p.ih coumy Wewo PLAH TO REFLOAT I life's disappointments I GENTRAL BUREAU rill PERSONS IT
European war clouds do not always
presage a storm. v a
Keep your vacation within the Ilia
its of your purse.
The auto and the aeroplane contin
ue to be deadly rivals.
It not too late for yon to send a
kiddle or two to the country.
The way to keep boys on the farm
Is to make farm life more attractive.
Chicago Is to have a "soul hospital."
The patients, of course, will come
from outside.
Among the other exciting events of
up-to-date civilisation the modern fish
story is now due.
The New York woman who has a
125,000; anklet ' evidenUy believes In
saving something for a rainy day.
A new metal 40 per cent lighter
than aluminum will make airships
safer, but not so safe as walking.
If the breach of promise Industry
continues to increase, the art of letter
writing will-soon be a thing of the
past , . , ,
A tazlcab driver , who has inherited
111,000 is going to stick to his job. He
may have a meter of his own to dilate
the legacy. . .;" " ;
The soda fountain clerk may not
bt an important personage, but he
'generally' manages to cause a splash
in the world.
A million patents on rubber tires
have been issued. Why doesn't some
inventor get a patent on broken glass
that will not puncture 7
The old theory that there's no fool
like an old fool is demonstrated by
the 70 year old Massachusetts couple
who eloped and were married. '
A German baron has been sentenced
to two years for killing an opponent
in a duel Only safe and sane duel
ing is countenanced in Germany.
. Some of our aviators have adopted
the habit of landing in haystacks.
Enterprising farmers will rent their
available haystacks to aero clubs.
A Texas town has passed an ordi
nance allowing only legless men to
sell peanuts on the streets. Evidently
the town is controlled by surgeons.
In the past six months the plague
killed 650,000 people : in India and
nothing remarkable is considered to
have occurred. The world Is not
shocked.
A Bostonese person went craxy
with the heat and tried to give away
money.. The fact that "he failed leads
us to suspect that the money was
counterfeit -
A practical Joker in Iowa Is being
sued by a victim whom he presented
with - a loaded cigar. We hope his
acute sense of humor will enable him
to see the Joke.
A Missouri Judge rules that a man
Is at liberty to spank his wife. Like
wise a man is at liberty to wallop a
lioness on the nose if he feels that
way. v .
' Dentists say that a good brush and
water are all that are necessary for
the care of the teeth. This will not
itop pretty actresses from giving
milling testimonials for powders, how
ever. .
The first woman aviator has been
licensed in America. Though woman
has long been declared by American
gallantry to be an angel, this is the
Brst time she has been allowed offi
cially to fly. - .
It is too bad that' the enthusiasm of
the souvenir hunters who dug up with
their hands the first earth turned for
New York's new subway could not
save been continued until the tunnel
was completed.
The British admiralty reports the
discovery of a new way of making
armor plate that will be from 15 to 20
per cent tougher. This, if true, puts
an onus on the projectile makers to
produce one that will pierce that
much tougher armor.
Electric cars in Los Angeles will
have mirrors placed in their end to in
duce women to -step oft the cars
"front face." The company mar think
this a brilliant idea until the lady pas-
sengers wrecu the time schedules see
ing if their hats are on straight and
too much powder isn't showing on
their noses.
Criminal tactics keep pace with
scientific thief-taking and sometimes
gallop ahead. Blue-ribbon exnerta in
a recent robbery of a Jeweler's safe
wore kid glqves so no incriminating
auger-prims coma ce ieit behind.
A Connecticut town refused a
tfan of money tor the town hnii
-ause the donor ' Stipulated there
inould oe no aancmg or other amuse
ment in the hall, which Was to ho ubaV
is a town building. The blue-laws
Ipirit of New England In that legality.
it least, perceimuiy on tne wane.
sPAtiisH. ships i CHECKING BILLS
SPECULATION A3 TO THE VALUE
OF THE HULKS OF SPANISH
WAR VESSELS BURNED.
ARE GOOD OHLV'AS JUNK
Secretary Knox . Declares;' Spanish
Wrecks In Santiago Harbor Be
long to United States. . '
Santiago de Cuba.-fPresldent Taft's
recent message " to congress asking
that it be determined whether the
Spanish men-of-war sunk in the bat
tle of Santiago : thirteen years ago
should be given? away and Secretary
Knox's opinion that the wrecks belong
to the United - States, have revived
speculation here as to the possibility
of refloating 'the ships. Engtfieers who
have studied the location of the three
battleships and two torpedo boats are
of the opinion that their salvage is
practicable and would warrant the ex
pense of saving the hulks.
' Seven . miles west of the narrow
mouth of Santiago harbor Ilea the
first of Cervera's battleships, the Al
mirante Oquendo. She is beached, in
the breakers of Juan Gonzales, with
about one-third of the hulk visible.
Long ago she was stripped, of every
portable article by wreckers who
braved a watery grave for the prizes
she was reputed to have held. They
took everything they could pry loose,
including, report has it mary thou
sands of golden coins from the ship's
safe. Recent inspection has shown
that the Almlrante Oquendo was sack
ed even of the rivets which held her
fixtures in place. ,
Admiral Cervera's battleship, the
Vizcaya, lies 8 miles further down the
rocky coast as much a victim to the
depredations of ocean Junkmen as the
Oquendo. A third of her form breaks
he land line, and. it is 'believed there
would be comparatively little diffi
culty in recovering her, although she
would be worthless, it is thought as
a vessel of war.
At Rio Torquino, 48 miles from this
city, is the Cristobal Colon. The Colon
has been preserved from the hand of
the vandal by four, fathoms of water
above her. Locked in her safe there
s saldto be a large amount or mon
ey; aboard her nothing has been dis
turbed since she was silenced by the
American guns and run ashore to pre
vent her capture. The water is com
paratively deep at the point where she
ies submerged, and the land rises ab
ruptly from the sea, a sheer precipice
of considerable proportions. Her sal
vage would probably be, the most dif
ficult of the three, engineers assert
The history of the fourth vessel, of
the fleet the Infanta Maria Teresa,
s well known. She was floated by
Lieut Richmond P. Hobson of MerVi
mac fame, and lost In tow of an Amer-
can war, vessel when on her -way. to
an American port during a squall joff
Cat Island in the West Indies. Engl
neers have decreed her unworthy of a
second attempt at salvage.
The two secondary vessels of Ad
miral Cervera's fleet the torpedo
boats Furor and Pluton, lie submerged
not far from the harbor entrance. The
safe of the Pluton and easily portable
articles from her deck and cabins
have been recovered. The Furor is
still undisturbed. Both lie in compar
atively shallow water.
Southern Lawyers Angry.
Boston, Mass. Southern members
of the American Bar association are
threatening to secede unless William
H. Lewis, tha negro United States dis
trict 'attorney at Boston, ceases to be
a member of the organization. Lewis
has been told of the attitude of the
Southern members, but he has no in
dention of resigning, he declares. Col.
Alexander Troy of Montgomery, Ala.,
who thinks Lewis should be put out
of the association, said: "I feel so
deeply on the subject that I cannot
trust myself to be quoted, exoept to
say that the proposition before the
American Bar association looks to me
to be that if they keep its negro it
will lose a thousand members
throughout the South.
Farmer Killed in Race Riot
Durant, Okla. Horace , Gibbs, a
white farmer, was killed inja. battle
between five white men and five ne
groes near Caddo. The white men
declare they were' fired upon while
passsing the home of a negro'named
Daniels, while the negroes say" .that
the whites threw a stick of dynamite
at the hut and commenced firing. Feel
ing against the negroes is bitter and
further race trouble Is feared. A
stick of dynamite With' the fuse part
ly burned was found near the nut.
Treaty-Making Pcwer Attacked.
Washington. One of the most seri
ous attacks ever made upon the treaty
making power' of the United States
will mark the opening of the cominng
term of the ' Supreme court of the
United States next month. The Ital
ian government, through Its consul
general On the Pacific coast, will ar
gue that the United States possesses
broad enough" treaty-making-power to
deal with, the settlement of estates
of foreigners who die in this country
without leaving wills.
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UNION SAYS HOLD COTTON
Scuth Should Be- Abundantly Able to
Finance and Handle Its Own
"' ' Crop. - ' .
Union City, Ga. National President
Charles S. Barrett of the Farmers
union made his first official expression
regarding the attitude of that big or
ganization In the battle that is com
ing this fall to maintain the price of
cotton at a proper leveL
"The Farmers' union," says Presi
dent Barrett, "issues an invitation to
the entire South - to co-operate with it
In saving to this section many million
dollars on the cotton crop of 1911-12.
It is the banker, the smallest citizen,
no less 'than the farmer, to figure the
difference between 8 or 9-cent cotton
and 13 or 14-cent cotton. The fight
we are going to win is not alone in
behalf of the farmer. It is waged in
the interest of the Southern business
world, as a whole. To that degree, it
Is not only the duty, but the indi
vidual profit of every element In the
Southern states to Join hands with the
Farmers' union, - to - the end that the
powerful machinery of this organiza
tion may.be brought to bear with coo
plete success upon the present situa
tion. C
"To the farmer, whether or not a
member of the Farmers' union, my im
perative advice is 'hold your cotton!'
It is worth Infinitely more than the
price now quoted. You shouldfirst go
to hold. Your own banker knows you
debt, and borrow sufficient , money,
with cojton as collateral, to enable you
to hold. Your own banker knows you
best, and it is to his Interest to aid
you in the fight Should he fall you
and I don't think he will you an de
pend on us for assistance.
"The Farmers' union . does not In
tend that a clique of bear gamblers or
domestic and foreign spinners shall
combine to dictate the price of our
product, or to rob the section of a tre
mendous sum of money. It is for the
South v we are working. Now is the
time for every Southerner to prove his
business insight, and it is not the
time for hypocritical pretensions. It
Is a cold matter of dollars and cents.
If the fanner suffers, the business
man, every business interest, suffers
along with him.
"The South ought to be abundantly
able to finance and hold its own prin-
should be a matter of pride, as well
as of common sense. Practical men
realize that the cotton crop of the
opening season will not be nearly so
large as it has been reported. We,
who have investigated, know that
there will be a demand, at a fair price,
for every pound of the staple produced.
The main thing is for the . fanner,
large or small, organized and unorgan
ized, to get together and. resolve that
he will not be cheated out of the re
sult of his! toil.
L
$5,000,000 School for Alabama.
Nashville; Tenn.Ragland, Ala., will
get the five million dollar industrial
school for white children which is to
be' established by the Southern bu
reau of education with' funds to be
given, It Is said, by Rockefeller, the
Russell Sage foundation, Mrs. E. W.
Harrlman and others. This was de
cided at a meeting in Nashville of the
board of directors of the bureau. Rag
land offered a five thousand acre site,
Champ Clark Roasts Taft.
Quincy, 111. Champ Clark, speaker
of the national house of representa
tives, . replied to President Taft's
speech delivered at Hamilton, Mass.
The speaker accused the president of
not stating facts. He said he did not
reply for the Insurgent Republicans,
who. "no doubt, will take up the cud
gels In their own behalf." He declar
ed that if the tariff board is to be
used as a pretext for delaying tariff
revision downward, the Democrats will
cut eft its supplies.
. . To Consider Cotton Bills.
New Orleans. A meeting of South
ern bankers, cotton brokers and oth
ers interested in the handling of cot
ton was called by the bills of lading
committee of the New Orleans cotton
exchange, to be held in New Orleans,
September 15, to consider the Liver
pool plan for the validation of bills
of lading. Practically all the cotton
exchanges have expressed disapproval
of , the Liverpool plan of establishing
a central bureau of validation in New
York.
Cotton crop shows loss
PROP OF SLIGHTLY OVER 14
POINTS SHOWN DURING
I MONTH OF AUGUST.
Severe Droughts, Hot Winds and
r Worms. Responsible for the
I' Heavy Drop.
tr: - :
New York. According to 1,900 re
plies of special correspondents of the
Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin bearing ' an average mall
$ate of August 23,-24 percentage con
dition of cotton' was on that date 72,6,
as compared with 86.9 a month ago.
This compares with 70.7 per cent
test year, 66 per cent in 1909, 78.1
per cent in 1908 and 73.9 in 1907. The
ten year average is 73.9 per cent, and
the loss of 14.8 points during the
month of - August is the greatest in
that month in the past ten years. The
most important declines occurred in
Texas and Oklahoma, respectively,
21.4 points and 19.1, where severe
droughts and hot winds and worms
caused heavy shedding. .
jjWell Informed and conservative cor
respondents incline to the belief that
the ' deterioration shown in this
inonth's crop, reports has been un
duly . exaggerated,-consciously or un
consciously, by the active agitation in
the cotton belt against large crop es
timates. These returns must there
fore, be accepted accordingly; and due
allowance made for popular lies.
(Since the date of these mail advices
general rains have greatly relieved
conditions and considerably improve
ment is expected. Other heavy losses
occurred in Georgia, 10.9 points; Ala
bama, 12.8 points; Mississippi, 12.3
points; Louisiana, 14.8 points, and Ar
kansas, 15.6 -points.
THE CENTER OF POPULATION
Bloomingtonlndiana, Is Exact Center
'fH of Population.
: Washington. The center of popula
tion of the United States was an
nounced by Director of the Census
Durahd to be in the western part of
Bloomington, Monroe county, Indiana.
This is eight miles further west than
the, location announced July 17, when
Director Durand placed It 4 1-4 miles
south of Unionville, in the same
county.
grhe exact longitude of the center4
of'.population Is 86 degrees 32 minutes
and 20 seconds west, a difference of
9 seconds, or 8 miles, from the pre
vious announcement
Publicity Law Defective.
ijyashington. Primary election ex
penses statesments from Senators
Martin and Swanson of Virginia, the
first to be filed under the new public
ity! law that went Into effect August
19,f reached the office of Secretary
Bennett of the senate. In the ab
sence of Secretary Bennett officials
of his office declined to make them
public. Following this declination a
careful examination of the new pub
licity law resulted In the startling
disclosure that in the act presumed
to he most drastic, there is no re
quirement for publicity of the indi
vidual statements filed by candidates
fori the senate or the house
.i-,
I , Two New Battleships.
Washington. The two new battle
ships authorized by the, last naval
act! probably will be of 8,500 tons dis
placement, or the biggest war ves
sels in the world. The largest ships
so j far designed for the American
navy are the New York and Texas,
with a displacement of 27,000 tons
each, "and it became known only that
thejnavy department contemplated ex
ceeding thteir size. The new ships
will have heavier armor than ever be
fore, put on a battleship.
Madero Named by Acclamation?
, Mexico City. With no t dissenting
voice Francisco L Madero received
the nomination of the Progressive par
ty for president but Dr. Francisco
Vasquez, his old running mate and
erstwhile agent of the Revolution at
Washington, was grilled by partisans
of three other candidates for the vice
presidency. ' When the convention ad
journed no other man for the ' vice
presidency than Vasquez Gomez had
been c6nsidered. Madero's was the
only name presented. . - . -
AGREEMENT INTENDED TO SAFE-
. GUARD -COTTON . SHIPPING .
DOCUMENTS EFFECTIVE.
THE RAILROADS ADOPT PLAN
Liverpool Bill of Lading Validation
Scheme Oppoosed by Southern
Exchanges.
New York. The new agreement in
tended to safeguard cotton shipping
documents went into effect, and . the
central bureau provided for in that
agreement began its activities with
the backing of practically all the cotton-carrying
railroads, it was announc
ed here by the Liverpool cotton bills
of lading conference committee in a
statement which explained the plan
adopted, and answered various criti
cisms. The committee says it issued
the statement "in order to . clear up
any misapprehension that may have
arisen from recent newspaper com
ment especially in the South, and to
make clear the ends to which the
committee has been working. The
statement refers to the safeguarding
previously of ocean bills of lading.
New Orleans, La. Not until the
New Orleans conference of represen
tatives of Southern exchanges, com
mercial organizations, bankers and
others v interested in the handling oi
cotton takes place, September 18, un
der the auspices of -.the New Orleans
cotton exchange, is any action expect
ed concerning the Liverpool bills oi
lading validation scheme which ' hag
just become effective.
The central bureau plan has been
vigorously opposed by every South
ern exchange in strong resolutions,
and although this plan became effect
ive, members of the local exchange
and exporters declare that they will
continue to transact business with
their foreign connections ..under th
same 'conditions prevaiHngimce the
inauguration of cotton trading with
Europe.
LAWYERS DRAW COLOR LINE
Baristers Oppose Admittance of Ne
gro Lewis to Bar Association.
Boston. When a considerable num
ber of members in the American Bai
association learned that in admitting
William H. Lewis of Boston to mem
bership, they had admitted a negro,
there , came a storm of protest and
several threats to resign were made
unless tLe wis drops out voluntarily oi
otherwise. .
The-Boston negro was. proposed foi
membership by the local branch ol
the association and elected 4n due
course. It was not then known by
the Southern members that he was a
negro.
Lewis was recently appointed assist
ant United States attorney general by
President Taft
Gen. Peter W. " Meldrim of Savan
nah, speaking for himself and others
of his territory, said: "I think that
Lewis-Is a respectable man but he is
not the person a man and his wife
fvould receive In their homes. I don't
think Lewis the kind of man who
would thrust himself upon any per
son. I know that some of my New
England friends feel the same way
about the situation as I do."
Boston. William H. Lewis, the as
sistant attorney general of the United
States, declared that he would not re
sign his membership in the American
Bar association, to which he was elect
ed, notwithstanding certain Sotfthern
members of the society expressed
themselves strongly against the ad
misssion of the Boston negro
No Recognition for Federation.
Chicago. C. H. Markham. president
of the Illinois Central railroad, took a
hand in the conference with union
representatives; in which the men
seek to induce the road to recognize
the newly-organized federation. He
apparently was unwilling to .recede
from the road's previous stand of
treating only with the representatives
of the unions involved. The labor men
here let it be known that their future
action will depend upon , the instruc
tions they receive from Hheir presi
dents.
I Peace Coming, Says Taft
Boston, Mass. "Arbitration of dis
putes between nations is coming slow
ly but surely coming," said President
Taft in his address before the Amer
ican Bar association. The president
briefly reviewed the proposed general
arbitration treaties with Great Brit
ain and France, and made it plain that
in his opinion the objections made to
the , treaties were invalid. 4 President
Taft declared emphatically that there
is room for improvement In procedure '
In the Federal courts.
Mack Presents Name of Dlx. ' '
Buffalo, N. Y. Chairman Norman E.
Mack of the Democratic national com
mittee presents Gov. John A. Dix of
New York, as a JPemocratlc presiden
tial possibility. Governor Dix is the
fifth prominent Democrat to be
brought forward by Chairman Mack in
a series of articles on v Democratic
presidential possibilities. The others
are: Governor Harmon of Ohio, Gov
ernor Wilson of New Jersey, Gover
nor aMrsnall of Indiana and Governor
Foss of 'Massachusetts,
KILLED III St
THERE WERE FORTY OTHgo .
""ED N ERIE, pENN5Y
VANIA COLLISION.
ENGINEER LOSES HIS
Two Passengers Killed, a Hobo
Number Iniurer i a....
and,
- cuaent That
Was Caused by Collision of Fpelft
and Passenger Train.
Erie, Pa. Four are dead
least forty injured, as the rett
the wreck of the Erie & P- 01
passenger train No. 201 The
occurred at Dock Junction, 4 IT
west of this city, and came a
suit of a collision between the !"
Pittsburg train and a Lake 2k
freiarht that hvi cno
to allow the passenger train to 1
through. The wreck occurred
the passenger train was runnin thi
minutes behind its schedule y
The dead are: John S. Jcnes ensri
neer, of West Tenth street, Erie'- Firt
-man, name unknown; Tramp, 'r.
on train; Unknown passenger il
smoker.
A telephone message was received
here for every available ambulant
and physiciansr A relief train waj
also hurried to the scene of the dig.
aster and by this time the entire train
was a mass of flames. The four dead
had been pinned under the wreckage
and at last report their bodies had not
been recovered.
Nineteen injured have been receiy.
ed at the city hospitals up to last re
port and more are yet to come from
the wreck.
According to reports in railroad
circles Engineer Jones, who was in
charge of the passenger, disregarded
a red light and this was the cause of
the collision. He was running thirty
minutes behind bis schedule and waj
endeavoring to make up some of the
lost time when the accident occurred.
The smoking car was turned half
over and the injured crawled through
the broken windows. Those of the
passengers who had escaped uninjur-:
ed rushed to the assistance of those
less fortunate. The fire on the cars
was extinguished before they were
completely burned. 6
Kills Sweetheart and Himself.
Quoque, N. Y. Miss KatherineFaj
Wyck, 19 years old, a niece of forma
Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck, an4 ol
Supreme Court Justice Augustus Van
Wyck, while walking on the seashore
was shot and killed by William A.
Childs, Jr., the son of a wealthy re
tired dealer in electrical supplies
After killing the young woman Childs
shot and killed himself. Childs had
been attentive to Miss Van Wyck.
Both were walking on the beach when
Childs suddenly drew a revolver and
began - shooting. It is supposed Miss
Van Wyck failed to reciprocate Childs'
attentions. Before bystanders could
reach the couple, Miss Van Wyck was
dead and ' Childs was dying. The
young woman's family, which is prom
inent in Brooklyn, has a cottage here.
Winners of State Tournament Shoot
Lynchburg, Va. At the twelfth an
nual tournament of the Virginia Trap
shooters Association here a Lyncbburf
team consisting of Fox, Daniel, Win
free, Fisher and Dennis won the State
team championship, breaking 225 out
of 250 targets. Lester German of
Aberdeen, Md., made the best score
for the professional shooters, breaking
145 out of 150, and Dr. Richards of
Roanoke led the amateurs with a re
cord of 140 out of 150 targets. Th
shot in near future,
state individual championship will M
Refuse to Meet Representatives.
Chicago. President Markham oi
the Illinois Central Railroad ended
hopes of an immediate settlement or
the labor difficulties of the road W
directing a letter to . F. Kramer, sec
retary of the International BlacK
smith's Union, refusing to meet tn
represeentatives of the Federate"
Shop Employes as had been requested-
Labor Day Was a Failure.
New York. Despite ideal weather
Labor Day failed to draw the expects
number of marchers into the proce
sion. Conservative estimates of w
number in line were 40,000 of whom
perhaps '1,000 were women. The
Namara case was prominently rei
ed to. A majority of all banners an
transparencies of the parade were
praise of J. J. McNamara, who is
der arrest for alleged connection w
the wrecking of the plant f tn
Angeles Times. Detective W. J- u
came in for candemnation.
u m-... v-l- athletics Win-
' . no MCT
.Baltimore. The senior eight".
shell race proved to be the pre
event; of the Middle states rega
.which was decided over the one-m
Spring Gardens course here.
New York Athletic Club, rwinBVeS.
superb form, won the race, wit a
per Boa Club of Philadelphia
Rowing Club of Baltimore and Aru
Boat Club of Baltimore ""Lrf
the order named. The New Yor
clock-like stroke carried them uu
lead at the quarter-mile.