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WILMIKGTON, XV C, SUXDAY SfOBIOJfG, jS'OVEMBER 12, 1911.
WiaOTiE mmBBB 13,764.
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FOOTBALL ICES
FOUGHT YESTERDAY
AROUND CIRGLErCOGfl
President Taft Will Arrive at
Washington Some Time
Today, it is Thought
DENT IN FINE FETTLE
Delivered 350 Speeches and H Been
Seen by 5,000,000 "People Din- ' ;.
ner of "Possum and .
Tatert." 9
Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 11. His sec
ond long swing around the circle prac
tically concluded and his engagements
from Boston to San Francisco and
back all marked "kept" President Taft
tonight was speeding througu Tennes
see and Virginia en route to Wash
ington. At Bristol, the last scheduled
stop on the trip from Knoxville, where
ho spent the morning, Mr. Taft was
less than 300 miles from home. He is
due to reach the capital early tomor
row. He will then take a day or two
of rest before beginning toe work of
writing his third annual message to
Congress. This message, the Presi
dent's friends say, will be one "of the
most important he has ever written.
Mr. Taft is in fine fettle.. The
hardships of the long, journey appar
ently have had no 111 effect upon him
for his step was as light and his
laugh was cheerful today as when he
left Beverly two months ago. : '
"I am rejoiced to get home from a
trip of upwards of 15,000 miles and a
visit to about thirty States in which I
hare had the pleasure of explaining,
from my standpoint, some of the im-
, pcrtant issues of the day to many
hundreds of thousands of people,"
raid the President tonight. "I have
tf en materially benefitted by the in
formation which I have received as to
the attitude of the people in 'the dif
ferent parts of the country as af
fected by local conditions.' The re4
ceptions have been very cordial
tnroughout and I am certain, that In
real opportunity. I anj glad,, to -.say
that, although the trip baa been r a
strenuous one, my health has contih
ued good, and I have "Buffered no ill
effects from the strain.'".?'-, - . :. ' "
When heeteps down from his prj
vate car in Washington. , tomorrow
morning Mr. Taft will bring to an end
oce of the longest trips both In num
ber of days on the road and in num
ler of miles traveled ever undertaken
by a President. -' ,
The Presidential train" has" covered
irore than 15,000 miles and if automo
bile trips were to be includeu in the
calculation the mileage easily would
top the sixteen thousand mark. On
the present trip the President has
climbed mountains, gone into a gold
mine, reviewed the greatest American
fleet ever assembled, broken ground
foi a world's exposition, voted at an
election and been put through all the
"aunts" that Secretary Hilles would
permit his' entertainers to vent
The President has delivered close
tc 350 speeches, passed through about
thirty States and been seen by crowds
that Mr. Hilles estimates at over 5,
000,000 persons. This, the President's
last day on the road, was given up to
Eastern Tennessee. ' ,
Knoxville eot six hours of the Pres
ident's time and on the way. to Bristol
he
made rear-end BDeecb.es at five
small towns. At Green vill. the Pres
ident caught a glimpse of the home
and burial place of Andrew Jackson.
Before he boarded his private car
in Knoxville, the President called up
on Mrs. W. G. Brownlow, widows of
"Parson" Brownlow, one of the fam
ous governors of Tennessee.
Mrs. Brownlow is 92 years old, but
. her mind -was alert and she chatted
ith Mr. Taft for several' minutes.
Every President of the United States
'ho has visited Knoxville since , the
Civil War, has called at the Brown
tow home .to pay his respects, and Mr.
Tft did not "wish to leave until he
"ad done so. ' V , -'
The President's dinner tonight con:
fiisted practically of Tennessee "pos-
J'-m and 'taters" put aboard the car
me citizens of Johnson City.
EXCITEMENT AT HAMLET.
Night Policeman Fatally Shot by Ne
gro and Posse Pursues.
.'Special Star TeVtraim '
Hamlet, N. C, Nov. 11. B. D
rown fhe night policeman here, was
shot at u o'clock by a negro named
f en,on. hom he was trying to "arrest
iyr an affray. The fieht occurred
K. f. the Sealoard Hotel and near
S srmpt When nffiitar Rrnvn
ent
io make the arrest, the neero
nrew his gun and the negr0 started to
v-"- Me caned on him to halt and
ini snootng. The negro turned
" shot him throueh t.h rlo-M lnne.
rie officer was carried to Morrow's
L , 'ln,af,y' where he is being attend-
u.l U'o doctors. Sheriff HItiboti nnd
luty Sholes are directing the :hunt
negro wno temporarily esCap-
lJ - A 1 n rrrA r.-. i . , . . . a
c uuwu nas gainerea ana
fearp T -rlu run" high- Violence
wired if the man is arrested, r
is
t, ; J uni. Nov . 11 .Arthur
oi tr Jemocrat- was elected May
aiist over Ha"y Schilling, Soci
!Wh 1 count maae toaay
lOWfrl -wwuui. uiauc luuaj
Tups
Tuoofi , L!? ailftr unofficial returns
y iwo votes.
. -.v,u ovuiiiing g eiecuon
Fate: of Chinese Throne Ap.
parenlly ResU on Action
of Yuan Shi KbL;
PROViriCES MAY BE DIVIDED
Portion of Country Becoming Re
publican, Manchuria Remaining
Moharchlal Other Provinces
Making Own Choice
Peking, Nov. 11. (12:2a A. M.)
The fate of the " throne fl.nna.ren i . v
rests on the action of ; Yuan Shi Kai.
The latest message from Yuan, who
has been conducting negotiations with
tne Keoel leader. General Li Yuen.
Heng, indicates that compromise is
possible, that General Li was becom
ing less irreconcilable i5ut that there
was a difference of opinion between
Li and bis colleagues on the matter of
policy.
According to foreign official tele
grams from Ha'Iiow last evening, Gen
eral Li -failing-to 'exact- better terms,
might perhaps be nre-oared to airree
tc the partitition of -China, that portion
o the country south of the Yang Tse
Becoming republican, Manchuria and
Chi Li remaining tnonarchial and the
other provinces making their own
choice. i ; -
Many of Li's followers demand the
overthrow of the government and
scouts the idea of dividing the empire.
This is supposed to be the reason why
General Li asks delegates from other
provinces to meet at Wu1 Chang, and
appoint Vuan Chang Sing, the noted
revolutionary leader, - .commander-in-chief,
. and retained for himself th9
governorship which gives, him greater
freedom in administrative ' agents.
Huang Sing is making Han Yang his
headquarters where he Is superintend
ing the Rebel defense. "
.Prince Chlng, the acting premier.
and other high officials, have guaran
teed General Chang's safety, i he "will
ccme to Peking.- General Chang has
not yet answered; to do this, bat re
mains at Lanchan - with his .troops
awaiting: definite results irom Jthe "Wo
Chang" negotiations. ' . ' ..
The-revolutionaries at Tien Tsin do
rot consider it wise at present to force
the Issues, because of the presence of
the - troops at Lanchau whose sympa
thies' are doubtful. - " .
- The provincial assembly at Mukden
has vetoed the Russian loan and In'
formed -the viceroy that if it Is taken
up they wilt declare' independence. .
The government has requested that
the reported flight of the Emperor be
officially denied, . . ;
Rogers Green, the American consul
general at Hankow, reports that 'big
guns have been mounted for . an at
tack upon Han Yang. Chinese officials
report that the bombardment of Han
Yang began yesterday.
Seriousness of Revolution.
Washington, Nov. 11. The apparent
seriousness of the revolutionary situa
tion, at Foo Chow is evidenced from
the report that the Manchus there had
surrendered to the rebels and that the
Tartar general had been beheaded.
Apparently anticipating that a simi
lar fate would befall him should he
fall Into the" bands, of the rebels, th3
viceroy committed suicide. This .In
formation . came to the Navy' Depart
ment late today from Rear Admiral
Murdock, commander-in-chief of the
Asiatic fleet, whose flagship is now ly
ing off Shanghai. . .
Completes Magna Charta. .
Los Angeles, Cal.. Nov. 11. Eigh
teen Chinese scholars, who have been
engaged at the task for 30 years, have
completed the magna charta of Chi
na, according to Ho Lee, president oi
the Young China Society Lioage nere
It will be promulgated ' as the. consti
tution of the United Republic of Chi
na, he said, just as soon as the fall of
Peking is announced.
While republican in form, tn gov
ernment prescribed , by the savants
will be far in advance oi tnai in vogue
in the United States or elsewhere, U,6
Lee declared today. Economics and
the welfare of the proletariat were the
chief concerns of the constitution
makers. r --
Trusts will be prevented by provi
sions limltine firms or corporations to
certain shares of the business in their
particular lines. " r ' '
Every company must pay a scale of
wages prescribed by tne government
This. Ho Lee said, is a feature partic
ularly attractive to the coolie classes,
whose pay now'., holds them down to
the famine line. i ; , . . .
i r Plan .for Convention. ' 'r
San Francisco.- Nov. ;11. Details of
a plan for a constitutional convention
at Shanghai, at which' the new Chinese
rtinuMtc win he established and a con
stitution adopted, was made public by
leaders of the Chinese National' Asso
Aiatirni:hr tftdav . Delefeates already
are on the war to the con ventfon . city,
according to Tong King Chopg, secre
tary of the association. - .
Every province which has been tafc
en; or has voluntarily Joined the revo
lutionary cause, will be represented
and provisions will be made . for, the
adfnisslotf of the other provinces later.
Thi Hieirates have been appointed by
the revolutionary parties in the 'var
ious provinces, but their actions w u
be submitted to a vote of the people
fr atiflatton kfter peace Is restored.
r.nh a i strata bftn pledged ' to
sanction only a form of government
based ppon the: absolute abdication or
the Manchu dynasty and the institu
tion of a thoroughly repubUcan sys
tem of representative rule. ,.
V . rf iS'.Vt ; J v r p VL'A" 7 trim J 1 .
OUR
TO INVESTIGATE WIRE RATES
Both Telephone - and Telegraph
Charges to Be Investigated by
' Inter-State Commerce Com
' mission Action
Washington, Nov. 11. A thorough
investigation of existing telgraph and
telephone rates is believed to be fore
shadowed by demands which, have
been filed with jthe Inter-State -Com
merce Commission in the form of pe
titions, directing the attention of the
Commission "to the apparent purpose
of the American Telephone and Tel
egraph Company to monopolize all fa
cilities for wire communication.?
- Thew'ovement to cotnbel action on
the. partiof the Commission is con
certed one! The petitions profess to
set forth the desires of individuals in
several .Western States.
While, no action. has: been taken
thus far, the Commission, it Is said,
fully realize that it is only a matter
of a. short time before the question of
rates must be reviewed. When the
Commission issued its order assuming
jurisdicition over companies engaged
in inter-State business as common car
riers of messages by wire, it was not
ed that. the order did not undertake
to fix or adjust the rates to be enact
ed. Referring to the rate and cer
tain other sections of the law, the or
der recited that the Commission at
that time withheld expression of its
views "with respect to the amenabil
ity of these jcarriers."
In the petitions It is urged that
"quick, reliable and economical inter
communication is so essential to the
commercial and social interests of the
citizens of the various States that tel
egraphic service and - the charges, (
therefore, more vitally concern tue
welfare and prosperity of all ..classes
than dd the-servlce' and rates or the
express companies. .
Continuing, the petitioners say: "We
believe - y6ur investigation ' of tele-
grapn companies win aisciose tne iact
that the people are now, and lor a
kng time, have been, deliberately" de
prived of the advantages, benefits and
economies' of low : uniform service
rates by systematized violations of the
laws designed for their protection and
betterment. That exorbitant rates
for unimproved-'service have been
maintained" either ; by actual combi
nation or by "gentlemen's agree
ments" and that strenu6us efforts have
been employed to prevent , the intro
duction -of cheap tolls, whether by
competition or legislative measures
seems, obvious -to your petitioners, v
"Your attention is invited to tne ap-
n&rent. nurnoKe of the American Tel
egraph and Telephone Comp1 any to mo
nopolize all facilities for wire com
munication to the destruction of com
petition and the possibility of low
charges for. the use : of wire ' service.
The rapidity with which formerly in
dependent i telephone companies are
being absorbed and the efforts to in
duce those , still "lert to -enter into
agreements for the' maintenance of
extortionate rates seem to us to admit
of no other interpretation than that of
combination for : the "'restraint bf
trade directed ; against independent
and competing companies.
' "If - telegraphic service at the rate
of one.-: cent .or: less per word for any
distance is , a possibility of the mod
ern telegraphic art, the public is en
titled to that sort of service." ,- ' (
. The petitioners declare their belief
that "carefully deliberated efforts are
being made by the telegraphic trust
tc prevent ' the progress of - inde
pendent enterprises." .
TRYING TO PREVENT LYNCHING.
Heavily. Armed Posse Accompanying
, Nearo Charged With Shooting.
Tampa. Fla., Nov. 11. Somewhere
between here and Dade -City, a heavily
armed posse in automobile is bringing
Lee Armstead, a negro, charged with
shooting yesterday two . officers at
Plant City, to Tampa. The officers are
taking a circuitous route trying to out
wit the mobs .which are bent on-lynch-
jug lue yiiowuci. v ;: , . .
VAGRANT POPULATION.
PESIEO Oil BEIiraEMIT
'' '" . ; ' :ri-&l;
Sensation at Whiteville Following Vln
i dication of Edgar Thompsorr of
, VVIfe Poisoning Stoniach ' i -Analyzed
by"r Chsmltt ; .
(Special Star Telegram.)
Whiteville. N . C . , Nov . 11 .There
is a sensation here over the arrest this
afternoon of Edgar Thompson, ..for
poisoning his wife, upon a bench war
rant from Judge Carter upon jthe ad
vice of Solicitor Sinclair., The stom
ach was sent. by the ..wife's relatives
Thursday to the State 'chemist but no
analysis has beek received hereT. The
prisoner was carried to . LnmbertOTi
today to -appear, beior SJiej" 53?T! J n
arrest ' catne as a.. svpmeT7 Thoaap
son made no protest. when arrested.
He had "crepe on his bat. Notnlng def
inite as to the case Is. known here. '
' It will be recalled that 1 at the be
hest of the relatives of Thompson's
wife a week or ten days ago, the body
of the woman was exhumed and a post
mortem examination made for poison
by three leading p hysicians of Colum
ibus, who submitted a -report to cor
oner's jury, which had been empanell
ed, to the effect, that no traces . of
poison were found as charged and
that her death resulted from natural
causes. It appears that the relatives
of the wife were . not satisfied with
this disposition of the case and for
warded the stomach to . the State
chemist for analysis, at their own ex
pense, the county commissioners-having
declined to do so at the public ex
pense, after the report of. the physic
ians who did the autopsy or post mor
tem. (By Long Distance Telephone)
Lumberton, N. C, Nov. 11. Solici
tor Sinclair having left on the evening
train for his home at Fayettevllle, lit
tie could be learned here tonight in re
gard to the bench warrant issued for
Mr. Edgar Thompson, of Whiteville,
N. C. Judge Carter was Interviewed,
but merely stated that the warrant
was issued on Tuesday by the solici
tor upon representations of a gentle
man who passed through town on his
way to Raleigh with the stomach of
the dead woman for analysis. So far
as is known no report of the analysis
has been received and it is believed
that the beach warrant was Issued for
the arrest of Mr. Thompson; pending
the report of the chemist.
OUTLINES.
Princeton defeated Dartmouth. Yale
closed the door on the heels of Brown,
Bucknell suffered the. same defeat
from the Army, Carolina defeated
South Carolina and the North Carolina
A. & M. defeated Washington & Lee
in some of the principal football games
of yesterday. Pressure is being
brought to bear on the Interstate Com
merce Commission for a thorough in
vestigation of the so-called telegraph
and telephone trust with respect to the
rates charged; Virginia, I1L, was
struck by a cyclone yesterday, great
navoc having been wrought; a similar-
cyclone passed over Rock ' county,
Wisconsin, also. yesterday, nine being
dead and nlany injured with large
property loss as a result. One man
was killed and 14 injured at, Winston
Salem last night when a Street car got
beyond control and ran dpwn a 1 steep
incline President Taft has conclud
ed his second long swing around, the
circle and will arrive in .Washington
today; he delivered 350 Speeches on
the trip and will test a day or two be
fore Commencing his third annual mes
sage to Congress Mrs. . Alexander
B. White, of, Tennessee, was yesterday
elected President-General of the U.
D. C, in session'- at Richmond; the
other officers were also elected, the
session continuine until last mldnieht.
According to official foreign tele
grams the Chinese provinces may be
divided, : some becoming republicans,
Manchuria remaining Tnonarchial and
other provinces to make 'their own
choice
. The 'Polvogt Company invite you to
see the latest arrivals in ladies', coat
suits, coats, dresses and furs. - ,. :
PRESIDENT GENERAL ELECTED
Mrs. Alexander B White, of Tennes
p see, Net President General of .
Confederacy-Other '
. Officer
Richmond, Va., Nov. 11. On , the
second . ballot In a contest marked by
the greatest display of spirit and ex
citement,' Mrs . Alexander B . White,
of . Tennessee, was today elected Pres
ident General of . the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. Mrs. White
defeated Mrs. Livingstone Rose
Schuyler, of New York, after Mrs.
James B . Gantt, of ' Missouri had
withdrawn from the race. " .
; Except for "this action.cn. the part
bt:Mrs'; Gantt; the-votins might1 A re
continued -indefinitely, - for the lines
were sharply drawn and friends of the
various candidates were' .determined
tc stick. It required 935 votes to
elect. On the first ballot Mrs. White
received 808, Mrs. ScTiuyler 602, and
Mrs. Gantt 459. Just as the .conven
tion was ready to proceed with the
second ballot Mrs. Gantt arose and in
an appropriate speech, of thanks re
quested that her name be -withdrawn.
The second ballot resulted:.
Mrs. White, 1,077, Mrs. Schuyler,
742. '
The vote was by States and was cast
by the State chairman. The returns
as announced by the secretary pro
voked tremendous applause from- -various
factions and the cheering and
excitement became so intense that the
chair was forced to issue an order
forbidding any demonstration. While
Mrs. Schuyler was especially popular
in the convention opposition to her
election was based largely upon uie
fact that she resided in New York
and not in one of the original Con
federate States.. But immediately on
the announcement of the final vote
and in the midst of a demonstration
which was remarkable for a gathering
of women, Mrs. Schuyler got the at
tentlon of the presiding officer attd
-Red permission -to escort the new
President General to the platform.
Standing by her side and facing we
big audiencel the defeated candidate
made a speech which was so timely
and icourteous that the convention
again broke forth into a storm of ap
plause. .. .. ?'
Election of minor officera was less
exciting, the result being as follows:
Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer, Maryland,
first Vice president general; Mrs
Drewry C. Ludlow, of Washington,
second vice president general: Mrs
J. J. , McAlister, of Oklahoma, third
vine president eeneral: Mrs. Roy
Weaks McKenney, Kentucky, recofd
ine secretary general; Mrs. Kate
Childress Schanel, Louisiana,, corres
ponding secretary general; Mrs. C.
B. Tate. .Virginia, treasurer general;
Mrs. James B. Gantt, Missouri, regis
trar general: Miss Mildred Ruther
ford. Georgia, historian general; Mrs.
L. H. Raines. Georgia, custodian of
crosses of honor; Mrs. Frank Anthony
Walke, Virginia custodian,; flags and
pennants. - : -".
. While many questions were discuss
ed and many reports, submitted, the
convention proceedings today related
mainly t6 routine matters. ! , ;
... : TOLLED THE BELLS.
Lorimer"8 Election Made Funereal Oc
casion in Illinois Town.
Chicago, Nov. 1L How the bells of
a church at Rockford, 111- were made
to toll 46 times to indicate the num
ber of votes cast in, favor of Senator
William Lorimer's retaining his seat
in the United States, Senate,- and how
badges of black were distributed' to
those present ana tne meeting reierr
ed to as "Lorlmers funeral" was re
lated before the Senatorial investlgat-ins-
committee today, by Fred E. Ster
ling, editor of a newspaper at Rock-ford.-'
' "-'::': -''", v
Senator Cullom, the . witness said,
also was. criticised because of his sup
port of Lorlmer. ; .: : -:.r : .
ftii knA see the new suits and coats
for ladies at Polvogt's. Prices l and
styles are right.' . : :;..-.V ';y't ?
Seyexi Deaths Several Dy-
ipg and a Score of; Injured;
are Known.',y.r - r'
LOSS OR- MUCH - PROPERTY
Southern Wisconsin, Eastern. Iowa, .
Hnois and Missouri In Wake of .
Storm-Snow and Sieet .' ,
- - Accompanies. .
4 Chicago, Nov-, ll.-Reports received
tonight by the Associated Press, indi
cate ; he cyclonic storms coming be
tween the abnormally warm period
an4 the . following cold wave, : have
caused death and widespread destruc
tion in southern - Wisconsin, eastern
Iowa and . Ui? Illinois today.
Seven ; deaths, several dying and a
score of Injured are known to be ly
ing In the wake of ' thestorms, and
suffering because of bitter cold and
sleet,' and snow already Is being re
ported. ..: ';.." ... .
-1 Southern Wisconsin was hardest hit
according to early reports. Near Ord
ville five persons were killed and an
other is not expected to live. .
In the, village of Virginia, 111., sev
eral were found seriously, perhaps fa
tally injured, and fifty others slightly
Injured. ,
In Iowa a 50-degree drop in tempera
ture, accompanied 1)y a driving storm
of snow and.sket stopped traffic for
many, hours, r -
. An electrical disturbance which ush
ered in. the storm here, destroyed sev
eral feed wires in the city's electrical
system and two men were injwed.
Property loss mounted up 'rapidly in
the path of the Cyclonic blizzard. Near
ly every public ' building . in Virginia,
I1U was demolished, farmers' homes
were Jrtped out In Wisconsin, and the
damage was Increased by the heavy
downpour of rain, sleet and snow. ,
r Later reports indicated that the dead
In Rock county, 'Wis., alone would
reach a jdoxen. 'Two deaths" at. Milton
were reported; to -tho train dispatoh-
iers-oface of the Chiccv Mllwtmkee ft
bi. f aut Jttaiuoaa, out tne wires , were
brown down before Jthe report could
be verifted. Severe weather condi
tions are reported all the way from
the Rocky (Mountains. In Chicago the
wind blew 44 miles an hour and in
Yellowstone Park and at Helena the
thermometer registered 'eight degrees
below zero.
Three Killed t Virginia, III.
Springfield,' 111., Nov. 11. It is re
ported that late this afternoon a cy
clone struck Virginia, 111., and 'great
havoc was wrought Three are re
ported to have been killed when the
Methodist church, where many per
sons took refuge, was demolished.
The principal buildings In the busi
ness district of Virginia were demol
ished by the cyclone and the injured
number 50. Among the buildings re
ported demolished are the opera house,
city hall, two hotels, the Catholic
church and the Methodist church.
Tornado at Rossville, III.'
Danville, 111., Nov. 11. A storm ac
companied by much lightning . that
swept over Vermilion county this ev
ening developed 1 into a tornado at
Rossville, , where much " damage was
done. : At the Elgin,' Joliet & Eastern
Railroad round house, several Bmall
buildings were blown down and the
coal - chutes were blown across the
track.- '. -
At Springfield, Mo.
Springfield, Mo, Nov. 11. A torna
do swept over Springfield late today
wrecking a number of residences and
injuring a score pf persons. ' Earl
Prescott was fatally hurt In the col
lapse of a barn. t, 1
Wisconsin Loss.
Janesville, Wis., Nov. 1L At least
seven lives" were lost and scores of
persons injured, some fatally, in a tor
nado which swept this State tonight.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars' of
damage was done.'
Tonight dozens of families sought
shelter In small structures out of the
path of the storm. Others found
themselves without a roof and because
the flooded roads' made travel Impos
sible, were forced to pass the night
In the open fields.. ,
'Measures for the relief of Orford
ville, Hanover, Milton Junction and
Milton have teen instituted by. Janes
ville and Juliet, but much - suffering
necessarily must' ensue. . " .
. A cold wave followed the storm and
sleet and snow added to the misery.
. At . Orfofdville . Mrs. John Clowder,
80 years old, was killed, as .were also
a father and two daughters of a family
whose surname is Smith, and a Mrs.
Broede. At Milton one person, as yet
unidentified, is reported dead. Amy
Korban. eight years old, was killed
when her home Just north of Janes
ville, was demolished. '
Footville, Magnolia, Pewaukee and
other villages also are ? reported j to
have suffered severely. .
- At Davenport, Iowa. '
; Davenport, Ja., . Nov. 11. A- cyclone
struck west, of Davenport this after
noon, causing great property loss. No
one was reported seriously injured..
. Chicago. Nov. 11. Suspicion was
lifted from Undertaker C. C. Boysen
and Dr. L. L. Hertell today by Coroner
Hoffman when he examined them as to
their knowledge of the deaths of ten
persons who - have died beneath' the
roof of Mrs. Louise Vermllya, mow ill
and under, arrest charged - with the
murder of Policeman, Arthur Blsson-
ette. . , - v ;' , . .,
Result ; Recorded ' of
the
Fight Between the Va
' rious Elevens
A. a M. IS VICTORIOUS
Princeton Defeats . Dartmouth Yale-
. A VVInneifrom Brown Rstulta -s;
From ! Many. Gridirons Sat- v r ,'
, Urday--On rtam'page-
Princeton, Nov. 11, Luck sure and.
simple decreed that Princeton should
beat .'Dartmouth In' football this af
ternoon and so the official" score will!. '
to jflown In lstory as a 3 to 0 vic
tory for the Orange and Black. ;
The play that won the game will
long be. remembered as one-of the
freaks of football and will give the
rules committee 1 something to work
on this Winter, for Princeton's points
were scored by a freakt drop kick from ,
De Witt's toe on the 47-yard llne The
ball did fiot rise more than ten feet
at the start and after bounding twlce
along the line took a freakish bounce
In front of the goal post and cleared x'
the cross bar. Referee Langford de-
creed that a field goal had been made,
:r Aside from this piece of luck the"
two teams were evenly matched.' ! The''
visitors gained more first downs .by
rushing than Princeton and had-It not ? T
been for several long dashes by Pen- ;
dleton, Baker and Sawyer, the Or- ,
ange and Black would have been on -the
defensive. most of the time. t' '
Harvard Defeated ' x-
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11. The .
Carlisle ' Indians continued their ram- -page
among the college football elev-:i '
ens of the East today, defeating Har- v
vard by the score of W to 15. '.The J j
Red Skins quiver was full of arrows ;
which found their mark. ' Principal ; -among
these was the doughty rights. ;
toe of - Thorpe, the Indian's left halt 1 "
back, who scored 12 out 'of Carlisle's, ,.
points on goals from placements..
Three of these goals were revelations .;
to' the great' crowd, two being. from,. .;
; 48-yard" ;mfc':-riu3rrv&'tf i
tivnt rf .tuA. TnVHttTi HJBJilnfi- ttiV-, V ' i' i I
bearing the brunt of the battte until he -
v, as knocked- out in the last - period; -
Harvard played a second team for the .
first three -periods. - The regulars
went In tyr the final period but could
not prevent -J Thorpe ; from scoring
through kicks. 1 ' ;
Reynolds ran fifty yards for Har
vard's first touchdown In the second .
period. - ' ' . - '
Pennsylvania-Prevents Fourth- Defeat
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muaaeipnia, inov, ii. rennayi-
vanla, after three straight defeats;
displayed some" of her, old-time form
today and defeated LaFayette College
t the score of 23 to 6. While the Red
and Blue team showed almost a com
plete reversal of form, it -was not so
much her powerful attack) that helped
tc roll up the 23 points as it was some
of LaFayette's erratic playing.
Mucn of the success of Pennsyl
vania's play was due to the fine work '
of Captain -Mercer,, who,, repeatedly
smashed , through LaFayette's line for
large gains and was almost Irresist
ible In running the ball around the
ends. ' . "''"."" "
Cornell Wins Over Michigan .
Ithaca. N. Y., Nov. 11. Stralgnt
football was knocked to the four winds
today, in' the greatest lnter-sectlonal
game of the year between Cornell and
Michigan, the Eastern college winning
out 6 to 0. The game furnished the
finest exhibition of bunting ever seen
here. Forward passes did not work
at all. Michigan tried four but lost
cn every trial. . The punting of Butler
and O'Connor, for, Cornell, gained
about ten yards on every exchange
with Michigan and It was probably ,
to that form of play that. the victory V
was made. 1 . - :
Georgia Techs Surprise Enthusiasts
Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 11. Tne ueorgia
Tech football eleven surprised local
enthusiasts today when they triumph
ed over the University: of theSouth
team of Sewanee by a score of 23 to
0 The Tennessee squad was clearly
outclassed from the .outset and the,
long punts of Glllum, Sewanee s end,
alone kept the score from being great
ex . - . " - -;' , ,
- Vanderbllt Game'. .
Nashville, Tenn., Nov.-11 k Vander
bllt won a strenuous game, from Ken
tucky State here this afternoon by the
score of 18 to 0. , Although -Vander-bllt's
goal was never In danger, it was
with the utmost difficulty that the lo-N
cals were, able to do; their scoring.
The Kentucky boys had a powerful de
fense and time and again- held the -Commodores
for down near, the goal
lines. The grounds were exceedingly1
slippery. Vanderbilt's first touch
dewn came In six minutes after play
and -started on a forward pass from
Robins to E. Brown, who ran 20 yards
for a touchdown. In the third period,
Vanderbllt rushed the ball to Ken
tucky's seven-yard line from- which
Ray Morrison skirted the end - for
Vanderbilt's second touchdown. Zack
Curtain, . the man who made Vander
bilt's first throw points at Michigan
by a drop kick, kicked two field goals
out of two attempts.
? ' The A.' AM: Garrie -Raleigh,
N. O., Novell. In one of .
the most hotly contested games of -football
, ever seen on an A . - & ' M . ,
gridiron, and one whose result has a s
dlrect bearing on the South Atlantic
championship, was won today by the
Tar Heel Techs from the heavy,-fast r
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