THE WEATHEB:
FAIR
CITIZEN WANT AD3
BRING RESULTS
VOL. XXVII., NO. 256
I "ASHEVILLE, N. TUESDAY ilOUNINO, JULY 4, 1911
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SWELTERING
DAY
EXPECTED III ALL
OF
ITS
JATIOfJ
Q.
ost Oppressive for Decade
for Celebration of Coun
try's Anniversary
THUNDERSTORMS
MAY HELP SOME
Intense Heat Seems to be Quite
...
General Extending From
Coast to Coast
WASHINGTON, July S. A Pofcrth
of July more oppressive and swelter
Ing than any for a decade put la. the
forecast made ty the weather offi
cial tonight after a careful study of
the weather map.- With report of
- 104 degree temperatures In , four
widely separated cities, together with
a score of other cities broiling In a
temperature of lj0 or higher, no hope
ror relief could be .discovered. Lo
cal thunder showers may alleviate
suffering m seme sections but they
'Will be showers by blest chance, for
tie indication! of rain are anywhere
to be seen.
The heat Is taking a heavy toll pf
death, according to reports, and the
suffering Is increased by drought that
practically has been unbroken except
in the South Atlantic and East Gulf
states,', where the temperatures are
moderate. :.' '
At the weather bureau here today
the mercury reached the 99 mark at
i o'clock, while two hours; later the
. Bureau thermometer on the ' street
level showed a temperature of 107.
There were two fatalities, the first
from ' the heat this' year. Nineteen
persona' who Were overcome re
ceived treatment in hospitals and
numbers of others were given private
attention., Louisville, Ky.J St. Joseph,
Mo, Pavenport, la., and Turns. Art.,
were the four cities in which the 104
mark was reached. Boston , attained
4 record' of 101, the highest ever
reached there, a like temperature be
ta g also recorded In Albany, N. T.;
Kansaa' City, Concordia, Kan.; Co-
Oumbua, O.: Parkersburg, W. Va.; Du
Inque. Ia.; De Moines, la., and Fres
e, CaL ' -J
r-v-js JFor ' Mwv siaiu. in u history
. Hertford. Con nl. scored 100, that Brec
on! -feeing also equaled at such di
, verxent points as Fort Wayne, Ind.:
1. . , . 1 tS. T .. . . 1 T II
apoIls, .'Toledq r' O.!-; Oklahoma City,
(Cootlnned on Page Four)
E.G. McCONNELL
SH O T YESTERDAY
BY NEGRO TOUGH
Patrolman Had Arrested Man and
.... .. ;.
Was Taking Him to JailPosses
ScouredSurroundingCountry Last
Niht--McCnlteH May Recover
Patrolman E. C McConnell was
shot yesterday morning shorty be
fore 11 o'clock by a negro whom, he
had arrested a few minutes before
on a charge of larceny- of cattle, as
he was conducting the prisoner to the
city Jail in the automobile of Gilll-
land BMkeleather. and as a result . of
the wound, lies at the Mission hos
pital in a serious condition, although
Dr. E. B. Glenn, one of the physicians
who attended him, stated to a Cltlsen
reporter last night that his chances
for . recovery are good unless com VI
cations set In. The shooting occurred
on South Main street at the Inter
section of McDowell .street and when
the -fact became, known, posses went
on the trait of. the negro who made
his escape, although at an early hour
this morning he had not been found-
Excitement Is running high and If
the negro Is caught violence Is feared.
Wanted for Larceny ' -
The negro who shot the policeman
was John Huff, alias George Waldrop,
alias Hill. Local authorities were)
notified yesterday morning that the
man was wanted In Henderson county
for the, larceny of two - cows and It
was reported that when last seen
the negro was en route to Asheville.
Patrolman McConnell was detailed on
the case and had located a roan to
whom one of the eows had been sold
when, he saw the negro leading an
other one in the direction of Ashe'
ville, Just opposite the Webb Store
on South Main street The man was
arrested, searched and eleven dollars
and a watch were taken from him,
when he was placed in the automo
bile of Mr.' Stikeleather; who consent
ed to oonvey the men to the city
hall. Just' as the machine reached
the Intersection of McDowell street,
the negro pulled a gun from his
clothes and pointed It in the face
of Mr. McConnell who threw his arm
over the negro's arm in an eftsrt
to throw the pistol from his pris
oner's hand. - As he knocked the arm
of the negro downward the prison
er pulled the trigger, the bullet a
thirty-eight caliber, striking jhe feo
flceman tn the right 'chest' between
the- fourth and fifth rib, about two
and one-half inches from the median
line. .It passed backward and slight
ly downward, penetrating the' right
lung and the outeV side of the -right
shoulder blade. The negro euner
lumped or wa knocked from the ma-
chine, Mr. McConnell being unable to
detain him on account of his condl
tlon and the paralysis of his right
side. The injured man was rushed
to the Mission hospital where Dr.
Eugene B. Qlenn, Dr. L. B. ' Mc
Brayer and Dr. J. T. Bevlar removed
the bullet When the shot was fired
the negro was sitting on the left
side of Mr. McConnell, who exclaim
ed to Mr. Btikeieather, "I'm shot!
rm shot!" He never lost conscious
ness, although he was very weak.
Crowds Gather
Within a few - minutes after the
shooting, Pack square was the scene
of a moving mass of humanity bent
upon the capture of the negro. Men
carried pistols, shotguns and rifles
and a Posse of about fifty men, which
was augmented to about ISO in the
afternoon went In the direction of
Swannanoa, the negro having gone in
that .direction, aoroas Beaucatcher
mountain. The posses followed him
closely and hounds were placed, n bis
track, .until the rain yesterday after
noon Interefered with . tracking the
hunted man. However, aooornr 1
.11 reports, -It seems that hit route
Wi across Beaucatcher mountain, up
the Swannanoa, which he crossed at
Hemphill's ford, 1 across the little
mountain near Bales' place on Gash's
creek, where he turned in the direc
tion of George Worley's place, going
from there towards Busbee, -from
there he went back to Henna Vista
where he was seen yesterday after.
noon shortly before T o'clock, which
was the last sight that has been got
ten of him.
As the news pf the shooting spread
throughout the county, men from all
directions bearing on their shoulders
shot guns and rifles Joined the
posses and a systematic search ia be
ing made for the would-be slayer. The
railroad track Is well ; guarded, all
railway officials and authorities - In
near-oy towns nave oeerj sent a de
soription . of the negro .ami It la j
lieved that he will be captured within
the next twenty four hours. At the
time of the arrest JtelMWm-M' Sink
striped Shirt, black trousers, overalls.
a Stetson derby, and a pair of shoes
which had been split However, he
dropped the hat as he sprung from
the. automobile and it was reported
to one of the posses which is search
IPPIflutSTIIIKE
COMES
TO AN END
WITHOUT TROUBLE
Developed to Very Serious
Character lu Great BrltgirC
Affecting Commerce
STRIKERS DIDNT GET
ALL THEIR DEMANDS
But Obtained Substantial Vic
torles Including Recognition
of Their Union
' LONDON, July l.--Tonlhf saw the
practical end of the shipping strike
which, so fee as ;,. Its International
character was -concerned, was a fail
ure from the first r " Nevertheless, ia
Great Britain It developed very
serious character, . disturbing com
merce and trade in' many directions,
and came near Involving hundreds of
thousands of dock laborers and rail
way men and the transportation In
dustry generally. X'.y
The strikers have '-not gained all
their demands but have obtained sub
stantial victories, including the recog
nition of their unions, which proved
the chief obstacle to. a settlement in
Liverpool, Gissgsw and . other ports,
and led to the holding up of numerous
Atlantio liners. These steamers have
now obtained crews which wilt ena
ble them to sail at an early data. In
Hull, where the struggle was the most
bitter and the striker we're obdurate
and . riotous, a third conference be
tween the board of trade representa
tive, George Aakwtth, and th repre
sentatives of the disputing parties was
held today and proved successful.
A meeting of the strikers tonight
unanimously confirmed - the v agree
ment, ..
(Continued on Tgc His)
WILL NOT BE SATISFIED
IT
Senator Bristow Says the
, Amendments Proposed
Will Not Hurt Bill
MANY CONFERENCES
WASHINGTON, July S. That the
Insurgent republican senators will not
be satisfied with the passage of only
the wool revision and free list bills,
after the-final disposition of the Can
adian reciprocity bill, but will de
mand other tariff legislation, was In
dicated ' today In a statement by Sen
ator Bristow, of Kansas. Mr. Bris
tow . has had a number of confer
ences with the other Insurants j his
party regarding their program.
He said he would- never consent to
the adjournment of congress until do
ties are reduced on "trust" controlled
produot. naming cot bona, woolens.
sugar, lead, rubber manufactures,
etc. Amendments making such 're
ductions he would attach to the re
ciprocity bin. Falling that, he serv
ed notice that "some of us will in
sist that a kill or bills be passed re
ducing the duties on these articles
before the adjournment of ' the pre
sent session."
"Bills making these redactions."
e eaaea, "win pass If the demo-
rats will rote for them. The amend
ments we propose would not endang.
er . the passage ; of the reciprocity
bill while-to. refuse It probably would
result la passing the reciprocity mea
sure and- then the failure of the tar
iff bills thai follow,
"The reciprocity bill, which 1 do
not consider- effective as a revision
of the tariff, -will pass possibly by Au-
1." .
TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED
SEVENTEEN INJURED. BY
SIDES WIPING. OF MIS
Railroad Officials Say Acci
dent Was Due to Brake
man's Mistake.
BRAKEMAN ARRESTED
AMICABLE SETTLEMENT. '
WASHINGTON. July . The dls
put between the Southern railway
ana us trainmen over ine applica
tion of the rules 'governing the In
crease of pay granted in June. 11,
has-been amicably settled by the gov
ernment .mediators. Commissioner of
Iber Neill and Judge Knapp, of the
Commerea court, after three weeks of
conference, stovers! exceptions were
made by both aides durlnsr the eon-
ferenoesv.. These, however, will be
taken ap by the railway and Its men
PHILADELPHIA, July 8. Two
persons were killed and seventeen
others Injured when' the .40 a. m,
train on the Pennsylvania railroad
from Broad station for Atlantic City
side-swiped the Atco "local north
bound at Lucaston, a little station It
miles below Camden, N. J., at 10.10
o'clock, p'clook this morning. . One of
the killed was . Forest B. Henry, ef
Berlin, N. J., near here. - The other
person ' killed was Thomas Ogden, of
Llndwood, N. J.
- The local train had orders to go on
a siding at Lucaston to ' permit the
express, which ts one of the fastest
trains on the road, to pass. Railroad
Officials say the accident' was due to
the mistake of the brakeman of the
Atco train, who threw the cross-over
switch Instead of the siding switch.
Two -coaches, of the- local train-were
derailed and partly wrecked and the
killed and Injured were in these ears,
rennsyl' sii'ii railroad . officers say
Ht was almost a miracle that a more
serious wreck did not occur.
L. A. Harris, of Balem, N. J., the
brakeman .whose error in throwing
the wrong switch Is alleged to have
been responsible for the disaster, was
arrested in Camden late today and
arraigned before Justice , Frank? fc
Garrison, charged with manslaughter.
He was . committed to prison. , , The'
Pennsylvania has determined to eon
duct in exhaustive investigation Into
te cause of the accident. '
REMARK CACBES' FIGHT.- '
gne&sman George W. Taylor, of the
tint Alabama district, had a fight on
the streets Sunday morn tag with Mr.
L A. George In which ho was struck
on fhe head and Mr. George knoeked
down. It is alleged that they had Just
left a meeting of the vestry of Trinity
Episcopal church and a remark made
by one of them, was mhesenstrned and
precipitated the fight Beth were ar
rested and their eases continued. la
the mayor's eoart thll morning, i
C' .' ' t ;
POSTMASTER GENERAL
HOLDING DOWN- LID OF
eOVEBNMENT ILL ALONE
' ; : f
' w .-' - " . -
All Other Members of Offi
cial Family, Spending
. " Fourth Elsewhere
NOT MUCH TO DO.
Washington. July 3.1 Postmas.
ter General Hitchcock will hold down
the government "Ud" tomorrow, Pres
ldent Taft being away on his Indiana
trip and all of the other members of
the official family spending the
fourth out pt the capital.
. Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
are at their summer home In Uttca,
N. t., for the Fourth; ;8ecretary of
State and Mrs. Knex are at their
home in Valley Forge, Pa..; ;Secre
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac-
Veagh have gone to Dublin, N. H.,
Secretary ef Navy Meyer is on the
New England coast and Attorney
General Wlckersham Is spending a
few daya with is family at Cedar-hurst.
Secretary of War Stlmson, who
sails Thursday for Panama to in
spect the canal work, left today for
his summer home at Huntington. L.
V Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
win spenn ine noitoay witn rrlends In
the country. '
At the navy department Bear Ad
miral Nathan C. Twtninlg. chief of
ordnance bureau. Is acting as secre
tary for tne nrst time, all of the offi
cer ranking him being temporarily
absent. ,
FTKEHAL OF GrW, 1WAKS.
ATLANTA, Oa., June The fu
neral of Gen. Clement A- Bvans, for
mer commander of the ITnlted Confed-
erate veterans, whe . 414 -yesterday
afternoon, will be li!d Wednesday
with honors due a pint romfnander of
PRESIDENT COVERS
MANY SUBJECTS IN
COURSE OF A DAY
Spoke Some of War But More of
Peace to Old SoldiersTo Bank
ers and Editors He Tells of Aid
rich Plan of Revision
the Ceafe4oiiwsstAwJwTf M i5re(rtTf wr-vls
The body will IteMn Mate at the
Georgia, capltol. from 11.0 until 1. 10
o'clock aftr which it. will be taken
to, the First Methoijlst church1, where
funeral services wi(! be conducted by
Bishop Candle?' and Chaplain General
R. Linn Cave, of the United Confed
erate veteran. Upon request of the
Ladles Memorial .association the body
will be burled in the lot belonging to
that organisation in Oakland cemetery
near the Confederate cemetery in this
city.
MARION, Ind., July . With the
temperature in his private ear up
above the 100 mark far hours at a
time. President Taft hurried through
Ohio and Indiana today. He began
speaking from the rear platform of
Ala car at Cleveland Just after break
fast and did not get through until
o'clock.
The president ended a strenuous
ana sticky day with two addresses at
the national home for disabled volun
teer soldiers In ' Marlon. He spoke
some of war but mors of peace and
arbitration to the veterans. To the
bankers and editors" of Ue . Eleventh
congressional district be talked about
the Aldrloh plan of currency, To
morrow at Indtanspolls he expects to
talk of the "third , most . Important
measure" of the administration, name
iy reciprocity with Canada., i
On the way over from Cleveland,
In sptte of the heat and the dust, the
president made nine platform talks.
Sometimes he talked about the heat,
and at others he argued for a "safe
and sane" Fourth, Pnea In while
he turned to prosperity and Canadian
reciprocity.; which, he snJd would
would bring more prosperity, ' , -
in tne speecn to tne oia soiaiers
the president dsclared that all of the
foreign wars .waged by this country.
except the revolution and possibly the
civil war, could have been settled
without bloodshed through arbitra
tion. No fewer than five times, said
the president, had the I'nlted State
Intervened between South and Cen
tral American countries that felt bel
ligerent, and by peaceful persuasion
averted war.
I am' not wild enthusiast er a
blind optimist," said the president.
"I do not look forward to a complete
restoration of peace - which cannot
he disturbed In the world even If these
treaties (of arbitration) are adopted.
Morality of nation improve only step
hy step, and so ths making and con
firming of these treaties must be re
tarded only st step, but as a very
long step toward ths serurtnt nf jpfefe
In th wond.7. , ... v
ways been excluded from arbitrable
controversies, .to wit;
"Questions of a nation's honor and
of its vital Interest." continued the
president. "Of course I cannot say
with posltlveness that these treaties
will all be made and confirmed. I
can only' say that the prospect of an
agreement with the executive of on of
the countries Is reasonably sure, and
w have every hope as to the other
two, and these three treaties Will be
followed by many of the same tenor
with other countries It the original
three are agreed upon and confirmed,
A willingness of great countries Ilk
England, France, Germany and the
United States, ' however, to submit all
Ihetr' differences, even honor, to an
Impartial tribunal will be a step for
ward In the cause of pence for the
world that ran hardly be overesti
mated." . The president told the banker that
the Aldrloh plan could not be regard
ed sa a political measure and should
have the support of men of all polltl
eal parties, lie ald In part;
' "I earnestly commend not only te
banker but to newspaper men and in
telllgent laboring men, : to business
men and to farmers, a close consider
tlon of the plan, and I am very eer
tain that ftr they have sufficiently
digested Us comparatively ; simple
problems they will see that Its oper
atlon will tend to the encouragement
ef a banking equilibrium to the main
tsnanc of normal business .conditions,
to the constant meeting of the pay
roll fend to the diminution as far a
possible of the eost of the disposition
of th farmers oropa," . , :. :.
RETIRED OFFICERS
Plucking" Board Designates
Fourteen Officers tor Com
pulsory Retirement ,
NORTH CAROLINA , '
MAN AMONG THEM
It Marion after hi assumption of of
fice and thousand of person turned
out to see him. ' : ''''';;.:" '' -'v.
"For the further securing of peae
and a an example to all the world of
the possibilities of the us of arbitra
tion we have invited England. Franc
and Germany to make a treaty for the
arbitrament of all 'difference of an
International character that In their
nature can he adjudicated, anil we
have left out In this treaty those ex
ception which have heretofore al-
MAN OF SIXTY-FIVE
SHOT BY HIB SON
COLUMBIA, 8. C July I. MrHay
; Klrkland, agsd tt, ws shot an
killed today by Willie Klrkland, hi
son sged II. The killing occurred At
the hoaf-j. ef a. farmer In Kershaw
county, twenty miles from her. The
youssisp.lUrslswn,. t tsUllvktUd
hig father to save his mother,' The
elder Klrkland, It I sold, drove hi
wife from home last night and h
took retug at the house of a neigh
bor. This morning Klrkland drove to
the neighbor's house and, seising, hi
wue, tnrew ner into nis ouggy.
menacing ths bystanders with 4 klfe
Willie Klrkland demanded that his
father release the woman. t The elder
man paid no attention to hi son and
the latter then fired once, th bullet
taking effect In the father head.
W. ttfi
HAS TAKEN OUT CHARTER
$25,000 Capital Ia Anthor
iied; $10,000 Has Already
Been Subscribed
RALEIGH, N. C. July I The
Western North. Carolina Fair associa
tion, incorporated, Asheville,, whs
chartered today with 1B, 000 capital
authorised and 110 000 subecribed by
one hundred citizens of Asheville in
shares .of 110 each, many taking
more than one- share, . D. Harris anJ
R. I. Fttxpatrick were among the In-
cort.rators. The association will
maintain annual fairs at Asheville to i
exploit western carotins, resources
and progress.
Another notable charter Is the King
Lime and Fertiliser Co., Brevard, cap
ltal 12(0,000 authorised, and 152.000
subscribed by Thomas S. Bhlpman, Ft.
Masee Cleveland and others.
IN PRACTICE SPIN FREY
MAY BE FATALLY INJURED
Five Thousand People . at
. Brighton Beach ThriDed
by Speed Hade
STEEET CAB MEN
. IN MEXICO STBIEE
MEXICO CTTT, July . fitreet car
service tn the capital was tied ud at
noon today by a strike of conductors.
mojertnen and Inspectors, -j Tonight,
with the exception of an occasional
ear on suburban line not a wheel Is
turning and the men appear confident
lhat.by lomorrowver; car will be
stopped. -.
The walkout followed a refusal by
the tramway company to secede an
advance tn wages, the right of em
ployees to purchase uniforms where
they choose, indemnity in ease of ir
Jury fan ; lmmnnity from discharge
wlthrtut good cease. . - - , -
Between 1)00 and 1,104. me nare
out Th company made-wv effort to-.
day to operate ear tn
rqartr.
BODY FOTL'Xf) IX -SWAMP.
DAWSON, Ga., July t, The bullet-
riddled body and wagon of Ltnnle
Maury, fe rural mall carrier of Edison,
who haa been ..jniMing since Saturday,
was found late yesterdayJriLiiswmp
several mile out of town and lust
off the public road. With the body
s found a note to the dead man's
wife written In a clumsy attempt to
make the crime appear as suicide..
The mall pouch was found near the
body. It la not known whether it
had been tampered with.
Posse are scouring the country
with dog In an effort to capture the
elayer of the carrier. -
WASHINGTON, 'July" Forecast:
North Carolina Qenerally fair except
probably local thundrer ihewen Tues-
th buslnss day and Wednesday; light,, variable
winds
NEW YORK, July 9. tn the first
half of a two days' automobile race
meeting at the Brighton Beach mo-
tordome today five thousand specta
tors were thrilled by the speed of
many of the drivers, of whom E. It.
Frey was probably fatally Injured
while making ' a practice spin. In
avoiding a car which stoppsd dead
ahead of him, he went through the
paddock fence. The machine turned
turtle, pinning Frey underneath while
the mechanician escaped with a few
bruises. Frey was taken to a narby
hospital, where he was found to be
suffering from a dislocation of a
shoulder and serious Internal Injuries.
Later on Louis Dlsbrow bad nar
row escape from a similar accident at
the same place, when a front wheel
tire blew up in the fifty-seventh mfle
of a sixty-mil event He and Ralph
I)e Palma held the lead until the ac
cident put Llebrow out. De Palma
wrcasy wtonwy hK-tlmg farsttty
miles being 59.J1.J7,
Bob Burman made a new one-mile
record for this track from a standing
start of ii.it. Later from a flying
start Burman went around In tt.ii. -
ROGKKILL COTTON MILLS
CLOSED DOWH FOB WEEK
Operators Claim Shnt Down
Is Sort of Fourth of July
Celebration. ,
ROCK II1IJ S. C. July I. All
but on of the cotton mills of Rock
Hill closed down today to remain
shut for the week. Th only exeep
tlon was ths Carhart min, which will
resume operations after the Fourth
of July. The closing down, it , Is
stated. Is not so much for the pur
pose of curtailment, a to give the
operatives a holiday In honor of th
Fourth of July.
DENIES REPORTS OF
ENGAGING AMERICANS
NEW ORLEANS, July I Absolute
denials of reports that he 1 engaging
Amerrn soldiers of fortune fox Nic
aragua were made by general Victor
Gordon, well known to all Americans
Irt Central American n4 at on tlm
a soldier of fortune In Nicaragua,
who passed through here this morn-.
Ing enroute to New York with his
wife' and child. General Gordon said 1
all of Nicaragua was under the in
fluence of General Luis Mens, minist
er Of war and that the 10.000 trained
troops were sbsolutely loyal.
There is nothing in the rumor that
General Mena will use his troops to
seise the government," said he, "I do
hot thinly he want the presidency.
He is a much president now as he
want to be and I believe he will
nam the next president, , t
TEN MORE DEAD FROM
HEAT IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. July I. Th siege of
oppressive hot weather oontlnues
throughout New York state. To the
maximum of (4.1 degrees which the
heat wave officially reached here yes
terday three and a half degress were
added by today's maximum of re
corded at noon. To th list of ten
live which succumbed here In yester
day's torrid tide as many more were
added-today, while the prostration
officially reported ran upward of a
core.
tip state point reported similar
woe. At the Cornell weather station
In Ithaca, a temperature of 101 de
grees, the highest since th station
was established thirty years a so, wss
officially reported, At o'clock to
night -the efflclal thermometer In New
York City registered it, and there
was still no relief in sight "Fair and
continued warra"-wa th early fore
cast, but whether It would be worse
for the holiday the officials could hot
venture to predict While It Wa the
hottest July I recorded here since
!, when " was registered, it falls
two degrees short of a September day
In llfl when the city record was
established at 100 degrees.
HEAT TAKES HEAVY TOLL.
' BALTIMORE, Md July I .Th
hot weather tooK heavy toll her to
day, although- the official maximum
temperature of tS degree wa two
degree lower than that of yesterday.
Four deaths, : one of them a suicide,
two attempt at suicide and twelve
prostrations war reported a re
sult of th Wt '.
Retirements Made In Accord
ance With Naval Personnel
Act for Promotion J
WABHINdTON, July - I. Tht
name of fourteen , officer pf th
United State navy selected for com
pulsory retirement qy the "Plucking"
board appointed by Secretary Meyer,
were announcer! today and th sus
pense, which for. several wk tins
ripped th personnel of the service
from lieutenant te captain, was dis
pelled. By the; conclusion of the
board, which have- been approved by
th president, four officer of each
of the grade of cap ts Ins, comnisnd
r ' and lieutenant ootnamnder anf
two . lieutenants, wsr transferred to
tn retired list from Jun 10. Th
officer affected, most of whom are
Spanish-American war veterans, ares
Captain Jame T., Smith, of Nortii
Carolina, commanding the . rerniv
Ing ship Hancock; John T. Newton, of
Ohio, until reoently In com
mand 'of the battleship Ne
braska; Ilobert F. Lopes, of Ten
nessee, senior member -oi the Iw !
surveying vessel on the Pacllo mmc;
and Harry Phelps, of New Jersey,
serving on general court marial duty
t th Nw York navy ynrd.
? Commander Patrick' W, I'ourlgsn,
of New York, commanilihx im nvni
training stations at Newport, It. ' j
Harold X. Kinea, of Kentucky, cm
mending th supply ship Ouacler; l.-l-ward
T. Wltherspoon, of New York,
commanding th transport TriUrle;
John R, Eddie, of th District of C,..
lumbla, executive officer on the but
tleehlp New Hampshire.
Lloutenant Cominander John i If.
ftowen, of Pennsylvania, executiv
Officer ef tn taHle.hl MKlne; Al
fred A. Pratt, of. - Illinois, - n sw
leave; Erteet JfEcfchiu-df, of vi.
oonsin. txecuUve officer4 of th re
ceiving hip Independence; Henry T.
uaxer, or Ohio, on duty at naval sta.
tlon at Cavlte and Ologspo. Phlilo.
pin island. v
Ltsutensnt Bemmrai Read, nf w.,i
Vlrglnla,on lck leave! Roland ft.
Rlggs, of Nsw Jreeey, on sick leave.
lh reureraents are mad in ac.
cordano with th provisions fcf the
naval personnel act for the PurDo.n
of creating vacancies in the line of
th ns,vy In order to permit of promo-;
tlon. The vacancle during th lt
fiscal year caused by dsatb, retlre
ment' or resignation were fourteen-
ttiao th number prescribed b
law. Each of the officers retired will
be advanced -one grade in rank.
IIGHTMIT 0BL7I3
BELT GOES JO VICTC.1
DDLEISTEOOT-
Fl.
Twenty-Round Fight Be.
tween Two Fastest Kpn
In Entire World . ,
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, July l-Fetf
the first tlm in nearly thirty years,
an international tight for the light
weight boxing championship of th
world wilt be staged tomorrow when
Champion Ad. Welgast of Cadillac.
Mich., and ' Owen , Moran. of Blr :
mtngham,' England, meet her In- s
10 round bout - , ' "
On th eve of the fight both men
are in as nearly perfect; condition as
It ; Toarbl; for - them to e, ac
cording to, their trainer. Both, are
wot! ""under the tit-pwti limit nd
neither ha euffered any loss of .
strength or speed in reducing to this
figure. Champion Wolgast has been
made a ten to sit favorite over the
Briton and ring experts predict that
he wilt enter the ring at t to 1, Big
bettor are taking the Wolrast end
while Moran ha a large following
among the habitual, "short end play
ers." - Tom Jones, manager of the
champion, has wagered heavily on
hi protege. .
Odd of 10 to I are offered that
Wolgast will not score a knock out
Both fighter are bubbling over with
enthusiasm and seafldsnc and- ring-
side "fans' are expecting a slash
ing battle. Admirers of Wolgaet be--lleve
that he will succeed In wearing
down hi - clever - antagonist : before
the J round route ha been tra
versed.; Moran'e backers on the oth
er hand, argue that th Englishman's
great eklll in boxing will enable
him to cbck the ruehe of .
god ; : chanrplon and pr 1 . t
throughout the comt h? i '!
three blow to Wo! .
.Ech...,famp . er '