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VOL. IXXVIj0194. ; , ;.y: -v.-"
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SHOP I
IS
M1MAIJLP1L
IIIHIMUL!
ENDORSED
Secretary of War Stimpson
- is Convinced of its De
sirability. .
"TAYLOR SYSTEM" VMS TRIED
With the Result That Much Important
Information Has Been Collect
ed No Conclusion Yet
Reached
Washington, Nor. 2. "Scientific
shop management," today received the
endorsement of the United States gov
ernment. Secretary of War Stlmson
ii convinced of its desirability and ad
vsntages, basing his conviction i on , a
report made by Brigadier General Wil
liam Crozier,. chief of ordnance, made
public today. The Secretary is satis
fied that its introduction into govern
ment workshops would work no hard
ships to labor.
"It means a betterment and in no
wise an impairment of the conditions
of labor," he declared in a statement.
The report has been awaited by or
ganized labor and the' employers of
labor with much interest. It is gen
erally believed that the question will
bf one that will figure largely in the
coming national political campaigns
and for this reason especially General
Crozier's findings are regarded as be
ing of unusual import, as are the
comments of Secretary Stimson. -
"As set forth in detail in the state
ment which I have made public today,
the War Department has given : con
siderable attention to the utilization of
tne methods of 'scientifio management'
in the various arsenel shops of the
government The Watertown arsenel
bas been used practically as an ex
periment station, with a view of try
ing out the theory before, applying it
generally. The results thus far are
highly gratifying and full of promise.
There has been an undoubted Increase
in the efficiency of the workmen1 at the
shop and a material, reduction' in -the
cost of manufacture, but at the same
time, and to my mind even of greater
importance, these results have been
obtained without in anywise endang
ering the interests of the workingmen
either by decreasing their pay or. fe;
quiring unpleasant exertion,. orslpeed
ing up.' On the contrary, ". any in
crease in the real efficiency, must in
sure to the benefit of the workingmen.
"To my mind, 'scientific . manage
ment' can and deserves to prevail only
where, increased efficiency means in
creased human efficiency and the
workingmens' participation in the re
wards resulting from efficiency. A
change for that kind of betterment Is
the only kind of change which the
government will permit through the
installation of any 'scientific manage
ment.' " ;.,
In his report General Crozier de
clares that the ordinance department
has been experimenting with the "Tay
loi system" of scientific management
for the past three years, with the re
sult that much Important information
has been collected. But even yet the
problem has not been solved for his
conclusion is thus set-out. '
"The department has not reached a
conclusion as to the extension to otu
er arspnels of the part of the "Taylor
system of shop management j which
affects the workingmen, and It j Is not
intended to do so in advance of furta
er trials at the Watertown arsenel,
but it seems certain that either by
this system or oy some other it; ought
to be possible to secure better! co-operation
of the employes among them
selves and between them and the
management than has been had In the
" past." I :
The report shows the. manner in
vhich the Bystera was installed at Wa
tertown. A planning room was pro
vided which relieved the foreman of
a large amount of clerical work and
insured a continuance flow of work
without cessation or loss ,of time, as
well a the protection of the material
ip stock. Men were assigned to keep
the tools of the other workingmen
sharpened; laborers or messengers
fetched and carried for the higher
priced machinists, who were thereby
named to devote their whole atten
turn to productive work, and the plant
was kept in thorough order by . other
tt'fn-so that it could be worked at. Its
highest . efficiency. Experts showed
the workmen just how fast their, ma.
cnine3 should run and how deep their
tf fjls- should cut, thereby increasing
weir efficiency. , .'I' :
.' Hence it was possible at Watertown
io i eauce materiall ythe cost of man
''iHcture. The labor of . one j seU of
parts for a 12-inch mortar carriage
vas cut from $480 to $275 and corres
ponding reductions were made in oth-
work. All this waa done. the re-
1'f-rt sots forth, without affecting the
i".' oi tne employes or requiring es
Penal exertion by them.
t.eneral Crozier lays stress upon the
'-'His. mat while further marked
" momics.to the government will re
the. adoption of the system
lul WU1 be accompanied by Increased
rrw"'1 conditins geenrally satisfac
! y ; ,he enH)loyes, as demonstrated
y actual experience in shops in which
system had been nnerntrt '
thl 'e,1.y 8tated lh chief "features of
twi m contemPlate offering addl
forrni,Py t women for work per.-
Mom i . e manner and sequence
Etufiv "c 'U1 oi careiui
uuy aad completed within the time
iilmnED THiRiV-oriE days
Arango Rodrlduez. finmi. w.I
Almost Dead When Brftish Steam
er l Karl a Picked Him Up
From Small Boat.
New . York, Nov. 2. Blown out to
sea in a row boat from the coast of
South America, Arango Rodriguez, a
Spaniard, formerly employed on . the
Panama Canal, drifted about for 31
days and was nearly dead and despair
ing of rescue when the British steam
er Ikaria picked him up. The Ikaria
reached here from Buenos Ayres
bringing the castaway. ,
The Ikaria, when two days out of
Trinidad, sighted a small boat with a
nondescript sail, off the port bow. As
she bore down the craft was found to
be a row boat . with a- broom stick
shipped as a mast and a tattered shirt
set as a sail. Rodriguez, on the verge
of collapse, waa taken on, the steamer.
When he ha4 recovered ' somewhat
he explained that he had been employ
ed on the Panama Canal as a laborer
and later went to Caracas. There he
hired a small boat to go fishing and
was blown oft shore by a storm. He
had on board a demijohn of drinking
water, Dut lor rood had to depend up
on fish he was able to catch. After
the demijohn of water was exhausted
he managed to trap enough rain water
to assuage his thirst. :
As the days went by and grew into
a, month, Rodriguez despaired of res
cue and was almost too weak to sit
up when after 31 days the Ikaria sight
ed him 'and took him on board and
cared lor him. The boat was set
adrift
FAMOUS ACTOR DEAD
Kyrle Bellew Passes Away In
Salt
Lake City With Pneumonia
Salt Lake City," Nov, ft Kyrle Bel-
lew, one of the foremost actors of the
English-speaking stage, author ah2
explorer, died here shortly after 5
o'clock' this morning of pneumonia.
Mr. Bellew became ill last Friday,
but although a portion of his Salt Lake
engagement was cancelled, his condi
tion was hot considered serious until
yesterday morning.' i
The body will be taken to New York
today accompanied by members pf
the "Mollusc" Company, in "which r.
Bellew was playing. -,'- ".
In addition to his successes as a
romantic actor, Mr. Bellew was a dra
matist and. adapter. .. .. '.
The parts he played cwered tt wide i
field, but perhaps his greatest success
was his performance of Raxes -In
the drama of that name. He also
created the leading roles : in "The
Thief, "Brigadier General," "A Gen
tleman From France," and other
plays.. ' . . . "' : '
: His private life was as varied and
adventurous as the roles he played
He was born in Calcutta,- India, in
1S57, of English, parents, his ratner
being captain of, the Calcutta Cathe
dral. For , seven , years he was a ca
det in the British navy. 'but discovery
of gold; in Australia lured him from
the service and spent a number oi
years in Australia working as a min
er at Ballarat and as a reporter on
Melbourne newspapers.
He made his stage debut at the
Theatre Royal in Brighton, England
in the early 80's. - He came to Amer
ica as leading man at Wallack's The
atre in New York. Later he became
co-star with Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter In Shakespearean, repertoire, com
pleting with her a tour that embrac
ed all English-speaking countries of
the world. , . .
in 1900 he acain felt the can oi
adventure and headed an expedition
into North Queensland, which extend
ed over two years. He returned to
the stage in 1902 at the head of , his
cwn company. : .
.- His work as an explorer gained mm
a fellowship in the Royal Geograpa
ical Society and he was a member of
many clubs. - f. ' . j
Mr. Rellew was unmarried. He is
survived by a sister, known as Sister
Monica, who Is in a. convent near
Paris. . 1 : " .,
DIX CERTAIN OF' VICTORY
nismnrrat Success Means Continued
Progress, Says Governor
Albany, N. Y NovM. Predicting
,ot t-ha. TwTnnrfttB will win a victory
at the polls next Tuesday, uov. Dix,
in a statement today, appeals to Dem
ocrats to support all tne uemocmuc
nAminM m "Dsmocratic success
mooni .nntinued Drosress, efficiency,
end honesty in the administration.
uti etatoTnont in Tart reads:. . v
"ti nioTiHrt record made by the
Democratic House Of Representatives
at Washington has won me cguuuu
Vt, .rt,mtrv 'while the Republican
party cannot escape responsibility for
the deplora-ble industrial and econom
ic conditions under" which the people
of the United States are;uu
"President Taft's veto of the tariff
bill proves that he Js ltaed upj with
the extreme protectionists of his
ia Yvnnosed to any re-
vision of the.to-ttJato"S.2
the producing and comuto ;
or tne . country.
" Atlanta, . Ga., ' November 2. South
ern Railway pasenger..wuw. ,
southbound from . Cincinnati to Jack
Seville. Fla. JWgtgg
near Chattahoochee, Ga,, about 7 miles
7JT aio a numiber of persons
crew has toeen rusnea
which that : study Indicates as suffi
cient for the 1 purpose. iw 0,U16 "z
me results aside from toy increased
1" . , manhines. chiefly from
Si effect of th7 Tnstructlons given
whlch their effort is
.; WILMIKGrTO, KC., FRIBAY ,1
11 ' 1 11 "
. TR Altf D ER IS
All Except En cine Jumna
Track Twenty Miles From
Raleigh Last Night.
EIGHTEEN WERE WOUNDED
Although None of Them. Are Reported
to be Serious Cause of Derail
ment at the Present Time
is Unknown. '
Raleigh, N.' C, Nov. 2. Seaboard
Air Line Passenger Train No. 43, run
ning trom New York to Jacksonville,
was derailed, with the exception of
the engine, at Merry Oaks, twenty
ailes west of Raleigh, at eight o'clock
tonight. The cause of the wreck has
not been determined
Following were reported Injured:
G. T. Cashwell. of Washington. D.
C, express messenger.
H. L. Rosswell, Washington, D. C,
mail clerk.
Miss Doyle, Quincy, Mass. '
L. R. Tlndall, Washington, D. C.
Frank Strouner, Brockton, N. Y.
W. H. Pave, Camden, S. C.
Mrs. G. W. Murray, St. Petersburg,
Fla.
W. G. Thweatt, Richmond, Va.
Dr. F. C. Hoke and wife, no address.
Mrs. H. L. Bruster, of Rochester. N.
Y.
Miss Sarah Long, Syracuse, N. Y.
M. H. King, mail clerk, Washington,
d. c . :
Mrs. R. W. Thompson, St, Peters
burg, Fla. i
Nathan St. Kaughman, Baltimore.
R. G. Simpson, Plttston, Pa. .
Miss Marie Cochran, no address.
Mr. H. B, White, no address. "(
J. H.; Ryan, Richmond, Va.
I ! I. Mi ! I-IIUM
i AT WAKE FOREST. '
President Poteat-Back. From North
- r- The- Football Outlook.
v. (Special Star Correspondence.)
Wake Forest November 2. Presi
dent William Lou la" Poteat has been
m the-Northern itfor,, the, past
few- days. - He is , in - New .York city
addressing the i assembly , of tne New
York Baptist ministers . conference.
He delivered-two addresses. One on
the "Biological Revolution," and the
other on ."The Negro in the South."
He is expected home' within the next
few days. . Wake .Forest is proud that
she should have a president that
should be honored by being requested
to speak, in such a distinguished as
semblage. Prof. J. H.. Highsmith, of
the department of education, spoke at
the Liberty-Piedmont School the lat
ter part of last week.
This week the football practice 'Is
being made rather heavy, on account
of the exceedingly light practice of
last week. Both Monday and Tuesday
there were scrimmages between the
'varsity and the scrubs. The 'varsity
is showing up well this wk. There
are yet many hard Ibattles to be con
tested and the men realize that work
is needed and so work is what they
are doing. Singletary, the fast half
back, has (been forced to go. home on
account of sickness in the family.
On Saturday the team goes to the
University of Virginia. While it is
known that the odds are on Virginia,
one thing is certain that Wake For
est will fight So intense is the inter
est here that 'a detailed report of the
game will be received over leased
wire. They will be placed on a black
board In - the chapel, and almost as
soon as a play is made all Wake For
est will know of it.
Saturday, November 11, the Wake
Forest-Davidson ' game at Greensboro.
There is bene! bre that Wake For
est will take that game. Of course,
it is remembered that last year It was
52 to 0. .but it is expected to turn the
points some fifty or more points. The
game will probably be the closest
yet played.
The defeats thus far this year have
been by amazingly small scores.
When it is remembered that Wash
ington amd Lee only won 18 to 5 and
that Washington and Lee within a
week tied V. P. I., it is shown what
kind of a team Wake Forest has. All
the line men. are in good condition,
and are working hard to save Dunn,
who is only, thought to be slightly in
Jured.' '.. , - (. ,
MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT.
John Claflin, 8ays That Cornelius' N.
. ... Bliss Could Have Been,
v .New York, November 2. That Cor
nelius N.' Bliss, former , secretary vof
the Interior. . might have ibeen Presi
dent of the" United . States,, had he
vielded to the .Dleas of Wili'iam Mc-
.par-4Klnley was the declaration made - to
the New York Chamber of Commerce
today, by; John Claflin, of this city.
This interesting, bit of unwritten polit
ical' history was revealed at a memo
rial meeting of the chamber at wnicn
resolutions eulogising Mr. . Bliss, who
died recently, were adopted. Mr. Cla
flin delivered the principal address, in
which, he said: -
"In, 19 00 McKinley urged him to sig
nify a willingness to accept the nomi
nation for vice-president. If he had
allowed his name to go before the mv
tional convention, it is almost certain
that' no other maime would have been
presented and he would have been
elected with Mr.y McKInley in that
veajv Two years later, on, Mr McKin
ley's -death he would, have succeeded
to - the Presidency of . the United
States'"' l.ij.itljiiit
MRS. H'REE BMWCELL
Placed There After; Jury Failed to
r' . Come. to aw Verdict -Was ContlT?
I 1 dent of Her AcqulttaMn fV -
' a Few Mliiutes. ;
Opelousas, La., Nov. 2. The jury
In the McRee murder trial was locked
up. at 6 . o'clock tonight ' With Instruc
tions to report to the court at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning; when it is expect
ed the court will order a mistrial.
Downcast and with $sore disappoint
ment, Mrs. McRee was ;led back to
her cell in Saint Landry Parish Jail
wnere she has been held without bail
since the day in - September, seven
weeks ago today, when she shot and
killed Allan Garland, i
The case was giverf to the jury at
12:10 this afternoon. After lunch was
served the jurors began consideration
of the evidence and at 3:14 P. M, r6
ported to the court that they: were
hopelessly divided. Tbey were sent
back for further deliberation and at
6 o'clock the court took and adjourn
ment until tomorrow, T- - -
Acting District Attorney DaBulsson
announced this-afternoon that in the
event of a mistrial a re-hearing would
be set for Monday of next week. He
said the State would Oppose any mo
tion for a change of venue and x would
insist on , the second trial being con
ducted in Opelousas." r
Mrs. McRee appeared to be confl
dent this morning that the jury would
acqm4t her within a few minutes. How
ever, after the jury had been out of
thecourt room for" 25 minutes both
Mr. and Mrs. McRee 'began to show
signs of uneasiness. "Both had expect
ed that a verdict of acquittal would be
rendered immediately and as the min
utes passed they seemed to become
anxious and engaged in several whis
pered conversations.
NOT DUE TO UNFRIENDLINESS.
Premier of 'Canada .Emphasized This
' Fact In Speech Last Night.
Halifax, N.-S.. Not. . 2 R. L. Bor-
den, the new premier of Canada, em
phasized the fact in a speech here to
night, that the result j of the recent
election in Canada, by which the reci
procity agreement was defeated, was
in no wise due to hostile or unfriend
ly spirit on the part of the people of
Canada, to -the great neighboring Re
public, as had been .claimed in some
quarters. The occasion; was a nbtable
banquet ,feendejnedMr43Breea: by txio
Conservatives of. H allax.' and ; of the
province. - In emphasizing his point
Mr. Borden said: - "It is desirable that
any such idea,; if it exists, should be
dissipated and dispelled.
"The reciprocity compact, would
have interfered with Canada's com
plete control of its own fiscal system
and in many respects it was properly
regarded as a reversal of the policy
which this country had .pursued for
many years. Thus the recent decision
of the Canadian people was in no res
pect induced by any spirit of unfriend
liness to the ' United ' States, It was
rather brought about by their determi
nation to maintain complete control
of their own financial system to mould
their own destiny along the lines of a
policy which has been pursued in this
country for the past 30 years."
THE COTTON PICKER.
Demonstrations End at Charlotte -Machine
Shipped Back.
Charlotte, N. C Nov. 2. The Price
Campbell cotton picker, which, has
been doing demonstration work on the
Keller farm, three miles west of the
city for the past two weeks, has been
packed, up and forwarded to the fac
tory at Woonsoeket, R. I., where it
will undergo such improvements as
the inventors have in view for it. All
who saw it in operation here were
greatly impressed . with its practica
bility. OUTLINES.
United States Marshal Henkel, who
has been serving subpoenas ' upon
many of our wealthiest financiers was
invited by John D. Rockefeller to par
take of his morning meal, which -the
genial marshal refused. He has only
one more to serve, he being his " good
friend" Charlie Schwab President
Taft left New York last night for Hot
Springs, Va.' where he goes, to take
three days' recreation before going to
Cincinnati, -Kenutcky and Tennessee.
Jury in the McRee trial at Opolous-
es, La., was locked up at 6 o'clock last
night with instructions to report to
the court at. 9 o'clock this morning
when it is expected the court .will or
der a mistrial - The situation is be
coming alarming in China, the Imperi
alists being . apparently beyond . con
trol. A . massacre is expected any
night, and the people of Peking have
closed up their houses and shops and
fled. Reports that bloody hand-to-hand
fights j in Hankow, are daily occurren
ces : President . Taft views the
mighty naval display on the Hudson
river yesterday from the yacht May
flower.' Showing the grandest ever
seen anywhere. Taft states . that he
will urge, the Congress to build two
super-dreadnaughts each year until
the Panama canal is finished,, and
then on a year will suffice. Only one
fatility marred the day, that being
the drowning of a seaman Nothing
more definite. in the McNamara "case
yet. Altogether 207 veniremen have
been drawn, and only ten have been se
lected. . "... -V -
? ew York markets: Money pn'call
steady, 2 1-2 to 3 per cent, ruling rate
2 3-4 ier cent,' closing bid 2 7-8 per
cent, offered at 3 ; ' flour quiet and
nominally- lower;', spot cotton- closed
dull,' middling uplands: 9.40, middling
gulf 9.65; wheat spot easy. No.: 2 red
97 cents, elevator export basis "and 97
1-2 fob afloat; corn steady, export No
2, 80 cent nominal fWafloaf ; . ,;-: ;r w
3, 1911.
'
PEKING CLOSE
In Anticipation of Massacre
Imperialists Apparently
Beyond Control.
FURTHER FIGHTING EXPECTED
Massacre In China City Expected to
Begin Any Night Bloody Hand
to Hand Fights on Streets
of Hankow
Peking, Nov. 2. The massacre of
natives at Hankow by Imperialist
troops Intelligence of which has reach
ed both the war board and the German
legation may prove a serious hind
rance to the peace negotiations which
Yuan Shi Kai has been endeavoring
to inaugurate with the rebel leaders.
The Imperialists apparently have got
beyond control and further fighting
is feared. In such a case it will- be
difficult to protect the foreign conces
sions as they are divided from the na
tive city by streets, only fifty or sixty
feet wide.
It is reported that the war board at
Peking has declined to accept the
suggestion of foreign doctors to form
a Red Cross Society on the lines .of
the Geneva Convention, the board
seeming to feel that the rebels do not
deserve treatment The massacre, ac
cording to some advices began be
fore the departure of General Yin
Tchang.
The exodus from Peking continues,
the doors of many shops, as well as
private houses, being closed in antic
ipation of a massacre. The American
n.issionaries who. have had a confer
ence with the legation have decided
that a few soldiers placed in each of
the four large mission componds would
suffice to prevent ordinary outlawry
and looting, which is expected to begin
any night
But should there be a general put
break all the others' could, take re
fuge In the Methodist mission which
!e -immediately-: east: :bf. ;the kgation
quarter '.and easily defended.- -The
diplomatic body will meet tomorrow to
re-consider the question of "allowing
the Chinese troops to enter Tien Tsin,
a consul there having made serious ob
jection. An. official dispatch ' from Shlh-Kia-Tan,
Shan-Si province, says .tnat a
regiment of Shan-SI troops, which had
been despatched to assist the Imperi
alists has mutinied. The mutineers
killed their brigadier general and then
bombarded a Manchu city, massacreing
a thousand Manchus, including : the
governor and his family. '; ' -
The letters October iath and 30th
from the Associated Press correspon
dent with the Imperialist army at
Hankow say that in the struggle for
the. possession of, the city there was
a hand-to-hand fight in the streets, the
auarters being too close for shooting,
the rebels, mostly raw recruits, not
understanding the use of rifles, were
driven back with much slaughter,
their dead piling up on the quay. The
casualties among, the Imperialists for
two days, October 2&th and 29th, were
thirty killed and 160 wounded. The
rebels had about 700 killed or wound
ed. The fighting, continues the corres
pondent, until the last three days, had
not -been serious. The rebels bad the
advantage in number of guns, but
their shells did not explode. The Im
perialists had the advantage in
troops, but they were poorly provision
ed. No prisoners were taken. Rebels
captured alive were shot or decapitat
ed. It is learned that the most barbari
ous outrages were perpetrated on in
nocent persons in the villages.
The staff of officers, says, the cor
respondent are quartered in an ex
press train, witji engine attached for
immediate service. The chief of staff,
Colonel Yih, is not at the front direct
ing operations. Pribr to the opening
of operations on October 27th, Gener
al Yin-Tachang told the respective
commanders that the advance must
be made and rewards were offered to
the soidiers for every gun captured.
The rebels, who at first numbered
not more than 1,000, shot from the
house top's, until compelled , to retire
the shells from the warships setting
the houses on fire. .
. General WonS slwu Yuen, command
ing the third brigade .and General
Wong Yih Chat, commanding the
fourth division, stood bravely holding
revolvers and . shooting"' the soldiers
who refused to 'fight ' V t
Despatches received in Peking to
night say tiie Rebels occupied , Chih-
Hsin-Sen, on Monuay.iaat, um u
following day" the Imperialists drove
them to Liahg-Tse-Kwang, an impreg
nable' pass in the mountainous coun
try The rebels have torn up a. half
mile stretch of . railroad and blocked
the tunnel and now hold the pass with
a small body of men.
Set Fire to Hankow.
London, Nov. 2. A special dispatch
from Shanghai says that the imperial
troops set fire to the native city of
Hankow on Monday night in order to
drive out the nsbels. The city,v the
dispatch adds, has been burning
fiercely ever since. -
I Atlanta, Ga., Nov. -1. Fire of an
unknown origin started in the Oscar
Barnes. & Company-furniture store in
the central .part of the retail : -district,
caused damage estimated - aU $100,000
to $150,000, tonight 7 . y
V'!
AUSTIII DAf,l VMS FAULTY
So States Professor Frank McKibbon,
of Lehigh Universtty, at Inquiry,
Which' 'It Being Continued.': .
;: ' . r".
Coudersport, Pa-Nov, 2, -That the
dam of the Bayless Pulp- & Paper Co.,
at Austin, Pa., the breaking of which
on September 30th,-last, caused over
three score deaths and millions of dol
lars damage, was faulty In practically
every detail, was the opinion of Prof.
Frank McKibbin, of the engineering
department of Lehigh University, and
Alfred D. Flinn, department engineer
of the board of water supply of New
York City, expressed today when the
inquest into the disaster was resum
ed. The inquiry was again continued,
to accommodate T. C. Hatton, of Wil
mington, Del, who designed and con
structed the ill-fated dam for the pa
per company. When the inquest is
taken up next month, Mr. Hatton will
be the only witness examined and a
verdict will come quickly.
Prof. McKibben gave it as his opin
ion that faulty foundations, design,
construction and operation of the dam
caused it to slide and break into nine
pieces where it had cracked almost a
year previous. He submitted samples
of the shale from the foundation which
he crumbled in his hand on the wit
ness stand, and said that in no place
was this more than an inch thick.
Mr. Flinn, the New York engineer,
besides corroborating Prof. McKibbin
declared the geological formation of
the country would indicate to him that
there was not a good foundation for
a masonry dam. The dam was decid
edly wnsafe, he said, too thin for its
height ;
"It was an error to use so faulty a
structure,",-he said.
Through George M. Miller, a con
tractor, letters written by President
Bayless to the witness during negotia
tions toward - reinforcing the dam in
1910, when it Is" said to have develop
ed defects were introduced. In one
of the letters Mr. Bayless mentions a
four Inch stream that leaked from be
neath the dam 'and asked if certain
work could jbe done ' "to satisfy" the
people of Austin." .
. NO JURY YET.
Out of 207 Veniremen Drawn, Only 10
' t . AceeDted as Yet.
': -Los; Angeles, Cal, Nov. 2.i-Barring
one man, the third ventre 6f prospec
tive jurors was - exhausted - at the
etoee, of court tan bent. in, ihe AioNama-
ra -murdex case.,i JLltflgether "07 . ve-
nlremen. have Deen drawn Or these
ten satin the jury box tonight, -having
been accepted as to cause by both
sides a gain- of one man since yes
terday's session in which no talesman
was passed. k .
Counsel for both prosecution and
defense in the trial of James B. Mc
Namara renewed predictions that the
entire 12 men : might be accepted by
tomorrow night if there were no' hitch
in getting, more . veniremen to exam
ine. . - 4. r
The new-comer is M. T. McNeely,
a retired tailor. He is still subject to
peremptory challenge if .the State of
defense should -desire to exercise it
It was considered unlikely tonight
that the defense so desired.
Edward R. Jeffrey, under examina
tion said: "If men belonged to a un
ion they coudd not work for me."
Explaining how he heard of the
Times explosion, Jeffrey said: "I
heard one man holler to another that
Old Otis got his'."
"And you think the . building, was"
destroyed by organized labor?"
"Yes, sir."
"We couldn't bring you enough evi
dence to convince you otherwise?"
"You could not"
Heffrey was challenged for bias.
W. H. Andrews Is the sole talesman
left in the third venire.
Judge Bordwell said tonight that he
was undecided as to when the next
venire would be drawn.
DREAM "COMES TRUE"
Policeman Saves Lives In Manner Out
' lined In His Sleep
Boston, Mass., Nov. 1. Patrolman
William Noble, of Dorchester, dream
ed that , he was standing in Peabody
Square when runaway fire horses
rounded the corner. In his dream he
saw five little children in the path
of . the mad animals. He seized the
horses by the bits and brought them
tc a stop within three feet of the chil
drenand then he woke up.
Still pondering over the dream, No
ble when off duty yesterday walked
tc Peabody Square and told anothef
"cop" about the ' dream. Just as he
had . finished two ; fire horses dashed
around the 'corner, running wild to
ward a group of children in the square
At the risk of his own life. Noble seiz
ed the bits and. stopped the pair with
in a yard of the. nearest child. .Then
he counted the children and was as
tonished "to find ; there, were just ; five.
CENSORS FOR POSTCARDS
Animal Pictures Among Those Barred
v i, From; Mails In Chicago ..
-! Chicago, Nov . 1 . A : crusade against
objectionable postcards has been start
ed : by Postmaster: D. , A. , Campbell,
who yesterday appointed censors at all
Chicago subpostal stations.
Hrere are the three chief kinds of
pictures ordered' barred from distri
bution: Men and women kissing; wo
men In abbreviated costume; , animal
pictures. .:. 1
When asked why he had placed the
last named on the list, Postmaster
CamDbell said: -s
"Not one postal card -In a. hundred
bearing the picture of an animal is fit
to be exhibited in public." ' . . V
. "The Cross of Pearls." : ;
. .- Beautiful, story, of .The Confession
al; Grand t todar. 'i- rt, 5
WHOLE NUMBER 13,756.
PRESIDENT VIEWS
MIGHTY FLEET
Watches Passing Paegeant
in Impressive Silence from
Yacht Mayflower.
TWO SUPER - DBEADIiAUGHTS
Will Probably be Built Each Year Un
til Completion of the Panama
Canat and Then One Will .
Suffice.
New York, Nov. 2. Fresh from his
cross-continent tour of 13,000 miles,
during which , he received senatorial
pleadings which seem to indicate ear
ly ratification of the treaties of peace
and arbitration with Great Britain and
France, President Taft today from the
wind-swept bridge of the "historic little
cruiser yacht Mayflower reviewed the
mightiest line of fighting craft ever
assembled mder the American flag.
The President had indicated in all
his speeches in advocacy of the trea
ties of peace, that he entertained no
fond delusion that war, by convention,
could immediately be made a thing of
the past. He declared that the trea- -. -ties
were a step in the right direction;
that the armed camps of Europe were .
looking to the United States to lead
in what might prove to be a great
world movement toward the goal of
peace, but that for a long time to
come the suggestion of disarmament
would have no force.
Today Mr. Taft let it be known that
he would urge uppn Congress; the ne
cessity of building two great super
dreadnaughts a year until the Panama '
Canal is in actual operation. The ca
nal, he declared, would double the effl- -ciency
of the. navy .and from that time
on one. battleship a year might suffice
to keep the American navy in the fore
front of . the , world' a, military powers.
Countless thousands of people joined
with the- President in paying tribute
to-the five. score vessels which lay. at
anchor, in the Hudson.. -.Twenty-f our, ,
firbt-class battleships were in . the line, , .
surrounded by armored cruisers, scout. . .
inl8era,-'9BetenHkcde8treyers to ,
pedo. boats, submarines and the rank'
and file of auxiliary vessels that "serve -'-
as tenders., to the fleet There- were
99 in all. ( v.' . ' "
Twenty-two of the .'battleships to-'
ward the dose of the day picked up
their anchors, turned in the teeth of
the gale, and went proudly out to sea.
The President watched , the passing
pageant in impressed slience.
The review had been the most bril-
liant in the history of the country and
with its conclusion the great fleet had
dispersed, the various ships wending
their way to home stations to await
the call to Winter maneuvers in south
ern waters.
The setting for the review 'was a
splendid natural marine . amphitheatre.
The fleet lay on the broad bosom of
the. Hudson,' walled in on either side
by the towering buildings of River
side Drive and the precipitous cliffs
of the New Jersey Pallsaides.
The day was one of changing sun
shine and shadow.
Out of the northwest there blew a
gale which at times attained a maxi
mum of 59 miles an hour and brought
with it the chill of Winter.
One of the cloudbanks brought a
flurry of snow with it the first of the;
season here, but it did not deter the
spectators who stretched for miles
along the river banks and crowded the
decks of excursion steamers circling
about the warship anchorage.
There was one fatality during the ,
day. Gustav Frey, a seamafi of the
battleship New Jersey, fell overboard,
and drowned. The news had not
reached the President when ' he left
tonight for Hot Springs, Va., to spend
four days In recreation before resum
ing the final stage of his long trip to
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The President arrived from the
West shortly after 7 o'clock and went
at once aboard the Mayflower where
later he was Joined by the Secretary
of the Navy, Mr. Meyer, and the lat
ter's staff from the Navy Department
Rear Admirals Wainwright, Porter
and Vreeland, Captains Fletcher and,.
Potts, and Commander Philip An
drews. The ceremonies formally began at
9:30 o'clock, when the President's flag
amid a roar of guns from every ves
sel of the fleet was .broken from the
main truck of the Mayflower. The lit-
tie yacht by this. time. had moved up'
close to the head of the-seven mile
column of battleships and tiad cast
anchor. Immediately the admirals of
the fleet set out : in launches . to . pay
their' respects to "the" commander-in-chief
of the army and the navy.
Mr. Taft received them on board with
the honors due their rank and after
the . first formal exchange, had a' per
sonal' word xt greeting for each.
- The wide river reaches had been
lashed into white capped waves when
President Taft went out to the flag
ship Conneticut to repay the courte
sies of the commanding officer. The
tiny power launch in which he rode
bobbed about' perilously in the rough
water, but Mr. Taft did not mind the'
tossing. The Mayflower's guns boom
ed a salute as the President left the
yacht and when his flag temporarily
was hoisted on . the Conneticut the '
other vessels of the fleet took, up the
noisy token of tribute and respect and
for;the second time their guns spoke
in ainlson. The Presidential call on;
thk flaeshin was brief and formal' and
the last- of the ships had scarcely (fin
ished their 21 guns when . the cannon
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