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Coasting Steamer Bear with 206
Aboard, Strikes Sugar Loaf Rock,
Near Cape Mendocino, in Dense
Foy Last Night and Is Wrecked
Those Aboard Take to Boats When
Vessel Is Seen to B,e Breaking Un
One Boatload Known to Have
Been Lost.
HURHICA, Cnl., June 15. Forty
ono iiuthoiih from the wrecked stcam
iir Hoar were wholly unaccounted for,
v&. according to "" Information mailable
hero at 2: IS p. in. today.
" The purser's Hit showed 210 per
sons on board. Ono hundred nmt
thlrly-ono of thorn are. lioro; twentv
( nine aro at Capo Town; four are itlll
l)oard th0 Hoar and flvo'lioillo have
boon recovered.
All but one of tin- HeurV fotiitecn
lifcbonU huc been iieeouiilod for.
According1 to survivors, the mjninj,'
limit earned upwnuls of lliiitv !'
" j-ungers uwnv from tho wrecked
atenmer. It w seen to cnpMe nnil
.fioni it the five recovered bodies ore
Mipposcd to linve come n shore.
KIMIHKA, Cnl., Juno 1.'. Kighh
two xurrtxtrrKn"rtlirrnn'ft'nl, aboard
Jlie coustim; stoninor Hoar, wrecked
lnt night oil Siitfflr J,onf Hook, near
Cape Mendocino, in n dense for, bail
been aeeoiinteil for and fie persons
arc known to have peri-hod.
Indications wore (lint one boatload
wn lost, with ootl chances Unit ev
en one else IihiI boon or would be res
etted. Among Hie survivor, two were re
united to lie fitfully injurctl. Several
others hnil sustained minor injuries
mid praclicnlly all were suffering
nunc or less froiu the of feels of ex
posure. IjiiiiI at lU'iii' Itlver
The two bouts lantleil at the mouth
of Hear river ilurinir the night. Men
xi ml women, iiuiub with cold, dicnch
et through nml in vmioiis stages of
exhaustion as n remit of their liar
Yowhiir experiences, drugged them
selves from the bout ami sought what
shelter they might find along tho
beach. Some niHilo Mich windbreak
ith they might from driltwond, oth
er found on if fine from the wind
tiiul eolil kuvc the boulder that line
the slioie. .Hi ill others burrowed into
the sniid ami epfint tile iiiuht llieie.
Residents of Cape Town, the near
est settlement, found them at tluwii
thi morning. Fanners nml t1-lii-r-i'olk
gathered from throughout the
region to rentier what assistance thev
could. The uMirhow were taken to
Tape Town as soon a possible nml
eared for in the home of the towns
people. Kuroka, thirty mile, to tho
north, has been asked to -end med
ical assistance, am! the more seri
ously injured of the sunivors will bo
brought to Kureka by automobile.
Fog Hcsisinslltio
The Minimis told how they hail
been awakened l, the shook a the
(Continued on page six)
FOR NEW HAVEN WRECK
iriinIaid"
WASHINGTON', June 1',. IH.,mc
for the paengtr wreik on the New
York, New Huen & Hurt lord rnil
rond ut lirutlford, It. I., April 17, in
which live persona were killed and
sctentecn injured, was placed b tin
interstate cowimiy eaaiiuiioa t
lay on tbe failiir of Itattnau ('omnli
and Knninr Ma an field to iitteiul
ikiuiIm properly.
Old-tahiuue cur- and ch- ( i y 1 i t .
eontnbutetl to the Ulwlitio, the re
Hirt said. It )niut-d out that hud
the ear ko f Mdern construe -liou
thev uauUl not have been t$
triil li J i re, and it Would h.i
Ikui jKiiliJe to t,u' wore lne,
THESE MEN PRESIDE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MARTIN H 'G-LVNN
OLLIL JAMES
E
AS
Offensive in Southern Front Makinn
Steady Headway Czar's Forces
Cross Border to Attack Lemherg
Austrians Make Stand North of
Czernowitz.
I'KTItonitAI). June l.'.. More
than l.'O.OOll men have Iidou captur
ed by the Ilnssiniis tlutiiiK the rtffcns
ive inovemont on tha Vidh.Miinn ami
Otiliciuii fninls, it was officially an
nounced today.
The following statement wan given
eut:
"SiippJeuionturv reiHirl givo the
c.Mict number of prisonera taken us
one jrencrnl, three couinutndei's, 2107
officers, A dwlors and 150,1)00 men,
We iiImi have eadured 1IKI eaiiuon,
'Jill! mnehine kiiiis, l.lfl bomb throw
ers nml '.i2 mine-thrower-.''
In their offeiixivu on the eastern
front the Iiiismiuim m appareutly
nmkitur steady heatiway, althnush
still soma distance from J.emberr,
their iinuiodiate olijectivo in flulieia.
Last iuMiH place them just aorosa
the bonier, oiu fifty mile north of
the city.
In Uukowinn, Ciernowitz, tba ep
ital, appawutlv ia out off from all
direction but the 011(11.
ItmtLI.V. June 15. lluiaiau troopg
in dens format ioa attackwl the Ten
tonie linns near Pracwloka, but were
repulaotl by Clenerul Von Itothiner's
troiM, it was aiinouneetl by army
headquarters today.
Aiistiluni .Mul.e Stand
HRKUN. June 15. Aushian
troops in Bukouiua are tnakinx a
stand uorth ol I'zeruowitx anil alto
(Continued on paga two.)
RUSSIANS
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nCIUMPDATQ
10 NOMINATE
THIS EVEN!
Olllc James Elected Permanent
Chairman and Speech Brinns Eitih
tcen Minutes' Demonstration of Ap
provalCalls for Bryan, But the
Commoner Disappears Wilson
and Marshall to Be Named Tonight
to Head Ticket Platform to Be
Adopted Friday.
COMSKL'M, St. Louis, .Inno 15.
The democratic national convention
today changed Km proRram and agreed
to make iiomluatonR for president
nnd vice proildont toulKht Instead of
tomorrow.
The rulOH worn amended and the
convention adjourned at l:i"J p. in
to nlno o'clock toulRht to remain In
continuous hobrIoii until nomlnatnn
aro made.
AVI tli one demoiiHtratlon after an
othor today tho democratic conven
tion refilntored 11b approval of Pres
ident WIIhou's conduct of forelKti af
fairs which nan kept tho country ut
peaco.
18 Minutes Uproar
When I'ortnauent Chutriuan Jamoa
recounted the diplomatic achieve
ment of tho proaldeut In the. nci;o
tlatlons wltli Oormauy tho conven
tion launched into an olKhteim inlii
uto uproar of marchliiK, chcorliiR anil
wavliiK of flags, in which William
J Mr nit from Ills seat In tho press
section Joined.
Thero wore colli for a ipoocli from
Hrynu but ho had slipped out while
tho domotistratlou was xoIiik on.
Jerry C. South, elork of tho house
of roprosoutattvos, a delegate from
Arkansas, announced that bo would
ratio a point of ordor If consent were
askod for Hrynu to spoak.
iKlovon o'clock, the hour for tho
convention io bo In order, passed
with tho Coliseum only partly filled.
The baud played the nntMiyphen
ioiik. "Don't Kite tho lltuitl Tlmt'R
KeodhiK You," and a male quartet
sang tho chorus.
The crowd cheerodi
Taiiios as Chairman
The committee on permanent or
ganisation at a mooting moanwbllo
formally namod Senator Olllo Jamos
of Kentucky ns permanent chairman,
J. llruco Kreiuer of Montana, por
mauont secretary, John I. Martin of
St. Louis, permanent sergeant at
arms, and recommended that all other
tomporary offlcon of tho convention
be made pormanent.
(William J. Ilryan got a warm re
ception when he took his seat In tho
prees stand. Delogato and gallor
ioa Joined In cheers and applause. A
soloist in the bandstand sang "Wake
Up America," the preparedness song,
as Mr. Ilryan was taking bis seat.
ItUSOllllloilS 1'ostpOIKNl
Senator William J. Stone, chairman
of tho resolutions committee, this af
ternoon postponed the meeting of tho
full committee on resolutions from
3: SO to 8 o'elock this evening. In
tho moantliuo tho ftub-eommlttee on
resolutions will continue its deliber
ations. Suffragists fighting for an equal
rights plank In tho democratic nation
al platform today regardod the reso
lutions subcommittee appointed last
night as none too favorable to their
eausc. Only three of Its mombon,
(Continued on page six)
Tom
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6X.PECTS
TO 3e
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p:?.tWT,
THE DEMOCRATIC
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TELLS OF NARROW
ESCAPE IN WATER
r.riiMCA, June 1'.. -Mix Vein
Ailnms, 1(100 Fir-t avoniie, Seattle,
who win, (imoiiir tlioe hiiuled at Cupo
Town, tells tliis aor :
"Tho Hear struck with a shock like
mi earthquake and then beirau to
iliruto like u lonf iieiululuin, mliiMK
in the awoll. l'nssengeii urowdeil
on deck, but there wat no groat ex
citement. Some of the women and
children were crying.
"Ten boat w;ere put over the aide,
but none of them lelt the Hear until
two hours after we si nick. Women
nnil eliildicn were put into the bouts
first. The son eauglit tho firt life
boat and awumr it under Hie stern of
the Hear, hut the other took bold
and it pot away. It was half a mile
away when the wines caught it in a
sudden flurry. A mooient later we
aw it upside down and all the tlurt
or more pnasenaer tloiuidoriug in the
water, 1 am sure not one was saved.
"Our boat was the third nway. The
swell running in and out dragged it
back nnd forth. The men at the oar
worked desperately. Wo wore get
tiiifc tilnnjr fairly Hell wlion a big
wuu twisted the boat from the con
trol of the rowers and another fol
lowed it. The boat went over anil we
all were spilled into the water.
"We eluug to the titles of the boat.
Some of the pas-engcrs were dragjunl
away and then flung- back again. An
ally the men righted the boat and
pulled mb hi.
"They began rowing, but a stMoul
time we weie upset. gave up hope,
but suddenly felt the grrmud under
me ami scrambled through the surf."
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i PACKAGE EXPLODES
i WRECKING CAR
HITTK, Mont , June l.'i.-A bomb
contained in a mclimc in one of the
mail jioiiuIkn that huh being trans
ferred from a Hiiibnulon t ruin to tha
Oregon Short Line here todnv exphul
etl ami wrecked the Oregon Riant
line mail ear. The package, it is be
lieved, wait add i eased to the governor
of Utah.
An iiiVHstigatiou of the iretwe of
the bmiib in tho mini is being muds
by the federal authorities here. I'ost.
iruislor Ihil OmhIwui, who has gath
ered Hcees of the bomb and the
tai'knge in which it wiik liidiiM, eg.
piecd the belief that the infernal
miK bine was iiddie-cd to the gover
nor of I'tuh. Tills n -ei I ion is bus
ed upon examination of tatteretl
parts f the iuipi'1' lciiiiiir.
TENDONS ON TEDDYS
E
NKW YOltK, .Line 1 . The X-ray
examination made to determine the
eoiidltloii of Theoiloie noeelt, who
suffered it u attack ot paiu in his side
estenlay, ifucloseil that several
small tendons attached to oue of Ilia
ribs had siiapjHtl, the colonel told in
quirers today, lie said that his pjiy
iviau had assured him, however, that
(he injury, d(ie to his ioleut cough
ing, was not seriouH and would heal
iin a few day- if he remained quiet.
EX.GOV.
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ONE-RING CIRCUS!
PLATFORM
DRAFT
OP 10 COMMIT!
AT NIGHT
ST. J .01'IS. Mo., June .V- After u
three bour' KiHiiou todav members
of the democratic contention sub
committee mi icMilutious, which is
drafting the platform, announced
that a tentative draft probably would
be completed bits todav for eonsid
eratinu bj the entire committee. (cp.
reaontative Haiuey of Illinois, a uiein
bar of the snb-eumiflittee, aaid the
Itftilalhe draft would contain a wom
an suffrage plank at least hn strong
a thut contained in the repnblienn
jJalfoim and expressing the belief of
the democratic mrtv thut women
should be enfranchised.
Tho sub -commit tee had liefitre it
mure than 1000 -uggestioiis for
(Janks of all aorta.
Hundreds of these were laid mid
in the preliminary stages and will not
lie taken up at all. Copies uf the
president's auggeationH for the plat
form were given to each member. The
original draft brought to St. I .on is
b Kecreturv I taker and turned over
to rbairnian Stone of the committee,
J bail many interlineation in the pies-
ident s handwriting.
Wheu the siib-cuuuuittee took un
the president'a suggestion f"r I'bmk
eundemuiug organisation of foreiun
born citisens tor at tempts to influ
ence international and ilmiietic pol
icies a fight develoW that t brent en
etl to lengthen its esions. Some
Hteuibers were said to be strongly op
posed to wiieh u idank. Chuiriuaii
Stuue said after the coiiiunUeo bad
Ueeu in sexsiwi mure than four hour.
that it probably would not he able, as
uiigiually pluuued, to complete a
tentative dratt befiir night.
"NEWTY"
KER. .
HftS
SION5
OF THE
FUTURE.
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MARAUDERS
REPULSED
RDER
Bating of Hundred Mexican Bandits
Cross Rio Grande and Attack the
American Border Patrol Near San
Irjnacio, Killlnn Two, Woundinn
Five Met by Troops I and M of
Fourteenth Cavalry and Hurled
, Back Over Border, Losing Elrjht
' Dead and Several Wounded.
LAUHDO. Tox., Juno 111. Ono
hundred .Mexican bandits, nt'osslng
over tho ltlo Ornnilo; forty inllot
southeast of boro, early today attack,
od tho Amorionn border patrol near
Snn Ignnclo, killing two and wound
ing flvo, according to roportsj, Rent
to Fort Mcintosh bore, over the field
telephone.
Tho Me.xlonns expectod to find an
InRlgnlflcant detachment of Ameri
cans. IiiBtend, thoy wore mc by
troops I and M of tho Hth cavalry,
110 strong, under Major AlonzoXIra)'.
They woro hurled back ncroBs tho riv
er, losing olgbt tload nnd several
wntindod.
ItuntlM ItcpuNl
The baiitlltH first attacked Troop
r. Troop I a short distance, up tlitj
.rlyqr boii'rd.)ji shooilntf and hurrlnlt
to (ho scone. The attackers lost
heart and rctrortlnd southward along
tho river, keeping on tho American
side for soino dlrttanco befdri cross
ing Imck to Mexican soil.
Tho attack began at S n.ni, nnd tjin
righting lusted About thirty uiluutOB.
A bright moon lighted the soeito. Tho
Mexicans nttackud the rwir of tin; pu
trot's camp, firing tho first shot at
a sentry.
The names or tho soldiers killed
were not reported to miliary quar
ters at Fort Mcintosh for the reason
that Immodlntoiy after tho attack the.
two troops of cavalry started In pur
suit of tho Mexicans.
I'iii-mio the llandlls
It was taken for granted, bora that
Major dray wiuld pursue the ban
dits until they crossed Into Moxleo
and that It would not be aurpilslitK
If the Americans should follow tho
"hut trail" senna the river.
It was Impossible to learn anf-
thing of the Identity of the Moxloniut
here other than that they were "mere
ly bandits." TIiom killed nml
wounded were dreaaed In own garb
but were except louslly well armed.
Other troops of cavalry havo tmou
ordered In readlnaaa to proceed to
the Ban Ignaclo seetlon either to a
alat or to relieve ilajor Clrav's iom
maud. ;
Word reached here later that ono
of the wouuded Amerlean soldlerti
shot through the head had tiled. Tim
latest Information says that eight of
the Mesleau raiders wore hlllod ami
forty-two horses captured (n the pur.
suit. Colonel Itrowg h&K roqueetod
eouuty efflcialt: to want all Mexicans
on ranches neur her to get away
from the river.
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SAN FRANCISCO. June IS. QffU
eers pf the San Francisco and 1'ort
IbmiI Steamship company, owners of
the wrecked iteamer Uesr, say they
art unalde to aecouut for the acci
dent. U. L. Ulalr. general manager
of the caiupRBy, said teday: "I am
completely mysitfUd a to what caus
ed the accldeut. The captain Is one
of the oldest aud most experienced
oh the coast .xnd we bate the utmost
ooiiridinr. tn his ability. Wo uio
dolux cm rthing we can for the com
fort uut convenience of the surviv
ors who were taken to Kun k.i
Mr. ulalr added that m lomimint
ration had yet beeu had with Captain
Nopauder who Is standing b bis UN
fated vessel wiiu tbreu ot the crew,
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