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fid LAST EDITION ' 4:00 P. I.L Weather Forecast: RAIN AND WARMER. vzzzz DISPATCHES a1 r -nr V . M l I 7 il . VOL XVI. NO. 250. :.' . . . .-. . -. ' ' T ........ ............. - : : 1 1 ' ICS OFF THE BIG M r t Speaker Chann dark, at Washington A8ain," Dis- ' . cusses Approaching Po- litical Situation. ' PREPARING FOR WORK V OF COMING CONGRESS Thinks the Prospects Are Good for Democratic Success in tu) Presidential u' Campaign. Washington, Nov. ' 27. Speaker Chomp Clarke after a nine Weeks peaking and lecturing tour through nineteen itates returned to Washing ton today and began conferences with democratic leaders regarding the work of congress, which opens Monday. He aid the coming session would he "long, exceedingly busy and Very im portant," and added, "the quicker we get down to hard work the better .for us and for the country." He said tar iff revision would be the great tesue of the next campaign, . Speaker Clark declared the assault on him for his Canadian annexation speech was- a misrepresentation for "political effect, general and personal" and said he never even hinted at such "a -wicked and quixotic scheme"' as forcible annexation, never dreamed- of such a thing and would oppose it to the utmost" . ' . ; Democrat Hade Good Record. "No new congress," he said, ever made a more splendid record for con structive statesmanship than wo did at the extra session, for which we have been almost universally praised by democrats, progressive republicans and . independents, lata the being a factor In our affairs of constantly and wt hopo to duplicate it at the coming regular session. If we can do So, we can read our title clear to success next year." ' - ' "After seventeen long years of wear- . teqme of factional fighting,';, said the-1 speuKor, Tine 'democrats are united and by tha blessings of God we will remain so. To win next year demo crats must hold all the votes we had In 1908 and gain about 800,000; hence the great Importance of such unity and wisdom among democrats as will draw to us voters who do not belong to our party." ' , UBDR HOST RE-ELECTS Rochester Chosen as Next Meeting Place of the Amer ican Federation. " Atlanta, On., Nov, 17. After select ing Rochester, N. Y., as the place for holding tha convention of 1)12. re electing for next year all of. the offi cers and adopting without amend ment tha reports of several commit tees, the thirty-first annual conven tion of tha American Federation of Labor, 'Which began here two week ago, adjourned Saturday night. Tha expected fight on the re-election of President Samuol P. Gompers failed to materialise, and all of thr old officers , were, re-elected without opposition. Practically the whole of Saturday was devoted ta the reading of com mittee reports and tha discussion of factional differences which have rent several of tha crafts embraced In the federation for years By far the most serious controversy and one which. It Is believed has been amicably adjust ed was that between , tha United Brotherhood of Carpenters, with 200, 000 members, and tha Sheet Metal Workers, as' a result of which the carpenters having, agreed to re-enter tha building trades department and to abide by Its declslone In the mat ter of Its controversy with tha sheet metal workers tha adjustment com mittee recommended that the carpen. tera be reinstated and the recommen datlon was unanimously adopted by the convention. Disputes Involvlns the electrical workers, plumbers and steam fitters were disposed of. , RIOTING AT LISBON Troops pwt t tho PrmldniUal Pal- kiMl NrwHiiapfT Offices from IVWHlblo V Iok-iM-c. Lisbon, Nov. 27. Troops today re guarding the presidential palace and newspaper offices following lant night's rioting, which continued un til I th.s morning. During the fore noon today, however, everything was qnlrt. , Two persons were allied In the riot. Negroes PralM Harlan f Friend. as Their Chlrago. Nov. 27. The late Justice John M. Marine was eiilogU'd by the Afro? AnicrU n s'lPty here last nlnht i's the "bent fr!i-n(t the nexro ever had f n the Ruprt'ine rourt bm'h." A fund er... t s n..;rnittu.n to hi niuuiry n si i t... ..f I: it be IkhI il"nn It i . , . I. Lion Tamer Sued By Royal Spouse Mercy De Argenteau Gentner, for merly Princesse De Montglyon, who has brought proceedings of divorce against her hustiand, John Frederick Centner, otherwise known as Captain Jack Bonavlta, the famous lion tamer and trainer. Capt Bonavlta was serv ed with the papers in the divorce ac tion just prior to his ' Intended . de parture from New York for Africa to et a new troupe of lions and tigers. rhff conple werfc'IilumBif fh !905. ,' Unknown . chorus girls are mention ed as corespondents. . ... I J New York Mob of 5,000 Besets the English Suffragette Leader. New York, Nov. 27. Five thousand messenger boys and brokers' clerks lulslde the offices of J. P. Morgan ft :a Broad and Wall streets, today Irowned the voice of Mrs. Emmeline Parkhurst, the British suffragette. In tumult of Jeers, cat calls and cheers this afternoon. Mrs. Parkhurst was icheduled to make an address on suf frage here at noon. She matched her oica against her tormentors tor it nlnutes and then gave up the unequal itruggle. v When she sat down there was a rush ror the automobile from which she tpoke. The crowd wedged about the nachlne stripped It- of Its flags and hunting and with derisive cheering opened a lane through which a score of men and boys propeuea xne car lown tha street.' A lone policeman who attempted to mjcue Mrs. Parkhurst and her women companions was bftished aside. A lozen men who made the crowd pause for a moment by chiding the leaders, tave the chauffeur an opportunity to itart his machine ana escape. GREY'S SPEECH GUARDED , . iBllish Foreign Kwrrtary im-llnr to DlwuiM the-MMwraa. Kmbro- . , , gllo In House. London, Nov. 27. Sir Edward Orey, foreign secretary, delivered his anx iously awaited speech of the Interna tional political situation In the house of commons this afternoon. He de clared that the statement of Herr Von Slderlen-Waechter. the Oerman for eign secretary, was Incomplete, and mid It was not necessary for him to make a fuller statement of tha part taken by the British foreign ofilca be fore the house of commons. Negro Who Turned WhlW Ih-ail, rhllllcotha, Mo., Nov.- 27. Dudley Payne, the negro who turned white. Is dead and efforts will be made by the Missouri Medical society to ascertain the cause of the peculiar skin disease which has baftled physicians of several years. A splotch appeared in Payne's hands and then spread to the under part of his body. At the time of death he was as white as any Caucaslun. HsrvcKter line Holucetl $an,0fl. 1 Jefferson City, nreme rourt of Nov. 27. Tha 8u MlmuMirl today re duced the fine akiilnst the lnlerna tiiuiiil lliirveicr ninipaiCJrni $.ri0. nun in ",.(iiiii. J tjiii-a-4vi' nmt .J. PARKHURST SPEECH IDS TUMUL CWBIOC; MEET'S OFEuEi Rulf Mulford in Lozier Leads for Vanderbilt Cup at V , Seventh Lap, 119 "; of 289 Miles. WITT, IN AN E M. F., " . WINS TIEDI1IAN CUP Hughes in Mercer the Savan nah Challenge Trophy !, Fourteen Cars Start in ' ' :! Big Contest, i ?0 - ' Savannah, 'Nov.':;:57.-Under a smll lng autumn sun, 14 bellowing racing cars sprang out on the-grand, prize course at 11:41 o'clock this forenoon and the seventh running of the Van derbilt cup race was on. Starter Wag ner got Harry Grant, tn a Lozier car, off first. The remaining cars left at 80 second Intervals. - - . . At the seventh lap, 11 miles of the 289 to be run. Ralph Mulford In a Lozier, led; time 95:66. Bob Burman, in a Marmon, came second; time 97:28. Ralph DoPalma. In a Mercedes was1 third; time 98:18. ' The Early Rares,' : Frank Witt, driving an E. M.f F., won the Tiedman trophy race of 171.40 miles; time 176:12. Robert Evans, in an E. M. F., was second and in Mercer won the Savannah chal lenge trophy race, 222.32 miles; time 195:87. His average speed was 68.36 miles an hour. Louis Helneman, In a Marmon , finished second. - . Tho Races and Prises. Twenty-live times around the seven teen mile course, making a distance of 408 miles, the racers .go In tha grand prize race. The first prize la posses sion of the grand challenge cup and $4000 in cash; . tha second prize, $2000 cash, and tho third prize, $1900 in cash, i ... .. , . ,- Seventeen times around the caorsar liiUklng"a 'distance. ( 2 8 miles the 14 cars race for -the Vanderbilt cup nnd $2000 In cash. A second prize of $500 end a third prize of $260 also have been offered. . The Tledeman trophy : race Is ten laps, approxlmateing 170 miles for the trophy and $1000 cash, and second and third prizes of $250 and $125 re spectively: The' Savannah challenge trophy race Is 11 laps, and approximate dis tance of 221 miles for the trophy and $1000 cash. . Second and third prizes of $250 and $125 respectively. DECAPITATES WIFE El Mental .Picture of Ghastly Scene Forces Him to Con- f ess to Priest. - Kenosha,-Wis., Nlv. 27-Tortured by the mental picture of Ills headless wife and her paramour whom ha slew Saturday night, Pasquale Marchesl, 27 years old, a merchant Sunday con fessed to a priest the double crime heretofore hot discovered. Ha was turned over to the police who ' are closely guarding him for fear of possi ble mob violence. According to Mar chesl, ha went home last night and found his wife. Rosaria, and his cous in and namesake making love. With out allowing his presence to become known. Marchesl went to a woodshed, nmrured a handaxe. crept Into tha house and chopped off the heads of tha two lovers. . Taking his baby, two months old, from ths arms of his slain wife. Mar- hesl washed the blood from Its face carried It to the 'home of his brother and said that his wife was 111. He returned to tha house, dressed his daughter Josephine, four years old, and took her to his brother's. Mart-heal then returned to tha house, concealed the hatchet and wandered about the city. Aa morning began to dawn, the spectres haunted Marches), so hs said, that he was forced to confess. Marchesl has Itfed In Kenosha for 10 years and acquired considerable wealth. He was a leader among the Italians. .. , . In the darkness of a church base ment where Marchesl spent part of the night ha heard tha death crtea of his wife and saw horrid forms of headless nersons rushing at him through the blackness, he said. As the music of tha morning m came to his ears from the auditorium above, hs said that ha thought that he distinguished the words, "ven geanre la mine, salth the Lord." Than he rushed to the priest and sought re lief In confession. ' Germany Withdraws Warships Agadlr. from Berlin. Germany. Nov. 27. Oer many has withdrawn the warshlr Panther and Herlln from Ar'.dir, Mo rt-r u. Tits rr. Mtsur it. the settle tin-lit if the M'iriii'i-H ti , Mp1ipriairs Letter$ to Chorus Girl Read C As He Undergoes Cross Stokes i&seris He Didn't Ob- tain$1750 from Lillian Gra- "-'.- ham for Investment. : . r . i i - - i a . . ' . . DENIES HE LURED HER TO KENTUCKY FARM Epistle Urging , Her to Go . .'. - i . . ' " Then Read to the Jury. New York, Nop. 27. The trial of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, chords girls charged with shooting W, E., D, Stokesi . millionaire hotel man, wast halted- abruply today by the withdrawal of a Juror at the in stance of the court1 Rumor through out the morning had It that the trial Would be deiayedl because some one has discussed .thf case Indlscretely. Stokes' erose-exaVnlnatlon- has ' not been completed, j. , ' : Letters from Stokes' to MIbs Gra ham have been Introduced to disprove Utoke's allegations that the girl had been "chasing" him. ; , - Stokes denied pa. had lured Miss Graham to his. farm at ' Lexington, Ky., although a letter urging her to go there was read to the Jury.' He also denied ha had obtained $1700 of Miss Graham's money for Investment, and that It was td recover this that the young . woman had asked him to viait their apartment on July 7. Tolls of Meeting MIhs Graham. Stokes told of llrst meeting Miss Graham In 1906, when she and her sister, Mrs. Singleton, had apartments at the Ansonla. He said he had taken tha two on automobile trips about the city, and that Miss Oraham had visit ed his stock farm sear Lexington In 1907. He testified that he had given her money for a trip to Europe In 1909, after he had been compelled to ask her to leave the Ansonla. When Miss Graham "made k second trip to Paris, In ths fall ef 1910, Mr. Stokes said he did not give her the money, but that he sent her a check for $260 when he, learned that she was with- Tha following letter from Stokes, dated Lexington. Ky., was put in evl dence: - : My Dear Miss Graham I am here expeotlng to have tha pleasure of entertaining you and your sister for few days on your way north, as understand you Intend leaving Memphis, and I would advise you to at once, for hot weather in . an un healthy town Ilka Memphis will soon take the health and good looks out of you. Centalnly I will try to get you a job in New York, and at better pay, but you know I have always told you ths stage was no place for you. But if you insist I will guarantee to get you a place from one of the man agers in New i org. now, i snail expect you here Tuesday next, sure. I shall be home by next Friday or Saturday. I have opened a house and have a Una, old colored cook and waiter. tnd shall be very disappointed not to have the pleasure of seeing you and your charming sister. Last night we went down to tha station at 10 m., and again this morning, ex pecting you and your sister, and It Is only now that your letter has come. Start early Tuesday morning and you will all be here at t:10 Tuesday night. A telegram signed L. ana letter tha mlnut you get this will be received by me: but I shall ex pect you Tuesday evening. Yours very sincerely, i W. E. D. STOKEH. SHIPPING IN DANGER - AS HURRICANE RAGES Loss of life Is Feared In Storm Which Sweeps Newfound land's Coast. St Johns, Newfoundland. Nov. 17. The hnrrlcana which has been raging here since Saturday has tied up rail way service and oompelled shipping to seek refuge. It Is feared consid erable loss of life will result from the storm. An unidentified vessel has been sighted, sallless and without signs of Ufa. TO GIVE TRUST VIEWS Perkins, Gary and Seth Low to Ap pear Before Sonata Commerce I Cknnsnluee, , Washington, Nov. 27. Qoerge W. oerklns, Elbert H. Gary and Beth Low have agreed to present their views on 'rust control to the senate unmmlttee in Intrestate commerce within the next ten days. Low Is to be heard by ths committee tomorrow and Gary has agreed to appear Wednesday. It la expected that Parkins will be before ths committee December I. , U. S. Msy Not Increase Chinese Force Washington. Nov. 27. No Ameri can soldiers are likely to be sent to ?hina Immediately unless Japan hould alter her reported plans and tend a number of Japanese troops to Tien-Tsln and Peking. Tha an nounced Intention of tha Japanese 'orelgn office ta to send 200 or 400 men. This number would not In crease Japan's total of troops In "hlna to more than the number for merly stations to gunril the rallwny 'in. mij th" govet mnent rcKiints tlw ii'ii.'iiinn as iitirfiHiuM '1 utMcr thi-r J0KN I FLCWX.R, rCfciaiAH . Or TV a OUsTT ROYALISTS SWEEP ALL BEFORE THEM Recapture of Hankow Immi nentFierce Fighting in . Nanking Vicinity. Peking, Nov. 27.- General Feng Kwo-Chang, commander of tha Impe rial forces at Hankow, reported today that he expected to recapture Hankow before nightfall. His troops drov'e the revolutionists from Heslhan and Melt- zushan forts last night and captured Tortoise hill this morning. Shanghai, Nov. 27. Fierce fighting continues at Nanking. It Is anticipat ed that tha whole city will soon be In the revolutionists'- hands as they hold severar'lmpartanrdefanoe,y..j fir WHITES OF SLAUGHTER Methodist In China Tells of Thonmnds of Deaths In Maasacre and by ' Suicide. Montclalr. N. J., Nov. 27. Dr. Jo ph Beach, connected with the -Cheng-Tu (China) Methodist Episco pal college, has written friends here describing the outbreak of tha revo lution. He says the vlcery by artifice made prisoners the leaders of the re bellion and then began a massacre in whk-h 8000 persons were slaughter ed. "Uncounted hundreds of women and girls committed suicide," he con scription." 1 J. I. IN SEATTLE HOSPITAL Bursting Blood Clot Fatal to Noted Baptist Divine and Author. Seattle, Nov. 27. Dr. B. U Whit man, one of the most widely known Baptist ministers M America, died at a hospital here this morning, aged 49 A bursting blood clot In a leg caused his death. Dr. Whitman was once president of George Washington vnl varsity and was the author of works on political science, of sociology ana history. CARDINALS CONFIRMED Farley, OTonnell and Falcon lo Are Raised to tlie College at Home. Roma, Nov. 17. The cardinals as sembled In secret consistory today and confirmed the papal nomination of II new cardinals, which Include three cltlsens of the United States Cardinals Farley, O'Connell and Fal conlo. The pope created another cardinal, whose name will be publish ed at a later consistory, when the popa wishes that It be done. In some cases the name of tha prelate thus chosen becomes anowu oiuy auer m death of the pope. As tha pope entered tha consistory hall his step was less sure and care worn and his face bora tha slgna of his recent lllnesa MORSE IN HOSPITAL Condition of the Convicted Financier Reported at Fort MePherson , as Vntiuikged. Atlanta, Nov. 27. The condition of Charles W. Morse, the convicted New York financier, was unchanged this morning, according to officers of the fort McPherson army hospital, to which he was moved from tha federal prison yesterday. Morse Is suffering from Bright' disease and the outeome of hi treat ment and axamlnatlon hy a military iin'ilnii i I'M"1 ',,1 to lti iile h.Mh h snail b v.trdoticd or iii !. - Examination ,17 r Vtl65 LILLlAJi MLSi L1HU,' -TT E OF GRAFT STIRS JTLETOfl Wants Men Subpoenaed Who Said Steel Trust "Bought" Him. . ; ', ',, Washington, Nov. 27. Representa tive Littleton, of New York conferred with Chairman Stanley of the steel trust Investigating committee' today. He is said to hava vigorously insisted upon subpoenas for those men whom he believed to be responsible .for the ctory published in New York intimat ing that he had been "bought out" by the United . States Steel corporation and had exerted his Influence to have the house committee cease Investigat ing corporations, . v . i 9REAT CROWDS GATHER , BT GRAVE OF BEAU Through Relatives Strategy, the Funeral Was Conduct ed in Quiet. Richmond, Nov. 27. By the grave of the wife whom he murdered on July IS, Henry Clay Beattle, jr., was burled In Maury cemetery shortly after sunrise yesterday.' There was a brief service at the residence attend ed only by the members of the family and eight friends who served as pa'l bearers, and then the procession mov ed through the silent streets of South Richmond. Kev. John J. Fix. who prayed with Beattle just before ha was led Into the death chamber at the penitentiary on Friday uiorning, read the service of tha Presbyterian church, his voica being broken at times by sobs. To guard against possible ' annoy ance the exact hour of tha funeral was kept secret until midnight Satur day night and consequently there were no morbid crowds around the Beattle home or cemetery. Two po lice' officers in plain clothes were on duty, but the hearse and seven car' rlages had reached tha grave before the city was astir. When the burial was concluded, H. C, Beattle, sr., left with Douglas, his son, and Hasel, his daughter, and two aunts of the mur derer. Tha aged father's grief was Intense. Tha pallbearers, boyhood friends of Beattle, were asked by him to serve. Several of them had testified In his defense st the trial and one was his best man when he and Louise Well ford Owen were married exactly one year from tha data he pleaded not guilty of her murder In court. florist's wagon, completely filled with flowers, entered ths cemetery gate just after daylight and today tha mound of earth was hidden beneath chrysan themums and Immortelles. After It became known that the funeral had already been held, tremendous crowd visited Maury cem etery. Double ropes were stretched around tha Beattle section and two mounted policemen. In edition to off I cers afoot, kept tha crowds back There was no disorder, however, and no attempt to take away the flower. COMPLETE CRUISE Replica of tlie Hfamhoat New Or- leans Arrive Safely at the Crement City. - New Orleans, Nov. 27. Amid the din of whistling .from river craft. replica of tha steamboat New Or leans tha first stfcsm vessel to ply tha Mississippi rtvr, paddled In harbor today, completing her cruise from Pittsburgh In celebration of th centennial anniversary of the InaUKU ration of steamboatlng In "the fath of water. ThiMiHutHts of spei-tHttii-s lined th harbor nml K 'HI0 cl.it.ir.'n -tm? ) GRARG HAIR SILVERED ifi nnr hiput hi uiil mom Mrs. Patterson, on Trial for Murder, Awakens ' to Find . . Her Head Sprinkled With Gray. DEAD HUSBAND'S DIARY MAY GO IN EVIDENCE Defense Attempts to Corrobor ate the Story of How A? the Shooting Was Done. t Denver, Nov. 27. After a night's rest, Induced ; by hypodermic, Mrs. Gertrude Patterson, on trial for the murder of her husband, arose Sun day morning to And her . head sprinkled with gray hairs. The fact In the case was verified by the Jail matron, who said she knew that the prisoner's head had not contained a gray hair. "You cannot imagine," Mrs. " Pat-' terson said, "how horrified I was, on combing my hair, to find that It was turning gray, I went to court Satur day quite sure that not another hor ror could possibly be - added to tlie ones I have already experienced, but found I was mistaken." : 4 Mrs. Patterson was asked. "What have you heard from Mr. Strouss?" Not a thing. ' If he were only man enough to come to the front and tell the truth about this thing, how much simpler it would be. People would ; say, 'there is a man,' Instead of think ing of him as the sneak that he real- is." , t . , i When tha trial was resumed this morning the defense expected to call witnesses to corroborate the woman's story of abuse by her husband. An ' Ueged eye witness also will be placed on the stand by the defense who la expected to corroborate Mrs. Patter-' son's statement as to how the shoot- tawaa-jdoaextic.deiensa win than.. rest.. , " -- ' , i-j.-, In rebuttal, the state will place Mra . Mary K. Patterson, - mother of the dead husband, on the stand, and it Is ' expected that she will testify as to - the physical soundness of her son prior - to the time ha met Gertrude Gibson. i. . , , May Introduce Patterson's Letters. . The prosecution also twill attempt to Introduce numerous letters written by Patterson to his brother, a Chica go attorney. In which he freely dls- ussed his private affairs and probably will attempt to introduce what pur ports to be the dead man's diary, written n the form of day notea or letters to his mother. This diary, which was found among the dead man's effects, has been In the possession of Special Prosecutor Benson from the first and he made ' frequent reference to It In his cross- examination of Mra Patterson. In writing to his mother July 1, last. Patterson said: "When you said la your last let ter, 'Oh, how I wish she would only act squarely and leave you entirely and not be a anaka In the grass,' you said a whole lot. ' If aver there was woman who was a demon on earth In her home and then makes outsid ers believe she was terribly maltreat ed, it Is her; the lies she tells and the way she can purr and ' work on people s teelings makes outsldeii be lieve me a devlL" . - Tragedy Is Relnsx-ted. Crouched on one knea on the court room floor with Special Prosecutor Benson standing over her, his right arm poised for a blow the attitude In which shs had testified her husband was when shs fired tha shots that took his life Gertrude Gibson Patterson re-enacted for the jury the scenes of tha moment that brought her to trial for her life. It was near tha close of long ordeal of cross-examination.' "And ha swung his right arm for another blow?" asked the prosecutor. , Yes, yes," and her breath came fast, "and ha looked Ilka a demon." "And you shot?" "Yes, yes, I don't know how many times." "And you shot him In the back?" Against Mrs, Patterson's version of the shooting the state was content with the testimony of tha physicians who performed the autopsy and the mute evidence of tha dead man's clothes. . Both show that the bullets entered the back. One went through his right shoulder, tha other through his heart. Just before Mra Patterson had been asked to show how tha shooting had occurred, the state had placed before the jury Its version of how Patterson had met his death. "When your husband told you posi tively that he would not dismiss Mm alienation suit against Rmll W. Rlrousx, dlan t you say. 'l told you SaturrtHV that if you wouldn't, I'd kill you.' tinii didn't ha start to run. and didn't you shoot him In the back, and while he was on his .hands snd knees before you, crying, 'Oh, my Ood; my God.' didn't you put the muszle of your gun within a few Inches of this coat that ha was wearing and shoot him through hi heart?" As ha asked th question Mr. Ten son thrust almost In her fare the n t her husbanil wore at his death. 1 flnirer on one of the powdr h i' h llet holes In the back. "1 .., M )-" I -.. . . .
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