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2tl::::;l' i;'V:6-v :y;';v--'!V';:-- H-r's-r .-.v-- 7'.r-: .:..-. w : THE WEATHER. Fair Wednesday and Thursday, not much change in temperature, light va- X- p$m EXTRA BUS OFFER, fi VOL. LXXXVIl NO. 17. STRIKE III FRANCE BECOMES SERIOUS Affects'Two Great Railroads and Threatens to TieUp t the Provinces. NOW. INVOLVES ABOUT 80.000 Movement May Extend tjo Paris, L & M. Railroads. Scarcity of Food May be Result. Roads on Military Bastis. - Paris, October 11. The French gov ernment is again facing a serious strike situation. The employes of tiie Northern railroad went o& strike early today and tonight spread to the West ern railroad, which is owned by the State. Indications are that tomorrow will see a Complete tie up in Northern, and Western France. N ' v' The strike at the present time in volves about 80.000 men. The strike on the Western road was voted this evening by 8,000 men employed in aris and the suburbs. They depend upon the National unions to tie up tne provinces. It is reported that the movement may possibly also extend to the eastern and the Parts, Lyons and Mediterranean railroads. As is1 usual, in sucn circumstances the city of Paris is threatened with a scarcity of food supplies. - Freight, mail "and passenger ' transportation id partially prostrated and the vast army of working people in the northwest are unable to reach their places of busi ness. Military engineers are. taking the places of the strikers' and troops are guarding the various stations and important section of the road. Large military, forces were hastily distributed on the first evidence that a strike had been .declared, and ad ditional troops were ordered out to night. - ' i ; ' . , ' The; ministry has placed 5 the rail roads on a military basis and may muster the railway, employes Into ser vice as reservists.! " The strikers have vot ed to .continue, tba trt k; uniiLlheir. Oemand' are met",-buC they hare', re quested a conference with the railroad officials. ,,: t.V, -;,' ; The more nserfative newspapers condemn the? strike - aa "Indicating . a revolutionary general federation of la bor, trying to absorb the railroad unions, but the socialist press hails it as commendable battle to obtain need ed redress. , ' . " ; Attempt to Break Strike. Paris, October 11. The government has decided upon an important step in an attempt to break the strike on the Northern railway. The official jour nal publishes a decree calling to the colors about 30,000 employes of the Northern road. , . - This immediately subjects the .men to . military discip line. TANGLE IN MASSACHUSETTS. Fols Suggests Thai Democrats Assem ble to Name a Candidate. Boston, Mass., October 11. A re convening of the iDemocratic State Convention, not later than Saturday next, for the purpose of naming a candidate for. Governor, who shall be finally accepted by Hhe committee) of tour, as the choice of-(he. Democrats of Massachusetts to head the ticket, was the suggestion made, tonight in a communication to Chairman Frederick J. McLeod, of the Democratic ' State Committee, by Congressman Eugene "N. B'oss. , ... ' ! . Mr. Foss led on both ballots for Governor in the State convention held last Thursday and the committee of four, which was empowered by the convention to name , a candidate for governor has been for several days in deadlock for choice between Mr. Foss and Charles S. Hamlin, another can didate before the convention. Mr. Foss, in commenting on his pian, fays:. "Only by this means, it seems to me, can any candidate of the party now go before the people as the real representative of the Democratic party of thisState. . Having had : abundant evidencevtfi the Democrats of the State are eager for some solution of the present difficulty and for an earn est and successful campaign, I feel lhat such a reconvening of the dele gates would constitute not only a con vention, fbut an earnest ; and 1 rousing ratification meeting and the beginning of a campaign which I fully believe in i.nis manner could be led to a-trium-phant success." SOUTHERN CITIES. Charlotte's Gain 88 Per Cent. Tampa Makes Phenomena Gain. V Washington, 11. Population statis tics enumerated in the thirteenth cen sus were announced jy the Census Bu reau tonient. for the following cities. Roanoke, Va., 3,874, an fcicrease of 13,379 or 62.2 per cent.-, over 21,495 in lampa, Fla., 38,524, an increase of zs,bs; or 143.2 per cent, over 15,839, in 1900. .1 Louisville, Ky 223,928, an increase of 19,197, or 9,4 per cent., over 204, 731 in 1900. j. : . ,L0eXongton' Ky-' 35,099, an increase of 8.730, or 33.1 per cent, over io 36!), in 1900. ' .ChraoLtte' N- c 34.014, an increase 1 i'82.3A or 88 0 Per cent, over x8, 091, in 1900. : ?eport La 28,015, an increase of tt- or tS0 Per, cent of 16,103 In Mm ' : ;f : - - : wiXMiyoTOK, k.: c; avedspay moig, ocToBK1na,.i9io. ' , . whole number 13.42. ?: f ' TROSTCA&i POSTPONED Lack of Full Bench Interferes With United StatesSupreme Courts Readjustment of Docket. Number Dismissed.' Washington, Oct. 11. Because of the failure to have a fullbenh in the Supreme Coust of the United States a general readjustment of Important cas es set last Spring for consideration this Autumn, was made .today by the court. It was the first business day xt the eight months' term. The Standard Oil and Tobacco cor poration suits under the Sherman anti trust law were postponed for re-hearing from; November 14th to January 3rd. The corporation cases. Involving the constitutionality of the corporation lax provisions of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, jivhich had been restored to the docket for re-hearing before a full bench at an Indefinite date also was as-' signed for, argument on January 3rd. So .were the .cases involving the ques tion of the correct penalty to be im posed on the violators of the 28-hour law, regulating, the shipment of live stock; and the , Interpretation of the National pure food law and drug act. Although presiding Justice Harlan did not say so. It is expected that PresWent Taft will have filled the two vacancies by that time and the new hnembers, the successors to Chief Jus- tice Fuller and Justice Moody, wal have assumed 1 their places on tue bench. j The importance of the questions also led the court to postpone until Janu ary a number of cases set for argu ment today. The boycott and contempt appeals,. arising! out of the injunction proceedings in the District of Colum bia brought against the American Fed eration of Labor by the Bucks Stove & Range Company, of St. Louis, Mo., were re-assigned for January 16. Pres ident Samuel Gompers, Frank Morri son and John Mitchell, officials of .the Federation, are all under, jail sentences for contempt, were in court. The hearing in the suit between Vir ginia and West Virginia over the am ount of the $33,000,000 State debt of Virginia .which the- latter contends West Virginia should assume by rea son of the latter, being admitted to the Union as a separate State, was re-as- slgned for January 16th. The Kissel case, .Involving .the ques- lion . whether lorvnt the -American Su gar Kenning company ana oxners con spired to prevent the Pennsylvania Su gar Refining Company from doing dus iness.was postponed until November 10th on account of illness of counsel. The cases involving the constitutional- Ity; of the employers' liability law were reassigned for argument on November 28th. a ' ' Attempts to postpone consideratior. of the cases involving the peonage prosecutions from Florida and the Missouri two-cent fare law were un successful. Argument of- the. former was begun today. The latter will be heard probaoly this week. , Motions to advance a large number of cases were submitted to the court Among these cases were those Involv ing the constitutionality of the Car mack amendment to the Hepburn rate law. making the initial carrier, respon sible for goods throughout the route and the cases involving the constitu tionality of the bank depositors guar antee laws of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas.. . '' . .- For various reasons 19 cases were dismissed by the court. Among these were six cases involving the constitu tionality of the draine laws of Flori da as amended in 1907. EVANGELIZATION OF WORLD. Commissioners of. Foreign Missions in Session in Boston. (Boston; . Mass., ' Oct. 11. Past achievements, present progress and future plans for "the, evangelization of the heathen world, were discussed this, afternoon and evening- at tne meetings held in connection with tne centennial celebration of the founding of the. American Board of Commission ers for Foreign Missions. During the afternoon the achieve ments of the past and progress of the present were reviewed by theprfa-' cipal officers of the- board, and an nouncement was made of gifts during the year totalling more than a mil lion dollars. , -Tonight simultaneous meetings -were held at Tremont Temple, where plans for the future missionary ' activity werfe set forth. The National Council of Congrega tional met this afternoon in the first usiness session of its - triennial, con-j vention. ' Rev. Dr.jNehemlah Boyrilon, of Brooklyn, N. "XI, was chosen mod erator and Rev. Dr. Arthur H: Smith, for 40 years a missionary in North China, was selected as assistant mod erator. Several reports were; present ed to the council ' by secretaries an1 committees and then ah adjournment was taken until Friday afternoon in1" order - that the work v of the council might, not conflict with the centiennlai of. the American board. : ' - ' ; SHERIFF ELLINGTON DEAD. Prominent Johnston County Man Pass ed Away Yesterday Afternoon. , - .'(Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Oct.' 11, News is re reived here tonight of the death of J. T. Ellington, for 20 years sheriff of Johnston county, find -a -.long -.while a very i prominent .figure in Democratic politics in this section of the State; He died ?.t his home in Clayton at 5: 30 o'clock this , evening,: He, was 65 years old and leaves a large family. He was being prominently mentioned for. the position of sergeant at arms for the lower house of the next Congress in the event there Is a Democratic ma- 1 .i -- - - 9 - . , ROOSEVELT FLIES Ex-President Delighted With Aviation Tour at St. Louis Yesterday. GROWDSLOQKED ONWITH FEAR Was a Passenger of Aviator Hoxsey Continually Warned During the Flight "Enjoyed Every -, Minute" He Said. St Louis, Oct 10. Theodore Roose velt today made an aeroplane flight as a passenger of Archibald Hoxsey and said it was the finest sensation he ev- 1 er had experienced. They sailed two times around the aviation field at Kin loch Park in three minutes and 20 sec onds. He waved his hand to the thous ands of spectators and to the discom fiture of the aviator, who feared that the colonel might hit a controlling cord. When the machine aliehted ea sily a few feet from the starting place, a mighty shout of applause went up. Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, taid that Mr. Roosevek.made a 'good passenger except that he enjoyed the trip so much that Hoxsey was afraid the colo nel would -fall out or interfere with the engine, which was roaring at his side. ; The colonel waved his hands at the crowd so vigorously that Hoxsey call ed out to him: "Keep your hands on the rail, colonel." Col. Roosevelt, who had forgotten to hold himselMn, waved his hands once more and- then obeyed orders. The colonel's flight was a surprise to everybody. Although he had been invited to go, no one had the least idea that he would do so and he himself did not decideto fly until the moment be fore he stepped into the machine. The trip to the aviation field to watch the aeroplane fliehts was on the afternoon's programme for the colonel's day, in St.; Louis. He went to Kinloch In an automobile, at the head of a pro cession of motor cars, half a mile long. The cars were filled with members of the Republican State and city com mittees and business men. I Tne ride was a fast and dusty one much of the way; Col. Roosevelt'j face was covered with a thick coating of Missouri soil. Col. Roosevelt's car was driven directly on the aviation field. Hoxscy's biplane was standing di rectly In front of the grand stand. Col. Roosevelt stepped out of his automo bile with Governor Hadley at his side and walked over to the biplane. He inspected the-broad planes and the en gine and shook hands with the aviator. I'd like to have you for a passenger," said Hoxsey. The colonel looked at him without a word. Then he began to take off his coat. It was the first intimation that 'he would make a trip in the air. , Governor Hadley stepped up quickly and said: "Are you really going up colonel?" Of course I am," said the colonel. Without, another word he took his seat at . Hoxsey's direction, beside the en gine. - Governor Hadley admitted after wards that he was nervous. "This is my district and it extends up into the air; and I feel a sense of responsibili ty while the colonel is in my territo ry, he said. Col. ' Roosevelt removed iiis slouch hat for the flight and borrowed a gray cap which he pulled down over1 his eyes. Hoxsey took his place beside Col.' Roosevelt, who watched the prep arations with a smile of anticipation. Four guardsmen seated themselves on the ground to aid the captain of the airship until the propellers were well under way. . The six cylinder mo tor barked and spouted smoke. Then the motor was stopped for a moment. After, two more tests the motor was al lowed to run and the machine ran over the ground quietly. Col. Roosevelt gripped the rail hard and looked straight ahead. The machine skidded over the field for a few yards, then lift ed Its nose Into the air, rising easily. The aeroplane sped quickly around the field at a height of less than. 1D0 feet, Jt made the first lap of a mile and a half ; before news percolated tnrougn the crowd that Col. Roosevelt was Hoxsey's passenger. When, the colo ne) swept past the. grand stand he leaned forward a bit and waved his hand. ' The spectators seemed fright ened and remained - silent, watching the aeroplane Intently. The 'flying machine sped by ana made the' turn, for the second lap, Hox sey': could ' be seen - to bend over and shout something into the colonel'a-ear. The engine crackled regularly, hurling the aeroplane forward atr a speed of nearly a mile a -minute, but from the ground Jt looked as if it was traveling much slower because it sailed so ev enly and smoothly. Theresas not a breath' of wind and the engjne did not miss fire once. - r-- At the' end, of the second lap Hox sey dipped-his plane and the machine descended easily, striking the ground without a 'Jar a few rods from the grand stand. Te machine glided over the grass a short distance, and stopp ed.' i'sOX:v::--'-: v -r -r: - -"-" ; ; X Col. Roosevelt smiling his most ex pansive " smile, Xx disembarked . back wards, v He became en tangled with the wires,. but was-soon out of: them. --When the people saw that he had landed .safely they cheered the colonel III Ml AEROPLANE Continued on Page Elghl , GRIPPEN TRIALj BEGINS S00I1 American Dentist': il I. .Face Life and Death Issue iij London Miss LeNeve Will Also be Tried Counrrl isj Retained. London, October .-11. it is probable that the trial of Dr. Hawley H. Crip pen and the LeNeve woman, for the. murder of the former's wife, Cora Belle Crippen, known by the stage name of Belle Elmore, will be opened on Monday. ' ' " , . , In presenting the case to the grand jury today the recorder reviewed the evidence presented at the preliminary proceedings. He said ' he considered it doubtful that Miss LeNeve knew at the time that a murder had been com mitteed, but he recommended that a true bill charging her with being an accessory after the fact, be -brought against her. aa he "Was confident that every consideration: would be shown the young woman. A bill in keeping with this recommendation and one charging Crippen as the. principal un doubtedly, will be returned. Crippen will be represented at his trial by ihree lawyers, the best known of whom are Alfred ,AspihwaH Tobin, Unionist member of Parliament for Preston, and Huntley Eugene Jenkins. Of the two who will look after the interests of Miss LeNeve, Frederick Mwin bmitn is a leading conservative member of Parliament for Walton di vision of Liverpool. Crippen's Wife Buried. The body unearthed in the.cellar of the Hilltop-Crescent home of Dr. Haw ley H. Crippen and declared by a coro ner's jury to be that of the doctor's wife, Belle Elmore, the actress, was buried today at Finchley by the Music Hall Ladies Guild. . - On the lid of the casket a plate was placed bearing tne simple inscription "Cora Crippen died 1910, aged 34 years." Despite the care taken to keep secret the day set for the burial news of the ceremony leaked out and a curious crowd gathered.. Street venders followed the cortage offering for sale memorial cards bearing tne name of Cora Crippen. COWARD MADE BOY VICTIM. Bullets of Ex-Pug Mist, Kihed Wrong PersonKills .Self in Despair. New York, Oct. II. Charles Fisch er, a boy of 12 , years, was- s wuns writhing and screaming from the side walk tonight--: byi .tfcwiifcrutev-- who used the little -fellows- body to checa a bullet fired by Harry Greenwald, an ex-pugilist. The missile pierced tnw child's -.brain and he died within an hour. Greenwald terror-stricken and pursued by citizens and police, dashed into a hallway and committed suicide. The man who used the boy as a screen escaped. His name is not known to the police. Greenwald was about 25 years old. and was known to his sporting frien.ls as "Biz Clark." He was at one time a sparring nartner of Marrv "Riff" Stone, of Baltimore, but of late had been working as ticket takeat a. moving picture theatre in Harlem. Young Fischer was returning from an errand for his mother about dusk. As he turned from 103rd street into Madison avenue, he saw Greenwald and the unidentified man engaged n a heated argument The frightened boy attempted to pass between them when the unknown man grasped him and held him by his face just as the former prize . fighter whinned out a revolver and fired. The bullet enter ed the boy's head and the unknown coward dropped him and fled. Seeing his mistake Greenwald still with the revolver in his hand, broke and ran. A policeman gave chase ana a thousand men and women who had heard of or witnessed the tradegy.H joined in the pursuit. The hunted man once turned as if to fire on his pursuers, then, hard pressed, he rtfSh ed into a tenement doorway, sprang past a group of startled children and attempted to force his way into a cellar. Falling In this he placed the revolver to his temple and blew out his brains. The murdered child lived with hl3 widowed mother, Mrs. Madeline Fisch er and was one of five sons the eldest of whom is 19. " OUTLINES. Former President Roosevelt was the passenger of Aviator Hoxsey in an aeroplane flight yesterday at St Louis. The Colonel was delighted with the trip through the air and declared It great sport A big strike of govern ment employers on two railroads in France yesterday threatened to tie-up a large portion of the country. The strike Involves 80,000 .men The trial of Dr Hawley H. Crippen and Miss ; LeNeve in London: will begin 4 next Monday. The body of the den tist's murdered wife, Belle t Elmore, was buried yesterday ; According to reports to the Forest Service at Wash ington yesterday 1,000 : persons are burned and missing and an area esti mated, at 2,500 square miles was burn ed, over in the Minnesota forest fires - -vThe calendar of the United States Supreme Court was re-arranged at the session yesterday and a' number of im portant cases were' postponed on ac count of. the lack of a full bench. New York markets: . Money on call 2 3-. to 3 1-2 per cent,' ruling rate 2 3-, closing bid 3, offered at 3; spot cotton "'closed-quiet 10 points higher. middling uplands4 14.75, middling gulf 15.00 ; flour was quiet and lower to sell wheat weak," No. 2, 1.01" elevator afnd 1.00 1-4 fob., afloat; corn weak, No. 2, . 58 1-2 . elevator domestic basis, to arrive, and 58 1-4 fob afloat ; oats spot easy, standard . white 39; turpentine steady. I 7 I I 1 1 I I - OF SICK Sanction of Protestant Epis copal Church All But Given in Resolution. SESSIONS IN CINCINNATI Number of Changes in Dioceses House of Bishops and Huse of Deputies Both Meeting. Action on Divorce. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 11. A resolu tion giving the sanction of the Protes tant Episcopal church to the healing of the sick by prayer was adopted In one section of the House of Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal convention today, but was defeated in "another sec tion of the house by the narrow mar gin of five votes. The voting was by dioceses.- That a majority or the House of Deputies was dn favor of the report was shown clearly when the clerical branch adopted it by a vote of 41 years to 17 nays,- with nine dioceses not vot ing, or divided. The mymen of the house, however, killed the report by a vote of 27 ayes, 32 nays, four dioceses ,not voting. It required a majority in both orders of the house to carry the report While the question, will come up be fore the mouse of Bi-shopsat some fu ture dat. it is regarded as improbable that the ipper house of the convention will taka any action on it Rev. Locius Wathman, rector of St Thomas church, Hanover, N. H., pre sented the report. In doing so ne ex plained that he had no fear of the word "supernatural. He continued: "If Jesus .did heal the sick in the first century in a supernatural manner, he cAn do so today; and to recognize that fact is not to put the church in the position of not recognizing modern sci ence. While the limita of modern sci ence have' been reached, 'we have not reached., the limits, of , the; . power, of God.'--- - . '.. ' f-i -. - . Rev. M. S. Taylor, of Atlanta; en dorsed Dr. Wathman's resolution. He said the Episcopal church had been taken in the dark, in the matter-of di vine heaiing. "It is our own fault" he declared, "for this magnificent gift was given to us by our blessed Lord in the begin ning. This power of restoring the sick by prayer was thrown away by our church, and a woman picked up that jewel. Now, I say, let us take back our own and use this magnificent gift in the name of the church." The laity of the House of Deputies as a rule opposed the report. While the large vote polled for the resolu tion came as a surprise, tne Dener pre vailed tonight that the subject would noty be revived at this contention. At th onMiinsr nf thA Rpsslnn nf the House of Deputies today, prayer was" offered for the -fire sufferers of the Northwest. . The House of Bishops split the mis sionary diocese of Oklahoma and an additional diocese, to be known as Eastern Oklahoma, was created. The diocese of Dallas, Texas, was divided into missionary district that will include part of western Texas. New bishops will be appointed soon for the new dioceses. Both the House Of Bishops and House of Deputies to day decided on New York as the next convention city. 1 The House of Deputies' adopted a new mission. hymnal for use in rescue work. The committee on marriage and di vorce today reported that it would be undesirable to make any change In the laws of "the church in this regard at present. The report will go, before the convention on Thursday. TAFT AUTO INJURED BOY. Chauffeur Saved Chfld's Life by Quick Turn Details. ' Beverly, Mass., Oct 11. While run ning through Salem shortly after 6 o'clock last night, one of the White House automobiles, occupied by Mrs. Taft and two of her sisters, struck a little six-year-old boy and slightly in jured him. Only the quickest sort of work on the part of Abel Long, one of the executive, chauffeurs, saved the child's life. The . little fellow . dashed across the street directly in front of the car. Long swung the big six cylindered poachine partly to the side and sue-, ceeded in diverting It so that only a glancing blow was struck by one of the fenders. , The car was going at .moderate .speed, winding in and out of the traffic qi saiem, witn tne two 015 searchlights in front lighted. The boy. Wilfred E. Crowella eon of William Crowell, was thrown down. Long stopped his car and jumping out picked up the injured lad. A hurried trip was made to the Salem ho&pltal. Miss Person, a sister of Mrs. Taft, had the injured child. At the hospital It was bound that there were no broken bones and apart from some painful contusions the child was not seriously hurt . .' ' i ' Mrs. Taft visited the hospital again this morning and had the satisfaction of seeing the boy discharged and taken borne. ..- . "J -i'i' -'. . . -X- . '. : .; xv" '-''r Chicago, Oct. 11. The entire 3,000 seat reserved tor the world's cham pionship baseball games at the west side ball park were allotted today. Re quests for seats reaching triple that number .could jaot be granted: ; HEALING OBJECT OF PRAYER THE WILMINGTON BAPTISTS Tenth Annual Session of Wilmington Association in Session at Willard Opening Sermon and Other Notes. (Special Star Correspondence.) Willard, N. C, Oct. 11. The Wil mington Baptist Association met in its tenth annual session at Willard at 11 o'clock this morning and was call ed to order by Rev. G. A.' Martin, of Wiilmington, who is moderator of the body. t s The introductory sermon was by Rev. J. H. Foster, D. D., of Wilming ton, after the reading of the scriptures by Rev'. C. F. Whitlock and prayer by Rev. M. L.. Kestler, of Thomasviile, N. C. After the sermon the roll of churches was called and messengers enrolled from the various congrega tions. The Association ' was then re organized by the election of the fol lowing "officers: G. E. Leftwich, or Wilmington, moderator; W. Riven bark, of Teachey's, vice moderatoif C. E. McCullen, of Burgaw, clerk; L. R. Highsmith, of Kerr, treasurer. After the organization the boy ad journed for dinner which was served in the grove near the church. The association reassembled at 2 o'clock and was called to order by Mr. Leftwich the moderator. Prayer was led by Rev. G. A. Martin. The first order was periodicals and religious litera ture. Rev. A. L. Betts, agent for the Biblical Recorder, made a strong speech upon this topic, urging the im portance of taking the Biblical Re corder, which is the Baptist State or gan, and presenting the merits of the paper. The next topic was the report on Foreign Missions which was read by Rev. C. F. Whitlock and discussed by him, Rev. R. E. Peele, of Burgaw, Rev. G. A. Martin, of Wilmington, and otn ers. The report was adopted xand pledges were taken from the church es for- foreign missions ana arter routine business the Association ad journed. State missions was the sub ject of consideration a,t the evening sessIonfj when Rev. Livingston John son, of Raleigh.' was one of the prin cipal speakers.- " ' ' The house " was well filled at each session today and many others are expejpted .tomorrow'. .' Those present today .frbm ' Wilmintgbri were: Dr. Foster, G. E, Leftwich, Hev. F. M.' Vou Muller, W. O. .Page,' of the First Church; Rev. G. A. Martin and wife, of "Southside. Rev, C. F, ' Whitlock, W. L. Moore ang O. O. Whitlock, from Brooklyn Baptist Church. Several others are expected tomorrow, among those from Wilmington, being Messrs. D. L. Gore, W. C. Peterson, Mrs. C F. Whitlock and others. - WILL BE SELF SUSTAINING. Hichcock's Statement Regarding Fed eral Postal Sstablishment. Washington, Oct 11. "Before the close of another fiscal year the Feder al postal establishment will become self sustaining. This will be accom plished without curtailing in the slight est the service rendered or lessemn? in any respect its efficiency." This statement was made tonight by Postmaster General Hitchcock in connection with the announcement that. todayl he had. submitted to' the Treasury. Department, five days in ad vance of the time fixed by law, his es timates of appropriations for the. Post office Department, and the postal ser vice during the fiscal year beginning on July 1. During the last fiscal year, ended June 30th last, Mr. Hitchcock cover ed 'back into the treasury about JC, 000,000 out of the actual appropriar tions made by Congress for the sup port of the department. , The deficit of the department for that year was less than for . many years, being re duced by approximately one half from the deficit of $17,000,000 of the year before. It is the expectation of Mr. Hitchcock further to reduce the de ficit during the present fiscal year. Mr. Hitchcock explained that while the business of the postal servie ha grown tremendously during the last two years, the expenses of the Post office Department In 1 Washington, charged with the management of the vast government establishment with its two hundred employes had not been increased a single dollar since the be ginning of the prehent administration. With the postal service able to pay its own way Mr. Hitchcock is convinc ed that "penny postage" for first class letters Is not the "irridescent dream" as has been declared. Indeed he is almost prepared to assert that one cent postage now. is in sight as a practical business proposition. . COBB WOULD NOT TALK. Refused to Discuss Lajoie and Recent . St. Louis Game. .Philadelphia, Oct 11. Tyrus Cobb, of "the Detroit' team, who with Na poleon Lajoie, of Cleveland, heads the list of heavy hitters "in the American League, arrived here tonight. He said he aid not care to discuss the recent game at St. Louis, where Lajoie made eight hits In eight times at bat which may place Lajoie first in the batting averages for the year. .' . . "I was surprised when I read of the result of the games In the papers," said Cobb, "and am sorry, that either Lajoie or myself . did not .win the prize for the highest average without any thing occurring which could cause un favorable comment I am not prepared to make any charges against, either Lajoie or.- members of" the ; St. Douis tem." . . ' ; WHOLE HTJMBER 13,423, LISBON IS QUIET AFTER STRUGGLE Soldiers Being Withdrawn From Streets and Busi-; ' ness is Resumed. IRISH DOMINICANS EXCEPTED Want to Keep on Good Terms' With Great Britian Italy Places Ban On,' Those Expelled Situation in Spain. Lisbon, Oct. 11. Although the city remains under martial law, pending!; a reorganization of the . administra-; tion, the soldiers have been gradually , withdrawn from the streets. ' The ' ( people have resumed t their business ' occupations and . perfect , tranquility i prevails. Several churches were re opened this morning. The Government has announced that, the Irish dominlcan fathers and -unns, who have conducted a school . ) , here for "many years, will be exempt- !-' ed from the order of expulsion. This -step doubtless is due to 'a desire of; the republicans to keep on good terms v with Great Britian. The casualty list ' from the recit fighting falls below the most moderate of previous esti- f"". mates. The official estimate gives thaV nufnber killed as between 100 and 150. .' Unofficial estimates place the number " still lower. One of the plans attribut- V ed to the organizers of the revolution' was to bring off the coup d'etat on October 5th, when King Manuel was visiting the premier In the northern-; most province of the .kingdom. It' was arranged that the train bearing the king should continue through to the frontier, and the soldiers there were to prevent the king from enter-V lng Portugal. In the meantime tho ministers who would have assembled , in a body at the station in LiBbon to V see the king off, .were'to be surround- I ed-and arrested-.after the departure "x.'' of the train.- The republic was then,: ' -to be proclaimed. , ; k : The provisional government has tak-" en possession of the houses of seVer- ' al religious bodies. No opposition ' ." was met with. It hag been decided" to f"i Issue a decree'' enforcing compulsory x militray service. ' ' Rome, Oct .11. A semi-official com- ' " miinlcatiqh states that the Italian gov? ernment has. adopted measures to pre-... vent the religious orders which have been expelled from Portugal from set tling in Italy. . Gibraltar, Oct 11. It is announced that King George has ordered the , British royal yacht Victoria, and Al bert to proceed to Gibraltar to em- -bark King Manuel and the Queen' mother Amelle. Valencia, Spain, Oct. 11. A violent 1 collision occurred in the streets today between republicans and members of the Catholic Cluh.. Many persons were injured and the police had to separate the combatants. ANOTHER ARREST MADE. Geo. Wallace,' Miner, May be Implicat-1' ed in" Lds Angeles Fire. ' Sacramento, Cal., Oct. ll.--Oeorge - Wallace 'was arrested at the Sacra-.; piento postofflce today while receiving - ' letters which it 1 is declared connect him with the Los Angeles Times ex plosion. ' v He is -supposed to be a miner and ; familiar with high explosives. Chief f, ' or Fonce Anern Has naa detectives sta-, ' tioned . at the Dostoffioe for several days watching for Wallace in the hope that he would ask for. letters. Follow ing his appearance today, he wasar-; rested, just as he was endeavoring to destroy two letters. Pinned together one of the letters , shows that Wallace left Los Angeles suddenly on the day following the dy namiting of the Times' building and ; intimates that he might know much -concerning the affair. 1 ,The writer used bitter language in speaking of Harry Chandler, manager. and Harrison Gray Otis, owner of the Times. "If I. only could see you George, I could tell vou a whole lot of thitaes but one cannot be too careful what he writes in a, letter," the letter says. , The other refers to the aynamlting, but guardedly. When arrested Wal-' lace showed some indication of col-. lapsing. Wallace told Chief Ahem that he had been employed at Los Angeles as : a gardener. . It is believed, however, that he is a miner and it Is known his friend who wrote the letter is a miner from El Dorado county. , BUILDING NEW BATTLESHIPS. Steady Progress Made at Atlantic - Coast Shipyards. , Washington. Oct. 11. Steady ' pro gress Is being made on the four battle ships under .construction for the Unit ed States Navy at Atlantic coast ship yards. , X ; ' " ' During September the Florida, build- i ing at the., Brooklyn navy yard, ad- , vanced from 74.2 to 77.4 per tent, of t completlon; the Utah, building at the New York Shipbuilding, Company's?. i.i: .t .' j u , er r VV ' ro 88: tne Wyoming, nuiiaing at' ; V; cramps auvancea irom ss.o 10 : : , . and . the Arkansas, also ;, building at . : Camden, advanced from . 43.9 to 47.8,' ; ' ; Cramps' advanced from 35.5 to 38.9; X'-'iXK x ''ft mm ' . j - ? .'ft. .".V 7? '.'A'1 .' ' m . r ...,vi. ,' 1'' u . mm m :vX'Xj --' i. S A": ;f..vr'.v 'if v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 12, 1910, edition 1
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