Ed liar ris and Mary Anderson. a ten year old girl were killed yesterday md ton other persons were seriously injured when Harris racing car whiriing around the track crashed into q fence and one of the front tires blew up.
 The machine turned sharp curve ns- it swung into the home stretch and thu tire blew up. Harris was hurled from the ear and one of the rear wheels passed over his head. The car then bounded from the road into the crowd of spectators crushing the An dcrson girl to death md seriously in- turing ten others in the crowd
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WHEELING. W. Va. Dec. 2S.~-The governor has received n telegram from the authorities at Anastasia asking that company of militia he sent there tn assist tho civil Offtc"rs tn arreating gang of mountaineers wh" are fighting In the hills. The governor hnH wired for particulars and If h proves to be necessary the g,iardamcn will he ordered to the scene.
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fUED IS REoPEnED
 0N CHRISTMAS DAY

the party are reported to have been hurt. Details of the fighting going on in the mountains are meaRer for none Of the combatanta of either aide has come back into town.
 The marshal has had considerable trouble In getting posse together to go after the mountaineers az the peo- t.Ic here da not cure to interfere In the quarrel for various reasons. He succeeded this morning in swea ring In twenty men and has started up the trail In an effort to stop the lighting and bring the fuedists to justice.
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DRAGGED PONDS
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LIBERTY. Mo. Dec. zs.-After dragging all of the ponds in the vi. cinity of the village for two days in quest of his son who it was feared hat. been drowned HnGner ormsby. Il farmer, today learned that the hoy wns prisoner in the county jail charged with vagrnncy for stealing rides on freight trains. When the boy was arrested at tho county seat he was ashamed to notify his parents Of his plight and had just about com ploted his ten days sentence whom his E,,her discovered where he was.
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NOTICE.

AI Me ster Masons and their tami- .ics arc invited 70 attend installation of the Eastern Star and Masons this evening at s:80. Masonic Temple This is strictly Masonic. By order
 MRS. GEO. ADAMS W. NJ.
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MOORE SPOILS
 FRICTION STORY
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WASHINGTON. Dee. :7. Prof.
 John Bassett Moore cruelty spoils tho newspaper concoction that. owing io friction between himself and tho src- rotary of state. no less than disgust oh his part over tho sccrctnry's in- capacity. laziness and ignorance. he had reached the point of handing in his resignation. There Is nothing in the report said the counsellor of the
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A suitable prsssnt for your friend would be . psnant ef his or her saver. ite baseball team. soc each at the Rose Candy Store.
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Ask her to attend the New vsars ball or you wilt iess her. He will H you don't.
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Tickets on sale "Wednesday noen at Rose's Candy Store.
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Visiting Cards at the Nusast off'e-
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
THIS IS THE VITAL DAY

OF years campaign tr Farming Congress
is in sec the Niul has
up dav for the S he
e & it The members
largely
o Tulsa Commercial
o Third a There
o in
people OF working months
we he
will be sho" held
a it
will be
Not o by lack
of the Tulsa
of pledged by
More half thousand dollars
to local
esSa vi l0n he o
putyo in %
be bull is eyen by he
fall the collection and
is total asked from all the business men OF Tulsa
Of
will Tulsa and their
n and
of WI" The
annat
lofC miles is spending make
products
fol he gret i
business of
be swe today
Of Hunt International
a We assured Tonight $50 O'Clock
of Commercial uh
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for subscription list
mind awilLe b done!Th World will tell that
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
killed
IN BAD Smash
TWO ELECTRIC TRAINS CIR \SfiE,D
HEAD ON NEAR Los AN
GEIES SUNDAY.
l5O ON The INJURED LIST
Conductor of One Car and MotOrman
of the Other Were Respon-
siblc for the Wreck.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July l4.-Fif-
teen persons are dead as the result of
the wreck at Vineyard Station last
night when two Pacific electric trains
collided. The number of injured to-
night was said to exceed l5O, several
who are in precarious condition. TWO
bodies, those of a man and woman,
have not been identified. The revised
list OF the dead follows:
EDNA ALTER, secretary Associated
Charities, Pasadena, Cal
OLLIE AXLEY. Bakersfield. Cal.
JACOB BARAMAN, Los Angeles.
MERLEE EVANS, Los Angeles.
Y. GONMIGUCHI, japanese, Los
Angeles.
MISS VERONICA MILLER, Los
Angeles.
EDWARD MURRAY, Toronto, Can
ada.
j. CARL MURRAY. Los Angeles.
MRS. &. G.. NORMAN, Los Angeles.
IRWIN PLATZA, Los Angeles.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, Pasadena, Cal.
Unidentified man, about 35 years
old.
Unidentified woman, about 2j years
old
Among the injured are:
r. Earey. merchant, Torreon. Mexi-
co. both legs broken.
Officers assert that the blame for
the disaster lies between conductor
Bartholomay of the standing train and
Motorman Joseph Forester of the one
that crashed into IT.
The conductor insists he waved a
red lantern in front Of Forester's train
In plenty of time for the latter TO
have stopped. Forester. found today
at his home. only slightly injured,
declared he did not see the lantern
until within 500 feet Of the standing
train. This distance. he asserted, was
too short and his brakes failed to stop
the train.
Before the state railway commits
sion today officials of the road
stopped a train Of cars OF the same
type within 500 feet. A coroner's in
quest will begin tomorrow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15

Manufacturers IN answer 10 a sub
pornH duccs trCum, 10 be served on
James A. Emery The study and ar
rangemcnt of these documents Will
occupy the time Of the committee
tor a number of days Chairman Gar
rett said, ard no witnesses Will be eX-
amlned uhil II has been completed
R,presrn atiyc Falrchild was sworn
TO fllow HIM 10 make a statement In
answer 10 Nulhall's charge that he is
large ard wealthy manufacturer
and that n' told Mulhall of meeting
and dinners held In Emerys home "
Mulhall also declared that he had
been sent into Mr. Fairchild's district
on three separate occasions AT his re-
quest
In both 1906 an dl9OS, Mulhall
said he worked In Mr. Fairchild's dis
trict and MS expenses were paid by
the National Association of Manufac-
turers.
In "A formal statement, Represen-
tatiye FaIrchild denied that no was
member of the association or ad-
h rent of the association, He said
he had never been approached by
any member or representative of the
association relative to any measure
pending before the house. Mulhall,
Mr.. Faircnld said, spent one day do
ing i-dcaectiVe work" in his dis
trict In 1906, during his campaign for
reelection.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
SORRELS Said TO Be
short IN ACCOUNTS
WE'LL KNOWN YOUNG POLITIC-
IAN AND son OF STATE
SENATOR SORRELS.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, July a.
-(SpeciaD A confidential report
port from State Examiner and Inspec-
tor Fred Parkinson to Governor Cruce,
revealing "A shortage of approximately
$7i00 in the accounts of j. Washing
ton Sorrels, cashier Of the state school
lands department, leasing division, up
to June |, was transmitted to Attorney
General West Monday afternoon.
Though the shortage was known
prior to June ! 1t was not brought to
the official notice Of the state school
land commission until Monday July 7,
when It is understood the governor
presented the examiners report to
the board, Of which he is chairman.
Governor Cruce himself had no state
ment to make Monday, nor wer COM
ments forthcoming from the secretary,
John X. Williams, other members Of
the school land commission or any Of
those connected with the state exam
iner's office.
Sorrels Is son OF State Senator T..
T. Sorrels Of Milton, Latimer county.
He has been a candidate for appoint
ment by President wilson as United
States marShal for the western dis
trict. He is member of the exec
utice committee Of the Young Mems
Democratic club. a statewide organ
iZation.
The telephone directory lists him as
an attorney law. The Equitable
Surety company of st. Louis, of which
l.. W. Beadles is the local represen-
tative bonded Sorrels for 10000 and
the case was turned over to it May
30, the school land commission notify
ing il that the state was looking to il
for protection.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
DIED FROM AN OPERATION
Daughter of a Tulsa Woman Bled to
Death.

ENID. Okla. July 1i.-(Special.)-
Mrs. s. NJ. jenkins of this city. died
Monday as the result of an operation
performed by her husband in which
her tonsily were removed. Immedi-
ately following the operation. Mrs
jenkins suffered very severe hem
crrhage and It is thought she was un-
able to rally on account OF the loss OF
bicod. Her death occurred about 5
hours after the operation. Her mother
Mrs. Ida Hassler Of Tulsa. was with
her at the time Of her death. Mrs
Jenkins had been married five years
and was Miss Sherry j. Hassler. She
has two sisters and brother living
IN, Oklahoma. She was vey well
known in Enid. having lived here
since the opening.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
NOTHING NEW IN THE AUTOPSY
Shows that Young Woman Drowned
After u Struggle.

WILK ESBARRE. Pa, July IA
District Attorney Bigelow announced
tonight that the second examination
today of the body of Alice Crispell,
whose body was found in Harvey's
lake last week, proved conclusively
that the girl was drowned that ap-
parently there had been struggle
before her death, nor was there
proof of any condition which might
constitute a motive for suicide. -Four
physicians examined the body today.
The findings of the first autopsy last
week was that the young woman
had been drowned.
The stomach and lungs were taken
to New York for more exhaustive
examination.
Herbert Johnsons. Miss Crispells $
escort. is still being held to await
the action of the grand jury
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-15
another FLOOD
Feared IN OHIO.
HEAVY RAIN BRINGS STREAMS
OUT OF THEIR NATURAL
TRAFFIC IS PARALYzED
III Rain Continues Ohio May Have a
Repetition of Disastrous Flood
of the Early Spring.

COLUMBUS. O., July l5.- A Sc
we're w'nd, rain and electrical
storm is raging over western
Ohio In the vicinity Of Spring
field ami Dayton. Practically all
wires are down. According to a
report from Springfield at l
o'clock, rain is falling there In
torrents.