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The News and Observer.
VOL. LII. NO. 128.
Leads all North Carolina Daily Papers in Both News and Circulation
TO CULL THE SENATE
IN SPECIAL SESSION
Soon After the Elections in
November.
THIS ROOSEVELT’S IDEA
Desires it to Ratify Reciprocity Treaty
With Cub*.
HE WOULD CALL THE SESSION EARLIER
Bu s , so They Say, He Thinks Democrats Will
be Likely to Oppose His Re
ciprocity Treaty After Elec
tion Than Before.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. D. C., Aug. 12.—Advices
received here indicate that President
Roosevelt will call the Senate in extra
ordinary session early in November.
Ever since it became evident that
nothing would be accomplished as to re
ciprocity with Cuba at the recent session
of Congress rumors of a more or less
definite nature have been in circulation
that the President would call an extra
session, cither of the entire Congress to
enact Cuban reciprocity legislation or of
the Senate to ratify, if possible, a recip
rocal treaty of Cuba. During the past
week it has been stated that it was the
purpose of President Roosevelt to call a
special session of the Senate as early as
September. It can be stated by authority
that he has no such intention. His time
and that of many members of the Sen
ate of both political parties will be com
pletely occupied during September and
October.
It is understood to be the belief of
the President that a session of the Sen
ate, held for the purpose of ratifying a
reciprocity treaty with Cuba, would be
much more likely to be fruitful of re
sults if it is held after the November
elections than If it was held before. It
is assured that the question of the re
lations of the United States with Cuba
will enter largely into the approaching
campaign and it is stated that the Presi
dent feels the Democrats will be less
likely to offer serious opposition to a
reciprocity treaty after the election than
they would before that time. A treaty
with Cuba practically has been prepared.
It requires only the finishing touches and
the signatures of Minister Quesada and
Secretary of State Hay to make it ready
for presentation to the Senate.
No definite date it is understood, has
been fixed upon for the meeting of the
session in November, but that it will be
soon after the election is reasonably cer
tain. The President it is said, hopes
to have the reciprocity question cleared
away entirely before the regular session
cf Congress.
EXCURSION TRAIN HALTED.
Reported to Have Come From the Small Pox
Infected District.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C., August 12. —A report
preceded a negro excursion here today
that the excursionists had come from the
small pox infected district below New
Bern, which caused Mayor Hood to take
prompt action to prevent the negroes
from landing. The train arrived at the
yards of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, near the cotton factories at
1:30 o’clock, where it was detained by
orders from Superintendent Dili, at New
Bern. At this time the train is still
standing at quarantine and is expected
to soon return it came from.
The inmates of the Odd Fellovvs’ Or
phan Home loft here this morning for
Wilmington, where they will remain as
the guests of the Odd Fellows of that
town until next Saturday morning.
There were about fifty children in the
crow’d in charge of Superintendent Brin
son. It is understood that the Wilming
ton Od Fellows have made extensive pre
paration for the orphans and their stay
in the city by the sea will be one con
tinual round of pleasure with presents
galore and plenty of good things to eat.
Kinston Alto Shut Them Out.
(Special to News and Observer.)
New Born, N. C., Aug. 12.—Today a
colored excursion of 400 people left James
City and New Bern for Kinston. On ar
rival of the train the city authorities
would not let them stop on the grounds
that the smallpox was in our city, so
they moved on to Goldsboro and to their
surprise they were met with the same
greeting so they w’ere compelled to re
turn home. Now as a matter of fact
there is not a single case of smallpox
in our town. There are three cases re
ported to be three miles out of the city
in the pest house.
VETERANS IN BEUNION.
Big Plans For Celebrating Labor Fay. Bishop
A Coke Smith
(By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. C., August 12.—Two
thousand Confederate veterans and then
friends attended the reunion at Provi
dence church today. The feature of the
occasion was an address on education by
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, of Davidson
College. At noon a feast was spread,
to which the crowd did ampje justice.
The reunion closed with a tournament
this afternoon and a coronation ball this
evening, which was largely attended.
Mr. B. E. Moody has been appointed
chief train dispatcher of the Southern
with headquarters at Charlotte.
The plans for the celebration of Labor
Day in Charlotte are beginning to take
definite shape. The labor folks have se
cured Hon. Jerome Jones, of Atlanta, as
orator of the day. The local merchants
are taking a lively Interest in the cele
bration and most of them will have
floats In the parade. Various contests
will be provided for prizes at the park
after the address and parade, and at night
there will be a performance in the audi
torium and a dance follows it. The labor
unions of Gastonia, Concord and other
nearby towns will come over on special
trains to hely Charlotte celebrate.
Bishop A. Coke Smith is the guest of
local Methodists at the Buford House
today. An informal reception will be
tendered him this afternoon and tonight
a committee will extend him a formal
invitation to make Charlotte his home.
It is understood that he will accept the
invitation.
Republican Fight in Arkansas.
(By the Associated Press )
Little Rock, Ark., August 12.—Harry
H. Myers, regular Republican nominee
for governor, has filed a petition in the
Pulaski Chancery Court for an injunc
tion to prevent Secretary of State Crock
ett from certifying the name of Charles
D. Greaves as a Republican nominee for
governor. The litigation grows out of the
nomination of two State tickets by the
opposing Republican factions.
sucking? The cm
Revolutionists Spared Neith
er Nor Sex. Con
sulate Pillaged.
(By the Associated Press.)
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, Aug.
12. —Details of the fighting at Barcelona,
Venezuela, received here by boat, show
that a terrible battle started on Sun
day, August 3, and that on the following
Wednesday the Revolutionists entered
the city. They kept up a continued
firing day and night, destroying houses
in the center of the city. At midnight
on Thursday two-thirds of the city was
in the power of the revolutionists. On
Friday the government strongholds were
carried and the last survivors of the gov
ernment officers tried to escape by the
river to the sea, but failing they made
one last stand, after which at noon on
Friday, they surrendered to the revolu
tionary commanders. General Francisco,
Monagas and Platero.
Among; those taken prisoners are Mar
tin Marcano, president of the State of
Barcelona, and commander of the gov
ernment troops, eight generals and
twenty-three colonels. The dead on both
sides numbered 167.
All houses in the city were sacked, and
in some instances inoffensive women and
children were maltreated and killed.
Stores were pillaged, especially those be
longing to foreigners, and the French
cable office was robbed. The American.
Italian and Dutch consulates were pil
laged and the consuls have asked for
mcn-of-war to protect life and property.
The Blockade Abandoned.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 12.—The Navy De
partment today received two cablegrams
from Commander MeCroa, of the gunboat
Machias, dated Cape Haytien, August
12, in which ho reports that the at
tempted blockade of the port by the
revolutionists is ineffective. In the first
dispatch he said:
“Have decided blockade spasmodic,
therefore ineffective. (Have) notified con
suls. W’ill protect innocent, neutral com
merce.”
In the second dispatch, which came
later, he said:
“Consider blockade abandoned, Ameri
can schooner reporting blockade ab
sent.”
Warship Sant to Barcelona,
Washington, D. C., August 12-—Min
ister Bowen has cabled the State De
partment from Caracas that our consul
at Barcelona has informed him by wire
that Barcelona has been taken by the
revolutionists: that they are sacking
tho town and that in his judgment the
protection of a vessel should be imme
diately afforded him. Mr. Bowen says
he has cabled the Cincinnati to return
without delay. He notes that the Topeka
is at Porto Cabollo and the Marietta up
the Orinoeeo river. During the day the
Cincinnati reported her arrival at Porto
Cabello and instructions were sent di
recting either the Topeka or the Cincin
nati to proceed to Barcelona. This
leaves it discretionary with Captain Mc-
Lean, of the Cincinnati, the senior officer
present to send the Topeka or go himself
with the Cincinnati. The vessel which
remains will he prepared to land blue
jackets at Porto Cabello in case of ne
cessity.
Owner of Luray Cave Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa.. August 12. —Edward
Roberts, Jr., a prominent resident of this
city, died today at his county homo at
Rosomont. Pa., aged seventy years. Mr.
Roberts was the owner of the famous
Luray cave in Virginia. He was vice
president of the Rock Hilt Iron Com
pany, treasurer of the Union Improve
ment Company, and a director of several
railroads.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13.1902.
IRHYMENOWOHOIE
This the Choice Midkiff Gives
Miss Lome.
He Was Beating Her Ovsr the Head With a
Pistol When Her Piercing Cries
Brought Help.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., August 12. —News
is just received here of a tragedy at
Mount Airy Sunday .night. Miss Lome,
white chambermaid at Pace’s Hotel,
and Charles Midkiff, manager of the ex
press company delivery wagon, were
sweethearts.
Sunday night Midkiff, who was jeal
ous, and a drummer guest of the hotel
on a lookout, found his sweetheart and a
drummer in a loving embrace on the ho
tel piazza. He said nothing then, but on
hearing that Miss Lome and the drum
mer were to be in a picnic party going
to Mount Airy White Sulphur Springs,
five miles distant, he sent her word not
to go. Nevertheless she went and had a
good time.
That night the carriage that she and
the drummer were in, was held up in a
mile of Mount Airy by the jealous
lover, who at the point of a pistol com
pelled Miss Lome to dismount, saying
that she had to ride into town with him
in a buggy that he had hitched on the
outside of the road. The young lady dis
mounted and the carriage drove on.
Two gentlemen passing by a short while
afterwards were startled by a woman’s
cries and discovered a man holding a
woman by the hair and beating her on
the head and face with a pistol. The
man ran and the woman was found to be
Miss Lome, who was terribly bruised and
lacerated about the head and face.
She was taken to Mt. Airy and when
able to talk said that Midkiff insisted on
her going over to Virginia with him and
geting married, but that on her refusal
to do so he grasped her by the hair and
began raining blows on her head and
face with a pistol, swearing she had her
choice of marrying him or dying.
Every effort is being made by the offi
cers to capiSrn the jealous wretch, and
it is reported he was caught near Hills
ville.
A PEACEFUL DEVOLUTION.
A Scheme to Bring About Political Emancipa
tion in Russia.
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, July 24th.—Oswobosh
denia, the Liberal newspaper established
in Stuttgart by the exile Peter Von
Struvo to bring about political emanci
pation of Rusia, has appeared in print-
By far the most important article is
“From the Russian Constitutionalists.”.
This is a carefully elaborated program
of peaceful revolution, which provides
that the first demand must be for:
First. Personal freedom, guaranteed
by independent courts, and consequently
abandonment of arbitrary arrests and in
quisitions, of administrative banishment,
extraordinary courts and summary
trials.
Second. Equality of all before the
laws and consequently abandonment of
all class, racial or religious discrimina
tion. These elementary rights, the pro
gram continues, require as guarantees
the freedom of the press, including aboli
tion of the censorship and the responsi
bility of the press to the courts alone;
the freedom of assemblage and associa
tion, and the right of petition.
The first step in the practical program
must he a constituent assembly repre
senting all classes of the people to work
out an electoral scheme. Legal reforms
would remain to be discused in and
brought about by a representative elec
tive assembly, chosen in accordance with
the expressed determination of the con
stituent assembly.
Driscoll Addrestes the Union.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cincinnati, 0., August 12.—Frederick
Driscoll, Commissioner of the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association, de
livered an elaborate address on arbitra
tion, contracts, and the relations between
publishers and printers unions before the
International Typographical Union today.
Mr. Driscoll asked for the enactment of
several amendments to the general laws
which would promote the best interests
of the publishers as well as members
of the union by the foundations of in
dustrial peace.
The address of Commissioner Driscoll
was ordered spread upon the minutes
and .referred to the various committees.
It was decided that the Typographical
Journal, the official organ, should here
after bo published monthly instead of
semi-monthly so as to make it self-sup
porting. The remainder of the session
was devoted to consideration of the re
port of laws.
Nine Cars Pass Over Him,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. 0., Aug. 12.—Captain J.
William Lamotte. vard conductor for the
Atlantic Coast Line at Sumter, S. C.,
and for many years a resident of Wil
mington, was run over by a train of
freight cars at Sumter this morning and
instantly killed. The bodv was horribly
mangled, nine cars passing over him. The
accident occurred while Captain Lamotte
was climbing between the tender and
cars of the moving train. He was a
middle aged man, had been in the em
ploy of the company fifteen years and
leaves a widow and several children.
His wife was Miss Sallie Lane, of Wil
mington.
GRAND LODGE OF ELKS
G. F. Cronk is Elected Grand
, Exalted Ruler.
Eight Thousand Elks From Every State in the
Union Gathered at Salt Lake
City,
(By the Associated Press.)
Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug 12.—G. F.
Cronk, of Omaha, wa-s elected Grand
Exalted Ruler of the Grand Lodge of
Elks; W. B. Brock, of Lexington, Ky.,
was elected Grand Leading Knight, and
Judge J. C. Pickens, of Denver, was
elected Grand Loyal Knight by accla
mation.
Eight thousand Elks from every State
dn the Union gathered 'in the great
tabernacle of the Mormon church to
day to attend the formal opening of
the annual reunion of the Grand Lodge.
Preceding the opening meeting was the
civic and military parade, which marked
the formal opening of the three days’
re-union. In this were included a bat
talion of infantry and two batteries of
artillery from Fort Douglass, and a troop
of cavalry and battery A, light artil
lery, National Guard of Utah. Then
came uniformed members of all Utah
lodges of Elks and dozens of other civic,
military and fraternal organizations in
uniform, accompanied by a score of bands
and many picturesque floats.
The exercises at the auditorium were
brief, though impressive. After prayer
and a selection of the great organ, Grand
Exalted Ruler Pickett, of Waterloo,
lowa, delivered Jiis annual address,
which was largely eulogistic of the aims
and work of the Elks. He said:
“The portals of Elkdom are thrown
wide to all manly applicants. It draws
no distinctions. In the republicanism of
our government and democracy of our
ideas, all are equal. Our order is con
structive and not destructive. The
spirit of inconoelasm dwells not within
its circle. It molests no temple, dese
crates no altar, profanes no sanctuary.
It robs no man of his faith, attacks no
creed, criticises no sect. It shadows no
dawn, darkens no hope, saddens no love.
It does not seek to supplant the church
or usurp its functions. Its religion is
humanity. Its creed is friendship, its
golden rule the love of fellow men.”
SLAIN BY CHICAGO THUGB.
Two Officers Have a Battle With Them and
Are Billed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, Aug. 12.—Officers Timothy
Divine and Charles T. Pennell, patrol
men of the Ciiicago Police Department,
wore killed here early today in a re
volver battle with what is supposed to
have been a gang of thugs. Much mys
tery surrounds the shooting, for both
men died before an adequate account of
the-shooting could be obtained, Divine
in the ambulance on the way to the hos
pital and Pennell on the operating table
while surgeons were probing for bul
lets.
The fight occurred just before dawn,
near Jackson boulevard and Ashland ave
nue in the aristocratic section of the
Westside. The fusilade of shots aroused
the entire neighborhood. Citizens who
heard the dying policemen groan rushed
to their assistance and saw men running
away. Officer Pennell heroically stag
gered a hundred feet to a patrol box and
sent in an alarm for assistance. At once
the police set a drag net for all suspici
ous characters and soon had six men in
custody. Before Pennell died he was
able to gasp out a few words about "rob
bers,” giving descriptions of two men.
Judge Jackson Frees Them.
(By the Associated Tress.)
Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. 12.—Judge
Jackson today released Thomas Hagger
ty and other members of the United
Mine-Workers, who were serving sixty
and ninety days in jail for contempt of
court. The prisoners filed a petition for
release, alleging that they bad not known
they were violating the injunction when
they did so and promising not to do so
again. Attorneys for the coal companies
ordered their release but it was granted
subject, to re-arrest to complete the
original sentence if they violated the
injunction again.
A Great Harvester Company Born.
(By the Asociatcd Press.)
Trenton, N. J., August 12.—The Inter
national Harvester Company, with an
authorized capital of $120,000 was incor
porated here this evening. The company
is authorized to manufacture harvesting
machines and agricultural implements of
all kinds. It is understood that among
the concerns Interested in the syndicate
is the McCormick Reaper and Mower
concern of Chicago.
Asheville Female College,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Aug. 12.—The Ashe
ville Female College will be re-opened on
Saturday by Prof. J. A. Joseph, of Dan
ville, Indiana, an experienced teacher.
He will be assisted by Prof. W. H. Mor
ton. who has been vice-president of the
college for many years. The college ha s
been closed since President. A. A. Jones
left for the State of Washington.
Georgia Populists’ Ticket.
'By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12.—The Populist
State Executive Committee met here to
day and named John K. Hines, of At
lanta, for governor. Judge Hines, how
ever, positively declined to run, and a
committee of three was thereupon named
to make a nomination. Nominations for
the other officers on the State ticket
were made as follows:
State Treasurer, J. H. Taylor, Troup
county.
Comptroller General, W. W. Wilson,
Gwynpett county.
Attorney General, P. H. Larry, Bartow
county.
Commissioner of Agriculture, W. L.
Peek, Rockdale county.
School Commissioner, S. H. Zclnor,
Forsyth county.
Daring Hold up by Three Masks.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 12.—El Correo Do
Sonora brings an account of a daring
hold up near Mazatlan, Mexico, by three
masked men, supposed to have been out
laws. The robbers secured 14,000 and
made good their escape with the plunder.
Mariano Gordillo, the driver, was shot
dead. The stage was full but the pas
sengers were unmolested. A shipment of
$4,000 to a bank at Mazatlan was the j
booty the robbers were after, and when j
they secured this they allowed the stage
to proceed.
Kills His Wife and Himsslf.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. 12. —At Lone
Elm, thirty-five miles east of Fort Smith,
Manse Huggins, assistant postmaster,
shot and killed his wife while in a jeal
ous rage and then committed
They leave five children.
» dqublTTynching
White Man and Negro Strung
up by a Masked Mob
in Missouri.
(By tho Associated Press.)
Lexington, Mo., Aug. 12.—Charles Sal
yers (white), and Harry Gates (colored),
were taken from the county jail here by
a masked mob at 1:30 this morning and
lynched. They were charged with kill
ing George W. Johnson, a wealthy farm
er, who surprised them at his hen house,
near town, a week ago. Before ttmy
were strung up Salyers made a statement
to the mob. saying that Gates had fired
the shot that killed Johnson.
Salyers and aGtes were arrested on tho
day following the shooting after an excit
ing chase. Johnson was one of the
wealthiest and most respected men in the
community and the feeling against the
two men was intense. A mob gathered
while they w r ere being brought to town,
but w f as quieted through the efforts of
citizens and it was believed the men
would be allowed to stand trial.
Last night shortly after midnight
armed men came to town by twos and
threes most of them masked. They
massed finally near the court yard, in
which the county jail js situated. The
mob was orderly and well directed. A
demand on the jailor for the prisoners
meeting with refusal, several members
of the mob, who had come well pre
pared, broke in the outer door, and made
quickly for the cells of the murderers. It
took thirty minutes to cut through the
steel doors. Salyers was taken out first,
then Gates. Without further ado and
without encountering any serious objec
tion tho mob started wdth their victims
for a point half a mile south of town. |
There Salyers was granted permission
to make his statement, after which the,
men were strung up to a tree. The mob
dispersed.
THE SHIPBUILDING TRUST.
Payments For All the Plants to be Taken in
Completed
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 12.—The Trust Company
of the Republic today completed the pay
ments for all the shipbuilding plants
held under the options of the United
States Ship-building Company, including
the Bethlehem Steel Company, Union
Iron Works, San Francisco; Bath Iron
Works and Hyde Windlass Company,
Bath, Maine; Eastern Ship-building Com
pany, New London, Conn.; Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington,
Del.; Crescent Ship Yards, Elizabeth,
I'J. J.; Samuel L. Moore & Son Company,
Elizabeth, N. J., and the Canada Manu
facturing Company, Carteret, N. J. This
consummates the transaction, the busi
ness organization will at once begin con
centrating in different yards different
types of vessels and introducing
economics which are expected to result
in increased profits over those of the
independent companies before they were
brought together. Daniel Leroy Dresser,
president of The Trust Company of the
Republic, says:
“There have been uo negotiations
whatever between Vickers, Maxim &
Company and the United States Ship
building Company.”
Mr. Nixon w r as asked as to tne report
that the new company had acquired the
Vickers Maxim & Vickery plants in
England, he said:
“Our desire is to put American ship
building establishments upon a basis
that we can build foreign ships here.
No steps looking to taking in English
plants have been taken.”
The Destroyer Dale Accepted.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Aug. 12.—The Navy De
partment today accepted the torpedo boat
destroyer Dale which was turned over to
the naval authorities at Norfolk, Va.
J< l'7 ;E FIVK CENTS.
SITE OF THE TEMPLE
Masonic Committee Makes
no Selection.
The Committee. Will Meet Next in Raleigh ar.d
the Location V/iil Then be
StLcted
(Special to News and Observer.) 1
Goldsboro, N. C., Aug. 12.—The com
mittee to select a site for Masonic Tem
ple, composed of S. H. Smith, of Y\ in
ston; J. H. Gotten, of Tarboro; A. J. Har
ris, of Henderson: J. C. Drewry, of Ral
eigh; R. J. Noble, of Selma, and H. 1.
Clarke, of Scotland Neck, met this af
ternoon at 5:30 in the Masonic Hall be
hind closed doors and after remaining
in session until 7:30, tdjourned for sup
i Per.
The committee met again at 8 o’clock
J and remained in session until 0:30 when
they adjourned subject to the call from
the chairman without deciding upon a
location.
It is safe to say, how T ever 4 that the
temple will be built and that either
Greensboro or Raleigh w’ill secure it.
Greensboro come forward with an offer
from the local committee of Masons, say
ing that they believed that the city
would lend $25,000. Raleigh has reserved
its inducements.
The next meeting of tho committee
will be held in Raleigh, when the loca
tion will be decided upon.
The committee from the Raleigh Ma
sons which went to Goldsboro was com
posed of Judge T. B. Womack, of Hiraiu
Lodge, and Mr. R. N. Simms, of Win. G.
Hill Lodge. Mr. W. E. Faison, of Ral
eigh Lodge, the third member, found it
impossible to leave the city. Mr. J. C.
Drewry. a member of the Temple Com
mittee, w’hich has in charge the selec
tion of a homo for the SIOO,OOO temple,
also went to Goldsboro.
A soliciting committee visted the busi
ness men of Raleigh yesterday and added
much to the subscriptions already se
cured. The committee which left here
seemed in good spirits and it is certain
(hat a strong fight will be made for
Raleigh at the next meeting which was
determined upon at the meeting of the
committee in Goldsboro last night, and
which is to be held in Raleign.
How the Teachers Were Murdered
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila, Aug. 12.—An investigation
made by the constabulary to clear up the
facts in the killing of a Cebu coaching
party of four school teachers, shows that
the party was ambushed twelve miles
from Cebu. Two teachers w'erc shot and
killed at the first volley, a third, who
ran, was shot in the back, and a fourth,
who was captured, was shot in the chest
while he was praying for mercy. It is
suspected that the fourth man was buried
alive, as his wound was slight and prob
ably would not have caused death. Dogs
dug up two of the bodies and devoured
the flesh. It is believed that sufficient
evidence has been secured to convict all
the participants in the crime.
Quay Would Aid to End the Strike.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 12. —Senator
Quay says he is wiilling to do all in his
power to end tho strike of the anthra
j cite coal miners. George Llewelyn, of
' the Citizens’ Alliance, of Wilkesbarrc.
called upon the Senator and asked the
latter to use his good offices in endeavor
to end the strike.
The Senator said he deeply regretted
ihe present differences that he was will
ing to meet the miners, operators, or
both, if it w'ould aid in restoring indus
trial peace. Any suggestions, he said,
that may be made by Chairman Llewelyn
will be promptly taken under consider
ation.
* German Foreign Office in the Dark?
(By the Associated Press.)
Berlin, August 12.—At the foreign of
-1 flee it was said that the German gov
’ ernment knew nothing of the reported
intention to land German marines at
Porto Cabollo, Venezuela, and that if the
United States had sent a vessel to land
marines there it must be for other rea
sons than the reported German landing.
Commanders of German war vessels in
the Caribean, it was added, would not
go beyond their discretion, if they con
sidered it necessary to land a force to
protect German Interests.
Fatal Explosion of Gasolene.
IBy the Associated Press.)
Paducah, Ky., Aug. 12. —Dr. W. E. Ter
, ry was fatally injured by an explosion
of gasolene at rrinceton, Ky., today. Ho
lit a match in the Terry & Prayer drug
store which caused the explosion and
1 originated a fire that did SIOO,OOO dam
! ages before it was brought under con
trol. Among the heavy losers were tho
Cumberland Telephone Exchange, and the
Postal Telegraph Company. The opera
, house, Terry’s drugstore and two dry
goods stores wore also destroyed.
i
Arrested For Murder.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 12.—Detectives today
arrested a negro who gave his name as
J Osker Wilson, but, who, the poliee think,
j is Walter Wilson, wanted for the niur-
I der of a negress named Margaret Wat
kins at Lynchburg, Va., on July 22.
I
Truth may be slow, but it ig sure
footed.