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THE WEATHER. -
FALL ADVERTISING !
Na better tlm to begin than now.,
The successful merchant lay the
foundation for big holiday business
by getting In the game early.
pair Saturday; Sunday unsettled,
light to moderate southeast and south
winds.
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VOL. LXXXVIII-KO. 201.
rHOKXESTG, NOVEMBER 11, 1911.
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Ancient Chinese City is' the
Shambles of the Man
chu Butcher.
REBELS OUT OF AMMUHITIOII
Chinese Fleeing to Rear of Reform
Forces, Leaving Everything Be-'
. hind Men, Women and
Children. Massacred. ,
Nanking, Nov . ' 10 . -Nanking to
nfght is desolate. Fully a thousand
ct its inhabitants lie massacred and
numerous business houses and dwell
ings have been, looted and burned.L
Stventy thousand persons already
have fled the city and still others are
joining the exodus. Along the rail
way leading from the city a long,
sualie-like line of humanity is trudg
ing, seeking safety.
It was the hand of the Manchus that
brought the devastation. While tne
republicans were in camp three miles
away, awaiting ammunition and re
inforcements, the Manchus began the
work of carnage. Men, women and
children were slaughtered! Neither
' youth nor age was taken into account.
"White, the emblem of the . revolution,
marked its wearers for instant, death.
Chinamen with Wuite shoes, a sign of
mourning among, them, or even a
handkerchief Were ruthlessly, slain.
Qreless heads were everwhere . to
te seen.
There was little fighting today be
tween the revolutionists and . tue
troops. A desperate battle is expected
shortly. ' V '
. Nanking, China, Nov. 10. Historic
Nanking this evening Is the shambles
of the Manchu butcher. The sun set
upon a scene of fire, rapid desolation
and butchery unrecorded in modern
history. '7 " - . .y I :
Tonight 12,000 Manchu and Imperial
, old style soldiers -held Purple Hill,
where they are entrenched, while from
beneath their stronghold, they are drir?
ing before them hordes of Chinese -out
of the city. . .
Innocent Chinese, leaving . - every
thing behind them,' are fleeing, terror
stricken and destitute, to , shelter in
the fields at the rear of the reform
forces. The latter, numbering be
tween 20,000 and 30,000, are impotent
to check tho slaughter or avenge the
stain because of their lack of ammuni
tion. The revolutionists had delayed
a second concerted attack upon. the
Manchus pending the arrival of ammu
nition expected from Shanghai, The
Manchus took advantage of the situa
tion. .
During last night the republicans
made a demonstration, but did little
shootine and thprn were few fatalities.
i'Tl.. : , .1 .l.
me mam uou oi me reiuriners.ie
mained in camp three miles distant
from the city awaiting the arrival of
ammunition, which is coming in boats
from the river and brought across the
country on pack horses. Reinforce
ments are also coming from every dl
rection. They are raw and ragged re
cruits but determined and the final
battle promises ' to be desperately
fought.
The foreigners are being treated
with the utmost consideration, wnen
the gates were opened this morning
the people thronged toward the coun
try, each carrying his belongings and
driven by the imperialists. . .
Soon afterwards the carnage began
Since the night, of November 8th,
when the first attack was made by the
revolutionists, the Tartar general, has
endeavored to terrorize the inhaBi-
tants by wholesale executions. Those
whose queues .'had been cut off were
beheaded by the dozen, but today
when the order for the general slaugn
ter was given, the whole native city
was invaded by the Manchui sholdiers
wno ruthlessly massacred men, 'wo
men and children. The aged, tbia young
and babes in arms were shown no
mercy. ...
Thousands of Chinese poured -from
the gates until at noon today it was
esnmated that fully 70,000 persons
naa escaped. Before nightfall 20,000
more, representing every class, . the
nercnants, the gentry, and coolies
"ad gotten awav. Mean while the
Manchus .scoured the narrows before
lfie city and the houses of wealthy
merchants were sacked. Any queue
ess v ictim was beheaded Immediately
The correspondent of the Associat
ed Press saw several TK$men executed
ani their children stabbed and tram;
Pled under foot.
ihe order appeared to te that any
"e wearing anything white which
BiiKJ?ented the white badge, worn by
rerormers, must be killed forth
ith. A white nocket handkerchie
njHi-ked the possessor for death. White
hoes, which are worn by the Chinese
a sign or mourning, were the slg
hai for the exemitlnn rt tho troarAr.
The horror of the massacre cannot
p described. An attemnt tonizlit to
timate the number of innocent pec-'
.;" uia non-combatants slain would
f f'.:tita.
PiTt!-' Cninese found wearing foreign
"Linng immediately fell a victim o:
advanced taste, but foreigners
not molested. Their protests
Biuiist tr.j massacres, however, were
-"jjfaraed and even laughed at. The
i,un aents of the Associated
'2. Worked throughout the day
nil!" the outer walls of the city,
' 'k it. miles from the bsleeranh station
uh which they communicated and
continued on Page Eight.).
TO BE ERECTED
Honor of .Confederate Soldiers Who
&;CP at 8attt f hiloh A Re-
YA- cPti0n lto the Daughters
:.. '' at Richmond.
Richmond,, Va., Nov. 10.In report
ing for the committee on .educational
reform to the United' Daughters of the
Confederacy today. Miss Mary Poppen
heim, of Soutll Carolina, declared that
high school graduates in the South
are so deficient in Latin, mathematics
and English that they experience' diffi
culty in being admitted to class "A"
colleges. This statement was brought
out in view of the report to the asso
ciation that 174 scholarships at var
ious institutions are now open to
young men and women of Confederate
lineage. V- ; , A
There was much applause' when
Mrs Alexander White, of Tennessee,
director general of the Shiloh Asso
ciation, annoninced that the movement
to erect a! monument to Confederate
soldiers who fell at the battle of Shi
loh, is rapidly approaching realization.
. Designs !. for officially recognized
Confederate plates and platters, bear
ing the photographs of Jefferson Da
vis, were ; presented, and there was
long inspection and discussion. While
thro scheme is primarily to provide rev
enae, the. Confederate idea will pre
vail throughout and each State will be
permitted to offer its own design for
Designs !. for officially
one of the-13 pieces.
Friends of the various candidates
who have been put forward for presi
dent-general were unusually active to
day, and, the e3ction tomorrow prom-
seB jo De ciosa ana exciting.
Tonight .'a reception was tendered
by the Richmond chapter to the dele
gates and officers of all Confederate
organizations. A portrait of General
Harry Heth .was presented to Lee
Camp Hall ..while record bookstand
crosses tf honor were presented to
the Confederate museum.
r By a vote oM69 to 219 the United
Daughters, of the Confederacy, at the
conclusion of today's session, decided
to hold the 1912 convention in Wash'
nxton. D. C Instead of in St. Augus
tine, Fla., for which city the ihinority
vote was cast. Mrs. Mary T. Merwin,
of Washington, etxended the invita
tion from the capital city. "
Many of the Daughters felt that
they were obligated to' Washington
through a sort of , tac; It agreement
reached in 1910, at the time when
Richmond Jwaa chosen as the conven
tion city for thlt year. From the-"be-glnning-of
the meeting, it seemed evi
dent that sentiment " favored the city
on the Potomac, and the result show
ed an overwhelming ' preponderance
ot this feeling. . - '
GARBAGE STRIKE.
Rioting Marked the Situation in New
York Yestercay.
New York, Not. 10. Fierce rioting
n which one man . received injuries
that caused his. death, another was
mortally hurt, secores of others injur
ed and the police, practically held at
bay, marked tne strike of drivers of
ash and garbage carts here today. In
half a dozen clashes between tne po
lice and strikers and their sympathiz
ers the rioters only dispersed under
threat of revolvers drawn by the po
lice, .v '.
Night bTcught the first truct in the
hostilities, .when all the drivers were
withdrawn and efforts to make col
lections were abandoned.
Owine to the violence I practically
no headway was made in the removal
of ashes and garbage and conditions
in the city, especially in the congest
ed districts, are Becoming serious, un-
ess relief is . afforded soon it .is pre
dicted the board of health will be com
pelled to act.
Today's disorders were marKea Dy
the participation of many women sym
pathizers of the strikers.
The most serious rioting tooK piace
In Harlem. In an attack , there upon
strike-breakers. Robert Moeller, a
driver. Was struck on the head, by a
brick hurted from a roof ana receivea
injuries that caused his death. Henry
Wilson, another strike-breaker, receiv
ed what are believed to be mortal In
juries .When' he was attacked -by riot-
ers. i 1 . s-t ; "
The rrietvance of the drivers is tne
dinelp nn that the city is coinpelling
the collection of garbage at nigm. ine
strike was inaugurated to enforce the
demand for - a return to day coiiec
tiiino Mayor fiavnor nas taKen a
strnne-ntAnd aeainst yielding to . tne
men and refuses to recognize the
walk-out as a striKe. ,
HESTE R'S STAT EM E NT y j
The World's .Total Visible Supply of
,. Cotton 8hown VW '
Now Orleans. Nov. 10. Secretary
Hostor'a Bfatpmeht of the wtTld vis
ible supply Kf , cotton issuea toaay
SDOW'S " .
The? total visible to be 3,918,575
seams 2 506.360 last week and 3,482,'
109 last-year.- Of this the total Am-
erican .is 3,363,5 agaww-.ivt
last wir and 2.852.109 last year and
nt an thr Mnds includ-n i Egypt,
Bmil, Indian etc., 5,000 against 542,-
000 last week ana ou,wv
nf h nrirt-it visible supply of cot-
tnri thoro . i now afloat and held in
Great Britain and continenta. Europe
I J.-.-hftft Airnlnflt - 1.S31.VUV wmt jr3i.
i w' JX is ooo aealnst ,:I8i,O0.O last
vera r nA In inaia ZH.UW . mux's? j-vi,
000 l ist year, ana in
States i.714,000 against -1,307,000 last
year. - : ;-; . . -; ..' .- '''':'''',:' t:.
' Phu.ilAhmla. NoVi' 10. Jiartin I.;
J.' Griffith; secretary of the American
CathoifcHlstorical Scidety tod-Je-ly:-known'
as a church .historian, died
f ha hnmA hre tonight from paraly
sis, aged C9 years;- He was the author
orrnagprwork.deallng
hifttnr and was a iieuucu vuu-
tor to . 'magazines and periodicals. .
Favorable Report on Over
ture That There be Ten
.'" Presbyteries in State. - .
UNION THEOLlGtGAt SEMINARY
Report H ighly Clam mended Pastors
at State destitutions Rev. Mr.
, Black and Rev. Mr. Shields
Re-elected.
(By Mamie Bays.) ,
- Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 10. The most
impressive service held during the
Synod of North Carolina, at this movi
ng, was the communion service with
which the session of this morning be
gan.,. This service was conducted by
Rev. H. G. Hill, D. D., of Maxton, the
oldest pastor in the Synod, and Rev.
H. Harding, of Davidson College, whb
was the first pastor of the Second
resbyterian Church, where the ses
sions of Synod are being held.
itev. a. A. Mcueachy. host of the
Synod, offered a resolution recom
mending th . appointment of a com
mittee" of arrangements at the close
of each annual meeting of Synod, one
member to be the pastor of the
church Where the next session shall
De neia. unis committee snail, con
sist of five members, and arrange the
entire programme of business for the
next meeting of Synod, conforming
with the standing rules.- This resolu
tion was adopted. As Synod will hold
ts session of next year in Raleigh.
Rev. W. McWhite, pastor of the First
resbyterian Church, of that city, will
be a member of the committee for the
coming year.
Many reports were read, and adopt
ed this morning. The committee on
bills and overtures reported favorably
regarding the overtures from Fayette
ville Presbytery that this Synod "be
divided into ten Presbyteries as near-
y equal as possible instead of eight
Presbyteries as at present
A -committee was appointed to make
the division and, to report" to "Synod
next. year. ..
The report of-Union Theological
Seminary was highly commended as
were the addresses of Rev. Dr. W, W.
Moore, and. Rev. W. L. Llngle, of the
faculty of the Seminary. Synod will
take steps to take part in the centen
nial of the seminary next October.
The committee to provide pastors
a( State . institutions of learning re
Quested $400 additional for the salary
of a pastor to be secured at Chapel
Hill. . - '
Tne Presbyterian Standard was
commended highly, several membars
of Synod speaking of its merit and
work. Rev. McG. Shields was re-elect
ed superintendent of Synodical home
missions. Rev. William Black was re
elected Synodical evangelist, and Rev.
Geo. W. Bell was re-elected district
evangelist
This session ot Synod is -regarded
as- one of the most pleasant and, one
of the most profitable held in recent
years.
The Synod completed it9 work late
this afternoon and adjourned sine die.
The most" important action, perhaps.
was the decision to divide the Synod
ntq ten ; instead of ' eight Presbyter
ies. v This step was rendered neces
sary by' the great growth ox the
Church in the State. The Synod vot
ed to meet jointly the third" Tuesday
n . October, 1912, with the Synod of
Virginia, in the celebration of the
centennial of Union Seminary at
Richmond. . .
TURKS DISPLAY COURAGE.
Supported by Artillery They, Make At
tack on Italians.
Tripoli, Nov. 10. Strong forces of
Turks and Arabs, supported by artil
lery, delivered a determined attack on
the . Italians today all along the line
between ; Hamidieh. and Boumeliana,
but: principally against the extreme
left-. '. '
Beginning early this morning with a
series of skirmishes, the fighting about
noon took on the character of a gen
eral action. As usual, the Turks dis
played desperate courage, but , .were
unable to withstand the tremendous
combined fire f roni the .trenches, and
the. field artillery-and guns of the ar
mored cruiser Carlo Alberto,, which
lay -in' the roadstead. Therefore they
retreated. all along the line. '
. While the 11th Bersaglleri. were at
tacking the fort atHamidieh, which
had-been stormed last night, they
were suddenly taken on the flank by
a large force of Arabs hidden in the
palm and olive groves and heavy los
ses' were sustained before the enemy
were beaten off. r
ARMY AVIATORS TEMPTED.
Washington' Was Treated to a Flight
of Three Aeroplanes Yesterday.
Washington, j Nov. 10. A .perfect,
cloudless,' windless, Indian " Summer
tempted the army aviators at College
Park, Md. to. pay long deferred social
calls today upon their brother' officers
at Fort Myer, Va. . So Washington was
treated to a flight of three aeroplanes
with their whirring propellers shining
in the rays of the declining sun, wing
ing i toeir way back ana rortn irom
State to State, across, the .District of
Columbia.' The aeronauts were Capt.
Beck . and Lleuts. Arnold and Milling
and they Made the 28 mile round trip
in almost .as many minutes, though
see toe weekly drill, and for luncheon,
HELD Oil CHARGE OF-ORDER
i v.
Coroner's Jury Implicates Mrs. June
Quinn With Murder of Husband.
Pofice to Contfnue Investi
gation in the Case.
.Chicago, Nov., lO.lfrs. Jane Quinn
was held on a charge oL murder -in
connection with: "the death of her hus
band, John M. ' Quinn byva coroner's
ury today. " v . "'V-' f-
QrjJnn was found"8ead In- bed No
vember 2nd with a tmllet wound in
his body and Mrs.' -Quinn declared he
had been killed by burglars..
The coroner's Jurje sdeliberated less
than four hours hefdre; returning, its
verdict .- -., "i--: ,.' .
Mrs. Qulnnr listened . to the verdict
without" exhibiting the least sign of
emotion. t ; V
The Ohicago "police will continue
their investigation Info-the mysterious
death of Mrs QAiinn'4 -two former hus
bands, John McDcdjAld, whom she
married in Londoil, nt, October 23,
1883, .and: Warren Thorpe, whom she
married at Bass Lake, .Mich., in Octo
ter, 190U v4iH
McDonald is reported ; to nave died
of alcohol poisoning September. 28th,
901, . Thorpe was round snot to death
In his, home at Jackson, Mich., under
circumstances similar -to those attend-
ng the shooting ot Quinn. - .
Mrs, Quinn and Jier. daughter,-by a
previous marrtage.r were detained af
ter the death of Thorpe, but were re-
eased because of 'insuraclent evi
dence. IC:
CAUSED BY HAZING.
Father Says Son's .Life Was Lost
Through Bad Treatment.
Champaign, 111., Nov; 10r-The death
of Cyril Norton, 18 years "old, a fresh
man at the University of Illinois, is
causing anxiety among the students of
the school. ' Eugene Norton,' father of
the boy and former coroner of Dundee,
11., having attributed his son s death
to hazing. . i
The boy died yesterday of pneumon
a, which is generally believed to have
been contracted when he stood in the
rain at Marshall Field watching the
recent football game between the Uni
versities of Chicago and Illinois.
When he returned to Champaign,
pneumonia developed,' , A few days
previous to the Chicago, game 4he boy
was thrown Into a creek; by sopho
mores, it Is said, who" were r; hazing
their -underclassmen. iM-rton ,1 said
to have xmtriJi1la&toto
this, which was aggravated -by the
drenching he received at Chicago.
NEW YORK JUDGE REBUKED
Because He Refused to Let
Club
Adopt Name "Reno."
Reno,- Nev., " Nov. 10. Governor
Tasker L,. Oddie, of Nevada, today Is
sued a statement rebuking the New
York Judge who recently refused , to
allow an athetlc club to adopt; the
nsme "Reno."
"This is about as narrow-minded an
opinion as has been sent over the tel
egraph lines," said the. governor, "any
judge who could so belittle himself
is past ordinary belief and how he
cculd hold .so important a position is
a constitutional wonder. The Neva
da divorce laws are excellent and un
til they are changed, by law they will
bo on the statute books. It simply
looks like a case of spite and a man
who wishes to get into the public lime
light through a sensational state
ment. .
PLEA OF "NOT GUILTY."
Will be That of Rev. Clarence V
T.
Richeson. .
Boston,. Nov. 10. The Rev. Clarence
V. T. Richeson, pastor of Immanuel
Baptist Church, Cambridge, will enter
on Monday next his plea before the
grand jury's indictment charging him
with the murder of his former fiancee,
Avis LInnell, by poisoning. The plea
will be "not guilty."
The announcement of the date of ar
raignment was officially made today
by District Attorney Pelletler, who
added .that the time for the opening of
the trial would he decided directly af
ter the arraignment '
OUTLINES.
It was announced by the United
Daughters . of the Confederacy, at
Richmond, yesterday that a monument
will be erected to the veterans who
fell at' Shiloh, The next meeting of
the Daughters - will be at Washington
D. C. -Arsenic was found in large
quantities in the viscera of two or
more of the ten., persons who ' died
mysteriously in Chicago, beneath the
roof of Mrs, Louise Vermilya His
toric Nanking was last evening, the
shambles of the ManchtU butcher .and
hordes of Chinese were driven from
the city, taking refuge behind the re
form , forces, . who, short of . ammunt
tion, are awaiting reinforcements
The North Carolina Synod,. in-session
yesteraay at Charlotte, acted ravora
bly.upon tne overture that the State
be divided into ten Presbyteries m
stead of eight, as now; other business
was of a routine nature. Andrew
CarnegiiS has given $25,000,000 to the
new Carneeie Corooratlon organized
in New York Yesterday.'. A charter for
the corporation was granted by the
New York State Legislature last June
President Taft , closed his second
day's stay in .Tennessee yesterday. He
said his visit was not political,' and
he defended? in a speech, his appoint
ments of Supreme Court judges.
New York markets: Money on cal
steady 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent, ruling
rate 2 3-8, closing hid 2 1-4, offered at
2 3-8. Spot cotton closed . dull. Fiour
qudet and steady. Wheat quiet. No. 2
red 97 elevator -domestic basis to ar
rive and 97 1-2 f.o.b. afloat," options
rinsed 3-8 to 1-2 net decline." Corn
steady, export No. 880 nominal i.o.o,
afloat..- Turpentine and .rosing quiet.
PRESIDENT TAFT AT
OLD BATTLEFIELD
'ot More Than Two Hours
Motored Over Hills and"
Valleys.
HIS SECOND DAY III TENNESSEE
Came to a Close Yesterday Declared
That His Visit Was Not Politi
calDefended His Supreme
Court Appointments
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov., 10. Af-
tei a day spent traveling through Ten
nessee President Taft late this after
noon was driven for '35 miles over the
battlefield of Chicamauga where his
torians . concede one of the uloodlest
conflicts of the Civil War was fought
For more than two ' hours the Presi
dent motored over the ' hills and
through the valleys where General
Bragg, at the (head of the Confederate
army and General Rosecrans, on the
Union side, fought 49 years ago with
a total loss of more than 35,000. With
the President rode former Congress
man Grosvenor, of Ohio, who was
lieutenant colonel of the 18th Ohio
and who is now a member of the
Chlckamauga National Park Commis
sion, and United States Senator Fraz
ier, of Tennessee. -Immediately be
hind him rode many men who fought
on one side or the other in that great
battle. The President was whirled oy
scores of monuments that bore testi
mony to the valor of the thousands
who fought at Chlckamauga and paus
ed more than once to read the in
scriptions on shafts of stone and-gtan-
te to the men who died on the fleid
around him. On the summit of Kel-
y's Hill, one of the. hotly contested
spots on the battlefield, lx. Grosve
nor explained the way in which uis
regiment and those with him defend
ed that point years ago.
Ever since that battle," said Mr
Grosvenor, '.we'ye been trying to con
vince the rebels .that weiwoiu",:
"YoiT had .a rettyliof time' doing
it . did you ?" said the President.
Mn . Taft's second . day in . Tennes
see fame to an end here. He began
his trip across the State at Nashville
early today, addressed th estudents at
the University of the Soutn at. Se-
wanee. a few' hours later and wound
up the day's journey with an address
n the auditorium here. Twice today
tne President declared that his visit
tc Tennessee was not political, and to
the students of Chattanooga Univer
sity he defended his appointments to
the United States Supreme Court
It has been my privilege and pleas
ure while President", said Mr. Taft
to appoint from the States of Ten
nessee, Louisiana and Georgia, to the
United States Supreme Court, the
highest judicial office in the world.
Two of them were Confederate sol
diers and I believe Democrats.
'However. I did not appoint them
because they were ex-Confederate sol
diers, but because they were good
men and brainy lawyers."
On his way hack to Chattanooga
from Chickamauga Park the President
stonped at Rossville, Ga. "I am glad,'
said he, 'to learn that Rossville em-
Dlovs over 2.000. I was greatly sur
prised when I was in Georgia during
the campaign to find that thirty-one
counties and three congressional ais
trlcts were not received for the Re-
mihHcan ticket. That indicates that
Georgia is not past redemption. I am
onlv here to contrate- you. I am not
herej on a political errand.
CHANGES IN TRADE 'CURrtENTS
Marked for Near Future Distribution
Business Failure for Week
New York. Nov. 10. Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say: .
Chances in trade currents are not
esDecially marked the turnover on the
whole, save principally at the Soutn,
being of a fair to ; good substantial
character, not for stocking up pur
poses entirely, but rather for near fu
ture distribution. But what Is proo-
ably more significant sentiment, - n
nancial and commercial, the latter per-
-ians to a lesser extent than the iorm-
er has become undeniably better.
This development can be traced to the
nToved tenor of things in the stocs
market to the recognition' of, the plain
fact that stoicks in most lines of mer
chandise are very light: that absten
tion from normal buying can hardly
continue indefinitely, that, business Is
much better than if was at this time
last year, and because.it is apparent
that remodeling " of so-called trusts
will not work the sever hardships an
ticipated. Jobbers report ' a
good filling in business which they
think will display a steady; gain
throughout the Winter, thanks to light
retailers stocks and the sparing way
hi which purchases nave been made
As a general rule, business on
Spring account 4s coming out father
slowly.' Cotton goods are still affect
ed by the belief of buyers tnat the
i rlre situation is not a steady one and
therefore they are -chary about mak
ing large future commitments. Staple
good's and heavy knit goods are. in re
quest though buyers, of the - latter
grudingly pay .the -prices asked. Inci
dentally there is a Bhortage of help
in some New England rworsted . and
varn mills. ' V
Rnftines-s failures in the , United
statpalfor the week ending Noveni
ber 9th were 237 against 200,last week
and ,zu u ui uc nwjDt, iivi.,
URGE QUANTITIES ARSEHIC
Found In the (Bodies of Two" More of
the ten Persons Who Died Mys-
teriously May Open More '
Graves '
Chicago, Nov .10 .Poison found
in the viscera of two more of the ten
persons who had. died mysteriously
beneath, the roof of Mrs. Louise Ver
inalya made more tangible today the
suspicions and - accusations made
against-the woman. At the county
jail this afternoon where she lies ill
from attempts to take , her own life,
she was not informed of the new ev
idence the police 'will bring to bear
in -charging her with murder.
Toxicologist Walter T. Haines, to
day made his report to the coroner's
office. The finding was that arsenic
was present in large quantities in the
viscera of Conductor Richard T.
Smith and of Frank Brinkamp, the
latter being Mrs. Vermllya's -son.
Tnese two bodies were exhumed af
ter poison had been found In tae re
mains of Policeman Arthur Bisson-
nette, the last of the ten to 'die when
relatives and friends tod tue coroner
the circumstances of their deaths
were , similar to those of Bissonnette.
in the case of Frank BrinkamD
Mrs., Vermllya's favorite son, the .-
ancee of the boy induced an investiga
tion of the possibility of his having
partaken or the '"pepper box" poison.
The coronert announced he would ask
the State's attorney to request an in
dictment charging. Mrs. Vermilya with
having criminal knowledge of . the
ctuses of death of Brinkamp and
Smith. - .
Coroner Haffman said he was dis
posed to open still more graves of
those whose deaths had occurred be
neath Mrs. .Vermllya's roof. There
were at least three others ' whose
deaths were, he said, recent enough
for poison to be apparent .i. they had
sc died. "Whether he would go '.into
these cases, he said, depended upon
the advice of the State's attorney.
Mrs. Vermilya was near death dur
ing the day. She is suffering valvular
heart disease.
THE LORIMER CASE.
Newspaper Editor ' Testified in the
Case Yesterday. -
Chicago, Nov. 10. Stories alleged
to have been current ' at Springfield
that Emanuel A; Abrahams, a member
of the Legislature referred to- as ' the
BeH-Wetner"-f the'electioitt orUnir-
"ed States Senator William Lorimeri
bad. refused to, -vote for Lorimer for
$2,500, but had 'done so when given
$5,000, were related before the Sena
torial ' Investigating committee today.
Frederick E. Sterling, editor of a
newspaper at RockforcL 111., testified
that prior, to the election'of May, 1909,
he had had several conversations with
James H. Corcoran,- a former Demo
cratic' legislator.
"On the Sunday before the elec
tion,' said Sterling, "while on a train
between Rbckford and . Chicago, Cor
coran told me he thought Lorimer was
going to be elected that week because
big money was being paid for votes.
He said the money was coming from
the stock' yards and the lumber and
butterine interests. William Loeffer,
of Chicago, he said, was handing the
money. 1
"In Springfield, the next day, Cor
coran said Lorimer .was going to be
elected the following day, which was
Tuesday. On Tuesday he came to me
and said the election was not going to
rbe put over after all. Tasked .him
why and he replied that Abrahams
would; not breakthe ice for $2,500 of
fered him, but instead, wanted $5,000
and they would, not come across with
the larger amount. . .
"Wednesday he said they had come
across with. the $5,000 to Abrahams.
'You watch him now, said Corcoran,
He will be the first to break the Ice.'.!'
Corcoran then testified he remem
bered conversations with Sterling, but
he did not recall having made the ex
act statements attributed to him. He
said he had .heard of a report that
Abrahams, a Democrat, had refused to
"break the ice" In voting for Lorimer
until he was paid $5,000, but he re
garded it as a joke and did not know
that he had repeated it to Sterling.
STOCK EXCHANGE FAILURES.
In Absence of Partners and Counsel
no Statement .Was Given.
New York, Nov. 10. Two stock ex
change failures, resulting . primarily
from the recent advance In the mar
ket, were announced . today. . The in
solvent firms are W. L. .. Stevens &
Company., and S. ! Bail & WMcher.
Neither firm was especially prominent
in the market. .
In the absence of the, partners and
their counsel, no statement of liabili--ties
or. assets was obtainable from the
Stevens firm, v The firm was said to
have been heavily short, of United
States Steei. and Reading.
At the office ,of Ball & Whlcher a
statement was1 issued saying that a
general assignment had been made to
Owen E. Abraham for the' benefit of
creditors without preference.' The
statement "also declared that unsecur
ed liabilities were less than $100,000.
The liabilities were not given out A
member "of the firm attributed its em
barrassment In part to the failure of
some customers to make good, impair
ed margins. - '
. DROPPED DEAD IN DURHAM.
Oldest and Best Known Citizen Pass-
es Away Suddenly. '
(Special j Star Telegram.)- v
' Durham. N. C Nov. ,10. H. M
Rosemond, one of Durham's oldest
and best known citizens, dropped dead
on the corner of Main and! Mangum
streets this afternoon. His death was
due. to -heart failure. -He is survived
by a wife, two sons and three daugh
ters,' one son' living in Lake uity("ia.
GIVK S25,oo
To, Carnegie Corporation Or
ganized , in New York
r ' ,
: City Yesterday.
LEGISLATURE GRANTS CHARTER
"To Promote Advancement and Diffu
sion of Knowledge and Under
standing Among People of '
United States." '
New York, Nov. 10. Andrew Car
negle tonight announced that he had
given $25,000,000 to the Carnegie Cor
poration, of New York, organized here
today under a charter granted by the
New . York Legislature last June, "to
promote .the advancement and diffu
sion of. knowledge and understanding
among the people of . the United
States."
In bestowing .this gift upon the cor
poration, organized especially to re
ceive it and apply its income to the
purpose indicated, Mr. Carnegie in a
statement given out at his-, home on
Fifth avenue tonight said he Intends
to leave with the corporate body the
work of founding and aiding libraries
and educational institutions which he.
Las an Individual, has carried on for
many years. The statement, follows:
"The Carnegie corporation, of New
York, incorporated by an act, passed
by the New York Legislature June 9,
1911, was organized November 10,
1911.
"The purposes of the corporation, as
stated, in the charter, ale as follows:
"'Section 1. Andrew Carnegie, Eli
hu Root, Henry 8. Pritchett William
N. Frew, Robert S. Woodward, Chas.
L. Taylor,- Robert A. Franks, James
Betram, and their successors are here
by constituted a body corporate by
the name of Carnegie Corporation, of
New-York, for the purpose of receiv
ing and maintaining a fund or funds
and applying the Income '. thereof to
promote the advancement and diffu
sion of knowledge. and undeTBtahdrnk
amollgtfte people of the United States;
by .aiding technical -schools, . instltu-'
tions of higher learning, libraries,' sci
entific research, hero funds,, useful
publications and, by -such other agen
cies and means, as shall from time to
time be" found appropriate therefor."
The incorporators , met at Mr. Car
negie's house, Friday afternoon, .No
vember .10; 1911, accepted the charter,
adopted the constitution and by-laws,
and elected the following officers:
"President, Andrew Carnegie; vice
president, Elihu Root J treasurer, Rob
ert A. Franks; secretary, James Ber
tram. "Mr. Carnegie transferred . to the
corporation for Its corporate purposes,
$25,000,000 par value first mortgage
gold bonds of the United States Steel
Corporation ' . .
"It is intended that the business of
the founding and aiding libraries and
educational Institutions, . which had
been carried on by Mr. Carnegie as an
individual for many yearB, will be
turned over to the corporation at an
early date, and carried on by the cor
poratlon." '
PROPER FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Colloquy Between Attorney and Repre--sentative
of Railroad Employes. 0
Washington, Nov. 10. The proper
funeral expenses of the average rail- '
road employe formed the subject of
a brief colloquy today between Frank
V. Whiting, claims attorney for the
New York Central Railroad, and D. L.
Cease, special representative of the
railroad employes on the employers'
liability and workmen's compensation v
commission. '
Mr. Whiting was engaged In the
presentation to the commission of
some of the details whloh he thought
Bhould enter into the proposed iegls-
.. . .' I . : m 1 1 J
lation ior ine insurance oi rauruau
men against accident, and In case of
death, incidentally mentioned $100 as
a proper allowance for the cost of a
funeral' Mr.. CeaBe took Immediate
issue with him, saying that he did not
believe that a man could be decently :
buried for less than $125 or $150. In
reply Mr. Whiting. cited the fact that
the Italian authorities had . fixed $50 -as
. the limit of funeral expenses of
Italian subjects kyied 'on American
roads. ' ' - - - ', ' f
"But", responded Mr. Cease, "I was '
not speaking of. Italians. I. was
speaking of .American citizens.";
Mr. Whiting gave the present total
expenditures of the railroads of the
United States as compensation to in
jured employes as almost $12,000,000,
or about 1 per cent, of the aggregate
nay roll of the roads. He placed tne
number of Tallroad, employes at 1,648,
033, of which, number he said' 3,602
had been killed , and. 126,039 injured
during the past fiscal year.
Charles A. Emery, counsel ior tne
National Association of Manufactur
ers, said tnat six million men were
employed in the various manufacture .
ing industries of. the United States
and urged that they be Included in the
proposal. ' " .
Declaring that It developed, efflclen- ,
cy, uniformity and certainty he con-
tended that society generally would be
benefitted by the adoption of a Feder-
al compensation .scheme, that would '
unnly to aU industries in any way in
rolved with, interstate commerce.
Chairman Sutherland stated that at
the next meeting of the commission,
November 22nd, a draft bill agreed up
on by , the commission' would i be pre
sented for consideration. ' ' j v .
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