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UNITED WE STAND. “First, that THIS INTOLER- ABLE THING of which the mas- ters of Germany have shown us the ugly-face,.this menace of com- bined intrigue and force which we now see so clearly as the German power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for covenanted peace, M Ust Ber! CRUSHED.” rf preineny WILSON. It is the ralsing on high of the two-edged sword of Justice and Leliv- erance in the strong grasp of a pa- triot whose country is all humanity. It is the rallying cry to civilization. It is the voice of hope that must ring in the Congo's forest depths, flood the barren plaieaus of Thibet, reach every heari throughout the earth where men hunger for liberty and the right to be happy. It is a challenging blow upon the shield of the Goddess of Liberty, be- hind which there shall be sanctuary and succor for the homeless peasant of ravished Belgium and the starving children of butchered Armenia and Poland and Rumania. It is an inspired warning to unite, to suffer, to die, that the demons of Prussian barbarism who have made earth a hell may be put down. It is an imperishable proclamation that God’s and humanity's purposes are one and there is no other. The heroes in their fresh-made graves have not died in vain. The ashes of churches, sehool houses and hospitals cry not for justice in vain. The hosts who perished on the seas have not choked, gone down. and been forgot- ten. Again the world has it from the man who is backed by all of great Fair tonight and) Saturday; continued cold tonight; ris-) ious tiqag) Say, he gets the income from 143,000 acres of land and maybe the tax col- lectors have been after him. HELPING THE TURKS, Peace made by any sort of Russian government with Turkey not only would violate treaties with the allies but it would release great Ottoman armies in the Caucasus and Persia to crush the British in Palestine and Mesopotamia. Such violation would, in effect, be a declaration of “aid and comfort” for the allies’ enemies. Unless we are to waste blood and money by di garding the vital ef- fects and clinging to the theories and the niceties only, how can we afford to continue helping Russia? Japan is one of the allies, bound by solemn and special treaty with Great Britain. She has already killed Ger- mans and taken German territory, as Great Britain's ally. If a Russo-Turco treaty is made, why should not Japan he urged to raid Russia for all she's worth? The date is close at hand when if Russia doesn’t “find” herself, she must be “found” by others. Pan-German league of Bavaria bold- ly announces that it’s for a war in- demnity of fifty billions. Who's got it? We have. territories are the ly in Russia, cables a Petro- grad correspondent. Isn't this war simply an old corker! NM RESORT CONSERE (Continued trom Page Ore) of, as provided in the house document, dating the state of war from noon yes- | terday. Specific causes for war as- signed in the house draft also are omitted in the senate committee's draft, which is virtually identical with the declaration against Germany. Debate in both branches tomorrow is expected to bear principally on the question of inserting the names of Germany’s other allies. Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and Borah of Idaho, republican, led a fight in the senate committee to ex- tend the resolution to Turkey and Bulgaria. They had strong support, but information submitted by the state department finally resulted in the un- animous approval of the declaration against Austria alone. Stone and Flood Confer. Senator Stone conferred late today with Representative Flood and urged | substittuion,of the senate committee's | dvaft, fgy, the,.house document. Mr. Flood objected, but promised to dis- cuss the questidn with his committee | ‘members témdtrow before house: de-| bate begins. Reasons given by senate committee- men for not adopting the house draft, although it was written at the state department, are numerous. The sen- ators contend that the recital of rea- sons in the house resolution for war with Austria furnish unnecessary com- plications, particularly as to the state- ment that Austria had broken off dip- lomatic relations with this nation, might be open to dispute. THE MARKETS. ° ° ° ST. PAUL HOGS—Receipts, 10,000; 10 to 15° highe! range $16.75@17.10; ‘bulk, $16.90017.00. CATTLE—Receipts, 3690; killers, steady; steers, $5.59@15.5 cows: heifers, $6.00@ calves, high- er; $5.50@ stockers-feeders, weak and slow; $5.00@10.09. SHEEP—Receipts, 500; lambs, $8.09 @VECO- wethers, $7.00@13.00; ewes $5.00@10.50., ie ‘CHICAGO, HOGS—Receipts, 31,000; slow; bulk $16.90@17.30; light, — $16.45@17.25: mixed, $16.70@17.35; heav. 17.40; rough, $16.70@16: $13.00@16.23. CATTLE—Receipts, 8,000; native ‘beef steers, $7.35@16.25; west: ern steers, $6.30@13.70; stockers,fced ers, $6.10@11.00; cows-heifers, $5.20 @11.50; calves, $7.75@14.75. SHEEP—Receints, 3,000; steady; wothers, $8.80@12.9); lambs, $12.5 16.90, @ America’s love, courage and material means that there shall not be a BAR- REN, DISHONORABLE PEACE. Again we have it that we'll fight until there is more light, liberty, equal- ity in the world and shrink not before this purpose of the Creator's is ac complished. War! War, that men may be free! War, that the bodies of wives and maidens be undefiled! War, that lit- tle children may eat, go to school in safety and be happy! War, on the Pruesian boar, the Austrian wolf and all the foul litter that would bar or defile human progress! War, TO KILL WAR, and to live in the sun- shine of universal brotherhood! No premature peace before barbar- ism has been taught its final and con vincing lesson! Our great president has said it. Listen to it, London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Petrograd, al) ye who rule or are ruled throughout the world. It js the voice of America inspired by the voice of God, and to it will respond all the soul, the brain, the muscle, the wealth of mighty America. The London press is, puzzled over Lansdowne’s outbreak as a pacifist. DULUTH Barley, on trk. ........ 115 @142 Rye, on trk. and arr.... 179 Mays srnelesaitise» seveeee 188 N white oats on trk.. 70%@ 73% N white oats to arr.. 70% Wax on trk. ... +++ 321% @331% Flax to arr. ... vee 824% Dec. seeee 821%: July wee 318K Close, 2 p.m. i MINNEAPOLIS No. 3 yellow corn ...... 200 @205 No. 3 mixed + 195 @200 Corn, other grades .... 65 @190 No. 2 white Mont. oats... 74% @ 76% Oats, S. W. - 1%@ 73% Oats to arr. . U1%@ 3% No. 3 white oats + T1%@ 12% 4 white oats ....... 69% @ 724 Barley, choice . - 140 @146 Barley + 118 @140 No. 1 Rye . - 180 @182 Rye to arr. @181 Flax + 328% @321%, Flax to arr. . sevees 324% @326% Oats, Dec., old .. 70 Oats, Dec., new 71% May . Close, - 68% steady; TOWN OF DARTMOUTH ACRESS THE HARBOR ALSO INVOLVED 1 WRECK Hospitals and Temporary Morgues Filled with Injured who Ar- jlor ine detense then moved that the rive in Wagon Loads as Searching Parties Probe the Ruins | court direct a verdict for the defense {on the ground that the indictment cit- H ed no specific violations of the defense Greatest Ever Suffered by Dominion—Fires .Under .Control act. Judge Wade informed Attorney Lovell that he did not consider this a Proper attack of the indictment; that it was opposed to good practice, and for Victims of the Disaster, from Want of Fuel but the :all New Reports. Extent of which in Vital Results Extent of Calamity Grows with Ammunition Steamer Pierced to Engine Room Ignites from Nap- tha Stored on Deck and Blown to. Atoms when Fires Reach Combustibles — Most of Crew Escapes in the Few Moments Elapsing Before Final Catastrophe — Shock De- stroys Acres of Buildings, which Take Fire, and Large Dis- tricts Black and Smoking Ruins. alifax, Dec. 7.—(Friday Morning)—With the toll of deaj ing gipadily mounting, it was believed early this morn- at more than 2,000 persons perished in the explosion and fire which followed the collision yesterday morning in Halifax harbor between a munitions laden French ship and another vessel loaded with supplies for the Belgian relief commission. The disaster which has plunged the Dominion into mourning probably will rank as the most fearful that ever occurred on the American continent. Residents of Halifax and thousands of volunteer relief workers who have come into the city have been almost dazed at the extent of the horror. naa: j DOMINION’S TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Halifax, N. Dec, 7—Between 1,800 and 2,000 were killed, according to careful estimates tonight, when the French munitions ship Mont Blane blew up in Halifax harbor after a collision with te Belgian relief steamship Imo this morning. Thousands were injured and it is expected many of them will die. The north end of the city was laid waste and the property dam age will run into the millions. A part of the across the harbor from Halifax, also was town of Dartmouth. wrecked. + Nearly all the buildings in the dock yard there are in ruins. ZONE TWO MILES SQUARE. The zone of destruction in Halifax covers an area of about two square miles in the section known as Richmond. Buildings which were not demolished by the explosion were destroyed by the fire whieh followed. Scores of pe vator. Alt nasil Seon ons were injured by the collapse of. the station Arca ik, niilitiry” ey ralwa nee rene eT od TEL Mihasitin, ‘stigar refinery and ele- as hean -susponded:: Soldiers and sailors are pa- trolling the’city! Not‘a’street car is moving and part of Halifax is in darkness tonight. {4lospitals and many pri ‘Teniporary morgues houses in the western seetion of the city. The damage along the water front cannot yet be’ estithated: with injured. te houses dre filled have been openéd in school | Sel qi SHIP CREWS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS. , were killed: or in that 33,02 fthe @ The jeollision’ which: resulted, in, probably : the higtory:of the doihinion occurred near Hier 8 in the narra: leadng from the harbor to Bedford ‘basin. The munitions ship was Bodis of many,samen have parties working among ru- } 10: he worst. disagter in bound:from New York for Bedford basin when the relief ship Ioma, hound for sea, crashed into her. PIERCED ON NORTH SIDE. _The Mont Blane was pierced on the port side almost to the en- gine room. The other ship, only slightly damaged, backed away when the flames burst out on the munitions ship, and wag aband- oned by the crew. The captain cre wto the boats as he realized men rea of the Mont Btane ordered his an explosion was inevitable. The ed shore before the tremendous blast seventeen minutes later which blew their ship to pieces and wrecked a large part of the city. Shaken to Foundations. The town was shaken to its founda- tions by the explosion. Persons in the streets were picked up bodily and hurled to the ground. Occupants of office buil er of glass and plaster. Houses in the Richmond section collapsed, burying the tenants. In the main part of the city where the buildings are chiefly of stone or concrete the damage was con- fined to the shattering of windows and most of the casualties in this sec- tion were caused by flying glass. Houses Blown to Bits. In the west and northwest ends the damage was more extensive and there the walls of many houses were blown} ‘to bits. It Was in Richmond, however, opposite the scene of the explosion, that the havoc was greatest: Whole blocks of dwellings, mostly of frame construction, were levelled. Street af- ter street is in ruins and the struc- tures which were left standing by the explosion were inside of which fires broke out. It is believed scores of persons who had been injured by the collapse of their homes perished in the flames. The fires in this district still are smouldering tonight. Panicstricken Throngs. Five minutes after the explosion the streets of ‘Halifax were filled with panic-stricken throngs striving to reach the out-skirts in an effort to es- cape what they believed was a raid by a German fleet. Hundreds of them had been cut by the shower of glass which followed the explosion. In the Richmond section the scenes cted defied description. Seriously ured men and women crawled from the wreckage of their homes and lay in the streets until they were removed to hospitals. Those less seriously hurt aided those more gravely injured. In the streets piled high with debris were found the shattered bodies of many women and children. Several children were crushed to death when they were hurled against telephone poles by the force of the explosion. Homes Funeral Pyres. In scores of cases, occupants of houses who had escaped without in- jury or who were only slightly hurt, were baffled by the flames in the search for members of their families and were forced to stand by impotent- ings cowered under a show- | his home after the explosion, found that his wife and four children had! perished. Fire Chief Killed. Among those killed were the chief © fthe fire department and his deputy, who were hurled to death when a fire engine exploded: Scores of children were killed in the public schools in the north end. Many others suffered broken limbs and were rescued with difficulty from the demolished buildings. The eachers, who escaped injury, worked heroic- 1 ally. Populace Seeks the Open. Lebaron Coleman, manager of the express company, was killed when the roof of the north station collapsed. In less than half an hour after the disas- ‘ter, 5,000 persons had assembled on the common, and thousands of others had sought refuge in fields outside the city. Hundreds were reported missing by their relatives, and it was not known whether they were alive or dead. The work of rescuing and relief was Promptly organized. The Academy of Music and many other public build-! ings were thrown open to house the homeless. Five hundred, tents have ‘been erected on the mon and these will be occupied by the troops who have surrendered their barracks to the women and children. Every Building Hospital. | Every nook and corner in all avail- able buildings was made ready within}| an hour to receive the wounded. A| steady stream of ambunances and au- tomobiles arrived at hospitals, which soon were filled to capacity., ‘Doctors, nurses and volunteers toiled ceaseless- ly, Their ranks were soon swelled) by others who arrived in constantly increasing numbers from nearby, towns. It was announced before night- fall that 25 of the injured had died. It is expected the death list will be greatly increased by those who suc- cumb to their wounds, Automobiles were still scurrying about the city to- night, carrying blanket clad burdens. A committee of citizens has been formed and assistance is asked from all outside points. Supplies Needed. The supplies most needed are glass, | Two Square Miles of Canadian Port City in Ruins From Force of Concussion and Conflagration That Follows Explosion of Mont Blanc After Collision FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917. FOUR a O'HARE CASE 10 JURY SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON (Continned from Page One) that a party was not entitled to a ver- dict of not guilty because of defects | 8°04 only for fertilizer. in an indictment. Issues at the close of the second day's trial in United States district|0" July 17, 1917, and as a result of pe a Saint Li ist - for ot the Ban aay sathor, former et | livered 65 times before that date and court of Mrs. Kate O'Hare, every national and international elec- tive offifice'in the gift of the socialist |Of 4M explanation of the socialists’ party’s aims; of an apology for the failure of the socialist party to pre- vent this war, and of a conslusion ex- in. | Pressing the hope that this war might party in the United States had devel- oped largely into a question of ver- acity and fallibility of witnesses. Thursday morning the government i troduced a half-dozen: witnesses who were positive they had heard Mrs. "E jay that i Hare Be eat LE eee ake te man she did not deliver the lecture in become cannon fodder were not bet-| the high-sounding phraseology which ter than brood-sows on Montana stock} 5#¢ mjght have used in some center ranches, and ‘that she said that young men of America who enlisted in the army were fit only to fertilize the soil of France with their blood. Thurs- day afternoon the defense produced an equal number of witnesses equally as positive that Mrs. O’Hare’s refer- ence to brood sows was made in con-! nection with her statement that Euro-| Ste had taken her place on the plat-! pean women had been commanded to give themselves to their soldiers that the latter might breed before they die, and that her reference to the plood of American soldiers’ fertilizing the soil of France was made in a different spirit than reported, and that she had asked God's blessing for the young men who chose to enlist and had insisted that she not be under. stood or quoted as opposing enlist: ment in the United States army. Totten First Witness. E. B. Totten, judge of Bowman coun- ty\and: prominentiin Nonpartisan poli, tics, ;was!,defense's finst witness fol. _Mrs., O'Hare, herself. Totten te n insttumenth? in getting''Mrs. O’Har there‘anid “that the socialists repre; sented one village, faction, and that all of the witnesses for the, government represented the other. Totten admitted that he himself was not friendly to any of the witnesses for the government, and Judge Wade insisted that neighborhood squabbles “e fi ! not be made a basis fur the adjudica- Many of the men composing the crews of the ships ih the harbor ' {ion of the case. jared. On one steamer, the Pictou, it is reportd f viof 48 wete killed, been picked up: in the hatbori+! Reseue ing of buildings are‘removing, thedeails LUO Mrs. O'Hare (lenied ferred to Président Patientte,' who'has eo: fison as “Ol ‘down off hit pedestal, SHe' Kept! ws: Out of War,t/ andyplunger us into,war'yone of thq’ ple’s P@ace council have any connec- ) statements aseribe,dto her. J 2 peers oe éommunication O'Hare ¥n response to a‘question from She ad: mitted having been with German’ sdéfalists’ Before Amerié ca declared war, but stated she had in either of these organiaztions. had no intersourse of any kind with She stated she be- she informed the jury, just as a musi- lieved in democracy, and, while she cian prepares a musical composition. would not state this was a war for Then I always adjust my vocabulary democracy, she said she believed de- to tha intellectual capacity of my She audience. denied ever having opposed any war ers I use words and terms most used measures, the Red Cross, Liberty loans by them. Germany since. Mmocracy would grow out of it. or Y. M. C. A. campaigns. Friendly to Defendant. Mrs. .E. 'B. Totten, postmistress at Senator McCumber Bowman, whom sought to have removed after she had entertained Mrs. O’Hare at her home, adinitted on the stand that she was friendly to the defendant and in C- form of a question, ‘That may be the cord with her. She stated that she “wanted to see her get a square deal,” and that she had talked the matter ov- er since Mrs. O’Hare'’s indictment with her husband, Judge Totten. She ad- mitted there were young people of both sexes in ‘Mrs. O'Hare’s audience, but protested no words were used which need give offense. Charles D. Olson, a farmér member of the Nonpartisan league, was among the witnesses for the defense. He approved of what he heard Mrs. O’Hare say in her Bowman lecture. John Williams, another Bowman farm- er, asked on cross examination if he sympathized with Mrs. O’Hare said he didn’t believe she needed any sym- pathy. He attended all lectures that came his way, but never had attended a temperance lecture, ‘because they don’t have them in Bowman.” The prosecution sprung a surprise on the Wefense’s last witness of the afternoon when U. S. Attorney Hil- dreth on cross examination thundered at Mrs. E. J. Cuett, wife of a Bowman peshar: K Crucial Question. “Did you know that your husband had been reported to the government as a man who was having congregate at his place of business men who are opposed to the war measures of this government?” Mrs. Cuett replied in the negative. She stated she did not know her hus- band to be a socialist and that the Buzz Saw had until recently been a regular visitor at their home and that she read it faithfully. Attorney D. . Lovell, for the de- fense announced on adjournment Thursday evening that he had. six more witnesses to introduce. Judge Wade especially warned the jurors not to form any opinion until charged by the court, calling attention to the fact that the national defense act is a new measure with which none are familiar and that they are not now in a posi- tion to judge whether any crime has been committed under this act. Mrs. O'Hare on Stand. Kate Richards O'Hare, first witness in her own behalf, told the jyry with ly while what once had been their tar paper, beaver doard, putty, bed- which her fate rests in the United homes became funeral pyres for loved ding and blankets. The Mayors of all States district court Thursday after- ones. A government employe named Mc- Donald, who made all speed to reach| towns in the province have been asked to rush supplies. . The force of the explosion was felt noon that while she hated war and lwas unalterably opposed to it; and While she was a socialist, believing TE TT thoroughly in the tenets of that party as set forth in its offificial documents; and while she had enjoyed every na- tional and international elective office in the gift of her party in the United States and had enjoyed the privilege of sitting side by side with Kerensky as an international delegate; and while she strongly opposed ‘the con: scription act before its passage, she had never attempted to obstruct re- cruiting .or enlistment, or to hinder the United States in carrying out any of its war measures; had never re- ferred to the’ mothers of .American soldiers-as “brood sows,” nor re- marked that American soldiers were Mrs. O’Hare told the jury the lec- ture which she delivered at Bowman which she was indicted, had been carefully prepared and had been de- 70 times since. It consisted, she said, Had to Simplify It. Mrs. O'Hare admitted that at Bow- of culture. She introduced “brood sow” in place of breeding animals, and user “fertilizer” in place of “en- riching,” and made other little alter- ations ‘which she believed might bring her mé@ssage to her audience clothed! in mor¢ familiar garments. These al- , teratiohs, she said, were made after form and “sized up. he raudience.” In j the south, she said, she used terms fa- miliar to southerners; and in the mid- dle west se used middle western col- loquialisms and in Bowman she at- tempted to talk Bowmanese. testimony was in- clined to ramble. She delved into the heroism of her ancestry, tracing its warriors bold back to the Revolution,|y:,hies lay in the streets dead. J. and Judge 'Wade was forced to bring jsaid that at tHe socialists ‘of! Bowman wera, at she had re- her down to the 20th century once more. The court suggested on several occasions that questions ‘and answers be confined to the case on trial and ;to the lecture delivered at Bowman the night of July 17. Opposed to War, ,; Uement of problems of the world physica] torce,” said Mrs. O'Hare. “T | have the same hope as every other in- telligerit man and woinan has, that }| this may be the last war. Since the conscription law parsed I have not | Opposed it. I did oppose it before its passage. I have never.opposed volun- tary enlistment. I have never con- demned nor ridiculed ‘the American soldier. I have not opposed the Lib- erty. bonds, Y M. C. A, or Red Cross work.” 4 {| Foreswears |. W. W. Neithtr the I. W. W. nor the Peo- tion: With the Socialist party, said Mrs. é' her counsel. She denied ‘membership Mrs. O’Hare’s lectures are written, If I am speaking to farm- About “Fertilizer.” With regard to the fertilizer allega- ‘tion in the indictment, Mrs. O’Hare said: “I did not make the statement as attributed to me. I may have said —I seem to recall having said: ‘The blood of our enlisted. men may fer- ‘tilize the soil of France,’ and in the best use for it.’ ” Anent “Brood Sows.” With regard to the “brood sow” alle- ; gation, Mrs. O’Hare said: “I never referred to the mothers of American soldiers as ‘brood sows.’ To have done so would have meant in- sulting myself and my mother and my mother’s mother. I did say that when the governments and the churches of European countries demand that the women give themselves to the sol- diers, in marriage or out of marriage, |in order that the soldiers may ‘breed before they die’ they, are reducing , their womanhood to\the status of brood sows on our stock,farms. I had no intention to bring Afmerican wom- en into this.” i Mrs. O’Hare testified thet her father served through the Civil \war in the federal army and that she had had relatives in evéry war since the Revo- lution. Her ancestry, she Stated, is | Welsh-Irish, many generations Ameri- an. é 3 Nothing From “Fritz.” Mrs. O’Hare admitted having receiv- ed communications from socialists in Germany and ‘England before America declared war, but denied having been in communication with eGryhany since the severance of diplomati¢ relations. She reiterated her statemet that now America is in the war she lppes Amer- ica may win and that this ‘may be the FT NE OF CATASTROPHE BROWS AS. BIKS (Continued from Page One.) today his experiences during the ex- plosion. “ “In 10 séconds it was all over,” ‘Mr. Barton/said. “A low rumbling, a auake shock, and everything. vibrat- ing, then an indescribable noise, fol- lowed by the fall of plaster, and the smashing of glass. In such move- ments the human mind does not hesi- tate; a cry went up, ‘A German bamb,’ a rush for the door, headlong down the haliway amid falling pictures, “Lam absolutely oppofed to the netaierieny, are i “By delved’ at ripped from their hinges, through eral projecting triangular pieces to the street. Here I found myself with a burden. How she had come into my arms I do not know, yet here she was, hysterically aurlekne ‘Oh, my or sister, my poor Sis! er.” Poroutside, overhead, a giant _gmoke cloud was moving northward. Danger seemed over. I crossed the road, laid my feminine burden on a doorstep aud returned to the hotel. I was un- scathed. I made my way upstairs. to. the rooms of two friends. The rooms were vacant, but normal, even the glass unbroken. My friends were un- scathed. : Many Wounded. “We immediately went for the vi cinity of the disaster. Toward Citadel hall we wended our way and the fur- ther we went to the more horrid part of the aftermath the improvised stretcher met us on all sides, converg- ing into the main thoroughfares from the highways and byways. The wound- ed were everywhere, but most of these unfortunates could hobble or walk; we kept onward. We arrived at the armory where the khaki clad men were already on parade, many of the soldiers showing wounds bound with handkerchiefs — confusing the mind with base hospitals of overseas. “As we passed, they were already on the march to the more devastated area. The order had gone forth, “Commandeer all vehicles, auto or horse’ A cordon was drawn across the street and passengers were forced to alight and resume their journey afoot. There was grim work ahead. BYE WITNESS TELLS OF FIRE St. Johns, N. B., Dec. 7.—Eye wit- nesses of the Halifax explosion reach- in here today told of details of the horrors through which they passed. In the party were 14 young women stu- dents. Esmand P. Berry, St. Johns postal clerk, was at Richmond during the worst of the catastrophe. “It was terrible,” he said, “people dving in our car like flies. Some of them came to the place with noses snot olt, eyes put out, faces slashed, with flying glass, limbs torn, and dis- torted. On one occasion while we were working around a wrecked build- ing, we could see a little baby 50 feet or more waderneath a burning mass crying for aid. We could not reach it and had to watch while it burned to death. Men and women and children were lying in the streets and hundreds must be buried beneath wreckage.” J. ©. Gilles ie, a train conductor, mond fully fifty per buildings collapsed. cent of the Cameron, a Canadian Pacific tele graph operator and all his family were killed. PASSENGERS SAFE New York, Dec. 7.—Word that the passengers and crew of the Holland- American Line steamer Nieuw Am- ixafe,in Halifax, wagite the' focal offices of the Line today. RED CROSS TO HELP Poston, Dec. 7.—A_ special train carrying Red Cross units consisting of 15 physicians, and 30 nurses, and a quantity of medical and other sup- plies, will start for Halifax this after- non in charge of S. H. Wolcott. Ar- rangements for the dispatcn of the relief train were made by James Jackson, manager of the local divi- sion of the Red Cross, after a con- ference by telephone with officials of the organization at: Washington. BODIES OF SAILORS Truro, N. S., Dec. 7.—A_ telegraph onerator sent here from Halifax. bv the Western Union Telegraph Co said today that he saw the bodies of several sailors of the U. S. Navy who had been killed by the explo- sion yesterday. PINTO JIM STAR DEFENSE WITNESS (Continued from Page One) the woman he is alleged to have loved. The cross-examination of Mrs. Pan- kow was completed this morning. William Pankow was on the stand when adjournment was taken at noon. A public which had been led to ex- pect salacious developments in the cankow murder case was disappoint- ed Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Henry Pankow on the stand bravely swore that her relations with Charles wrchert, whom her husband is charg- ed with slaying, had never been in the least improper, and that the sanctity ther husband’s home never had been jeopardized by isorchert’s presence there. She admitted that her husband had suspected illicit relations and had once accused her when he came to the house at midday to find that Bor- chert had preceded him from the fields and discovered the blinds drawn. The courageous little woman re- mained on the stand fram 19 Thre. day morning until ¢ in the evening when adjouumen was WahGa welt her cross-examination by Assistant Attorney General Daniel V. I'rennan still incomplete. She did not falier in any of her statements. Describing tue shooting she maintained steadily tha‘ Borchert was rising from his. chair when Pankow shot him. She told of trouble which Borchert and her husband had had over reports of im- proper relationship. Constipation Makes Baby Uncomfortable When its tender little o1 bound up’ with a ‘congestion “oF stomach waste in the bowels, Baby is a mighty uncomfortable morsel of humanity, and refiects its dis- comfort in its disposition. If Mother will just give it a tiny dose of a mild laxative, such as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, the congestion will quickly loosen and be expelled, and her child be nor- mal and happy once more. Dr. Caldweil’s Syrup Pepsin is especially desirable for children, because it contains no opiate or . Narcotic drug, bein, of simple laxative Fers with pep- sin, mild and gentle in action, positive in effect, and very palata- le. Children like it and take it readily. Druggists sell Dr. Cald- well’'s Syrup Pepsin for fifty cents @ bottle; a trial bottle, free of be obtained by writing B. 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