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STATE BEGINS INQUIRY.
PasacnRers say LOcRI Was >p~cd-
Ing Behind the ESprrss.

NEW hANEN. conn fch' 2-~-' {.
Ewell, m"nh"r "' ~" connecticut
Public Utilities Commission. began AN
investigation of tn" accident tonight
MS was 'h' "hlN hHhHN "' 'h' 'N"-
ming as 'oron'r MN was attending "a
gathering of Yale alumni IA Memorial
Hall
MIR. Elwell said that he was confident
of finding out TN" cause and whose was
the responsibility. despite the fact that
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Morgan j. O'Bricn. Jr.. Only
one Of Il Dozen Injured at
All Seriously.
NOT MUCH or \ PANIC

'"roy asi Johnson had don" al they
could 'r"N hailed a farmer who had a
''''cN aud wrr" driven to Milford. There
ih'l looked around for n physician. hut
tpuII not nud one. 80 they decided to
tai" II trolley car for bridgeport, The
rid" - bridgeport lasted an hour and
by the 'iurr they arrived Mr.. - Br,en
Wd~ becoming faint. \ physician was
found aud iiv. stitches were taken IN
Mr. bl.ri"u'S scalp
'l wa- mighty good thing" said Mr.
hliri"u last night. that thor" cars
We're made of steel II they had not
h""u IA" slaughter would have been
frrh'iul As II WIS ther. was i.oi "A
p"rSou In our ear who was not hurt.
IN" seals wer" lorkcd from their faSt.'l-
irT~ hltd hurled this way and that, while
The Passengers were thrown about
lN"rS window IN the ear was shattered
and n WIS hrrauS" Of the flying glass
that 50 many persons received face
wounds
Just before N" jolt a porter passed
through our car 70 the rear cdr when
| ~'.rp.'d 10 the ground a few minutes
l,t"r lh" poor fellow was lying dead a
f,.n f,r' away. We did our best to help
tho~" who needed II. hut for that matter
every body did th" same. Th"r" was
som, confusion. but not as much as
uIGN' way" hr"N rSp.cicd. I saw some
"u'ul"Ncu> running around with axes in
ih'.r hands. hu' they could find IA us.
&" rui them to"
W. W'r. sitting IN the Pullman play
ms bridge said N'an Corey IN his
apa' r'l' at 80? Park avenue. when
90" crash ctu" Br"u wa Sitting
'rN. tn' window and | WAS on IT," aisle.
kNna'r'.t and johnson faced Us TIL"
,ar 'ur.N"d 10 one side and then the
a' ll,.r train sil,s lppl VI
'''r" If four girls sitting across tho
at-,, from us described an are in tho
atr dul Went ont through tha window
NI,r, - Rriru was and q pirr" of the
glass rut his head. Shc landed in q
haur "t snow and sk,dd"i. hut got up
and wll..l away apparently urhuri,
I,.lird her came another one of tho
girls hu, johnson grabbed her 10y th"
waist tud held her In the ear. When
TIA" ctr settled "" found kilpitrick
iamn,d !u the clothes closet Was
nct',d flr I. hut h" beat me to II.
'un, of the train crew stuck his
head 90 ''r broken window and told
n~ 'n ,Imh ont. but We We're afraid
tho ,.,r would fail on us uu'il he said
II Nas urmlv hracod against u post
We h.lprd several women through the
window. Goo, ud.ug one woman with sew
oval ,uIdr,u. and then W" all crawl"d
out after lowering the suit'ases and
coats uu' first.
"JohuSun crawled back into t." ear
10 80" r We had l"ft anNthing We
waited for Inn on the outside. When
4 ne id not reapprar, som" one called
through lhr broken window, What's
krrpiug you" and h" answered. i can't
hrd hut fif,y-onc cards The ace Of
diamonds is missing
We had been up to New Haven FOR
'I,,l., r,.rttl m ~ tho class OF
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OFFICIAL LIST OF THE DEAD
AND INJURED IN WRECK

The following Is the complete list 'of
the dead and injured. revised up to
O'clock last night
AIL.EN GEORGE e. Gro,on. Conn . died
in Sew Haven orneral Hospital
"oNNrkS PATRICK. Sew York: died at
CURTIS. " n, engineer Of train No 5.
HNi F",Ws" Esa% ETA; Ien IA as n,,, b.
ppr; Hyouu". N,N Raven
H6vHANNEsiAN MARDERos. supposed
to l.. Armenian p'ari dealer.
TplETEiLuTTE. q, L.. naFman, train
UNIDENTrFlEp TRAINM>N. probably
Fred Werner "f Train No. o.
Injured.
BERKLEY, e. r., PULLMAN porter Ncw
York intcrnn''y injured
nfTg :'fzH,,MTH VII Mt5 ntikI rHIINN 4. M'SS 81
Hartford. conn. suffering from cuts and
bruises
ROW.. MARY, years Old; face ana head
"Hay: W r. Sc,,. csna"c'Cg Of ',ir 10 7s'
ER1sSNS. WILLIAM y. Isl Colony
street Wsillngfurd Conn; teeth In lover
cLAnKE, Mrs GEORGE H., New
cdMrT"S, Iii'iS ALlcE, New Haven; arm badly
bruised
COLLINS, MRS. FRANk, Pheasant street,
Ansoula. conn scalp wound, index finger
~ lcn hand injured,
rUNNELLY. MISS ANNA, Holyoke, Mass,
coRSrEI. MISS MINNIE. srrinrneld
coRSO, MRS. MARY, 81 Ferris street
cGitSo ROSE, IL Ferri. street New
poNoVAN. MRS EvANGELINE. So, and
hcr sister, shock and poNsihl" Internal
In iuries.
FENTON. MISS MARGARET, .Gas Pres
ton avenue, New York. bad scalp wound
FISHER HARRY. ~ Forsyth street, New
York ann injured
FORD iEN, GEbNGE II, New Haven I;
cuts aud srNcre bruises,
FORD MINNIE, New Haven New Haven
employee,
GRFELEN, GEN. EDWIN $, New Haven;
badly b"uisrd about the abdomen and
operated On for Internal inldri"-, com
III ion critical
GRiFFING, Mrs ll6l chapel street. New
Haven
GS,ErX, LOUIS 30, Sayin avenue. West
Haven. Conn: face cu'.
GOETZ MRS. EVA, 10, Savin avenue, West
Maven; face and head cut.
GEoFFRIoN. MRS. YvoNNE, IS, - Brad
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LOSES $4,000 FROM sATCHEL.
Woman Reports nee "f
None, In subwm,.

Mrs. Helen Nelson. joj SIXTH street
Brooklyn. reported to the police last
evening that on Monday evening she
lost $4,000 in five. ten and twenty dol-
lar bills from "a s,tchcl
Mrs. Nelson. whose husband. Carlo is
maChinisi inherited the money in the
shape Of mortgage when hcr hus-
bands father died in R,rghamton. y. "
few months ago. She went 20 Rng-
hamton on sunday an'i the following
day sold the mortgage. She had in
tended to take the cash and go TO PENN
sylvania to invest IT, Becoming III shc
FASTENED to this city, arriving here about
: o'clock.
She got into an uptown subway train
by mistake and was at Fourteenth
street before she realized she WAS travel
ling up Instead uf down town. At that
moment she reached In her Sat"hel for
her handkerchief and discovered that
the money was gone.
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ford -,r"et. Srr.ner'..i Ma. -h'ek and
,I,,. Tosceic 'n'.rpf ,n,iH,'"~ .r,,., ,n,
injuries in h'ti. operated or and "N-
ported t. recover.
HE>pKlcKsE>, MRS g. f. N'w H''en.
conn, cuts and hrui-'s
HlNSpAlE. j. II, Hartford.
KAUTH. CHARLES. fireman ~ train ~.
~; scalp wound and cut !'ft side ~ 'oro-
KENNEpY. JoHN. engineer 81 train 80.
70; slight scalp wound and lett I's
KE,SETr j. Ia who.cy avenue. New
KS"M,!;Es MEs .. EN-, HM,fe.!
IiNNEHAN MISS 't,SSll; 20. - So9th
LYNCH LOHN, hagrag"m,n, train No. -,
nosr 80 .nd 80" hr4',CH p,,,u >..,,
MATTHEW'S, ALEN>NuER sea Gr,nd
, ..rnn.' NrT m1A%r' i''' "a ,.a,. uo
McSAWARA, rRANN. 20 Gro,, s,rcel An
sunta, conn. h"dy bruised
MtRrHN. ! =. Hartford. Conn
NEAiN. ALICE. sprinrnrld. Mas
NEE>AN, WILLIAM, - Haven street
Sew Haven; back Injured
o'hRlr?N, MORGAN j. Jl,, Nsw YORK,
cuts ana bruises
PoLI;AN, VI; A., IL Ashley street, H"'ton,
FIS. JOHN. 400 state s'r"rt Sow Haven,
ief, hand cut nos" bruised AND ha, Is
spratu"i
RATINECE, MRS, los Dairy avenue, The
nAr%XTf6 ,iE%HTf J. Afnrurn \. ,., Crown street,
Merid"n; slight scalp wound
ROCKWELL, Hl'GH, -, N".' street Rris
tol Conn, decorations "fI back amt ~hnul-
der face and head cat.
SCHAppA. HARRY, TO- Ja,hc. street. Now
Haven: badly burned IN tI," uud nodN.
ScHEHHER. CHARLES ". e. l3l con.
gress avenue, New Haven, bruises "u
body and face.
sCHWAWTZ, MINNIE. lo5 Nichols stree,
New Haven; head ana face huru"d
SEAMAN, HELMtl Eranford, conn nose
broken.
sHEERER. T.. NJ, address not known.
face, head and body GU
sHoHT ANNA. New l'aycn; olnploNc"
WARNER MARGARET, Milford
ZEISSETT JACOB, 60 lhG Whnll,y iNr,
nue.. New Haven conn. ltr"rl'lon- ur
head and possible" hr"h"n hip.
In the foregoing list the injuries .,
some OF the passengers ar" not src"i
fled. This Is because the hospital ,ur,
geons rendered first aid only IN ,hcs,
cases and had MOI yet made cNumn,
ton thoroughly sufficient ~ decide tn,
extent Of injuries.
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car of the express train, \u. -. and
played a prominent pI't iN r'S"u'ng
the injured and lu making themselves
generally useful only ou" OF them,
Morgan \. o'Briru. Jr., son uf "N-
Judge p'Brcn uf IN" Surrcm" Court
was injured seriously. IN" others "s-
Gaping with slight bruises and a bad
shaking w.
MIR. ORri"u VIZ sitting with John A.
kilpatr.r,. a mr'uhyr Of tie rrW Nil"
football committee .li a famous '""'-
ball end "a his college day I"p N'''H
Corey ~pu ~ e furm"r president ot iN"
I ted States Str.l 'prunr.,'.r' q foot
bali player and captain of 49," l'Ii
baseball team, aud J. Ford J"hn~"n,
also u football player.
In another par of tr" .ty '''W"nt
- l". VA" u. . former VARSITY hts'-
ball r,ph"r and llugh Il.,rtr~"u, Nd'"
-, f"r'ucr football ttck.'. So together.
i.l>.whoi" TEN Val" trrrf- players. led
hN Il :. StoddIrd. captain Of 'h" '"'l-
AUS Team. were sitting. Th"t were CONF
lug 10 Sew Work ~ wr't 'u' N'''utI tI
Regiment tennis team M th'r n''' tu.
iual match Th, match H'~ roe i"H'd
for An INDEFINITE tim"
Mr. DBr.cns head Va ',nNu 'o-
..nily back against n's ~"at Htid = deep
gash was made. Tia, blood flowed 'ro-
fuScly. but hr bound IN" wound NJ viii
- handkerchief and with the u.~t ''
the Vale men tUunl"d ont ~ tho 90.
tn Se. wh"r. help could p, G.t'r.
They all agreed "n reaching New York
that iA.r" had rot been mu'h of a
panic. but there were a lot o. women,
some Of them with children. So" W'r'
ON the verge Of MYSTERIES d'Id itd {" '"'
helped from the cars t"rN uud IN j.
patrick went int" th" rear ear ~ lh'
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N'"a'ur Gore introduced "A resolution
ny uiracter on January 3, follow
~ d conference which he had that day
as secretary Bryan. II prohibited
'sldnrc of passports to any citizen
.r "Ountry who would not agree
r"r oath not to travel on vessel
Il 'e 'uc flag Of belligerent nation
y i.n same time Senator Gore intro
q 'd another resolution prohibiting
''f or clearance to vessels Of "a bel
-rau' nation II they attempted to
'f.- american citizens on board and
.'rb.dding Americans from travel
%. any neutral ships engaged in
'a ,ur'iug munitions of war.
" 'Nc time he resigned Mr.. Bryan
'''. -" position that such legislation
pl'i hc passed. dalarng that II was
lo' iEnt for "A few americans who per-
Sl.'.i IN travelling on belligercnt mer-
bW'u,u 20 jeopardize the relations ex-
..' H- botween the United States and
i.e.sp uiiions and thereby embroil the
L. tcl States in the war
Il. .n.ly II is said Senator Gore has
t'eu visiting Mr.. Bryan in Florida. Fol-
lpNfs : hi, return, talk has been revived
!" hr Democratic cloak rooms at the
f"'p' IN favor Of legislation which
"o.r at least prohibit Americans from
Travelling ON armed ships OF any OF the
t'.Ht'rcut Powers,
l'l'r resolutions OF q similar kind
49,, been Introduced in the Senate and
IlDH.' respectively by Senator Hoke
~ and Representative Macl-emore.
, democrats.
'o.d.rg TO confidential information
H',.l r'r"hed Washington to-day from
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MAKE MUNITIONS FOR GLORY
British Tars give Leisure, without
Pay, tO Help Army.

LONDON, Feb. 22,--The officers and
men Of Admiral Beatty's battle cruiser
fleet have been voluntarily devoting
their scanty leisure time. without extra
nav. to making munitions for the army.
David Lloyd George, Minister of Mu-
nitions, has written to Admiral Beatty
thanking the officers and men and re-
marking that the very striking output
has been IA real assistance to the army
and adding that its continuance would
he most welcome.
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,bo ,,,,n.,i ,x,ra,., r,,., -, ,,,,
a., ,.,,, n,,, -, ,n, a. ,,,,'-
,b. I,,,f ,,.,. ~, u,,,,, ,,orn ,,','' W.
,r, t,,,. A,s,,,,h ,,, -
IN, l,,,r,,i,.o -, ,ho L,.,., ,r,i,,
h...,,, ,,-.., ,.,r,s.. ,hro, ,,,,
'"' W va"
'' ~ 80 ''' "'' ~ '"'''' WIN
''' ''"' s"'' car w 'n" cypress 'op-
ping over ON 'op Ot II som" of IN.
passengers N tho steel coach wc"r
sraldrd hv the steam escaping from
m, ,ruunuI,J mn hnll,r
az ,ho min, uh, ,o f.,, .,., .i,,,
, , ,..,.,,,,,,.., , -
''"' Wv ""''''
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U. S. AMBASSADOR INJURED.
Gerard breaks his 'oliarhOnr
white sl.iinH <rnr Munich.

I.oNp"N. Feb 80 flames w Gerard.
Ambassador to Germany. broke ms col
larhou, yesterday III II skiing accident
near Munich, according to despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The injuries are not serious.
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$l,e25, 900, 900 GERMAN PAPER
This Currency Increasing Daily
Gold Reserve, R0I3,OOO,OOO.
Special Cable Despaich to tn

L.oNpOH. Feb .2.--A news agency des-
patch from Copenhagen says that Ger
many's paper money in circulation tn.
tails 1895. .OO0.OOO Hl,s25,0o0. .ooo), and
is increasing daily, while the gold re-
serve Is fl22,6O0, 900 N613. 900 ,O0OD.
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JAPANESE IN MEDITERRANEAN.
Fleet Reported 70 Have Arrived
with n Number Of Aircraft.

LONDON. Feb. 22.--A news agency des-
patch from Copenhagen quotes an ltal-
ian statement printed In German news
papers to the effect that Japanese fleet
has arrived in the Mediterranean with a
number of aircraft
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Shortly after tn" sinking Of the Per-
sia in the Mediterranean. on December
30, 1915. attacks on japanese mail
steamships were reported. II was then
announced that Japan would send Il
fleet to the Mediterranean.
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$4,000 TOO PROUD no FIGHT.

Cable Despafch 10 rnr ST.,

LONDON. Feb. 22.--lt is estimated un-
officially that at least $4,000 "consc'en-
tious objectors" are applying for eX-
emption from military service In Great
Britain.
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YALE MEN AS RESCIERS.
Dozen In Wreck. hut only One
seriously Hurt.

y dozen lal. graduates and under
graduates wcrc in the next to the last
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Express StOp>-l.Wal Be-
hind Strikes It-FrpiTht
Adds tO Disaster
CARS TOSSED DOWN
FIFTY FOOT SLOPE
No Fire After SnlaSh-
Scalding Steam Pour>
From Boiler.
FAITHFUL FL.\GMAN
DIES LIKE \ HERO
Waves His FLAG to stop On.
coming Trains Until
He Is Crushed.

BRlpGEroRT. Conn. t'eh. 80 An cx-
press train bound for Now York on
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad which WAS about tweu-
ty-nvc minutes late had stopped for .
minute or more about nine miles east
ot here late this forenoon because an
air brake tube had broken when
local train for New York. also from
twenty minutes To- half an hour late
and pounding along at high rate CT
speed to make ~ lost time. swept
around a curve just back of the stalled
express and smashed into it,
An instant later freight train. also
bound westward but on the second or
inner wcstbound track. struck the
buckled wreckaGe huging from the
outside wcstbound track. The result
was "A ripping and tearing and tossins
OF engine boilers. steel coaC hes, wooden
freight cars. deaths. scaldings and
broken bodies that left a tangled mass
of wrcokage on both sides of the fou.
tracks that was next to unbelievable.
Nine deaths have resulted at this
writing and more OF the scvcnty.tiv
VINO wcr" injured are expected to die.
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WHITMAN May
WITHDRAWALS
P.S. NOMINEES
Whitney and Hcrvcy to b.
Sacrificed tO Build PO-
litical Fences.
BARNES FIGHT REAL.
GOVERNOR LEARNS

Albany. Feb. 90 Gov. Whitman is
considering the political cxpediency Of
Withdrawing from the state Senate tie
nominations o. Travis II. Whitney ard
Charles :. i'ervcy as members OF the
New York city rublic Service Commls-
sion.
since ,;ov Whiiman's candidate 10.
delegate q, large to .he Chicago CONVEX
tion was defeated 70; ne Republican co...
ference IN Sew No"k city ii,; wech t"e
GpNe!no, has be a making an inventor,
OF his political assets and has found th,,
few of his appo.ntecs 20 state o;lice ar.
able TO deliver Il single delegate to h.s
standard OF to ail him much IN u rf-
mary fight neA; September Tor the Re
publican nomination foT governor. THIS
inventory the Governor was forced to
max, since he nas been informed by his
political friends that the antl-Wh.tman
Republicans. led 10y " William iiayr %. " III
not suppo.t the Governor for 4 rcnon.
ination.
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COMPARTMENT CARS I'd FLORIDA.
asa boa rd Florida Ltd, 2:IsP. N. Quickest,
best equipped Florida train. lnq iist Ewsy
-AtU.
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OHOTOGRAPH Of the wreckage express
and the into
lying the side of the roadway after having rolled the
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May Hold Industrial <ontners.

The Governor may determine not only
o. withdraw the nominations Of the two
New York city Publ" Service Comnis-
sioners but of the i've stale Industrial
commiss iuners. all hanging fire in the
senate Finance Committee. In addition
Ia. Governor has III" Immediate appoint
m.nts of ~ard"ns of the state prisons
AT Sing sing. lannemori- Auburn and
Great Meadow. each of whom has much
patronage 10 distribute. Also the Cow
eInOr must appoint Stdte fsl'lSt SOIn-
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The Governor promptly told his politi-
cal advisers that hr welcomed - fight In
the primaries with William Barnes lead
ing his opponents, and was told that Mr
Barnes would probably so manTuvre tn"
situation that the Governor would Hud
himself unabl. to make Mr.. Barnes his
target II was pointed out that the can
didatc of the anti-Whitman Republicans
probably would he put forward 10y cit.-
zen.' committee composed of such Re
publcans a. recently waited upon State
Comptroller Travis and requested the
real facts regarding the booze bill in
CURED on the Governors Panama expo
sitiun train.
II is AN open secret that Gov. Whit
man had expected TO go 10 Chicago as a
Presidential candidate with tn, prestige
Of having defeated the candidacy of Will
lam Barnes for one OF In. four delegates
ai large. hut Nj. Barnes made such AN
issue impossihl. by retiring As - canh.
date on the plea of taking the Barnes
issue out of the fight to pre>e Roosc-
vclt's noinination.
Gov. Whitman believes he Is strong
with the Republican voter. but his po-
litcal advisers have told him that there
il "A vast difference between the Re-
publican voter and the Republican en-
rolled voter. They have pointed out
tina, th- close vote in the convention
committee In New York whereby the
Go,,rnors candidate for delegate AT
large was defeated indicates that the
,;ovrrnor from now ON must be real
Governor 30 far as patronage Is con-
cerned IL he is to control tn. enrolled
Republican votes AT the september
primaries.
II was AT this juucturc IN In. con-
f.rsnCeS between the Governor and his
political advisers that he was told he
should max. every appointment OF his IN
the future tell from "A political stand
point. Although III. Governor has made
many choice appointments few of them
have been of any benefit to him poiit.
call!. This fact is now being keenly
realized by him.
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i'd'Ifotu oflcIdlS of long experience
newspaper men who had seen many
bad wrecks and hospital Surgeons
from this general ncighborhood ["
whom railroad wrecks are not Alto
S"th"r novelty agreed when they
hdd hurried To- the seen, that iat.I
they mad looked upon Tn" hopc.rssl.
tangled mass of spliut"rod st"c! and
"""i they would not have b"l,"ycd
such havoc poss'hl, IA a single smash
up.
TIA" express that Was struck. knows
dS No. -. or the tonn.ct.rut III, y
special. due at the Grand central
Terminal 81 l2:36 l.. NJ. could scarcely
nave s'.",t"d Il more disastrous spai
for miles 1T which To com" to- Z, .tor
l" MAKE repairs, y hlGA bank slope
down for iiftN feet or more di.crtly
from the edge "i the outside west
bound track upon which /, WAS slsnd-
ins, And almost straight down foy
hiiy feet lS another BAN. from tho
edges ot tn" sl"vpcrs Of the OUTSIDE
"aS,huuni trarh.
SO great Na> til" impact of the h!ch
speeding local against TIA" rear OF the
express, llnW"d by the blow delivered
10y the locuinotiNr of the freight trai,.
mat wr"ckng" Was sent rolling not
only down th" bank lpon the edge
OF which the .Npr"ss had lIalt.d but a
steel coach and the entire boiler and
other parts "f the local trains lOrony-
tNc were ripped from tho trucks and
nunS across the sidcw ping freight
train. Then engine boiler Steel ,oarh
and two steel coal cars Of the freight
train that left m" wcsth"uni tracks
and rolled across tn" two tracks :,
the left dropped end over end down
the caSthound cmbankmcut
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The following is the complete list 'of
the dead and injured. revised up to .
O'Clock last night:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
CLAIMS OF CROP DAMAGE
ARE PERSlSTENTlY HEARD
" inter Particularly severe on Growing
rin"t--r"nui"r 4" Sell Vim. aud
iiuH Jul. Future.

Especial to The Times -Disp.,,hI
CHICAGO, February Il, was
popular to s"il Mas wheat aud buy.
the July fuinr" to-day u order to
close spreads" between those two
months. This action Of a iare. mum
Der Of traders caused price r"ccssions
ia the MAY future OF about 2asc. Will.
tn" July was on only nc There were
persistent claims Of crop damnu. from
Oh. caus" OF another in tin" far Suuth-
vest including Texas and PARTS q,
oklahoma. as we'll rs partS Of kansas.
TN" winter has been a part jcUlarly Sc
we're one on tn" growing wheat plant
as II has been covered with ice IN
many sections. and elsewhere IL has
occn flooded with water. ana It .ro4,
deal OF IL has been "smUtN.rcd' and
w'iu,er-kiilcd vs. IS ycM.ritl'y s. ii
et the best Judges Of conditions r.la =
tiv" to the wheat crop. lit - no not
mouse plant" aud. that il Is aO!. TO
stand severe tests Of wrathcr bat they
rs ono claim that wheat covered with
ice for any length OF time is either
BILLED outright OR weakened so tina, 1t
viii grove II poor plant. aud that the
yield will u" small in consequence |,
is expected that the .iuly future viii
10 tho popular one for bulls. ana that
those who own In" May future arc
likely 10 continue 10 close Tho spread
between tho two months.
Tho cash trade in wheat sas report .
ed as small TODAY. Ral,iinorc taking
10000 bushels for cxuor,. and 4, was
said that fair-sjzed amounts were sold
to 20 gu, via tho C;nlr vatcwa.. Con-
"cstiou continues at all *"aboaId ports.
but relief is promised
MANY sections of tho country report =
ed Increased offerings OF whoa, no:
only from country elevators. hu, from
farmers MS we'll Duluth and Mime
aaoIis odyiccy were Of larger rcccin, :
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
LEVER BILL IN HOUSE
Measure Designed To Prevent Future
Trading In Cotton Is FsynrnhIy
RcpOrt~d.

WtSliiNGTuN. February la.-rhe
lever cotton futures bill was ordered
favorabiy reported TO III" House yes
torday By tho Agriculture Committee.
Tho House VIII act upon Ii probably.
within - fortnight
The measure IS an amended duplicate
Of tn" bill hold unconstitutional by
Judge iiough, in the Federal Court in
New York
The bill is designed To prevent future
trading on cotton exchanges, against
fipn"nt or consignment or sale 81
cotton. regardless Of the character OF
IN" foreign exchange in which the
hedging liz made Tho same section
also provided that orders 70, cotton