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THE CHATHAM RECORD H A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, insertion $1-00 One Square, two ineertmae - LS9 One Square, one month 50 For Larger Achrertls-czrssnts Liberal Contracts inrf bo msde. VOL. XXXV. PITTSBOkO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, SdPTEMBEfc 4, 1912. NO. 4. 1 f a i HEWS STORIES IN MINIATURE i . V ""' ' J hi ii Minor Mention of a Week's Important Events. A HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS faragraphs Which Briefly Chronicle the Events of Interest as Bulle tined by Wire, Wireless and Cable Foreign News. Washington The sale of the wooden war vessel Jamestown, built in 1845, was ordered by the Navy Department. " A new two-cent stamp in commemo ration of the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion was approved by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The efficiency pennant was awarded to the battleship Delaware for the highest score in gunnery for the year ending June 30. The Post-Office Department issued an order for strict surveillance to pre vent improper use of the general-delivery service. Though disquieting news from Nicaragua was received by the State Department It was believed the Amer ican force of 2,000 marines would be sufficient to handle the situation. Personal Louis D. Brandeis, the progressive Republican lawyer of Boston, visited Gov. "Woodrow Wilson. The German Emperor continued to show a gain following his rheumatic attack and was able to arise from bed. Miss Rhoda Wilson of London and Noel Deerr of Honolulu travel 9,000 miles to New York to be married. Mulai Hand, former Sultan of Mo rocco, is wailing the loss of his 380 wives, whom he had to leave in Tan giers when he went to Paris. William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, has gone to the Adirondacks for his health. In an Interview with Misis Sophie Loeb, the new Salvation chief, Gen. Bramwell Booth, outlined social work as the future fundamental object of the Army. Sporting "Packey" McFarland has O. K.'d Tommy Garry, of Chicago, as a first class lightweight. H. J. D. Astley, the English aviator, fiew across the channel with a woman passenger in three hours and five min utes. Maurice McLoughlin won the na tional tennis singles championship. He also holds the title in doubles with Thomas C. Bundy. Both men are from California. Charlie Ebbets, owner of the Su perbas, lost no time in spiking the ru mor that Roger Bresnahan, manager of the Cardinals, was to come to Brooklyn in a trade involving Nap Rucker and Zack Wheat. General Refusing to leave when discharged by the Philadelphia Electric Company, a young foreigner explained he paid $40 for a life job. An impostor got the money. Twenty guests at a North Carolina health resort were attacked by pto maine poisoning caused by impure milk. Gus Conzmen, property man at a theatre in Terre Haute, Ind., died from spinal meningitis, caused by an Injury to the eye, due to a spark from a match. J. J. Coward and Miss Mary John Eon of Brooklyn, who were separated fifty years ago by the Civil War, met at a summer hotel in upper New York by chance and soon were married. President Taft ordered the Tenth Infantry from Panama to Nicaragua, but afterward rescinded the order. In a speech at . Pittsfield, Mass., President Taft said he would make no political speeches. Horace F. Leide, postmaster of North Wildwood, N. J., held on a charge of burglary preferred by Henry H. Ottens, a wealthy Philadelphia can dy maker, declares he. was calling on th manufacturer's sister when caught hiding in the cellar. The survivors of Colonel Mosby guerillas held their reunion at Grove ton, Va., on the 50th anniversary of the battle of Bull Run. Lewis Potter, the famous New York Efu'ptor, died suddenly and mysteri cuhly in Seattle. Turko-Italian peace negotiations are deadlocked in Paris. Turkey wants a iniall part of Tripoli returned. Harold Blair, 19 years old, a 'book keeper in the Windsor Trust Co., New York, of Elizabeth, N. J., was drowned in a mountain stream near Catskill, N. r. ' The colonial mansion of Thomas Hastings, millionaire architect, at Wheatley Hill, near Roslyn, L. I., was destroyed by fire. The loss is $100, coo. , Miss Evelyn Goddu, of New York, sued John Lawrence Bogert for $50. 000 for alleged breach of contract. She charged he promised to provide for her if she did not marry, but as serts he failed to do so. 'An English Earl" advertised In a Wall street paper for a position with 'a decent and wholesome enterprise." Three persons lost their lives in a terrific storm that swept over Cleve land. Charles R. Miller, of Wilmington, Republican nominee for governor of Delaware, resigned as state senator. Ignacio Moncini, arrested near Den ver, confessed there is a plant in New York turning out counterfeit half-dollars. Anna Bainbridge, 10 years old, of Philadelphia, is dead of blood poison ing caused by the piercing of her ears for earrings. Jules Vedrlnes, the French aviator, declared that his aeroplane will attain a speed of 121 miles an hour at the Chicago aviation meet. Prominent women organized to rid Newport of vice and the illegal re sorts closed on the eve of publicity given the results of the investigations made. Alderman John A. Richert of Chica go was beaten and robbed of money and jewelry valued at $930 in the streets. The cruiser Des Moines will sail from Boston on September 6 to 'east ern Mexican ports to watch the situa tion. After two years there still remains $3,000 to be raised of the $10,000 nec essary to buy a silver service for the battleship North Dakota. After three days, rangers gained control of the forest fire which threat ened the valuable Devil's Canyon and Bear Creek watersheds in California. The year's record swordfish catch was broken at Avalon, Cal., when Frank H. Reed of Oklahoma City, after a two-hour fight, landed one weighing 232 pounds. A new 30-inch photographing refrac to1 telescope, valued at $150,000, third largest in the world, was dedicated at the Allegheny Observatory in Pitts burgh. Justice Aspinall dismissed the writ of habeas corpus bued out by Mrs. Sarah Sypher of Brooklyn, who want ed to attend the funeral of her three children whom she killed by gas. The Navy Department is forcing seamen to undergo vaccination. A seaman who refused at Mare Island, Cal., was sentenced to one year In prison. The American Bar Association de nounced the recall of judges and the initiative and referendum and ac cepted the resignation of a Minneapo lis negro lawyer who quit because of the drawing of the color line. The Housewives' League opened a fruit and vegetable market under the Queensboro Bridge, New York. The innovation with its low prices and cor rect measure proved so popular that the market will be open daily here after. William J. Burke, the Philadelphia Councilman who disappeared after he had confessed being an ex-convict and burglar, returned to start life anew accepting an offer to set him up in business. Foreign The Chinese pirates who raided British property in Hongkong recently were captured in Macao by Portugu ese police. The United States transport Liscom sank alongside a wharf at Shanghai in 40 feet of water. No cause is yet known. A Belgian has invented a contriv ance that will render aeroplanes so stable that they cannot upset, turn turtle or plunge to the ground. Women wearing dangerous hatpins must pay street car conductors in Hamburg, Germany, a cent a piece for corks to place over the points of the pins or get off the car. Chinese brigands, most of whom are former sodiers, ' are looting towns along the Canton-Hankow Railroad and butchering the inhabitants. The Empress of Russia, the first of the Canadian Pacific Railroad's new 15,000-ton vessels, was launched at Glasgow. One of the greatest crowds London ever saw attended the funeral of Gen eral Booth of the Salvation Army. - It was rumored in Rome that the Pope is about to create a new Ameri can cardinal to live in that city. Funeral services for General Booth in London were attended by 34,000 people. President Madero asked Kaiser Wilhelm for a number of infantry and artillery officers to train the Mexican army. : . A broken propeller on the gunboat Vicksburg punched a hole in the hull as the vessel was cruising off Mexico, and she put Into Magdalena Bay for repairs. Emperor Yoshihito has written to the Pope expressing hope for con tinued cordial relations between the Vatican and Japan. General William Booth, left direc tions that one of the inkstands in his study should be given to his son, Ballington Booth. Six Italian warships anchored off Beirut, Asiatic Turkey. The garrison is preparing to resist an attack. Gen. William Booth was buried be side his wife in London in the pres ence of a countless multitude after a funeral parade of the Salvation Army which resembled a triumphal proces sion and amid the falling of exhaust ed soldiers as in battle. RearAdmiral Southerland took com mand of our forces in Nicaragua and reported that he intended to keep the Gorinto-Managua Railway, open, thus rendering "American life and proper ty safe." LIQUOR SELLERS PLAN TJEJADE LAW RECENT WILD RUMOR THAT IS BEING TALKED OF IN TAR HEEL STATE. DECIDE TO MAKE TEST CASE Story Comes From Well Known Citi- " zen Who Heard Plan Unfolded. "Reported" Attempt to Open Whole sale Whiskey House in Salisbury. Charlotte. Gossip has arrrived on the through train from Washington, D. C, to the effect that Washington liquor dealers, representing "unlimit ed capital," are planning to make an active effort to open up wholesale whiskey houses in several North Car olina cities for distributing liquor in adjoining states. Report has it that the promoters of the scheme claim that such "right" is conferred by the interstate com merce law bearing on interstate ship ments. - "It is said" in a roundabout way that, after conferring with lawyers of the District of Columbia, the whis key men concerned have made up their minds to make a test of the North Carolina state prohibition law, by opening up first wholesale liquor house in Salisbury; that if it is able to withstand the legal attack that is certain to be made, then other "dis tributing houses" will be opened in Charlotte and at other points to sell liquor to customers residing in other states. The story comes through a well known citizen who heard the plan un folded by another man, the latter hav ing returned from Washington several days ago, and who, it is understood, is interested in the whiskey business. It appears that the issue which they propose to force, is out of "dry" terri tory into another state. The liquor men claim, it is said, that whiskey can be shipped into a "dry" state, the rule must work both ways, and that, under the interstate commerce laws, it can be shipped out of a dry state into another state. Certain recent decisions in cases coming up from Tennessee and other states, it is understood, have given the Washington liquor men the idea of making this effort. Politics in Hoke County. The first Democratic primary held in Hoke county resulted in the nomination of the following officers. These were appointed by the governor under the act creating the county. Capt. Thomas McBryde was named for representa tive in the legislature. Capt. J. W. McNeil, of Fayetteville, received a majority of 77 votes over Q. K. Nimocks (also of Fayetteville) for state senator from the thirteenth sen atorial district, composed of Hoke and Cumberland counties. The nomi nees for the county officers are: For sheriff, Edgar Hill; clerk, superior court, W. B. McQueen; treasurer, W. J. McCraney; register of deeds, J. M. McNair; coroner, D. K. McDuffie; commissioners: J. W. Johnson, J. A. McPaul, S. J. Cameron. Blind Tiger Released on Bond. ' Horace Melton, the blind tiger, whose last conviction cost the leading witness his life, has been released on a bond of $200 for good behavior dur ing the next tw.o years. , Sympathy for the family of the accused man, who is now their only support, caus ed the action of the court. The sen tencing of Clyde Melton, brother of Horace, to the penitentiary for eigh teen years, left Melton's mother and other immediate members of the fami ly practically without support. Special Provision for Extra Funds. The finance committee of the state board of agriculture made special provision for extra funds for a num ber of the divisions of the state de partment of agriculture to carry on their work until the next semi-annual meeting of the board in December. Safe Cracker is Arrested. C. C. Campbell, a white man 45 vpnrs old. was arrested while robbing Va store at Proctorville, ten miles south of Lumberton. He. had opened the safe by working the combination: Campbell has but one eye but carries a glass eye in his pocket to' be used as oc casion requires. He seems to be an old hand at the business, and claimed to be from Mississippi. The peniten tiary authorities of that state were communicated - with and, it was learn ed that a $50 reward was offered for him. . Politics in Henderson County. The canvass of the returns from the primary held in Henderson' county by the executive committee served to show that the primary was only a culling out process by which the greater part of candidates in the field will be eliminated from the second primary. Only two candidates were nominated, these being, Pr. W. R. Kirk, for coroner, who had no opposi tion, and J. B. Patterson, for suveyor, who had little opposition for the rea son that no candidate engaged in the ooniict against him. COUNTS MUCH ON NEW ROAD People in Norwood Section Opto mis. tic Over Prospects of Development Figuring on Depot Sites. Norwood. Work of completing sur veys for the extending of the Norfolk Southern railroad to Charlotte contin ues without abatement, and it is un derstood that actual construction work will start within about thirty days. This new line means a great i deal to this section and the people are looking forward to its coming with a great deal of interest. With the Southern covering the territory ' to Salisbury, the Atlantic Coast Line from Florence, S. C, to Winston-Salem, the Norfolk Southern will com plete the circuit by passing through a very fine undeveloped country to Charlotte. Norwood will be the cen tre of all this development and the citizenship is naturally optimistic over the prospect of great improvements, increase in population and a general boon in every way. Already there have been a number of prospectors here investigating the situation with a view to locating, and during the last week two persons of means have decided to cast their lot in this town. Negotiations are also on for the establishment of other factories here and sites for plants, ware houses, etc., are being considered by outside capital. E. C. Duncan, one of the leading spirits in the movement for making the Norfolk Southern a trunk line from Norfolk to Charlotte, via Ral eigh, Washington, Elizabeth City and other cities of Eastern Carolina, was here with a party of railroad officials. An informal meeting of the business men was held and Mr. Duncan made a talk on the situation. The question only now unsettled it seems, is the depot sites and the next week will probably see the close of all details for the beginning of work. Federal Road Work in This State. North Carolina will be the first state in which road construction will be started under the provision of Sen ator Simmons' good roads bill which has become a law. The Simmons' good roads bill provides that the work shall be handled through the postmas ter general and the secretary of the agricultural department. Postmaster General Hitchcock and Secretary Wil son had', a conference with Senater Simmons and told the senator that it was their intention to begin work on roads withing a very short time and that the first step will be taken in some North Carolina counties where money had already been appropriat ed for road construction. The Sim mons' bill provides that the govern ment shall bid in the construction of roads where the county or state bears its part of the cost. Breaking Up Illicit Stills. Two North Iredell citizens have been arrested on charges of illicit distilling and the officers are search ing for others in the same connection. Deputy Revenue Collector J. M. Da vis and Deputy Sheriff Ward made a raid into the Grassy Knob church neighborhood and found and destroy ed a blockade plant. Five men were at work at the still when the officers approached but all escaped except one Milton Rash who was arrested and brought to Statesyille where he gave $500 bond before Clerk H. C. Cowles for his appearance at next term of federal court. The two officers named and Sheriff Deaton went back to the same community and destroyed what was left of another moonshine plant, the still having been removed just before the officers arrived. Man Killed by Southern Train. Jethro Berry, a farmer aged 38 years, was struck by number 35, a westbound passenger train, on the Southern Railway, about one mile from Morganton and killed instantly. Berry, in company with some friends, was sitting on the track and hearing the train coming the crowd, with the exception of Berry got out of the way of the train. Berry whom it is alleged was more or less under the influence of whiskey did not get up and was struck by the train with the result above stated. The balance of the men did not know but that Berry was on the other side of the track when the train passed and were horrified to find him dead. Orange County Health Board. The Orange county health board of ficer has refused to take any steps to wards remedying the condition of the old mill race, which the Durham health officer says is contaminating the water supply of tne city of uurnam. This matter of the old race of stag nant water, which overflows into the river every time there is a rain, was called to the attention of the Durham board of health at their last meeting, and they appointed a com mittee to seeMf the conditions could not be remedied. Politics in Cabarrus County. . Complete returns , althoug unoffi cial, from the Democratic primaries held in Cabarrus county give P. F. Widenhouse, candidate for sheriff, a small fraction of a vote .more thaa enough to insure his nomination. There are 64 votes in the county con vention and it requires a fraction of a vote more than 32 for a nomination. According to the returns Mr. Widen house will have 32,841 on the first ballot. E. F. Whfce is second with 22,678 and W. B. McKinley third with 8,431. RIVERS AND HARBORS WHAT SENATOR SIMMONS OF OLD NORTH STATE SAID ON THE SUBJECT. DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT Coastline in This Country Greatest in .World While Our Inland System of Rivers is Incomparably Superior to Any Other Nation. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that Senator Simmons of North Carolina, the ranking Demo crat on the committee on interoceanic canals, who was one of the three conferees on the part of the senate on the Panama canal bill, and who is an enthusiast in the development of our waterway system, discussing the subject of the development of our rivers 'and harbors as a means of transportation, said: "Our coast line is the greatest of any country in the world, while our inland system of rivers, lakes and sounds is incomparably superior to that of any other nation. While we have developed to a high degree of ef ficiency many of our seaports and our lake system and have done some thing towards the improvement of our rivers, little has been done, compared with what should have been done and what is necessary to be done, to de velop these waterways to the highest point of potentiality. This neglect has not been because the people do not realize the importance and value of water transportation both as a means of cheap distribution and of regulat ing and reducing rail rates, but be cause it was early demonstrated that in the absence of effective legislation to prevent railroad control of water carriers the full benefit of the im provement and development of our waterways could not be realized. "Notwithstanding this handicap in the beneficial use of our waterways, the people have been so thoroughly convinced of their importance both as a medium of transportation and of waterpower, that instead of abating their interests in the face of these adverse conditions, relying upon the future action of congress to remove these difficulties, the movement .for their greater development has year by year grown and strengthened." Governor Kitchin Gives Reprieve. Raleigh, Governor Kitchin gave to Thomas Cox, of Lee county, a reprieve until September 19, 1912, the case against Cox being h conviction for selling liquor. He began serving af ter the November term of court in 1911. The governor gives these rea sons for the reprieve: "Upon the recommendation of the trial judge, which he in person made to me, and upon the recommendation of the at torney who assisted the solicitor in the prosecution, in which the solici tor concurs, as well as upon the rec ommendation of the sheriff of the county and many other citizens, I re prieve Thomas Cox until September 19, 1912, on condition that he remain law-abiding and of good behavior." Twenty-Five Years for Burglary. Kinston. Charlie Parker was sen tenced to twenty-five years' imprison ment by Judge Carter in superior court for second degree burglary. The particular crime for which Parker was convicted was the breaking into and burglarizing of the home of Mrs. A. Oettinger, a prominent lady of this city, although his long criminal record was responsible for the severity of the sentence. Much Confusion in Politics. Winston-Salem. The political Ga briel has blowji his horn in Broadbay township, this county, and there is quite an amount o confusion as a re sult. Some declare that Taft Republi cans have resorted' to Roosevelt's game and bolted the township pri mary in which the Roosevelt sup porters were greatly in the majority. The Roosevelt sympathizers declare that they are not opposed so much to Taft as they are against the Fed eral officeholders residing in Broad bay township,. Mystery Surrounds Fire. SpencerJ Mystery surrounds the burning of two dwellings located be tween Spencer and Salisbury. It is talked on the streets that the fire was of incendiary origin, though there is no definite clue. The fire started in the home of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Bol din, who were out of town and did not know of the fire until they returned on a late train. Parties who were first on the scene state that the flames had already gutted the house and that a stranger was seen to run. !rom the burning building. County Commissioners Meet. Statesville. The board of county commissioners was in special session to consider the county home propo sition and ..the proposition to im prove the Wilkesboro road out- from Statesville. No definite action was taken with regard to the county home though it is known that it is the pur pose of the commissioners to build a new home. In the matter of tne Wilkesboro road improvement a reso lution was passed ' authorizing that the work be done in accordance withi che plans of the county engineer. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Gotten Together With Care by the Editor. Clayton. The first new bale of cot ton in this section was brought in by B. H. Spence, a tenant with C. W. Home. , It graded good middling and sold for 15.15. Salisbury. A good roads conven tion has been called by Chairman J. W. Peeler, of the Rowan county good roads association, to be held at Rock well September 7th. Fayetteville Judge Stephen C. Bra gaw convened a one-week term of Cumberland superior court for the trial of criminal cases here. An ex traordinarily heavy docket is to be tried, consisting of 132 cases. Henderson. A. H. Hoyle came into Henderson, loaded his two-horse wa gon with terra cotta pipe and started for his country home. The horse ran s,way and he was thrown out and crushed to death. . Raleigh. The state department of agriculture estimate that the condi tion of cotton has declined during the past ten days something like 15 per cent, from 85 to 80 per cent. This 80 per cent status is applied also to corn and other crops. Salisbury. Effective September 1st passenger train No. 21, between Sal isbury and Norwood, which leaves Salisbury at 9:20 a. m., will go by way of Whitney. This change is made in the interest of improved service and to accommodate the large number of citizens now gathering at Whitney!" Spencer. Senator Lee S. Overman accepted an invitation to speak in Spencer on Labor Day. This will be his first appearance in public since leaving the senate chamber 'at Wash ington. Among the other speakers for the day will be State Treasurer R. B. Lacy. Mount Airy. The meeting of the farmers union here was attended by a goodly number of the leading farm ers. The organization has fully de termined to operate a dry prizery at this place. Some of the members are of the opinion that it might be best to continue the warehouse also, but this will be decided later. Washington. A census bureau re port issued shows that the mulatto blood in North Carolina has increas ed as follows: From 9.6 per cent of the negro population in 1870 to 13.8 in 1890 and to 20.7 per cent in 1910, showing a gain in 40 years of 11.1 per cent. The gain in the United States in that time has been but 8.9 per cent. Fayetteville. Capt. Z. P. Smith, secretary of the Cumberland county agricultural society, has resigned that position and has been succeeded by John B. Tillinghast, former secre tary of the fair association. It is be ing said that Captain Smith, who is joint secretary of the agricultural so ciety and the Fayetteville chamber of commerce, is also contemplating resigning from the latter office. Raleigh. At the request of the judges interested Governor Kitchin has issued special commissions where by there will be exchanges of courts so that Judge J. L. Webb will hold Gaston county court September 9, Mecklenburg court September 23, No vember 25, and December 2, and Lin coln court December 19. Judge Dan iels will hold Bertie court September 9, Warren September 16 and Halifax November 25. Greenville. Helen, the 8-year-old daughter of Jesse Bridges, a well known farmer living six miles from the city, was instantly killed when she was run over by a motorcycle ridden by Ford Cox of . Traveler's Rest. The child was crossing the road and evidently did not see or hear the approaching motorcycle. Mr. Cox dismounted and went back to assist the little girl but she was dead when he reached her. Raleigh. Charters were issued to the Chadbourne Cotton Mills Com pany of Chadbourne, Columbus coun ty, capital $125,000 authorized and $20,000 subscribed by D. S. Whitted, E. J. Hart, C. R. Linehart and num bers of others, for a general cotton milling business, and to the Held Lumber Company of Hickory, capital $25,000 authorized, and $2,500 sub scribed by E. K. Held, S.' R. Morrison and H. S. Smith. Fayetteville. The first of the blind tiger cases arising from the whole sale arrests of "no tax" dealers, dur ing the firemen's convention here, was disposed of in the superior court when G. L. Haywood was acquitted by a jury. Spencer. The Republicans of Spen cer held their precinct primary and named the following delegates to the Rowan county Republican convention to be held in Salisbury August 31: T. J. Rosemond, J. H. Gobbel and J. L. Dorsett. The alternates named by the primary are: A. J. Broad, T. V. Holt and J. P. Crowell. Greensboro Marvin Kirkman, 18 years of age, met a tragic death in the woods near his home at Pleasant Garden, when a large oak tree, which he was helping to fell, kicked from the stump and fell across young Kirk man's chest, crushing him to death almost instantly. , Raleigh. A negro giving his name as Jim Champilion, but thought to be Harry Ridgebolt, wanted for the mur der of Mary Rocfeelle, the negro wo man found dead in a field about a week ago, was arrested at Holly Springs and brought to the police station in Raleigh. DISASTROUS WRECK ON LAKE SHORE ROAD SIX KILLED AND TWENTY-FOUR INJURED WHEN TRAIN LEFT ' THE RAILS. WASHOUT CAUSE OF WRECK Train Was Running 30 Miles an Hour General Manager of Road snd Family Were in Private Car But Were Not Injured. Green Bay, Wis. One passenger and five trainmen were killed, three other persons were seriously injured and twenty-one were slightly hurt when train No. 112 on the Lake Shore divis ion of tb,e Chicago & Northwestern Railway, running 30 miles an hour, was derailed two miles north of Lynd hurst, Wis., as the result of a washout caused by a cloudburst. The loeome-. tive, mail car, baggage car, smoker and a day coach left the track and all bvl the day coach turned over. The dead: W. S. Calkins, Shawano, Wis.; John Jones, engineer. Green Bay, Wis.; C. E. Mushey, conductor, Milwaukee; George Marx, brakeman, Milwaukee; Carroll Bennett, baggage man, Antigo, Wis.; Stewart' D. Shel don, express messenger, Milwaukee. The seriously Injured are: George Hammerbecker, Chicago, head and arm bruised; M. Pusovink, Ironwood, Mich., internally injured; Alex. Choel les, mail clerk. They may die. Both were removed to a hospital at Green Bay. The 21 other passengers who were slightly cut and bruised, had their w.ounds dressed at Lyndhurst, Wis., and proceeded to Milwaukee and Chi cago. Alex Choelles, a mail clerk, was pin ned under the debris for five hours before it was possible to release him. Both hips were broken and he was otherwise injured. It is probably ho will die. General Manager Cantillon of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad was in his private car with his family, but they escaped injury. He directed the rescue of the injured. Startling Waste of Coal. Washington. Of a production of 500,000,000 tons of coal in the United States in the last year 250,000,000 tons were either wasted or left under ground, probably unfit for future use, according to a statement by Dr. Jos eph A. Holmes, director of the United States Bureau of Mines. In addition to this startling waste, Dr. Holmes de clared that users of coal, through faulty methods, derived only about 10 per cent of its. energy from the coal used. Furthermore, he added, the loss by waste in other minerals, such ' as zinc, nitrogan, potash, sulphur and natural gas, would reach into the hun dreds of millions of dollars annually. Army Effective righting Force. Washington. Reports thus far re ceived by officers f the War Depart ment on the recent country-wide army maneuvers indicate that the militia establishment of the nation is more enthusiastic and of greater force than has been the case ince 1898 when the war with Spain aroused the citizen soldiery. The regular army, judged by the same maneouvers, is . regarded as a more effective fighting force be fore the Texas mobilization and its participation with the militia in man euver camps. , School House In Campaign. New. York. The little red school house in every hamlet and town in the state will figure in the campaign in this and future years if a move ment started by the Progressive and Democratic parties bears fruit. Gov. Wilson in his speeches has advocated the use of school houses for political gatherings and William H. Hotchkiss of the Progressive party announced that he will ask the chairman of all other houses in this and other cities for meetings and also as polling places on election day. Have Appealed For Help. Managua, Nicaragua.! (Delayed in transmission.) Mangua, Granada and Masaya are still beleaguered and the inhabitants of the two latter towns must be nearing the point of starva tion. In a letter which was smuggled out of Granada, a woman writes to her husband here begging that food be got through to the town. She reports conditions in Granada as terrible. There is, however, no prospect of sending food to the infested towns un til the American marines . open the railroad. Society Leaders Arrested. Rome. A profound sensation was caused by the arrer of two prominent leaders of Roman society with five accomplices on a charge of alleged trafficking in counterfeit banknotes and government stock certificates. The chief accused are Count Falacap pa and Count Barbielini, who are charged with having issued illicit se curities on an extensive scale. The organization with which they are said to be connected is believed to have widespread ramifications. The arrest ed men protested they are innocent.
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