Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 12, 1916, Page 1

L.oolt around Omaha at the firms that advertise. They are the ones that have grown from little concerns to great big ones. VOL. ‘XLVI—No. 80. REPUBLICANS ARE AINNERS IN MAINE ON EARLY COUNT With nearly Half of Precincts Heard From, G. 0. P. Can- didate Has Lead of About Five Thousand Votes. LIKE VOTE FOR SENATOR Returns Show Milliken has 49, 202 and Democratic Rival 35,269. 303 PRECINOTS COUNTED BULLETIN. Portland, Me., Sept. 1l1—If the ratio of gains in the state is main- tained, the republicans will elect a governor by a plurality of about 11,000, pne senator by avout 4,500 and | a secorld senator by about 7,500. Indications at 10 o'clock were that the republicans had elected three con- gressmen, with the Second district, now’ represented by Daniel J. McGil- licuddy, democrat, in doubt. Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—With more than half the precincts in the state heard from, the returns indicated a republican gain over the vote of 1914 of more than 35 per cent and demo- cratic gains of about 7 per cent. Re- turns from 350 precincts out of 635 in the state for governor give: " Milliken, republican, 46,455; Curtis, democrat, 40,456." For Senator — Hale, republican, 45,539; Fernald, republican, 46,022; Johnson, democrat, 41,161; Sills, democrat, 40,962, Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Returns for governor from‘303 precincts out of 635 in the state, give: : Milliken, republican, 40,202; Curtis, democrat, 35,259. For United States senator the vote in these precincts is: Hale, republican, 39,386; Fernald, republican, 39,800; Johnson, democrat,_‘ 35,881; Sills, democrat, 35,750. Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Returns from 211 precincts out of 635 in the state give for governor: ; Milliken, republican, 26,654; Curtis, democrat, 23,557., 3 ‘The same precincts in 1914 gave: Haines, republican, 19,169; Curtis, ! democrat, 22,057; Gardner, progress- ive, 5,509. 3 For United States senator sixty= three precincts give: Hale, repul lican, 26,163; Fernald, republican, 26,- 378; Johnson, democrat, 24,178; Sills, democrat, 23,&78. Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Returns from 313 precinct ot of 83 in the stati ¢ for governor; Milliken, re- ubleicfi: 12,32?; Curtis, democrat, 9. "In. 1914 the same precincts ave: Haines, republican, 3 urtis, demtocrat, 8,985; Gardner, progressive, For United States senator the same precincts give: Hale, republican, 12,154; Fernald, republican, 12,233; Johnson, democrat, 9,951; Sills, democrat, 9,821. Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Returns from thirty-seven precincts out of 635 in the state give for governor: Milliken, republican, 3,551; Curtis, democrat, \2,987. The same precincts in 1914 gave: Haines, * republican,' 2,964; Curtis, democrat, 2,819; Gardner, progres- sive, 697. L) \ - Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—The first four precincts heard from in the state election today give: 4 For governor: Milliken, republican, 162; Curtis, democrat, 283. The same precincts in 1914 gave: Haines, re- publican, 121; Curtis, democrat, 270; Gardner, progressive, 14, . Portland,\ Me., Sept. 1L—A close contest for congress in the second district, ‘represented by D. J. Me- Gillicuddy, democrat, was indicated in the early returns of the vote in today’s elecfion. Forty-two out of 147 precincts in the district gave Me- Gillicuddy 4,076 and W. H. White, jr,, republican, 4,062, Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Congres- sional returns from eighty-two out of 147 precincts in the Second district (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) The Weather Omaha \‘elurdllb Hour. eg. b a. 57 ¢ 68 58 68 61 63 2 m. 64 1p. [1] 2 p. 66 3 p 65 4 63 65 p. m. 61 6 p. m. 58 7p.m 8 p. i Comparative 1 Recor 1916, 1915, (5 rd. 1914, 1913, Highest yesterday.. 64 W M Lowest yestorday Mean temperatur Prucipitation .... Normal temperature Detlelency for the d: Totul excess since M. Normal precipitatio Bxcess for the day. Totel ratfifall since March 1. Deitciency since March 1....... Deficlency for cor. period, 1915, . Deliciuncy for cor. perlod, 1914. (.51 inches From Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain. of Weathar. T7p.m est. fall CReyenne, cloudy 8 45 54 Davenport, cloudy. kil 90 .00 Denver, clear.... 52 be .66 Des Moines, clovdy. 6 68 64 Deodge City, rali 5o 54 .70 Larder, clear 11 b4 .00 Notth Pl 50 66 16 Omaha, ain (1] 66 1.14 Pueblo, clear.. 64 54 . salt Lake City, 62 3 .00 Santa Fe, cleu 66 [ .90 Sheridan, pt. cl 58 €6 N Rloux City, ral; 62 66 .01 Valentine, rain.. ST €2 .01 “7* indicates trace of precipitation. da A WELSH, Motacraloglst. SEVERAL INJURED BY MOTOR CRASHES | Motorcycle and Automobile Collide While Going at Fast Pace. TAXI KNOCKS TWO DOWN Jack Johnson, mechanician, 1909 Binney street, who was seriously in- jured when his motorcycie collided with an auto truck at Eighteenth and Charles streets at midnight Sunday, is hovering between life and death at St. Joseph hospital. Harold Percell, an occupant of the truck, who was |also badly hurt, is reported slightly improved. Others injured in the crash are doing well. | The injured: | Juck Johnwon, mechanican, 1909 Bioney. | Willtam Melvin, 4609 North Twenty-second *\Wiliam Huttstetter, 4520 North Twenty- | first street. Hdrold Percell, 2423 Spaulding street. and Melvin was driving a light truck with McKeegan, Huffstetter and Per- cell as passengers. The truck be- longed to Kettleman & Sons grocer: of Eightenth and Charles, and bod‘; machines were going at a fast clip |v«hen they crashed together at the in- tersection. The two machines were demolished, so great was the force of the impact. Taken to Hospital, Johnson was taken to the hospital suffering from a bad fracture of the left leg and internal injuries. Percell was seriously hurt internally, and is also at the hospital. The others were badfy bruised and cut, but not seri- ously hurt. Dr. Barney Kulakofsky, who attended the injured men, said Percell and Johnson will be the only ongs to suffer possible permanent in- juries. When police arrived at the scene of the accident, Melvin,’ the driver of the auto truck, was arrested and is being held for investigation. Knocks Two Down. A taxicab, speeding through the dense after-theater crowd last night at Sixteenth and Harney streets, knocked down and severely injured two persons and then disappeared, followed by the angry shouts of half f {a hundred witnesses, Miss' Irene Callahan, 2820 North Thirty-third, daughter of Dan Calla- han, sexton of Prospect Hill ceme- tery, and Glenn Osborne, 3118 Corby, were the victims. Mr. Osborne, was not as badly hurt as-was his young woman companion and\he took her to her home, where both received attentiori, Joy Over Birth.of Son in Hig Famliy Causes Man's Death Waterloo, Ia, Sept. 11.—(Special Telegram.)—Harry L. Green, aged 27, of Oelwein, was fatally injured in this city this morning on the Chi- cago Great Western tracks while en- gaged .in his duties as brakeman. Green fell on the tracks just after he had thrown a switch and a box car ran over his body. A son was born yesterday in his family and he was hurrying through to get home early. Arthur Moore, a life-long friend, was at the throttle of the engine that killed him and he is prostrated. The accident was witnessed by 100 per- sons waiting to take a train for Chi- cago. Prohibition Special ‘Is in North Dakota Fargo, N. D., Sept. 11.—Swinging through North Dakota, which has been dry for a quarter of a century, J. Frank Hanly and other speakers aboard the prohibition campaign spe- cial train today proposed this state’s experience as proof of practical re- [sults prohibition would bring. | The party was awakened here to- day by a band playing Tennessee airs, and Mr., Landrith, who hails from that state, went out and welgomed the crowd. It was a good-sized'gath- ering, Hillsboro, Grand Forks, Lari- more, Lakota, Devils Lake, Rugb: and Minot were other cities visited. | Landrith here urged the people that | as they have done so well with local option, it behooved them to vote for national prohibition, Pinchot Announces Will Support Hughes Chicago, Sept. 11.—Gifford Pinchot, prominently identified with the pro- gressive party, today made public a statement in which he announced his intention of supporting Charles Ev- ans Hughes, the republican nominee fovresrdcnt. Mr. Pinchot prefaces his statement by saying that he is neither a' demo- crat nor a republican, but a progres- | sive, and that in view of the fact that there is no progressive candidate for president he must vote for either the democratic or the republican nom- inee. “As a progressive, I believe in na- tionalism,” says the statement. “So does Hughes. I am certain that un- der Hughes the progressive policies will fare better than under Wilson and that the safety, honor and wel- fare of the country will be in immeas- ureably surer hands.” Steamship Beaver Reported Afire at Sea San Francisco, Cal.,; Sept. 11.—The steamer Beaver, enroute from Port- land, Ore., to San Francisco, is racing for this port with a fire in its after- hold, according to a wireless message received here by its owners, the San Francisco & Portland Steamship com- pany. The message stated that the | fire was under control and that the 3 \ Johnson was riding the motorcycle | OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.—TEN PAGES. MEXIGANS WANT AMERICANS WITH MONEYTORE Efforts Made to talists, Who Le! During Revolution to Come Back. MAY RECALL WARNING {Decrees of Oarranza Held to Be Oonfiscatory, Taken up by Commission. New London, Conn., Sept. 11.—An | inquiry which has for its object the return to Mexico of Americans with property interests. there, was begun here today by the Ameritan-Mexican joint commission. It was indicated that if the facts disclosed warrant it, the State department might with- | draw its warning that Americans stay STATEMENT BY OABRERA| e Serbia of the invaders. out of the neighboring republic for the present. At the suggestion of the American delegates their Mexican conferees be- gan presenting detailed reports as to the progress made since the recogni- tion~of General Carranza toward re- establishing order, Whether Amer- icans are to be invited by their own government to return to their prop- erties, it was indicated, depends ap- arently upon the showing that can e-made as to the ability of General Carranza to protect them from ban- dits. - The commission expected to issne a statement later in the day giving the substance of the reports on this subject. which have been pre- sented. x & Another phase of the discussion soon to be taken up will be the vari- ous decrees issued by General Car- ranza which are held to be confis- atory by Americans operating in exico. These are being arranged and classified for the commission’s use and tabulations are being pre- pared to show their effect in dollars and cents upon American property holders, in' Mexico. G Lujs Cabrera, head of the Mexican commission, said today that the prog- ress which had been made by his government during the 'last year would prove surprising to those who }\ad no direct information on the sub- ect. Secretary Lane, heading the Amer- ican delegation, indicated that the Mexican commissioners fully realize the necessity for getting American- owned properties back to werk. The regeneration of Mexico, he said, de- pended on getting the country to work again, and the present object of the joint deliberations was to de- termine = exactly what conditions Americans would face if > they re. turned to their properties. Colorado Voters Are Making Their Party Slates Today Denver, Colo,, Sept. 11.—Colorado electors will select party nominees for congress and state offices at the primary election tomorrow. The re- sult is expected to turn on state is- sues, the voting for state officers be- ing confined to candidates for repub- lican and democratic nominations. The assemlies of both parties de- clared for a strict enforcement of the state-wide prohibition law. Chief interest in the campaign cen- ters in the contest between George A. Carlson, incumbent, and Samuel D. Nicholson for the republican nomi- tion for governor, Jurius C. Gunter is unopposed for the democratic gu- bernatorial nomination. In both parties there are lively con- tests for two plages on the state su- preme court. Three aspirants are making the race on the republican and four on the democratic ticket. These include two retiring justices, W. H. Gabbert, republican, and Mor- ton S. Bailey, democrat. Sik repub- licans are contesting for the attorney general nomination. In the race for congress Benjamin C. Hilliard, democratic incumbent, is opposed for the nomination by Henry B. Teller in the First district. In other districts Charles B, Timberlake, republican, and Edward Keating and Edward T. Taylor, democrats, are un- opposed for the J:arty nomination, | Congressional candidates are present- |ed by the progressive party in three | of the four districts, The regularly called progressive party state assembly decided not to place a ticket in the field. Subse- quently progressive leaders refused to be bound by that action and desig- nated a state ticket. However, as fo |acceptances were filed with the sec- retary of state their names were not certified for a place on the primary ballot. 3 Ask Chicago Women To _V!e_igh. Bread Chicago, Sept. 11.—House wives of Chicago were taday urged to weigh the bread they buy and to assist the city department of weights and meas- ures in watching local bakers for vio- lations of the anti-trust laws against short weights. The United States district attorney, the state’s attorney and the Chicago city council have started investigations into the bakery fituation. NorweuianSTmer Sunk by Submarine Amsterdam, Sept. 11.—(Via Lon- don.)—The Norwegian steamer Lind- borg, bound from London for Rot- terdam, has been sunk by a subma- rine, according to the Algemecen | Sandelsblad. The crew of the sub- | marine - stripped the steamer of all | copper objects before blowing it up. | The crew of the Lindborg has beenl ilanded. | SERBS OFF FOR FRONT IN NEW EQUIPMENT-—This picture, taken at Salonica, shows the reorganized Serbian troops, in uniforms supplied by the French, ready to be transported e fighting front, where the Allies are attacking the Teuton-Bulgar lines in an endeavor \ SERBIANS ENTRAINING FOR FRONT, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, Onre s seRvica GERMAN ASSAULTS French Report R-e_pulle of Five Attemptg to Retake Lost Positions Near Berny. BRITONS B;A—'I.‘_BAOK TWO Paris, Sept. 11.—Five times last night the Germans attacked positions | leaders of | 750,000 newly won by the French on the Somme front. The war office an- nounces they were repulsed each time with heavy loss. The official report says the Germans employed burning liquid in making their cttacks, The fighting occurred south of the Som- me, from Berny to the region of Chaulnes. Britons Repulse Two Attacks. London, Sept. 11—Two _efforts were made yesterday by the Germans to recapture Ginchy, on the Somme front, from the British, but it is an- nounced the attacks were beatén off The statement follows: “The enemy made two more coun- ter attacks on Ginchy yesterda which were repulsed. Several sut detachments of hostile 'infantry at- tempted to attack our line near Mo- quet farm and in the vicinity of Po- zieres, but were driven off. “Between Neuville-St. Vaast and La Bassee canal our troops entered the enemy's trenches at sevaral places, takiig some prisoners.” Berlin, Sept. 11.—(Via London.)— The British followed their great at- tack of Saturday on the Somme front by vigorous assaults over smaller por- tions of the line yesterday. The official report of today says these assaults were repulsed. The an- nouncement follows: g “Front of General Field Marshal Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg: There is nothing to report. “Front of General Field Marshal Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria: The great British attack of Septem- ber 9 was followed yesterday by lim- ited but vigorously' conducted at- tacks on the Pozieres-Sars high road and against the Ginchy-Combles sec- tor. They were repulsed, Fresh fighting has been in progreds since early this morning for possession of Ginchy, and the ground southeast of that point. Near Longueval, and in the small wood of Leuze, between Ginchy” and Combles, advanced trenches remained in the hands of the enemy during the hand-to-hand fighting described yesterday, “The French attacked in vain south of the Somine, near Bellcy and Vermandovillers. We recaptured a few houses in Berny, which were oc- cupied by the ‘encmy, on September 8 and took more than fifty prisoners. “Front of the German crown prince: Intermittent and sharp ar< tillery duels occurred east of the Meuse (Verdun front).” Austrian Troopsin | Transylvania Retire Vienna (Via London), Sept. 11,.— Austrian troops fighting in casterg Transylvania have been withdrawn further in‘front of Roumanian forces, says an official statement issued from Austro-Hungarian headquarters to- day. Roumanian attacks north of Or- sova, on the Danube, were repulsed by the Austrians. e London, Sept. 11.—The British troops in their advance across the Struma in the region of Lake Tapinos have driven the Bulgarians from four villages, says a war office statement of the operations in Macedonia issued tonight, The British also repulsed strong Bulgarian counter-attacks, Wife Must Give to Husballii_l_lis Pants| %51 Mabel Zoellern, wife of Max O,,| must return his coats, vests and trous- | ers to him, according to a decree handed down by Judge Sears when Max was granted a divorce on the grounds of desertion. Complaint of the husband that his wife is in posses- sion of his wearing apparel brought the court order. They were married in Pottawattamie county April 1, 1915, Extreme cruelty is charged in the divorce petition filed by Frances Fin-| ley against Edgar L. They were mar-| ried in Council Bluffs nine years ago. Divorce and the custody of the son,' Alired, aged 17, is asked in the peti- | tion filed by Gussie Rusland againstl Alfred H., a tinner, aged 52, They were married in Omaha in 1893, NEW YORK SURFACE ALONG SOMME FAIL| LINES ARE TIED UP| Service on Number Entirely Suspended and On Others Only Few OCars Run. TALK OF GENERAL STRIKE New York, Sept. 11—With the labor men of Greater ew York and vicinity threatening a sympathetic strike, traffic on the subway and elevated lines in 'Manhattan ard the Bronx impeded, and the surface systems in those two boroughs and Westchester county virtually tied up, the general strike situation assumed a more se- rious aspect today. § ] Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, de- clined to discuss the probability of a general strike, but union leaders as- serted that if necessary 50,000 union men could be called out within six hours. Traction officials attribute the fall- ing off in service on the supways and eleyated roads. to the ‘unprece- dented increase in traffic caused by the stopping of all surface lines: Union leaders claimed, however, that the defection of heretofore loyal em- ployes of the road was responsible. Charge by Strikebreakers. Ten_strikebreakers, most of them from Chicago, who said they had “es- caped” from one of the Interborough barns, presented , themselves before Mayor Mitchel and the Public Serv- ice commission today and charged their employers, a strikebreaking agency, with forcing them to remain on duty at the point of pistols, the wenfions in many cases held by New York policemen. The men complained that tgcy had been misled as to pay and working conditions and begged the commission to aid them. Will Vote On Sympathetic Strike. New York, Sept. 10—A strike, of stage employes, longshoremen, brew- ery workers, machinists, bartenders, moulders and printers in symapthy with the unionized carmen, who quit their places four days ago, was de- cided upon at a meeting of the heads of their unions tonight, ac- cording to an announcement by Hugh Frayne, state organizer of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, A resolution was adopted calljng on all unionized wage earners in Great- er New York, Yonkers, Mount Ver- non, White Plains and New Rochelle to sanction a strike in “support of the contention of the street railway men of their right to organize,” The resolution recommended that the workers in the various trades “lay down their tools until the companies are forced to recognize the carmen’s union.” According to State ' Organizer Frayne, approximately 750,000 men and women are enrelled in the unions that were represented at the meeting tonight. Before a sympathetic strike can be declared, however, it was explained | by the union leaders, it will be ne- cessary. for them to call mass meet- | ings of their respective unions and put the proposition to a vote of the members. The delegates at the meet- ing tonight, it was said, assured Wil liam B. Fiitzgerald, organizer of the carmen’s union, that there members | were “willing “to fight to a_finish, morally, physically and financiaily in the interest of trade unionism.” Officials of the railway companies, when informed 'of the action of the union. leaders, asked whether the building trades were to be included in the recommendation for a sympa- thetic strike, They were tolJ lfiat no action with respect to these un- ions had been taken. Support Pledged: The meeting of the union delegates | following a meetiig held earlier in the evening at which Samuel Gomk pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Lalor, and officials of the Central Federated unjons in New York and Brooklyn, as well as the heads of the carmen's :nion, were present. Undivided moral and finan- cial support of all trade unionists in Grealu: New York .vas pledged in a resolution adopted at this conference to the striking carmen. The fourth day of the strike found all surface car lines in Manhattan, the Bronx and parts of Westzhester county badly crippled. During the day service on nearly all the lines was about fifty per cent normal, and tonight the poice reported that it had almost entirely suspended. In the subway and on the elevated k| il o e oo S 3 4 (Continued on Page Two, Column Twe.) | SCientists perished in- the/ north, BRITONS ADVANCING ON THE BULGARIANS Entente Troops Oross Struma River in Macedonia, Forty Miles from Saloniki. BIG BATTLE PROBABLY ON London, Sept. 11,—The conclusion is drawn from the official French re- donia that an offensive campaign has been inaugurated. In addition to the British attack along the Struma, the Serbians already are advancing against the Bulgarians, who some time ago crossed the Greek frontier near Lake Ostrovo and made a quick advance southward, Since that time the Bulgarians retired consid- erably under pressure, The French also are forcing the fight, attacking from the Vardar to Lake Doiran. g Britons' Cross Struma. Paris, Sept. 11.—British troops on ll;: front ix; Greek Macet’irn‘:\h took th; offensive: last ey .crosse: the Struma rfd&% war office an- noun y, and sttacked the rians; who are resisting desperately: he British troops crossed the Struma under fire. Having gained a | oting on the eastern bank at a point about forty miles northeast of $aloniki, they attacked the villages of Nevolyen and Karabjabes. i The announcement follo “On the Struma front British troops crossed the river at Ortiak, under the fire of the enemy and attacked on the left (eastern) bank of the villages of Nevolyen and Karabjabes, where the enlefmy is obstinately defending him- self, “From the region west of the Var- dar to Lake Doiran our artillery vio- lently bombarded Bulgarian positions and made some,effective practice on the enemy's batteries. “On the Serbian front a fresh with- drawal of Bulgarian advanced posts is reported. 4 Greek Reservists League Disbanded On Oflq_{ of Allies Athens, Sept. 10—(Via London, Sept. 11)—King Constantine person- ally has accepted the den]land of the entente allies that the / Reservists’ league, of which he is honorary presic dent, be dissolved, Athens is virtually under martial law. Patrols of infantry and cavalry parade the strects and the entente le- gations are under strong guards. Fif- teen hundred marines have been add- ed to the garrison here on account of the uncertainty in regard to the attitude of the troops. The excite- ment caused by army disaffections at Saloniki, however, is dying out. London, = Sept. 11.—~A Reuter's Athens dispatch says that Premier | Zaimis had_another lengthy confer- ence with King Constantine on Sun- day afternoon, after which the cabi- et met.* In regard to the shots fired in the neighborhood of the French legation, the dispatch says that the allies de- mands have apparently been fully ac- cepted, although nothing has been of- ficmll{ announced, Tfie closing of the clubs of the Reservists’ league, a step demanded by the entente, was begun Sunday evening, Arctic Party Headed By lowan at Home Snttlg, Wash,, Sept. 11.~The steamship Northwestern arrived from ‘Nome, Alaska, today with seven members of the Vilhjalmur Stefans- son Canadian Arctic expedition that left Victoria, B. C., in the whaler Karluk June 17, 1913, The men are Dr. Rudolph M. An- derson of Des Moines, la., second to Stefansson in command of the expedi- tion; ‘John J. O'Neill, geologist of Port Colborne; John R. Cox, topog- rapher, Ottawa Ont.; Diamond Jen- | ness, anthropologist, Wellington, N. Z.; Fritz Johansen, naturalist, Copenhagen; George H, Wilkins, photographer, London, and Kenne%\ G. Chipman, topographer, New York. Anderson and his party will go direct to/Ottawa to report to the Canadian government on their achievements. Anderson and his accompanying scientists escaped the misfortunes that were encountered by the branch of the expedition thas went from Nome on the Karluk which was wrecked in the arctic ice the first winter out. Thirteen members of the Stefansson expedition including five [ port in regard to operations in Mace-| R, T of the river and .«a%m' who THE WEATHI:'.RY WARM CENTER SPAK OF QUEBEC BRIDGE FALLS IN RIVER Section Weighing Five Thou sand Tons COollapses as it is Being Hoisted Into Place. 1 TWENTY.FIVE MEN KILLED Hundreds of Distinguished Vis- itors Gather to See Finish of Engineering Feat., LONGEST SPAN IN WORLD Quebec, Quebec, Sept. 11.—~The span of the world’s greatest bridge collapsed and fell into the St. Law- rence ri®r today with a loss of life variously estimated. The company erecting the structure placed the num- ber of deaths at upwards of twenty- five, but H. P. Borden, a member the Quebec Bridge commission, ex- pressed the opinion that ofily three persons were lost. Several hours after the accident happened at 10:30 o'clock a special train into Quebec ,broudght, twenty men who had been in- uré: Nine years ago a similar accident at the same spot took a toll of seventy lives, Today ninety men were car- ried into the river when the 5,000-ton span, being raised from pontoons in an en meem(llsofen designed to com- plete the $17,000,000 cantilever suspen- sion for transcontinental railway traf-\ fic, plunged a distance of fifteen' feet . into the water and sank feet, per- haps never to be recovered. Five Bodies Recovered. Chief ~Engineer McMillan ' was among the injured brought here. lg: was rescued by a tug. Five bed have been recovered. Edward. Jor- danaiss, 22 years old, of Providence, ,, is among the known dead. . The e}l:g&neer in charge of confme- tion, whose name is Porter; " Anderson, a blacksmith; Alfred flfl ret, who is badly hurt and Arthur Cadoret are’amor:g the survivors. The collapse occurred when. the n was about fifteen feet in the afr, oats from among the hundreds of craft on which spectators had g ered were rushed to the the span -di I muct,.lfi': II:% the b nessed the - collapse doubts as to whether’ TG, % it wo The bridge stands on the site - the structure which on fifllt 29,1907, with ves. The central spa day weighs more than is 640 feet long. The span had ontoons a- few. . m ridge site and was sition immediately r Chaina it ks thi [) o) diameter, together with gir then attached to the span ton hydraulic ja stupendous tas into place. . This work could be nccm%p only a few inches an hour, and as distance from the river level to floor of the bridge is 150 feet the engineery had not counted on com- pleting the operation until the end of this week or later. The bridge was to have been ready for train c next spring, marking an important milestone in Canada’s engineering railway history: Distinguished Cogipany Assembles. The juggling of 5,000 tons of s under unprecedented circumstan attracted ‘several tousand spectato: including members ofi Parliament an: newspaper men gathered on vessel furnished by the Canadian govern- ment. Members of the Dominion cabinet witnessed the collapse fi the deck of a government while American tourists crowded huhdreds of other boats of all class- es. Eminent American authorities o bridge building and members of t Australian Parliament returning home after visiting in Europe also were at the scene and river traffic for ocean- going steamships has been tempora- rily suspended. The J)roject interrupted today or- iginated in 1853, when at the request of the Quebec City council a New York engineer submitted plans and estimates. Courage and capital were llr.king, however, and it was not until 1882 that the scheme again was given consideration. ~ Later Canadian ene gineers obtained a charter and, many years of delay, the building was begun, only to terminate in the col- lapse of the unfinished structure in Longest Span in World. Canada’s federal railway depart- ment then decided to reconstruct it and ‘placed the undertaking inthe hands of a commission which inw cluded several noted American brm builders, among them Ralph Mojes! of Chicago, and C. C. Schneider'of New York. R The plans for the b'ridtge provide for a channel span longer than that of any exnsung today anywhere. Its contemplated length” from shore to shore was 3,239 feet, with a distance of 1,800 feet between anchor buttrése ses. Provision was made for two raillfond tracks, two street car.jracks and two roads. It was to have been used by eight railroads. U. S. Pension Checks = Held by British Censor Berlin, Sept. 11.-~(By Wireless to Sayville.)—"A veteran of the Am ican civil war who lives in Darm has not received his pension . months, owing to the British ship,” says the Overseas ! cy. “The lettw .‘whyich,lln 3 partment at hington sent ¥ S