r' 3 AS LE CITIZEN. Circulation " Q AAA Daily Over 0,U U U . ' nnmnrrnri-wr inu roon " 1 , THE WEATHER I HPTm! - " - JL JLlJ VOL. XXVUL, NO. 11 FLEET SHOP ITS PREPAREDNESS FOR Secretary of Navy Meyer Sat isfied With Present Organi zation of Fleet PRESIDENT REVIEWS GREAT FLEET TODAY Attaches of Seveial Foreign Nations Among Those Wit nessing Maneuvers NEW, YORK, Nov, 1. "Th fleet EMERGENCIES hu demonstrated its preparedness ja disagreement on the part of the 1t, any emergency and ha- shown! Juror, Mrs. Zee Rung McRee, on the effectiveness of the present or- trial on the alleged chars ot having ganlzatioe," s , ., murdered young Allan Gariand.on the GeOrg Von f Meyer, secretary of! morning ot September SI, wlli know ' tt nav smiled f as' he made this j her fate tomorrow.,, fw- . stitement this afternoon -en board the Attorney Veasle made a dramatlo presidential yaolit, Mayflower, after i inspected ninety-nine ngnung hips" of the Atlantic fleet, assem jiv th Huifcon river, for the greatest mobilisation in the history of the American navy. President Taft will review the fleet tomorrow as it passes out to sea, and the pall sadis and ' he shores of the Hud son will echoe back a greater num ber of sAlutet than was accorded the secretary today, but notwithstanding the more spectacular event to come, Mri Meyer says he Is satisfied with what he saw today. Salute by Mayflower Leaving the Mayflower In an ad miral's speedy launch, after .having received on board Rear Admiral Oi terhaue. the eommander-ln-,. chief, and the division etommander. the secretary paid visits to the flagships atahding erect In a launch, a silk hat firm and a frock coa flapping as he sped. from ship to ship: In the face of a twenty-mile nor' by nor'west wUidi , The Mayflower fired a salute of tjlnete,n gun as he. left. her. side and this salute was repeated by each of the seven flagships' tlia't he' board ed, 'beginning with the Connecticut and ending with the little Dixie, tend er of the torpedo boat flst. His malls completed, the secretary re boarded hr Mayfl vr whjeh had teamed yt:Cth'.:'WMMtr;: nd ': jpfljhe Bevn mllr f'f warships and passed lowly southward along- the entire 'lint, each ship saluting nlnteen times as he passed. fi'he echoes roared back from the New York, shore after an interval so long that it seemed a if a second bombardment were On In the streets of Harlem. It was 6.10 fp. m. when he repassed the Connecticut on his return trip mark ing the day's formalities. Members of th'e house committee on naval af fairs followed the secretary on his visits to each flagship, and were hon ored with a salute of seventeen gune. Continued on page three) TIME SERVING PAPERS Even Rockefeller Told Him Him That He Would be Glad to See Him carnegie "Trophy NEW YORK, Nov. 1. United States Marshal Henkel was In a cheerful mood this afternoon, and af ter a round of subpoena serving dur ing the day upon prominent financiers and men of affairs, named as de fendants In -the governmentV suit against the United States Steel cor poration. The marshal seemed par ticularly pleased as he exhibited a trophy in the shape of an autograph ed photograph. It bore, the words. "compliments of Andrew Carnegie." "Yes, sir," said the marshal, "Mr. Carnegie gave me that today. I went to his house to serve him with the subpoena. When my card was sent In, Mr. Carnegie sent word right back for me )0 come in. He was Just ss pleasant as could be, and asked me to sit down. He showed me this picture and asked me if I would like one. I told him I would if he would sign It and he did." The marshal had communicated with J. P. Morgan and had Informed him he would be around to see him before Mr. Morgan left for his busi ness. The financier was waiting for the marshal lii his library. He took the subpoena, after a cheery good morning. Tile marshal telephoned to John D. Rockefeller that he would be up to see him in a day or so with the sub poena, "and what do you think he said?'- asked the marshal. "He said 1 will tie glad to see you and that's fact" Subpoenas have also been served upon Charles Steele, Jams Gayler. Edmund C Converse, Daniel O. Held, Norman B. Ream, John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., James N. Hill. E. H. Gary, the United States Steel corporation. Federal Steel company. Lake Superior Consolidated Iron mines, and on the Union HteiU company. ... ARGUMENTTO E JURY GETS CASE Mrs. McRee Will Ukely Know Her Fate by Tonight, if Jury Agrees JUDGE'S CHARGE COMES AFTER FINAL ARGUMENT Defense Rings in "Unwritten Law." Prosecution Attacks Woman's Veracity OPELOTJSAS. I., Nov. l.r-Barring .appeal to the Jury for Juetloe, accord lng to the Louisiana laws and biblical mandates, and excoriated the accused terms of ridicule and stinging screams, He ended his remark with a bitter denunciation which seemed to affect Mrs. McRee and her friends more, than anything that ha been said dur ing the trial. Many exceptions were taken by the attorneys for th de fense to statements made befor the Jury by, the attorney. r - Illnens of Juror. The Illness of Juror .James M, Smith caused a sudden "halt, tonight Jn the trial. Juror Smith was stricken when Judge E. D. Hunter closed hl argument tor the defense and court Immediately adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Aot'jig District Attorney .Dubtsson will begin the closing argument- for the prosecution .immediately upon the convening of court tomorrow, provid ing Juror Smith ha sufficiently' re covered. His Illness IS considered as a favorable .circumstance for the pros ecution, as it elves Attorney Dublsson ' V-" ";..'? night of refreshing -sleep, ' following an extremely tiresome day of argu ment. Everyone connected with the trial expects an esrly verdict. o: No time was allotted to counsel for lawyers 'from ,c6tmsl;,oI..th aef jind -three ' from the prosecution took part in the argument today, which will be concluded by Mr. blsson, of the prosecution, tomorrow. Argument of Counsel. Throughout the argument of coun- (CVjnfoel on Pngo Five) HW BEGINNING OF JURY YET OBTAINED IN THE DYNAMITING CASE Counsel for State Says it May be Two Months Be fore Obtained SLOW PROGRESS LOS ANGELES, Cal Nov. 1. To day, with thirteen months to a day elapsed since' twenty-one persons lost their lives in an explosion and fire which wrecked the Los Angeles Times building, hardly the beginning of a Jury had been obtained in the trial ot James SB. McNamara, accused of hav ing caused the death of Charles J. Haggerty, one of the victims. Counsel for the state, estimated that two months hence a Jury may have been obtained. Today's Tesults were exactly nothing at all so far as obtaining additional talesmen accepted for cause was con cerned. At the beginning of the ses sion, District Attorney Fredericks withdrew opposition to a challenge by the defense agalAst one talesman; the examination of another, who is nearly certain will not reach the Jury, occu pied most of the day and two others were released Just before the close ot court, on consent opposing counsel and the otheT because of opposition to the death penalty. Nine talesmen accepted as to cause whert court opened, hnd not been In creased at the close of the session. Of these perhaps two or thrfft will be on the Jury as It Is sworn. Ten veniremen were selected for examination out of a new venire tjie third thus far, of forty men, summon ed yesterday. WOULDN'T APPOINT RECEIVER RICHMOND, Vs.. Nov. 1. In the chancery court of this city today, Judge Daniel Grlnnan declined to ap point receivers for the United Order of True Reformers, the largest col- Ored fraternal, society In existence. The residents of the negro section of Richmond are persdlng the streets tonight and holding celebrations. The order has many thousands of mem bers In all southern states and Is es pecially strong In Washington, as 'well as in Virginia. It got into difficulties through the failure of the True Re formers bank, which was operated as a branch enterprise. Many, of the former officers are under Indictment BE HEARD FOR ASHEIXE,T. C.,THUrvS; rOHNIXG, NOVEMBER 2, 1911 NEGOTIATIONS FOR END! Opposing Troops Encamped Within Short Distance of Each Other EXPECTED THAT LOAN WILL NOT BE NEEDED Appointment of New Premier Presages Confidence of ihe People PEKING, Nov. 1. The appointment of Yuan Shi Kai today as premier f China, will be followed by a cessa tion of hostilities on the part of im perialists "and the opening of negotia tions with General U Yuen Hong, leader of the revolutionists at Han kow. An imperial edict providing for, Im portant administrative, changes also accepts the resignations of the minis ters, but, until Yuan Shi Kai returns to Pekini, Prince Chlng will continue to perform the duties of premier, and the present cabinet wijl remain in ofljce. t . All the ministers attended a secret session of the national assembly to day, which, It Is understood, practi cally agreed to the demands of the disaffected Manchau troops. A mem ber of the war board was appointed ttf confer rtth th troops and express the assembly's views. loan May Not be Needed The assembly also dlsoussed the -re cent loan for which arrangements had been made by Belgian and French syndicate. The ministers ex pected that the loan was needed for the purpose of carrying on flsld oper ations. The i-assembly there was a good prospect of the termination of hostilities, in; which case the loan would not be necessary. It was An ally decided to refer the matter by telegraph to Yuan Shi Kai. The panic among the people of Pe king which ensued after the lssu nee of the first imperial edict, has been largoly dispelled, and the new- - WrfWBW w-wisws. results "of. the seventeen days rebel lion The Daily News considers that CHINA HAVE BEGUN Du-lthe appointment ot Yuan Sh Kai will change the entire political complex- Ion, restore peace. Inspire the people with confidence, command the respect of foreign countries, and place the empire on a sound basis. MISS EDMANDS' FATHER RELIEVES IN INNOCENCE OF Reports That Financial Aid Had Been Refused, De clared False DEFENSE'S COUNSEL" BOSTON, Nov. a.-After he had been formally served wlch the Indict ment charging him with poisoning his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell, the Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson was visited in Charles Street Jail late to do(v by Attorney Jhn L. fLee, of Lynchburg, Va,, a criminal lawyer prominent In the south, who proba bly will direct the accused minister's light for acquittal. Mr. Lee arrlv. ed here today, but he took Stf im mediately the work of preparing the defense and conferred at length with former Judge James R. Dunbar, his son, Philip R. Dunbar, and Congress man Robert O. Harris, who have been retained in Mr. Rtcheeon'a Inter est. Reports Chat the family of Miss Violet Edmands, the wealthy flancej Of the accused clergyman, had de elded to discontinue financial support of the minister's defense, were scout ed by Atorney Dunbar, who was re- tained by Moses Grant Edmands, fathitr of the young woman. Mr. Dunbar said:. "Any statement that Mr. Edmands has ceased to have faith In Mr. Rlche son is absolutely false. Mr. Edmands still retains absolute confidence in the Integrity and innocence of Mr. Rlcheson." LEGISLATIVE FIGHT OTART8 JACKSON, Mien. Nov. 1. The first gun of the legislative fight between t!h adherents of Governor E. F. Noel and the antl-admlnlstratlon fac tion, was fired In the upper house In today's brief session of the legislature which met here at II o'clock in extra" ordinary session. It was a resolution by State Senator Hebron, ., declaring the extra session a reflection on the Integrity of the Incoming legislature. Incidentally, ihe Hebron resolution provided for final adjournment to morrow. It was laid on the table subject to .call, and without having provoked comment. , Both houses ad Jourried In honor of the memory of members who have died sine th Ad journment of th last session. INDIGNANT DENIAL MADE PREMIER OF 1 ;ir - On Contrary h Says Hi$ .,H,U,W, Civilisation" ROME, Nov, lvTh reports which have been spread Un. foreign coun tries that the Italian troops at Tri poli have practiced jtxtrem cruelty in the war against the Turks and Arabs, killing women and .children, the aietJ and infirm, and non-combatants, have caused Intense indignation throughout Italy. These reports, already have been officially denied but Premier Giolltti took occasion tonight to em phasise the denial : and , to make Lstatement In behalf af the govern ment and nation. , ., "If any reproach Is admissible," hs said- "It can only b;on account of excess of numanitarlanlem. We have perhaps, through exaggerated scru ple spared the Irwsxkd nronerty of rttirtmemyVahd, In o doing-, hava ex- posed ourselves tm grant risks. This, however, we save been-pleased to do, to prove that we are WvlUsed and hu man. Perhaps what ta the bounty of the strong may be lodged as Weak ness. Barbarous PrarUoes "Our soldiers, trained in the school of loyalty and accustomed to the up rightness of the bytslrt&ns, who are open enemies or steadfast friends, did not expect that the Ara'bs, after they had sworn, and received grain and our and other concessions, would treacherously turn their arms upon E BEFORE jEJAS WED Fatally Wounded Two Offi cers Beat up Several Citi zens With Revolver Butt NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1. Police man George A. Houasell and Joseph Lacoste were fatally "wounded and citizen Joe Spencer, Washington Lawrence and John McGeavy badly beaten today when an unknown nogro; for murjer armed with revolvers, ran amuck In I a reward of $5,000 had been of the Algiers ferry landing, across the fered by the state for the apprehen Mississippi river from this city, 'merlon of the persons who took part In negro finally was killed ,by citlxens, this crime. who came to the assWtance of the of- Ta negroes who were lynched had fleers. 'been arreited In Leon county on sus- Ths shooting took place Just s:p!"!on of having been Implicated In the ferry reached the Algiers land- the murder of Deputy Sheriff B. B. ing. Declaring that he would get Smith. a white man," the neiro flred ; On account of Ill-feeling they were five shots promtucuously, reloading his moved to the Columbia county Jail pistol and drawing a aecond one, at Lake City. On the morning of started up the ferry landing, firing right and IcTt. Officers Lacnste and Roussoll were nhot through the body and nearly citizens opened fire on the negro, "ithout attempting to rflood' hi revolvers. th negro ataeked by-; stander with the butt end of his wea-i pons and clubbed three before he fell dead, his body riddled bv several i buiita. ANOTHER CARDINAL ROME, Nov. l.-rlt 1 stated tist meeting held here today, the pope Intends to create Archbishop; Present Queen also established a De Almaraz, of Seville, a cardinal, ! new record for yearling pacing fll Thus the foreign and Italian cardl- H. going the mile In 2.20 nal wilt be almost equal In number. Ssson records were made by ii ii t FAIR WABHINOTON. Nov. I. Forecast: North Carolina: fair, colder Thurs ray; Friday fair, continued ;.oold; moderate northwest winds, Smokes Well From Either End. REPORTED BARB A RIANISM : . ' t Country Han Run Risk of drove Dangers on Account of .UMf( iiA.umpi vr wneroua ana Anwairou$ ."Courag of Army and wounded.' Among those heroio dead, many were barbarously killed by the enemy after they bad fallen gravely wounded. "He who assarts that the Italian soldier would offend women or child, shows Ignorance of our country suvl race. ' . ,4 . . i . - "The act of treachery were due, partly to the efforts of Bedouins about 15,000 of whom migrate at this season of the year from the interior to the coast for the data crop. They formed kind of conspiracy with the Turks, and succeeded In persuading the Arabs, who had Already declared themselves our friends, to rebel. Hut, indeedvjtha Arab were read t take ui vmlMm4! weak at any moment. This la shown by the fact that many of the habita tions, when set on Ore, exploded like powder magailnes, to great were the quantities of arms and ammunition hidden in them. "Routed the Traitor" "After the betrayal, when the Arab hidden by the tree, walls, and ' houses, In the oasis, shot in the back the troops courageously fighting the Turks, our soldiers defended them selves. They attacked the oasis and routed the traitors, killing those caught in the act of firing, and taking trie others prisoners. For safety we CHARGED 1TB TAKING PART TN LYNCHING BEE Two Men Indicted for Al leged Participation tn Lynching Six Negroes LAKE CITV, Fla.. Nov. I, Charged with the participation In a lynching of six negroes here May Si. last, the Columbia grand Jury today indicted Samuel Ward and Jonn i Atkinson. reslilMntfl at TalliLhasitA. y a moo overpowerea me sner " "on, who was In charge of the n 'x negroes were hang- 01. Other indictments in the case are expect&d to follow. COUNTRY JAY'S RECORD LEXINGTON. Ky., Nov. t. oun- I try Jay, set a 'new world's record for I fifteen year old trotters' by making the mile in J.04 at the breeder's Belwyn McKInney. for yearling trot ters at 2 2114; Pear Ongale for two i year old fillies at 2 16 H . and Junior Watt for two year old trotting stal lions at 2.16U. ENGINEER KILLED WILMINGTON, N. C, Nov. 1 John Wilkins, thirty three years old. of Washington, N. C, engineer of the Norfolk and Southern, was crushed to death today near Roper, N. C wben the ennlne he was driving while witching cars, turned turtle, throw ing out him out of the ebb window and catching him- underneath. The spreading of rails la said to have been the cause of the accident BY ITALIAN "Navy Shown." transported the prisoners to Trsmttl and Vatic Islands, where, on their own admission, outside of the curtail ment of their liberty, they arc bat ter treated thsn In their own coun try. .,;,'-,,,') j ' l "The oasis within our own Unas, af. ter the population had been removed out of harms way, was rendered use less as a -cover tor the enemy. . Ths tree and walla, and, in fact, every thing which might afford a shelter for ths Arab to appeal their treach ery; were destroyed. In n report ha Onneral Canavry, made reference to n'womior- rWldrnr-lrttlA "Their till furthsr proof to our treatmnt to iham. Beside the ocular, testi mony this li proved by the fact that while the normal proportion between the wounded and dead In battle 1 on to two, the Turks having about' two thousand killed, and four thousand wounded, our dead numbered 374, and wounded only It 8, "In open attacks. In ambushes, and also in time of ireason, . the courage and humanitarian sentiment of th IlsUlan army and, navy are above praise. Always admired, they render this war an sxample of gsnerous and chlvalrou elvlllsatlon." PICTURESQUE CHARACTER RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE - y-' "Buffalo Bill" Will Spend Remaining Days in Wy oming Big Horn RICHMOND, Va Nov, 1 Col, William T. Cody. "Buffalo Bill" to all th world, retired from public llf to night. His show was packed off to winter quarter and hi Indians wilt return to their tepee In what ta left of the red man' land, while "Buffa lo Bill' Intends to spend his remain ing years In th Wyoming Big Horn, where he helped make American his tory, Bo far ss public exhibitions ar concerned, he has hot th ashes from the last cigar, and chased the last In dian. During a career which began as pony express rider, led him through more Indian battle than any other living man, and, Included twenty eight years as a showman, Colonel Cody became known as one of the most picturesque figures of American rrontler life. The sobriquet "Buffalo Bill" he earned In the early sixties. when he contracted to furnish buffalo meat to the laborers on the beginning of the Kansas A Pacific railroad, and In less than eighteen months he kill ed 4,280 bison. MtBS K R UTT8CH Jf ITT WEDS NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1 Miss Re becca Kruttschnltt, daughter of Ju lius B. Kruttschnltt, vlo president of the Southern Pacific lines tomor row wilt become th bride of cilf-1 rora Woodhouse. an Enallsh travel! and soldier. The .-v-f place sn this city at the bom of thj oriae'e uncle, J, p, Blair, In Bt. Charles street. They are going to the Orient to be gone until spring. MAY VOTE CNDER CONDITION. COLUMBUS. O., Nov., 1. President Taft will have to appear before th Cincinnati election board In person on either next Saturday or Monday, and establish the claim ,that he was un able to be In the city on registration days, before he can vote In th ejec tion nest week. This w th substanc of th offi cial ruling made by Secretary of State Chart E. Orave today. PRICE FIVE CENTO HER FATE RESTS ! III THE HANDS EXPERT ON PO SO Unusual Series of Deaths In vades Household of Woman r' Living in Chicago ; IS EITHER MURDER OR : UNUoUAL COINCIDENCE Two Husbands. Hire Child' ren. Two Step-Chlldren : and Two Roomers " CHICAflO, Nov, l.CTileafo pollc today pursued their Investigation ln to the deaths of nearly half a soor of relatives and acquaintance , of Mrs. Louis Vermllya, to make cer tain whether the similar demise eon tttuted only remarkable, series of coincidence, as Mrs. Vermllya a sert. - - ' f if 1 ", C Nine death are Included; in th Hit with which Mr, Vsrmllya's nam hu been connected. Including two ' hus bands, two step-children, three chil dren and two roomer at boarding; houses ih kapt. 1 ' Development today, following ! establishment Of potto surveillance a1 th woman' home, earn front aev sral cities whr she had lived, Fend Ing th report of th toxietloglsts wh are examining th viscera of the last of the persona whose death havs oc curred beneath Mr. Vermllya' roof. th police have mad no arrests. No posltrve evidence of crime has been uncovered. . . - Xew JJfcct i j ,. The following new - fact becam known today. That while Mr Vrmtlya ha ssld on of th death roster, Richard T, Smith, a conductor, was only a board r at her home, a former roomer as serts the two claimed previously to have been married, and that they lived together man and wife. That, while th woman told th po lice ah had assisted an undertaker st Crystal Lake, a former hem, in em balming bodies,, th undertaker titer denle th ever had any such e perlence. Phe gv this ss a r wHy -ah oould dis;uss " th djHtl.s with composure. , That R, N. Brulngton, a photo graphsr 1 of Peoria and brethsr-ln- . law of Conductor Smith, had mad ( lov to th widow following Smith' death so a to investigate suspicions I hs .then had about the reason for his ! relative's demise; that th widow had told ' him part of her matrimonial history, which he desires to tlv to the coroner. That Smith died during convulsion nd after drinking some substance, whether medlcln or not, being un-' settled, but that th doctor gave th esuse of death, from description! of (Dnntfnnml on Pun ' Three)) FOR DEER, AND SHOT INTO THEM, KILLING TWO LIEU New Jersey Young Man Badly Broken up Over Fatal Mistake IS LODGED IN JAIL MAYS IUNDINO, N. 3., Nov. I, Eager to have a shot at dser which hs supposed wa coming down an un used road In th gloom of early down today, Charles Norcross, of lona, N. J,, fired Into a party of four other hunters, killing two and wounding ; third. ' v The dead ar: , i Conrad Steelman, ' twenty sHrht years old, of PUasantvlU, it. 3. John Yost, thirty-two year old, of Pleasaatvlll. Injured: ... William Jarvls, Pleasantville. j Norcross Is in th Atlantto county! Jail here, awaiting the action of th' coroner, li I badly broken up overj' his fatal mistake. ; According to Norcross' Matamsnt, !' made to Justice of th peace at I Mlnotola, he was standing bshlnd ome underbrush at th side " of a -f road when he heard a nolae. Not thinking that any other hunter wer In th vicinity, and believing that h oun' cm Trora .deer walking UDW" l" ru- down th road. Norcross . savs hat fid hi gun aid fired ono barrel! of buckahot in th direction of the' noise. Before he could lower his I t gun there waa a shriek and Jumping ' out of the underbrush, he was hor-l rifled to ses three men lying in th' road. Realising In an Instant the ter. rible mistake he had mad, Norcross ? went after the other member of hi' party, and the three Injured men wer. placed in the automobile and rush- j d to Pleasantville. On of the vlo ' tlms 'died in six minutes, end the other lived twenty-five' minutes. 1 Norcross come from a respecfa ble family. ' He 1 cat; to be a mini of good habit, la trarrol auj I' two, children. Th y . , . . stranger to htm. 7