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it ' mi "Vf . THI ASSOCIATED I . PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Wtathtr FortcMt: FAIR. VOL. XVII. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 18, 1912. So PER COPY GUARD DEVIL" S DENPROACH HAFT- 25 MEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION mvemmp. wire. -cvV23 r, nun 3 vrv -v PRESIDE!! STORES OF FLOOD FAVORS PRIMARIES DIES BY SUICIDE ; - IN OLD DOMINION Supposed Refuge of Carroll Court Officials' Murders an Almost Impregna ble Fastness. ONE WOUNDED OUTLAW . CUT OFF FROM CLAN Possemcn Making Efforts to Locate Sidna Edwards, Wounded and Alone in Mountains. M'HARG IN CHARGE FOR TJ.Ifl DIXIE Man Who Organized for Taft Now Lining up Roosevelt Forces. llill.-vfllo, March 18. The authori ties or two states are surrounding the region where tin- Allen elan arc sup posedly hiding. A law osko of North Carolina shorW'H dcpiitifN are Hosing In rrom th North Carolina mountains. Another III rite force Is pushing lis way from lllllsvllle HOllth iMinl. Delhiito developments lire not exMM'lel liefoiv tomorrow night. The oP leers are going far Into the moun tains, remote from telegraph anil tele)hone HlatloiiH, and will lc eut off from communication with the outside world. Circulars containing dem-rip-I inns or the Aliens are being dlstrlh Hted alonic the North Caioliia lior licr, through the mountain'' section mill over a strip 100 miles wide, BO miles and In Virginia and SO miles In North Carolina. These circulars are Mill to every powtofflco and sheriff, and Captain llavnut or the state mili tary. In charge of the guards here, ri-celved word at 1 o'clock the xisse In the mountains had passeil Devil's lien where the Allen's were supposed ly hiding, hut saw no trace or the out laws. ros.cs ill this lime, had not jit lcuiHel to explore the cave. Floyd l'rnys, Ak for FreachiT and .awyer. Itoaiiolii'. March 1-8. Floyd Allen, the wounded leader of the Allen flan, in jail here, prayed aloud his cell yes terday and asked several times to see a preacher. Ho naked for a lawyer. No one U allowed to approach him. lllllsvllle are in separate parts of tliu Jail, heavily guunjtid.' '. " Judge Massle's Hnetl'ssnr. Richmond. Murch 18. Archibald A. Campbell of Wytheville Is Appointed by tiov, Mann to fill tho unexpired term of Judge Mussie us presiding JijiIk or the Twenty-first Judicial dis trict, which Includes Hillavllle. Judge Campbell will accept uml proceed to llillsvillc Immediately. Hillavllle. Va., March IS Search began in earnest totluy for members nf the Allen , clan, the murderers of live 1'itiTull county citizens, including three, court officers. Eight picked men remained In the mountains throughout the night guarding the approaches to Devil's den stronghold, where the fugitive outlaws are be lieved to lie hidiiiK. prepared for their lust stand. Karly this morning " de lachnieiil ut 75 detectives and citizens Joined them, after resting overnight after an exhaustive day yesterday. Kvery, effort Is being made to run down Sidna Edwards, a nephew of the older Aliens, who, with a wound ed foot, Is supposedly alone in the mountains trying to Join his relatives. The officers believe that when he in taken they can learn with certainty the w hereabouts of the rest of the Wing. If It Is . true the outlaws nre cntreiirhcd in Devil's Den, supplied with ammunition and provisions. It would mean certain death to anyone attempting openly to reach them and the place will lie laid under a sys tematic siege. That dynamite will be used to rout the outlaws has been suggested. May Kenn Troop to llllsvlll , Rlr'muond, March 18. An Import ant conference Involving the probuble sending; of troops to lllllsvllle to aid In the search for the court room ussas Mns was held In Governor Mann's of fice today. Judge Walter Staples of Roanoke, who has been occupying the HIIIhvIIIh bench since Judge Massle'f death, came here from Hlllsvllle un annnuneed and went immediately Into conference with the governor. The chief of the detective agency engaged In the manhunt also attended the conference. Washington, March 18. Ormshy McIInrg. former assistant secretary of commerce and labor, who organized the southern stales fur . Taft four years ngo, today took -'.'charge nf Roosevelt's interests In the southern Mutes. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's manager, has announced his determination to contest Taft delegations in all the southern states. MEANT FORJUDGE WOUNDS ME OFFICER Explosive Sent Rosalsky Through Mails Detectives Have Important Clues. Makes His First Personal Re ply to Senator Dixon's Challenge; Boston. March IX. President Taft today declared himself In favor of preferential primaries surrounded by certain conditions, for the coming campaign. "Wherever full and fair notices of the election can be given, wherever adequate election safeguards can be thrown around to protect a preferen tial primary for the presidency, wherever the stute constitution per mits its being made applicable to the present election, I favor it and wel come It." This was the president's statement before the general court of Massa chusetts. It was Taft's first personul reply to the challenge for presidential primaries Issued by Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's manager. Besides a formal breakfast given by city officials, the president's pro gram Included an address to the Massachusetts legislature and a re view of a St. Patrick's duy Parade. Tnft brought a green shamrock witli him from Washington and wore it proudly on his coat lapel. Hangs Herself With Trunk Strap in Bath Room in Ho- . If- . tel in New York. NO CAUSE IS KNOWN FOR SELF DESTRUCTION Hud .Suffered from Neurasthenia, and Is Supposed to Have Lost Mental Balance. Mr. Swan Finally Gets Back from Richmond, "Walking Part of the Way." MANY New York, 'March IS. The city's detectives are searching for the man who attempted, to slay Judge Otto Kosalsky Saturday night witli an in fernal machine sent .through ' the mails. No definite clue has been found to the would-be ussassln. New York, Murch 18. The home of Judge Otto A. Rosalsky of the Court of Oetleral Sessions, where a bomb delivered to him exploded Saturday night, was the scene yesterday of re newed excitement, caused by the aiy pcarunce of a man who wildly kicked at the door and demanded admit tance. CLEVELAND'S MEMORY IT dressed, forced hlM way past the hall attendants In the apartment building on Riverside drive, and climbed six flights of stairs to see Judge Rosal sky, ubout some fancied grievance of "persecution by 'the tobacco trust." Police were called and the man was taken to lieiluvue for observation as to his sanity, lie gave his name as Wolf Herman, and his business as that of cigar-maker. The police bellve him to lid insane but hiumlcxH, and in no wise con nected with the attempt made on Judge Rosnlsky's life with the bomb. Inspector Owen Kgan of the de partment of combustibles, who was badly Injured while examining the bomb in the Judge's library. Insisted on leaving the hospital, although he suffered pain from a mangled hand anil torn face. With face and hands bandaged he Joined a score of the best detectives In tho police department In investigating the bomb mystery. H was Intimated that the detectives were working on important clues sug gested by further talks with Judge Rosalsky. To newspaper men the judge ad mitted that he had received many threatening letters one at the time he sentenced Surlessi, a forger, to .12 years In prison two weeks ngo. This threat was to blow up tho criminal courts building. Postal Inspectors have Joined de tectives In the search for the letter carrier who delivered the bombs. An other feature of the Investigation was comparison of the Rosalsky bomb with one which killed Helen Taylor In ier home February 3. The police lever cleared up that mystery. Inspector Kgan, who was exnmin ng the bomb when it exploded, be- leves he owes his life to the fnet that he Inside pockets of his coat were tufted with heavy documents. With- lUt this protection he believes some if the slugs from tho bomb would have torn Into his body. His coat was orn and several slugs were found lodged against the papers. Taft and Other Distinguished Men Pay Tribute to For mer President. New York, March IS. Clrover Cleveland's memory was honored yes terday at a public meeting In the City t-ollege, commemorating his Tilth birthday anniversary, nt which trib utes from President Taft. Governor Dix of New York and Governor Har mon of Ohio were read and eulogistic addresses- delivered by men .with whom Mr. Cloveland. was- associated. Irs. n, :-rlw-inil- nhKhl.Hy --The- exercises' were attended by Mi Frances Folsi.m Cleveland, widow of the former president, and Mrs. Daniel S. Luniont, widow of the secretary of war In one of tho Cleveland cabinets, "Grover Cleveland earned the sin cere gratitude of his countrymen and Justified recurring memorial occas ions like the one in which we ure taking part,-' President Taft wrote. "He was a great president, not be cause he was a great lawyer; not be cause he was a brilliant orator, not because he was a statesman of pro found learning, but because he was a patriot with the highest sense of pub lic duty, because he was a statesman of eleur preceptlons of tho utmost courage of his convictions, and of great- plainness of speech; because lie was n man of the highest charac ter, father and husband f the best type because throughout his po litical life he showed those rugged virtues of the public servant and cit izen, the emulation of which by those who follow him will render progress of our political life toward better things a certainty." , Tributes to Cleveland were also paid by Chillies S. Kairchlld, former secre tary of the treasury under Cleveland, who presided, and President lllhben, of Princeton university, of which Pres ident Cleveland was a trustee. New York Herald Syndicate. New York, March 18 -.Mrs. r.ouk- mun Lorlllurd, wife of Mcekniun Lor illard, a nephew of Pierre Lorlllurd committed suicide by hanging In the bathroom of her apartment in Hol land House Saturday alternoon. The only reason that can he as-rlbed for her act was thut slie had been ex tremely nervous and had been suffer ing several years with neuraesthenia. Mrs. Lorlllurd, who had come from Ashcvllle to meet her husband, who had been away several months on a journey around the earth, arrived at the hotel last Thursday, two days ufter her husband engaged a suite of rooms there. It was the Intention of the couple to return to their home in New port In a few days. Her husband told her about 3:20 Saturday afternoon, that he was going down to get an automobile in which they were to tjlde through Central Park and ulong Riverside Drive. Mrs. l.orillard was almost ready to go out. She had arranged her hair and her husband helped her to put on a coat. Just us he left her to get the machine she said "I'll be ready when you come back."' These were the last words thut Mr. Ixuillard heard his wife utter. He had been gone barely 15 minutes when he returned and found her hanging In tli bathroom. Mne hail turn a can vas strap from the Inside of a trunk, tied a knot to a pipe and then put the noose around her neck. It was evi dent thut she' then - hud let herself drop from the edge of the bathtub Mr. Lorlllurd, who had first called to his wife as he 'entered the room, was so shocked finding- his wife dead thut for a few minutes he was overcome. Recovering himself, he cut the strap above his wife's head and curried the body to the lied. Calling the house telephone opera tor, he said: "Get a doctor at once..' Sebastian Summers, manager of the I J. K. Swain has Just returned from Richmond, where he went on busi ness several days ngo and where he hud to remain u duy or two longer thuii he intended by reusun of the ract that no trains were running in this direction until yesterday. Mr. Swain came home on the first train that left Richmond, and he stated thut he "hud to walk part of the way." According to Mr. Swuin most of the county around Richmond and Dan ville that he saw from the railroad track was submerged with several feet of water. In come places, he said, only a few feet of the telephone :nd telegraph poles could lie seen an,l in many places the fences were entirely under water; on the sides of the track In places where the land seemed to be swampy the water was up to the limbs of trees. The high water from the rains of Thursduy night and Friday caused much damage in that part of the country he said; he noticed several small buildings floating about and lodged against trees. Thet rain -on which Mr. Swain started carried a through sler-per but this only came as far as Danville and this was where the passengers had to do the walking, transferring to an other train. At South Itostull Mr. Swain stated POLICE AND HOLD-UP MEN IN STREET FIGHT Thugs Attack Cilrl Messenger in New York and Aro Quickly , Apprehended. New York, March 18 There was a recurrence Suturduy of New York's recent epidemic of hold-ups, when thugs attacked a girl messenger at Hie door of a Bowery hank and as faulted Mid robbed a Jeweler of 11000 on a Harlem roof. Both crimes were P coinpuiiled by desperate lights be tween the alleged robbers llnd the po lire, which, resulted In five arrests. Idimulsed un push cart men and street cleaners a score of detectives raw four men seise Miss Ella C, Nlchol, messenger for a supply con cern, as she was leaving the Gor rosnla iank with payroll In her muff. The money was wrenched from her srusu and the robbers tied. The men were onlckly cornered and sur rendered after hand to , hand lj?hU with the detectives. Two of the men one of whom hud the money In his possession, have criminal records, the police say. ISOUIIH TO I E E BILL CHINA'S OUTLOOK DM IS Believe Reorganization Cannot Be Effected Without Serious - Political Struggle. London, March IS. Premier As- ipilth today announced In tho house of commons that the government would Introduce a minimum , wuge bill for tulners tomorrow. OCEAN FREIGHT RATES GIVEN BIG BOOST Increase Made at Hamburg and Bre men Because of British and German Strikes. New York, March 1R. Trans-Atlantic freight rates will be heavily In creased us a result of the British and German coal strikes, Berlin dis patches say the Hamburg and Bremen shluuliiK Interests have decided to In crease rates to distant points 10 per cent, with a 15 ier cent Increase for the coasting service. (Supreme Court Ilewsses. Pektn, Murch 18. Anarchy and famine prevail throughout the coun trv. Tho nations finances are in a chaotic condition and China is divided Into several parts. Tho legations do not fear any immediate or widespread risings, or unti-foreign uttacks, but thev do not believe that the country will he reunited, the army disbanded and re-organlzatlon and progressive ileveloiiment accomplished without long and Intense suffering und serious political struggles. Premier Tang 8hao-Yl has left here for Nanking. The southern, delegates witli whom he came to Pekin departed several days ago. Certain foruign mill Isters who have met Tang consider him something of a visionary. The "four powers" group of financiers, though nerhups with some bias, are of th opinion that his financial policy Is dangerous and accuse htm or tricKti ness In negotiating the present loans with which he was entrusted. The southern delegation generally has disappointed the diplomatic repre sentatlves, as. with one exception they were apparently without experience, They huve. been ardent workers for the cause, but seemingly do not real ize that the republic was achieved with few sacrifices and largely be cause the Manchus did not seriously combat the delegates. Washington. March 18. The Ru preme court today took a recess until I April 1. Boston, Mass., March 18. Prest dent Taft reached Boston this morn Ing on a visit to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. E WIRES ftRE FOUND Electrical Installation That May Cause Fire Some De fective Flues, Etc. Deputy Insurance Commissioners Scott und Jordan have already partly Completed an Inspection of the lire dis trict of the city which Is made to see If the owners of the buildings are conforming to the requirements of the tire insurance laws and to warn them where violations arc found. They begun this inspection Friday and they expect to finish it about the middle of the week. They are accompanied on their tlrps of inspection by City Building Inspector Caleb Leonard, who is also fin- waste Inspector. The Inspectors stated this morning that they are llndlng a good many electric wires that ure not Installed properly und drop cords being looped over iron hooks, gas pipes, etc., which Is likely to cause tire at any time. They huve also found some defective flues and not a little rubbish. They have found that several buildings need Locomotive Boiler in Southern Pacific Round House at San Antonio, Tex., Is Blown up. MANY ARE INJURED; SHOPS ARE WRECKED Mo3t of The Dead and Maimed Strike-Breakers Several Bodies Fearfully , Mangled. ' 18. many lire escapes, some wnere the owners that the water was only a foot or two have already, been notified to put them below the Hour of a bridge and both up. They referred to some buildings approaches were covered. So far he knew, he stated, the railroad track was not submerged anywhere, as It I was on a high embankment. Mr. Swain also stated that the peo ple of Richmond are very much wrought up over the tragedy at Hllls vllle and some of the Richmond pa pers get out extras every, hour or two. . CQL. ROOSEVELT'S PLANS FOR COMING GAMPAIGN that have been provided with wire ladders and they say that these will not meet the requirements of the law, that a standard lire escape must have steps and platforms, so that the in mates of the house can descend in safety. If the fire escapes are not In stalled at once, they say that the vlo lotions in this regard und others will be brought to the attention of the grand jury. They stated thut there Is penalty of so much per duy where the violations are not abated after warning. The deputies Bald that in most San Antonio, Tex., March Twenty-live men were killed, more were injured and several build ings were wrecked when a locomo tive boiler exploded In the Southern Pucilic roundhouse here toduy. . The roundhouse and cur repair shops were demolished nnd many men working in them were hurt by falling walls. So mangled were the victims that there seemed no hope of piecing the fragments of bodies together suffi ciently to identify them. The victims were largely men who were employed as strike-breakers. Strike-breakers have been working at the Southern Pacific shops since the hopmen's strike began several months ago. After the explosion rumors were circulated that dynamite was the cause of the explosion. The locomo tive was standing in the yard near the shops. The explosion came with out warning. Parts of the round house collapsed and several small buildings 'n the shop enclosure were wrecked. The roundhouse caught ire. The half-ton jacket of the ex ploded locomotive boiler dropped sev eral blocks distant while the lender was catapulted several hundred feet. The majority of the victims were " ' cases the people ure showing an inter lest In the inspections and seemed to I from northern and western states, lie glad to receive the warnings that may be the means of preventing tires. Several Political DROWNED IN TRYING TO SAVE HIS TEAM Will Make - Speeches in the Next Few Weeks. otel, rushed to the elevator und went o the eighth floor. He encountered Mr. Lorilliird in the pussagcw uy, pule nd trembling. 'For God's suke get a doctor, quick! micK. erica Mr. Liormura. Air. sum' rs entered the room and used the tele phone to call up Dr. A. A. Moore, ol No. 43 East Thirty-third street. Dr. Moore scon appeared In the hotel. Dr. Moore worked over the body for more than 40 minutes, thinking thut perhaps, with the aid of artlliclul res- Jirution. lilt might be discovered. Dr. Moore said afterwards that in cases of strangulation of drowning It often was the case that life might still llng- r and that by working over the body the heart's action might be renewed. While the physician worked in vain over the body Mr. Lorlllurd paced up and down the room. He telephoned to his mother, Mrs. Louis Lorlllurd, whose husband died a year ugo. Miss Beekman, un aunt of young Mrs. Lo rillard, also came to the hotel. Coroner Feinberg tinully was not! lied when Dr. Moore was certain ltle was extinct. He said that it was a lear case of suicide on the Impulse of the moment. Coroner Feinnerg us- serted thut there whs not a sign of a letter or note fro niMrs. Lorlllurd, and that she evidently had decided to kill herself the' moment her husband left, us no preparations had been made pre vlously. Mrs. Lorlllurd was Miss Kuthleen Leslie Doyle, whose mother was Mrs. Anna Bester Doyle. Before her mar- rlaa-e to Beekman Lorillard she was noted In Kentucky for her beuuty. Besides being an accomplished horse woman she excelled at tennis and golf. She ran away and was married to Mr. Lorillard when he was u tresnman at Harvard, on January 20, 1903. The marriage was a surprise to society. Althouirh their engagement had been reported It had always been denied. Miss Doyle then was nineteen years old, and Mr. Lorillard was only a few months her senior. On Octolier 31. 1111. Mrs. Lorillard was thrown from a trap she was driv ing in Ashcvllle. Physicians said lust night that possibly the shock might hkive been responsible for her taking her life. The body was taken to Ieoit I Stowe's undertaking rooms, No. wt West Fifty-first street. Mr. Lorlllurd jind his mother left the hotel und It Is said they had gone to the home of rcl atlves In the city. Yesterday afternoon the remains tntien to Washington. where they were to be Interred this after noon In the family plot. James Brogden, Farmer. Frees Horses 1 But IjOsck His Life In the Swollen Neuse, Oyster May, March IS. The first In- furinutiou concerning tho plHU of cum palgn mapped nut by the Roosevelt leaders in their conferences in New ork Friday anil Saturday was given esteriluy by Colonel Roosevelt. He said he had decided definitely to make number of speeches in Various parts f tWe country in the ncur future. The speech before the civic forum n New York Wednesday night is first on the prokrain. Later this week Col onel Roosevelt will talk somewhere on the East Side In New York If a hull I be obtained. Early next week he will start on a short tour of the mid lie west. Three speeches have been leen decided upon, to be made ut CWi ago. St. Paul or Minneapolis und St, Willis. Other stops' may be arranged iter. In the week beginning Murch 31 cilonel Roosevelt will go into New Ingland. Speeches nre to be made in Boston und Concord, N. H.. with possi ble one In Portland. Me. A trip to Phll- nrlelidila and Newark Is to be made during the week of April 7. The colonel said that he did not lie licve the Roosevelt forces would have ommlttee and that ull he wanted was a square deul. Miss Kathleen Doylo, who ten years ago wedded Beekman Lorillard, son nf Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Lorillard of New York, was one of the most beau tlful women who ever resided In Ashe vllle. She was endowed with many graces, and possessed, in addition to her beauty, the Indefinable quality of charm. She was social favorite here and In the larger centers. Among her accomplishments was skill In handling and riding horses, and she was one of (he ablest and most graceful of th many riders here. For quite while Mrs. Lorll Continued on pat six. . ' 7,.' ,vr' '" -7 Gazette-News Bureau. The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, March 18 James lirodKcn, a young married farmer, was drowned In the Neuse river today while trying to save team which walked off un approach lo a bridge into the swollen current. lirogden failed to heed the warnings of persons near and continued cutting the harness loose. One animal swum ashore but Brogden was overcome and swept down the stream. The body has not been found. Federal Troops Withdraw, Raiders Are Devastating the Country. DR. WALKER VERY ILL. Physician and Woman Suffrage Advo cate In Serious Condition from Nervous ltreukclow n. Mexico City. March IS. Reports from the south Indicate that the com parative peace established by the gov ernment s army in tile state of (Juer rero has given place to a stale of af- - fairs about us unsatisfactory us ever. The reports of the extensive damage lone ut Ometepec und nearby towns by raiders are well authenticated and it is believed that the rebels aim at the capture of Chilpamingo, the capi tal of the stale. Save for a few small garrisons the government has with drawn its soldiers for service in the north. Salgado, still operating despite of- licial reports of his capture and death. now said to be taking advantage of the withdrawal of soldiers to re-or- ganlxe his own forces, scattered by Gen, Klguerou, whose army In turn in SPECIAL CLASSIFIED PICE IS IN IIS LUST WEEK New York. March 18. Dr. Mary E. Wulkcr. widely known as an advo ate of woman's rights and "dress re form," in which she set an example by wearing male uttire, Is in the Presbyterian hospital here dangerous ly 111. Dr. Winker is suffering from Uad to be badly weakened by deser a nervous breakdown. Because of her I thins. advanced age she Is an ortogennrian her friends fear her Illness will nrove a critical one. Of late years Dr. Walker hart been ii leader In the woman suffrage move ment, and claimed to have been the llrst woman to attempt voting at the polls. She has made suffrage speeches throughout the United States and England. ' MILLS RAISING WAGES Increases Offered by the Mnuagemeuts Aggregate More Tlum 111 Mil lions Annually. 40 KILLED IN BATTLE This Is the last week of the Special Classified Page and names will her un In names will be run I studv every advertisement und see If vou can't find your name ami gel one of the new one dollar bills that will be given to each of those who have their name marked when the manager of this page calls. Moston, March 18. Wage increases aggregating more than .-110,000,000 will go Into the pockets of New Eng land textile workers during the next 12 months, according to authoritative estimates of the result of the present sk of tne SPLLtai Hilu,((( Kre) hy WaPPm)l. .'nnit strike upward trend of wages In cotton and .i 1 11i!.,i. Hull of 'lilted States Moid- woolen mills. On the basis of an an- n the "rtlo- Monterey. nual payroll of $79,000,000 In tho u tho advertise. ' , ' .in .h i.,..rou., there will Swatow, China. March 18. Forty amount to $f..00.000, while cotton natives were killed In buttle between I mill operatives will receive an advance Hakka tribesmen and Canton troops. I of 5. 000, Olio, Ihu cntio nl llT- I iii 11 SETTLEMENT REMOTE Several bullets from the scene of but tle struck the hull of the Lnlted Te manager o,' , hi", page' has found States monitor Monterey, less than hair a ciozen people who failed to mark their names and get ffle dollnr, since this feature was llrst started- BOMBS KILL ARABS Hrlllsli Coal War Ci'iilliiue to Itain- lyse Industry Mm h DMres III Urttii in. Missiles Uroppcd from Aeroplane Into Turkish Camp Are Fatal to Few. WARSHIPS SENT EAST I rtr.nL.luml. Tripoli. March 18. t.. ...... ... uuv i..rfni Fleet I Hmn ha from the aeroplanes of an l lllicu ,i , n . . j - - - - - i - - 111 Touch with ClUncse Waters. Italian expeditionary mrce tooay killed 10 Arabs in a Turkish camp. London. March 18. The British coal war continues to paralyse Indus try. Coal owners and miners remain obstinate and a settlement soon is Im probable. Increased prices for necessaries cause much distress everywhere. Washington, March 18. Significant orders were Issued from the navy de partment late , yesterday directing three of the big armored cruisers of the Pacific fleet to proceed at once to the Philippine Islands for an In detlnlte stay. The navy department will not admit that the big vessels are to be attached to the Asiatic fleet but their arrival In the Orient will give the United 8tates the most pow erful foreign fleet excepting that of Japan In touch with Chinese waters. The vessels ordered to the Philippines are the flagship California, the South Dakota' and the Colorado, now at Honolulu. MY CH0I01 TOR PRESIDENT If I conld Select the Mm I Wonld Name Najne... Address., flttf Out this ticket out and BmUI It to The GazrttcNewg, or hand It lu at tills oBU-e. If Jo do not rare to write your name on the ballot, yon can write It In registry book provided at the office. Results will be published from time to time and In no rase will the name of the voter be given oat an less so requested.
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