The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 1

III mxwMvn VOL. CXVIII. NEW SERIES NO. 15,895. LOUISVILLE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1912.

10 PAGES. 5 THREE CENTS. I OX TRAINS FIVE CENTS. mass meeting held In Chicago on June 22 last to send from each State a number ated at or near Speed, Ind. Some years ago, however, the company worked quarries situated In the Ohio River between Louisville and Jeffersonville.

These have STEPS TO STAY BDBOIC PLAGUE Precautions Against Crossing From Cuba. Its Marine Hospital Service Wires Atlantic and Gulf Points. Rat-Killing, Fumigation, spection Recommended. In- CONDITIONS IN HAVANA Washington, July 7. Every Atlantic nd Gulf port Is to-day enforcing strict precautions against the spread of bubonic plague into this country.

Surgeon Gen. Blue, of the Public Health and Marine Hospital-Service, telegraphed orders to the officials at Portland, Boston, Providence, New York, Perth Amboy, Baltimore, Wilmington, Norfolk, Charleston, Savaiwiali, New Orleans, Praisacoia and Galveston. They were directed, in View of the plague outbreak at Havana and Porto Rloo, to confer with the city fceitath officials and urge the collection, examination and destruction of rats, especially on the water front. Flea infected rats are. the most common means of spreaddng the plague.

Past Assistant Surgeon R. H. Von Ezdorf was ordered from Mobile to assist in the outgoing Quarantine at Havana. Dr. Guiteras, the marine hospital representative at Havana, telegraphed to-day thait there was a neavy mortality of rats on MeroaiJeres street, close to the source Che plague Fumigation of Vessels.

tha Ti-i't cLtl TTL 17rT. for the United States. Immediately after the discharge of carKoes rats will be de rfroyed aavd the vessels prohibited tam gotas to or Wng at the docks and wtharvea there. Tne freiirhits win be maoeefced amd cer- tifled on bills of health. No crews are to be sblDDed in Havana and no shore lib erty will be allowed crews there.

AM passengers at Havana will nave to be certified individually prior to their de-nfljtnm for this eoimtrv. erfhowteiir that they have not resided in the infected dis trict tor seven days. utnerwise they wtu be detained seven days in Trleconla, the old detention camp near Havana. Key west and New Orleans will care fully Inspect passengers and crew as to their temperature and fumigate vessels acainat rats until the officials are. noti- precautionary: measures are being- carried out -in Havana.

At Key West vessels from Havana must Me In stream or take measures to prevent rets irom getting as no re. rae isew uneans autnonxies wiu in spect the unloading and re fumigate if necessary. NO NEW CASES IN HAVANA. Spaniard Stricken With Bubonic Plague Thought To Be Dying. Havana.

July 7. No additional cases of bubonic plague have been discovered. The Spaniard at tne ias Animas iospitai, who Is suffering from the disease. Is be lieved to be dying. The sanitary authorities are encouraged in the belief that this may.

be the only case, but the health department continues to exercise extraordinary activity in the fumigation of houses in tne vicinity oi ineone ixoin which wo case was taken. PREMATURE EXPLOSION KILLS' NINE IN NEVADA HOT CINDERS IGNITE QUANTITY OF POWDER AND DYNAMITE IS MINE. Ely, July H. Cook, Roanoke, a powaerman of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company; seven Austrians and one Greek -were Instantly killed to-day when a load in a drill hole and several hundred pounds ot Dlaok powder and a large Quantity ot dynamite exploded prematurely, presumably from hot cinders from a passing engine on another pit level. SOUTH AFRICA OFFER FOR SECRETARY M0GGE Evansville, July -(Special.) Krnest Mogge, secretary of the Bvans-vUle Young Men's Christian Association for the last seven years to-day received an offer from Johannesburg, South Africa, to become the secretary of the T.

A. of that city. Mr. Mogge recently assisted in raising more than for a new Y. M.

C. A. building here. HALLECK OUT AS HEAD OF SCHOOL Sends Resignation On Eve of Departure For Europe. Notifies Committee of Friends-Formed In 1906.

Will Devote His Time To Lec turing and Writing. KEEN REGRET EXPRESSED Reuben Post Halleck has resigned as principal of the Louisville Male High School. His rcslenation and letters to friends announcing his retirement wero mailed from New York Saturday, a short time before he sailed for Europe on the steamer Berlin with Albert S. Brandeis. Prof.

Halieck still will make Louisville his home, but in, the future will dovott hie time to lecturing and writing. Ho" has published several works during the last twenty years, but his duties as principal have kept hlmfrom doing much writing during the lost twelve years. liie determination to resign and devote his time to this work, he states, camo after he found he would be unable to do his writing during vacation. He found. he states, he needed the vacations for rest and recuperation, and in consequence there was left him no time in which to do the work he feels compelled to do.

Resigns After Conference. rof. Halleck went to New York Fri day morning" for a conference. He ten dered his resignation after the conference. logether with the letters to the mem bers of the Board of Education, Prof.

Halleck wrote to several of his friends, stating his Intention and giving his reasons for the move. He stated he believes he will be able to wield more Influence over education through writing than by remaining wim one scnooi ana reels that be must take the course which will re sult in the greatest good to the "greatest number. Has Seen Long: Service. Prof. Halleck has been connected with the Male High School for twenty-nine years, the longest any teacher has re mained with the institution.

He entered the work here immediately after being graduated from Yale University with the degree of blaster of Arts in IS 83. UriderTrof. HaEecJc the Boys Hteh School has taken rapid strides forward. He is given the credit for the showiur mace at tne jrurcnase Jiacposi-tion in St. Loula In 11KJ4.

when the L. ft. H. S. took first prize over the schools of the country.

He instituted mnnv changes for the betterment of the schooL That his work has shown wonderful results is attested by the number of graduates before and after Prof. Halleck took charge of the school. Under eleven principals, before he took charge, 583 boys were graduated, a goodly percentage cf the entrants quitting before they finished the lour years course. Since ho took charge, fifteen and one-half years ago, 733 boys have received diplomas. Many of the boys are now successful business mn and many attribute their success to Prof.

Halleck's training. Praises Teachers The teachers of the Hieh School and the boys attending it are Riven enthu siastic praise by the departing teacher. He declares the teachers to be a mot capable lot and the boys to be the most enthusiastic he has ever had to deal witli. Prof. Halleck Is now 63 years old.

He was born in Long Island, N. and educated at Yale, whero he took-hls bachelor's degree in 1831 and two years later his master's degree. Since entering the service of the Louisville schools Prof. Halleck has written four books on education as follows: "Psychology and Psychic Culture," "The Education of the Central Nervous System," "History of English Literature" and "History of American Literature." Beside these he has written many special articles on education and lectured in many parts of the country, Prominent As Educator. He is at present a member of the board of trustees of the National Society for the Study of Education; a member of the Committee on Secondary Education of the National Educational Association; director of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and a member of the Conversation Club.

Prof. Halleck was recognized for' the creation of the so-called "High School spirit." One man yesterday said; "Why Prof. Halleck. created a spirit in the Boys' High School that affected the lives of the boys ever afterward. It was marked In their achievements in after.

Ufa, and many owe their success to the teachings of Prof. Halleck and the do-or-dle spirit he Infused into them." High Tribute Paid! Another man, a former puptt of the school, said: "Why time and time again the Male High School has triumphed over the Manual Training School In athletic eventa with inferior team, ali.b- cause of personal effort. He seemed to have a means of putting spirit Into them at, most unexpected times. At football games, when tho lido was running steadily against the High School boys. Prof.

Halleck wquid watjc along the side lines and begin ahjutln ar the players. Like men infused with new life they would heed his cheering words and take a brace that turned bitter defeat Into sweet victory. The boys of the Mala. High School have surely lost their greatest aid, and the old school has loat its best asset, both from a strictly educational standpoint and a moral stand-: Some years ago friction developed between E. H.

Mark, then Superintendent of the Public" Schools, and Prof. Hal-V leek as a result of the fight for tho superintend one to which both aspired and hin. Mr. Mark won. At that time committee was formed to petition Prot Halleck, who had resigned, to reconsider and a petition was cent the School Board, which resulted in his Fulfills His Promise, the members of this commit tee that Prof.

Halleck wrote the letter Saturday. He bad promised that he -would let them know. when he decided to ouit and it was to fulfill this promise, that he wrote, tellins the members i his resignation this time Is not subject regret at the decision was ex-. oressed by members of the Board oi. Education and the committee John Stitcs.

of the Bald- "It will be exceedingly Jifflcult to. -v All Prof; Kalleck's place. He was strong factor In the life of the (pttooim and will bo Breatly missed. This Is ereat loss to tho school and to education. John C.

Strolhcr, member of tho Boar4 (Continued On TbirA-Sago.) NATION-WIDE Followers of Roosevelt Issue Formal Call. Convention To Be Held In Chicago August 5. Forty States Represented By Those Signing. TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT New York, July 7. A call to the people of the United States, who are in sympathy with the "National Progressive Movement" to send delegates to a national convention to open in Chicago, August 5, was given out this afternoon by United States Senator Joseph M.

Dixon, of Montana, Theodore RooseveVt's campaign manager. The call is signed by members of the committee chosen at a meeting held in Chicago, and also Includes signature of Roosevelt followers in forty States. "The Territories have no place In a national convention and will not be consid ered," declared Senator Dixon, in commenting upon the signatures. "As for the missing eight States, the most of them probably will send delegates, although they have not taken part in the call. Maine, for instance, postponed any definite action because there Is now a strong fight on in the primaries, with the sympathy running in favor of the progressive movement.

Delaware, North Carolina, Arkansas and Nevada probably will take part in the convention. Missis- "The call lays down no rules as to the methods of choosing delegates, since each State will be expected to le- 8tes by Its own paraphernalia. The rep- resentation will be cut to just one-half that of the Drevious conventions. This -wag considered advisable since this con- ventlon is to be notably a deliberative body and certainly will be composed of a class of men altogether different from those who usually attend conventions. "In all probability the convention will adopt the name 'National Progressive' lor the new party, but I cannot say definitely what will be dona.

Thus far no issues have been stated authoritatively and, of course, the platform Itself will have to oe aecioec upon Dy tne aeiegates. The text of the call To the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences, who through repeated betrayals, realize -that to-day the power of the crooked political bosses and of the privileged class behind them Is so Btrong In the two old party organizations that no helptui movement in the real interests of our country can come out of either. "Who believe that the time has come for a national progressive movement a. nation-wide movement on nonsecuonal lines, so that the people may be served in sincerity and truth by an organization unfettered by obligation to conflicting interests. "Who believe In the right and capacity oi the people to rule themselves ana ef fectively to control all the agencies of their Government, ana wno noia tnat only through social and industrial justice, thus secured, can honest property find permanent protection.

"Who believe that government by the few tends to become, and has in fact become, government by the sordid nuences that control the few. Business and Legislation. in- believe that only through the movement proposed can we obtain in the nation ana tne several, states tne legislation demanded by the modern indus trial evolution; legislation which shall favor honest business and yet control the great agencies of modern business so as to Insure their being used In the Interest of the whole people; legislation which shall promote prosperity and at the same time secure the better and more equita-ble diffusion of prosperity; legislation which shall promote tne economic well-being of the honest farmer, wageworker, professional man and business man alike, but which shall at the same time strike in efficient fashion and not merely pre tend to strike at the roots of privilege in tne worm ox maustry no less tnan the world of politics. "Who believe that only this type of wise Industrial evolution will avert industrial revolution; "Thou Shalt Not SteaL" 'Who believe that wholesome party government can come only if there Is wnoiesome party management in a spirit of service to the whole country, and who hold that the commandment delivered at Sinai, 'Thou shalt not applies to politics as well as to business; "To all in accord with these views a call is hereby Issued by the Provisional Committee under the resolution of the apartment on the second floor of a house beside the lot in which the girl was found. Evidence in the bathroom of the apartment leads the police to the belief that juua was rauraerea mere.

The oatntuo was blood-smeared, and on the floor were found quantities of the girl's clustering brown hair. But with all these marks of the tragedy, the police admitted that they had found nothing which thus for enabled them to obtain any Idea as to who the', perpertator of the -crime might be. of the building were closely examined, but none bad seen the girl enter the house, nor. heard any-'outcry; none had seen any person loitering about against whom susplclpn could be directed. The murderer had placed his little' victim's body In a sitting -posture in a wooden box about two feet long and one and one-half' feet in width and depth, stuffed In the clothing and covered the box with oilcloth.

Then he bore the child down to the lower hallway out through the backyard, tossed her into'the hid her clothing and escaped. principal clews consist of a number of distinct linger prints on the girl's body. Mrs. Connors told the police that 1 a strange 1 man recently had the girl. but.

could furnish no description of him. WILSON NOT TO VISIT CHICAGO Misunderstood Custom On Like Occasions. Will Send Hudspeth To Committee Meeting July 15. Democratic Nominee Closeted With McCombs. BEHIND WITH HIS LETTERS Seagirt.

N. July 7. Gov. Wilson said to-night- that Improbably would not go to Chicago, as he had Intended to do, to attend the organization meeting of the new Democratic National Committee, on July 15. His promise of several days ago to attend was given, he said, under the impression that the presence the nominee on such occasions was always required.

Since then, he said, jhe has found that such was not the case. Should the Governor hold to his present plan, Robert S. Hudspeth, the New Jersey committeeman and his old-time friend, will be commissioned to voice the Governor's views at Chicago, and probably to convey to the committee the name of. the Goverrior's choice for chairman of the National Committee. House Leader Underwood's Invitation: for the.

Governor to confer with him concerning legislation pending and prospective during the remainder of the present session of Congress, probably will result In a meeting ot the two at an early date. The Governor said to-night that he hoped to see both Mr. Underwood and Speaker Clark soon, but added that he had no appointment to meet either. He gave no Indication of what he would discuss with them in the event of a- conference. The Governor probably will see Norman E.

Mack, the retiring Democratic national chairman, when he goes -to At-lantic City on Tuesday. Closeted With. Mc Combs. Gov. Wilson snent a busy da.v.

He rose late and drove to Spring Lake in an -automobile to hear a sermon by the Rev. A. W. Halsey, president of1 the Princeton class of '79, of Which the Governor was a member. After the services -Gov.

Wilson brought the preacher home to dinner. During the afternoon hundreds of visitors nocked td the Governor's summer home. William G. McAdoo, one of the Governor's advisers, spent a long time with him. William P.

McCombs, whose prospects, the Governor's close friends ray. loom large for election as national' chairman was closeted with the Governor for an hour and a half. "All we "Mr. McCdmh snld aT tfae conclusion of Cue interview, Sfaj! the general political actuation in the "various States and the plans for the campaign!" Other Wilson workers who dropped in during tne afternoon were John R. Burton, of.

Brooklyn, assistant secretary of the Democratic Committee, and Edward Laxansky, Secretary of State of New York, who came down to arrange for the reception of Representative Fitzgerald, John F. McCooey and a delegation of Brooklyn Democrats who are planning a trip to Seagirt next Thursday. So numerous have become the visitors that the Governor has had but 11 tie time to answer his mall. He has made It a point to see all comers. Hereafter, he said to-day, he would zee no more visitors who call merely to pass the time of day until after 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Mean-wbila a raDid stenographer will take his dictation at as many words a minute as tne governor can arucuiate. xnere are nearly 10,000 unanswered letters and tele grams, ana tne pue is growing. The Governor exnects to ro to'. Tren ton next Tuesday to observe the weekly Governor's, day there, which he has skipped for several weeks. He will leave Trenton after dinner Tuesday evening for Atiannc uity.

weanesaay noon ne win lav the cornerstone of the new Young Men's Christian Association building tnere. ana at ciock ne'Wili welcome the delegates to the national convention of Building and Loan Associations of the United States. He expects to start bock for Sea Girt at 3 ciock, reaching here in time for dinner. His programme, for the present, extends no further. Kern Sees Wilson.

Senator Kern, at InicHana, spent on hour ana a nan an me jrorvenrar-s cortoge Wihen he left he said 'he talked with tbe Governor upon campaign Issues, the plan of campaign' and the National Committee chairmanship. told the Governor," he said, "that I would not support for -national chairman any politician connected with the old political The kind of men we want Is of the" type -of A- Mitchell Palmer or William F. McCombs. In other wordB, we want a man who Is In the full confidence ot gov. wuson." "How would McComba sudt? he asked.

"Personally I (have no choice, but I would support Mr. McCombs if he. were tne iovernors cnoioe. HAS NO INVITATION. Former Senator Smith Will Not Luncheon At Seagirt.

rJ. July 7. Former United States Senator James Smith, will not be with. the New Jersey delegation to the Baltimore convention at tne luncheon to be given by Gov. Wihion at Seagirt tomorrow.

When asked as to his Intentions Mr. Smith said at his summer home: "I shaU not be at the Seagirt luncheon. I have received no invitation. All that I know of. the affair Is what I have read in the newspapers." PRESIDENT LEAVES BEVERLY FOR NATIONAL CAPITAL "Will Confer With Committee As To Chairman of National Committee.

Beverly. July 7. With a. tan to remind him of his four days' rest on iue iwiui ouwe, iMiueni rait left Beverly to-night for Washington, hopeful that Congress will see its way elfnr trt on ftartrv adjournment so that he nn turn to parramatta and his golf sticks. His' bright eye and the tan were evidence that the President Is feeling in conaiuon to tacKie me prooiems that will confront him when, he reaches the Capital One of the first problems he wtlf have to solve is the selection of a chairman ot the Republican Committee.

He will confer to-morrow with members of the subcommittee -oi tne national Committee, appointed for that purpose in Chicago 'after' his nomination' William Barnes. former Rpnr.Mi atlve Herbert Parsons, of New YorK, and have been mentioned for chairman, tu presence in Beverly Jest night of Otto T. ijajina-ru, wi iow a vi rv, icu some as to the chance of Mr. being; urged to take the place. This was the President's last day of the present vacation.

He attended" services at the Umtarlun church In Beverly this morning, and with Mrs. Taf tabk a-motor ride before luncheon. He lek for 'Rnntrtn- Jn-' ottA -of the White Ttnnnn mai-m i shortly before 6 o'clock. DEATH TAKES JAMES B. SPEED Louisville Multimillionaire Succumbs In Maine.

Rose From Bank Clerk Potent Financier. To Held Big Interest In Many Kentucky Corporations. HELPED MERGE RAILWAYS Rockland, July 7. (Special.) James B. Speed, the Louisville multimillionaire.

died at 4 o'clock this morning at the Ho tel Samoset. Rockland Breakwater, of Bright's disease and a complication of heart trouble. He had been suffering from Bright's disease for some years and came to Rockland about two weeks ago to spend the summer. He was taken sick shortly after hiB arrival, the heart trou ble reaching Its climax this morning. His family arrived shortly after he was taken sick.

oi tne aeatn or Mr. speed was received here yesterday In a telegram sent to Mrs. William S. Speed, wife of the financier's who was at his father's bedside. The body will be brought to Louisville for.

burial, the funeral serv ices to be held at the Church of the Messiah Friday at 12 Mr. Speed's death followed a decline In his health, which began In the earjy part of 1909. At that time he was seriously III and although he later showed much Improvement and resumed his work with accustomed energy, he never fully re gained his health. In 1311 he suffered an other attack and for a time great appre hension was felt by his relatives and friends. Physicians attending him at that time diagnosed the malady as an affection of the arteries.

He again recovered sufficiently (to allow him to take up his work. He continued to spend a part of every day at his. desk, until about a "fort night ago. when he again showed signs of weakening. Dr.

John G. Cecil, his phy sician, advised him to go to the Maine resort, where he often had spent the summer. Daughter Arrives Late. The change seemed to benefit but little, however, as' he became steadlly- daughter, Mrs. Fred at Sackett and Williams, speed; Thursday.

The son left at once and arrived vat his father's side before the' end, but Mrs. who was forced to take a later train, after he died. Mr. Speed's death will-come as a blow to haUYa dozen or more of the largest financial Institutions and corporations In this part or iie was the mainstay of the firm of J. B.

Speed being vice president and largest stockholder; he was president of tlft Louisville Cement Company; vice president of the Louisville Cotton Mills Company; -chairman of the Executive Board of the Lou isville Railway company director and largest stockholder in the Herman Bank the Federal' Chemical Company, and i big figure In the affairs of the Byrne Espeea uoat company. Fluctuations Expected. It Is practically certain that the nass- Ing of Mr. Speed will affect all of these companies more or less, but to what ex tent no weu-postea local autnority would venture to say. That there will be some slight fluctuation In the securities of concerns In which Mr.

Speed was Interested and which are listed on stock exchanges, in admitted. It Is hardly believed, thoueh. that any. material change in quotations win rinvpfori. The bulk of Mr.

Speed's lles'in real estate noiaings in mis city, several big Kentucky coal mines, the stock and securities or tne louisville Kallwa cnm. pany and the stock of J. B. Speed Co. and tne Ajouisvme ueineni uompany.

Big Realty Holding. Probftblv th6 most valuable niece of rl estate owned by Mr. Speed In the city of Louisville Is situated on 'the east side of -Fourth 'avenue. -Just south of Walnut street, opposite The Seelbach. This lot extends all the way from the first alley souul oi ttiuut suwi iu mi xiivy immediately adlolning the lawn of the Lou.

isvllle post-ofllce. Its value Is placed at 1500,000. James Breckinridge Speed was a self- marif. majl. From What murht fan lippmnrt an humble station In life he rose stead ily by his own enorts until he reached what can be termed the pinnacle of sue- CMS' Bora In Missouri.

He was born In Boonevllle, Cooper county. January 4, 18M. His father was William Pope Speed, a son of Judge John Speed. The parent was a well-known merchant of thiB cKy, who removed to Missouri about seventy years ago. He ma an Intimato friend of the late Rir G.

Vest. United States Senator from MIb-, sourl. Tne aoya raoiner was jiiss Mary Ellen Shallcross, eldest daughter of John Shallcross. She died while the boy was In his infancy. At the age of 11 years the lad came to Louisville and made his home with an aunt, Mrs.

Lucy Fry Breckinridge. He attended the gradedj schools OI mis city ana was graduated from the Louisville High School. In his class were Judge James S. Pirtle and Judge Charles B. Seymour.

His first employment was a clerk In the banking house of A. C. and: O. F. Badger.

He was then 16 years of age. He later went to Chicago and worked in the office of Badger Co. He was thus employed at the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted with the First Ohio Battery and soon after was made Adjutant of the Twenty-seventh Kentucky Regiment under Col. Pennypacker.

He saw much active service under Gens. Thomas and Sherman, participating in the engagements at Atlanta and KnoxvUle. He Tiros trm-tered OUt Of service in thd anrtnn- of 1885. He returned to Chicago. With Company, After remaining there a short time ho came to Loulsvnie ana engaged In busi ness.

He Decame wenuitea wim tne Louisville Hydraulic Cement Waterpower Company, which was organized and wiucn is mrawumi a. wo mjuisviuo cement Company. The main plant of this concera.ls now sltutedat Speed, about ten miles north or Jeffersonville. two large mills are In operation throughout each year. Mr.

Speed was not a stockholder in the company when It was first He was taken In as general, superintendent and In a few years was master of a thorough! knowledge of the business. On many occasions he demonstrated his superior Axeeutlve ability and aggressiveness in business. In 1891, on the death of Dr. W. Caldwell.

thecompanySs first president, Mr. Speed was elected president. una quamu oi uu' nniwv are gnu- The Weather, Kentucky Local showers Monday; Tuesday fair and warmer. Tennessee Generally fair Monday and Tuesday, preceded by showers Monday in east-portion. Indiana Showers Monday; Tuesday probably lair; moderate south winds.

THE LATEST. Gov. Woodrow Wilson has aban doned the proposed trip to Chicago Jtaly 15 when the National Democratic Committee will meet in that city, statins that at the' time he promised to 6o ho understood the presence of the nominee on such occasions was required. He will be represented at the meeting by Robert S. Hudspeth, who probably will convey 'the name of the nominee's choice for national chairman to the committee.

James B. Speed. Louisville multimillionaire, who rose from bank clerk to high position as a financier potent in the affairs of half a dozen Kentucky corporations, died yesterday morning in a hotel at Rockland Breakwater. where he bad gone in the hope of regaining health. The body will be "brought to Louisville for interment.

A subcommittee of the National Republican Executive Committee will meet In Washington to-day to begin the work of organizing the Taft campaign. It was stated last night that Secretary Hllles probably would not be selected chairman. President Taft will, arrive from Beverly, today to confer with the committee. Every Atlantic and gulf port yesterday began the enforcement of strict precautions against the spread of bubonic plague into this country from Surgeon Gen. BJu'e, of the public health and marine hospital telegraphed officials at all ports to confer with city authorities, and urge the destruction of, rats.

Gen. Huerta, commander-in-chief of the Government forces In Northern Mexico, rode triumphantly Into Chihuahua yesterday morning. Two brigades of cavalry were dispatched toward Casas-Grandes to head off the fleeing rebel army. American athletes won two notable events at the Olympic games, R. C.

Craig, of the' Detroit Y. M. C. the final of the ICO-metres dash, and James Thorp, of the Carlisle Indian School, winning the Pentathlon. The steamship Commonwealth ram- -New Hampshire during a dense to In "hay yesterday morning, both vessels suffering damage.

There were 1,000 passengers on the Commonwealth. In making a landing at New Albany the showboat Golden Rod, towed by the steamer W. R. Markle, crashed into the steamer Royal," a small coast- trade almost demolishing the boat and causing It to sink. Senator Miles Polndexter, of Wash-- ington.

formally allied himself with the Roosevelt wing of the Republican party for the fall campaign in a vigor ous attack upon methods employed- at the Chicago convention. An electrical storm did damage in Chicago estimated at $160,000. inches of rain fell during the afternoon. Sorty-two alarms of fire were turned In while the storm lasted, but no lives were lost. For the fifth time within ten years and the sixth time-in fifty years Ben jamin F.

Panders, 69, a farmer, liv ing near Iroquois Park, is married, having eloped to Jeffersonville yester day. Four men are dead and four serious ly wounded at Galloway mill, near DeRldder, as the result of a labor riot. The Sheriff of the parish has been authorized to use troops. Special services at the Second Eng lish Lutheran church celebrated forty years of labor In the ministry by the founder of the church, the Rev. Dr, Harlan K.

Fennen Continued warm weather 'over the Interior States the coming week was promised in a bulletin Issued last night by the Weather Bureau at Washing ton. "'lit Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker; of Den ver former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, died at San Francisco last night. Four persons wore killed and more than a dozen seriously Injured in a wreck on 'the Indiana Union traction line near Marlon, Ind. Reuben Post Halleck resigned as principal of the Louisville Male High School -after twenty-nine years" service at that Institution.

A violent earthquake occurred at Fairbanks, Alaska, the ground rocking continuously forty seconds. One man was killed. Fire, which baffled the efforts of thirteen companies, destroyed the sawmill of John Dlebold Sons. Washing rains have caused serious impairment of the tobacco crop in Christian and neighboring, counties. Nine men were killedS by a premature explosion In a copper mine at Ely.

Htm- lost double-header to Columbus. i of delegates whose votes In the conven tion shall count for as many votes as the State shall have Senators and Representatives, to meet in convention at Chicago on the fifth day of August, 1912. for the purpose of nominating candidates to be suuoorted.for the nosltlons of Presi dent and "Vice President of the United States." Karnes Appended To Call. The following names are appended the call: Alabama Oscar R. Hundley.

Arizona Dwlght B. Heard. California Hiram W. Johnson, Chester H. Rowell, Charles S.

Wheeler. Colorado Ben B. LIndsev. Connecticut Joseph W. Alsop, Flavel S.

Florida-J. H. Gregory, H. I. An derson.

Georgia-Julian Harris. Indiana Edwin D. Lee, Horace C. Still-well. Illinois Medill McCormick, Chauncey JUewey, J-ju erne Iowa John L.

Stevens. Kansas Henry J. Allen. Kentucky Leslie Coombs. Louisiana-John M.

Parker, Pearl Wight. Maryland Charles J. Bonaparte, E. C. Carrlmrton.

Jr. Massachusetts C. S. Bird, Matthew Hale. Michigan Theodore M.

Joslyn. Minnesota Mil tori D. Purdy. Missouri W. R.

Nelson. Montana Dixon. Nebraska Arthur G. Ray. New Hampshire W.

J. Beattle. New Jersey Everett Colby, George L. Record, J. Franklin Fort.

New Mexico George Curry, Miguel A. New York W. A. Prendergast. Oscar S.

Straus, Woods Hutchinson, Timothy L. wooarun, jnauncey j. tiamnn, tienry L. stoanara. North Dakota A.

Y. More. Oregon Henry W. Coe and L. H.

Mc-Mahan. Ohio James R. Garfield. Oklahoma Geo nre L. Priestly.

Pennsylvania E. A. Van Valkenburg, winiam Fllnn, Glfford Plnchot and William Draper Lewis. Rhode Island Henry J. Doughty.

South Dakota R. T. Vessey. Tennessee George L. fTayior.

Texas Cecil Lyon. Utah C. E-ZiLoosp. VermontArles H. Thompson and E.

W. Gibson virginuu5h( omas Lee Moore. Miles Polndexter. (ColKiiiiied On Second Pago.) EARTH ROCKS 40 SECONDS AT FAIRBANKS, ALASKA JUNE FOREMAN SUFFOCATED BENEATH FALLING SLABS. SHOCKS BE COBBED POINTS.

AT MANY DISARRANGES THE NEEDLES Fairbanks, Alaska, July 7. The most violent earthquake ever known here took place at 10 o'clock last night, earth rocking continuously for forty seconds. Lress violent shocks occurred throughout the night. Louis -Anderson, for eman.of a mine on Dome Creek, was suffocated beneath a huge slab of earth loosened by the quake. SHOCKS RECORDED.

Heaviest Since 1906 Are Shown By Georgetown Seismograph. "Washington, July 7. The heaviest earthquake shocks since the San Francisco disaster of 1906 were recorded today on the seismographs at the Georgetown University observatory. The distance was calculated at 3,000 miles and the direction uncertain. The tremors continued from 3:07 until 5 b.

m. The heaviest shock, at a. threw two needles completely out of scale and registered 95 millimeters on another dial. Record At Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence, July 7.

Earthquake shocks seventy minutes In duration we're recorded on the seismograph at the Uni versity of Kansas beginning at 1:16 o'clock this The vibration marks left by the heaviest of the shocks were 39i inches across the instrument, the most violent known since its installation five years ago. At Cleveland. 0. Cleveland, July 7. Instruments at St Ignatius College early this morning recorded violent earth shocks.

The oscillations covered eighteen centimeters. The duration of the disturbance was almost two hours. Its greatest violence occurred at o'ciocK. Observers estimateo xnat xne shocks center was either Alaska or Chile. Record of Disturbances, SARttle.

July 7. Violent disturb ances lasting from 13:01 to 2:06 a. m. today were recorded on the seismograph at tne university ot nsmnsiou- iuq Heaviest shock was from 12:06 to 1:15 with the most intense vibration of this shock be-twAffl 12:06 and 12:15. at which time the needle ran clear on tne paper.

Two Heavy Shocks. Rait Lake Cltv. Utah. July 7. Two heavy earthquakes were recorded on the seismograph at the University of Utah this morning.

The first shock was at 1:06. The second was at 1:17 and lasted more than an hour. The last shock was so violent that it threw the pendulum off the drum or tne east ana west recoraer. DROWNS WHEN PARACHUTE LANDS IN RESERVOIR YOUTH BBOPS 1,000 FEEX TO DEATH AT CLEVELAND. BODY T.AgTTTTTi TO TBAPEZE WHEN BECOVEBED.

RESUSCITATION EFFORTS FAIL Cleveland, July 7. Robert Thlbedeau, IS, was drowned late to-day when his nata- chute. cut adrift 1,000 feet in the air; de scended in Falrmount retervolr. It was Tbibedeau's second ascension. A week ago he was to have gone up with O.

H. Bankston, the aeronaut with whom he was serving a novitiate. As the balloon started, some part of the apparatus gave way, leaving' Bankston on the ground. Thlbedeau kept his head, cut loose the parachute and made a safe descent. Thousands saw the boy part company with his balloon to-day and start his drop.

The reservoir Is two acres In extent and the boy's inexperience doubtless cost him his life, as an older parachute Jumper would have been a better judge of distance and driftage and avoid-ed the water. After some delay a boat put out to the spot where the -parachute floated. Thlbedeau, however, lashed to the trapeze, had sunk. His body was taken to a neighboring hospital and efforts at resuscitation were made, though without avaiL not oeen drilled for ten years or more. The firm of Byrne Speeddealcrs in coal, was established some time during the '70s, largely through Mr.

Speed's efforts sand capital. The company at first did not operate on an extensive scale, hut la course- of time it became recognized as one of the most substantial. It draws Its- supply of coal from three large mines In the Jelllco district owned by the North jeuicp uoai company, one mine in tne Western Kentucky district owned by the Taylor Coal Company and two or three other mines also in the Western district or tnis state owned by the Williams coal Company. Mr. Speed was at the head of each of these companies.

The firm of J. B. Speed with main oraces at 325 West Main street, deal ers In -salt, lime and cement, was organized by Mr. Speed In 1870. This concern is conceded to be one of the most prosperous of lto character.

Quits Presidency. Mr. continued as president of this company from the. time of Its organlsa- tlon up to June, 1909, when, on account of the steadily growing business, It was decided to nle articles of incorporation. The capital stock was plaued at $30,000.

Mr. "Speed himself too 160 shares; "his son, William S. Speed, 140 shares, while Henry S. Gray, at present secretary-treasurer, subscribed for the remaining three shares. Mr.

Speed retired from the presidency when this action was taken. William S. Speed, was chosen by the stockholders to succeed his father and the office of vice president was conferred upon J. B. Speed.

The old American District Telephone Telegraph Company was organized by Mr. Spid and others In 1877. Mr. Speed was at the head of the company for. a year or two, when it was reorganized as the Ohio Valley Telephone Company, whose franchise Is now owned by the Cumberland Telephone Telegraph Company.

Vith Woolen Mills. As one of the original incorporators of the old Louisville Woolen Mills Company, Mr. Speed's name Is on record. He served this company as president from 1838 up to about 1902, 'when he resigned. The business was sold out by him and other local men about four years ago.

Some time prior to 1890 Mr. Speed (Continued On Fifth Page.) FOUR MEN KILLED IN LOUISIANA LABOR RIOT FdTJB OTHERS WOUNDED IN PITCHED BATTLE. SHERIFF IEAVES FOB, WITH COBONEB, SCENE STATE GUARD TO FOLLOW Lake Charles, July 7. Four men were killed and four- seriously wounded' this afternoon in a pitched battle between union and nonunion timber work ers and guards employed by a lumber mill at Grabow, a mill town fifty miles north of. this city.

The dead are: Cates Hall, Roy. Morton, Edward Brown and -'Brown' were union men. A party of S00 union men from DeRldder, under the leadership of A. L. Emerson, president of the Brotherhood of Timber went to Grabow.

wncre a strike is in. progress, to hold a mealing. The proprietor of the mill and his nonunion employes met the crowd and in a wordy row that followed someone fired' a revolver. This was followed by a perfect fusillade. Sheriff Reld left immediately on a special train for Grabow accompanied by the Coroner, and a detachment of Company Louisiana National will follow as soon as the soldiers can be assembled.

Trouble has been brewing for some time, and feeling was Increased by a recent visit of several Socialistand union speakers to the mill district. The mill at Grabow employs but sixty workmen. TO ATTACK GALLOWAY TVTTT.T, Union Men Reported To Be Organizing Near Ie Bidder, La. Shreveport, July 7. According to a special dispatch to the Shreveport Times to-night union sympathisers are said to be organizing at the camp of the Galloway Lumber Company, four miles west of De Bidder, where a riot occurred to-day, with a view to attacking the Galloway mill before daylight tomorrow.

MRS. SARAH P. DECKER DIES FOLLOWING AN OPERATION FOBMEB PRESIDENT OF FED ERATION OF WOMEN'S CLTJBS. CONSPICUOUS FOB HER PLEAS FOB ENDOWMENT FUND. PROMINENT IN COLORADO Francisco, July 7.

Mrs. Sarah, pjatt Decker, of Denver, former president of the General Federation ot Women's Clubs, died here at 8:20 o'clock to-night, following an operation performed several days ago for mtesttoal trouble. The operation was performed last Friday and Mrs. Decker rallied immediately, Until last night her condition was considered hopeful, but after a change for the worse in the evemng one aamc stead ily. Mrs.

Decker came ihere to attend the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was con- solcuoua for her successful plans for an endowment runo. Mrs. Decker was tauen iu aionaay and Dr. Cornelia de Boy, of Chicago, one of the Federation delegates, sent ner to a sanatorium and called a consultation.

From the first It-was made known that Mr8. UeCitex iajuauuulu La uuui-cu. PUBLIC-SPIBITED "WOMAN. Mrs. Deckel' 'Was Vice President ot Denver Woodrow; Wilson Club.

7. The death of Mrs. Ra. TM.tt Decker marks the Dasainir of a. distinguished club woman, philanthropist.

advocate oi. in many public-spirited movements. Mrs. Decker was vice president of the woodrow Wilson Club of Denver and had been mentioned prominently as a candidate for the United States Senate at the next election. HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE FOLLOWING A QUARREL Chicago, July 7.

Mrs. Theresa Parri, 20 veaxs oia, wu njucu oy ner husband, Peter Parrl. a tailor, in front thn entrance to an elevated railroad station to-day. The shooting followed a ied to kill anyone who approached him; a boarding trolley; car, escaped. Thirty-six Knife Wounds Kill Little Julia Connors Draped In Torn Skirt, Larcerated Body Found In Vacant Lot In the Bronx Where Fiend had Thrown It After Committing Crime.

New York. July Woo Corners, a 12- murdered to a fiendish year-old girl, was manner early to-day. Bearing wounds, evidently made by a stlUeto, but still with a breath of life, she was found in a vacant lot the Bronx. The child i Mn't pm. dled without having sciousnesB to Identify ner rr nknadnn that he WOB more tnan amai.i one of four children of Edward Connors, a shipping clerk, who nved nearby.

Saturday afternoon she visited Crotona- ParkTSut suddenly Us-aoDeared. Her parents and school chums kent up an all-night March without boy found the body early to-doy. cess. Ayyj t. SfnSid in a.

torn skirt The hair had rat "off. One of the thlrty-sir wound? a sUb in the heart. Her. throat also portly was cut and a stab in the back had pierced the luns. lit! toSght the police, said they had iS.wTrS.Hiedthe fact that the iitack on the girl was made in a vacant.