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tfull Leased Wire Service qf the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. L AST EDITION. AXiL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906. PRICE 5c EARTH SHAKES AND RAINS FALL Sad Scenes Among the Home less of Valparaiso AN EPIDEMIC FEARED Ovcr One Hundred and Fifty rii- bcra Shot td Death Tin- Authori ties Have Ten Thousand Men at Work in the City Clearing Away the, Ituhis. (LSy the Associated Press.) Valparaiso, Aug. 24'. 2.43 a. m. There were two slight earthquake shocks here last night.. Rain hegan falling again this morning, increas ing the sufferings or the thousands who nre living in tents. Many sought refuge in houses whose walls are in a dangerous state of ruin.. it is believed that if the rain con tinues much longer a serious epi demic is sure to break out. .Many Robbers Shot Down. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 23. (De layed in transmission.) The news received here from Valparaiso con tinues to confirm the worst impres sions formed of the situation there. As a result of the strong measures taken 60 preserve order at least 150 robbers have already been shot. Bod ies are still being taken out of the ruins, and thus far about 700 hay been buried. It is said mat an epi demic is almost certain to occur at Valparaiso as a result of the un sanitary conditions existing there. The houses here are being mora and more damaged by the continu- imr nnrlhnim'.-a Qlmcl.-K Tn Slddltion In flio nnn u-hlnh rrnll rrdfl nt nhnnt I 10 o'clock this evening there was another shock this morning. Clearing Away the Ruins. Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 23. (De layed in transmission.) About 10, 000 workmen are employed in clear ing , away the ruins hsre and in searching for bodies of those who lost their lives during the earth quake and fire. In the wreckage of a house today workmen found a child alive in a barrel which had protected it from harm. The naval school is to be reconstructed and it is expected that the cadets will be able to resume their studies there in abciiit two months. The sale of arti cles of food is strictly supervised by city and government officials to pre vent any abuses in the direction of increase in prices. Merchants detected the act of sell ing food above the fixed prices are compelled to close their stores. In order to guard the people as much as possible from suffering dur ing the heavy rains a complete drain age system has been constructed at all the spots wjjere the population is living in tents. President Riesco has visited all the tented parts of the city in his efforts to do everything possible encourage the homeless people. t0 1 The; commercial houses and the banks will pay their employes to morrow their full month's wages to assist them in their present hard ships. The government also will pay its employes the same day. Fair Hands Ladle Out Soups. In different parts of the city de pots for the distribution of food have been established, the main features of which are immense cal drons from which under tho super vision of young women of the high est society in Valparaiso soup Is dis tributed to the poor. Many of the best families of this city have decided to go to Europe and stay there until the rehabilita tion of this city in general arid of their own residences in particular. Materials for the construction of temporary houses or sheds are be ,ing distributed gratis by the govern ment and local officials. The gov ernment of Ecuador has ordered the commander of the Ecuadorean cruiser Manos to place himself and his vessel at the disposal of the Chilean government for the trans portation of refugees from Valpa raiso to various points. In addition to the sums of money received here from various parts of Chile for the relief of the earth quake sufferers 135,000 has been re ceived from San Francisco, Cal. The government of Chile in re plying to cable messages received from Chileans abroad offering to col lect funds for their relief of the suf ferers has thanked them but has not given them any authorization to collect money in the name of the government as Chile has sufficient resources to care for the people. With the exception of the Mercurio which publishes a small sheet once a day ths newspapers hero have not yet been able to resume publication. Many Homeless Come. The warship Almirante Cochrane arrived at Talcuhuana, province of Coucspcion, today with a large num ber of homeless people from Valpa raiso on board. A committee of prominent women took charge of the refugees, providing thsm with food and clothing. The garrisons in the southern part of Chile continue sending detach ments of troops here to assist in maintaining order. Suggestions have been made that the site of Valparaiso be changed but President-elect Montt today de clared that the idea of rebuilding Valparaiso at some other point on the coast was not feasible and that in his opinion the city should be rj eonslructed where its ruins now stand. One of the worst features of the situation is the fact that the sup plies of chloride of lime used in the itialnfpntinn of th ruins are ex - hausted and some time must elapse before fresh supplies can be obtained A commission composed of engineers has been appointed to examine all the buildings now standing and to report upon their conditions that those which are in a dangerous state may be pulled down.. The men en gaged in the work of searching the ruins are working eighteen hours a day and on all sides everything pos sible is being done to ameliorate the situation. in view of the crowded state of the tented districts, in this city camps are being formed outside the town. Sailors from the Chilean warships are assisting the bakers ashore in making bread for the homeless peo- J: pie The minister of the interior is r ii.. ii v. i st. ...mi Kv sarv to pull down the ruins and re- build completely the whole Alnien- .ml m.nr.,'.r from vWnri. 9nftr t Delicias Avenue and from there to the sea and as far as Cerro in order to regularize the ruins. DEFEAT OF PIRATES Driven Off With Loss by Crews They Attack German and British Traders Call On Their Ministers to Urge China to Take Strong Measures to Put Down These Pests. (Hy the Associated Press.) Victoria, B. C, August 24. The steamer Aki, which arrived yesterday from the Orient, brought news of piracy on the West Rlv'er between Hong Kong and Canton, which has greatly Sall T,uis an(i gan Juan, Guerra is re Interfered with foreign trade. ported to be gathering recruits and M'lmh. Hio nii,,,.u- no the at ca mor ; Salman, In which Dr. McDonald was killed and Captain Joslyn and live oth ers were wounded, tin attack was made J on five armed junks in tow ot uie ste.un launches bounu to canton, anu u pitched battle ensued, In which tho j id rules were driven off with heavy losses. German and British traders have called upon their ministers to urge upon China to take strenuous measures : against piracy and a campaign against the pirates ia expected. Dig Saw Mill For Durham. (Special to the Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, August 24. A large saw mill plant is to be installed on the Trice lands, a few miles south of Dur ham, on the new Durham and South Carolina road, for the purpose of cut ting the timber. The tract contains something over one thousand acres of land, close to eleven hundred acres, and most of it is covered with very tine hardwood and pine timbers. The new concern will not put in a dressing plant of any kind, but will cut the lumber and sell it in the rough. CLOSE HELD CASH AND BUSINESS SITUATION (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. 24. Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate that no unfav orable conditions have ueveloped in the commercial world, and thus far the' tight money market has caused no serious trouble. Bank exchanges cohtinues to grow . has contlnuod to grow, reflecting ex ceptionally heavy payments through the banks, not only at New York city where an unusually active stock mar ket swelled bank settlements, but at all cities outside of New York total exchanges for this week being $3,023. 997,115, an increase of $35. 9 per cent over the large total of a year ago, and of 88.02 per cent, over the corres ponding week of 1904. BATTLE'S ROAR NOW EXPECTED The Scene Will be Near Piiiar Del Rio TROOPS RUSHED THERE Gnerra is Reported to lie Gathering Recruits Willi the Object of Marching on That Place and Gov eminent Forces Prepare to Meet Him. (By the Associated Press.) Havana, August 24 All eyes in Cuba are turned towards the provin- ! cial capital of Pinar Del Hio, for upon the ability or Pino Guerra to capture that city depends, it is, be lieved, here, the outcome of the in surrection The occupancy by the in surgents of the town south westward of Pinar Del Rio is considered to be only preliminary to a movement on Pinar Del Rio. A serious question is whether the populations of the captured towns and that of the thickly settled and marvelously rich Vueltn Abajo tobacco region sur rounding them will join Guorra's forces. If they do the insurgents, leader will aproach Pinar Del Rio in overwhelming force. The outcome depends on the loy alty or disloyalty of the people. It is undeniable that .Guerra is gather ing hundreds of veterans and others imui'i inn ifimt'ioin i, tutu u o .1 '.. :. 1 ! .!.;,. A it i c- in. l'sslul t0 estimate the sincerity ot I ine People n Pinar Del Rio who have j I bean looked upon as likely to supporl the government. A detachment of 250 Cuban ar tillery men from Havana have readi ed Pinar Del Rio where they will co operate with the rural guards and volunteers. These artillerymen, how ever, can only act as infantry as they have not been trained to us:; field guns. A hospital corps and other details are following the artil lerymen to Pinar Del Rio in readi ness for what is expected to be a short and decisive campaign. The province of Havana is quie!. Considerable sympathy is develop ing in Havana for General Gome: who is commonly believed to be too broad-minded a patriot to mix him- self up in revolutionary schemes. Awaiting the Battle. It is believed that a battle will be fought near Pinar Del Rio, capital of the province, today, if Pino Guerra, leader of the insurgents in that vicinity, carries out bis evident intentions of marching on that city. En couruired bv his bloodless Successes at m 'eat eiiiug rue capital. l :.e gover ment has hurried troops to Pinar Del Hio and will, it is believed, take the of fensive, forcing a light witli Guerra ill he approaches the city. A decisl gagenK,nt is possible before night. (ionic in Havana's Jail. Jose Miguel Gomez, who was a can didate for the presidency last fall and j who was arrested August 21 at bis resi- '" aa"" i" bano on a special train early this morn ing, and had been escorted to the city jail before his arrival in this city bo came known. Gomez, In an interview with th? correspondent of the Associated Press in the city jail, later In the day said: "I declare that I have never had any knowledge of this unfortunate conflict and that if I had conspired against President Palma's administra tion I have more than sufficient pride boldly to admit it now. You may as sure the people of the United States that I have not conspired to disturb the peace and prosperity of the coun try." Gomez declared that he bad been ar rested because many of his friends were in arms and he reiterated his denial of complicity in the Insurrec tion. He made no complaint of the treatment which he bad been sub jected to as a prisoner. He was al lowed to see his friends, but bis de tention at various places on the way from Sancti Spirit us to Havana, in order to avoid the insurgents, and th? trip from Cienfuegos to Batabano on the small gunboat Alacranes were nol pleasant experiences. Arrest of Ferraru. Orestes Ferarra, who was the cam paign secretary and manager Of Joso i Miguel Gomez and who was with him in New York several months ago after Gomez gave up his presidential cam paign, was arrested In the city of Santa Clara today on the charge of eonspir- acy. Ferarra is suspected of trying to secure arms and ammunition in the I United States for the use of tho In-1 surgents. I Pino Guerra, the Insurgent leader, ' who yesterday captured the town of Sari Juan de Martinez, province of i Pinar Del Rio, following bis capture . of San Luis the day before policy is to occupy towns fully as possible, tu continue authorities In office for Hi and to change the officials and compel the government H peace- j thi' local I present ' O'-idunlly j In annul the last elections and hold new ones. Guerra to Occupy (juanes. Pino Guerra, with most of his coin- ! mand, left San Juan de Marlines! this t morning with the object of occupying Guanes, situated on I In- extension of the Western railway, which is not yet in operation. j The traffic manage!' of the Western; radway reports umi trains are running .and the telegraph line operating 10 San Jan de Martinez today without any interruption anywhere. The government regards movement against Guanes to treat before the troops sent Del Hio. Guerra declined previous t parture from San Juan de Illl' lie li Piuar j his le Mui'tiness ami Bet- that, after occupying Guanos ting accessions from the' j.,. in tie' lower part of the ",n trict, he would return la Abajo dis and surround and capture Pinar Del I : in without tho shadow of a doubt. TWO TRAIN A FATAL IN (liv tho Ahm-cui.-.I Press.) St. Thomas, (int.. AiijVusI 21. -A "Wa bash special train, currying two theatri cal companies to Chicago ami one to ! Detroit, and the Canadian l'aciiie nail- road's regular passenger train from Toronto, collided at ilie crossing just east of thlB city today. Canadian l'a ciiie Railway Engineer McKay of To ronto junction, was killed: CRASH ! Phvmaiijmn..Ils Patterson, ' of this city. wa: I hurt and Baggageman Alex I this city, was probably fain sei aiusly Wiley, of ly hijiired. Ifher liain None of the pass. : was injured. REBELS BEATEN (By the Associated Press.) Havana, Aug. 24. The first encounter ia Santa clan province occurred this morning. guards aita detachment of rural d an insurgent band commanded by Manuel Gonzales, In I ween Santo Domingo and Colon. Th Insurgents were scattered and some t their arms ;.nd ammunition were ca tared. BODY MM IN CREEK Evidence Poinlino to Suicide of Mrs. Sivinson The Lady Disappeared Several Days Ago, anil Though Diligent Search Was Made She Was Not Found Until Yesterday. (Special to the Evening Times.) Tarboio, N. c Aug. 24. Several days ago Mrs. Dave Sivinson of this place mys.erlously disappeared, and diligent search was made for her but with no result. However yesterday afternoon, a colored man here found her body floating down Hendr-ick's creek. Tliis creek is on the west boundary line of the town. There is no doubt Wtit that Mrs. Sivinson Com mitted suicide as there was no evi dence of foul play. Yesterdii.v afternoon the remains of Wm. Edmondson, who was r promi nent and successful farmer, were laid to rest at his country home about two miles from town. Sir. Edmondson was a worthy and deserving man and a brave ex-Confederate soldier 'who en joyed a wide circle of friends. RUMOR OF ANOTHER LYNCHING IN ROWAN (Special to the livening Times.) Salisbury, N. ('.. Aug. 24. 'Mr. Joseph G. Lyerly son of the late Isaac Lyerly, was In the city yesterday and siys nothing lias been heard of Phtlo Cul berson since he skipped out last week following the visit of Assistant State Insurance Commissioner Scott who in vestigated the fire at the Lyerly barn. It is thought that he ran away be cause he fears that suspicion rested upon him ind that he would be ar- rested, There came several days lynched, and Last night th i rumor to Salisbury e-ro that he bad been there was excitement, e was a renewal of the story that man had been caught anil hanged on a tree near liarher. and had been seen by numbers of people. IN SINTA CLARA MAKE IT DEAD EASY TO SPELL Government to Adopt Hie TEDDY ENDORSES IT Official Documents Will Now Characterized Hy This System Spelling and We'll l!e A III Wade Thru Them Quicker for Change, Bp of to the (Bv Oyster President the Cam tho Assoeint Hay, N. V., Roosevelt gle spelling id Press.) August 2-1. i has endorsed i reform move rs to the pub tlial hereafter president and incut. He issued ord lie printer, Stillings, all messages from tin other doctun while bouse nis emanating I fom ; shall lie printed i" accordance lieu of the tee handed with til spelling ?. recommend;. -reform commit - by Brahder Matthews, professor of English at Columbia , University. This committee has published a ' list of one hundred words in which the spelling is .reformed. This ligt such words as "llu'u audi the spelling for "through" Ihi and "through." The president's! j official sanction of this reform move-j menl is regarded as the most effee-j tlve and specdies't method of inaug urating the new system of spelling Ihrougtioul th' country. Not only will tho printed domi nion's emanating from the president! utilize the reform spelling, but his, correspondence also will be spelled ' in I he new style. Secretary Loob ' has sent for tho list of one hundred words which have been reformed ) and upon his arrival will iriltnetll- j ately order all correspondence of the! president and of the executive force, of the while house spelled in nc-1 cordanco t herewith. As the spelling i reform committee shall adopt new reforms they will be added lo t he presiileni's lis) and also to thai Of! 'the public pi inter. ! While the order to the public. printer today does not cbnteihpjnte jan Immediate, reform in the spelling'; of official documents from the e.- j ecu live departments in Washington ill is regarded that more than likely lihe respective heads of the depart- L men is will fall In line with the J president's ideas and have their of-j ilicial documents printed In the new! spelling. Some of the Simplified Spelling. j New York. August 21. ( ui June IS. last, the siniplffled spelling board mode public a list of three hundred simplified i Spellings which had been decided Upon by the bo'al'd. The list is as follows: Abridgment, accoutcr, accurst, ac i kuowledgment, addresf, adz. Bfllxt, al tho, anapest, anemia, anesthesia, arte8" thetlc, antjpyrln, antitoxin, apbthem, npprisse, arbor; archeology, ardor, ar mor, artisan, assize, ax. Bans (not banns), bark (not barojiie); i behavior, blest, blusht, brazen, brazier, bun, bur. Caliber, caliper, candor, chapt, check,; checker. Chimera, civilize, clamor, clangor, clapt, ciaspt, dipt, clue, coeval, color, criticize, erupt, crost, crusht, cue. cuVst, cut his. cyclopedia, carest (not j Caressed); catalog; calhechize. center. Dactyl, dasiu. decalog, defense, deht-1 nyotr. demeanor, deposit; deprest de- velop. dlerests; dike, dipt patch, distil, dis.ti'i si. di dtscust, dis or, domicile, draft, dram, dfest, dript, droopi, uropi, i dulncss. I Kcumcnieul. edllei egls, bnnmor, en i cyclopedia, endeavor, envelop; eollun, I eon, epaulet, epoitym, era. esophagus. I esthetic, esthetics, estlvatc, ether, etlr I Ology, exorcize, exprcst. Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom, favor, favorite, fervor, fiber, list, flavor, 1 illness. Gaze, gazel. gelatin, gild (gullet): 'gipsy, glo.e glycerin, goodby. ram. gript. Harbor, barken. hcapt. In hiccup, hock (hot hogh), hornet homonym, honor, humor, husht, tenuse. matin. pathy, hypo- I Idolize, imprest, instil. Jail, judgment. Kist. Labor, lacrimal, lapt, lasht, leapt, loilg- h l,.i li.o. license, licorice liter, I ment, lookt, lopt, luster. Mama. manuevcr, materialize, 1 meager, medieval, meter, mist (not missed)! miter, mixt, mold, molder, molding, moldy, molt, inullen. Naturalize, neighbor, niter, nipt. Ochor. odor, offense, omelet, opprest, orthopedic. Paleography, paleolithic, paleontol ogy, paleozoic, paraffin, parlor, partlzan, past (not passed); patronise, pedagog. pedobaptist. phenlx, phenomenon, pig my, plow, polyp, possesl. practise, pre fix', prenomen, prest, pretense, preterit, all l,i cnidl, primeval, protest, program prolog, propt, Mir. Quartet, uiiestor, uuintet. Rancor; rapt (not rapped), raze, rec ognize, reeonnoitor, rigor, rime, ript rumor. Salter, sail peter, savior, savor, scep ter, septet, sepulcher, sextet, silvan, si milar, slpt, nil he, skilful, skipt, sllpt, smokier, sun pi, somber, specter; splen dor, stedfast, slept, stopt, street, stript, BUbpoha; succor, BufHxt, sulfate, sulfur, sumac, suppii'si. surprize, synonym. Tabor, lapt, teasel, lienor, theater, tho, thoro; thorofurc, thoroly, thru, turnout, lipt, lopt, lost, transgrest, trapt, trlpt, I umor. Valor, vapor, vext, vigor, vizor. Wagon, washt, whipt, whiskey, wilful, whikt, ivisht, wo, woi'iii, woolen, wrapt. WOI I, 11 ADOPT GERMAN SYSTEM OK FENCING. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 24. Several letters have reached the war deparl i men I from officers and enlisted men Of the army who believed that the Gorman manual of fencing is greatly I superior to thai used in the Aiheri jcan army, piic department lias re ferred these letters lo Captain Her nian O. kohler, master of the sword al the West Point Academy, with the lviiuesi ihai he investigate the Ger man system; Peduced Hales On Apples. (By the Associated Press.) Sill) ('rancisco, Cal., Aug. 24. The Southern l'aciiie Company announced yesterday that the freight rate on apples to Chicago and main line points woai Of that city would be re duced from $1 per one hundred pounds lo S3 cants. The, apple crop all through tho oas: is large this year and the fruit is selling at such reduced prices that the local farm ers were unable to compete! .under the old rales. The California crop is very largo this year. Local Cotton Grower Hopeful. Hev. V. A. Simpklns, who operate: farms in Wal that so far I expectations not less than e county, is the authority is he is concerned In his of cotton he will realize two and a half bales per acre. Mr., cotton wit Sitnpkins says he has much i as many as 300 bolls to the VERY CROOKED BARON Who Turns Got to be Baron ot AH no This Fuki America Jewelry, Not Only Deserts Steals His Her in Wife lint ;, Then Drops man Police. Info Kmbraee of (.. (By th ISerlin. An; zeiger today A SSocia t ed Press. ) list 24. The Luteal An innounccd the arrival at I iamliui g yesterday scribed himself as I Dob'rO;wskia Donners said to be a nietni of a man who de taron Santos Yon mark, but who is inker named Kon- rud, who married an American girl Of good family In Manila .May 4, last. The man is ehaiged with haying descried his wife in Palis, taking with him her jewelry, valued at $8,000, and a sum of niQitey, His arrest is reported to be due to the American consul at Hamburg. A great pari of the jewels, it is said, bad already been disposed of by the "baron." but the police seized the re mainder. Business Vitality of 'Kiisco. (Hv the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal.. August 24. The gross earnings of the Southern and Union Pacific1 and of the Santa Fe, for July and the first two weeks of August show an increase in their California overland traffic; also in the stale and coast business of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, all of which, its the opinion of the of ficials reveals remarkable business vitality bar and Of San Francisco in particu California in general. POLICE OVERWHELMED IN A RUSH FOR MONEY (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Aug. 24. Sixty polk Were overwhelmed today by a rush of men and women who determined to get the first money emen mad were paid of the vaults of the ruined Milwaukee Avenue Slate Hank. Receiver Fetzer had made arrangements to pay 20 per cent, to 5,000 of the 22,000 depositors and everybody was anxious to be among the a. 000. It seemed impossible lo make the depositors comprehend that although only 5,000 were to be paid today the others would be paid just as much Within the next few days. At one time the crowd threatened fairly to storm the bank us waving their pass books in the air, they rushed for the doors shouting in Bo hemian. Polish. Norwegian and Ital ian. The receiver was all day paying I lie 5,000 and will pay as many more tomorrow. pri AN APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT One Word and Strife in Cuba Will End THIS THEY WILL SAY Cuban-Americans, and Americans Having Interests in the Queen of the Antilles, Will Forward Today or Tomorrow a Letter to Roosevelt (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. 24. The Tribune td- day says: "President Roosevelt is to be ap pealed to by local Cuban Americans and Americans with commercial Inter ests in Cuba to use his influence to end the strife now In progress, before these 'interests are interfered with as it is feared they will be. One word from j the president, assert the men who are behind this movement, will suffice to end the uprising, j "Colonel Carlos M. Agulrre, a vet 1 erart of the last revolution in Cuba, j who apparently is the leading spirit ' among the local Cuban-Americans who iare opposed to the Pal ma regime, has ! drafted a letter addressed to President : Roosevelt, which he will forward to ! day or tomorrow, probably by special . messengers, after he has obtained the j signatures of several Americans who hold property in the island. This let ter calls attention to the many vngg alleged to have been, suffered by the liberals at the hands of the govern 1 ment which he declares are responsible for the present uprising. It calls on President Roosevelt to appoint, by the 1 authority of terms of the Piatt amend ' ment, a commission to preside at a I new election for President In Cuba, i charging that at the last election the rights of the people were Ignored and i that the constitution was violated." TO FORT RKNO, OKLAHOMA. The Three Companies of the Twenty Fifth Leave Brownsville. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 24. No changes in the orders of the war department for the abandonment of Fort Brown, Texas, have been made as the result of the visit of Brigadier General J. Kranklin Bell, chief of staff of the army, to President Roosevelt at Oys- ter Bay yesterday. General Bell and ! Captain Grote Hutcheson, his aide, : who accompanied him to Sagamore I Hill, returned to Washington last night and resumed their duties at j the war department today. General Bell said the post at Brownsville will ! be temporarily abandoned, as origi i nally announced and the company ot the 26th infantry now stationed j there will remain only as long as is j necessary to care for the government I property now at the post. The three 'companies of the 25th infantry have : been removed to Fort Reno, Okla., j where they will be stationed as orlg i inally ordered. DURHAM'S .MAYOR ORDERS DOWN INDECENT SIGNS. (Special to the Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, August 24. Mayor Graham lias decreed that there shall be a stop to posting advertising signs of an immoral or indecent nature in this : city, and the preliminary step in this direction was taken yesterday when he j caused Chief Woodall to issue an order I that certain signs on the bill boards In the city must either come down or be covered. Recently there have been kicks made ! over certain bills posted and the mat : ter came to a climax yesterday when j the mayor directed that a certain ad vertisement in which a woman is shown as reclining iii something that resembles i a crescent and over whose form is j thrown a guaze shall come down. The bill posting business here is i owned by the Burton Bill Posting I Company of Richmond, and the local i manager is W. F. Freeland. It wa I learned that the house was communi ! cated with and there was a disposition on the part of the house to light the matter out in the courts. 1 STENSLAND IS HEARD FROM IN LONDON. (By the Associated Press.) Madison, Wis., August 24. That Paul j O. Stensland, the missing president of. j the Milwaukee Avenue Sts.te Bank of ; Chicago, was In London August 10, Is i the statement made In a letter from the j English capital received today. The banker left for the south of Europe. Stensland apparently had plenty of ! money. The Dock lewey Gets Busy. (By the Associated Press.), Washington. AuKUst 24. The navy department has been Informed by cable that the floating dock Dewey wa Util ized at Olongapo, Manila Bay, for the first time when the army transport aieaue was aocKed mere yesterday l
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