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VOL. 45. NO. 8056
CHARLOTTE N. C. WEDNEtl&IIY EVENING, OCTOBER. II. I9M
* * j^f^DaUy'—5 Cent* Svapay.
I Outside Ch«i!lott«'f C«nl|i&v&py Daily and SuM^ay.'
levolutionists Of
China Have Won
A Decisive
Victoiy
* 1X7lifV.il a conference today decided not
Battle Vv tllC/l \*0fltt1i€CL comply with the Chinese request
TT„^i «®Ploy foreign bunboats to
TOTTl itStCTuQy Until Juflifi, P>*6^«nt the revolutionaries from cross-
..... n 14 river to Hankow. The revolu-
. QSt l^lQiit /cCVOft/riOnOrj^Itlonaries sent a circular note to the
jTT- r\.^ (Consuls asking that foreigners remain-
t 07CCS Win VUtOty uucr neutral and assuring them that they
, _ . would not be harmed.
.royal Jroops. • ^
/ U7 ^ 117 1 i Thomas A. Edison
'ty of Wu Chang Was Ta^en'^ - tx * ^ . «
-Foreign Residents Bave\^^^ ^tlQt hc WOfltcd
Mot Been Molested—Govern
ment 1 Tying to Prevent Fur
ther T rouble.
.ssoclated Press.
...kow, China, Oct.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 11.—A solid cube of
copper 12 Inches high is on exhibi
tion at the electrical exposition here
today, a gift from the representatives
of the copper industry in all parts of
the United States to Thomas A. Ed-
11.—Chinese I ison. The gift is the result of a hu-
ioQar>- forces have -w^on a decis-1 morqus remark of the inventor just
—his vacation trip abroad. He
gaining poeM».ton ot the]Inventions had
f Wu Chang after a battle with i done so much for copper trade he
troops that began yesterday and though the magnates ought to pre
" fid until late last night. ^ good big lump of the
Imett^l.
Foreigner* not Harmed. j
aiv the foreign residents had notj ^ ^ _
IT. leeted The revolutionary ^QJiqjIQ^
to Win $50,000 Prize
■ , u-sued a proclamation exhorting
! ;;."\er» not to harm the citizens
other countries. The fact that the
= of the committee have been re-jgy Associated Press.
, - d LhuB far, while reassuring toj Kansas City, Mo.,
>r nations, is in itself a sinister
THE WEATHER.
MISS NATALIE C.
Miss Nataiie Clifford Harn'^ / Wash
ington, D. C., who ha timed a
Greek Tempie In the r of their
spacious Washington residence^ Into
a garage fcr her automobile. The
Temple was dedtoated to^‘LoveV by
her mother Mrs. Alice Clifford Bar
ney Hemmickt a Washihgtbn society
ieader. The “Temple of Love” came
into promineAee when the chief of
police of Wa«iiin(|ton made the Sir*
neys remove a c'lassic yndraHmd fifl-
ure from the i*wn in front of the
“Temple,” sFway from public gaze.
By Associated Press. ♦
^ ' ♦
^ Washington, Oct. 11.—Fore- ♦
cast: ^
North Carolina, local rains to- ♦
night; Thursday generally fair. ♦
South Carolina, and Georgia, ♦
cloudr tonight; TliurBday fair. ♦
Weather all Over, the 8^tb.
Florida, fair in south and central,
local rains in northern' portiotis to
night or Thursday.
Alabama, and Mistttssippl, generally
fair tonight and Thiirsday.
New Orleans, Oct. 11. Firecaat;
Louisiana, tonight and
settled, showers tonight or Tll\lW»day;
light northeast winds.
Arkansas, tonight and Thursday gen
erally fair.
Oklahoma, tonight generally fair,
cooler in west portion; Thursday gen
erally fair, cooler.
East Texas, tonight a«d Thureday
unsettled, showers in extreme e»t|)or-
tion tonight or ‘Thursday, c09m In
northwest portion Thursa«)ky; Ught
east to south ^"inds on the coast.
West Texas, tonight generally fair,
cooler In north portion; Thursday gen
erally fair, cooler^ except in southeast
Dortion. —
Secretary Wllsoh In Chicago.
By Associated Presa. , . ,
Chicago, Oct. 11.—Spcret^ of Ag
riculture Wilson came to^ Chicago to
day to takep aH in t^e' interMtionai
blowers exposition and congress.
Oct. 11.—C. P,
sea-to-sea aviator, landed
* at 22:34 a. m. after flying 85 miles
for the government at Peking j jMarshall, Mo., today.
Reaching here he had covered 1.-
683 miles since leaving New York and
WHS within a few hours’ flight from the
half-way point in his cross-continent
journey.
Reaches Blue Springs.
. Blue Springs, Mo., Oct. 11.—Aviator
in worked out of the control of | j^Qjjggj.g landed half a mile south of
at leadership, thus making Vq,.® at 9:50 a. m. It is believed he
defeat by the oeiter directed j ground to renew hia sup
ply of gasoline. Blue Springs is 20
miles east of Kansas City.
Independence, Mo., Oct. 11^—Aviator
Rodgers passed here at 11:05 a. m. In-
dep'endence is ten miles east of Kansas
City.
Marshal, Ma., Oct. 11.—Aviator Rodg
lera, attevipUng a coaat to C9ast flight
gujRiJilU I the grdiSnd before a favorable
.otevf Hankow: The foreign c°n-j^j^^ g-.g^ ^ ^ ^ pj^n to
ha*e telegraphed their govern- several times over Hlgglnsvllle,
asking that warships be sent to intended to make no stop
scene. American and Japanese reaching Kansas City, 85 miles
.^sers are expected here tonight. away.
another measure of protection York, Oct. 11.—Calbraith Rodg-
• uierchant vessels in the river are aviator who broke the Inter-
ting steam up and ^’om«n and j ,.g^.Qj.d for aero-
ii'.ren will be permitted to go aboard pjaue flight yesterday, at the same
■n '.onight. time lost hls last chance to win tue
To Safeguard Foreigner*. ' $50,000, prize offered a year ago by
ji^t-ers have surrounded the for-\ William R. Hear»t to the’first avia-
luarter and will remain on duty/tor crossing the continent between
indicate* that the rebellious
nent is thoroughly organised.
Victor was Easy.
, .cr GUI breaks had assumed the
cter of rioting In which the mobs
“eni troops comparatively e^&y.
tear of the ofBcials now Irf that
a ssatistaction among the troops
i/iread to this city and every ef-
.= being made to ward off this
;er.
^-nboata to Protect Han Kow. ^
Charlotte to Fly Hiyh
On Two Days qj Fan
DR. JOHN GRANT LYMAN
Dr. John Grant Lyman the master high
financier recently arrested on the
Pacific Coast for fraudulent Panama
land sales and who made a specta
cular escape from a hospit^l^t Oak
land, Cai., and later was captured
at Klamath Fails, Ore., by United
States secret service agents.
We are going to fly on the 26th and
27th of October.
Not only going to fly but to fly high.
We are going to fly to the height
of 1,000 feet.
Of course we are going to fly by
proxy. Mr. C. F. Hamilton, one. of
the celebratad^ aviators of-Uie CurU^ , .
bunch of
the upper strata. was killed , and several other passen
Secretary Creswell of the Mecklen- gers seriously Injunfed when the e^t-
burg Fair Association, and Mr. Cur- * " ' "
tis have signed, sealed and delivered
one to the other the contract which
guarantees two flights here on the
26th and 27th of October. The con
tract guarantee flights of 30 minutes
Woman
In Tiain Wfick
By Associated Press „
Uttle Eock,-Ark., Oct
'New York and San Francisco in thir
ty days. The conditions under which
the prize was offered provided that It
must be completed within a year after
the offer.
Blue Springs, Mo., Oct. 11.—Rod
gers resuified hia flight toward Kan-
u..rir;g the night until the safety of
i ureigners Is secured.
It appears that the revolutionaries
d- ated In Sze Chuen province where
for some time beselged the
ca:^ital, Cheng Tu, tranferred their
cuiei activities U) Hu Petu P^ov^ce ^ ^ He* said he
- Itn the intention of mak g ^ 1 alighted here because a spak plug
?» 5. 0«?1. “ « on ws machine had been blown out.
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MEET.
By Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 11.—With
President • Talt Butler, of Mississippi,
presiding, the thirteenth annual con
vention of the Association of Southern
Agricultural Workers began here to
day. Eleven southern states, the Dis
trict of Columbia and England are rep-
r«>8ented by commissioners of agricul-
[uJl and other workers. The visitors
were welcomed by Governor B. W.
Commissioner H. E. Blakes-
ing In Wu Chang was planned tor
la=* Monday night. The plot ^as di^
covered early that evening and 32
: ''’‘‘t;ts were made. Desiring to terror
ize the revolutionaries, four of the pris-
onerB wero beheaded In the street yes
rerday. This drastic action of
' 'oriUes does not appear to have had
Tae desired effect.
Immediately after the execution a
P'jrtlon of the government artillery
t u- es within the city mutinied, went
ver to the rebels and the uprising
" is precipitated.
, Hooper, _
lag that resistance was useless Mississippi, replying,
fled the city and found
FIRST Dtlf OF
t viceroy —
r ,:,e on a private yacht that was ly-,
- in the river. Hts headquarters
^. a Those of the provincial treasurer I
'■-re burned. The military commander
assassinated.
^*u Phan^ with it* 600.000 In^O;
is the capital of the cental
r nee of Wu Peh. It is
f - the Cheng Tse river
Hani;ow and in a sense the
^ • r« warded as one city of
1 :!"kow is the great trading wnter
-r ?,.! central China but Wu Chang
•" precedence over It in polltlca
‘’’fiance. ^
i ue province of Hu Hepeh ®
mav be translated Nort
-Is considerably larger than
- and and Wales combined ana
a population of 35,000,000.
' u Chang and Hankow, as great
■ fir- centers, and ports for ocea
■mers, have both felt to a consl -
■“‘dXaUor ^"rcUle. h"e Tng" ii«eV Adolph Bold_t, of Houston,
their Idols Into the streets
each—machine to stay in the air 30
minutes—at an altitude of 1,000 feet.
“No fly—no mon.”
-.mllton is one of the most cele
brated aviators In the world. He will
give an exhibition worth traveling
miles to see. Mr. F. B. McDowell who
witnessed a notable aviation event
abroad says there is nothing compara
ble to the beauty of a flight.
School Day.
October 24th is to be school child
ren’s day. Mr. Creswell today de
livered to Prof. R- J. Cochran, superin
tendent of the county schools 3,000 free
tickets, and to Prof.^ Alexander Gra
ham, superintendent of the city
schools 3,498 free tickets. E;very white
child In Mecklenburg county who goes
to school Is to be admitted free on
October 24.
Says He was Offered
$1000 for His Vote
By Associated Pi*ess.
Chicago, Oct.
tive Henry Terrell testlfled that he
had been offered |1,000 to vote for
Lorimer for the United States senate,
when*the senate Investigating com
mittee resumed its sessions today. The
offer, he said, was
Griffin, a democratic member of the
Illinois house. Terrell also testlfled
that Representative Richard P-gapn
By Associated Pre*«.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 11.—J. S. War-
Industrial commissioner of the
ren,
Memphis BusineSR Men’s Club, was
elected president of the Southern Com
mercial Secretaries Association today
and Houston, Tex., won the next meet-
tempies of
"own
• aring many of their
^•8 and all emblem of worship to
room for public school*.
I he movement has been
;laii8tic. Its leaders,
e example of Japan in adopti^
•riern methods of teaching, ha
• a seized with the idea that
a Is the one thing needed to mase
great. The worship of ConW-
ipmains for the present in me
'lit ohpervers declare that
t p worphip of a great memory.
1' ■ iiu .e progressive element w
• r^ipulatlon is said to regwd all r
m, whether Buddhism, Chrlstian-
■•r anv other as unpractical *u^ •
’.tion. The Christian misslonane*,
have been able to maw
■i t able headway particularly througn
■ ir educational work and ^ ’
The outbreak of revolution in
^ ang ran only be taken a* an ind*^
■n of the widespread disaffection
roazhout China.
Consuls Deny Raport*»
Hankow, Oct IL—The eoar
was chosen secretary. The next meet
ing will be held, It was announced.
of Chicago, told him that Griffih had
made him . a similar offer. ^
An Amistice
Agieed Upon
By Associated Press,
Berlin, Oct. 11.—It was declared
from an authoritative source today
that an armistice ‘ had been Tlrtu^ly
agreed upon by Turkey
that It had not yet been decided offi
cially.”
It was brought about chiefly through
the efforts of Germany, aided by other
powers. Italy continues sending troops
to Tripoli pending the negotiations
MEN
two days Previous to the meeting of, njeantlmf; it is understood
the National Organization of Assoc^t- hostilities will obt occur.
ed Advertising Clubs, 'v^lch will ttfke .
place at Dallas next spring.
At the first session of the secretar-
ie* organization today general discus
sion embraced various problem* which
mTby them to tteir work. An
imoortant moTe was the passage of a
mSlon making the state vloejresl-
?ent» chairman of the membersl^ip
committees tor their 'ij'
■tructing the incoming pfflcers to di-
;i^*^««.nresidents to Uke up per-
Ionai*ly*'^rt'tte'* president and goT-
tn'^«,TTet:i«d
?5,T‘sendtn* their
“XfCOT MothlfseSSn lat*
ti al “d National
’ S Commercial Executive*
OA 12. la 14-
EXCHANGED-
PRISON SENTENCES
Albany. N. Y., Oct^ ll.-That it is
an easy matter for two men sentenc
ed from New Ylbrk City to the same
state prison to exchange sentences
has been proved to the satisfaction of
the state authorities. Frpm inform^
tion received from the Clintonv pris
on, officials have learned that s'tA
exchange was recently, accomplished
^^The two men, William
Benjamin Frank were aeutencjd^^on
the same day, March 5. 1909*
for a term-of one year and Frank
for five years. Whin
tombs in New York city
lowing day they exch^ed
and, term* and were *o
the RTlabn. .
name*
received
Few Big B^ts on
Commg Series
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 11.—Altiiough fee
first battle for the city title will be
fought two. days hence and the
world’s championship series statts
but a couple of days later, few big
wagers have been recorded ,in the
various sporting cehters of Chicago.
Never before in the history of
post season struggles fdt basebull
supremacy has the betting been. ^
light. This condition Is not thought
to be due to a lack of interest among
the fans, however., but i^ther be
cause men who “take a chance” are
undecided 09 which team to bet on
in the two series. In both.of which
the contending nines' are considered
so evenly m^ched.
Fe\i offers to bet either series
have been heard on the floor of the
Chicago board of trade. Those bets
which have been made on the but-
come of the Gubs-White Sox conflict
have been at evens. Several brok
ers have accommodated country cus
tomers and taken the short end of
the Athletics-Giants, Clash with the
New York team favorite at ten to
nine and ten to eight.
Woman's Suffrage
Makes Gain
PREDICTS MANY MORE
IDLE MEN.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Oct. 11.—Womans’
suffrage, which from flrst returns of
the state constitutional amendment
election yesterday was helieved to have
been defeated, made strong gains
as the vote from remote districts was
reported and eaii/ today It was be
lieved the amendment had an even
chance to win. ”
California voters expressed emphatic
approval of the so-called progressive
legislation f#thered by the present
Atate jpidfflink*ft*itiMii >
bound Hot Springs special on the Bock
Island railroad was derailed while ap
proaching the Malvein station at 9:30
-’clock today. * ' .
A number of passengers received
minor injuries.
Mrs. Kilpatrick was caught under
neath a number of other passengers
and so badly crushed s|.e died short
ly after being taken fr^m the car.
Among the more seriously injured
wor© I r
Mrs. S. B. Brewer. J. !B. Smith and
Mrs. J. B. Smith, all of Malvern.
Thirteen others receired minor in
juries. _ I _
- i .
Huge Viadud
Collapsed To-day
By Associated Press.
Akron. O., Oct. 11.—With a crash
that could be heard al^ over the city,
the reinforced concrete viaduct over
the Cleveland, Akron & Cincinnati
Railroad collapsed early today,, crush
ing the railroad company’s freight
house like pastboard. The viaduct was
erected only a few years ago at a cost
of $150,000.
Opposition to' the recall of all elec
tive, officers, including the judiciary,
was buried under an avelanche of
favorable votes* and the amendment
providing for vthe initiative and refer
endum rolled’ up a big majority.
The amendments provided for the
extension of the powers of the state
railroad commission over all public
utilities ani increasing its rate mak
ing powers also were approved.
San Francisco. Oct. 11.—Woman suf
frage has been defeated in California.
With but seven precincts yet to be
counted the majority in San Francisco
against granting suffrage to women
is 13,273 while in the state at large the
majority in favor of granting suffrage
to women will npt exceed 8,000.
San Francisco Decided It.
With 1,257 out of 2,772 precincts in
the state outside of San Francisco
heard from, suffrage for women had
a ;lear majority of 5,195, the vote be
ing 50,567 for and 45,372 against.
In San FVancisco, however, the vote
was heavily against equal suffrage.
The registrar’s office up to 9 a. m. had
been able to tabulate the returns from
23 constitutional amendments voted on
yesterday but the late returns last
night indicated that the majority
against woman suffrage would not ex
ceed 5,000 and might drop below these
flguresj
Poo? Prices The
Work of Gamblers
By Associated Press.
St. Paui Minn., Oct. 11.—“There will
be inore idle men this winter than ever
before,” predicted James J. Hill , dis-
cussong the condition of business over
the country and particularly In the
West.
“This is the reason,” continued the
chairman of the Great Northern Rail
road:
“Our capacity for production along
industrial lines has grown faster than
our consumption along the same lines.
“Some years ago the farmer had to
raise enough to feed him a&d anoth^
man in the cities; now h^ must rij^isj*
enough for himself and for two other
men.”
“Business i* spun4.”^ he slild,
ari^beiT» «tar^d
'ihe politicians and new^^apers afe
to blame. There ia too ihuch political
g&ost dancing.. The people are nbt
given the facts. There is uncerfkinty as
to the future on this account rather
than on account of the supreme coui^
decisions.” ^
, ^ ;
rs mdk
at Early Bmr
Bsth
Mtittmd Not WkJi Was
Mu^ Face 21 Indictment Pof .
Murdef’-ib^ ldUn vp With
PreUminam^—DiBkwff to
Select a Jwy r^Many^^'
paper Men on iSond
‘By Associated Pres*.
Los Angele*. Cal., Oct. 11.—^James
B. McNamara, younger brother of Joha
J. _ McNamara, secretary ^ the lot^r-
national Association of |^dge and
Structural Iron Workers, will be tried'
first for the murder of 19 men in the
explosion of the Los Angeles -Tlmeis a
year ago.
This announcement was made be
fore tlie, opening of court today by Dis
trict’^torney Fredericks who declar
ed that'should the defense exercise its
privilege of having the brothers tried
separately, he elected to begin by plac
ing James B. McNamara)*in the prison
er’s bar.
Not only did Mr. Fredeficks
to try James rather than his
er but he decided to go to trlil 6n
the indictment charging the prisoner
with the death of Charles J. Hag^rty,
. '-tl
elect
By Associated Press. ' '
Washington, Oct. 11.—General in
quiry into the control by the railway
companies of the docking, ^wharfage
and pier facilities at various; ports on
the Gulf of Mexico, Mississii)pl river
and Atlantic coast, including Galves
ton, New Orleans, Mobile. Memphis
and Philadelphia, has bepn Ifistituted
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. It involves principles bf vital
linportance to railroads and shippers.
I
LUtHeBII
By Associated Press.
St. Louis. Oct. 11.—Incomplete ac
counts received here tell of the Ij^ch-
Ing at Caruthefiville, Mo., of twome-
groes. The «lacks are said to have
been shot a^ then thrown into the
Mississippi river.
Wash inf ton. ■
-The Ta
The President In
TOCOJB9L, Wash., Oct. 11*-
coma Ledger today says:.
“Cheered to the echo ev^where
he appeared. President Taft wa* gi^
a reasjirkable reception-Jiy Tacoma
laat nlglLt.”
1 he Strike
Situation To-day
By Associated Press.
New Orlean?, Oct. II.--T0 enforce
respect for federal Injunctions, Judge
Rufus B. Foster, of the United States
circuit court, today held Frank G.
Rotsch, a striking Illinois Central
freight handler, in contempt of court
and sentenced him' to sixty days In
the parish prison.
Grotsch was caught in the act of un
coupling a* string of cars from an e?i- box
gine.
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 11.—“The
present conditions prevailing in the
cotton market are the outgrowth of a
combination of gamblers and specula
tors,” said Governor Cruce today when
present. A program of entertainment
Colquitt, of Texas, suggesting a con
ference of the goveraors and secreta-
^eS bP^ids of agriculture of cotton
growing ‘ states in ah effort- to devise
means or temedyi^ conditions.; Gov
ernor Cruise says the. piresent low price
of cotton is not justified by conctitiops.
Gov, Baldwin And
Irdops Reach Charleston
By Associated Press.
Charleston, Sr C., Oct 11.—Govern
or fc-.mcon E, Baldwin,, his staff and
the first cbmpasny of the Governors’
Foot Guard of Hartford, Conn.,-arrived
this morning frota Atlanta where they
have been attending the • ceremonies
incident to the unveiling of the peace
monument.''The “New Englander* were
greeted at the Union station by a com
mittee, heaifed by Mayor Rhett. An
escore from'the national guard was
replying to a message from Governor
was lBtt once 'taken up. The Piitnam
Phalai^x of -Hartford, also spent the
day in Chaiieston, coming- separately.
The historic foot guard ha* becai in
Charleston before.
Charged With Robblfig Dead Man
Atlanta, Oct. ll.^harged with the
odlus crime of robbing a dead> nlan, J.
I. Floyd,,a tower man employed by the
Southern Railway, has been arrested
by the local prflce.
A handsome watch belonging to BJn-
gineer Wayne Farris, who was killed
in the tarestle wreck here la»t Friday,
wa* fiound in Floyd’s posseseioo and
he ha* thus far been unable to give
a *«tiifactory accooat of how ^e e^me
Chicago, Oct, 11.—Four thousand
striking shopmen formerly employed
at the Burnside shops of the Illiilojs
Central Railroad were paid their
wages for September today. The pay
roll aggregated |200,.000.
The strikers were p?.ld frorti four
booths which previously, had been
built in the fence surrounding the
plant.
Situation at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 11.'—Pfnf^ing
the disposition of the temporary in
junction 'secured by the attorneys fo?
the railroad agaii\st the striking
members of the clerks’ union of the
Illinois Central Railroad, conditions
remained unchanged in the Ic^a^l
strike situation today.
CLOSED PEACE JUBILEE.
By Associated” Press, ' , , *
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—The closing offi
cial exercises of the peace jubilee held
to commemorate the “mission of
peace” to the north taken by the Gate
City Guards of Atlanta in '79 w^b t^e
decoration today of visiting mJUtary
men by young Women of the city. Each
received a bronse Wa^e Md an en
graved message furnished by the local
guardsmen. .
Gk)v. Baldwin, of -Connecticut, with
his foot guards were the first to leave
town and ate the guest* of the- city of
Charleston today. The other visiting
organization* Will leave tonight and
tOTnorrow.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
He
machinist w’aose body was
clbtle to the spot at whk^ the
Sion is.alleged to have occurred.’
The site of the old Times buili
lies almost within the shadow of
unftnishM Hall of Records In w]
the* trial Is progressing ar.d ^e
^Mstles of engines v.^orklng on the
foijn.dHtlo;n of the new Times bUlldijSi
souhded ’ ifrom time to time throuj^
th^ ope9 windows of the court rooiiu
Counsel, fbr the defense gather^
about thep rlsoner headed by kt'tof-
hey-jQlarence S. tlarrow, of Chicago.
v^ooi?^ted with him sat Jcjgeph
Leeompte Da»is 'and ' Ji/lirflSi 11-^’
man, all of Los Ang61es. Mrs. Dar-
raw. sat near her husband.
I3it8rict Attorney Fredericks hand
led the .prosecution aided by his reg
ular assistants.
A delay seeming Interrijtnable Jto
eats? sp^ectators occurred at the
OMiting of court while dp rocessibn
OT*'veniremen explained to Judge
Bpfd.well why they should nof be wk-
ed to serve. This was the end or a
preliminary hearing , in which the
judge rairtdly weeded out over half
the flrst veiiire of 125 men before the
trial fb^mally opened.
The McNamaras v/ere brought Into
court tbiiJether and remained until
James B. McNamara was selected for
trial; wbeji John J. was returned to
his itell. V‘ ■
After a few minutes of parley At-
toriiey Lecompte DaWs for the de-
fenile faced the Waiting veniremen
and iDiade the first speech of the trial.
“Thee burt suggests, that I inform
you that when you enter the jury
* you will remain there or be
locked up until the end of th6 tiii^,"
he said.
if yoT> wa^it to see your wives or
attend to oyur business, you had
better do so before this afteraoon. ’
Recess was taken at 11:10 until 2
p. m. '
La* Angeles, Cal.. Oct. 11.—Ih the
aubdued light of their cells in the
county jail here «at two brother*, Jas.
B. -and Jbhn J. McNarnara, peering
throfigh a njass of iron bars at the
buildipg across the way, where today
wa^_^ be begun the-fight of the state
bf cfiiicoihiia to hold them responsible
for the death of 19 men In the explo-
sib»' of' the Los Angeles "Tlm^ build
ing" on Oct. '1, 1910.
Bpth Ready for Tiial. .
>A «s9yer$.nce of the case against ttie
McNaiRar^s, each of whpm, wa* in
dicted five month* ago on 21 counts
for-murder, has been the,, announced
desire of the defense and the proaecu-
tiofl. ^waited the formal request In
cpuJTt today to that e^ct before dfs-
clQBing which of the two brothers it
had %iect4d to try fi^t. Neither of the
br^fee«« knew when, they awakened
tedaj wtich the. proTOCijtion .^would
eummon. Since Xpril 26 they have
beeA condned in j^U but both reiterat
ed today that they were ready for the
trial, , TlMpy *at in a corridor before a
va*e of flowers when the newspaper
men saw t^em. J^ines B. the younger
of the two, reclined coatless in an arm
chair. Btts was a lean figure with a
sallow face and thin, reddish mous
tache, in rtiarp contrast to hi* gder
and bulkier brother, John J. McNam-
The Ancient ana ttonoraoie _ .
SrCnUt.®”"*’ P«rT?o ^
Flood In Smthivestern
Colorado Not So Bad
As
By Associated Press. •.
Denver, Oct. -11.—Communication!
with the prinfeipal town* In' thiufibod*
swept district* of Southwc*tOTn’Color:
ado. and Ncrthwestem Me»6o were,
re-eetabli*hed today. It. became
rjarwt that the daniMje will .not bf as
heavy as preVioualjir e*tlpft^;^ ,
None of tbm ftltt^pal
••zioiiii iM m
franoL outlying point* minimize the de-
st3Tijtton, In'the ranch country. The
Rio Qrande Southern Railway has *uf-
fere| h^yy.datnf^e, rough e*timates
plae^g tike loB* at apprbximately ll.-
000.000. _ -
.^mo^ ‘bf heavy.. Ifj**.. pf lite were
TBjijMuseiit^ ,Bet at rest"wday. The re-
of. tfce. 4iowi0*f_of ^;Nava^i In-
dianr at 1ftij#roac New M***