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ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORXIXCi; SEPTEMBER 18, 1911
PRICE PTVE CENTS .
'FATHER Of negro
ASSAULTING WOMAN
LIS Will
)fiad Barricaded Himself In
Barn Defying Arrest Over
powered by Posse
KILLED FATHER OF
WOMAN HE ASSAULTED
Warrenton. N.cJ People In
furiated But Will Probably
Let Law TaKe, Course
WARRENTON, N. C Sept 17. At
the point Of a gun George Marshall, a
negro, criminally assaulted Jr. . jy.
!Chaplan, the young wile of a white
farmer. vesterdav at Vtcksboro. War
ran county, fatally ahot J. W. Abbott,
father of the . woman, and,, barricading
himself in a barn, defied arrest Sher
iff Pavlt and two member of his
posse were wounded by the negro's
hots and the posse withdrew to War
renton for reinforcements. This morn
ing after the barn had been watched
ail night . by neighbors the posse re
turned and resumed the attack. The
father of Marshall, with the assistance
of four negroes, entered the rear of
the house by a ruse, overpowered him
and admitted the posse. The negro
was taken to Warreoapn, this after
noon and lodged in lath A report
from Warrenton tonight states that
country people are gathering In lum
bers there and that an effort will be
made to lynch Marshall. CoMrt con
venes there tomorrow and the author
ities are trying to tnduce the angry
cltisens to let the law take its course,
. promising that the negro will be tried
tomorrow. - '. v
Marshall's .victim was St years old.
She was on her way to the spring
when accosted by the negro, who cov
ered her with the gun until he had
accomplished his purpose.
A long distance telephone message
from Warrenton states that while the
. , air was still rife with rumors of the
1 approach of a mob to lynch Marshall,
that the town was quiet at midnight,
- and It was believed the negro ravisher
would be spared for trial tomorrow.
f SIMILAR OASEl. IX FURLtA.
JACKSOlfVJ Fle.8ept JT
i 45, was killed and a woman compan
ion, whom, he was accompanying
home, was criminally assaulted by an
unknown negro at Ortego, a suburb of
this city, early this morning. It Is
(Continued on page Ave.)
HEAVY EftHTH SHOCKS
PBOBASLYJFflDM ETNA
Flowing of Lava Has Been
Accompanied by Numer
ous Severe Quakes
LONG VIBRATIONS
WASHINGTON, Sspt 17i A heavy
earthquake was recorded on the seis
mographs at Georgetown university
observatory here during the night.
The shocks lasted a hour. Father
jTondorf, director of the observatory,
aid today the center of the distur
bance apparsntly was about 4,600
miles away from Washington and ho
believed it was connected with the
tand of Sicily In the Medlterannean.
Tne seismograpn recoras, which
were observed early today, showed
the earth tremors began at 10.68
'O'clock last night. The heaviest
shock came at 11.06 p. m. This
greatest movement was followed
shortly afterward by two shocks of
lesser Intensity. The shocks contin
ued, growing more feeble, until at
last they died away about midnight.
The latest eruption of .Mount Etna
has been in progress for about a
'week. The flowing of lava from its
crater has been accompanied by nu
merous earth shocks.
.VIBRATIONS IN NEW ORLEANS
Y-TEW ORLEANS, Sept 77. The
Seismograph at Loyola college last
Bight recorded earth shocks begin
ning at 9.42 p. m., lasting (5 min
utes. The main shock was recorded
'at l.Ot p. m.
The vibrations were slow, the long
est being 10 seconds. It is estimated
that the disturbance was about six
thousand miles away.
BEATTIE TRANSFERRED,
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 17. Henry
Clay Beattle, Jr., the convicted wife
murderer of South Richmond,' who
has been confined Jn the Chesterfield
county Jail at Chesterfield court house
Since he was found guilty of the
'ipchV"e against him on the eighth n-
In an automobile by deputy sheriff
and placed in the Richmond city Jail,
wherel he will remain presumably un
til heJle removed to the penitentiary
, for eipcution. He la condemned to
die N ember S4. , . . .
THURSDAY DECIDES
CANADA'S STAND ON
RECIPROCITY PACT
To Defeat Measure Conservatives
Must Make Gain of Twenty-Two
SeatsSir Wilfrid Laurier Has
Made Strong, Dignified Fight.
OTTAWA, Sept. 17. The general
elections of Canada, which will be
held next Thursday, September tl
are expected to be decisive on Can
ada's attitude toward reciprocity be
tween that country and the United
States, and on the continuance in
power of the liberal party under the
leadership of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The
American congress has already rati
fied the reciprocity agreement, and
after a protracted deadlock in the
Canadian parliament the question of
uanaaa s rauncauon wasi m iv
ferred to the judgment of the peo
pie.
. The elections occur slmultneously
In all of the ten provinces which
make up the Dominion of Canada. As
originally constituted the dominion
was composed of Upper Canada, in
cluding the extensive English sections
of Ontario, Lower Canada, Including
the extensive French sections of Que
bee. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Later the British North American act
of 187 admitted British Columbia,
Prince Edward Island, the North West
Territories and Newfoundland, all of
which are now a part of the Domin
ion of Canada, except Newfoundland,
which did not take advantage of ad
mission. More recently the western
previnoes of Alberta, Saskatchewan
and the new Yukon territory have
been added. ,
" The elections are for the popular
branch of the dominion government,
the house of commons, consisting of
SSI members, elected by ballot for
Ave years. The' strength of the two
parties, liberal -and conservative, at
the time of the recent dissolution, was
as follows:
Conserva-
. Province. Liberals, tlves.
Ontario 35 61
Quebec 53 IS
Nova Scotia .12 6
New Brunswick .... 14 2
Prince Edward
Island S 1
Manitoba 2 .8
Saskatchewan 9 1
Alberta . .
British Columbia . S ", i -...
Yukon Territory .., , 1 ; .
1JS 89
This gives the present Laurier gov
ernment a normal majority of 48 out
of a total membership of 211. To de
feat the. government the conservative
opposition must make a gain of 22
II
TRANSCONTINENTAL TRIP
Driving Wright Biplane
Goes Eighty Miles With
out Having Mishap
CARRYING MESSAGES
NEW YORK, Sept 17. C. P.
Rodgera. third aviator to start on the
trans-continental flight for the Hearst
prise, "rose from the race track at
Sheepshead Bay at 2:45 o'clock this
afternoon, swept In a wide circle over
the grounds, and then headed north
west until Ms white-winged filer
merged Into a bank of clouds over
the Jersey meadows and disappeared.
He drove a Wright biplane and car
ried messages from Mayor Gay nor to
tho mayor of San Francisco, and
from the commanders of the eastern
division of the army and navy to the
commanders on the Pacific coast. Be
fore his start the machine was christ
ened by Miss Amelie Swift, of Mem
phis, Tenn.
Flying over New York Rodger
crossed Broadway at 4:46 p. m., at a
height of- ,000 feef and covered the
mile from that point across the river
In lees than a minute.
Rodgers is confident that he' will
land in San Francisco without mis
hap. MANY SPECTATORS
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Sept. 17
After an Initial flight of about eighty
miles in his proposed aerial vqyage
from New York to the Pacific coast
C. P. Rodgers, the aviator, landed at
1:08 this evening In this city. He
had covered the distance from
Sheepshead Bay in one hour and flfty
three minutes.
A crowd of about 10,600 persons
had gathered on an open Held In the
outskirts of the city and gave the
aviator a tumultuous welcome. He
made a good landing. He will spend
the night here and mtkr ,n earl)
morning start.
, OLD-TIME NEGRESS DEAD,
PROVIDENCE, R. I. Sept 17.
Judy Ann Young, colored, an old-time
slave, died here today, aged 11 A year
of old age. She waa born in Virginia,
near Lynohburg. - She renumbered
clearly the events of the war of 1 81S.
seats, while to carry on .the govern
ment and organize the house they
must make gains of at least 26.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, now 70 years of
age, has been premier of the domin
ion for over fifteen years, since June,
ISM, when his party, the liberals, de
feated the conservatives under Sir
Charles Tupper. Bart, known to Can
adian politics as "the old war horse
of Cumberland," from the name of
his first constituency. In his native
province of Nova Scotia. Sir Wilfrid
la a French-Canadian, and his own
provliiee, Quebec, with Its overwhelm
ing French population, has always
given him strong, support
Sir Wilfrid' has toured five of the
nine Canadian provinces ' during the
camnalcn. and everywhere he has
maintained that the reciprocity agree
ment was a purely business transec
Hon. and that the loyalty of Canadian
was not to be trafficked for any trade
advantages.
The 'conservative opposition Jaa
under the leadership of Robert Laird
Borden, of Halifax, who first chal
lenged the reciprocity past before the
Canadian parliament and afterwards
carried the contest before the people.
The grounds for this opposition are
twofold. On' the one hand the con
servatives are high protectionists hd
thev content that the present agree
ment Is but an entering wedge, while
on the other hand they contend that
trade under such a pact would create
a community of interest between the
United States and Canada wnicn
could not but weaken the British
connection, and . would eventually
bring about the annexatlln of Can
ada to the United States.
During the campaign on the stump
and In the newspapers, the utter
ances of President Taft that -Canada
Is at the parting of the ways" and
that the tie binding Canada to ' the
empire was so alight as to be almost
imrmrceDtlble. have been usea to
prove that the United State nas ui
terlor designs on hsr Canadian neigh
bor. while the annexationist senti
ments .attributed to ..some Aierlcan
nubile men and newspaper have
aroused the cry that reciprocity Is the
forerunner of annexation.
Ontario Province
Ontario, the greatest Industrial and
agricultural province of Canada, has
(Continofl on Page Blx)
PRESIDENT SPENT QUIET
DAY BEFORE STARTING ON
WEEK OF SPEECH MAKING
Message of Condolence to
Families of Victims at
Auto Race Track
ATTEND CHURCH
BRIE, Pa., Sept. 1 7. President
Taft spent a quiet Sunday here to
day. With Secretary Hllir.
Jor Butt he was the guest over night
at the home of Chas. H. Strong. He
had breakfast, funch and dinner at
the Strong home, attended church
this morning, took an automobile
ride through the city and suburbs this
afternoon and after a quiet evening
with his hosts, boarded his private
car shortly before 11 o'clock. He left
for Detroit after midnight with two
hard days of speaking in Michigan
before him. The president was deep
ly moved tonight when he learned
thet Henry W. Brynes, son of the Rev.
Thomas P. Brynes, pastor of the Uni
tarian church where he attended ser
vices todav. died onlv lat c-m.v
Before he died the boy called to him
ana saia:
"Don't let my death prevent your
preacning Derore the prldent."
His father remembered, and al
though his grief was still fresh, he
preached befor ethe president. To
night Mr. T't sent him a mesesge
of sympathy. News of the automobile
disaster at the Brracui. ' fair ! '
short time after he left the grounds
yesterday, reached the president to
day and came as a distinct shock.
While he watched the racing cars
peea arouna the track, he expressed
some fear as to the safety of the peo
ple who crowded close to the railings.
He sent a telegram expressing his re-
irei rooay lo it. M. B. Handy, presi
dent of the Syracuse county arsorla
tlon. It read as follows: "Have fust
lesrned of the deplorable accident LI
extend to the families of pie deceased
and to the management ' of the fair
my heartfelt condolence and sympa
thy. I earnestly hope that the in
jured are recovering." f
FIRE CAl'BED DEATH
,t 'COLFAX. Cel., Sept 17. Fire early
today caused one death and destroyed
the hotel and part of the business see.
tlon of this town. Aviator Robert I
rowier, won is making a coast - to -
coast flight was saved.
PREMIER SIOGd
ASSASSINSWQUND
Has Taken Decided Turn For
the Wjorse and His Physi
cians Are Alarmed
PERITONITIS SEEMS
TO HAVE DEVELOPED
However Bullet Has Been Re-
moved and He stood Op
eration Satisfactorily
KIEV, Sept it The condition of
Premier Stolypln, Aa was shot by
Dmitry Bogroff at a gala perform
ance In the Municipal theater Thurs
day night' Is' causing his physicians
alarm, Peritonitis has set in and the
patient's heart action has considerably
weakened. A lengthy bulletin . was1
prepared this afternoon by the phys
lolans In view lot, the change for the
worse as It was deemed advisable to
Inform the publld of the true nature
of he premier's wounds. This bullet
in was as follows -v.
"A change for the worse in Premier
8tolypln's condition set in last aven
Ingv Symptoms of local perltonltyi
were noticed, with indications of effu
sion of blood under the diaphragm. -At
6.10 o'clock this looming the patient's
temperature was. ., pulse (0. respi
ration 88 to 88. Th temperature two
hours later was !., pulae 104, respi
ration 14 to . (
Bullet Removed.
"The bandages were removed at 10
o'clock and the mouth of the wound
was found to be in s satisfactory state.
The bullet was felt , under the skin
And removed, a local aneethetlo being
employed. Tne natient stood the op
eration well m emery way,."
The premier; showed no Improve
ment during ths day but the doctors
hopefully expressed th opinion that
there was no great cause for alarm.1
The midnight bulletin, however, was
not reaosurlng. It resd:
"Late tonight Jit.. Stolypln is still
showing symptoms; ef . peritonitis.
Temperature 8 nuje 114 to l,Tee-
TOAD8TOOLB FOR MTKHROOMS.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 17. Chas.
Chorman. aged 88, Is dead and lght
others are 111 as a result of eating
toadstools, mistaken for mushrooms.
Mrs. Emma Chormsn, the dead man's
sister-in-law, brought a peck of the
poisoned vegetstlon from the country
yesterday and dtstrrtmted ft among
her nelirhhors. Today alt who ste the
tondcrtecls were taken 111. Mrs. Chor
man end her son. Henry Chormsn. are
In a serious condition.
MOUNT ETNA ERUPT!
NOT OiUiO ACTIVE
Yet Immense Flow of Lava
Continues its Work of
Great Destruction
CATANIA, Sept. 17. Although the
eruption of Mount Etna sems to be
losing somrthlng of Its activity and
ths earthquakes are less frequent in
occurrence, the Immense flood of lava
which has spread down the mountain
continues its work of destruction.
Thers are now Ave main streams
stretching for miles over the coun
try. Prof. Ricco, director of the observ
atory, who has spent two days on the
top of Mount EttiH to make nlner..
tlons, returned to the observatory to
day. He said th Initial speed of the
ava at the mouth of the crater has
slightly diminished i,ut that Incandes
cent material l,itlll being poured out
in perhaps si great iuantlty as on the
first few days, hcversl cones have
formfd near th u-v craters, vary
ing from 86 to 100 feet In height A
new mount, 0 11 11 feet high, has
sprung up, which l emitting smoke
and cinders.
A great procli.n bearing a ststue
of Christ today marched In front of
the advancing lava and offered pray
ers for the Immediate cesastlon of the
flow. Hundreds proceeded to the
home Of a blacksmith where It was;
reported a miracle had occurred. The
lava had been diverted from this
house and ths peasants believed that
this was due to a picture of a saint
hanging on the door But this after
noon the lava stream again turned,
completely destroying' ths black
smith's home.
WASmxOTOV, Sept It Fore-
cast: North Carolina: generally fair
1 Monday and Tuesday; light north
'winds.
REVELATIONS OF A
STARTLINGNATURE
STILL ANTICIPATED
Hope hy no Means Given up of Ap
prehending S)ayer of Myrtle Haw
kinsDefinite Results Expected at
Inquest This Afternoon.
THE CASE TO DATE.
It wss announced late last
4 night on rvliabta authority, that
t-"vtdence of now and startling
4 nature had bora discover d by
IiettvUve Bradford In tho Myr
4 the Hawkins case which would
4 tmpHmtei persons to whom suspl
4 clon had not been directed. This
will br. produced at the Inquest
4 this aftemooik, and It is expected
v- to have far-reaolujig tesalta, :
The theory that the cloak In
which the body of Myrtle Haw-
kins was buttoned wU n found
4- was not Mentlncd with the Haw-
kins family waa dispelled yrater'
v- day afternoon when Mr. Homer
Hawkins, brother of .the de
4 ceased, stated that the oioak be-
londd to his mother. It had pot
been worn for a long ttnm and
he coald assign no reason for his 4
sister taking- It with her when
she toft . th homo Thursday
morning. ."
' I. w witnesses have been
found who will swenr this art-
noon that titer saw Myrtle Haw.
kins on the Lake Owseols. road
Tbamday afternoon, this malvs
4 It appear Improbable that the
screams heard by two women
. nn Wednesday nlclit at midnight -r
4 could have eomb from Miss Haw
. kins ,
y : V
ueHnirunvvilJ.F,. N. C Bent
it wtth the reopening of the Myr
tle Hawkins inquest only a few hours
away, thers Is an atmosphere v oi
tne exnectancv In Hendsrsonvuie
tonight nd speculation, as to ths
nuimma vlfe. Beyond ths dlSCOW
sry by DetecHvs Bradford of what
he regards as important clues, ther
are practically no new developments
today. -; ' ' , . ., , .
Cnrtain letters which - may throw
light on ths mystery,, and ths finding
Of ,sdtlowtffwttnssiisg'1- rhese svt
donna is extMCtad to hava a bsarlnt
on the case, encourage ths oounty
authorities In their efforts to fasten
milt on Mvrtle's muaderers.. The In
quest will open at 8.8 this afternoon
and It is probable that conditions in
the court room will be somswhat Im
proved If the sheriff decides to keep
the general public out
The one great obstacle to ' the so
lution of the mystery lies largely In
the fact that it Is difficult to make
the statements of witnesses relative
to Myrtle's movement on certain days
agree, but it Is stated that one wit
HIDE TO MIKE PLEA OF
GUILTY TDJfllllD JURY
Atrocious Crime of South
Carolinian Who Expresses
no Regret for Deed
ANDERSON, 8. C, Sept. 17. When
the case of Samuel E. Hyde, charged
with the murder of his Wife and her
father, Wm. Beasley, Is taken up by
the grand Jury here tomorrow, Hyde
will wav the three days usually giv
en defendants to be tried for murder,
and It Is espected thst his trial will
be stsrted In the afternoon. Hyde
- 1 that he will make a
plea of guilty.
. i South Carolina forbid
1 in.. or. and the court will ap
point an attorney to defend him.
The crime was committed on July
19 last when Hyde went to the home
of his father-in-law and shot Ave
tlnvs at his wife, from whom he had
been separated for some time. The
wife was Instaptly killed. The shots
attracted her father snd alstr and
Hyde, who had reloaded his pistol,
shot both of them, a bullet penetrat
ing Mr. Beasley's hesrt. The girl was
not seriously Injured.
Hyde Is 27 yars old and an engi
neer. He expressp-s no regret for his
actions, on the contrary, stating that
he now is entirely satisfied and willing
to take the death sntnce for the
crime. He declares he had carefully
planned to kill his wife because her
father had caused her to leave him.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
GOVERNORS MEET
NEW YORK, Sept 17.-Five gov
ernors of . western states that have
conferred the electoral franchise upon
women Hawley, of Idaho: Spry,, of
t'tah: Cary, of Wyoming; Hay, of
Washington, and Shafroth, of Color
sdo were active participants In a
largely attended meeting in the inter
est of woman suffrage last night In
Cooper union. Gov. Veaeey",' nf Booth
Pakota. walkrd into the meeting late
and unannounced and added to the
tributes his 'gubernatorial colleagues
were pavlnir woman' political effici
ency. ' During hie shs nee from the
state, he said. It wss "being run by
a woman" and-ha had no doubt but
that It was txlng taksa, cars of in an
able manner.
ness today will help materially In
clearing up this situation, ,
Brother Talks
Mr. Homer Hawkins, brother Of
the dead girl, talked freely with a
Citlsen representative this afternoon.
He said that while the family bad
no desire to fasten ths guilt on an
Innocent person. It would bs tireless
In Its efforts to bring the guilty per
sons or psrsons to ths bar of Jus
tics. He was posUtve In his state
ment thst his sister left horns on the
Thursday morning before ' her body
wss found in Lake Osceola. Mrs.
Hawkins, Myrtle's mother, waa equal,
ly positive on this point She saw
her, daughter asleep In bed on
Wednesday night and' ssw her up
and around on Thursday morning.
She left ths house between ten snd
eleven o'clock .Thursday and never
returned. ,
Mother's Statement
There was nothing, said Mrs. Haw.
kins, in Myrtls's rnannsr at thst
time to indicate thai she contemniat-
sd leaving horns for any great length
or time, and the discovery of ths
letter, published recently In Ths Citl
sen, was the first notification of hsr
intention.
"Myrtle was not a girl given to
Keeping company with mane men.
Beyond the ons great secret she kept
to herself, until she left us, I was
always la eloss touch with her ac
tiona. She was dutiful dsughtsr,
always kind and loving In hsr dlsposl.
on. ano we ware always together.
we a rove out for ; the last tlms
weonesday morning to j see Mrs.
Olbbs, Ws oame horns together and
Myrtle went out to see Mrs, MoCall
arise ; tnst She returned 7 to our
house tjpout sundown. I ' saw hsr
asieep in bed that night and I, saw
her About ths 'house esrty ths next
tnernlng. ' Thsr can bs no mistaks
suoui mat, so tne story sbout a wo
'"" screame oeing naard an
Wsdnseday In the direction of ths
lake, cannot hply; to her. Thursday
"'' jpignt os oinerent. I apprs-
ciie. ana we ' sir appreciate ths
many expressions of sympathy ws
re ; rsceivso. ws certainly need
all ths sympathy our friends can
give us. it is a great shock,' Hers
oe motnsr Stopped unabls to nro
ceed. It was the spectacle of a moth
er grieving for her dsuihter.
Her Mother's Cloak
Mr. Homsr Hawkins tolT The Clti-
n repressntauvs yesterdsy after
noon that the cloak In which the
oy wss ugntijr buttoned , when
fContlnned on Page Four
AEROPUNE WILL HAVE
TEST AS
Its Possibilities Will be In
vestigated by Interested
Postal Officials
NEW TORK, Sept 17. During the
coming week the first aerial mail
routs In this country will be put In
to operation here.U The attempt of
course, is merely experimental and Is
intended to demonstrate ths feasibil
ity of utilising aeroplanes for ths rap
Id delivery of urgent mall bstwsen ths
Importsnt cities of the country. The
new route will be only about seven
teen miles long, extending from the
oroosiyn post omce to osrden City on
Long Island. Its operation willte a
feature of the annual aviation meet at
the lutter place. It s probable that
one of the carriers In this novel mail
route will be Pierre Vadrlnaa K.
j French aviator, who successfully con.
du.;td aeroplane mall tests In France
1 a few days ago, covering a regular
mall route over one hundred miles In
' lr 'to in little more than h.i th.
time required by the fastest express
Ui. n Leiween the two points. While It
Is not likely thst the post office offi
cials will mske any Immediate change
In the Dreaent methods at
!rg msxi as a result of ths forthcom
ing test It wilt bs watched by them '
with great Interest as an Indication !
of the reliability of the aeroplane for
mall service. . That It is mors rapid
thin any other method of travel yet
oensea, ns neen en own conclusively.
It Is pointed out thst If aeroplanes
coma oe empioyea to carry a limited
mall between New York and Phila
delphia or Boston It would be easy to
send letters to either of these cities
and receive enswers the same. day.
Whatever the outcome of the experi
ment New Yorkers wilt bs abls to en
Joy for a few days at least ths novel
sensation of sending letters by serial
post. . -7 .
PROBABLY StKTDE.
CHAMBERSBUHa, Fst Sspt 17.
Ths body of Walter Bexley, a spinner
in the woolen mill here, was found
with a bullet In the heart on a lot In
the Cedar - Grove cemetery today.
Bexley quarreled with bis sweetheart
last evening and threatened to shoot
himself. The b?dy was sent to hie
formre home In Fredericksburg, y.
HIGH FOOD
PIES
CAUSE 0
SERIOUS
RIOTSJNVIEHKA
Many Persons Killed and
Wounded and Troops Called
Out to Dispel Rioters ; ,
OVER ONE HUNDRED ARE
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Agitation Culmination or
Months of Discontent Over v
Increasing Prices
VIENNA, Sept. 17. A Critical sit
uatlon has arisen la Vienna owing
primarily to ths high pries of the
necessaries of .life, . - '
Riots broks out todsy and many
parsons were killed , or wounded.
Troops fired - on the " mobs, . which
erected barrlcudea In ' the streets.
Thsrs was a fierce sxchkngs of bul
lets and : the .soldiers were pelted .
with all sorts" of missies.
Following; hugs socialist demon
stratlon this afternoon outside the
tUthhoua, held to protest against th
high prices of food It became neces
sary to call out troops to disparts
the Hooters. In the early clashes
fifty of the rioters were wounded snd
one hundred srrested. v i ' . "
Fifty thousand persons were pres
ent at the demonstration and fiery
speeches were made demanding that
ths government permit ths importa
tion of foreign' meat aid take other
measures to remedy "the conditions
which have resulted from the pronl
bltory Increase in the pries of, food :
products. . After ths meeting a large
procession marched to the partta
ment buildings cheering for revolu
tion and Portufst.
, gtone Throwing tiffins .
Revolvers wars flred In the air and
then the mob began stons throwing.
The windows of many publld snd pn
rate buildings, restaurants snd tram
ears and street lamps wsrs smashed.
Finally a squadron of dragoons snd
a detachment ef Infantry appeared
on the scene. "They charged ths riot
ers and dispersed them. The mobs
reassembled, however, In ths suburbs.
Which are occupied by the working
Class, where they, wrecked mors pro
perty. The troops 1 were? retained
throughout ths day guarding the im
perial palace arid government build 1
ings and holding all approaches la
the inner city, ' " ,
Towards evening the Ttotlnr in ths
Ottakring quarter became more fa.
nous. The mob demolished all the
strset lamps In the main thorough
fare, plunging the streets into dark
ness. Thsy erected barricades and
hurled mlsslss of various kinds on
ths soldlsrs from ths upper windows
of houses. Ths order wss at lsngtlt
given to ths troops to Are.
- At ths first volley many rioters fell,
either killed or wounded. Several of
ths soldiers and polloemert also wsrs
Injured snd ons7 hundred' mors ot :
those sngsgsd In ths conflict were
placed Under arrest.
Ths agitation Is ths culmination of
months of bitter discontent evsr the
steady Increase In ths cost not only
or rood, but lodging, clothing and all
tns necessaries of Ufa, and unless
parliament takes action it Is feared
that further disturbances will be
very serious.
Ths rioting was of most deter.
mined and savage character. Al.
though an official account states that
(ConUn-Md on Psjoc rive)
WEATHER WMMV
IICME IS EXPECTED
Masters of Vessels and
Steamship Companies Ad
vised to "Look Out" 1
SOUTH OF HAYTI
WASHINGTON. Sept 17-Another '
West Indlsn disturbance which, may,
if It fellows the usual track of these
storms, swing up through the South
em states waa developing today In the
Caribbean sea at a pstnt south 'of (.
Haytl and east of Jamaleai 7, Always '
alert during the hurt-leans season for
any signs of such storms. Chief Willis
L, Moors, of the weather bureau, to.
day Issued .wsrnlngs to masters of ves- "
sets and steamship companies operat '
tng ships along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts snd in the Caribbean that they
should be cautloua during the next
week or se In handling their ships In '
the vlotnlty of the Weet Indies. . The
wireless stations along ths coast flash
ed, the danger warnings ever the ecas -so
that vessels might bs warned of
ths storm's approach. ' ,v.
The erst Indication ef the disturb
sncs came Saturday and the weather
experts hava been watching closely r
for its development ' Today's develop,
ments Indicated the storm more clear
ly than thoae of Saturday. It was Im
possible for them even to gues the
Intensity of the storm er whether It
would assume hurricane proportion