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Carranza recibira al re.
presentante de Wilson
Asf 10 comunico al agen-
te constitucionalista
en- Washington
Telegrama especial para LA
PRENSA.

lelegfama especial para LA
PRENSA.
WASHINGTON, Febrero
ia raiz de que Sc anuncio
el viaje de Mr.. Duval West a
Ia Republica Mexicana, como
representante personal del
Presidente de los Estados Uni
dos, el agente carrancista en-
esta Ciudad envi6 un cable
grama al primer jefe de los
constitucionalistas, dandole a.
viso de tai designation.
Ell referido Agente consti-
tucionaiista recibi6 hoy otro
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reserva con que cubren todos
Sus actOs.
Sin embargo, aver tuvimos
OCCASION de hablar con dos de
dichOs enviadoS, de cambiar
impreSiones sobre la situa-
ci6n mexicana. y de saber,
aunque superficialmente, las
verdaderas causas cue los trae
por acj Y la mission que tienen
que cumplir en- terra america
ne.
Curiosa y dilatada caminata.
TenemoS especial encargo
de no daS a conocer el nombie
de estos senores; pero, en- su
defecto, podemos decir que los
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mexican paper published in the United States.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31
OF THE
RESCUE SCENES
Life Guards and Divers, Priests
and Physicians Labor to
Save Victims.
MORGUE IN A WAREHOUSE
Row After Row Of Bodies FIJI Great
Rooms as Waiting Crowds Weep
and curse-PathetIc Scenes
Are Witnessed.

Chicago, July 26.-The tug Kenosha
tied to the pier west of the Clark
street bridge, formed an approach to
the liner.
From the tugs after rail one
stepped onto the great iron side of the
overturned steamer and scrambled up
to the fiat length, taking care of the
open portfolios, and the holes cut by
the acetylene blowpipes.
The side of the boat had become as
a deck-a place where the rescuers
might stand.
The scene was confusing.
Policemen, officers, f1remen, sol
diers, divers, men in bathing suits
life guards-priests, reporters, physi.
clans and others jostled and bumped
each other.
Every second came the cry:
"Stretcher!" and a dozen men would
rush toward the spot. Then came the
warning, "Gangway! Gangway!" and
four men would go by carrying a still
blanket-covered figure.
Now and then a policeman walked
through the crowd, carrying a bundled
corpse of a child in his arms.
Here two men were pumping air to
diver down in the depths, there a
group waited, pulling on ropes,
watching someone down below
ready to haul up another body when
the signal came.
Office of Church
A priest stood by one such hole.
There was a shawl round his shoul-
ders and he held an umbrella.
Il have given them all conditional
absolution," he said; some who came
out alive, but almost dead, received
the last sacrament, the viaticum.
"All ready upstairs!" came the
shout from below.
The tremen pulled on the ropes
The body came up bit by bit.
"Stretcher!" bawled someone. and.
in trice there were two stretchers
waiting.
The hand of the priest made the
sign OF the cross as the body came
into view and his lips muttered:
Ego te absolvo peccatis tuis, in
nomine PATHS, ct Fill, ct Spirit Sane.
Il, Amen!-I absolve you from all
your sins, in the name of the Father.
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
Amen!"
1t was the body of a young girl.
dressed In white dress. There were
white pumps on the feet and white
silk gloves on the arms. She held
clasped in one hand a gold watch. 1t
was opened.
All, poor soul!" said the priest.
She was holding her sweetheart's
watch. perhaps, and they were chat
ting together when the boat over
turned"
Up came the man from the hold
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STATE
COLLEGE ON HIGHER PLANE.
Prof. Price For Head OF Maryland
Agricultural.

Agricultural.
When the board of directors of the
Maryland Agricultural College meets
on Thursday they will receive from
the special committee a recommends
tion that Prof. Homer c. Price, of
Ohio, be elected president Of the in
stitution. This special committee, of
which Governor Goldsborough is an
ex-otticio member, was appointed,
largely upon his suggestion. three or
four months ago to look for a presi-
dent to succeed Prof H. ]. Patterson,
who was first elected two years ago
and who resigned when the board in
stituted a commission form of gov
eminent. The experiment did not
prove to be success and DR.. Patter-
son resumed his duties as executive,
though he was not formally re-elect
ed. The Office of president is there
fore officially vacant. The special
committee set on foot in Maryland and
in other States inquiries for a man
trained in practical agriculture and
possessing executive ability The
committee visited New York in June
and there conferred with educators
familiar with men well qualified to
discharge the duties as executive head.
Among the several gentlemen rec
commended was Prof. Price. All in
quiries concerning him convinced the
committee that in him they would have
man equal to the trying duties to be
imposed.
The recommendation of the special
committee Thursday will not neces-
sarily carry with 1t an election. The
board of trustees is controlled by
Democrats, while Governor Colds
borough and majority of the special
committee are Republicans. Hence
the prospect of a political clash,
which came near taking place at the
last meeting of the board. DR.. Patter-
son is candidate for reelection, and
as he was originally elected by Demo-
cratic votes, these same votes may
rally to him again. He was elected
over the protest of Governor Colds
who have worked earnestly to elimi-
nate politics from the institution and
to place it upon more efficient basis.
The Governor and his friends tried in
vain to elect a well-known agricultural
educator of Tennessee president of
the college. They are renewing the
same attempt in bringing forward
Professor Price
Professor Price had been connected
with Ohio State University part of
the time as dean of the College Of
Agriculture, for about 10 years. Under
the State Agricultural Law. passed
during the administration of Cover
nor James G. Cox the dean of the col
lege became a member of the State
Agricultural Commission, but under
the present administration tnis COM
mission was abolished. Governor F.
B. Willis has named a new board of
~ to look after the agricultural affairs
of the State, as provided for by a
new law.
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the steamer upset.
In describing her experience and
rescue she said:
I'VE were on the side of the boat
nearest the dock and as the steamer
suddenly listed threw out my hands
in an effort to catch hold Of some
thing, but failed and fell into the
water. l went under and as | came
to the surface saw two hands reach
ing out through a port-hole. They
pulled me through. l do not know
whether my husband, daughter and
sister-in-law were saved"
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HISTORY OF THE BOAT.

Built In 1908, Owned In Cleveland,
Remodeled This Year.
The steamer Eastlantl was built in
1903 and owned by the Eastland Navi-
cation Company. of Cleveland, Ohio.
1t was 265 feet long, SS feet wide and
had draft of 23 feet, with a net ton
mage of 1918. 1t was brought to Chi
cago in 1904 and was used in the ex-
cursion business to South Haven,
Mich, for several years. Later 1t was
taken to Cleveland and placed in the
excursion service there.
This spring the boat was remodeled.
It was then brought to Chicago and
put on the run to st. Joseph, Mich. 1t
had a steel hull and was known as
one Of the fastest excursion boats on
the Great Lakes. 1t had a speed of
21 miles an hour,
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President Takes a Hand.

Cornish, N. H.-President Wilson or
dered that a complete investigation be
made by the Department of Commerce
into the sinking of the excursion
steamer Eastland in the Chicago river,
with a consequent loss of many hun
dreds Of lives. Acting Secretary
Sweet, of the department, sent him
word that the causes of the disaster
would be looked into, and the Presi-
dent directed that nothing be left un-
done to fix the responsibility.
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GOOD TEMPLARs TO MEET.
Maryland and Virginia Delegates To
Gather August 7.

Gather August 7.
Frederick.-Plans are being made
for the annual reunion of the
Independent Order of Good Templars,
which will be held at Wildwood Park,
near Mount Airy under the direction
of the Grand Lodges of Maryland and
Virginia August T.
Delegates from the various lodges of
the two States will be received at the
station. Later line OF march will
be formed at the Presbyterian Church
and a parade will be made to the
ground. The demonstration is in the
interest of the temperance movement
and the following speakers will make
addresses:
Prof William ]. Heaps. president of
Milton University, Baltimore, and
State secretary of the Patriotic Sons
of America; Dr. Thomas Hare, State
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, and Daniel A. Polling of Bos,
ton. The latter is 20 years old and is
associate editor of the Christian En-
deavor World. Vocalists from Phila,
delphia will be present.
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CHANGES AT ACADEMY.
Captain Chandler Becomes Command.
ant Of Mldshlpmen.

Several important changes have
been made among the officials of the
Naval Academy since the close of the
session in June.
Capt Lloyd r. Chandler has been
transferred from the department of
ordnance and gunnery to commandant
of midshipmen, succeeding Capt. Guy
H. Burrage. ordered to the command
of the battleship Nebraska. Lieu.
Com. Chauncey Shackford Is the
senior assistant to the commandant
Commander Louis M. Mutton becomes
head of ordnance and gunnery.
Another recent arrival is Com.
mander J. ]. Raby, who is at the head
Of the seamanship department and
officer in charge of ships. Commander
Raby succeeds Commander w. w
Phelps, ordered to the Naval War Col
lege at Newport, R. I.
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Famous Gas cusher.

The Pelican Portage gas gusher,
40 miles from Edmonton, Alberta,
mas given of an average of 1000, 900
cubic feet Of natural gas daily for
the last sixteen years. Attempts made
to cap 1t have proved futile, the enor-
nous pressure blowing off all valves.
indians occasionally camp in the
nelghborhood and as the gas seeps
through the ground they merely heep
pile OF stones over some crevice,
touch a match to 1t and cook their
food on this improvised heater.
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Henry Bauer of 1927 Lawrence ave
nue., a lifeguard at Diversey beach.
Il must rest awhile" he said "Fm
all in. ] must have fastened a dozen
girls to the ropes. 1t seems there are
piles Of them. Somebody give me a
cigarette"
The bodies were carried down to
the tug, across the tug, on the right
side, up the steps and over the bridge
to the Reid-Murdoch storage room.
Others were taken in the opposite
direction. placed in one of the score
Of small boats at the end and taken
across the stream to the warehouse.
Thousands of men and women
looked on, crowding the bridges, fill.
ing every window overlooking the riv-
er, choking the docks and the piers
near by.
Morgue In Warehouse.
The Reid-Murdoch warehouse pre-
sented another picture of confusion.
The dead were placed in long rows,
side by side-men, women, children.
There were boxes, and bundles, and
barrels and articles of merchandise
all over the great room
The police swarmed all around, COM
pany officials, doctors, nurses-and un-
dertakers who were embalming bodies.
Clear away all these things" bel.
lowed Schuettler through his mega
phone; make room!"
How many bodies are here now?"
he asked someone.
six hundred" he was told.
There's twice that many on the
boat yet" he said; get some more
men in here to guard these bodies. We
caught one ghoul robbing on the boat
and ones too many"
Finds Girls Body.
A man stumbled through the crowd
around the corner and exclaimed:
1--WE found my little girl. I've found
her and want to take her home"
The coroner shook his head.
I'VE can't do it, we cannot release a
single body. We're going to take all
these to some central point-the Sec
ond infantry armory or the Coliseum
or some place big enough. Write down
the girls name on a tag, the one who
identified her, the address and the
amount of the estate"
And so it went all day, the stretcher
men going and coming.
Work to Restore Lives.
Upstairs in the storage building
physicians worked to resuscitate many.
Many were brought to life, many were
given up after lung motors had been
used for hours in vain.
One Of these latter was a boy of
eight years.
A diver had found him clinging to
the submerged rail. He was dressed In
an Indian" play suit, with bathing
suit underneath.
I'VE worked on him for more than
an hour" said DR.. Joseph Ross. There
we're signs of life, but very faint. He's
gone in spite of all we could do"
A string of ambulances and auto
trucks lined Clark street. A Gordon of
police stood about the doors of the
Reid-Murdock building, and crowds
sought to get past. claiming relatives,
parents, children, friends.
The police were forced to refuse
most Of them admittance-and the
women went away weeping-the men
murmuring, cursing or threatening.
And more came in their places.
Suddenly Finds Wife.
A man in overalls. who was thought
to be one of the electricians at work
putting in the emergency lights at one
of the hospitals, suddenly sank by the
side of young woman who had just
been brought back from the embalm-
er's table. The black-haired, pretty
girl wrapped in the shroud was his
wife.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

great disaster which saddened so many
homes"
A cablegram was received from Sir
Thomas Upton, of London, England,
which read as follows:
'I am greatly shocked to see by the
days newspapers the catastrophe that
has fallen on your city. My heartfelt
sympathy goes out to those who have
lost their dear ones. If you start a
relief fund put me down for $1,000"
A message of coincidence from the
organization of the General Slocum
Survivors Of New York also was re-
ceived.
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THE PRESIDENTS SYMPATHY.

Upton Also Offers Condolences and
a Check For 81 900.
Chicago. - Acting Mayor Moor
house, of Chicago, received the follow
ing telegram from President woodrow
Wilson:
windsor, VT, July 25, 1915.
"Hon. William Hale Thompson,
Mayor, Chicago, ILL.,:
al am sure l speak the universal
feeling of the people of the country
in expressing my profound sympathy
and sorrow in the presence Of the
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31
WOMAN TELLS OF DISASTER
Mrs. William Peterson Says She
Was Separated From Hus-
band and Child.

Chicago--Among those rescued
was Mrs. William Peterson.
Mrs. Peterson was on the second
deck with her husband, foreman at
the Western Electric company: her
daughter, Ruth, eight years old, and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Emily Chell-
berg, of 4129 Sheffield avenue. when
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31
The Faithful Horse.

A British lance corporal at the front
writes; "One of our horses is can
didate for the Victoria Cross. 1t is
true story of animal devotion. The
troops were charging at the time. and
as one rider fell from his horse wound
ed, the animal picked him up with his
teeth by the clothes and carried him
away to safety"
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The double frame dwelling of Albert
Robinson, between Cavetown and
Smithsburg. was wrecked by fire Sat
urday. A, hundred men, forming a
bucket brigade. fought the flames and
saved most of the furniture. The
frame house of M. Kline, adjoining,
was also badly damaged.
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END OF HIS NOSE CUT OFF.

Farmer Has 25 Stitches Taken In
Face Following Smashup.
Seaford, Del.-John Green, farmer
living near here, met with an accident
when a horse he was driving became
frightened at an automobile and ran
away, dashing into a large tree and
demolishing the2 carriage. A glass
windshield on the carriage was smash
ed and nearly all the glass struck
Green in the face. The end of his
nose was cut of and he was badly
aut on the head and face.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

Prof. James w. Heaps, State secre.
tary, delivered an address Sunday
evening in Washington Square Methc-
dist Episcopal Church to the Hagers-
town Camp, No. S5. Patriotic Order
Sons of America
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The M. ]. Grove Lime Company, of
Frederick county, successful bidders
on the mile and a half pike from
Boyds to Burdette, broke ground for
the work and will have it completed
in two and a half months.
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ARRESTED AFTER as YEARS.
The Rev. Mecart Accused OF KILLING
Man In Georgia.

Covington, Ga.-The Rev. w. H. Nc.
Cart is in jail here, charged with kill.
ing Monroe Smith near Covington
more than As years ago. Smith. II is
alleged. struck McCart's mother and
was killed a few days later. McCart
left here shortly afterward and went
West, where he became a minister
He returned here on a visit to rel.
atives and his arrest followed.
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from the Eastland. declaring that the
Government limit OF $500 passengers
had been reached. White dresses
peeped from raincoats along the shore
rails as those aboard waved good-by
to friends on shore waiting to board
the steamer Theodore Roosevelt and
other vessels.
Then the passengers swarmed to
the left side Of the ship, as the other
steamers drew up the river toward
the wharf. A tug was hitched to the
Eastland. ropes were ordered cast of
and the steamers engines began to
hum. The Eastland had not budged,
however. Instead, the heavily laden
ship wavered sidewise. leaning first
toward the river bank. The lurch was
so startling that many passengers
Joined the large concourse already on
the river side Of the decks.
The ship never heeled back. II
turned slowly but steadily toward its
left side. Children clutched the
skirts Of mothers and sisters to keep
from falling. The whole cargo was
impelled toward the falling side OF
the ship. Water began to enter lower
postholes and the hawsers tore out
the piles to which the vessel was tied.
Screams from passengers attracted
the attention of fellow-excursionists
on the dock awaiting the next steamer.
Wharfmen and picnickers soon lined
the edge of the embankment, reaching
out helplessly toward the wavering
steamer.
For nearly FIVE minutes the ship
turned before it finally dived under
the swift current Of the river, owing
to the drainage canal system which
flows from the lake. During the
mighty turning of the ship, with its
cargo Of humanity, lifeboats, chairs
and other loose appurtenances on the
decks, slipped down the sloping floors,
crushing the passengers toward the
rising waters.
Then there was a plunge, with .
sigh Of air escaping from the hold.
mingled with crying of children and
shrieks of women, and the ship was
on the bottom of the river, casting
hundred Of living creatures into the
water.
Hundreds Saved Quickly.
Many sank, entangled with clothing
and bundles, and did not rise, but hun
dreds came to the surface, seized float
ing chairs and other objects. Those
on shore threw out ropes and dragged
in those who could hold these life
lines. Employees of commission Arms
along the river threw crates, chicken
coops and other floatable things into
the current, but most of these were
swept away by the stream, which
runs five miles an hour.
Boats put out, tugs rushed to the
scene with shrieklng whistles and
many men snatched off coats and
shoes and sprang into the river to aid
the drowning. With thousands Of
spectators ready to aid and the wharf
within grasp, hundreds went to death,
despite every effort at rescue.
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George William Smith, founder of
the first electric railway built in Fred
eriek county, is dead.
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s. 4 Cantrell has been appointed
SUPERINTENDENT of the Cumberland di-
vision OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road.
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An optimist believes that good in.
tentions are better than no pavement
at all.
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Fire destroyed the bottling works
and ice-cream plant of j. David Crowl.
at Westminster
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maryland NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Poplar Heights Hotel, three miles
east OF Ridgeville, was burned.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

The merger of the Dorchester Ma
uonal Bank with the Eastern Shore
trust Company was ratified at Cam
bridge.
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Six persons were injured as a result
OF q collision between a carriage and a
motorcycle ON the fredericksburg -Hur-
lock road.
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A movement has been put on foot
looking TO the erection of a monument
In Hagerstown in honor of the Span.
tBn-AmeEican War veterans.
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUYDGYSOIOOL
LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute OF Chicago)
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

Chicago.-Exhibition of moving-pic-
lures depicting the Eastland tragedy
IN any photo-play theatre in the city
was forbidden by Acting Mayor w. R.
Moorhouse.
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EMPLOYEES WERE INSURED.
Relatives OF Drowned Persons Tenn.
porarily Provided For.

porarlly Provided For.
Chicago-Relatives of employees of
the Western Electric Company who
met death in the Chicago river dis
aster are provided for under an in
surance plan which is maintained
through afiliation with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
The death benefit provides payment
Of six months wages to dependents of
those having been in the employ of
the company for five years or more
and one years pay to those having
served for 10 years or more.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

States Attorney Hoyne seIzes Core.
spondenee Between Western Elec-
trio Employees Organization and the
Transportation Company, Which
Shows That the More Tickets Sold
the Greater the Rebate PaId-sev-
eral Employees Had Complained They
Were Compelled To Go On Picnic.
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James Raisin, colored, was shot.
probably fatally, by Constable Dunn
At McGinn1s Corner, Queen Anne's
county, while the negro was about to
shoot Sheriff Brown, of Kent county
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Keller Bragunier, 16-year-old son of
Harry Bragunier, of Hagerstown, was
seriously injured when the bicycle he
was riding crashed into the automo-
bile of H. A. Parker, Portsmouth, Va
Bragunier was thrown across the
street and rendered unconscious.
Middletown transcript., 1915-07-31

The first cantaloupes of the season
were shipped from the fredericksburg
station last week. Hundreds of car
riers of fine fruit, Of excellent flavor,
are now going forward each day which
are being sold in the Northern mar
kets for 1925 per carrier. Shipments
Of watermelons are expected to start
in about 10 days. The bulk of the
crop will be late on account of the
poor stand of vines in the spring, due
20 the cool weather and cut worms.
Good prices are expected by the grow
ers.
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Mrs. Rosa V. Sands, wife of H. Ellis
worth Sands, a former Washington
business man. was the victim of a
fatal shooting accident at her home
near Potomac. Montgomery county,
when her nephew, Bertram Victor
Edward Fister, Is years old, of New
York city, shot her in the back with
a shotgun, killing her instantly. 1t
was another case of didn't know the
gun was loaded"
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Clarence X. Chrissenger, 81 years
Old fell from a porch at his home, in
Hagerstown, and fractured his skull,
dying soon after the accident He
leaves his wife and three children.
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Louis D. Cresconzio, an Italian en-
ployed at the Keystone Quarries, near
Frenchtown. Cecil county, was muir
dered. His body was discovered late
in the evening in pit. Four bullets
had been. fred into his body.