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Qtbzxim h CENT -ft.. 1 i . . . . ...;.. jR fi '' .... VOL.17. NO, 77. ITALY DECLARES WAR j The National Race-Getti ' WW ( AGAINST THE TURKS 4 w ; litore To Respond E ITALIAN FLEET - I Opposition To Occupation Of Will Get Notice To Vafcte . ' Ctor Will igy Associated Press. ROME. Sept 29. Italy baa deciar war on Turkey. The official announcement nde late this afternoon.' - It declared that the two countries vere In a state of war beginning at jslf past two o'clock-on the afternoon 0 Friday, September 29.. Ttis is the hour at which. the Ital ian ultimatum to Turkey expired. "It following a session of the, cabinet at which the Turkish reply was consid ered and found unsatisfactory City 1b Excitement. Though every indication pointed to tills action by the royal government, Uiere was always a possibility that the good offices of other governments would be successful in avoiding hos tility and when the final decision of the cabinet was announced the ex citement throughout tne city was in tense. Early Intimations. Throughout 'Jthe .earlier hours of. the day the papers had issued specif editions announcing that the Italian fleet was moving "in plain sight' of Die coast of Tripoli and intimating, flat war might be declared at any wment. Turkey Evaded Direct Question. JJe minister, of foreign aff a irs, SHe-, Pan Giulifiini alunAase Tur- ttt reply from the" Turkish ambass ador thfs morning and immediately jrent into conference wiith "jis asso- iates in the ministrst It is; under cood that the Ottoman government eompietely conceded Italy's economic plans in Tripoli, but evaded a direct answer demanded by. the government, which had set forth In its ultimatum that Turkey must- say that she would not resist the proposed occupation of tripoli and Cyrene. Instead the Porte sent a -conciliatory note suggest- further delay. It was known that at the same time Turkey transmitted Eg note to. the powers in which it .is assumed that she represented herself I as the injured party and by inference at least, sought their intervention. J. At Expira on of Ultimatum The royal government decided to. ttand absolutely by its ultimatum of yesterday and in the absence of the 'eply called for, to declare Italy and Turkey in a state of war from the hour that the 'ultimatum of 24 hours expired. ' . . Comparison With Russo-Japanese 'War. WASHINGTON, Sept. .2 9. Persons familiar with" conditions that led up to the Russo-Japanese war recall that Japan took the course Italy ls4 wuowing, in pracucally 'beginning hostilities without warning to .. her 'Powerful opponent and thereby se cured a tremendous advantage . by preventing the consolidation. of the sections of the Russian fleet" which were lying in the harbors o& Port Arthur and Chemulpo, Korea. To Attack Turkish 'Fleet. Most of the small Turkish fleet Is off the Syrian coast at the "extreme eastern end of the Mediterranean and Italy's declaration to-day is believed to b with the deliberatepurpose of during warrant under international law for an attack upon that fleet be fore It can make Its escape and find refuge in the Bosphorus under the shelter of the powerful shore de fenses. Such a move would leave Italy plenty of leisure to dear with the comparatively small - Turkish Piilitary force In Tripoli and to &re-. ent any reinforcements reaching hat country from Turkey by water, iteration of War Without Notice to Neutrals, the declaration of war without Notice to neutral 'na tions Is coming to p the rule instead of the exception F recent years. It is said at the state Department that there can bel 00 objection to flnnh a rAiirao a a Yi o een adopted by Italy In this Instance long as there Is no undue Inter erence with American commerce or other interests. i, -S Expectotlce of Blockade. V n 'porVs ha been -established ilaiy. it Will b raallv vlut l.t jjWvalent to a peaceful blockade and m be confined to the turning back neutral ships seeking to enter Dolitan ports without any attemDt seizure, jt is expected that due i ' ' Lo-nignt and Saturdav. nxx T r nrrr Agreeably Tp Ultimatum Negotiations GETS ORDERS TO ACT Tripoli Arises Inhabitants And Bombardment Of The Begin. j notice of any such blockade-will be given as soon as possible.- ' Government Not Prepared. - The Washington w r government, hopeful until the"1 last moment, that mediation of some ; European power might prevent actual hostility .between Italy and Turkey was: scarce ly prepared for news of actual decla ration of war. Ambassadors Had Given No Notice. Neither Ambassador Rockhlll at Constantinople nor Ambassador LelShmanat Rome had informed the State Department that the crisis had been reached. Ambassador Rockhlll cabled - that there was some excite ment among the foreign element in Constantinople, presaging a rttBture between Italy and Turkey , . . Told of Demonstration . He said that departing steamers from the Turkish capital were crowd ed by foreigners, apprehensive of danger but added 'that the city was orderly. American Consul Wood at Tripoli cabled under last night's date that 12 cruisers were making a dem onstration before the city of Tripoli but thai good order prevailed in the cty- - Italy Planned a Surprise. Foreign' diplomatic representatives at Homeappear .-.to -have been kept in profound ignorance of Italy's inten tions, even the language and scope of the repjort of the Italian ultima tum ppresented to the Porte yester daybtog known nRome,. only to prStedjlS ashowing' that Italy' planned a complete surprise evidently to prevent the assembling of any considerable Turkish naval naval or military forces in the neigh- Dornood of Tripoli. Condemnation from the Germans. BERLIN. Sent. 29. The airman Impress to-day does not spare words in condemnation of Italy's action. '-- The Frankfurter '.Zeitung declares that civilized .Eiir6pe 4 dlsreeardlra-r political airrerences, . must protest against an act of open pillage and naked violence and says. that, there is no Justification , for Italy's "brutal methods, particularly toward ' two al lies.'.', ... . y, .. Compares With Partitfon of Poland. The Zeitung Am Mlttag sys that one must go back to-the partition of Poland to find a similar example of brutal violence .and political hypoc risy hich was strikingly illustrated in the warning of the powers to the Balkan States ' to "behave;" They "were dwarfs.' Only mighty Italy- may play the -bandit. -. , " . The paper adds that Italy, with its hordes of illiterates, is the least jus tified in using as a pretext conditions tn .Tripoli, for an action against all the rules qf civilized intercourse. Mile Helen e Dutrieu, champion avi lator of the world, who has cabled from: Paris that-she is on, her way to this country to participate in the in ternaflonal a,vWtlon meet' as Nassau Boulevard, Long Island, September 23to October 1. She an'd; her Far man biplane are coming on board the OlvmDlci ' . Itris expeced.4 hat -she will most American r. women, fly erj Miss Harriet Qulmby)f Miss latildi Mois- ant and Blanche Scott. Spnie time the giant is in CHICAGO WINS TWO; . GIANTS CHANCES " ARE IN THE BALANCE - . By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Following two successive victories of the Chir cage . baseball team of the National League the only possible contenders for the championship over New .york. which is still five and one-half games -BB;-e- waited to-day on the schedule. Smarting jgMtaei the bait put to their ' attempt o Wrest the league title from Chicago, the New York players' rested to-day with; the avow ed intention of defeating the foe to-morrow .and. Sunday. Players ai both teams appreciated the rest how ever, as all were somewhat stiff be fpaise of the wetting in yesterday's game, which ended in a heavy rain. It drizzled rnost of the nine innings. It is now planned to use Mathew son in the New York box again be fore the end of the Season. New York ' can still lose seven of its 14. remaining games and win the pennant even if. Chicago wins all of its remaining nine games. Seven of New York's remaining games will be with Brooklyn and Manager McGraw to-day said that he expected to win at least dieof these contests., ,. . THE PRESIDENT IS ENTERTAINED , IN DES MOINES i " ' m ' 3 . By Associated Press. .DESMOINfcS, Iowa, Sept. 2. Ies Moines reception to President Taft to-day was non-partisan ir charaj '-.er. - 'r Following a breakfast at the Grant club the President motored through the city The doors t the Coliseum where the President was scheduled" to de liver the most important speech , of the day were opened early and long before the executive arrived all avail--able space had been taken "up by eitr izens of Des Moines and Iowa. President Taft and his party were scheduled to leave Des Moines at 11:55 a. m. for Albia and intermed iate" points. Otturnwa was the oh?- jective point where the final speech was to be delivered by the President before his ..departure- into Missouri. . Senator Albert Cummins, who has declared, for Lafollette as next Re- puDiican presiaenuai nominee, was at the union station here to meet Mr, ; Taft to-day.. With him . was former United States Senator Young. Pres ident was not ijuite dressed when the train entered -the station but a mo- mart n Cfa. It nnma tn a. halt tha twfti' '. greetings between - them and the President were brief but apparenTly Tula,'. , , - . , w, . . . After the greeting Senfcor Cum- i m0TA t IaSva the President's ..-V -w car for. the waiting automobiles ahead of theT President "Will . you follow Mr. umnains " some one asked the President. . ''itBife..' Tff-jte. as say ing. "I'm always glad to follow Mr; Cummins.' ; C, FRID ... rs .. A 1. front andfsojfee time the cnfr WAYWARD SON OF BANKER WORKS BIG '' 1 Si B3 y Associated Press. I -V- v - . - CHICAGO. Sept. '29. Larkln. B Flannigan, vayward son of Wallace B. flannigan, former member of the Illinois . Legislature and now a Jfeaa ker in Arkansas, under arrest at 9. Louis for forgery, Is said to be wnt- td by the police of manV cities. De tectives assert he was the cleverest er At large. It is estimated that Plannigan 's, forgeries during eight years will aggregate $.6 5,00 0. - With Larkin In jail detectives re vealed the system under which he operated, j To begin with he had printed .5,00.0 drafts on the "Rural Hill Bank pf IHnois., a fictitious In- stiuuon. rnese drafts were made- payable op the supposed correspond-. ents of! the fictitious bank. " Flannigan's "father Is president of a bank at Osceola Ark. The son se cured recommendations from his .pa rent and started out. He visited one after another of the Southern water ing places. With his polished man-, nrs and liberal splendor he worked himself into good society. He enter tained highly. In a ; diary he ktpt the names of persons who invited him -to visit them at their residences in other States. Flannigan made It a point to drop In on these new found friends about Six months later. He had between twenty and thirty aliases. Each of these names was that of some Illinois o Arkansas banker. . ; ; . His, friends naturally , introduced him at the bank. The banks would consult tne directory and find, his statements apparently- true. Jt few days later Flannigan would write a dr,aft on his 'Rural Hill Bank" and depart. v Harry G. Price, secretary of the Bankers r Guaranty Trust Company, or uwcago, yesterday swore out a warrant for young Flannigan for forging MrV Price's name to a draft for $500. v v Flannigan has twice been convicted of forgery. In 1908 he married Mrs. Mattie Ferrington, a Memphis widow. He has a : brother in fsto University ana a sister. m vassar College. -v.- K. - DIVER MAKES WORLD'S I RECORD 13? CAIJ3!XRNIA. By Associated Press LOS ANGELES, CaL, Sept. 29. Pord Travllle. a Drofessional diver at. Avalon. Catalina Islands, made- vesrs' Un,on' ved toLay. and un terday what Is said to be a world's record -for diving. Clad in a com-; mon bathing suit, Traville dragged a i half "neh rope down sixty five feet below the Surface and made it fast v: . X 'ox . . L 10 &.n . anvnor viymg on trie ooiioffl Traville was down two minutes. . LITTLE GIRL LIVES AFTEJt ;' BULLET HAS PIERCED BRAIN - MILES CITY, Mont., Sept, --29. The little ..daughter of Oliver Barnes.' of Jordan, was shot through the hea i- j,. bout .three weeks ago and - though. the buHet passed through the brain the child is udw alive. The Only dif f erence' the accident has m'ade. .in her actions that .is, observable is: that she how has an saffiictlon of ' the optic nerve whiqh makes her eyes twitch. The - Sirl .was acoidentaliy " allot h3f her little brother', nine years of age. iEFTBMB 29, 1911. - is behind DE m By Associated Press. -mm - ' ' ;"" "v NEW YORK,. . Sep ii.-r-The new administrative scheme of the Harri man lines invests the biir railroad system with five new presidents in f Mr. Harflman, has been President of them all. Judge Lovett as chairman of the executive committee retains the cliief executive authority, with two chief lieutenants to assist' him in ; his. New headquarters. The two lieutenants are' Julius " KruttsChnitt, director of maintenance and opera tion and X J. spence, director of trafflc. ' .... ... - i.C The new . president of the Union Pacific is A. L. Mohler, whose offices are' in Omaha. . .... The jiew president of the Southern Paclficf is Wm. Sproule, who for a number of years waslJts freight traf-, fic manager. He.- is 'now president of Wells Fargo and Company but his resignation takes effect next Sun day. ' . '-: '. Thornwell ; Fay -was , the directors',: selection as head of the Harriman lines in Texas i ami Louisiana with hearQuarters at Houston . and New Orleans. . J. D., Farrell is the- new president of the Oregon-Washington railroad and Navigation Company with Offi ces in Portland, and Epes Randolph was elected to the presidency of. the Southern Pacific of Mexico, with offi ces at Tuscon. - . RAILWAY TO 1 BTmPARKRR R ANDERSON. ; WASHINGTON, " Septv ' 29. There is stronger eviderice here to-day that the Southern Railway telegraphers are. preparing to strike. In Sact one 1 J AteWtTTf TELEGRAPHERS member of the telegraphers commTtxi months preceding"the day Of the-eleo- j impaired and she eats heartily at ev . ' - . . ' ! " ierv meal. One 'of the offictaia aM tee admitted that, a strike vote is al ready being, takenr ' by . the .. men. President Perham, of the Telegraph- f " less the Southern officials show more Interest, in- the demands of their, tel- egraph '.operators a strike may be ex pected in a short time. It-jis said that the committee repre senting ' the telegraphers . had an en gagement to meet . General Manager Coapman on September- 5, but instead of keeping this engagement ' Mr. Coapman ' left town and referred "the men., to. Superintendent Of Transpor tation Taylor Whom- the. men. say .has not shown much inclination to act oh tHelr deraaOTds, yesterday they re fused the cftttr.: of Mr. Taylor : of abOt 3. per cent increase and asked Mr. Coapmah grant them an .audi A letter from Mr. Cabman ence. to-day conveyed- the information' that he could not meet the committee be- fore October 15. This is not itotisfab- th telArnnh anri 'lft.q ' an' earlier date is obtained the. men j say theywill. walk ou StS IKE TALK - i. Harriman Officers Say Either Orderx Wifl Not Be Given Or Men Wili Not Obey - a NO QUESTIONS OF - WAGES INVOLVED r 1 t Although Orders Are Said, to Have Been Prepared That Will CU Out 35,000 Men fen the Mechanical Departments of the Harriman Lines Ready to Be Givett at Noon To Morrow Officers of the Railway Say -'"the' Strike Will Not . Materialize ..Thousands of Men .Are . Already. Idle. By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. . 2 9,-r-Although or ders Instructing 85,000 employes of the .mechanical departnvents of the Harriman. railroads. Including Axe Jl Unois Central, to strike at J.0 e'clock to-morrow are ready for transmission to-day to various division points, there Tff be no strike, according to officers' bf the railroads concerned. 'XYiousanos Are laie. The' belief of the railroad mana gers that the men would not strike is based - on ' the fact that thousands Oi;railroad men are already idle as a result ot retrenchment by the Harri man roads and that the demands of the men do not call for any-increase in wages. . Railroads Refused Demands. The strike is threatened because the railroads yesterday for the; hird. time flatly refused : to recognize the federation of shop employes in the manner -that they . now. deal , With the individual unions comprised in the UnfiSh Offloial Says Men are Roger. President J. , W. Kline, of the In terhatiohai Biacksmiths' Uhlon, wi prepared the strike ord6r tnat the railroad officers say will either not be sent out or-wilLnot be bbeyed, said to-day xthat the men were eager I to. strike and that all preparations for. a strike had been perfected. Reply Left o Alternative. V He said ' -that the reply of Mr Kruttschnitt, of -the Harriman roads to the federation's ultimatum left no alternative to a strike exipept to withr draw the demands of the union. No Strike Order To-DSy. DAVENPORT, la., Sept. 29. The I strike order for Harriman lines shop employes apparently will not be issued ihis morning, the interhational asso ciation of machinists haying convened at 8r30 O'clock in an endeavor to close upflts business and adjourn -this even ing) Th's afternoon or evening ' a definite strike order may be issued PAN A MANS DON'T LIKE PRESIDENT'S EVASIVE SCHEME By Associated Press. : PANAMA, Sept. 29.-HBostility to president Arosemena and his scheme for re-electiorf nas evidenced itself j strikingly in a declaration passed by j a majority vote in the general ' as Sembly, insisting tht the .President must resign his office six months be fore the date se for the eleotions if he desires to enter the lists as candidate. The declaration, issued in response to Arosemena's message convening the special session, giving the assembly's interpretation of the constitutional provision that no citizfn may run for President who has ! "discharged the j duties of . the office within the six j vjwii. Arosemena. some time ago obtained a grant of a six months "vacation," which he plahned to begin exactly, six months prior to election day. His lawyers had assured him that it would be necessary for him to give f tin Viic nfflfa so ha wnnlH pnmnlv wifh A " -r the letter of the law by afterely ah- y sentingr himself on leave. . ,;' - PANAMA, Sept. 29. In order to f It L x'prevent the exportation of canal la- HAWAHANS WANTVESSEL borers by designing contractors who PROM CENTRAL AMERICA - j can find a ready market for their ser- Y TO BE FUMIGATED, ! By Associated Presa Honolulu, sept. 29. 6he; .Con- trial American mosquito may cost thousands of lives, is the substance ofS Native Panamans who try to per protests cabled to-day to Washington suade canal employes to leave for against orders relieving steamer of ; other work must pjay a fine of not less the necessity of fumigation before leaving Central American ports for the Hawaiian, islands. Mercantlle and civic organisations m their protests jifomt out that Ha- Wall is ttOW Without yellOW fCVSr Or malaria, ut that mosquitoes are rU ' most sure to bring both diseases. PRICE ONE GEN On Trains Cento IS iation As. To Further Poisoning: By. Crawford . Girl Will Not Be Made SHE WANTS LAWYER TO CONDUCT DEFENSE V No Further Investigations As to th Theory That Annie Crawford Pols oned Parents Win Be Made as Che m,st Announces That a Decision Would Be Impossible at This Day Further Evidence, However, as to the Poisoning of Sister Win Be Soughi.Ftor m Anticipation of pur ther Confession. By Associated Pr NEW ORLEANS, Set. 29 Miss Ahnie Crawford,, now facing- the i charge of murdering her sister Elsie last Saturday will not be charged with causing the deathr of her mother ahd: father and sister Agnes, all of whom died under mysterious, circumstances i in June and July of 1910. This was the semi-official information secured at the police station today. . I is undersood that the decision of District Attorney Adams not to in vestgate furtlkr tne first' three deaths was based upon a report of City Che mist Met last night that it would be practically im possible to determine the presence of opium in any of the bodies since they had been butted for more than 12 monthsr To FYnd What Became of Oxalic Add The detectives hare now centered their activities on discovering what Annie Cfawford did with the oxalic a pid. iwAtoC'. uhe, purchased on the Wednesday preceding - the' death "f 'Ti - duo uuugiu me acta rwan wnicn " " ni each sheets. Found Po son in Dead Gill's Stomach. The fact that the accused admit ted that she administered three' cap sules of morphine tablets of half a grain each to he sister, together wlh the report of the' city, chemist that t "r romiu uirce grains or mor phine in an analysis of . less than a cupful of the -contents of Elise's stom ach, confirms the district attorney!! belief that he wiu ! he .able to offset all doubts as to the intentions of the accused in giving the poison. Fu ther Search For Acid The city chemist is further analyz ing in search for oxalic .acid or ad ditional quantities : .of morphine. j Should be find m6reS?oison the d s- tricf attorney will-again face the prts- orler with the chemist's report, it is said, to give her an opportunity of making further statements supple menting Her statements, of Wednes day. " . . , Wants Lawyer to Defend Her. Accompanied by her sister, Mrs E. Leo, of Port Arthur, Texas, and Police Matron O'Connor,. Miss Craw ford went inter the district attorney's office after her arraignment yester day. . "I want to flnd'out what I am to' do about getting a lawyer to defend me, ' Mr. Adams," she said "I must have one in this, case but I have no money with which to hiie one. nor are my relative, in any position to give me any aid" financially." OlTer Panper Counsel. "If you wish," replied the district attorney, "I will speak to Judge Cre tlen about appointing a i competent and reputable lawyer to Act in your behalf Such is the custom when the iaccused J unable to hire one Prisoner Shows No Concern. The prisoner spent mostof yester- flay in the parish prison in company v,thr tne matron. Her appetite is un- ( . , . . ithat the prisoner showed no concern, acting like any prisoner confined on a simple charge. PANAMA MOVES AGAINST LABOR HIRING BUREAUS. T - vices in Brasll and other South Amer- lcah .countries, the assembly has -passed a law.proriding that any foreigner Tfound recruiting canal laborers shall be summarily exported. than $1,000 nor more than $3,000. SACRAMENTO. Cal.'Sept. 29 Be- cause she was compelled to" wear overalls and men's shoes and milk twenty cows a day, Mrs. Mary Har- ;rell, of Waterloo, la , filed a complaint for a divorce from Frank H. Harrell SATISFIED 6
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