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V ' t' r. it THE WEATHER; HOWS BUSINESS? i t It Should Be Picking Up . With the Approach of Fall . Have You Invited Your Share of It. Throuah this Med- Fair, warmer Saturday ; Sunday fair,' somewhat cooleif; . moderate . south winds becoming northwest Sunday. .1 , ' V .-. - ' (T . . ' ....':.':.'.- V . . . . . ' ' . - s . . ; 'I : " "I'.i. t lumt.; If Not, Why Not? ' VOI .LXXXVIH NO. 172. WIIiMUNfcrTON, K. d., SATTJjBDA JlOBNING, OCTOBER 7. 1911. wmiisin mi C lliwwwiiwiii . will! I IS ELOOD SWEPT River Swept Through Water Company's Dam Upon Little City Below. BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED Inhabitants Flee to Highlands May be No Loss of Life but Fearful Destruction of Property. -The Situation. ' La Crosse, Wis., Oct. . The situa tion at Black River Falls, the prosper ous little city of i 2,000 inhabitants which was swept by a flood this after noon when the water of the Black river, swollen by recent rains, washed through the embankment of the La crosse Water Company's dam at Hat field, is tqnight worse by far than was even feared when the flood swept up on the city. Half of the business part of the, city has 'been destroyed, together, with a part of the residence district, and it is alleged by the townspeople whp have taken refuge on high lands, that the city will .be wiped out: Whether or not lives have been lost is not yet cer tain. The people have been scattered and tonight canvasses are being made to determine how many, if any, are missing. Thus far two persons have not been accounted for. ' ' At 7 o'clock tonight between 25 and 30 business houses, comprising all the stores on both sides of two streets, have been destroyed, together with an equal number of houses. At that hour the waters were still rising rapidly and the destruction of the stores on the other two business streets were predicted before morning.. ' u The buildings have "not borfn' merely flooded but swamped. The water came in tremendous volume, under-, mined big building after another and as each collapsed, the debris for the most part was carried away..; The Tre mont Hotel, a three-latory, structure, was the 'first to "go.Nb precaution could be taken to stop the wrecking of the town, the , residents finding It a difficult' problem to secure safety for themselves, families and more val uable possessions. -None of the stocks in the stores was saved and little of the heavier furniture in the houses, the people, although they knew of the overflowing of the dam, showed lit tle fear of its effects until the waters burst upon them. The city tonight is In darkness, the electric light plant being one of the first to be strucK by the flood." The disaster was caused by the sud den rise of the Black River behind the two dams of the LaCrosse Water Pow ei Company, following rains which lasted almost a week. The dams with stood the pressure but in each . case th river washed around the sides taking out a big section Of the river bank and coming down upon the coun try below in almost as great volume as though the dams had heen swept away. The five million dollar prop erty of the water (company is believed to be not' greatly damaged and tonight it is said that the main dam which Is a concrete structure 100 feet thick at the base and fifty feet at the top would nrnhahlv tana all the!. force which tnieht be directed against it Besides the damage at biack River Falls a ereat tract of surrounding country was overrun, i Effort was made to send warnings to farmers but telephone wires soon went aown ana the fate of manv settlers is the cause for some, appreuensbn. Below Black River Falls are a number of villages and the high waters are due to strike them durinz the night ana tomorrow Cut off by telegraph, the news from Black River Falls is being sent to La- r.maaa tnnlsrht bv the Wisconsin lei enhnne Comnanv. which has stationed a man on top of a telephone pole. He is sending his report a well as the flnnrlerl lirifea Hermit. "lack River Falls is doomed; the trwn win he, wined off the map," was the comment of W. W. Holcomb, manager nf thA Standard Oil Company here, who returned ; tonight from the threatened city. ,. When T left there at 4 o'clock this afternoon the main portion of the place was under water and the floou was racing down Water street at the r2teof apparently 20 miles an hour. Earth disappeared before It as though it were only snow. . . "Tt wnnld seem nast belief but saw a big stone building on a hill, 100 fret from the- water, crumble li'he an t gg shell and disappear completely with the hill that suDDorted it. - The water had undermined the "hill and carried everything away. Shortly af terward a knoll CO feet north of it was undermined and then the poor house a great white building, three or four stories -went with it. , ' ' "When the waters appeared the fire bell called every one to the streets. It was sounded to get the people out to assist the residents on the flats in xemovine their goods. "Warehouses and other buildings were swent away clean. "To get out of the town I; had to go around over a railroad bridge, one approach to which had beenf taken out. There was nothing left In the town to eat "I heard of no loss of life. Inhabl tants had plenty of time to get out of: danger." , Harry Gettman, formerly of the Wis consin Telephone Company, at Tomah, WETHODISTCOIIFEBIIIG PropW, to Unite All' Denomina- tioni.VKed States South. ern;-vXbject8 Sev- entevhv jjanlzatlons. Toronto, Ont, Oct. 6. StatisUcs relative resources In "men and means in Methodist mission fields," as given today by Rev. James Lewis, of Cam bridge, England, proved interesting to the delegates from 17 countries who attended today's sessions of the Ecu menical Methodist Conference in his city.' . From the detailed reports presented t appeared that durine the last year there were 2,528 Methodist foreign missionaries. These included 918 or dained men and 120 physicians, 53 of the doctors being women. Native workers numbered 20,847, while the number of missionary stations and sub-stations was 6,762. . These mis sionaries represented 708.105 baptized Christians, 1,444,292 adherents of whom 458,165 were Sunday School teachers and scholars. The ordained ministry at the beginning of 1910 was 52,978. of whom but 2,322, or 5 per cent counting1, foreigners and natives, were in the mission field. "Of our total number . of ministers throughout the world," said Mr. Lew- is, "the average Is ; one to every 174 Methodist church members. In hea then countries the ratio is one Metho dist minister to every 303 members. Our means as expressed by the income of the missionary societies in 1910 to talled about $7,000,000, a sum which represents about 80 cents to each of the 8,751,434 Methodists." Practically every .phase of foreign missionary work was discussed by del egates from various fields. An urgent plea was made by the Rev. T. H. Lew- s, of West Minster, Md.. . who is pres- dent of the general conference of the Methodis Protestant Church, for a union of American Methodists into one bodjy. This-proposition, . which has been discussed since the opening of the conference, evidently is favored by a large majority of the United States delegates. Bishop R. E. Hoss, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was the only one to express dissent at today's meetings. When you get too big a church it Buffers from its own obesity." he said. Mr. "Lewis 'stated his position in favor of such a union thus: "We are keeping ourselves back from the greatest opportunity ever of fered us by. the: most, unnecessary and inexcusable hindrance ever - toleratett f a . census of, opinion could be taken as to what One circumstance would clb most to promote" world-wide evan gelization among Methodists them selves, enlist missionaries and start a missionary crusade that would set the world aflame with new zeal and hope, believe an overwhelming majority of all our peolple would say, 'It is the union of 'American. Methodists into one body. We have 17 , different names for Methodists in America, and conse quently about aa many different mis sionary campaigns. In the field we compete with each other, duplicate each other's efforts, and confuse those trying to serve." "Evangelismr Mr. Lewis said, "is essentially the heart , of 'Methodism. But doctrine and policy are only me chanical exponents of the real peculi arities of Methodism. Pierce a Meth odist until he bleeds and you find not a dogma, por a rubric, but a throbbing heart. For him regeneration is not a figure of speech nor a magic formula. Methodisisr.is heart power, rather than mind power, but it has both. Metho dists claim to have received a new and peculiar power demonstrated to be of God a peculiar- power of sin ners, entailing . responslbllty for world-wide evangelism." Among other speakers today were Rev. G. W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C bishop of the African Methodist EDiscooal Zlon Church, who spoke on "The Mission of Methodism to the Backward Races." Rev. David Brock, Southport, Eng., "The Mission of Me thodism to the Non-Christian Races, Bishop E. E. Hoss. Nashville, Tenn., "Methodism in Korea." Missionary mass meetings were held in several Toronto churches to night. VIRGINIA DAUGHTERS State Division at Roanoke Adjourns With Election of Officers. Roanoke. Va.. . Oct. 6. The Virginia division, Daughters of the Confedera cy, in annual session herf) tonight elected officers for the year as fol lows: President, Mrs. A. A. Campbell, Wythe county; first vice president, Mlsa Nannie-D. Kensett, worioiK: sec ond vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth Neely, Portsmouth; -third vice presi dent, Mrs. Guthrie, Charlotte Court House: fourth vice president, Mrs. Frank Anthony Walk, worroik; cor responding secretary, Mrs. Peyton B r.npn. Wvthe county, treasurer, Mrs 8. A..Riddlck. Smithfield; recording BAtM-atarv. Mrs. Frank Holllday, Suf folk; registrar Mrs. J. R. H. Bell,Pu laski; historian, Miss Sallie Doswell, Charlottesville: recorder of crosses, J. E. Alexander, Alexandria; custodi an of badges, Mrs. James Mercer Gar land. Baltimore. The convention ad journed tonight, nn n iuu-'U"l'' rM"Mvi - l the "Jack Blnns" of the flood Perched on: the top of a pole with a telephone instrument cut In with only darkness about him and whirling wa ters shaking the pole, he tonight sent news to LaCross and warnings 10 ai Molntk he oould reach. Gettman work ed in the flood district all day without food. Wherever ne coma reacn i country ; exchange or a farmer's tele mhnne: he shooted a warning, a O'clock this evening alter navmg.-oeeu ' . . ML - 1 , on the pole much of the time since 2 o'clock. Gettman was obliged to de scend when its unsteadiness gave him warning that it was soon to iaiL IDER INQUIRY Three More Bodies and Char red Bones of Others Found. ' ' . WRECKAGE HANDS QN STRIKE Member of Company Owning Fatal ; Dam i Refuses to Testify Before Coroner's Inquest May be Criminal Prosecution. Austin, Pa., Oct. 6. Frederick Hamlin, superintendent of the Bayless Pulp & Paper Company, owners of the dam which broke last Saturday at the expense of many lives and the prac tical destruction of Austin village, re fused to testify upon the advice of counsel, at the coroner's Inquest this afternoon. Further inquiry, which will be held at' Coudersport, was adjourned indefi nitely and District Attorney Nelson said it would not be resumed for at least two weeks, because of the ne cessity of securing expert testimony and consulting points of law. Mr. Hamlin was the last witness. Almost the first question brought his refusal to answer and Walter K. Sweatland, his counsel, announced that inasmuch as it was common, re port "that the inquest was held for the purpose of bringing a criminal prose cution, he had advised his client' in this course. "Da you mean that in answering he might incriminate himself?" asked the district attorney. "He might, incriminate himself or the testimony might be used against him at any subsequent prosecution; therefore, r Insist that he ned not an swer,' replied Mr. Sweatland. "And we stand on our constitutional rights." The inquest was based on the deaths of Mrs. Jacob Hess, aged 43, and Her bert Reeser aged six, whose bodies are among those found in the ruins. - The county medical inspector and others testified that the deaths were Xhe re sult of 4he breaking of the dam. Sev-1 eral witnesses" told ot the 'bhcfcirrig of the dam in three places, and describ ed the large fissure through which the water escaped. ' i With the inquest started and further proceedings removed from Austin, the situation has settled down to the rou tine of removing the debris, burying bodies, receiving and distributing sup plies and rehabilitating Austin.' The activity of the day was disturbed by a strike of 200 wreck laborers at Cos tello, because of long hours. They were at once paid off and ordered to eave. Three bodies and the charred bones of two others were recovered from the ruins today. This makes the total list of dead 55 CORRUPTION IN. PHILADELPHIA. Taxpayers' Committee Hot on Trail of Crooked Men Philadelphia, October C.- Warrants for-the arrest of Director of Public Safety Henry Clay, City Architect; Carl B . Zilengiger, john R. Wiggins, contractor and builder, and Treas urer Wtall, of the latter, were Issued today on the affidavit of Logan M. Eullltt,-hair$an of the taxpayers' committee. The charges are conspir ed to defraud the city and are an out- a of an investigation conducted by the CattHn senatorial committee. The men will not be taken Into cus tody but will accept service through their attorneys and appear for a hear ing. The taxpayers' committee dur ing the past year has brought many civil suitsiwhere .it was alleged jhe city had made contracts without prop er advertisement and also caused the arrest of several minor officials. Wig gins & Co.,' were the contractors for a umber of ponce ana pre stations ana at hearings Of the Cattlin commission, it was alleged, they had been given an unfair advantage over other bidders for the work and had been allowed to t-se less expensive materials than was called for in the original specifications. TOO MUCH BEULAH BINFORD Two Richmond Papers Prcsecuted by Government Richmond, Va. October 6. Indict ments charging the publication and mailing of improper matter in crm- nection with the Beattio murder case were returned here today against the Richmond Evening Journal and in Richmond . News-Leader, afternoon newspapers, by the grand Jury lu the United States Circuit Court. Tne cases are based on an interview with Peulah Binford which appeared in the News-Leader while the girl was held in jail as a witness and the publica tion by the Evening Journal of certain parts of the evidence given during the trial at Chesterfield. Postomce In spector Saffel was the principal wit ness against the papers. FIRE PREVENTION DAY Nashville Falls in Line for Promotion : of the Movement Nashville, October 6. - Nashville has inaugurated a movement for the reduction of losses by observing a day as fire .prevention day when property holders. are expected to re move from their premises all trash and refuse that might provide fuel on -which fires could be started, y Mayor Howse last- night - set . apart October lth as the date of the first observance ', - . :: .; MONEY FQFiU.S. SEfiATORSHIP Investigation Into Senator Stephen s , son's CampaCgn Shows-He Spent v $2 forEvery VIoter in: WIs ,m consm -Corruption. Milwaukee, Wis., Oi 6.- After ex amining 725 items of amounts paid to individuals, who collectively received $107,793 for campaign-expenses; the Senatorial c'ommitte which is investi gating charges of . brih'sry in connec tion with the election f United States Senator Isaac Stephenson, today heard testimony that' ntcaey was used for "entertainment" and not for cor rupt purposes. ( . No itemized accounted the expens es were turned in -but Rodney Sack ett, on of the campaign managers, testified he had.' been informed that the money haLbeen u.sed largely for buying cigars and beer. It was the custom in Wisconsin during cam paigns, Sackett testified, to send jugs of whiskey and kegs of beer to local ities where favorable political senti ment was to be- worked up. All this was given by Sackett as ex plaining the extent at Senator Ste phenson's expenditure for th nomina tion for senator at tike primaries in 1908. .J When Senator W. Bj. ' Heybnrn,' Jthe chairman, asked Sackett whether Sen ator Stephenson had spent almost $2 for entertainment for each of the 56, 000 votes he had received, the witness said that that was one way of reckon ing it. 'How many votes do you think Sen ator ' Stephenson got in consequence of his liberal spending?" Senator Hey burn asked. ' "I don't know that he. got any on that account,". Sackett replied. "What?. Despite all that entertain ment, you don't know of a single vote he got for it?" ("Not any." DR. GALLAGHER DEAD. Washington Physidan- Passes Away Suddenly of Apoplexy Funeral. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, N. C, Oct. 6. Dr. Jas. M. Gallagher, a prominent druggist and physician of. this fity, died very suddenly at his residence; No. 10 East Main street, last ntfcht from the effects of .a stroke of apoplexy ; about 11 o clock.-. BT.-vOallagher-l-i.4.been in' his usaal good health," afcudtng to his business all day, and' returned home as usual. On entering his home he was stricken and fell helpless on the front . porch. Members of hi9 family and neighbors carried him in the house and physicians were immediate ly' summoned, doing everything . possi ble for him, but in vain. He died in a very short While. Dr. Gallagher was In his G3rd year, a : member of the Catholic church; a prominent member of the L O. R. M., and had large num bers of close friends in this city. The funeral will take place tomorrow af ternoon at the residence conducted by Father F. J. Gallagher, of New born, and the Interment will be in Oakdale cemetery. TAFT VISITS IN NORTHWEST Entertained at Pocatello Where He . Makes Speech at Fair Pocatello, Idaho, Oct. 6. President Taft has turned north again. Tomor row the Presidential train will in vade Washington but will cross back nto this State again for a, few hours before Mr. Taft leaves, it finally to strike out for the Pacific coast. -The President's engagement list for Pocatello included a breakfast with the Commercial Club and an automo bile trip to the Banock county fair and an address. At Caldwell , he is ex pected to make a short speech also. At Boise the programme calls for an inspection of the Boise barracks, among other things. So far on the Jcng trip Mr. Taft has not missed an opportunity to visit army posts, along his route. From Seattle the President expects to cposs Puget Sound to Bremerton tt. visit the-navy yard and at . San Francisco probably will make a trip tc the Presidio military post there. OUTLINES. At ' Jackson ville, Fia., yesterday the Florida Railway Co., began a suit for $6,000,000 in connection with a bond transaction It will cost $129,000,0o0 this year to maintain the United States Navy and construct two power ful dreadnaughts and several auxiliar ies The Senatorial investigation in- t'i the election ot Senator Stephenson reveals the fact that the Senatorship post him $2 for every vote he received in the State Three more "bodies and the charred remains of others were yesterday recovered from the flood ruins at Austin, Pa. At the Ecu menical -Methodist Conference at To ronto yesterday Bishop Hoss, of the M. E., Church, South, opposed a prop osition, to unite the 17 different. kinds of .Methodists in the United States From 25 to 30 business houses at Black River,.. Wisconsin, were swept away by , : floods yesterday Indictments charging the publication and mailing of improper matter concerning the Beattie murder case, were returned at Richmond yesterday against the Even ing Journal and the News-Leader. .i New York markets:- Money on call steady 2 to 2 1-2, ruling rate 2, clos ing bid 2 1-4, offered at 2 3-8; spot cjttton closed - quiet 15 .points lower, middling uplanuB 9.95, middling gulf 10.20; flour was steady but quiet; wheat 'quiet, No. 2 red 98 1:2 elevator export basis and 99 1-2 fob afloat; corn spot steady No. 2 corn 76 3-4 elevator domestic basis to arrive and 7&, 1-4 fob afloat; oat? steady,: futures nominal; rosin- -steady, .turpentine quiet. . v E BECOUESJUTEMSE Rioting y in New Orleans ere "Breakers" Were Quartered in Building. WERE RUSHED OUT OF CITY Taken on Special Tralin to McComb, Miss After Onslaught Corpo ral Prevents Loss of Life or Serious Injury'. New Orleans, Oct 6. One hundred and eighteen strike breakers employ ed by the Illinois Central railroad were ' escorted to a train this after-; noon by armed guards and rushed out of the city, after an attack had been made upon them by strikers and sym pathizers, where they were quartered in the Old Peters school building. The onslaught was made with such suddenness that the small police de tail at the building, had no opportun-i ity to summon reinforcements. ' Corporal William Peterson, in charge of the squad, displayed such nerve, .however, that the moB spirit wilted and a bloody encounter was averted. ' ' The mob, armed with stones, clubs! and other weapons', rushed, the build ing, but with the throwing oj th first! missile Corporal Peterson pinioned' William J. Mason, who threw it and who was the supposed leader of the attack. The next stone was thrown by William Dunn, who also was arrest-1 ed. The mob started-to rescue their leader, but Peterson's threat that his men would shoot to kill, brought the; mob to a halt. The arrival of police' reserves put an end to' f urther rioting. The other men fell back two blocks, and dispersed, not, however, until as surances had been given by the city authorities that the strike-breakers would be taken out of New Orleans before dark. This the railroad compa ny had already arranged to .do. At 3:30 o'clock the strike-breakers were marched under heavy-police guard to a speciai;rra'aud .'rue4 oiit, of the city to McComb, Miss. Reach McComb . City McComb City. Miss., October 6.. Tfcree carloads of strike-breakers who were today rescued from a mob, in New Orleans, arrived here at 8:30 o'clock tonight on a special train un der military guard and, without the slightest demonstration, were placed h.. the Illinois Central shops. This is the first consignment of strike-breakers to arrive since.the en forced departure of the' 132 stationed the shops here following Tuesday night's serious riots. With the heavy military guard now stationed about the railroad property here a repetition of the rioting of the earlier part of the week is not antici pated.' Th special train from New Orleans was met at Oshka, 14 miles south of McComb City, by an armed guard of soldiers. A detachment of soldiers from Brookhaven arrived and joined their command here tonight and another machine gun' came, making four now in the hands of the military patrol. At Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 6. A tempora ry injunction restraining striking fire men and enginemen of the Georgia & Florida Railroad from interfering with the road's affairs, was issued here this afternoon by Judge William B. Steppard. of the United States Cir cuit Court. v The strikers are ordered to show cause before the court on October lfith whv the temoorary restraining order should not be made permanent. Cotton to be Moved. MemDhis. Tenn.. Oct 6.- Cotton growers who have their staple piled up at various stations along the lines of the Illinois Central ana azoo & Mississippi Valley railroads since the strike of the employes were notified yesterday by Gen. Solicitor C. N. Burch, of those roads, that oegmning with today the embargo would be lift ed. Large quantities of cotton are awaiting shipment along the lines of the company. Twentv-five freieht trains were sent out of this city over the lines of the Illinois Central Railroad yesterday. Locally the strike situation remains unchanged. Messenger Boys strike. New Orleans. Oct: 6. Another body of decidedly militant strikers helped to enliven matters for the police toaay, when the messenger boys employed by the Western Union Telegraph Com pany walked out. The strikers armed themselves with sticks, clubs, and stones and threaten ed trouble for. any boys who attempt ed to take their jobs. An extra detail of police was neces sary to preserve order at the, offices of the company. Strike-Breakers Strtke. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 6. Disfiatis floii with conditions about the Mem phis shops, Illinois Central strike breakers struck late today and' tonight railroad officials assert 100. men were sent to Chicago. At strike heaaquar tera It is declared more than 400 men walked out.' nractlcally the entire force. ; The walkout was without dis order. . . ' " Lisbon. Oct 7. It is reported here Asiriv this morning that the - monar chists at - Vinhaes, .14 miles west of RrflMTiza. have surrounded .and cut oft the retreat of the Republican troops in that vicinity. - , STRIK SITUA FOR (JEW FEATURES Parcel Post and Aero Route Provided - For in Annual Estimates of the Postmaster General Ru ral Mail Routes Washington, October 6.- Provision for the-establishment of a parcels post anI the transportatf on of mail by aero plane has been made by Postmaster General Hitchcock in the annual esti mates of Postofflce Department "ex penditures, submitted to the Treasury Department today. . According to Mr. Hitchcock's esti mates the appropriations necessary to meet the xpenses of the postal service at large during the coming fiscal year will be $260,938,463, an Increase of $2. 585,740 over the appropriations for the current fiscal year, or-less than one per cent, the smallest on record. The most important, of ' the now items Jn the estimates are those pro- viding for the parcel post They in?, elude $50,000 to cover tue preliminary expenses on rural and mail routeB and an equal appropriation to start the service hi the cities. The Department believes that after the initial expen sese of establishment are defrayed and the parcel post is in full operation on the rural routes, it will not only bring in sufficient revenue to meet its cost but also a surplus that can be utiliz ed In paying the parcel post expenses in the city delivery service. An addi tional -item of $50,000 is included to cover an investigation having for its object the final establishment of a general parcel post on all railway and steamboat transportation routes. ' Thus Mr. Hitchcock will submit the parcel post question-squarely to Con gress, for the postal committees of th3 House and Senate will have to pass directly on each item. He is confident that legislation authorizing a parcel post in some form will be secured at the coming session of Congress. Another item included for the first time is the $50,000 to cover expert ments in the transportation of mail by aeroplane. Mr. Hitchcock believes that under certain conditions, it will be possible In the near future to util ize the earoplane to good advantage In the mail service. The sum of $50, 000 is provided for time and labor saving mechanical devices for use in the postofllces. An item of $10,000 Is added, to be expended In giving re wards to postai employes who invent improved mechanical . appliances that AccpWrato the handling: of the mails. - MILLIONS FOR SEA FIGHTERS. Fabulous Sum of $129,000,000 to Sup . port Navy This Year. Washington, Oct. 6. It will cost in round numbers $129,t)00,000 to main tain the United States navy and pro vide for suitable Increase during the next fiscal year, according to the esti mates just completed " by Secretary Meyer. This includes a provision for two. super-dreadnoughts, probably of about the size of the projected Neva da and Oklahoma, which will displace about 28,000 tons, and a suitable num ber of auxiliaries. This figure marks the low water in the retrenchment policy of the admin istration so far as the navy Is concern ed. The estimates are the same as the appropriations for the current fis cal year. These appropriations were $5,000,000 less than the estimates for the preceding year, and these in turn were $10,000,000 less than the esti mates for the fiscal year 190S-1909, which was the last year of the Rpose velt administration. It is believed by Secretary Meyer that the present esti mates, therefore, have brought the ex penditures on account of the navy down to the lowest point consistent with its healthy development and maintenance. SENATOR STEPHENSON Wisconsin Man Under Fire Formerly Lived at AshevIIle, N. C. . (Special Star Correspondence.) Asheville, N. C. October 6. Sena tor Isaac Stephenson, of Wisconsin, Who is undergoing an investigation in connection with charges of bribery and corrupt use of money in his elec tion to the United States Senate, which is now being held. at Milwaukee, formerly spent some time In Ashevlllo. His son who came-here with his wjfe and two children for their health, liv ed for about a year in Galax cottage, ir. Albemarle Park, during the latter part of 1909,. and the early, part of 1910, and his father visited him fre quently. Senator Stephenson is said to be the richest man in the Senate and it is charged that he spent over $100,000 in his election. He is an old man and while nere, according to those who saw him, he was very quiet and reserved as be fitted a man of such great wealth and did not talk much,, at least not to oas- ual acquaintances. WANT CHINAMEN TO LEAVE Sonora, Mexico, Officials Trying to Force1 Orientals to Depart Douglas, Ariz., October C. Another move has been started in the State of Sonora, Mexico, against the Chinese. Officials . of Sonora have decided to raise the taxes against the Chinese to such . a figure that they can not pay them and thus compel them to move out Two merchants moved from Angua Prieta today and they stated that oth ers soon would follow. New, Haven, Conn., October 6. -For excellence in the entrance . examina tions in Latin and Greek at Yale, Du Bose Murphy, of Montgomery, Ala., a member of the .Academic freshman class,, has been awarded both the Sam uel Henry GalpinLatin prize and the Hugh Chamberlain Greek prizes, he awards, each the inicome of a thousand dollars, are made annually. TURKEY APPEALS TO I Denounces Italy's Declara tion of War as Unjustifi able Brigandage. STRONG APPEAL TO ENGLAND Italy Recalls Part of Her Fleet for Dis- obeying Orders-J-Prppose to Cap ture Turkish Navy With out Dapiaging It ; ' Constantinople, October 6. At a meeting today in the mosque of St. Sophia, a telegram of protest against Italy s declaration of war on Turkey was formulated and sent to eleven parliaments of the world peace and arbitration socletks, university-, so cialist 'organizations ana The Hague Peace Tribunal. The telegram says the occupation of Tripoli Is unjustified and that Italy is unworthy of a place among the great powers. It asks whether Western civilzatlon has con sidered the effect upon the Eastern mina or Italy's brigandage. The meeting also sent the follow ing message to King George of Eng How can a power like Encland. rul ing between eighty and ninety million of Moslems, regard with complaisant siience tne declaration of war against the Ottoman nation and the block ada or Tripoli? Is such policy in harmony with the present and future interests of England?" Hope to Capture Turkish Navy Rome, October 6., via Frontier. Rear Admiral Borea d'Olmo. who has been appointed Italian governor . of Tripoli, is a distinguished naval of ficer and son of the master of cere-. monies at his Majesty's court. He commanded the cruiser Elba Which participated in the blockade of Ven ezuela and witnessed, the battle off Cfcemulpo during the Russo-Japanese war when, he rescued 200 Russian sailors after their' "cruiser 'V arias "was ' destroyed. ' v ' . Captain Umberto, Cagnf,, who was made commandant, of the landing par ties, is. president of the International Polar Commission and was a com panion of the Duke of The Abruzzl on the latter's Alaskan and North Pole expedition. The intention, of the Italian govern- , ment to avoid further, incidents on i the Albion coast, was frustrated, eith er because Captain Biscaretti, In com- -mand of a section of the torpedo boat flotilla, had not received the Instruc tions on this point, or being provoked bj the assumed responsibility of the Turks for his action, to avoid repe tition of such an occurrence the ad miralty office has recalled all the ships cruising along the Albanian coast It is understood that Rear Admiral Aubrey is maneuvering in the Aegean sea intending to place warships so that he can capture without destroy ing the whole TunkJ&h fleet If It emer ges from Its' hiding place. - Turkey Explains Her Position. Washington, Oct. 6. The State De partment received today from Yous souf Zia Pasha, the Turkish ambassa dor to the United States, the first for mal note of explanation of Turkey's attitude in the existing struggle with Italy. The note reviewed the action of Italy: setting forth that " the war had been proclaimed without regard, to, Turkey's request for further expla nation of Italy's demands. Accompanying the aide "memoir" paddressed to the American govern ment, was a letter from the ambassa dor,, making it' clear that Turkey de sired to be set right on the charge that she had not given due weight to Italy's final 24-hour ultimatum. PRINTERS CONGRESS Met at Richmond Yesterday for Per manent Organization Richmond, Va., OctoDer 6. The first Printers' Congress ever held in Virginia as a meeting of a State or ganization opened hero today, with the following temporary officers who are likely to be retained permanently their positions: President, E. L.k Stone, Roanoke; vice presidents, D. G. Whitehead, Richmond; T. W. Pres ton, Bristol; secretary and treasurer, C. A. Zinke, Richmond. . : The object of the Congress was stated by President. Stone as in line with national movement to get the printing business down to a system whereby the cost of production -In all lines may be known-to the proprietors of plants for the mutual - advantages : of members of the organization. CONSTABLE WAS "EASY," While the Officer Slept,- Prisoner - Stole Gun' and Money. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 6. Constable H. K. Stratton, of Washington county, Ark., arrested iesse Wilson here, to return him toi Arkansas to answer a larceny' charge. Wilson begged Strat ton to be a "good fellow" and stick around for a day or. two for a good time. Stratton consented. The men be came great chums. Wilson borrowed. $5 from the- constable. At the end of the day's fun they went to bed in the same room. While Stratton slept Wil son took the constable's gun all his money, then. slipped. through a' rear window. Constable Stratton asked the police to help him find his quon dam prisoner today. CUIOI 1$
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