Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - August 5, 1908, Washington, District Of Columbia EVERYBODY IN WASHINGTON of Tho want ad f and always brings cloudy sibly occasional tomorrow little In Temperature 98; 70. NO. AUGUST 5, 1908. THREE W. B. ALLISON Senator Passes Away at His Home in NEWS OF ILLNESS HIDDEN Statesman m Semiconscious tion Since BEAD AT HIS IOWA Complication of Diseases Brings on Fatal Heart in Both Houses 01 Congress Re- fused Offers of Secretaryship of the Cummins Announces Candidacy for Seat in I i Iowa Aug States j S TA S Allison died at his horns I i tl at 1 33 n tils afternoon I m ause of death f il nr lie enJ came as a result of a. en I is sin ing spell due to er g merit complicated with kidney s Fie 1 il unconscious muc i f r n H n j left hH n m ti cit to escape the heat He j Mrs J annie Stout on the As tt A miles f r town For G. Id ulit oil seemed to ini I. r h u 1 u beg ui to I li il t lat an opera I i f HP i relieve the i A t i hi mgins SENATOR W. B. Distinguished r who succumbed to heart failure after a long and useful career in both branches of Congress t a Takei to His Home em tor s t it home nni in g n he I lit t Tid u-m semicon j x pt fir pel Is he I 11 until deith s ft in on ft p s ri us ss ot the ased I t tiom t e as i 1 bis death came i r 1st us of f i f Or H tl f m i Intimate of his t in st eek were 1 for tl e senator for mce his Illness consciousness on bat n 3t recover his ti s up to tie time of his His ment il eoi ivas wholly hi i e i TS one I st 1A O O i r i I e d i 1 ml Two were t ir c t Frequent Spells of Weakness Is usual In s loit cases of kidney d from periods of weakness and fj These sp frequently re- cur ren Allison been a sufferer f r a i imber of years Mr s bedside the en 1 cam eip Mrs 1 for In of t e m in of and t Is losest friend John M Do la d of t i s i and Di John T his attending for the funeral n if bt e i i ade Senator Allison's Career S n All sou born in Ol Maic i the son of John and Ml n TJ s hood daj s lie spent c t tl P u Inch was his birthplace H ob education in in P and the ei Reserve College of Ohio in both of h scf lie distinguished himself honors In all branches be studied Senator son as admitted to the bai 'n 1 0 Pie married Anna Carter o' Vv Ohio at Ashland Ohio in 1-phrua ISoO to 18o7 he u c 1 law in Ohio In he cd ti b took up the ti 01 lau toi ist n a delegate to the li Staff convention In 18o9 ana 1 T i o ial convention in I i o i He a t. v 1 s staff during the war ml rusel iro to fight for the i In 1S63 he was elected to Con- Kit Ss md until 1871 In IS he vas elected I States ben t ir frim Iowa and his State in t us capacity until time of his I Portfolio In 1SS1 tl position o' of the of the I States was of to Mr Alhson bj President Garfield ie declined to accept the office In I e refused this office v. hen offered to him President Harrison Por t ie third time he refused the office when Jr was offered to him by President in 1SJ7 In 189.: he was chairman of the Inter- n conference at Brussels Jie candidate for the Republican U nomination before the Re- publican nat onal convention in 1888, and r m 28% Short 1> after his first election to the nat House of Representatives tor Allison s ability recognized his appointment to the and means committee He immediately won the con- of the leaders of his ana it Senator Allison as much as any man then in the serv ice of the people who planned and can led through all the measures for the conduct of the civil Tvar the of the natio ial and the development of the tional resources Worked With Great He was a contemporary of and a laborer with every one of the great men whose services now are recognized as of inestimable A alue to the Stan Chase and others His aid In the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as Republican candidate for President in was perhaps Senator Allison s first great service for his Ato an Iowa delegate to the Republican convention in Chic aero in 3 e ir hp joined the other leaders had i rimed on tl e nomination of and bv then united efforts t was attained Or tho s and means committee of the nation il he begin the career ch him of the best au m tne L upon the nues ai d es of the em- inent r more than 4) pars he had been hj the judgment of his IPS in and Senate to the responsible n k planning the reve m. s a c f the an 1 no na i over had part m this i id t e confidence of both houses moie Cummins Announces I ako Forest 111 Aug 4 Albert B t ummins of Iowa h a to succeed t Allison paid o ow to iua late a to and to the nation then declared his ambi tior to he elected to the Senate the e of his State He also an- that soine one- TV ill be ap pointed to Senator son s seat for the remaining months of his term I shall certainly make an effort to succeed Senator said Gov mins when he was asked concerning his political indentions Cummins will cut short his tion and return to Des Monies tomorrow It is expected that a conference of his political friends will be held in a few days and news regarding the term senatorship will be announced 1 ho said the legislature would be unable to elect a man for the place in time lor the reassembling of Congress ni and that unless an ment be made the State would not have full i at ashing ton Stn itor Allison will be long i bered not n Iowa but the whole said Gov He most useful ice to the nation daring public career which for has a in the of the L Counsel Much He was a contemplative man and for many jears his counsel has more generally sought that of any other man in public life Had he to the end of the term which he was ing at the time of his he would have 3S in the Senate He entered Congress in the mid- dle of the il war and his influence has been felt in all important legislation of the 45 years His death will be everywhere but nowhere so as among people 6f Cummins refuse I to make any regarding his candidacy to si Senator 4Jlison, tho aim nle r that he would make an eTort to be selected It suggested to the governor that If be should the power would in Lieut Gov Garst This intimation th it he might become the lunior of his State immediately brought no response from Mr Cummins Ihe made it however that no believes ins friends regard him a the logical successor to the ship He declared Senator Allison had del him in the recent by a slender and foi this reason he that his would be received with favor tie that a majority of the bers of the legislature which Is to elect a for the term beginning March 4 1909 were friendly to and he w in his hope that these mcn would for him when the time came BANK CLERK A SUICIDE BALDWIN SHIP FLIES Big Air Craft Soars Gracefully as a TRIP BLASTS 20 Inventor and Engineer Curtiss En- Over Another Preliminary Flight May Be Hade This of on cial Test This Obeys Helm Hakes Good Is at Points Under Changes Feared Bogus Checks at New York Produce JUST HAD HIS RAISED Charles W. Wuestefeld Kills Himself in Vault of Company for Which He Explanation of His Action by Would Have ed Him Money if He Had Wanted It. BLOWERS WIN Obtain Same Pay and Hours as Last Year From Atlantic IS J Aug atives of the Glassblowers of America won a notable Victory In the final day of the wage conference with the of glass bottles when they ob- a wage scale at the same figures as last year Seven days were consumed ir the negotiations hours ares to be the same ai last year to the number out of allowed an- other concession in the number of prentices which shall be 1 to men this year an advance of 1 apprentice to 10 which scale prevailed last year Pardon Refused to Girl's Richmond Va Aug 4 refused to commute the sentence of Lee colored accused of at- assault upon a young woman of saving a crime of this sort deserves death Poirt Want Ada Are the classified columns of The Post and secure results No charge for the Special to The New York Aug 4 W a bank clerk 20 And Killed himself in the vault of the uce Exchange at 13 Broadway shortly after noon today just as two worthless checks bearing his signature were handed in at the paying teller's dow by a man who succeeded in getting out of the bank before he was Wuestefeld came to the Produce Ex- change Bank 31-2 years ago He had just had his salary and was in a fair way to a successful career In the bank the occurred Among the first to arrive tins morning at the bank was young wno had left his home at 201 East seventh street m good spirits At the bank the young man took his place in the cage nearest the paying teller along with Daniel F Cullen jr It was shortly after the noon hour when Wuestefeld who was standing near the screen separating his cage from the ing tellei s cage turned hurriedly to len and said go ng downstairs to the vault to find an old checkbook for an account I have to untangle Stranger Presents Checks He then went downstairs It was just at this time that a stranger presented two checks for each at the paying teller's window and it is thought that Wuestefeld saw the man coming through the door of the bank The checks weie drawn on the Produce Exchange Bank to the order of Cash and indorsed on tup back with Wuestefeld s and therefore payable on s ght to the bearer The teller looked around for the 1 young as it was known that he had no account with the bank and that the checks could not be good When the ing teller failed to see Wuestefeld he took the checks Into Cashier Wood s office and told him of the matter Wood asked that Wuestefeld be sent to him at once and was told that the young man was downstairs in one of the The man at the window had gone and the checks were held by the cashier for Wuestefeld s return hen Wuestefeld failed to come up in twenty minutes Cashier Wood be- came and told Cullen to go downstairs and see what was ing Wuestefeld Just as Cullen ed down to the subcellar where the vaults are located F the superintendent of the building and the bank Frank W Dunn heard a shot come from the vaults They ran and Inside small vault used for storing old check books and ledgers they saw feld lying on the with a ver beside him The door to the vault Is a ing and they went upstairs to get a key for the vault When they got It open they at once that the bullet had gone through the right temple and that the man had been Instantly killed Nothing of Coroner Harburger was notified and came to the No note or ter or money was found on the young man s and there was nothing to give any explanation for his act other than the presentation of the checks The coroner held court stairs In Cashier Wood's office was a trusted man said Cashier and I am sure that there been no I would gladly loaned Mm myself had I known he wanted It He at once ordered an ex- amination of the banks books made Mrs when informed of her son s and it was ter who came downtown to make ar- rangements for the removal of the body to an undertaking establishment can give no explanation of my brother's was all she would A young man who lives in the same house the dead boy lived said that had com- of late with a young and that the young man had to be troubled about that had occurred In Ws a short time agro when sanis one took a fruta the Obeying every touch of the ing and sinking at the will of the aero- Capt Baldwin s airship made her first trial Ascent last It was in all respects a successful attempt and so are Capt Baldwin and neer Curtiss with the results that they may make an official flight today It was just B o'clock when the airship was taken from the vast tent on the parade ground at Fort Myer Since 3 o'clock the crowd of 2 000 wo army afoot and on army wives and ters and daughters men au carriage folk of many whole nondescript stood about and sat about in the biasing sun that attacked the parade ground waiting in remarkably good humor for the moment when the airship should from its house And at last if happened The crowds surrounding and pressing against the armed who guarded three sides of the exposed gave way at the sharp good-natured cry of Capt Stand back all of and out of the house ot cloth the cigar-shaped monster blunt Greeting to the A thousand mouths opened two sand palms sprang and a big of but pigmy in the stillness of the rose in greeting to the aerial ship and her masters But this was preliminary and restrained by a score of corps whose muscular hands gripped the bottom rail of hei spruce In each of its im- strong in its mechanical ship of the air that the army 1 and all the country are was led forth a restive eager for the straining in every but as gentle in the grasp of its cantors as a thoroughbred broken and and the mount Stand cried the clad infantrymen opening carefully with their presented rifles a humming lane ten paces In front of the thrusting nose And so full of enthusiasm were the crowds for the success of the initial so appreciative of the delicacy of the ex- periment that they edged and opened a broad pathway without sign ot tion Towed to Place of Still still muscularly the ship was to a spot 100 jards from the the crowds stream Ing after with the eagerness of ed boys stumbling in the close wake of a circus cried Capt Baldwin from his stand in the of the frame Hold called Engineer Curtiss from his grating aloft the little mighty engine And with a digging of heels Into the straining of brown hands arms the men of the signal corps brought the ship to a and held her her lower rails a foot or two above the earth There a wait while tes ed by easy pulls the tiller ropes controlling the sided canvas and Engineer bending over his cylindered gave here and there a felt out the grasp of the and looked quiet and -wise Just a Trial Then the broad-shouldered shipmaster straightened on his frail footing the stern and made a megaphone of his palms and called out to the curious crowd like this Ladies and done U a thousand times you This is going to be just a short trial flight The ship as it stands this minute Is still and I have some things about her to test out before we at- tempt the official flight The government requires that I under perfect twenty miles an hour before the ship will be accepted I believe I can sail 24 miles an under perfect and if I demonstrate that I get a considerable bonus much depends on this test that it is due as well as the that I out exactly what this ship can do before I start on the official flight today s flight will be a short and may be followed by half a dozen others of the same sort before the Craft Begins Its to Engineer Curtiss And Curtis called back from his tion Let her go And as he waited tor the answering call of tanked the throttle the engine chortled agely and settled down to a low The propeller forward the bow j evolved in the like the flash of a tanoe dle whirled by a. Let Capt. i The soldiers let leaped baak suspending a Ing frame from a maes of twinelike and aft dark shape of a rose as easily as a bird and ed followed in- salute Dy a long-lasting cheer that hurled its echoes far and Ship Makes Pretty sailed the ship of the its sides gleaming In the red light ot the sun. its silvery form to the of its a dark blot working his lessening arms along the Invisible its neer a crouching blur of and black In the forward Oie triangular flag of the Aero the United shield on a crimson ing from the Starboard Stars and Stripes floating from and afternose Again the tion of Ahe burst from a thousand upturned as Ihe good Ing with perfect obedience to her came nosed the held veered at the pulling of a stood rose circled onoe returned to poise with the quietness of a great bird over the precise spot of 6nd at the will her masters settled Into hands at the place she had soared minutes Craft to and at the command the rope subsided in a piling ing gently in of her cante to anchor just clear of the quivering slightly as if from the ment of her lost but wholly obedient Dozens of men sprang to the frame side and dozens of eager were pushed at Capt Baldwin and Engineer Curtiss for the that is onlookers with men of celebrity and cess When the ship had been j ed and guided back to her in the tent Capt Baldwin made a little talk to the newspaper men who crowded around h'm He said s the stuff She does the This is The controlling planes and remember this Is the first time I have used planes to govern the lift and sink of a worked May Meet Test I am altogether pleased I may make another flight tomorrow morning and possibly that v ill be lowed In the afternoon by the official flight to determine whether or in the judgment of the army I have fulfilled the conditions of the contract I am not sure that the first official flight will be made tomorrow I shall put the tips on the controlling planes before we go up again to give a greater power of voluntary lift and sink Today we had a few too many sandbags hung to the and consequently the brium of the ship was impaired and the control by the planes was not as as It can be made Just say for me I am tremendously pleased with today s re- sults Proud of the This is what Engineer Curtiss as he climbed gingerly over the forward rails that I expected so much worked magnificently for a. first flight But I can make her do better a tinkering she will get out of the notion of missing an occasional ss she and I'll feel free to open the Today we went up on all four at did I throw on Hard to Tell How Many Lives Lost la ANY ESTIMATE City of Wiped Out by toe Homeless Are Cared For by Canadians and People of American States Near the Extent of the ble Hard to Because Tele- phone and Telegraph Wires Are Details of the J Vancouver B Aug 4 terribly destructive forest which have through the Crows Nest district Of the Elk River in British Columbia since last devastating k vast stretch of destroying many lives and millions of worth of wiping out entire towns and rendering of homeless are still raging but are now sweeping a wild and sparsely settled and it is believed the worst The flames are cutting through vast forests on the mountain sides and it is thought they will soon burn themselves out for lack of something to destroy It is impossible at this time to ar- rive at a summary of the situation as regards loss of life and property with even approximate correctness So spread has been the and so scattered are the people who lived in the burned area of more than BO miles in length and 3 miles in that any estimate of the number who met death in the flames is nothing more than work Stories of missing settlers are coming from and other places but many of these have turned up at some point far from their original and it is not believed the death list will exceed 50 Property Loss in The property loss has been very great but is difficult to estimate A conservative valuation would at between Several thousand full I judge that oar greatest speed was at- at the rate of 250 revolutions a minute of The capacity of the engine is wb and I want to try that the next row if conditions are favorable I judge the maximum speed we made today against the was twelve miles an and as no attempt was made to put the to its I am fully satisfied WtHt the result Assuming the speed of the wind today at 10 we made a calm speed of 22 miles but I am merely guessing Lessons of the flight has demonstrated three two of them relatively important one pleasantly trivial The engine and steering apparatus are greater control of the ship can be attained by increasing by 20 per cent the area of the planes a mere matter of detail readily attended and we've got to take a megaphone aboard It was all but impossible today for me to hear what Capt Baldwin when he to me but I guess I m even with him on that score when 3 ou the smoke my his eves nose and mouth as Baldwin Interrupted the laughter be you 11 nave to quit it I'm going to you eat that smoke cr t a ge and make jou yourself 3 our dandy engine in ii Heir They like each these two sky sailors They nave each for the other a big respect for his ability in the way of malting good things in aeronautics and that s why like to each other in public Covers About Two It estimated after yesterday's flight that the ship had sailed about miles in curves and reaches The time aloft was twenty minutes the flight Lieut one of government aeronautic detailed to watch Baldwin tests and report on the fulfillment of con- said It is not time for me to discuss the Baldwin ship This was purely a inary flight conducted by Capt Baldwin to try out his which is still his and entirely in his control But I am willing to that so far the teat gone it has been quite and I not the slightest cause for ment THE Sentry Did Wot Recognize Ruler With Altered Aug 4 new style of wearing his mustache caused him to be refused admission fo the coast forts here just before he de- parted on his trip to Sweden The accompanied by several tbe entire party being in civilian dress and wearing the to the west where the sentry on duty prevented their further progress His majesty ritach amused at the and again Vainly tried to Pass Then he said to the must Jet me enter Don't you know I am the sentry then more closely at the not quite out evidently recognised his majesty's as he presented and allowed him to pass The emperor reported the occurrence to the officer of the guard at the ing the sense of duty During his stay at in the Emperor accidentally burned oft one end of his and thereafter decided to wear it In- stead of with the ends pointed in sVe V place the 000 000 and people have been prln residents of Ing to atl is almost wiped scarcely more than ot buildings being left where once a town of inhabitants stood There has been suffering among the homeless for lack of food and but this has been alleviated or partly re- by the prompt action of the people of every city in British as well as many of those on border States In sending both money and supplies to the burned This aid has been most generous and the temporarily destitute will be adequately and promptly provided for Means of communication with the section has been most Telegraph wires were destroyed for miles In and this fact taken together with the con- reports from the various has led to great confusion and probably much exaggeration as to the loss of life Estimates of A summary of the results of tbe has been prepared here which is be- to bp a conservative estimate as to loss of and property de- It is as follows Town of about 5 000 practically wiped loss of twenty lives and or 000 in property about 50 per cent Town of Hosmer about 800 partially with loss of one life and in property Three dred persons homeless Town of believed not seriously but four persons reported killed and property destroyed In vicinity mated at 000 Details able owing to of communication Town of sawmill two killed and large mills Damage estimated at Damage to standing throughout the burned area estimated at from to 17O Dead at Thomas secretary of the Fernle last night telegraphed to this city that he believed 170 persons had been burned to death Yesterday the Press correspondent at after talking with many refugees from tbe burned telegraphed that the deaths there would not exceed Another fire broke out at Michel though at midnight the news had come that the place was out of danger The women and chldren have all been re- moved from Michel east tcl or It is definitely announced that the town of Coal reported to have been de- is by British Aug 4 The conflagration which has been Ing Elk River valley since last Saturday afternoon already has caused a property loss of to careful The total insurance on me de- will not exceed 11 5QO.OOO The loss at is estimated at with Jumber and timber it Is estimated will j t li between and The amount of In- surance is In the neighborhood of British person who has not seen it can Imagine the awful devastation which tti the short space of two hours transformed a busy town Into a desolate waste of ruins and 6.000 people The scene Swing the of the flie Is described as and for their leaving everything they possessed to tne mercy of the From where ths devastation begins on the for 29 miles west there is still a sea of with miles am miles of blazing is yet but the whole valley of the river Is on and If the wind starts up the town Is doomed AH the women and children have been sent to and Coleman for safety All mines are shut and the men are the fires in plowing and setting clearing and ing roofs of houses with of a good supply is bad from the gravity black Hand Suspects in British 4 most sensational story in connection with the Fernle fire comes from where it is asserted that proof is that bush were started at Fernte Which eventually burned all the with tne express object of Ing the live Black Hand suspects under arrest at Jail It is a matter of fact that while most of the prisoners were given their the five heavily were taken to and will be brought to the provincial jail here later Two hundred refugees reached here Inst evening and were housed and looked Kelson raised and sent Alderman McMorris and two loads of food and clothing to the scene Aug 4 xae towns of Hosmer and Michel this morning are reported safe Cash donations for relief amounting to have been re- The railway lines Into Kernle been repaired and relief trains are rushed in. Fires are still in the but In opposite direction from the centers of population If tho do not the towns are safe from the lumber camps continue to at places of safety and from their reports the loss of life has been not more than 150 The police will investigate the report that friends of flve alleged Black Hand suspects lodged In the Fernle Jail started the in the bush BAKERS FACE DEATH CASE TANGLE President Reiterates His tude In tne ISSUES ANOTHER Says Secretary Wright Has Asked Col. Superintendent of the to Come to Oyster No At- tempt to Explain How Loeb Gained Wrong to Act Soon Oyster Bay N up his statement of in which he declared he had no action what ever in the eases of the dismissed West Point president today another statement through Acting in at aio In which he the of the day befort Lut let Secretary Wright down a little easier by saying that when Secretary Wright was at Sagamore Hill seemed inclined to think they ought not to be removed s The President s statement today In- cluded the information that Secretary Wright has asked Col Hugh L superintendent of the Military Academy at West with whom he has been in conference in to come to Oyster Bay and try to straighten out the tangle The President will receive Col and the latter is expected here some day this week The statement given out at the executive office is as follows Text of the Secretary Forster again said that the President has not received the final decision of the War Department in the West Point that originally the War Department seemed inclined to re- move the but when Wright was here he seemed inclined to think they ought not to be but he has evidently not jet come to any conclusion In the and has fied the that the wants the see Col with whom he has just been in consultation The President of course will come to no final decision until he hears from Gen Wright No attempt has been made by the executive orace to explain how Loeb gained the impression that the President had approved the dismissal of the eight cadets charged with hazing The mystery of the announcement on July 25 by secretary that President approved the dismissal ol the and reiteration In substance of the same announcement on July 28 re- mains as deep as ever Unfortunately Secretary is away on his vacation and cannot do any explaining for self What Wright Secretary Wright's reported Interview in Washington in which he said he would not like to be held to an exact account for the form of all questions and answers that passed while he was talking to the reporters In Bay does not seem to throw much light on the matter In view of the fact that all those who talked with Secretary Wright at this time are positive re stated the dismissed cadets were to be allowed to return to the academy and that he went further and described the means that would be taken to them for their confessed infraction of the rules It Is evident that some one but who It was or Just how the Ing began does not appear The President had as guests at Sagamore Hill today vice governor of the Philippines W C States ambassador to Japan T J of the Treasury B and B. R Rogers general counsel to the Isthmian canal commission Secretary Corteljou drove over from his country home at Palisades near Huntington The other guests came by train Hitchcock Invited to Oyster Vice Gov Forbes said after that he had come to over conditions In the Philippines with the President He said he had been able to tell the dent that relatione with the native sembly Jn the Philippines had been very satisfactory this and thaf all de- of American supervision in the islands were being successfully conducted Mr Rogers discussed isthmian matters with Mr and said that the president seemed well pleased with the progress of work on the canal was to tell the he the political situation in was adjusting itself O Brien was here to pay the usual visit of courtesy He declared the present relations between this PACE Pout Ada Arc Use columns of The Post and secure results No charge for the District Attorney and Bride in Auto Crash on ESCAPE FALL OVER ABYSS Chauffeur Seriously Injured When Machine is With Party of ing Miss Gets Beyond Con- trol and Speeds Down Steep Grade Alongside of Great ening Every Moment to Plunge Smashes Into Tree and Is Special to The Washington New Aug 4 W Unit ed States district attorney at Washing and his bride of a few weeks and a party of friends had a narrow es cape from death at Liberty N 1 when an automobile in which they riding got beyond control of the feur and plunged down Walnut upsetting and throwing the pants In every dli c It cime to a stop when it rai n to a Besides Mr and Mrs Baker there were in the automobile Dr Fly the alienist who testified for Harry K Thaw at his trial for the murder of Stanford Mr and Miss al friends of Mr Baker Mr and Mrs nho were spend Ing their honeymoon at nere joined there by Dr Mr and Miss had planned to return to this city by bile and were on their way here at the time of the accident Automobile Runs With Harris Bradley the in the front seat was Dr Mi Mrs Mr Mangan and Miss Me Namara were In the tonneau The mountain road Is very steep and crooked and filled with great Along the edge of the road there is a at some places 300 feet straight down was sending the car along the road at high speed when he lost con trol The machine ran wild for bounding from side to side threat tail over tho this Chauffeur Hurled Dr jumped just as the feur lost control of the while the latter was thrown out of the car ana landing fifty feet away on his head Hla right ear was torn from his head The women became hysterical and Mrs Baker fainted Baker and Mangin couM do nothing to stop the and ic looked as If it would go over the of the mountain and dash all to when it crashed into a large tree Th impact hurled the four occupants from the which turned several saults and was wrecked Chauffeur Found Mr and Mrs Baker and Mr Mangin and Miss McNamara stunned and lay on the ground for several minute 5 before they were able to rise Dr Je ife who had run after the machine afte he Jumped went to their aid Besides being severely bruised and suffering from shock they were not seriously injured The party walked back to the hotel where they had been staying and on the way found the chauffeur unconscious Ha was revived and helped back to the hotel The party at once took a train for this city Mr and Mrs Baker going to tl Hotel Astor and Dr to his at 64 West Fifty-sixth street Mr and Mrs Baker were married on June 23, and have been on a honeymoon trip Gets Details of A letter has been received by Miss Mary A of 1637 L street west concerning the accident in which her Michael F a yer of this city had such a narrow escape from death When seen at her home last she said her brother told her in the which she received on that but for the tree on which the machine landed the entire party doubtless have been dashed to pieces There weie six in the ing the said Miss the latter was the only one although the which my brother sayn in the letter was a good was broken to pieces He attributed the cident to the fact that the chauffeur was an inexperienced and that In rounding the curve on the hill he tried to turn too sharply They were within 200 yards of the hotel where they were ping accident must have happened Saturday afternoon He started to write to me In the finished tha ter Saturday evening after his return to the hotel In where they were stopping He Is still in New York and we do not expect him back to Washington until Saturday I suppose that Miss sister of Stuart McNamara of also was In the machine although my brother did not mention her In his letter My brother left Washington last Friday a week ago when Mr and Mrs Baker Miss McNamara also was in the Miss McNamara Miss sister of Stuart Namara assistant district who was in the automobile at the time of the arrived home last but not be seen Neither she nor any of the other occupants of the the were injured it was said at the McNamara home last night Mr Baker was expected back In the city last but It is believed he went first to his summer home at Save Insure In the Mutual Life 00;
