Show may be increased by several injured sailors san diego july 25 there Is little hope that the burial chapter of the bennington incident is finally closed tor half a dozen badly injured sailors are lingering between life and death the six who are battling bravely for life are receiving every comfort and assistance that skill and sympathy can give A well equipped temporary hospital has been arranged at the army barracks in the city and to this all the injured who could be safely moved were taken from the hospitals last night the sufferers are not in want of comforts or whatever luxuries are good for them flowers fruit and del ica cies with cigars tor chose who are permitted to smoke are offered in abundance to cheer them the removal of the bennington to a position alongside a pier will facilitate inspection of her interior the ship iris from san francisco arrived this morning she had elvers and diving outfits and work along the bottom of abo gunboat hlll be begun today As soon as the iris came alongside the condemning board began on the stores taken out of the flooded aft storeroom the useful stuff being put on the supply ship all ot the equipment including the ammunition and batteries with the exception of the main guns and mounts will be transferred in order to lighten the bennington sufficiently to permit the making of repairs that will allow the vessel to be towed 0 o mare island naval constructor evans lieutenants E B aej E B larimar and surgeon C T all of mare island and surgeon F E mccullough of the yer eoa buena station have reported to captain drake commander ransom chief engineer at mare island probably will arrive today alch is expected to arrive on the flagship chicago tomorrow or thursday when a board of inquiry will be appointed to make a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion BLAMES HOLY JUMPERS R B hanton searches in vain for woman he loves oakland july 24 tn quest 0 his runaway wife who he says was led away from him two years ago by tha erratic sect of known as holy jumpers hoger B hanton of san bernardino Is in the city he says he has spent a fortune seeking her incidentally he has employed coun to defend film in an action for divorce begun here on june ath mrs hanton charges extreme cruelty as ground for divorce specifying alleged act of more or less remote dates hanton and wife were married at atlanta ga in may they have no children and the wife does not ask for alimony but hanton despite tha fact as be states that she left him to follow the holy jumpers seems to entertain a feeling of strong affection for the woman he has been industriously triou sly seeking her both in this city and berkeley he has visited several bouses reputed to be occupied by holy jumpers loitered about the streets and followed every clew he could get as to her whereabouts but thus far without success the trouble between hinton and wife seems to have begun in faraway bermingham ala where the wife became imbued with a strong desire to follow the holy jumpers teachings and mode of life one day hanton be came home from his duties railroad employed to find his home as a deserted by als wife then he discovered that she had gone to another to find and atty he followed hoping win her back ho was disappointed through georgia texas and into redlands san bernardino and other california towns hanton southern chased after bis fleeing spouse but the hoay jumpers were always just ahead of him he located at san ber nardino more than one year ago and has sine continued to spend time and trying to locate bla wife money service of summons in her action informed him that she was tor divorce hastened in alameda county hanton liere since his arrival he has haunted and places where holy the streets supposed to bavo their are jumpers his wife habitations vainly seeking awhile thought he he for last night store in a local bad her located in a building but it it was mrs hanton without her husband she got away opportunity to speak to having an FLOOD AT VALDEZ ay iy of infantry keeping back the water atle wash july 24 flood cons had improved at valdez accordi elved yesterday at the local cable office but the emergency occasioned by the high water still exists and an entire company of infantry was at work repairing breaks in the dams and keeping the valdez river from overflowing the business section of the city on sunday night there was a noticeable ti improvement but early yesterday morning the water started rising again and was breaking through the dam at various points it was only by the utmost exertions that a general flood was prevented at last reports the water was not getting any closer to the town and it was expected that the stream would be under control by this evening although the ery warm and clear with a heavy flow probable during the evening J TO COLLECT TREE SEEDS washington july 24 the forest service is planning to collect tree seeds on a very large scale this autumn the work of in the western reserve Is calling tor the production of many millions of seedlings annually and the service has already established six forest nurseries tor this purpose in different parts of the semi arid west nursery work or planting is now in progress in the santa barbara san gabriel modoc and warner mountains in california the pikes peak and gun alson reservations in colorado the dismal river reserve in nebraska the alla river reserve in new mexico and the salt lake reserve in utah |