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" i. - i - ' t Ki '-' SK- 1 , . ... . ' - THE WEATHER SOME PEOPLE ABE SO HEJLPESa. ' They want to" Tny or sell or exdmns: they .want positions or wan employes, or Ihl a thaf aml ' amI W inral showers Saturday; Sunday Lv ,. fair- moderate south winds. pro -know how to so. about it. rt Star Bust-. iMsss vocals wow ior yoni a ney are prac tically, nnfailins; .of results. vol. xcn-KQ. !.32. : WIIJMINQTON9 N. C.9 SATlfBt)AY MOKNIKG, ATJGrtrST 23, 1913 , WHOLE IUMBSB 13,410. . - - - v . " , . - ' - . -s5 - . ' " ; : , - - ' .'V, ....,.v.,..v,.i $; , ..... . .. . . THAWS Cfi. THRE A TEN Says He Is "Up Against St and Wants Aid from Thaw Family May Tell What He Knows of the Escape from Matteawan THOMPSON ADMITS IDEIITITY William Travers Jerome Appointed to Assist in Case Against Thaw -Detectives Trailing Wen Who Aided in Escape. ' ; cherbrooke. Que., Aug. 22. "GenUe- man Roger" Thompson, the New York h,iiffpur held under the Dominion .,m!o.ratinn laws as having aidedl Harry K. Thaw, legally a lunatic, ;lo cross the Canadian frontier, announc ed from his cell tonight that-he was "UP EgaiDSL 1L auu " family didn't come to his rescue he would perhaps in justice to himself hp forced to tell all he knows about Thaw's escape from Matteawan, and thus complicate the proceedings unaer which Thaw's lawyers hope tot obtain his release on a writ of habeas corpus next Wednesday. j Tonight Thompson removed Che mntei pvg classes he has worn since his arrest and openly admitted that the name "Mitchel Tnompson" ne naa orirpTl the authorities was fictitious and that in reality he is Roger Thomp son, car salesman ana aare-aevii chauffeur, who drove . the . black . ma chine which whisked Stanford White's slayer away from Matteawan. Admits Real Identity. "Sure, I'm Roger Thompson," he said. "I need money, and help now and it is up to the Thaws. I was framed up in getting in this case and they ought to stand by me now. i havea't a cent and if they admitted ice to bail I couldn't, raise' the -money. . Pmn if f rvnM - f -wruitTt '"hp -n.mp.stpd if 1 trossed- the tiew "YorBrStatmte Ifs roueh stuff: The other-four "fel lows mixed up in the garne maxie their getaway. But I stuck to Thaw to Uie finish and I'm the gOat- - That's pretty hard." . - -- , ' - . - "What about the' details of the, es cape?'' he was asked. .' . : : "Don't ask me" said Thompson, "I can't talk about that now." - -. Thaw in. a cell, above "Gentleman Roger" refused even to admit he had even seen him. "Oh, that man I " he exclaimed. "You know" I can't talk about him." Counsel had "been employed for Thompson by the Thaw family, and it was through their efforts that his arraignment today as a violator of the immigration laws was postponed un til Friday next His lawyer-is Louis St Laurent, of Quebec. It was ad mitted by the chauffeur that : the "Thnwe" hurt Mtolnnil Q- T niLimf and that they expected him (Thomp son) to keep his "trap shut." He add ed grimly that he thought they ought to do more than give him a lawyer. "All they want." he said, "is to keep my case separate from Thaw's I wish I hadn't mixed up in it." Thaw had a quarrel with his many attorneys today. They had warned mm to issue no statements, but he in sisted on talking about what he de scribed as omission on the part of newspapers in Canada and the United states in not printing in full a recent statement of his lawyers quoting Wil liam Travers Jerome as saying Thaw was sane. D'.'s omission has outraged the Kntish idea of fair play," said Thaw, iney believe in a square deal," he ndgeted as he spoke, bit his nails to the quick, and rumpled up a pile of letters and telegrams on the pine ta me m his cell. On the window-sill stood a bouquet of wild flowers sent mm by an anonymous woman sympa thizer. Over the pine table sprawler i?1?1118 of a meal served by a lo cal hotel. Thaw's appetite apparently nF?? u0r only blts of food remained, w I.na)ren't had a thing to drink Dut water " ha tmii n,-iue?'a8lled walls encompass pm2. A?x iron cot stands in the cell iron srinkHe makea nIs toilet at an t aForce, the jailer, said tonight Tw X observation indicated that he m -K 8Pells"- . "He is queer," e said but he has behaved fine." Believes Prisoner Sane, who hoseph N,oeI' the ia11 Physician, thk nte5 examined Thaw daily, said sane Tetrnoon that he regarded him as watrhinlW said the doctor had been quest nf ?uhSLX acttns at the re--authoritfes Domini'n immigration toThpmhef he ,?ubmitted his findings Durinl h0mal y ne declined to say. as rf m LVlaJylng Pds today Thaw which 11inded of the Predicament to had DiaJiS xfscap!, irom Matteawjin RateS d Howard Barnum, the old gatekeeper past whom he fled to free- dum,10.0 bad," said Thaw. "Bar i was ; S5n Anow, a thin about what cireKtl to do-T He was a victim the chs0tance,s- He is innocent and. havebeef mS?.81 him should "ishto wnf-K6,'1 instructions to ev it v KUaj5 VanAmee, his attor mYn anvbrgh.' N' Y- to assist Bar expense urt Procedure at Thaw's hereeVfoTLf tate oncers waiting cnm ind haiw 8 release on habeal nation ?1JhSe,WeJ then fcy immi that they wIUies- admitted tonight wuid by at sea as to where he "Jt dolsn'tP 111 eveilt said Prankiin mke 15uch difference," ne? SmerliT17' deputy atto'r hav arranLrt om ew OT- ' "We '"either ve-mn? halrten extraditibn We' get hfi? K or Nt!w Hampshire. (Con 8Ure- It doesn't , mat- wTO "PEACH" it mi ; - . v it y J pins in Minority Fight I v v iTJi SEftATOR wt: I ULLLMLt w r,JH'5r vjUMiiA ... t I SOCIATtQy OPPOSED TO FREE RAW WOOL sn Rniihiiane stuhKmiv Fioht Democratic Proposed Reductions - in Woolen Manufactures of Tariff Bill. ' Washington, Aug;'22. Stubborn op- nnoitinn tn froa raw wnnl ..nftdthft radical reductions in woolen "manufac- 1 J lures proposea m ue.iiemwniuc w' cc-operating with him in securing the actintr for the Tariff Commission As iff biU was conducted by Republicans Lest meae that political exigencies IJlISrJ of the Senate all day today, and will hfl ,p,nmw1 tYTYiorrnw . " iw.i nr: r -,TT a Pcnro - nf 'plnnsvivania addressed ou, ,, V,UUT: : . - ... - I the Senate Tor six nours, tne former characterizine the DroDosed bill as tariff for-politics only instead of for revenue only," and the latter assert- ing that the woolen schedule as pre- management of the reserve banks." lEai ine national Association 01 man- this effect reached . of ficial Washing tmred bv-the majority was "distinctly Mr. Jteynojfds was vigorously sap ufacturers sought to' elect or defeat tonr tonight along with the informa- against America and for Europe." In the midst of the day's discus- sion Senator LaFollette, of Wiscon- sin. introduced the third minority sub- stitute .for the woolen schedule, the others having been proposed by Sena- everything Mr. Reynolds had said. ed to explain' a letter from" Mulhall cussion, withdrawing its contentions torn - Penrose and Smoot. The wide . Other-speakers urged the adoption saying Miles expected him to control as expressed in the . Huerta note r re divergence of minority views pnthe of the same policy in discussing the Speaker Cannon. - plying: to the proposals communicated subject of-wool demonstrated in this measure, ' "The only explanation I can give nv Mr Lind President Wilson wm In triumvirate of measures, .was pleasing james B..Forgan, of Chicago, open- ia that the .exaggerated ego" said he W'W President vyiison ,wiu,n to Democratic .leaders, who confident- d the discussion by introducing a set "Mulhall rould not lift the caDitol or all probability not read his message to lyasserted that they did not need to taiK-'Decause wenave; iu votes. rw At w;ot, Chairman Simmons, of tbe rmance Hi j .V .om. wxuujuvv, Til .,Ti bers'tp get.a vote ?n thewoolen scneauie Dy lonrarrow msui, we ,o ha TT-ftlnTurod until TlPYt Wfiftk ' l o- V. 77 , ' fi-, u.:rrnvniiv snWted i. 'r. "V i;""T"' w,v; n h u mviv.aLp c "uu0 " w S insisted unon' free raw wool. Means, comiiiitLee ueiuie .txcaixxv Th n T o Pnl Tpt t a mpasurp also nrODOSed I 7?.? fH TOvided valorem instead and would prpviaeaa valorem insteiu of specific rates Ibrougnout, contrary i Qotnra Rnnf ' nnfl SxJi S' - ' ' "irom the British standpoint " said m-..SS" "Sf til :SemociffiS wonlPn schedule "this bill is almost woolen scneauie, imsuiu is ? Isanv rites oFduty pmfavorable to British inter- h than the New York importers LipnHni- fhPforeien manufactur- ftslr for - - . UPnccordnce with xr-7 mainHtv of the : Americas' people for protection, while making considerable reductions r"ilc iuT.J5-M.i. "tviooq r I rear and Substantial reductions," he said ""but it is beUeved that the rates ' , ,ni v.nlrlni onil f fmm ooiHrkus . in. I Wnni IHHilUl jlliMilUb A A Will lury " - -; ' 1 - : Senator7 warren m x ltjitgLii ojucuj-i sisT of the v wool situation, declared . t . . L . i. - v w n that under the proposed law, immense JzZ-niA Ko int. to the producers of wool without benefit to the consum- . -.'f ,. i-s.--; ..v.,.-... ---.r- v . is'-j-nw ir w.naH- nf Rhnde Island. criticised the action of the Finance ..i. M4itv in rpdnninff the HonspT rate- of 15 per' cent, on comb -Z.r ,.'Mo tn fivp ner cent., a I WUOl. UJ VJr ISOrr Z 1,JT. .-ItTTu - -II- I rale which' 'Republican - leaaers saiu i todar they have reason to believe JXEni rt! "jKin--. irhed conference. I The Rhode" Island- Senator asserted that the domestic cost of converting raw wool' into comoeavtops was J-lcaJ 1 coiuwiueao ui uwuue.up ovucseniea to vngress Detore ruesaay. i oecausje uo-pj' um uwu j.va uwu4ue v twire as much as the foreign cost, fdule.;- commended many features. Dispatches announce that Huerta may for weeks. " ; : "Vnni7 nK frA -wool! " said. Senlof tie.biiii. butdid not hesitate to in- reconsider th rfiiection-ofthe Ame.r- It was apparent tonight that iWasfc- A01A.UU1...H- i nnn. 41,51,1, Z --- ------ . I ator Ijinnett, A five per cenu uuy pvaie ... mat ; . wcio ,wca nmwu ucan proposals-ror- peace in-jwexico.fe o ntops It is worse it is a bounty as Jin' his opihion, needed revision. . l New York markets: Money on calt far as forelen wool tops are concern- i . me ayure -iw . iuujr BYeiup ' m? I sieaay, .zaZ' l-z, ruling rate z lr4, eiosl less vlt- comes, tne niewui-i.;.jM-u-ed ' - " v - . ' ' " jceriwaj. bank. Idea, whiich; he said; was ling bid 2a21-4. Flour steady "Wheat relalmed to the world through ' the nf- ii-oi' Vt .Tiarp, of the .wool i recognized , in. prlneiple -. in Its conse- easv. TnrnpntinA .harelv ; .tpnrt. iPrpsidpnt's nfessasre showing the ef- RVpdutp - failed 'in aneffort to get anfquent effect' m Its toany rprovrsionsi Rosin quiet.;" Spot cotton '.quiet; mid-lfcrts-oin .'-the American Governnient - to aCTeementr-vote-on -the wooljof thebili-was the criticism: of e jdlingr schedule tomorrow -morning.,' B E Attitude Toward Owen-Glass r Bill Now Concil- latory IMPORTANT CHANGES PROPOSED Bankers in Conference at Chicago Ad vocate Plan to Support President Wilson's Views in Mon- " etary Legislation. Chicago, Aug. 22. -A "spirit of con- ciliation and: compromise toward the Owen-Glass Currency bill as it is be- Iieved . it ;will be amended, was mani - festesd'ata conference of leading bank - ers from-all parts of the country held G here tpday Before the conference ad- retary Bryan .and defeated: the pro journs tomorrow it is expected that posed "Jnsurgent" amen4ments that resolutions recommending several, im- would have prohibited . interlocking di portaht changes in the Currency bill; rectorates" in -National" or; State : banks now- Spending- in Congress, will be adopted, and that the bankers will use their influence to assist President Wilson in obtaining currency legis- The change in the attitude of the bankers developed after George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental and Commercial bank, had addressed the meeting and told of an Important! conierence ne neia m rMew iorK yes- ury mcAUOO, at wmcu auieuumtjuis toirhiafiv at. tnistR.f and nft urerAri-Ifvm- hub currency ioui aesirea Dy me 'oanK-1 X 1 -. - J - .1 .1 1 ers were discussed and assurances given mat tne aamimsirauon was wit- ling . to remedy every reasonable ob jection to the measure. Mr. Reynolds was summoned to New York to confer with Secretary Mci- Adoo last Wednesday, to discuss the attitude ox tne bankers toward the proposed legislation. Mr. Reynolds outlined the bankers' principal obiec- the conference" today, Mr. Reynolds "If we act wisely. I believe we will be able to obtain material modifica tions in-the Owen-Glass-Currency bill, now pending . in Congress. ; " we-prooAbiy will jQot. oe aoie to ges lVrvthinEr "WA Want' hilt T 'hplipvn PfPB. dent Wilson can put through some kind of a currency bill, and I favor will permit. "I believe we can get the number of Federal reserve banks reduced from fo'L iS -1? ioiiqI 3ow fhf 12 to 6 or 6; that we wan , have changes . . . . . . I icnairman or tne- eaerai reserve Doarai rwnllh will remove it from politics, me "f ers clothed wltttt pawer 0f -veto In connection with the tude of the bankers toward the new cur?ecy Mil aJenUy had changed fromopposition towillingnessto.com- Promi . . . . . n, a policy- of conciliation 0f resolutions, pointing out what he considered detects m tne Dm, ana aa- v lslttS tnat onSres MKea not xo nasu ativ nTrnov legislation at the ' -. " . 1 , . , . . 7 - I f cdcu i, oraowu, ui o,v,wuu a new bill had been drafted by a com- imission 'omnosed or reDresentauvesnvf.ioo. woo ocooiiino- rnnnn ... - - i o x i 1, HJL uic uuiciuuicuu uauncis a.u i ter ::T5I5J e 9f1"e.e. UI1 .suiuhoub. ue mittee wui .Buomit its report to tne rZ o m,tt tomorrow. . Tbe following 1 : v mxUUV. poitttea '.. : L, Kepref entin& e rrencycommis- inn n Amprioan Bankinsr Association : v - - " Hetiburn. NewYork: James uw w'V"?". ,vuu x....., " I geles; Sol Wexler, New ordieans. Rpresetitinr tne siaxe anmg as- fP1 - '" - : - m11! C?Bnefti5S?l; jNatnan. Aaams, iexas; vxeorge noi- derness. North Carolina; H. A. Moeh- S, Hawes, Mis- sJi:..' 1-Pmber ' xveyeuLius , iie . Associations : R. F. Maddox, Atlanta; issroaaara Jones, ixs Angeies; g..u. Kansas City ;,GraamrGLacey, St, Jo- sepn, .mo.::.j, w. oote, or nataes-i . jhurg, Mies., ' introduced a resolution ukmus ameuum r1"6 1 banks to continue charging exebange I fees ;on checks-which was referred - w Anorew u ,y wie, w w aisxia,. WIS., exoressed the 'ODiniOn .tuat tne I new Currency bill did not provide fori . , . , . , - iw"? uippwtAuvu vi tuc 6uiu ovauuiu, , , , " infold or other lawful money. . . o r i u i riuuiiirv in mm w i'-b ii' i 1 i . x uuime . w uuuiu wumuw;u um too piece -by piece or section by tion ihl a spirits of helpful co-operation, auu-sw uiwo vjtuuui aiu mc 6"veiu-i lment; - to accomplish wise, and whole - some . legislation, and tnat will place lour Industries and our people on a par I with ; other -great - commercial nations. Tms Pieoge or co-operauon Dy a. i arw . ixiumu, m - ccvu ohairman;was an evidence of the at tieir - conslderation of the pending cur- rency measure. Mr, Hep ourn. gave "high praise" to the administration for J greatest emphasis. BRYAN ENDORSES Supporter of Administration Measure Score Import ant Victory PROPOSED CHANGES DEFEATED Amendments Offered by "Insurgents' in Democratic Caucus Over-Ruled Bryan, Urges Majority Mem , bers to Stand by Wilson. Washington, Aug. 22. -Suppolrters of J the Administration Currency ; bill scored an important victory in the 1 House Democratic caucus todayj when 1 they brought; to. their aid qualified en- dorsement of the measure from See- j incorporated - under the proposed new I la w: Secretary Brvan. in . a - letter ad- Li-Me,j ni, n.i,.0 nf currency tjommnxee, ayprovea ine t bill as it stands, declaring .President jWiisonhad -recognized fundamental Irfghfs of Docular control in its nro- visions. TTa asserted that the nlank of the Democratic platform against I " . N ; O ocrats to "stand by tbe - President and not to load down the currency tm with any amendments which (Continued on Page Eight) SAYS HE HIRED COIISRESSMAII Miles Tells Senate Inves- j ti gators How. Formerllepresen- tative Watson Was Employed to Work for Tariff Board. Washington, Aug. 22 Herbert E:; Miles of Racine. .Wis testified to the Senate Lobby Committee today that, r sentative James E. Watson, at a sal- a ry of $250, a week, to work for a tar- iff board bilI in Concress in if f board bill in Congress in 1909. He nnrinTvarl Martin TVT MiiIhnlrR rpst.t- mony that Mulhall advanced the first !T.r f. " . t. !. , . oc T T a T' , Miles declared he wouW not have permitted Mulhall to advance the money bad be known tne : National control the Speaker." " Miles chareed Mulhall with stealine a letter he had written in. 1909, say- in Cnso, nnmi . mu... .aa-ainai-ra upcaiw;! vommu noo- nSomoi, ' I rarir ooara. ne saia muinaii nsea the letter to make if appear that " " " " , T ; . Menrv .Jji. UaVlS-.ja VV aSIUIlELOn attor- I capacity of a lawyer pre- senting tne case or tne oroKers to congressmen and former President I Taf f . it:.J",V,,. ,x.s. ivistrun m., muiuaii, iuriuer,iouu'yiL United Sates will continue to insist of the National Association .of Manuunon the .resignation of Provisional facturers, followed Attorney Davis on th oon tho. Hnnso nmmit. i,, prrV lui s. - I At one point he swore that he used the "secert room" m the Capitol in khe Summer of-1911 . to help former representative oundrey or ..Missouri, Renresentative Stafford sUecested that Mr. Coudrey had ceased; to be a of the House .several months Deiore inat-time. - . - . . O U TX I NES - Senate Republicans are stubbornly wgnttog' free irawwool and, reductions nmnnuH w nanwvnta in tiio tariff ibill. - . ; ' Herbert E. Miles testified before the Canafn. Imrn.a4-fn.n4.nm, Vat fnm r. Tsn. i - ccnnQj watenn wai cmninToH rn 1 wvum(.& f W . TTCIrVUVM " mm vuiyiuj - w-U. 1 a salary to worK - ior a larut DGara m vnjngreHs in u. . . 5 Supporters of t the Administration . i . - j 4 nnn r,- currency Dill in tne nouse scored an eec-limDOrtant viotorvwhen thrmrieflanm was endorsed by. Secretary Bryan.-; Williams Travers J erome nas been innnnintoH "a sanoini dnnntv ottnm&ir general , to represent the State , in nrrvpurinir tit a, ratnm- nf Horrv w- Thaw to New York jurisdiction, a . ' TianTrpra in epssinn at. ch?onp-n hnvp , " '"I aaopted a conciliatory attitude toward I the Owen-Glass Currency, bill, -but the measure. . - President Wllson'3'-message ' on'-.the Mexican situation will not be pre- steady;. J 200 -bales. '.I ' . . - .V-.'.- '' !- ' ' .... An Interesting Mexican Fortification. I CHAPULTEPC CASTLEtMXCO CITY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD . , Chapultepec is a fortress two located'on a rock formation 150 feet m i8a Dy tne Spaniards, it was tne scene or the decisive battle in the ..Mexican war. The fall of Chapultepec at that time opened the causeway to thecapital of the republic and compelled the Mexicans to terminate the war. Since then the castle-has been transformed into a beautiful Sum mer residence for tne President of can military scnooi, ouen caiiea tne GRA VE CRISIS GO VERNMENT IMMINENT Regime of Provisional President, Now in Financial Straits. May Ke-comider Its KejecUon of -Ai : " -.f Pr6pMaItoRetore Peace . ' . ' in Mexico '' ' Washington, Aug. 22. The Huerta administration in Mexico may re-con- Sider its rejection of the American I j. j ir.i. pruyusaia lu xe&Lure yeautj m meiia;.' an(j arrange anew ;basis' fdr negbtia- tions th the. Wited States; before neit Tuesaay. strong intimations to tion that the financial condition ot the Huerta administration was such, that a crisis was inminent. . . " . .. should the Huerta Government .de: clde. to enter ,into a new basis or s- both Houses Of Congress, on Tuesday as be intended. The President made no effort today ix -. xr tO UrBVeUl LUtS - XXOUiBW ' II UU1 ilUJUUl il- ing until Tuesday.. It bad ; Deen -sup- Doled that he wouid read the-message ir xia .ni,Kni.a lviummj cum UUm ,iu?,.uw;U1 PnTiOToao tn arrnns-A. a; irlnT R I I Ho i In ro, t n spnii an v wririttft-thi circles States ernment until Tuesday tosmake.-up its mind finally as to wbat, it -would do " ;.lriiw ,1;t .ti,!,f ,ha is positively reuerarea iname President Huerta or an announcement L en , ad mil L1"?,-""1 " "CM s, in the subsequent . election - WMSOn f reRarinu . IVICSSaUCi ; " p -President Wlilion spenfr i thev day studying the notes exchanged by Lind and Huerta and preparing : his; mes- 8age. While House officials announo L.thnt ..' rvnips nf the document would be dted in advance the press W hasten .the customor; years, as it was desiraDie toj:eep tne document abreast of developments tp the last minute. The message may be nodified ? by dispatches i'vteceived Tuesday, and there also is the possi- bility tnat tne iresiaeni may una it expedient: to postpone delivery - of ; the document, - -. i r wurta Officials Frindl v. Reports from JVIr. Lmd declare that his - relations .witn tne nuerta ,. ora- Utaia ara mnrp rnrrtin l than ' hpforP; and that thA Huprta officials manifest MUM r - . a wuiinsuess 10 uuu aumc w giuuiiu ij.ui - aBctuiircuu . . . ' European diplomatic .pressure, it is if h n av nr' Known nere, is qmeiiy , w,;wwkvui Mexico City in an efoft to eonvmce Huerta officials that the policy, of the unitea jsiaies is. ueius ; arenweu. lahrnad: V The failure .of, the Huerta government to obtain funds, m Europe lihrnnh -.the non-recoenition'oltoe United States is pointed to bythe ' dip inmats as likelv ta continue.: pending - . ifcT a more .respecuui cousmei auuit w mc. American proposals. " " Tt .is' learned ' from authoritative souroes.tliat'. theX Huerta'; goernmettt. is facing a mutinous army, dissatisfied ington officials expected - word ' from Huerta before Tuesday and thatun- v . . . ; it - . j 1 V "L, President's message showing the ef, gestions for a definte ;lineofprocedr miles southwest of the city of Mexico, high and crowned by a castle erected Mexico, while adjoining it is the Mexi west I'oint or Mexico;, IN H UERTA encan i ure bythe TJnited.,.States in the fu ture. . ' "' " '-' ,.' -- White House officials, however, were confident that the " situation would unravel - itself. They would not disclose what .. their .optimism; was based on, but it is believed that ;: re ports from Mr. - Lind today were largely responsible .for the confident feeling..- , v ; - - Fifty Bandits Slain. .. - Fifty . Mexican bandits . have paid with their lives for the killing of one German subject, according to; reports to the State Department 'today. The .German whose name was not given, was put to - death - by bandits . near Mexico ; City Wednesday .. - night. : A federal force sent out - in pursuit cap tured and lulled 50. of tne slayers. - Americans at Saltillo were reported safe today. Railroad communication from, that point south.- still -is uncer tain., v'iv:' .-.. .--"i"-: " - Mexico City, Aug. 22. Nine battles 'between s Federals and constitutional ists are reported to havetaken place 'during the last 24 hourfi. All , the fights.are recorded as federal victo ries. ,"v:vs.. -"'.r-.f ,', . : " " ' : According to official - reports the military situation throughout the re public is greatly improved. The-rebels are said' to be. generally disheartened and on. the defensive in all quarters. - These : official' reports virtually are the, onlyVsource of information , on which news for local consumption is based. The other J side of the story rarely - reaches the capital because of interrupted communication and cen sorship of ; dispatches at points out side the capital. In three of the fights reported 175 rebels are said to have -been killed while the federal less is given at eight. The situation about Torreon is now admitted to be, slightly .worse. It. is fnderstood the rebels control much of the country .about, that section; , and that -1,000 more are marching south ward to reinforce those already -there. General ;Pcna's headquarters at Mont Clova has reported 1 a portion of his men cut otf by the rebels and in need of help. General Joaquin Maas, who is marching northward : . - from Mont Clova, has been expected to disclose his movement in. order to co-operate with General Pena. The government expresses- conridence and Pena. and Maas, will be aDie to cnecK. tne soutn ward movement of the rebels. - -'",' v Situation Improved in Chihuahua. - Improvement, in the situation in the State' of Chihuahua is. reported by the government. The "public has been given, no news' from. Guaymas, Sonora, for several . days except assurances tb at the rebels ', in . that vicinity are demoralizod. because of dissensions between the rebel leders..- It" is un derstood that; the; - federal'. .General Oieda will attempt no advance-in So nora until he is reinforced. , i - Admissions are made tnat the reo- els are gaining headway in the State otlSihola, south of Sonora ; The "ffov- ernment . however, Insists; that this headway is Cnot important. One of the recent exploits of-the rebels In Sinoia was the destruction with dynamite, of a Southern Pacific railway ,; bridge 223 feet long. r i" i- ':i - y:'. : - Activity Increased in Morelos. t Increased " activity has . been! i dis played lately i nthe State of Morelos, v nere. - reacrai uenerai tio Dies nas been given a free hand to destroy the followers of Zapatav The newspapers today, quote official reports from Mor7 Ios, saying: the State is free from reb- U.JS - say. the gone . south Into the.: State of Guer- (Continuedon Page Eight.) ; ' CONTRACT FOR ARMOR PLATE Pittsburg Company to Furn ish Material for New Dread naught NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION Secretary Daniels attributes Big Sav Ing in the Deal to Agitation f avoid ing .Establishment of Naval . Armor Plate Factory. - Washington, Aug. ' 22. -A contract - for 3,900 tons of. armor plate for the newest American dreadnaught now un der construction, was awarded- by ' the Navy Department-today to the Carbon Steel Company, of Pittsburgh, at $187.- 04 per ton, a reduction of $96.99, or 36 ped cent,1, iunder the last accepted1 bid for this material. The Carbon Com pany, which never before has sought a large government contract, and the Carnegie Steel Company, were the only bidders-' ' Secretary Daniels attributes the say ing of $378,261 to the government on this contract to the agitation in! favor of establishirig a navai" armor plate fac tory, in the past it nas been the cus tom to , divide contracts between all bidders at the lowest figure submitted and all the manufacturers, have put in virtually identical bids. . Real competition developed today for the. first time in years. They, how ever, will not interfere with Secretary Daniels' determination. tq press; upon Congress the governmehtowned plant plan. He said! today there was no assurance.'that thenew i (bidder 'for government work would hot be forced into . agreement .with the other con cerns and expressed 'the Opinion! that ' r the government owned a factory ca pable of - producing' Jialf the armor plate -needed,- there woy.ld be noifur-; ther danger of , combiccationff'to raise Ithe-.pricef. .- -i i - ; J f v .-". . v i ne secretary - issuea a statement recalling Jiis .recent' tetter to the Sen. . ate, urging the i hecessftty -forcompetl- - tion in armdr -plate 'tsqiitfsicisi; and' ng gested a Congressional inveetlgatlori of the subject. v . . v 'I n the light; of these i remarks,',' he said, "I am peculiarly gratified to announce- that - the lowest and i accepted bid received on 3,900., tons of special, treatment steel plates,f or 'Battleship No. 39, snows the marked reduction or 36 per cent.; under the .lastV accepted . bid for this class of 'matenaL" NAVAL' EXAMINATIONS. ' For Second Lieutenants in,, United - States' Marine Corps..' Washington, Aug. 22. -Secretary Daniels announced today the names of. the 17 men who .stood highest in ex-, aminationsior second 'lieutenants in the United States marine-corps.-Six teen vacancies are to be filled, but as two inen tied forj!6th place, itplac-' ed 17 men on the eligible list, i The Secretary said he wouid decide later which of the two tied he-will appoint." Sixty-five took the examination. Only one enlisted, J. C. Foster,; of Carlisle, Pa., took the examination. rHe . stood . second. . '. -'' Among the men passingthe exam ination were D, c. Murcnison,- Charles-' ton, S. C.,' A, H, Turnage,-Farmvllle,; N. C; G. W. Hamilton, Dalton, Ga.; and Li M. Bourne, Jr;r Aeheville, N. C. Secretary Daniels. today -ordered, that, beginning October 1st, enlisted . men in the Navy may-be required to remain in training school at the dis cretion of the , commandant fourt months Instead of three and in some cases they may havef to stay as long; as six months.- Such 'schools are lo-; cated at Chicago, San Francisco, New port and Norfolk., " ,'''; ".'"'-.- ' 1 HEATH MURDER TRIAL. - . Tisdaie and Underbill Will Hardly be Convicted in First Degree. .(Special Star Te.legraim) '. Kinston, N. C, Aug.- -22. The case . against James Underfill!., and- Joseph Tisdaie for murder of .Carlisle Heath, which has consumed the past two ' days In criminal court ihere, will be V given-to the jury tonight: or early. to morrow. ' 't v - v - , The last of the defense evidence was taken this afternoon.' and argu ment by counsel began: a Because of the prominence of the victim and de fendants, the court house has been packed at every - session.' No sensa-" tional testimony was -had . and-it is' eenerallv believed the first decree verdict asked for by the State will not be rendered, If Underbill and Tisdaie are convicted. ' . ARGUMENT, UNFINISHED. v, Trial of Leo M.l Frank, 'Charged. - V With Murder. '' Atlanta, Ga.. Aug.-22. Contrary to 1 expectation.'argument ih the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary. Phagan-was not completed -today,, Soli citor General Dorsey-being, in. the midst of the closing, speech for the prosecution when court-adjourned. Mr..' ' Dorsey 'will resume his argument to morrow morning, . after which Judge Roan , will deliver his charge." The ' fate of the accused factor superin tendent will then rest with the Jury. Luther Z. Rosser chief counsel for the defense, made the' closing speech for his side earlier today... - , ; COLONEL SCOUTEN, DEAD. Well Known in .West as War Veteran - and Newspaper. Man.. Levenworth, Kas., Aug. 22. On the . 50th anniversary , of .'the- Quantrell raid on Lawrence, Has,.-' Col:- Dan. G. ; Scouten. a' survivor of that historic raid of rCIvil War times, -died here last night at the age of 73. He was a npwsnanpr wrltpr. lrnnw n' MisHnn- rhand Kansas,, and in the day? of- Ho-4 race Greeley; was a printer, ior tne New York Tribune. ;." :U: : r I -I n - 4 i it Ji f l : ; --:" ' -i'-r'.:
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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