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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
ELEVEN BOYS MEET
DEATH BY DROWNING
Wooden Walk Leading to Mu-
nicipal Bath House at Law.
renee, Mass, Gives Way.
MANY UNABLE TO SWIM
Victims Range in Age From
Nine TO Is Years, and Come
From Mill District.
MANY UNABLE TO SWIM

LAWRENCE, Mass. June 30.-A
narrow wooden walk leading over IF
teen feet Of water to the municipal bath
house in the Merrimac river today gave
way under the stamping feet of a crowd
of impatient boys and eleven of the lit.
tie fellows were drowned. There NAV
be more bodies in the stream. The bows
ranging in age from Q 10 10 years. were
waiting for William B Blythe, the bath
house keeper, to open the door. No one
knew tonight how many there were in
the party. but 1t is thought that forty
Is q conservative estimate, The BOYS
were jumping up and down as they shout
ed to Blythe to open up when the sup.
ports sank and the walk extension
dropped like a trap door, rolling the
lads into the river
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
RETREAT WAS MORE
FATAL THAN BATTLE
Only 1000 of Ojeda's Army
Reached Guaymas; Others
Perished on the Way.

NOGALES. Ariz,, June 30.-A scant
1000 men struggled into Guaymas on
June 25. Their tongues were swollen
from thirst, their eyes bullying with
delirium, their bodies wounded by cac-
tus thorns and bullets. Leading them
was General Pedro Oicda. command der
Of the federal forces in Sonora state.
Such was the result of fortnight Is
fighting above Guaymas, as related in
belated message to the Associated
Press received tonight from San Jose
De Guaymas, a suburb OF the gulf port
town. Ojeda led all that remained of
an army of $500 men with which he
marched out of Guaymas to move
against Hermosillo, the insurgent state
capital.
The retreat proved moro fatal than
the protracted battle. Scattered along
the roads between Ortiz and Guaymas.
the victorious state troops overlook
involuntary deserters from the federal
ranks. Unable to proceed on forced
march, the sandal-footed soldiers had
dropped by the roadside. Hundreds
rad died OF hunger and thirst. Those
still alive begged for assistance from
the enemy. Many Of them were mute
from swollen lips and blind from the
desert sun. They begged for water
with motions of the hands.
Virtually all of the federal artillery.
,ha ,rnon trains and hundreds of rifles
were captured by the advancing state
troops along the line of oieda's re-
treat
Advice. today differed as TO the re-
suit OF the recent fighting at Quay
mas. State officials insist that the
majority of the federal garrison has
fled by boat down the California gulf
and that the occupation OF the town bv
constitutionalists is assured.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
SAW FRANCISCO P. NJ.
REFUSES TO RESIGN
Insists That He Was Appoint.
ed for Four Years; Postmas-
ter General Strikes Snag.

BY international News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 5c.-Ar,hur G.
Fisk. postmaster OF San Francisco. has
refused TO resign at the request OF Post
master General a. 6. Burlcson. gent to-
day BY wire.
Burlesons message reads. ~
IT have TO reaues, Jhat you tender
your resignation to take effect az soon
as your successor can be appointed.
"BURLESON.
POSTMASTER General"
Immediately on receiving the message
Fisk sent a reply. IN which he said he
had been appointed postmaster By Presi-
dent Taft and confirmed by the United
States senate for a definite term OF four
years, which expires in June. 1916 Fisk
called attention 10 the fact that no
charges had been brought against him,
that his office has been conducted 20 the
satisfaction o! three presidents and has
earned the commendation OF six post
masters general. and wound up by say
ing:
'I can see no reason why ! should
Yield 10 your request. | therefore re-
spec,tully decline 10 tender my resigna-
ton"
Speaking OF the affair. Postmaster Fisk
said;
II dare them 10 bring out the latest
repor, made hy their own experts and
give II publicity. IL would show this TO
some Democrat who VIII no, wait three
years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
TARIFF BILL MAY BE.
REPORTED NEXT WEEK
Democrats Of the Senate, in Caucus
Approve Income Tax Section Of
tho Measure.

WASHINGTON, June sp.-Democrats
OF the senate IN caucus late tonight ap-
proved the income tax section OF the
tariff bill as revised BY the majority
members Of the finance committee, vot-
fng however. 30 strike out the amend =
ment which Woulc exempt mutual lie
lnsura nee comp3 nies from the tax.
Chairman simmons % the fnance com
rn!ttee was elated tonight over the Guicl.
action on the income tax section and he
doss not anticiuatc much trouble of the
administrative feature Tor the bin to DE
taken Up tomorrow.
This viii complete the entire ta1M bill
with the exception OF few amendments.
which the committee has under consid
Grafton. among them Senator Hitch
cocks graduated tax on tobacco pro-
posal and one BY Senator Newlo nds
which would provide (or a graduate tax
alton OF the terln In liquor In tho pending
bill The prospect now Us that the eau.
Gus VIII get through tomorrow niEh and
that tho bill be reported 10 The senate
next week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
y MEN KILLED
W TELEPHONE LINE
"a for Mountain States Com,
"ay Meet Death by a Shock
In Idaho.

= TAILS, Ida, June 30.-Two
''s Instantly killed and one man
'''ely injured TODAY near
'nlle stringiug wires for the
= o'ates Telephone & TeIe.
~npany. The dead arc P. l..
',a W. z. Chitty. The injured
ldward Berry, who may die.
s a resident of Greeley, Colo,
had a wife and two children
-@ resident of Boise, and a
/ Hrives him.
s'idcnts were caused by the
N're breaking and coming
.a'' with a high-tensiou electric
% Fourteen men were work.
'.s line at the time of the ac.
ine bodies of the dead meu
,sn 10 Rupert, where an inquest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
|[ NAN DEAD
ND TWO MORE
|FITALLY SHOT
I,ipg Occurs in a Saloon
4 c.liente, New, Follow
b an Alteration Over
Labor Conditions.
|,rcED MURDERER
\ MAKES HIS ESCAPE
"a Eastbound Train and
06eers All Along the
line Are Warned to
Watch for Him.
4 "A The Tribune.

t 70 ne Tribune.
/llyyTE, New, June 30.-William
% was instantly killed and
!, Dubois and Joseph Meyers
h.slly injured in a row which
sd ID the Elks' saloon here at
q this morning. The three men
"a 10 have been shot by George
n, aged 90, who is a pumpman.
y y sS years Of age, Meyers is
i Robinson was %.
y trouble is said to have been pre-
I'D By an argument relating to
uicns, and it is understood that
\ accused Robinson, Dubois and
d d being "scabs." All four
kn said to have been under the
ss Of liquor.
|R sbs alteration Harper is said
fSs left the saloon. Shortly after
however, he returned and
y Ire upon the three men with
10 had been quarreling, Robin
ns shot through the head and
ilnost instantly; Dubois was sb OF
stomach and Meyers in the head.
-ltns body was removed to an
hhng establishment and the
1h men we're taken to hospital,
Bought that both will die.
tG the shooting Harper disap-
and it is understood that he
an east-bound train. Officers
E'aa the line have been asked to
lookout for him, The Salt Lake
also have been notified.
''Hn Dan Ronnow Of Phoebe, New,
las today investigating the shoot
" obtained little satisfaction. He
nlght for Milford, where il is
seod he found a witness TO the
y, but a message from him an
n that he had nothing 10 say
he extent or Importance of the
'as statements.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Saw Signs of Violence.

At the time the corpse was removed
from the trunk, when our examina-
tIou was made. the veins OF the up.
per portions OF the arms, trunk and
head were engorged with blood show
ing there had been construction while
NE still existed. The eyes were
buIglng and the veins OF the eyes
were ruptured. The blood about the
shoulders and neck was messaged
out in the process OF omoalnSnE.
Al the time the undertaken injected
the enhalming fluid In the axillary
artery under the arm, the nuid came
out through tho mouth. showing the
vessels had been rurtured.
The marks on the sides OF the neck
ard under the chin strongly resen1-
bled tears such as might he made
by finger nails That they were due
10 any rough handling OF the trunk
js absurd. This Is also true Of the
lacerations in the mouth near the
loosene6 teeth.
AS 10 the meek being broken, IL
would have been impossible for us
10 ascertain this fact without maxi
ing an inclslon.
AS 20 death being due 10 chloro-
form. II would have been impossible
10 determine this after the oulhsInn-
ing nuld had been injected This
diagnosis was probably made on the
finding 81 the chloroforr, bottle.
II, Is our opinion that death was
T. (Co7tfuuod ON Page Tyyo1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
'iuENT TO TAKE
iHREE DAYS REST
Aooard the Mayhower This
Leaving Cares Of OF.
nee Behind.

\ - sS,oS. June So.-President
"a, ~ leave carly tomorrow on a
h rsu'p aboard the ynoht May
- "' preoident had intended to
IS, y Needed rest by going to Cor
NJ 10 to join his family at the
ssas. some that Is to be the summer
bur hi, decision TO 90 10
: a. q. q g. July I upse, all plans. A
1sicisna naayhowsr was s,Iesested @ nv
,hs eona,aa Sna The president agreed 10
y rSsi Ssi'aon that he would have
isas:'spoad.n,a will b. ,bos "a and
~aiy companion Will be DIR.
y whIs,9'n, No salutes viii be
! Z fssUn officers aboard the hSo'sS sS,n ai0he wis'
H ibs extending the formal cour-
!edesfin sfinor, win bs made 10 give
lsss,ds,,s complete retirement
heass plans to return 70 IN,
= yshhn,,rsdey night and vii
insps,,Inurg early Friday. After
's9rt adm dn OF the camps there
rnieh he plans TO go di.
NTH his family.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
ASKS RECEIVER FOR
GIANT CORPORATION

prTTsBURG, Pa, June so.-A receiver
for ,he MonongaheIa River Consolidated
coal a Coke company, sSc.oco.o 600 cor
1o-a,,on was asked by Alexander Demp-
80 ,,s former president. In a bill In
.o,,,,y filed In common pleas court here
mis- afternoon against tho Mononsahela
company. the Pituburs Coal company OF
80, reraev the Pittsburg Coal compa ny
:, p.rnsvIvania and the Union Trust
company OF Pi,tsburg. trustee
Dempster alleges the Plttsourg ooa'
,,ranv OF New Jersey obtained control
~ rho Mononga hela company In 1911
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Many Could Not Swim.

There is swift current at this point
drawn by the falls a quarter Of mile
below and the youngsters were caught
in this. Many Of them could not swim.
Witnesses on the river bank say that all
disappeared in flash, but moment
later there was struggling mass on
the surface. The stronger ones. who
could swim, struck out bravely for the
penthouse and a score saved themselves.
Five youngsters were brought from the
water and two Of them finally resusi-
Gated. Efforts to restore the others
were futile.
1t was thought at first that only
three were drowned, and it was not until
two hours later that the probable loss
Of life was realized. A boy in the
crowd of distracted persons on shore,
missing his chum, set up a cry;
81 don t see Rollie. he must be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Eleven Bodies Recovered.

Boats and graphing irons were then
brought and the river was dragged
When the work ceased late tonight
eleven bodies had been recovered,
Most Of the youths were from the
mill district and when word Of the ac'
cident reached those homes thousands
crowded the river bank, In the confu-
sion parents last track Of their children
and, fearing they had been in the swim
ming party, besieged the police with In
auiries. All Of the bodies recovered to,
night were identified.
Frank Mcdonald. deep sea diver
summoned from Boston, reached the
bath house with his submarine equip
ment late in the evening and began
search of the river bottom. After two
hours of fruitless labor he suspended
operations for the night.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
HEAT KILLS SCORES
IN CENTRAL WEST
Forty-six Persons Perish in
Chicago Alone; Wisconsin's
Death Roll Is 13.

CHICAGO June 30.-Forty-siN persons
are known 10 have died here today as a
result OF the intense heat. This num-
Der includes only the cases reported by
the coroner and the police and it is
expected will be increased by reports
Of private physicians. or these deaths.
thirty-two were the direct result OF heat,
Ave persons committed suicide directly
traceable to the heat and two deaths were
Of children seeking relief. This was the
hottest June day recorded in this city
since the establishment OF the govern
ment records In 1872.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. June 30.-Thirteen
persons in Wisconsin were reported as
dead today from the extreme heat. while
the prostrations will reach several scores.
In Milwaukee three persons died. while
thirty-two were overcome. thus making
total heat mortality here for tho last
four days Of eighteen.
JOLIET. H., june 3o.-Gus Larson and
John Miller are dead here and fifteen
others are reported in serious con-
dition az result OF the intense heat.
Twenty-four men were taken from the
Illinois Steel plant TO their homes after
faintInE from the heat
Seven OF those overcome were pros
trated while fighting sl2, 900 FIRE In
RoclSdale village. Tho fire. the second
In the day, Is believed 10 hive been in.
cendiary-
ST LOUIS, June 30.-Two deaths and
seven prostrations were caused by the
heat here today. The maximum tenn
perature was 81 degrees al p. N,
SOUTH BEND. Ind. June 3o.-Five
deaths. one person driven insane. ana
several prostrati Is the result OF the
intense heat here during the last twenty
four hours.
DETROIT, Mich, June so.-Elcven
deaths from heat and nearly a score
OF prostrstions We're reported In Detroit
today. or the dead three were adults
and eight infants.
At Grand Rapids thirteen deaths and
nearly nf,y prostrations due TO heat have
occurred since Sunday morning.
CINCINNATI. June 3o.-Two deaths,
directly attributable TO the hot weather.
and twelve prostrations were reported
tonight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
PLEADS GUILTY TO
DIABOLICAL CRIME

MEXICo. Mo-, June se.-JohD Nichol-
son OF vandslia. Mo. today pleaded
guilty IN circuit court TO numbering his
wife and their s-yeHr-old adopted son by
pouring kerosene and gasoline over them
while they slept and setting fire 10 their
bedclothing. He was sentenced 10 life
imprisonment.
: Nicholson had become infatuated with
mis- adopted daughter. Bessie. II was
charged he killed his wife TO obtain her
$1,000 life insurance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Ogden Doctors Disagree.

Couched in polite terms. Drs. A. a.
Robinson and w. e. Whalen OF Ogden,
who examined the girls body shortly
after It's discovery, take issue with the
findings of local physicians who per-
formed and attended the autopsy Sunday
afternoon. The local doctors found death
to have been due to the application OF
chloroform. The Ogden doctors say that
such O. diagnosis would have been i'm
possible after the body had been en-
balmed THE diagnosis was probably
made on the finding OF tho chloroform
bottle" say the Junction city physicians.
Drs. Samuel G, Paul and c. c. Snyder
OF this city last night said that the find
ings OF the autopsy were not intended
in any way to be a reflection upon the
opinions OF anyone who had previously
examined the body
That c. L. Anderson, ex-husband oi
the woman and who was arrested with
her, Ia not guilty OF murder committed
n number Of years ago in Hancock. Mich.
was indicated by telegrams received yes
terdny from the chief OF police OF the
Michigan town, Anderson Is still being
held by the local police and the Han
cock official has advised the department
that he will mako a further examination
OF Anderson's record while there.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Fowler Resigns.

WASHINGTON. June so.-Janes a;
Fowler. assistant TO Attotney Gehe,1 neI,,,
McReynoIds and trust buster OF ootn
~. Taft and Wilson administrations, VIII
resign August !
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Girl Is Buried.

The murdered girl was buried yester-
day. interment being IN the City ceine-
terry, While Mrs, Etman had requested
that she be allowed TO attend the ser
vices, the police deemed such step un~
wise.
III I had some money I would buy a
stone for her grave said the mother
Yesterday, when she was told that her
child was 10 be buried while she re-
malned in jail, Then to Tribune re-
porter she again rec!ted the details OF
the killing in practically the same Ian
ruage she had used In her examination
by Inspector Carlson Saturday night
One listening 10 the woman could not
fall 10 be impressed with the apparent
prImitiyeness OF her mind. could not fail
10 wonder u she did not belong proper
IL TO prehistoric time. She seemed as
devoid OF sense OF cruelty as OF hor-
ror She told her story more In the
fashion OF a child and her anguish seemed
less acute than q child's would be.
The complete statement OF tho Ogden
physicians relative to the autopsy per-
formed in Salt Lake follows;
The examination OF the Salt Lake
physicians after the body had been
embalmed for nearly twenty-four
hours would Do unreliable as 70 the
amount and nature Of Injuries about
tho neck
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Salt Lakers in New York

Special 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Juno 2o.-Breslin. u. ~.
Nudd. j. T. Penney. r. J. Neighbors r.
G. Sans: Victoria. s. B. and n. b.
Jones: Waldorf. A. Frank.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Women Sing; Veterans Weep.

There were several women from the
village in the tent, and six one.time
school girls, gray-hnired and aged now,
sang ''Rally Round the Flag. Boys, -
while the veterans wept like boys, but
with pride. The six women who sang
the battle song were among those who
thronged the streets OF Gettysburg
after the advance guard OF tho south
ern army left il fifty years ago. On
that night when Buford's men came
riding into Che village on the heels OF
Wheeler 5 men In gray, maidens
strewed flowers along the streets and
bells in the churches pealed out the
news Of the coming of the blue and
the town went wild. or all the scores
OF girls who welcomed the vanguard OF
Meade, only a half dozen could be
found, and they stood, wbite.haired,
with tears in their eyes, on a plat
form in the big tent and sang to the
tent and sang TO the weeping soldiers
in the seats below.
I'm afraid we can Z sing ike We
sang fifty years ago. said the rs.ron.
" woman who acted as lender, as she
led the way up the steps 20 the plat
form.
"We don't care; Just sing again.
shouted the Veterans, As the first
notes Of the war time melody came
from them in quaverin9 tones the vet
erans. both of the north and of the
south. sat quiet. with eyes fixed upon
the singers. The hmm OF the chorus
came from every side and old men
went opcnlv
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
WH|TE-HA|REO
WOMEN SING FOR
OLD SOLDIERS
Only Six of the Little Girls
Who Lived in Gettysburg
so Years Ago Left to
Greet the Veterans.
VISITORS THRONC
THE BATTLEFIELD
Reunion of Blue and Gray
Cavalrymen Who Fought in
Skirmishes June 80, 1868,
Preceding Carnage.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, June 5o.-Over
the field Of Gettysburg, where 100000
men in blue and gray fought with the
weapons OF war fifty years ago, the
soldiers Of peace from the north and
south, the cast and the west. trooped
today 70 the tented city Of brown.
where they Will live in the four davs
of semi centennial celebration. II was
an army united in sentiment and united
in fact, for the blue linked arms with
the gray. They marched the dusty
road together from the village, they
sat down at the same mess tables and
they talked over the war before the
camp fires tonight If there was any
rancor in any heart, any feeling of
bitterness, il didn't come 10 the sur
face, and over the broad expanse OF
the city reunions of those who won
and those who tried, went on hour
after hour.
Officials of the regular army in
charge of the camp tonight estimated
that nearly $4,000 veterans came in
during the day, bringing the total
close to 10000, probably the greatest
army that ever assembled on Gettys-
burg field after Lee and Meade left IL
to glory and to history.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01

lVIL WAR heroes whose valiant deeds will be revived Above. left
right General James Lrest and General Robert Lee, who led the
southern Below from left right General Daniel Sckes the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Incident Before the Battle.

One bearded veteran Of an Illinois
regiment rose 20 tell of an incident that
happened on that other July night.
"As we rode through Gettysburg
that last time he said. s'I remember
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01
Breeze Tempers Heat.


The sun blazed Just as ferccly as
ever, but down from the Blue ridge
tumblcd a lively little breeze that stirred
the fading grass, waking trees TO life
and curling in the open tent flaps,
carrying vigor 10 the tired veterans. n
consequence OF this relief there were
fewer prostrations and the surgeons in
charge Of the relief and hospital sta.
tions hoped that the list Of the sick
and dead would be small.
Although the programme of the cele-
bration viii not be taken up until to-
morrow, there was reception TODAY
by the survivors Of Buford s division
OF Mcade's army and Wheeler's di-
vision of Lees, Tho meeting was held
in the big tent set aside for tho speech.
making Of the celebration and be-
gan fifty years to the hour from the
time when the frst shot preceding the
battle was fred, Two gray cavalry
men who fought the skirmishes that led
up to the three days fight pledged
themselves in the shadows Of the stars
and stripes TO forget md their
brothers in blue swore by the stars and
bars that the fight was over for all
time
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CINCINNATI. June 3o.-Two deaths,
directly attributable TO the hot weather.
and twelve prostrations were reported
tonight.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-01

II you would be wealthy, think
of saving as well as getting. said
y Franklin. ard for saving use the
Want Ads. and then wealth will be
thine
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The broad ax., 1913-06-07
RESEARCH SOCIETY NOTES.
Institution In YonIesrs Has Library OF
Many Rare Collections =

Institution In Workers Has Library Of
Many Rare Collections.
The principal aim Of the Negro So
eiety For Historical Research Is to In
struct the race and inspire love and
veneration for fits men and women
who have achieved distinction BY their
efforts. The society was organized
April Is. 1911. in Yonkers. New York,
where II maintains headquarters at
Sunny Slope cottage John Edward
Bruce, the well known newspaper cor
respondent, is president Of the so
ciety.
The library contains q collection OF
over 500 books Of rare value. Phhhs
Wheatley's poems, published IN Lon
don In 17T3: Frederick Douglass auto
biography. published in 1S45; Blyden's
Liberals Offering" W. C. Nelrs Col
ored Patriots, OF the American Revolu-
lion" civilian Wells Browns 'Clo-
tel" Narrative of a Fugitive Slave
and Paul Dunbar's poems are among
the many books OF great value