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THE ENTERPRISE Published Wsskly. WILLIAM (TON, H. 0. •i Mortgages on the old homestead seem to have gone quite out of styl*. The horse trot, much mooted latest dance. Is probably the pony ballat grown up. The sultan of Moiocco left his 380 wives without saying g«odby. That's the safest way. An Indiana burglar fell asleep whlls robbing a meat shop. Evidently he wasn't a bit hungry. Queen Mary Is learning to play golf A linguist Is to act as her caddy whenever she plays. "You can tell a consumptive by the way he coughs," remarks a Boston physician. Also a tightwad. Bmaller currency will enable the women to carry their money without creating so much of a bulge. English scientist visiting here says matrimony and babies are decreasing What does he expect, anyway? Now that the fatherless tn/g ha* been discovered by scientists, we may next look for the eggless chicken. If the submarines would stay up and the aeroplanes would stay down there should bo fewer accidents to both. Four New York policemen have been suspended for sleeping while on duty. At least they were out of mis chief. The barometer was discovered in 1634. But long before that wiseacres were prophesying the weathei and hit ting it about as closely as they do to day. It Is announced that America Is to set the fashions for Paris This It Is to be hoped the native spirit of free dom will take the styles out of hob bles. It Is reported that nn Kngllsh eari, who recently arrived In this country. Is advertising for work Just wants to get his name In the paperß, prob ably. A scientist avers that hot mince pie Is not deleterious, but Is. on the con trary. an aid to digestion. Good for him! llot mince pie will soon be in uur uildit One can now pay for an acre of high grade farm land a price that would Just about buy a nice little auto.no- Out the farm land never blows up Its tires. A Rrltlsh official classifies profes sional football playing as manual la bor. Remonstrances against this deg radation of the popular sport oi.ght to be made with the business end of a flying wedge Thorp Is much that Is Rood In the worst of us nnd much that is bad In the best of us. In humanity as a whole the Rood outweighs the evil and It In a hard job to make folks believe the race Is going to the dogs. A Los Angeles woman says the great secret of managing a husband Is not to bombaia him with questions when he comes home late. Sure; If let alone,he will sooner or later In criminate himself. Let us hope that the Mlnnea|>olls pastor who predicts the return of the "fig-leaf" skirt for..women is not a true prophet. Remember tonic of the days last winter when the temperature was 15 degrees below zero? Oueen Alexandra has Ret the fash ion of sending money as a bridal pres ent. The fashion is likely to be very popular with the recipients, but hard ly so for the givers, especially as the queen started the pace with a SIOO check. It Is predicted that within a few \ears aeroplanes will be carrying pas sengers between New York and Chi cago. It is impossible to deny any assertions of what may be the achieve ments of the coming years," but at present passengers feel they would prefer taking chances even with tho "flyers." State's Attorney Wayman of Chi sago, urging that we must have wom en Jurors to try women for crimes like murder, declares that only a woman Jury can pass on a woman. "A tear stained face, white lips and trembling hands," he says, "unnerve men Juries. Only a woman can read a woman's heart and tell whether her emotional display Is true or false." And still there are men who will tell you that they understand their wives. Moving picture producers object to paying | lft V and sls for some of the scenarios submitted to them. Perhaps it's more economical Just to swipe them. A western dentist says that pinlr teethed glrls % make good wives. But when one is wooing a girl one does - -not care to have her show her teeth at him. T Fashion experts declare men's \ T trousers are narrower and shorter .V.'elL so are the skirts of the woman *'' i! • . ' * f: „'i' UNCLE SUM'S NEW WIRELESS SYSTEM UNITED BTATEB COMPLETEB THE MOST POWERFUL WIRELESS PLANT IN THE WORLD. HAS RADIUS OF 3,000 MILES First Messages Sent From Arlington Station—Washington Now in Touch With All Lands. Washington.—Crackling and sput tering with life, the navy's new wire less station at Arlington, Va., Uhe most powerful in the world, flung from Its lofty aerials the first mes sage which signalized the completion of an important step in the building of a globe-girdling wireless system which will keep every ship of the United States navy and every insula! possession within Instant communlca tion of the capital. Wlrelesß operators, professional and amateur, on one side of the globe, probably had their Instruments at their ears, straining to catch the faint buzzzes as the powerful appara tus Bputtored out Its calls for Pan ama, Colon and the Atlantic coast navy stations. Down In the sound proof operating room, wlndowless and protected by double doors, some of the navy's most experienced operators, directed by Lieutenant Woodworth, sent out the first flashes. N-HaX, N-A-X, the call for Colon, 1,785 miles away, was sent hurtling through the ether. At Intervals, the Instruments sparked off N-A-R, the call for Key West, 975 miles off. No official messages were sent, but the results of the tests were noted at all stations on the Atlantic coast as well as Key West and Colon and reports on the trials will be made later. The radius of the new plant will be 3,000 miles. This range, probably the acme of wireless operations, will be attained gradually and It may be weeks before the big plant Is "tuned up'* to Its highest efficiency. Com munlcation with the Pacific coast will be attempted only at night for the present, but later on throughout the day the secretary of the navy at his desk in Washington will be within instantaneous communication with Key West, Guantanamo, Colon, the jiaval -coaling stations, the .winter maneuver grounds and all Atlantic stations. When the plant Is working perfectly and the chain of stations is completed Washington will be in touch with Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, the Philippines and Pearl harbor. The completed system will cost about one mlllllon dollars. The seas will not longer be a wilderness for the navy. Ships, because of weaker equipment, cannot talk with the pow erful plant at Arlington, but they may relay messages to the various stations for transmission to Washing ton. Three huge towers on the brow of ft hill overlooking the Potomac and dwarfing the Washington monument hold the aerials. In thidr construe tion some skilled Iron workers who had braved death on many skyscrap ers declined to work at such dizzy heights. One tower Is ROO feet above the hill where Its base rests, and that Is 200 feet above the river. The others measure 450 feeet. A MODERN MOLLY PITCHER She Fought Ag»'n«t the U. S. Marines and Was Killed by Her Gun. New York.—When the American marines on October 4 charged up and captured Coyatepe hill near Masaya, Nicaragua, after having raked the insurgent position with their batter ies of rapid-firing guns, lying among the dead rebels was a native woni au, a modern Molly i'itcher. Clutched tightly In her hands was a one-pound shell which she was trying to load. This story and other details of the battle were related by Lieutenant Colonel Martin of the First provision al regiment, United States marine corps, who came up from Colon on the steamer Cristobal to have wounds which he received in the battle treat ed at the Brooklyn navy yard hospi tal. Seeking Doctor of Potatoes. Washington —Are you a potato doc tor? If so, you may be eligible to a permanent Job in the department of agriculture, where there will be no scarcity of patients. Incidentally the position pays »2,240 a year, but before any one can be'appointed to it an examination is necessary, and before auy one Is permitted at the examina tion he must show that he has tad an educational training equivalent to that required for a doctor of phlloso phy degree. Also applicants must be at least 30 years old and under 45. He Robbed Morgan. " New York.—John Bernauer, the youthful Bavarian who robbed the residence of J. P. Morgan, Jr.. and other wealthy persons of thousands of dolUrs' worth of Jewelry, freely re lated In court the story of his bur glaries, but declared he was under the hypnotic spell of an old pal at the time. Bernauer entered a plea of guilty, however, and was sentenc ed to from five to ten years in Sing Sing prison. He boasted In court of ! how be atole into the vary room I where Mr. Morgan was asleep MISS OLAVE SOAMES Mlee Olave Soames of Lllllput, Dor setshire, Is the fiancee of Qen. Sir Robert Badsn-Powell, chief of the Boy Scouts. Miss Boamee, who Is twenty-three yeare old, Is an accom plished musician snd horsewoman. The wedding le to take place about Christmas. INCREASE IN POSTAL BUDGET EBTIMATES FOR COMING YEAR BHOWB OVER TWELVE MIL LION-DOLLAR ADVANCE. Parcels Poet la Provided For, and Other Innovatlona Become Effective. Washington.—For the support of their postal servlca, the people of the United States next year will pay (283,- 805,760, far more than for any other branch of the government services. Estimates forwarded to-,the treasury department by Postmaster General Hitchcock, of appropriations necessa ry to the operation of the postofflce department during the fiscal year be glunlng July 1, 1913, propose an In crease of $12,086,009 over the appro prlations of the current fiscal year. Mr. Hitchcock Is the first cabinet" officer to complete his estimates, which aggregate $281,791,508 for the postal service at large, exclusive of $2,014,260 for the department in Washington. Nearly $1,000,000 of the Increase will be required to put Into effect the postal examination leglsla tlon enacted this year. it Is estimated that $7,240,000 will be needed for the parcels poßt sys tern; $1,350,000 to meet the conditions required under the new eight-hour law; $750,000 to provide for the re classification of railway mail clerks, and $150,000 to establish the new vil lage free delivery service. Only $2,600,000 is added to current appropriations, representing an In crease of leßs than I per cent , which is the lowest actual rate of Increase In the history of the postal service. The largest item in the estimates Is $49,661,000 needed to pay the rail ways for carrying the malls. This is an Increase of $2,016,000, of which $1,685,000 will be required to meet ad dltlonal expenses resulting from the establishment of the parcels post. For salaries in 'the railway mall service an estimate of $24,739,650 was submitted or $1,296,450 more than last year. BECKER IS FOUND GUILTY Jury Returned Verdict After Having Deliberated Eight Hours. New York. Police Lieutenant Charles Hecker was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the jury which had been trying him for insti gating the death of Herman Rosen thal, the gambler. The verdict read, "Murder in the first degree.'' Becker was remanded for sentence to the Tombs by Justice Goff Mrs. Becker, sitting outside the door of the courtroom, fell In a swoon when the verdict was announced. Becker did not flinch when he heard the verdict pronounced by Har old B. Skinner, foreman of the jury. John F. Mclntyre, Becker's chief counsel, announced that he would take an Immediate appeal, but added that beyond this he had nothing to Slew 19; Sentenced for Life. IjaFayette, La. —Clementine Bema bet, the negro "axe-woman'' and fol lower of the Church of Sacrifice, whose murders, according to her con fession, number 19, was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to life Imprisonment In the state penitentia ry. The negroes of the community, who had feared her, both because of the crimes she had committed and for the "evil eye' 1 they believed she pos sessed, had threatened to form a lynching party should she be acquit ted. Went Aloft Head Downwards. Wilmington, N. C.—Standing by as an interested spectator, while a large balloon was being Inflated for an as cension by a professional, James W. Smith, 42 years old, a fanner of an adjoining county, took an Involuntary flight, when the bag broke from its moorings and sailed 'majestically at an altitude of several thousand feet. Smith was caught around the ankle by a rope from the parachute, and hung suspended head downward until he reached forward and swung hlm self up and into the basket NEAR MARTIAL LAW IK CUBAN CAPITAL ARMED MEN PATROL STREETS TO KEEP POLITICAL FAC TIONS FROM RIOTING. 1 GEN. MENDIETA IN CHARGE Havana le Under Abeolute Military Protection Against Disorder From Political Campaign. Havana, Cuba.—While not actually under martial law the city of Havana is now under absolute military pro tection against disorders arising from the healed political campaign. In ac cordance with orders issued by Gen. Pablo Mendieta, who was appointed by President Gomez to take charge of all the police and military forces in the capital, the streets were pa trolled by police and mounted and foot rural guardsmen. In addition de tachments of regular troops of all arms were stationed at various strat egic points ready to respond instant ly to a call to suppress rioting. The principal concentration of armed forces was the foot of Mon serrate street, where there was an encampment In the park of several squadrons of cavalry of machine guns fully equipped for field service, while other detachments were held in read iness at Tatarez castle, I,afeurza and Vedado, all within easy distance of any part of the city. It was reported that an agreement had been reached between General Menocal and Alfredo Zayas to sus pend all political meetings from now until the election and also that as surances have been given by the par tisan press that they will refrain from exclt'ng utterances in order to avoid all danger of hostile collisions on election day. 4PERSONS PERISH IN RIVERS Four Persons Drowned When Ferry boat Is Wrecked. Belvedere, N. J. —Four members of an automobile party bound for Shaw nee, Pa., from their homes in Noble, Pa., were drown In the Delaware river when the ferryboat on which they were crossing from Delaware, N. J., was wrecked. The party motored up through New Jersey, and. arriving at the Delaware, drove the machine onto the fiat bot tomed boat used as a ferry at tjiat point. When the middle of the stream was reached, the boat was struck and knocked from its course by a raft. L. H. Gilbert and H. W. Trump were thrown Into the water and swam to the Pennsylvania shore, while Miss Gilbert and Nathan Trump jumped on the raft and managed to wade to the New Jersey shore, when the raft swung that way. The others clung to the machines and when the ferryman lost control of the windlass which pro pelled the boat were thrown Into deep water and drowned. Allen Gang In Death Cells. Richmond. Va. —Floyd and Claude Swanson Allen are In the Virginia state penitentiary. The heavy steel gates are closed behind them and shut out forever their view of aught but prison walls. They will die In the electric chair November 22. Floyd Allen was on crutches the effect of a shot in the left leg on the day Aliens shot tip the Carroll county court. The guards brought the men to this city, being met at the station by Superintendent Wood, and a guard from the penitentiary, who placed them in a carriage and drove to the prison. Neither man slept between Roanoke and this city, chatting with the guardß, but never once making reference to their crime. Volcano Again in Eruption Cordova, Alaska. —Katmal volcano, which caused great damage on the Alaskan peninsula and adjacent lsll ands last June, is believed to be in violent eruption again, the mall steamer Dora having reported by wire less that she Is anchored off Whale iaiand, unable to proceed further westward on her voyage to Dutch Harbor because of darkness caused by falling volcanic ashes Bulgarians Hard After Turks. Sofia. —After an all night bombard ment of Adrlanople, Czar Ferdinand's Bulgarian army moved forward, cap turlng three forts at Marasch, with 1,800 prisoners. The southwestern .part of the city Is burning, having been fired by the Bulgarian batteries upon the heights of the eastern bank of the Matrltza river, three and a half miles from the inner forts defending that section of Adrlanople. The mosque of the Sultan Sellm, one of the most historic structures in Euro pean Turkey had been damaged. Women Identify Assassins. Winchester, Ky.—Women members of the family of Ed Callahan Identi fied two of the fifteen defendants pre sented at the hearing of the ball mo tlon before Judge Benton as having been In the band on the hillside that shot Qallahan to death early last spring. There was a dramatic scene when the widow of Callahan pointed to "Dock" Smith and Abe Johnson and accused them of the murder ot her husband. Ruth Callahan, the dead man's daughter, testified to the firing of six shots at the assassins. FREDERICK C^MARTINDAIE V I >L Mr. Martindala, of Detroit, aftsr bo- Ing dtftiUd In tho primaries for tho Republican nomination for governor of Michigan, was nominated In conven tion for secretary of etate. " ". V » p " • V DIAZ CAPTURED; TO BE SHOT PRESIDENT MADERO TO SHOW NO MERCY TO VERA CRUZ REBELB. Followers of Diaz Refute to Fire on Government Troopa—About 100 Killed and Wounded. Vera Cruz, Mexico. —The revolt of (Jen. Felix Diaz, nephew of the ex iled president, has been shortlived. The town of Vera Cruz, which he oc cupied with about 2,000 adherents fcr several days, waa captured by the Federal forces. The casualties were few. Two Federal columns, com manded by Col. Jiminez Castro and Gen. Joaquin Beltran, entered Vera Cruz from the north and south. There was alight opposition to their advance. Colonel Castro, with less than fifty men, captured Gen. Felix Diaz, whose 300 men at police head quarters, refused to Are at his com mand. The killed and wounded num ber less than 100. No foreigner was hurt. Desultory firing continued after the Federals en tered the town. Instead of a great battle, everything was In a muddle. Rebelß and Federals encountered each other In the streets without one know ing which aide the other was affiliat ed with, an uniforms of all were alike. I Col. Jiminez Castro was shot In the leg during the first firing. Col. Jose Diaz Ordaza of the Twenty-first infantry, who joined General D'az with his troops in the revolution, has disappeared. Mexico City —Gen. Felix Diaz, Col. Jose Diaz Ordaza and all officers of th rebellions troops and marines will be haled Immediately before a court-martial and doubtless will suf fer the death penalty. Orders have been issued for convening the court, which will be presided over by Gen eral Beltran. General Dia*. although not now a member of the army, Is amenable In such court under the law which provides for trial of any clvfllan under like circumstances. Soldiers of the rebellions troops will be decimated —one in ten being j executed They will be chosen by lot j to pay the penalty for all. BIRDMAN FALLS TO DEATH ; Louis Mitchell Loses Control While 600 Feet In the Aair. Montgomery, Ala.—Aviator Louis | Mitchell, president of the American i Aviators, while 600 feet in the air, j lost control of his machine while j making a spiral glide and is dead. Mitchell had been circling the ex position grounds for more than an hour at varying heights. Shortly be fore five o'clock he began his descent j in a spectacular glide. At 600 feet | he lost control of his machine, and at 200 feet the aeroplane went to J pieces. Mitchell was pinned to the ground under the heavy motor, dying before surgeons could reach the spot, i Aviator Heth, Mitchell s partner, | saw the accident, together with a crowd of 5.000 spectators. 50 Cents a Burglary. New York.—Fifty cents a burglary is a rate frequently paid to boys by an organized gang of crooks in West Forty-fifth street that employs young boys to do the bulk of Its work, ac cording to the testimony of the ypung operators for the band in a police court. Three boys, averaging a doz en years In age, called as witnesses In the case of John Clark, accused ot a flat robbery, admitted committing the crime, but said It was instigated by Clark and that a gang known as the ••Forty-flfthers'' fathered robberies. Coat of Living Riot. Berlin. —Hundreds of Berlin house wives Joined In a riot because the butchers in the municipal markets refused to handle meat imported so as to reduce the coat of living. The) principle trouble occurred in the Wed ding district, which la entirely inhab ited by working people. Hundreds of women, who went to the municipal market hoping to profit by reduced prices, found that the butchers had agreed not to deal in meats Imported by the municipality. They then storm ed the butchers' stall*. V- - •> J. ' ... > . HEW PROBLEM FOR COMESSTO SOLVE WHO WOULD BUCCEED SHERMAN SHOULD HE DIE BEFORE ELECTION? . HAVE NO EXACT PRECEDENT 0 ■' _ ■ • A Serious Situation Could Arise In Cass of Death of the Vico-Presidsnt Between Electorial College and ths Inauguration.—lntsresting Mattsr. Washington, D. C.—Deep Interest Is manifested throughout Washington in the condition of Vice President Sherman, at Utlca. His Illness was the subjsct of repeated inquiry at the White House and was discussed at the Cabinet meeting. The most optimis tic did not expect him to be in the chair when Senate reconvened In De cember. - The absence of the presiding officer however,«will give the Senate no new problem to solve. The bitter fight over the election of a president pro tem ended last session in an agree ment to have Senator Uallinger of New Hampshire, Republican, and Sen ator Bacon of Georgia, Democrat, alternate in the chair. Just before Congress adjourned. Senator Bacon was chosen to serve as president pro tem until December 16, and the un derstanding is that the rotation with Senator Gallinger will continue inde finitely. Should the Vice President's illness result fatally or compel his withdraw al before the election, the opinion was expressed that the National Ex ecutive Committee would select a sub-candidate, whose name would be printed on the ballot in states where the tickets have not already been sent to the press. No precedents were * found, however, covering the situa tion. The discussion which arose over the death of Horace Greeley, in 1872 was recalled in the investigation. Hia death occurred after the November election, but before the electoral col leges met to select a President and Vice President. The ability of elec tors to vote for others than those nominated by the party convention or whose names had been printed on the ballot was then demonstrated, many Democratic leaders voting for others than Oreeley. • For the Protection of Birds. New York. —The sum of $60,000 was spent by the National Association of Audubon Societies this year for bird protection, Secretary T. Gilbert Pear son reported at the eighth annual meeting. He announced that Mrs. Margaret Sage had renewed her pledge of $5,000 a year for three years for the protection of the robin in the Southern States. The sum off $7,500 he added, would be spent for bird pro tection in Alaska during the coming year. Backer Sorry He Talked Rashly. New York. —Lluetenant ("has. Beck er, who has shown signs of a hysteri cal collapse has regained his nerve and is the same collected, quiet, calm man of Iron he was before he heard himself pronounced guilty of murder in the first degree. His bitterness has disappeared, Jug was ashamed of the Impetuous statements which he had allowed himself to make. "I am sorry he said, "that I was impelled by impetuosity to issue statements in contradiction to the orders of my counsel, John F. Mclntyre. 1 have nothing else to say." Travers is Fined $1,500. Washington.—Arthur M. Travers, former acting Third Assistant Post master General, indicted for conspir acy and embezzlement in taking valu able postage stamps from the Post office Department, withdrew his plea of not guilty, substituting one of nolo contendere and was fined $1,500. Jo seph Steinmetz, a Philadelphia phila telist, indicted for conspiracy with Travers, probably will »ot be prose cuted. Last Report on War Situation. Vienna. —Montenegrin troops have cut off supplies from the Turkish forces in Scutrat, where provisions al ready were Bcarce, according to a dis patch to the Reichspost. The Monte negrins occupy the heights of Bu sate, Hogame and C&ztanl, overlook ing Scutari and they have entrench ed themselves there with a strong force dt artillery. The Malissorf tribesmen again attacked the Turks to the east of Scutari on Friday but were repulsed after ten hours fight ing. i Youthful Bandits Hold Up Train. Muskogee, Okla. r Three masked men. little more than boys, held up, and robbed southbound Missouri, Kan sas & Texas train No. 9 at Wirth, I Oklahoma, six miles south of Eufala. The bandits flagged the train as It rounded a curve onto a small trestle which they had set on fire. Uncoup ling the engine, express car and bag gage car from the other coaches they ordered the engineer to run a half mile further south where the express ■ate was blown and ransacked.
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