New York Times, The (Newspaper) - August 16, 1909, New York, New York J n TtE i Showers and morrow rising temperature NEW MONDAY 16 PAGES ONE CENT Greater New Sort City at Liverpool Gutted from Funnels Forward Re- floated After Fire Was Out HELD RECORD OF LINE Will Be Refitted with Larger and a Deck Will Be Here Say LIVERPOOL Aug Cunard Line's steamship lies to-night at Dr C A Barker Physical Adviser Tells of Their Lively to The New-YorK Times BOSTON Aug denials which from all of mation at Beverly Dr Charles A Bartier of Washington tho ic physical matters in an interview to-day admits that Mr Tafti puts on- tBe aloyes with Dr Backer is in with dent aha supervises the exercise that the: Chief Magistrate Indulges in His first prescription three years he was golf President obeyed orders Then he added dumbell work and chest weights Recently has persuaded the President to put on the: boxing has had much to do with his step and clear eyes and healthy color Going into details the tor A large room in the garage of the cottage at Beverly has been fitted up as a Every morning before the dock seriously damaged i the automobile takes me to the having been almost gutted from her j Evans cottage where the President Is arts forward by which started on I waiting in gymnasium Then for board the evening liner at 7 o'clock Saturday After having been submerged to save one hour the two of us go through a reg- ular system of exercise The first part of Is I to exercises which are scientifically ct powerful pumps She will be dry and towed to Glasgow for repairs The fire brigade of the vessel with two powerful motor engines turned out im- mediately at the first alarm and found the first saloon burning fiercely from end to end Despite all their efforts the gradually worked forward until they reached the steerage consuming every particle of the woodwork there and then played havoc with the forehold At this time the heat was tremendous and the flames shooting high from the vessel attracted thousands of persons to the side of river where crowds remained to on throughout the night At 3 o'clock this morning She flames making headway it was decided to flood the vessel by admitting water into her from the dock Soon after she heeled over and her funnels in contact with the cranes on the dock and were badly damaged A half dozen firemen were on the gangway at time were thrown into the water but all were rescued A fleet of tugs was brought Into requisition and pulled the liner upright and held her until she settled firmly or the mud buttom Fire Kot Oat Till Noon Tt was 10 o'clock this morning before fire was under control and noon before the fire brigade was able to their task The second-class ters and the whole afterpart of tha boat Including the engine room escaped injury from the flames and comparatively little damage was done to the exterior of the vessel Her upper part as she rested on bottom was considerably above wa- ter The first saloon skylight was de- and the decks forward are badly buckled Some of the plates of the hull were warped by the heat The repairs to will occupy some time Divers who examined the Lucania day found that her machinery had not been damaged and that her hull was still sound The heat twisted the plates on the promenade deck into fantastic shapes The fire was prevented from spreading aft by the engine room bulkhead The fire on board the will not Interfere with the sailings of the other Cunard Line vessels from Liverpool The had been held In dock here as a reserve boat According to some reports the fire first broke out in the starboard saloon Bailey but was quickly extinguished by the ship's A halt hour later there was another outbreak In the port kitchen and while the firo brigade was dealing with this a fierce blane suddenly burst in the steerage and forepeak The Lucania was built in 1893 in the shipyards of tho Company in Glasgow She is a twin screw steel eel schooner rigged and equipped with quadruple expansion engines of inal power Her dimensions are 601 feet length 35 feet 2 inch beam f j feet depth of hold and she is of j gross tonnage In- October 1894 the Lu wrested the westbound Atlantic ord from the Campania making the Ij eage in 5 days 7 hours 23 minutes j was 4 hours 44 minutes than that of her sister ship She carried the Cunard i1 i Line's Commodore's pennant until the ad- s vent of the I Saloon I I One of the features of the Lucania was j j her big dining saloon fitted with massive Spanish mahogany with i i panels and her broad companionway lead- Jog from the promenade deck was of the j costly wood The saloon i which reported to be destroyed was i i fitted with handsome stained glass panes i j hand painted by well-known artists which i were very much admired when ship i came out Her lounge music room and library en the promenade deck formed a suite of rooms that was not surpasses in the Atlantic trade until the Mauretania and appeared i In her prime the Lucania made as much as 22 knots an hour and was looked upon for years as a good ship She averaged that speed on one of her trips last year and was ered one of the roost regular ships com- ing into this port Sines the building of the and the Mauretania the Lucania has been listed on the Cunard and was lying up in Robert C Warr one of the oldest commanders of the line has had charge of the ship for the last two years the fire last night one of Cunard officials said that the i cania would now be refitted throughout with cabins built on plan and much larger than the old ones She will also it was said be fitted with another fleck above the promenade and the flining saloon will be moved up from the main deck to the promenade deck to comply with modern ideas The pania would bo refitted in the i ner later he added Tbe official said that the Cunard Line j would certainly not sell the Lucania as she was too well built a vessel to let go and her hull would be good for many 1 years yet She had accommodation for j 500 saloon 350 second cabin and third-class passengers parts These are followed up by more strenuous exercises such as boxing throwing the medicine ball and things of a similar nature The President is strong let tell one who gets him on his in a wrestling bout has got to go some It's the same In our sparring matches We pound each other on the lungs for the most part and don't try for other parts f the body There no light taps though and I make every effort to get a good punch over on President I can and when we get through there is never any doubt In my mind that has been pounding me The President is very and has no superfluous fat on his body His weight now is between 384 and 306 pounds Horsemen to Raisa to Keep Sport Saratoga at STAKES TO BE INCREASED SEE NO FLIGHTS Crowd at But Forbidden Farmah Has Accident France crowds of the and fine weather thronged thR aerodrome asi a foretaste ofc which aeronauts from the: United States France Italy compete for various chief of which International by Gordon Bertnett people for Plan to Attract Best In Country Meets Enthusiastic Change Selling DESERTS FOR DYIM Brummer Got Out of Fort Hamilton Prison by Cutting Window Bars John Brummer who deserted last Winter from the Third Company of the Fourth United States Cavalry was again lodged in a- call in the guardhouse at Fort Hamilton day He had made his escape last week after been caught for his first desertion his first desertion Brummer was recaptured last February tried by court martial and sentenced to a year and a half confinement in the Fort Hamilton as a military He was placed in the prison cookr house as a helper Last Wednesday he and a iow prisoner were found by guards lying on the floor of the prison kitchen so badly intoxicated that the prison geon feared for their lives and had them carried up into the hospital on the ond floor of the guardhouse How the whisky was smuggled Into them the Fort Hamilton authorities have net mined But the twp recovered from the effects of the debauch sufficiently that night to cut out the bars of the hospital window with a while their guards were not looking Slipping out on roof of the kitchen they Jumped to the ground and disappeared Turning up last Saturday in side Conn without his fellow prisoner Brummer sneaked into the of erick Beltz a lawyer of this city and stole a suit belonging to Beitz's man After A chase he was caught and turned over to Constable Jones by Mr Beitz's son Toby The prisoner was taken before Judge Burnes whom he implored not to tence him as he tramping his to Conn his father was dying in a sanitarium Frederick H Knapp happened to be in eaurt at the time and told the boy that if his story was true he pay his expenses to Wallingford The elder Brummer was found to be in Gaylord's sanitarium In that town suffering from tuberculosis But while the investigation was going on Brummer to increase told Sheriff Rich a story about having walked all the way from Fort Leavenworth sas to reach his father's bedside Sheriff Rich suspected that Brummer was a deserter and communicated with Fort Slosum Learning the: true story back to Fort Is understood that if the elder condition is really serious the boy will be allowed to visit him under a provost guard AS CARS CRASH Rear-End Collision gers on Peterson Trolley Cars Special to The York N J Aug1 Fifty pas sengers mostly women and children aboard two trolley cars bound for a pleasure resort sis miles from here were thrown into a panic this by a rear-end collision Many suffered from and half a dozen wore In- jured Mrs Emily Johnson of most She was cut and knocked into tho roadway and two of her ribs were fractured Her daughter Sadie was also Injured Mrs Mary Downe of Special New York Times SARATOGA N Aug by James Hi Keene's over the ofi race here and his comment the: for Saratoga subscriptions to a fund of at leaist values for stakes m succeeding years have Begun and the: movement aroused warm of horsemen when the plan was and commended by men prominent in turf affairs aside from tha officers of the Saratoga tidn Mr by promptly subscribing to tha fund His lead was followed quickly subscriptions of like sums by Richard T W Fanshawe Philip J owners of Stable while substantial support was promised by many other horsemen and guarantee fund according to the general plan suggested by the promoters is to support of the great stakes to attract to Saratoga tae best horses from the United States and Canada with provision for at- tractive races of or more each guaranteed for The sub- to the guarantee fund are to be made under the condition that any ings of the Saratoga Racing Association exceeding 8 per cent shall be devoted to the racing to be distributed in prizes for races The purpose of the anteo fund ia specially to provide racing by but in adr dilion the great stakes for Ids there will be- a series of races for with sums fully aa large as for the youngsters races added to sach stake The movement met with such In- itant approval that the Saratoga ipn intends to publish as soon as possible he entry blanks for the proposed stakes The also will make ment that the Saratoga meeting of 1010 will be conducted through the: month August with at least twenty-four racists regardless of whether there is racing in that period on any of the tracks about New York City The announced plans for next and the proposed jig stakes for caused ratification to horsemen and especially to the will offer at the Fall yearling sales in New -York in September 110 yearlings the product of than establishments Mr Keene whose confidence In the of Saratoga racing started the movement left for New York this after- noon expressing himself as delighted with he saw of the sport here on the best of the meeting Tho among Jie class horses in ding up and claiming each other's entries ias revived are argument In support of a change In the rules governing selling races and it has been proposed that the French rule shall be substituted for- the rule Under the existing rule the race winner s sold at auction and beaten horses may re- claimed by the owners of other eu tries n the race Under the French rule any lorse may be claimed by the owner of an- other horse in the race before the race is run and such horses as are claimed then ore scratched from the race As a of the French rule supporters of the proposed change wish to provide that on the demand of any man running a horse in a any beaten horse In that race shall bS put up at auction tor Bale n order to prevent accidents prohibited practice to-day Several new entries have received or races a total of and there is every premise no meeting will bo the greatest event of he sporting year replacing In Interest he automobile grand of yeara haa been abandoned this year Glenn H the American aviator a rest to-day HlB will probably be carted to morrow a series of trials Other competitors in the race were ever At M made a magnificent flight of lour and a half and M an- other French entrant came to grief by smashing the frame of his machine by making a too abrupt landing Henri Farman was badly scalded on the face by water from a defective radiator at to-day will be forced to flays WINS FRENCH MILITARY PRIZE opt Ferber FHes Five Kilometers in His Own Machine France Aug ber the French aeronaut to-day won the military aviation prize which was offered tar a flight of one kilometer a machine or his own veKtion and far exceeded tho ments by making a flight of five kilo- meters there he sent Brummer Hamilton yesterday It Catherine Yost of Bloomfield Avenue had one arm broken Tho forward car stopped to let off sengers at Main Stroet Montclair about one mile east of the terminus of the line The motorman of the rear car misjudged the distance and did not turn off the power in Charles Fichter con- I ductor of the forward car was on the as a relief ship rear injured by flying u in the as the hood of his car was crushed Liverpool until her next sailing Oct 2 Donnelly the motorman on the SEEING NEW YORK STEAM free transportation from Seeing N Y Auto Cth Av Side only starting point W N H 10 A M M S hours trip fare the most Instructive and trip In tha world Tel 4044 rear car escaped unhurt STATE'S GIFT STORAGE The South Dakota's Silver Service Isn't Aboard Though Long Ready WASHINGTON Aug Capt James T Smith of the armored cruiser South Dakota wishes to decorate he can do quest of the Navy Department for the gift made to his vessel by the people Jof South Dakota some years ago When in department to with a magnificent service So so by merely making a re- it was name decided by a cruiser the for Jonth Dakota citizens of that State de- to follow the example of other States and present a silver service to ornament the messroom of the new war engine In 1904 long before the craft was ready to be put afloat the grift was made by the Governor of the State with a request that as soon as the vessel was placed in commission the silver be sen aboard In 1908 tho South Dakota was com missioned The gift of the people c-f tin State for which she was named appears to have been forgotten The silver ser vice had been boxed and stored in New There it is sup posed to ba to-day s EAGLETON COURT Assemblyman Refuses to Leave Bridge When Told to Do So John T Bagleton Assemblyman from the Fifth District was arrested last night in the Night Court and with dis- orderly conduct after his refusal to leave the bridge whan ordered to do ao by istrate Herbert The Assemblyman lives at Place was In court with Michael J to offer hold effects as bail for who was held in by Magistrate O'Connor la the West Bide Court day morning pending examination lato a charge of Intoxication Magistrate Herbert refused the security saying that it waa seldom that ho took ball of such character Bagleton turned obstinate and not go away man John Cavanagh assisted by Bergt ville had a knee cap fractured arid Mrs Auer of the squad ly down to the floor trate Herbert then a charge disorderly conduct to be made him and the papers were drawn up The Assemblyman upon being arraigned on this charge to the com- and admitted that he had been a little more aggressive than he Intended to be He declared that his household effects had never been refused before as bail and as a result he waa too surprised to listen to the orders of the policemen Magistrate Herbert accepted bis apology and discharged him with a reprimand CAR AFIRE AS TRAIN GOES ON Run from to Made on Elevated with Car Burning The fifth cer of a Thin Avenue elevated train caught fire from a short circuit last night tost after the train had left the Sixty-seventh Street station The train was filled with sengers and many women became vous as smoke began filter into the Interior of the fifth car At Street Station the motorman J J Daly and several of the guards attempted to extinguish the fira under the car by using the head but with little success The passengers were sent Into the other cars before lights In the fifth car went out and the inn was made to the Street when tha car irae eat out and ran on to a switch There the As a lay up for several TO SHY IS Financier's Daughter Mrs ilton Does Not Think He Will HER FATHER'S He Has Done Much She Says Toward Giving People an Opportunity to Wonderful WOMAN AERONAUT Little Beneta Caught on Trolley Draga Thirty Feet Little Beneta who haa oon ascensions and parachute drops at Palisades Amusement Park was verely injured yesterday afternoon after making a double ascension with Drew The young woman out away first when directly over a clear field but the wind carried tbe parachute over the ley tracks of the Palisades Railroad tle Beneta endeavored to avoid the wires but she landed squarely on them This caused the parachute to veer and fearful that the wires contained high age the aeronaut refused to grasp them and fell to the tracks a distance of thirty feet Drew having delayed his cutaway saw what had happened to Ms partner and be hurried to fief assistance soon as ha landed Policeman Carney and others half ried Little Beneta to her tent and Er Wyler was summoned Her ankle will not be able to make another ascension for several days WIRES SET BALLOON AFIRE Collision In Pans Produces Short Difficulty PARIS Aug military balloon day collided with a number of electric wires outside Paris The short circuited and set fire to the balloon which was the aeronauts escaping with difficulty SHOT INTO A CROWDED CAR One Man Killed and Another Wounded Slayer Escapes N Y Aug the police and most of the Deputy Sheriffs and police officials of Broome County are looking tor Michael Angelo -an Italian or 30 years old who is wanted on the charge of murdering Thomas A Lee about mid- night last night and shooting Frank TS The shooting occurred on what is com- as the jag car on the electric line between this city and Union and was committed In the Town of Union about five miles west of the city Union has no license and evory Saturday night the last electric car for It is filled with men remained in the ton saloons until closing time The crowd on the car last night was boisterous and a quarrel started between and Powers The Italian finally drew a revolver The car was in an roar and the conductor signaled tlie torman to stop As the car stopped An- gelo stepped off the darkness and cording to the others on the car fired several times one bullet passing up through arm and another ing Lee who had taken no part In the altercation In the breast Lee was 19 years old As soon as It was seen that he was badly injured he was put on the car on which he was Hurried to a doctor but he died on the way SCHOONER ANNIE LOST Crew and Captain Picked Up at Sea In Open Boat GLOUCESTER Mass Aug loss of the New York schooner Annie Blins off Cape Sable last Wednesday morning was reported to-day when six of the crew were landed by the Gloucester schooner Lillian She picked up the men Friday morning after they had been adrift at sea in an open boat without tooS or water for sixty hours The rescued men are Capt Huntley Mate W H Munson and Seamen Harrison Cannon George Anderson Oliver Olson and Cook R F Bridges All come from Horton C B except the Captain and cook who live in New York The Bliss left N S on Aug G with a cargo of piling for New York On Tuesday Aug 10 she ran into a northwester which swept away the deck load and caused her to labor heavily Just before Sawn on Wednesday a big wave threw the ship over on her beam enda and the crew was obliged to take to tbe tender The Bliss lost off Briar near the southern end of Nova about 105 miles to the westward was owned by Simpson Clapp of New York and was built at Thomaston In tonnage was 334 In Tim Niw York Tints Mass Aus pont Morgan was more responsible than any one for the taking off of the many objects of apt Hamilton Mr daughter who Is summering here She also that bis unselfish he aft present Intention of into this country his mw in Europe My father very active In trying to have the duty taken off objects of- Mrs Hamilton hut I do not really that will any of wonderful collections he has in London to this country see he Dae started certain collections on the other side of the water and I feel quita sure that be will keep them where haa started them My surely a lot toward giving the people an opportunity of ing wonderful things which otherwise they could never see There is to my tion no better way of uplifting the in- dividual than by permitting him to see the works of old masters Perhaps It is more Important to aid people materially but as to the of the there Is no better way In London where my father has collections one can go in and see them all after receiving a permit for we ould not think of opening the doors to the mere A geraon wishing he collection to receive the mit and the are at once thrown open to him Collecting works of art does not seem o be a ted with my father for I think he on it as an occupation He en- oys it and made a study of The worst af haying art treasures la difficulty In putting them where they be best appreciated To take a lot of srt treasures a country where people are in of the necessities of Jfe is absurd My father has on the hand selected centres they will be seen by people who wilt appreciate them They all resent time and energy but the that can be done the race at large yy making It- possible tor all to view these art ATLANTIC CITY WIDE OPEN Do Not Attempt to Close the Saloons or the Park Special io The New York Times CITY Aug no move to-day toward closing of the nor did they inter- fere with the baseball game at Inlet Park The cafes ana saloons conducted their usual manner The police them not to sell to Intoxicated people and so there no disorder The reformers It Is got as far as they will before the the Grand Judy in October At that time every effort will be made to secure ments on the that have already been There was a report last night that an attempt be made close the piers and amusement places on the Boardwalk to-day but no steps were taken Magistrate Issued thD rants said to-day that so far as his office was concerned there would be nothing done in the reform line for a couple of weeks He is going on a vacation and will do no work of kind Army end Wavy In along the great and HAR VARD and Boston Q POPE TAKES AUTO BIDE Uses Car Presented by Americans and Likes His Experience Special Cable THE: NEW YORK BOMB Angr has SUST pended audiences to-day began his holidays His holiness took a motor car ride yesterday for the first time having overcome Ms objections to the use of by ecclesiastics He in car presented to him fry some American Catholics traveling through the Vatican rate of- twelve miles an hour Bope expressed his pleasure the experience declared that i he should not hesitate to take often hereafter A POLICE Manhattan Troopers Take Fiva of the Enemy's Invaders March FIFTY OVERCOME BY HEAT Two of- Washington Force to Pedal to Boston and Back The New York Times Aug Two ington set out at this morning on a bicycle jaunt to Boston and back They expect to make the trip each in six days the longest stop In New Yor kto take in Coney Island how the Traffic Squad handles hides In tha rush hours The two men are Patrick Holmes and Howard C Reynolds both pedalers Brief stops will be made at Perryville Wilmington and Philadelphia TRY TO UP BRIDGE on New Havan Railroad Structure Shakes Houses A terrific explosion which shook houses in the Bronx within a radius of three of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad bridge at Garrison and Avenues midnight was traced to that bridge Information about the explosion could be got from the road people who said however that it had been on this new bridge It said that no one was hurt and that traffic on the road had not been delayed The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad is putting in six tracks through this section of the Bronx In many places the tracks go below the surface of tho ground arid the traffic of tha streets and avenues is carried on bridges constructed by tha railroad There has been much trouble with tho contractors and with the labor unions Last May the railroad bridge at was blown up Battle to Begin This Draper with Boston's Hungry Special to The New York Timss NEW BEDFORD Mass Aug fight for of Boston earnest this morning when a of scouts from Squadron A of Manhattan met and captured one of Gen motor cycle scouting squads There six motor in the squad and all but succeeded ia getting out or the trap that Squadron A had set for squad ara to-night reposing peacefully in dog tents near the Bliss a strong guard is on tp that they do not get back to the: Blue army with any information they way gathered prior to their capture goes without saying the or Squadron A are a happy lot to-night the capture of Pew's scouts to them the credit of drawing first blood In Massachusetts war of 1809 To-night the entire Red is camped nine miles north of ford city line in and near a known aa Freetown at 4 both armies St ijj begin a movement that is bring into contact foje the: and to-morrow night the of Boston will for the first time was declared ba in a position to out whether or not in danger as the Red leaders declare to be The forward few Acushnet began at daylight this Ing when the squadron of the Tenth fe THREE LOST JM Search Made for Miss Lillian Titus and Young Men Companions UTICA N Y Aug dispatch from Forge states that three persons are lost in: the near that place One of the party is Miss Lillian Titus daughter Frank Titus of delphia Her companions men at camp on First Lake tha Fulton chain They left for a stroll in the woods early in the after- noon and became lost A large party is now searching the woods for them and it is reported at Forge that guns are fired in all directions in hopes attracting tha at- tention of the missing party The woods in which they are supposed to be located are very dense the chances of their discovery is remote SUES IS LYNCHED Resant His Action In Court Man MONROE Aug a negro sued a white man for shooting the negro's cow the negro was lynched near Doss to Parish Thursday night The negro was hanged to a trca near his home and his body was riddled with bullets ASKED VANDERBILT FOR Negro Fireman Had Sold Some Land Once to George the Loan Special to Tht New York limes N C Logan a negro locomotive fireman of the Railway will receive a loan of from Georga W Vanderbilt row Some time ago Logan was eling coal Into the engine of the train when he observed that George W private car was attached to the train He wrote a note on piece of paper he borrowed from the conductor and got a friendly porter to convey It to the Vanderbilt car where it was re- The note said that the writer had sold to Mr a piece of land which now formed part of the estate and that he was about to lose his little home because he lacked He asked M- Mr Vanderbilt would lend him this Logan received a reply to see Mr derbilt In New York p He got a uasa and went to New York and hia story to Mr He was notified to-day that he would call at the estate to-morrow be would get a cheek for Anna Shaw to Lecture at Mrs May Inspect Special to Tht Nrw York NEWPORT B I- cards are placed about the Casino and elsewhere In Newport by Mrs H P Belmont for the lectures on woman suffrage at her house The erings will be the first of the kind to be held In Newport Mrs borne Marble House by the late ard M Hunt who designed the Breakers and win fie open to tion of the auditors of the lectures The window cards Lectures on Woman Suffrage at- Marble port R I First lecture Tuesday Aug 24 4 P M by the Rev Dr Anna Howard Show National President Second lecture Saturday Auff 28 4 P M by Prof Charles of Chicago University Inspection ot 3 to 4 each after- noon of lecture lecture sions Narragansett Ker Jamestown Watch Hill and other places will these cards for porting MOB Policemen Needed to Suppress Blot at Portadown Ireland Aug party made up of members of the Ancient der of Hibernians was attacked to-day at Portadown Armagh by a mob of stone-throwing Orangemen Six hundred policemen were employed in suppressing the rioting during which many persons were injured ular Cavalry that Is attached to the airy brigade under Major of- Naw York broke camp and north on tha Brockton and Taunton roads as the guard of ths in- vaders j Searsli for Enemy's Near Freetown the negro troopers fop he first time joined the other commands and immediately thereafter the entire command divided in all directions with instructions to cate and capture any of the enemy's out posts or reconnoitring parties that might be within elosa range of Freetown The capture of the Pew motor was one oi tho results of Major man's orders and to-night It is that Gan Bliss for the first time since hostilities began is in possession of some reliable Information concerning the position that has been made of the line of defense of tha Blue Army While Squadron A's men were tag through tha woodlands surrounding the Freetown district this morning the Bliss Army was on the march and a ter march than that tramp proved has seldom fallen to tha lot of the American volunteer At Least fifty men were overcome by the heat and ail along the Brockton and Taunton roads could be seen detachments of hospital corps men busy trying to re- vive some chap who had been compelled to fall out of ranks The men who fell victims to the heat or exhaustion were carried into the shady woods and after betas revived were placed in ambulances or and taken to Freetown where they awaited tha arrival their ments About five of the men are in- cluded among those who were overcome A dozen It was said came from the from Brooklyn while the rest about evenly divided between tha in- from Connecticut and the Dis- of Columbia It was said this afternoon that none of tha disabled were seriously ill and that a majority of them will be fit to take part in the first battle the war which is scheduled to come off this morning i where between Freetown and i water March of Army Tho march of army morning was one of the finest sights ever seen in New England Tha line In chain for more than six on both tha Brockton and Taunton roads thousands of persons hundreds oi whom motored from Boston Providence and other large cities in England watched and admired tbe men as they j plodded through the sun on their way to taka with tho Massachusetts Every man In the army wears a red band on his hat and this mark ot identification adds greatly to the natty appearance of the friendly of the Bay State As before stated the negro of the Tenth Cavalry headed the Hue ammunition for Peru i and they turn were followed by the This hag led to tha belief here that Peru antl the of New York forming the second brigade under command of Col Daniel Appleton After the troops of Col came the two cut regiments which in turn were lowed by the field artillerymen from New City Washington and New Haven The District of Columbia troops com- prising three under Gen ries went to Freetown by of the Taunton road By 9 o'clock the invaders were more than four miles north of New Redford and the sun had begun to re- flect a torrid heat down upon the ing thousands The first man to cumb to the heat and fall by the side was a youngster belonging to the Brooklyn regiment After that man after All parts of the above the armored man fell out and the reads were PERU TO FIGHT Report of Cargo of Arms fop Peruvian Port Starts War Talk VALPARAISO Aug is reported here that the steamer Alexandria from Hamburg June 10 for South American ports and San Francisco which sailed from Valparaiso Aug 8 for Mollendo Peru has on board a cargo of arms and is secretly arming against Chile TURRETS VULNERABLE Battleship lena as Target Shows They Cannot Stand Fire TOULON experiments which arre being made by using the old battleship lena as a target for the ar- mored cruiser continue to yield In- results It has been that the projectiles fired at tha lena have had greater effect than It was supposed they would have belt including the turrets it Is clared would be totally destroyed after fifteen minutes bombardment such as would occur in a naval Battle Tha armor plating of the lena also has been shown to have much less power of resistance than it was credited to have ICEBERGS OFF Feared They May Delay the Peary Relief Ship ST JOHNS N P Aug presence of Icebergs and floes along the northern part of the Labrador coast as reported hers to-day by arriving f rcm Labrador may ly hamper the Peary relief ship Jeante There are no fears for her safety but It is believed that the Jeanie will be con- delayed in her arrival at Etah Greenland the Peary base The Jeanie is g stanch craft wall fitted to withstand the of rhe ice She has as yet been but twelve days relief voyage baying left here Aug 3 So numerous are the Icebergs andT so the fides that the Labrador IBB ia almost at a lined at short intervals with the ex- soldiers Not only was the heat but the dust kicked up by the cavalry men and field artillery horses became so thick during the last few miles of the march that it was impossible to sec clearly even a short distance ahead What dust the horses failed to kick up was set in tion by tho hundreds of automobiles that were coming into the war zone in a con- stant stream from all directions After the troops had passed and the road's phere had partly cleared the great wagon trains came lumbering up and started it all again Tho new automobile pack train In the line and body commented on the fine that army chauffeurs who drovo those vehicles Establishes A few before 1 o'clock Qcn Bliss and his staff reached Freetown and established division headquarters In an field about two miles from that The Tenth pitched camp just east of the while to the encamped the its under Col the extremo eastern position being occupied by the Seventh Regiment To the west of are the District Colombia end Connecticut troops five batteries of artillery are em-
