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THE * DAILY PRESS is t only newspaper published Newport Newa that recelvea t full newa service of the Asi elated Press VOL. XV. NO. 207. SAYS ASCENDANCY ~~ 0FT.R.DANGER0?S William Barnes Scores Course Pursued by Former Presi? dent in Statement. DECLARES COUNTRY IS IN GRIP OF HYSTERIA Republican State Committeeman Sounds Note of Warning Against People Following the Preaching of Former President?Heaps Criticism Upon Attack on Supreme Court. (By Associated PresO NEW YORK. Sept. 2?William Ilarncs, Jr . Republican state commit teem;in and leader of Albany, issued a sta:enient tonight in which he de? clares that "hysteria has rag not throughout this county." and that the question to be decided at the coming Republican state convention at Sara? toga is "whether the Republican putty will fight the disease or succumb in the interests of pcliticians seeking offlrc or tem|>orary acclaim." * The chatacter of the recent .'"l dresses of Theodore Roosevelt in the West, Mr. Harms says, has startled all thoughtful men and Impressed them with the frigh'ful danger which lies in his political ascendancy." Hia Talk with Colonel. When he talked with Ce'onel Roose? velt after the meeting which selected Vice-President Sherman as temporary chairman of the convention over the colonel and learned his attiude toward ' public ma'ters," Mr. Harnes says, he told the former president that he never could have voted for him. Mr Barnes' statement in part says: "At the coming convention it will be determined whether the Republican party of this state, officially, through its chosen tepresentatives in oonven t:on intends to bow its fiead to th" political agitation of the hour, which is the caitse of the palsy overhnngtng the business world today, or will s and firmly and in unmistakable terms by its rock-ribbed conservative principles which Slave, when, it is in power, given confidence to the wotld and en? couraged enterprise. Criticiaea Attack on Court. 'The recent attack upon the Su? preme Court of the tlni'ed State? by a keen witted and aspiring citizen, could not have been made without a purposo*))Vell thought out. It was nn ap|>eal to passion. If this appeal against judicial decision.- is popular and ? not rebuked, there is no rcson whatsoever, if a direct primary Itw should be enae'ed in this state, that candidates for judicial offices, com ?pelled to run the gauntlett of a dis? trict rr state-wide primary, would not. in order to appeal to the temporary sentiments of the moment, declare In adance ihcir attitude upon matters which would come before them for judicial review. Instead of men of long legal experience and Judicial training, there would be candldaf?--. fcr the bench from lawyers who would not hesitate to make that kind of ap? peal to the people which would be a disgrace to their profession." FLORIDA NEGRO MAN AND WOMAN LYNCHED Pair Charged With Shoot ing Officer While Attempt? ing to Make Arrest. rBy Aswncnf--; Mass) C.RACKVH.IjK. K1.A. Sept. 2 ? Dangling from a tre*i|e just outside the tewn this morning were found the body of Brl Christian, a negro, chirg ed wth shooting-Depn'v Sh?<-itf AI le.i Rums and Haiti* Bowman, a ne? groes, who had heen arrested < a ?a? charge of being Implicated in the crime The near"** were taken from the lornl jail lest night hy a moh whfB Had ll'tle tronhle in overpowering '-e guards ^ Several devs ago a warrant was swors out for Christian charging him with theft of a watch from a local phyatctaa Whw? OfA-wc B iras. er com pen led by the phvaletan. went to fhrtaflan'? h"m<- to make the arrest, ate call for enrtstmn m mw oat was greeted from within hy a voile, of .rants one hnlVt .frisking Boras In the trees! and aim Iber ia lbs arm His ronditiOB is roasidered rrf'irai As soon as the physulan spread f the no?8 posses wer?' organized to BBHWW Christ ian, but he had made gcod his escape. The howiD/jn wofan. however, was (diced in Jail s'.ispectcdaof haviux had hand In the slio< ting of the officer. I<atc yesterday Christian was brought back here from Itothan, Ala., when he was captured. H?- and the How man Mam were led from the Jail with ropes atound their necks, but n<> cVorls were made to ascertain last night what the mob did with them The coroner's verdict was that the Degrees met death "at the hand's ol ] unknown parties." Clash Over Freight Rates. (By AaaacJaaai haart CHICAGO, ILLS.,? Sept. 2 ? Fre ' qiH'tit clashes bat VMM attorneys RMTj ' the railroads and those for tiie ship |>ers. milked today's hearing before, the examiners for the leteMtata Com ,' metre Commission over ti.e proposed advance of freight ra*? s on certain, C( inodities Woman Poison Herself. (Ry Associated I'tvstO AMBRICU8, HA., Sept.. 2.?Mrs. C A. Parker, Of Hlacksville, S. C . who has been under the treatment of a physician because of ber mental con? dition, suddenly seized a bottle of poi-' son at the home of a relative here to-, day and drank its contents. She died In a few minutes. Her family is prom? inent lu re and in South Carolina. FIREWORKS KILL MANY Number of Deaths from July Fourth Celebration^ [LESS ACCIDEiNIS FOR 1910 - American Medical Association Makes! Public Statistics Showing 37.52b Persons Were Injured oH?lndepen-i dence Day for Pant Eight Years, | - (By Associated Press). CHICAGO. ILL.. Sept. i.?Although the list of deaths and accidents due' to the celebration of the Fourth of I July la appalling, the "sane" observ? ance of the day this year snows ? notable improvement in this respect., according to stafstics compared by the Journal of the American Medical' Association which were made public, here today. The summary shows: Toll for 191Q. Two thousand, nine hundred and twenty-three i>ersons were /njured July 4 this vcar. of which 131 died. Sixty-seven neaths were due to te? tanus; 1!? were killed outright by fire ' arms; 11 by explosions of iiowdcr. bombs or tor|<cdoes; six by cannon or similar contrivan?-es. while 26, most . 1> little girls, were burned to death by tiro from fireworks. Startling as is this showing, it is; the best since CMC. when the Journal began keeping Its record. In I!W3.! 4.4!!? persons were injured, of which j 466 lost their lives. 4<?6 of them dying j from tetanus The grand total for eight years, shows that 37..".26 persons have been injured in Independence l?ay celebra I Hons. Of these UMa died. 6"4 as the direct result of their injuries and | I 9HS from tetanus following injuries, j 72 Cases of Lock jaw The detailed ficuri s for 1?1" show i 72 oases of lock jaw. 67 of which were 1 fatal; 7 |?ersos lost their sight; 33, lost one eye: 2.", Inet arms, legs or [hands and 114 lost their fingers. The j [decrease from 1!??3 to 1*1? is dire toj more intelligent methods of celebra -j [ Don. 'he most marked decri-a.-c re? curring in states where the agitation lor restrictive measures was most I ntgent. VERDICT IS SUICIDE Jury Pa?.?es On Death of Young Lady linder Richmond Street Car. RICHMOND. VA . Sept 1? Thi* Mi?s K. Muriel Keith was a suiridi was the v?-rdict of the. Jury that ? ? x4 ? he testimony at the inqoont coodnl ed by Coroner W. A. Deaa in OV: I Henrico county court honet this h: Itemonn. ^ J Miss Keith wa* the ??'im stern*. I raphrr who threw herself In /Irani of I a K.'htnond and I 'v-ipaar Bar I Company car at Wr*; wong* land the Brook mm pike morning after wrntnc a nlbSr fn I Manager Mark U?vd of h. Vital*.< State Fair Association, her sMpiafer Iba* she was determined *? mfrnt her life The imprest was begwn Te?terdsv and sdjo?irned until noon today. TVhen It wa* reopened ''oritw Dm* waa assisted by F. K<rk Maineraa, vmr ernaawvawealth ? attorney B'"k st?:emewt Celles inv AwM-usee sr^s?) Washington d. r.. The 'oniptr?Sler of the cur en. < da? called upon naMr?I Bank? for *\ statement of tbafr ceBfRfkm at XKWPOKTNEWj CORRUPTION MAKES COLONEL ASHAMED Roosevelt Talks to Omaha Peo? ple About Bad Reports Going Abiuad. PAYS HIS RESPECTS JO THE IOLE WEALTHY Foimer President Speaks to Cheering Thousands on Worthless Multi-mil lionaires, Lynchings and Graft Scan dal in United States Being Relished by Reactionaries in Europe. (By Asm.k-i iti j Fnae) OMAHA. NKH. Sept t The **9> pie ol Omaha gave Theodore Roose? velt a day of comparative rest today. All thai he did was attend a bieak fast given by :hc Roosevelt rece|ition rtimmUtl a. a luncheon at the Kiold flub, a dineur at the Omaha Club, and entertainment given by the board of governois of the Ak-Sar-Ren, w hich is the official Boomer's Club of Oma? ha, take an aufom< bile ride, make three spcechea, and talk with number less |k)lit|cal lead era and old Iriends whom he met hete. The colonel f< und !ime dur'ng the day to speak a good word for b%bA tor Iturkett, who is in the midst of a spirited campaign for re-election The people of Omaha did not turn rut in sitch numbers as was the ease in several other cities which Colonel Roosevelt visited on his political trip. The auditorium was janmjed and the crowd in 'he street outsije was so great that Colonel Roosevelt had to use the tactics of a football player to get through the throng to his automo? bile. Colonel Roosevelt said that there is a chance here for he average man rtich as there is not anywhere else. There is no place in the world, be pointed out. where the man who does get to the top has a chance to lead a li.e so attractive and full of interest in every way as in this cf antry. Believer in Work. "Of course if a man desires only to lead a life of pleasure tha' is not a good country for ? he continued. "There is no good country for it any? where for the simple leason that ot all dismal tBJCSra the most dismal, the most empty, the least worth living fttni any stand|>oint. is the career of the man who soriouslv devotes him? self as his sole object to pleasure. "Kirst, to devote themselves to pleasure as the sole oajeej of life. i? the surest way not to get it. Any man afiove that b west strata, above the man merely seeking pl-asuro and enjoyment ein find h're as nowhere else an opportunity to help woik out the great problems of the future and any man who is worth his salt ought to feel 'he most supreme pleasure r-ver 'he fact that he is given the op? portunity to turn his hand to help work out^ these problems Wcrld Watching America. "Everywhere I went abroad I was interested in finding tha? the lea-ting statesmen in the various countries were watching us and locking at what we were doing and wete considering the methods we had tned to solve, the d:fferenf problems before us. They said that they seie interested in as be nise the things we were doing to? day were the thinss they would have ,? do iom-?rr> w o- the day after You are the pioneers in solving social problems in America and lor the ? hole wot Id. R ?< for yon to solve there problems in thr- spirit of democ? racy I need net say that that lm po.es a grave respi nsibility on us Two other thincs imprnss. d mf rinr w.a. that the ordinary msn. the man to whom life was pre'ty bard, war Wiohing to us to realise the pos? sibility of happinoss on earth The man who s-ilfers injustice ta lor king towaid this coiintrT as the place |n wh-eh he would he free'from the presewxe of much in Ju-di-e^a* '** art.r. the ordinary mat cattM have a chance In Hie Respects to Richea Theie i* another *ide to this pie -e Kverywbe'e I went there was a - ? rtals astonishment m!**4 with a # .ch ?es?, nleanlne- fe?dln? orrr the m .lints of twines* corrtiplioti is America I think row probably will sr. rw of aSy arrst admlra'iein ot tAr *T>ere mnli' millionaires at bowse Res i l?k> him eren less abroad I WStr to eaR ynwr ?t'ew'Wti 'bat I kms. said the mere awtaM-eMeVoaniro Twet are g'"*t men in everv walk eg yv ?ad *he man who Is a good Ami m. wbe. has done s detv and fees a cieat fortes*, ia entitled te Ikeart) ressw? and It ia anwrwiby at >. VA,. SAT UK DAY, any oh to^deny hhu ir he dwtrfli It i "I am speaking of ihi ?.um > Uss ?>l ' mutt I millionaire!* of ?In m it was said f.QBa yearn BSD that it ?.is more dilti cult for ?tliem to gel to heaven than l< r a camel to get through the eye of a needle. It I? rich men who trusts to his riches that I am speaking of. the rflulti millionaire, win so mole "tie to disiinctton la the tad that he is a tu 11 Itt millionaire. "Such a one Is a poor citizen and is an ehjeetlonahle American exhibit abroad I was always ashamed when I saw that type of man a -copied abroad as the typical American oad I f.ll even mote ashamed when thinga happened here which gave the im- , preeaioa abroad that < irruption In baateeaa, in politics and lawlessness ami brutal rice obtained here more than hi > did in any other country. Blow, at Democracy. "Every active pel I apt U rj in our bus- . iaaaa or political Ma and acts <>t vio? lence bv a mob is a blow at demo racy: it Is a blow at aclf-government. The mob in lyn.-hing a criminal puts Itaetl on tbe same level of Infamy that the criminal stand- on. The big I man of business who swindles the pub I He or debauches a legislator, tbe I grafting politician who blackmails a corporation all are ?enemies of de j niocracy and self-gerei nraont. Re I ports of such corruption and lawless-! I noss l.-ing j''v <o the lu^rt of everyi reactlenaty in Kurope who wants to see telf government fa I. and who Is glad H see that government by the people on a large scale cannot be a success." He apdke on (he med of honesty in |>olltics and private life. THINKS TRAIN ON RRE: LEAPS It fell DEATH Young Woman lightened by Passing Through C. & 0. Tunnel Near Staunton. STAUNTON, VA,, Sept. 2?Think ing that she was In a burning car. Virginia Koncoil, a pretty Italian im? migrant. enroute*to Cleveland. O.. jumpi d from Cm-sai-- ake and Ohio train No. II. at an early hour today, while the train was passing through Blue Ridge tunnel, twelve miles east of Staunton. and her body was man gled frightfully, death resulting im? mediately. Smoke got into the train through tbe transom and the girl, evidently Barer having passed through a tunnel before, thought th? train was afire, limiting an exit and finding none, she dropped down be? tween the vi Ptfbnle and the express car and was ground to pieces. Her father, mother and sister stopped a' Basic City to care for the remains, and will go on to Ohio this evening. M. i. Dunn. Cho^efiieakc and Ohio claim agent, is now on the sc? ne. ar? ranging for the removal of the body. The girl was only nineteen years old The father and Botbef of tin girl are prostrated over the death of their daughter. ORDERS PROBE MADE IN STREET CAR STRIKE i Governor Harmon Wants Dis? orders in Columbus Immed? iately InvTotigattd. fBy A?w? lated Preast COI.ITMRDS. OHIO. Sept. 2.?Gov crnot Harmon. i>\ k "er today, called ti!>nn Attorney ?eru-ral Deiiman to take np a grand j-iry prone of the Coi-imbus street car strike as be did ?n the grand |nij investigation of th?. Newark lynch ng Denman is now at l/ike l,ind. Mich. His aaaastaat said tonight that tke d? partaaerit ??? >ild begin the work as* soon a* Denman retained. Noth? ing can be dorn- l~ t? re the grand jury, however, the r< l.m of court be? ginning Septem?? r |;i f^>arernor Harmon also -?????] ,i 1 statement in whb k be derlined to call on the Cr,lumbi> railway A laght C? mpany t-> ?rt---tc the strike as recjulred t>v ?Va?- ahm fenders The governor c.v..- out a pror-l-ma t?nn in which h- 'c<-4 Ihe people ol .'he stale to at'-t he star,- fair nest I week assnrirg - -n of "perfect safe Tbe aearch f- UfradJ Strader. tbe swspi Wai dynan for whom re wh-wn rewards h been offered con ? inwed ?od?, ar ntgnt with'it* re rnlt. Stare be ?as Seed ai'm yew i terdav <i- "leriffs and t h- n eluded rapf-ir- have been no esrdosk-n* under (srs. In Ii 1- to Atlonev Genera! fvioi ? after referring to th. "le eond" ;< :i I existing at reini> 'eis Governor Har I rw.n direct- th tke grand Jnry I which has been imasofTed f- r 'be IPtk. raatant. aw ?aanaswtaie atten ? ten to th< ?lata of tke bj* abo I Save so >Unali- grerwd the city .PTKMBKH i 1910. VICTORY OF UNIONS ENDS SWEAT SHOPS Sreat Cloak-makers' Strike in New York is Broupt to Peaceful Close. SEVENTY THOUSAND AHL TO AUAIN TAKE UP WORK Counsel 'or Manufjcturera' Am cm ticn Issues Statement Admitting De? feat and Declaring In Favor of Or? ganized Labor?Total Losa In Wages Estimated at $10,000.000 (By Aasweaated rYaae| NKW YOKK. S*|it 2. The cloak i'iaki Tw' strike, one of the greatest IMaalllal disturbances in the history il American labor, was settled to night. Seventy thiuisaiid garment workers who have been Idle for nine week-, will shortly return to work. Ten thousand of them and those de? pendent on them .".n.ntm souls In all -were In point of eviction and hands have already been forced onto the streets. The industrial loss to em? ployer and employes has run hitch into the millions. In loss of wages * lone the total has tuen estimated at more than IIii.imiii.iumi. while the loss lo manufacturers. Jobbers and retail its. the coantry over has been com pitted at ten tunes that amount. In spite of the stupendous readjust ment Involved, the strike has been In the main, notable for its peaceful ness Julius Henry Cohen, counsel for Ihe manufacturers' association, de scribes the agreement signed by hin. and representatives of the strikers in this sentence: Victo% for Uniona. "No principle has been surrendered by the manufacturers, yet the union may truly claim they have won a great victory for their people. The manufacturers believe in the union and the principle that all who desire its benefits should share in its bur? dens." One essenl'al of this victory and ene important not only to the strlk-! grs. but to the nation at large, which; wears their output, is the abolition] of all contract work at home. Here? after garments made'in -Xew York will he manufacturi d under sanitary conditions There will be no morej sweat shops. The rock on which all previous ef? forts at mutual com illation have split has been the closed shop. That rock has now be n avoided by the ado|t tion of the "preferential union shop" idea, for ?li eh I>iuis I). Ilrandeis. of Boston, formerly counsel for Olavts. in the Pin.-hot Itallinger hearing, is sivon full credit. In the articb s of agreement the ide.-> is thus described: I "Each memlier of the manufactur? ers' association is to maintain a union shop, a onion shop boinn under? stood to ref? r to a shop where union standards as to working conditions, hours of labor and rates of wages prevail, and where, when hiring help, union men are preferred; if being re co.-i i/i d that, since there are difTer ence of degrees of skill, employe'3 shall have Ihe freedom of selecting as between one union man and an other and shall not be confined to any list, nor bound to follow any pre . rrlbod order whatever." Othir articles provide for these important |ioints: 1? Kleetrie power free. 2 No work at home. 3 Discipline of any manufacturer proved guilty of discrimination among his employes. 4? Six days' work a week and *. cash weekly i?iy dav. ?'? All subcontracting within shops abolished. 5?MM hours' work a day. flv" days a week and five hours the sixth day. ' -The price of piece work to be acreed upon hv a mmmlttoe of cm ployi s and tin ir cmplovers. ?> Itouhle pay for over tiaae. Mr. Cohen concludes bis ststemer.: with the fo'lowinr declaration, re rrarkahle for one tn his position: "Trad? * unions are not only neeea ?ary but must be guid'-d and ??renrth ened. I have not been fighting vrmr cnions; I have been fichting for what I holi"v.-d w r. ih<- richts guaranteed lv ihe laws of the country to m> clients. , "I want now to ex? end mv help to sfrenctheninc ?oor organisation and ?eourlng f^r if wi-c lcad< r-bip. I shall nrrc my client, to nee ever? U-sal T-ean. to that end. and 1 shell urge von on them s'ronejlv ?ha? es'h prewent empiove In their shops Join the union Y'mi mn?t help hv urging vour people to tv peaceable and Seiet It refnrninc to their work sad ti "?e?ftnc ?h'?se wh>. are nof now union men " The .ettiemewt of the .frlke avert ed a rrt?Hi la the ea?t side Thoti ?and* ewt or work the ro?rf* were swamped with awtnajnaai and facwi send* of weti>rj faced the prospect of being Mtfd'erlana,? es* COACHES ARE DERAILED; NARROW ESCAPE MADE Locomotives Leave Track and Three Cars Are Wreck id on New York Central, i Bj aJVaasassd 1n??? NKWTON. MASS, Spct | -Several hundred fmmm%P*IM N I ho noon ev pie+s from Boston to Sow York, ??n taw Beatea ami Albany division of ttM New York Central roail, had a mi racnlous escape with their lives. bMhaJ when Hie l(ln loeomotlvcs 1111(1 (oil I earn were derailed by an open switch 6a Ihe edge of the bridge beyond the I Nivcrsule station, toppling almost Into the chailc: river. Not more than In If a dozen persons w ere Injiiinl Ik' yond bruises Three of the four derailed cars were nearly demolished, the smoking ear. hi which wen- luoie than ft My persons. tataBMKBl at right angles the rail way mail coach, in which four clerks were pinned Population of Oyster Bay. iii v Asa misted l"isea) WASIIINU ION. I? C. Sept. 2. Oyster Hay. N. V. the home ol ex President Jtixiscw-ll. has a poptilation of 2I.M'2. as-against lfi.334 in 1 !????, an Increase of .'..4f.H. These figures Include Sea OMB Village, which ad Joins Oyster Hay. Nassau county. In which Oyster Hay is located, has a population of X.'?.!?30. as agninst .*.:..UK in 1?IH). KILLED IlT?UT? CRASH Joy Riders' Machines Collide Near Richmond. CHAUFFEURS ARE ARRESTED Drivers of ' Car*. Are Charged With Being Suf-pected of Murder and Are Held Under Bond for Trlai?Two Are Injured. RICHMOND. VA . Sept. 2?As the result of a Joy ride last night and this morning. II. M. Deputy, a travel ing sah smati of Philadelphia. llo< d? ad at Bennett's undertaking estab? lishment. J S. Hollingsworth, a mer chant of Payettesville. N. C, Is in a dying condition at the Johnston Willis HnBpltal. and Dr. R. H. Talbot. with a broken arm. is in the same hospital, though his condition Is not so serious. The. injuries were due to a collision of two autos and the chauffeurs. K. S. Burred atyl K. II. Jordan, are un? der arrest, chaged with being sus? pected of murder. They were in the Police Court this morning but Justice Crutchflcld turn cd '*e case over to the county au? thorities. L. O. Wendcnburg represents Mr. Ban rail and Oeorgc K. Wise ap|>ears fo - Mr. Jordan. Scene of Accident. The accident occurred about 0*2:31) o'clock this morning on Ihe Cary Street Road, just beyond the belt line. K-arlier In the nigh! Mr. Burrell. who is from I'harlote. N. C. invited a few friends to *ake a ride with him. and when all were together the partv was too large for Ms car. and it wa3 decided to hire a second auto. It was gotten from the Virginia Auto t'omwnv. II West Main street, and Mr. Jordan wen! a? chauffeur. [Mr. Burrell drove his own car. I In the car driven by Mr. Jordan were Messrs. Deputy. IfoWngsworth. Taibott and J. W. Ourric. of Kayette vllle, N. C. In the second wer* Messrs. Burrell. L O Ross and I. R McKessich Mr. Jordan sa-d this morning thai the road was very muddy and near toe bell line the other automobile, which was la the lead, slipped Inward 'be ditch at the side of the road Mr. Bnrrell turned It inward the m'rtdlc of the highway and was cinwe ing it diagonally when the second at chine ran into it. Leap from Autos. Messrs: Deputy. Ilollingswnrth and Talb*it leaped and the exa^t manner in which Mr. laepnty received his fa 'si injirles do?? not seem precisely knowr The first anto continued on its wa. . an,: Mr Burrell said this moral ?r. he bad no idea anyone was hart The dead man and the injured m >n ?"i< i laced in the aocond a??o an4 1.1e ight to Richmond, and Pot-reman Parley raw. the bod? of Mr. Ivp-.i ? l?etnt taken in'o Itenneft'a He 'rtmyri'd the mailer and Ihe ar r-.t< f ??lowed He snld this .norm - ? be dM not think Mr Burrell knew anything of anyone'* being hurt [ Mr. Bnrrell was much awrpriaM when arre?trd a! the Jefferson Hoi*! this morning at 4 n'etvw*. Mr. Jor (?an wa.? arre.icd carilee Tb. ?none.i wlfl he held la the tTfv Hall tomorrow at I* n'rWtctt. Shortl* liefore noon Magistrate I' ? >? ?? canted the teen hall ra fbe ktta of |:^? each Thorns* Ores baa went ni?>n Burretr? bond. P ?t aaT*>*M son that of Jordans. ! be pr?liminar? bearing wlB aw 9Baa tBaptambwr f4b. THE WEATHER. rtly cloudy Saturday and ay; moderate variable PRICK TWO CKNTft MEANS BID SAVING i I Atlantic Canal Chain is Dis? cussed at Convention of Waterways Association. CAN CARRY CUAL $1.50 CHEAPER TU NEW YORK Prominent Speakera at Gathering In Providence. R. I., ShcVv What Great Advantage Ii to ba Derived from Big Project to Connect Ftojlda With Maine. dty aaaaaetlii I Pveea) PROYIDENCK. R. I., Sept. 2? Af? ter listening to addresses by (Jover nor A. J. Potbter, of Hhodr Island; Governor M. E. Ansel, of HMi ''aro line; Conim.indcr Robert K.'Peary; Captain .1. C. Cantwell, of the I'nlted States revenue service, anil Congress? man Adln R. Capron. of Rhode la land, the third annual convent ion of the Atlantic Doc|ior Waterways" As? sociation^ adjourned after noon today. Governor Ginrge II. Prnuty, of Ver? mont, and eight officers of the armor? ed ?misers North Carolina and Mon? tana, were on the platform. This af? ternoon the visitors enjoyed the great condiment for which Rhode Island is Unions a clam bake--whlclr was the largest ever served under one roof In the State. Transportation Question. ." The great question of tfMapBfU tlon Is the question of today." said Covernor Ansel who made a brief s|>eech. After slating that /South Car i.Mna was very deeply interested In the movement and would do anything It could to help the project, the gov? ernor said: "We may not expect great things at once, but a little here and a 1 ittIn there and a little yonder will ulti? mately result in the consummation ot our desire. Go home and talk water? ways, write waterways and in every way urge waterways and the project soon will be accomplished." Captain J. C. Cantwell. of the rev? enue service, expressed his hearty ap? proval of the movement. Saving on Coal. The construction of canals, he said, would reduce the 1 ost of transporting coal from Norfolk to New York from $2 a ton to .".0 centv. Rarges. he said, are not only a degradation to every American seaman, but a menace to every vessel that plus the coast. Commander Peary, who was given a great re< option, spoke on "Difficul? ties of Arctic Navigation." A preliminary statement was re? ceived from the board of army engi? neers which Is surveying the proposed llos'on-KeyWest canal route, showing that the Seid work has been practi? cally completed rud *> i?er cent, of the maiis made so fliat a report t?l congress at Washington may be exl I c< ic .1 eafTy in the next session. TINS iN* COLLISION; TWO MEN ARE KILLED Engines are Wrecked in Crash on Pannsylvania Division of Erie Road. <Ry AaaorMteri Preasl SCR ANTON. PA. Sept. J ?Two trainmen vr? killed and several pas sengers Injured in a head on collision >>f passenger trams of the Pennsyl? vania division of the Erie Railroad this afternoon. The trams came to? rn her on a single track mar Lake Erie ? < The dead are Dan Smith, engi? neer, and John IV Miller, fireman, on the caxthonnd irate. Martin t arroli. "teatgacc master of the eswt bound train, is In a critical eendttion. his riba having been caved in by the crash wartet followed the colltstna. Engin*^ Smiths body was reeov ered. hut that of Fireman Mti'er la -til! under the wrerka?e. trains were loesU, this city and Haw lev. Pa Company onVtaHi any the wreck was due to disobedience of ec oVr? The ens no* were badly wreck? ed and the forward rnrs damaged Howors In RrRe Tournament. <*ty AJwnrtated Irian RCAGfRT. H. J. Rets 2?Honors in the Rriagw and in the aM-< at Sea yarda were captured hv r>s "crawlers*' In the ndt Ammaaveat to dav. the men from the tr.tfc ? nltad Siata* Infan'rv tshra> besh matebws The kevntone ma'cfe si tMn yards was won bv A. Tyro. W. stell Mills of Vans<nwarn N J w4V> n*e> Ike afee> n .ii?as I acors gf IT 1 seen atiew twite eve.