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EdBOGE T ARGU FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. XO. 2G0. i 1 THE ARGUS, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1909. TEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS, SUTTON'S DEATH EITHER AN ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE WELL AIMED SHOT LOWERS Beverly, Mass.--By Hank, I'm the Government for the Time Being FLAG OF GREECE IN CRETE ISLAND Naval Court of Inquiry Decides No Murder Was Committed. ALL DEAD MAN'S FAUL1 Relatives of Lieutenant Will Try to Get Congressional Inquiry. Washington, Aug. IS. The naval court of inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Sutton of the marine corps has found the officer came to his death either by accidental shooting or by suicide, but just which it was not able to determine. The court decided no possible charge of criminality lies against any of the participants in the fray, except Sutton himself, and he is directly and solely responsible for his own death, which was self inflicted, either intentionally or in an effort to shoot one of the per sons restraining him, and that his death was not caused by any ovher in jury whatever. I'onipnnioDM Censured. The court found that Lieutenants Utley, Evans and Willing had failed in their duties in not disarming Sut ton, but recommends, in view of their youth and inexperience, that no fur ther proceedings be taken. The court says that the charges of murder made by Mrs. Sutton are purely imaginary and unsupported by even a shadow of evidence, truth or reason. The ver dict was approved by the judge advo cate general of the navy and Acting Secretary of the Xavy Winthrop. Refune to Tnlk on Advice. Neither Mrs. Sutton nor her daugh ter, Mrs. Rose Sutton .Parker, would ray anything concerning the verdict, under advice of their lawyer, but it is certain they will bend every effort to have congress make an investigation of the case. . . - HEAT WAVE ENDS AT KANSAS CITY But There Were 10 Deaths Due tligh Temperature Within 12 Preceding Hours. to Kansas City, Aug. 18. With 10 deaths in Kansas City from heat in 12 hours up to this morning the torrid spell in this part of the southwest was broken. At nine o'clock the tempera ture W33 79. NEW OFFICERS FORC.H.&D. Show Control of Line by the Haiti more & Ohio. New York, Aug. IS. Preparations to take over control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway company AMERICANS PLAN INVASION OF Washington. Aug. 18. An Ameri- .--j.-.-si i .;r TnrkPv.the central portion of Asia Minor eeomct to be near Drobabili.y. The! department of state is in receipt of information to the effect that efforts are being made by various American enterprises to-obtain concessions in Turkeywhich, is successful, will in volve the outlay of a very consider able amount of capital for investment in the Ottoman empire. Since the promulgation of the con stitution. foreign capitalists have been keenly interested in endeavor ing to obtain a further share in the anticipated industrial awakening of Turkey. The lack of adequate facilities of communication, of transit, lighting, telephone plants, harbor and irriga tion works, gave reason to believe that the parliamentary government would be ready to remedy these de ' Sciences. The new regime, however, has not been so prompt in according the desired concessions. frlvaf 0-waernhIp Favored. The wave of nationalism which has ewept over the country has caused many to Relieve that the Turkish government should itself manage all enterprises, of a quasi-public nature, such' as railroads and telephones. Fortunately the new minister of fi nance, David Bey, a man of talent and financial ability, is averse to such government ownership. ' The minister of public works, in a program recently published, was y the Baltimore & Ohio I;ailroa.1 rompany were made today wr n new iffieerr, and directors of the former ompany were elected. Oscar ' Mur ay, president of the Jialtimon & Ohio ailway. was chosen c.hairmar of th- loard and William Cotter, if the Pere Marquette railw; lent. ssiden pre:-!- WANT SOLDIERS 0 DO POLICE UTY Peace Society Members Deplore Bos ton War Game as Mistaki' aiiJ KtI.css F.xpcnse. Mystic, Conn., Aug. 18. A ihe clos ing day of the 43d convent -n of the National Peace society -solutions were offered recommend' , that if soldiers murt be maintain i! they .e employed at police duty insii.'d.of kept in idleness, and deploring t le mimic war game now in progress in Mass achusetts as a mistake a'ui ueedlesj expense. President Taft uid Senator Root are among the vice presidents re-elected. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY FAILS Attack on Colorado H.b-1 Results , liadly for the Bandits. Colorado Springs, Colo.. Aug. IS. Two men early today, male an unsuc cessful attempt to rob the safe of the Clifi'e house at Manitou. !ames Mor row, day clerk, shot :md fatallv wounded one of the men, Edward Clark. The robbers escaif l, but weie captured later. Bank Robbers Get $1,500. Halleck. Minn., Aug. IV The Sta e bank of Karlstad was l.roken into early today. The robhrrs secured $1,500 in cash and escapl. DUMB; WRITES OF THEFT Paralyzed .Bank .Cashirr . Scribbles Word - Short" Took $10,000. Little Rock. Ark., Aug. 18.- "Short, ' scribbled It. K. Stevenson, cashier of the Rose City bank, who was stricken with paralysis last Thursday. The paper was picked up by Slev enson's wife, who kamifd it to the bank officials. .An investigation re sulted ' ' ,' ! Yesterday it was announced Stev enson's shortage will amount to $10, 000. Stevenson has not yet regained speech. THAW BACK TO THE ASYLUM Cheerful as He leaves Jail Mother Will Continue Ncur Him. White Plains. N. Y., An 18. Harry K. Thaw was taken from the county jail back to his old quarters in the Mattcawan asylum for the criminal in sane this afternoon. Tlmw appeared to be fairly- cheertul. His mother bore up well. She will move to Mat tf.iwan Friday. Rioting Again at McKees Rocks. Pittsburg, Aug. 18. Rioting again broke forth today at the plant of th-? Pressed : Steel Car company at Mc Kees Rocks One man was shot and a number of others injurfd. COMMERCIAL TURKISH EMPIRE anxious for a road to be built through from Angora, where the (German Anatolian railway now stops, to Van via Sivas and Harpoot. with trans verse branches to the Mediterranean where a port is contemplated, as well as to Diabekir and Mosoul. The original project of the Bagdad rail way was partly through this region An American compan is now en deavoring to get this concession. At present tne government appears to be favorably disposed to t Vis pro ject, which, if succesrfully Tried 6u would require the expenditi of more than $100,000,000. - Railroad Concession S c,t. Another American . conti y is en deavoring to get the con ion for building a railroad from A xandretta to Aleppo and thence to th headwat ers of the Euphrates. Still another American company endeavoring to obtain the telephone concession at Constantinople, either work It itself, wltn pisvision for its subsequent purchase j the govern ment, or else to insti, :he plant for the government. - 9 An electric compans-S also workin to obtain the telephone concession f I he entire Ottoman empire, as well as of Constantinople. The recognizei American freedom from political am 'jitions or desire for territorial a ?randizement at the expense of Tu key causes American enterprise to stand on a favorable footing jn coin parison with that of other powers. FOR T. R. POLICIES Chief Forester Pinchot Speaks at Trans-Mississippi Congress. WARMS OF FUTURE NEEDS .Meeting Likely to Take Up Matter of Itailroad Hate Discrimination in the West. Denver, Colo., Aug. IS. When the Trans-Mississippi congress opened to day -the roll of states was called for representation on the resolutions com mittee and following this a.i hour was devoted to the introduction of resol l- ions. Gifford Pinchot, chief forester. delivered a talk on "Commercial Con ervation" and John W. Noble, former secretary of the interior, spoke on Forest Preservation and That of Our Other National Resources." Arouse Enthusiasm. Pinchot, with a plea for the conserv ation of natural resources, based on he Roosevelt policies, provoked much enthusiasm among the delegates when he reiterated his stand taken at Spo kane for the protection of the natural forests. "It is folly," he said, "for us to say there is land in plenty and forests in plenty, when we know that our forests are being depleted far more swiftly than it is possible for us to reforest. Plenty Only for I'rmut, "We have forests in plenty for this generation and -perhaps for the next but in years to come there will be famine a-plenty if we do not at this time take a stitch in time. Conserva tion on the lines laid down by Roose velt will not only keep our present forests, but will give us lumber when we need it most. To save these for ests now may require much self-denial, but it will give the country resources in the years to come." West Must Do Work. Pinchot urged reclamation, and said it lies with the west to make fertile with its own labor the vast tracts that otherwise would be lost. le promised the aid of the government in every meritorious enterprise looking towards conservation. May Take t'p Kail Rates. Denver, Aug. 18. Coupled with the possibility of renewed hostilities be tween the Pinchot and Ballinger forces, the trans-Mississippi Commercial con gress, in session here, promises to be: come the battlefield of a fight for better rate regulation for the west. Assertion that the fight on railroad rates may break at any time and be come the predominant factor in the de liberations of the congress was mado SNOW DEEP AT JOHANNESBURG Johannesburg, Aug. 18. -The heaviest snow fall in many years oc curred here yesterday. Six inches had fallen at noon, and the storm is still in progress. Telegraph and tele phone service are badly disorganized and business almost suspended. The members of the stock exchange ceas ed business yesterday long enough to engage in a snowball battle. yesterday by Colonel Ike Pryor of San Antonio, Texas, chairman of the exe cutive committee. He declared Gal- eston anj Denver business men would bring on a resolution demanding an' quitauie revision or rail and ocean .-ates between New York and Denver. According to Colonel Pryor's state- I'.ent, the ocean rate between New Vcirk and Galveston has been, ' low enough to provide Denver shippers a.i incentive to bring their goods to tha Texas port for shipment over local ines to Denver, thus obtaining a re- luced rate. KbImp Itatr to Gnlvmton. It is now charged that the railways have increased the local rail rate be- wcen Galveston and Denver to a point where it is a matter of choice whethr ;oods are brought-viaocean or entirely by rail. Thomas F. Walsh and John. Barrett. lirector of the bureau of American lepublicF, were the principal speakers of the afternoon. Mr. Walsh made a plea for opening vast, tracts of western lands to the eastern farmer and the city-bred man. He believed that th'? answer to crowded tenements lies in the irrigation of the arid west. Talk Inxiiraoec. Insurance was the topic at the evei- tng session, and the principal address was delivered by Samuel Bosworth Smith of Chattanooga, Tenn., presi dent of the Ameiican Life. He said the people of the middle west and trans-Mississippi states paid in prem iums to life insurance companies $171.- Ofttl.000. He attacked the tax laws pro nosed by various states and particu larly the tax on corporation proposed bv President Taft. E. T. Campbell of St. Louis spoke on fire waste, and Thomas B. Love of Austin, Tex., spoke on the Robertson law of Texas. STORIES WERE OVERDRAWN Mexican Earthquake Not as Severe as lttorted. San Francisco, Aug. IS. Passengers arriving from Mexican ports today on the steamer Acapuleo, the first vessel o bring details of the earthquakes f July 29, 30 and 31, declare the reports reaching this country by wire greatly overestimated the loss of life resulting from the disturbances. They declare only two persons were killed at Aca puleo. ' PUNCTURES THE RUMOR Ilarriman Coming Home But Not to Resume Business Activities. Paris, Aug. IS. E. II. Jlarriman left Paris this morning on a special train for Cherbourg, where he will embark for New York today on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm. Through his secre tary he informed newspaper men he is going to his home to rest and complete the euro inaugurated in Europe, lie said also he had no immediate inten tion of resuming his business activi ties, v ' CASHIER WEBLING IS DEAD Was Fatally ij,ired in Fight With Bank Robbers in Oklahoma. Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 18. Palmer Webling, cashier. of the Kiefer bank, wounded Monday night by robbers who attempted to rob the bank at Kiefer. is dead, ah traces or tne murderers seem to have been lost. Earth Shock at Cadiz. . Cadiz, Aug. 18. An earth shock was experienced here today. Several houses were damaged. There were no casualties! . GETS FLOOD SCARE Pueblo, Col., Warned of Sudden Rise in the Arkansas River. THOUSANDS MOVING GOODS Water, However, Fails to do Damage, Though It Struck Hard Far ther Up the Valley. Pueblo, Colo.. Aug. 18 This city was aroused at 3 this morning by warnings given from the upper Arkan sas valley that there was grave dan ger of a flood. Within an hour 5,000 pel sons were upon tiie streets workin; like beavers to remove stock of mer chandise and household effects out of clanger. Work In Needle. ' Work proved needless in most cases, as although the river rose seven feet above normal, there was no flood in the immediate vicinity of the city. Great damage is reported, however. Tu the neighborhood of Cannon City, 40 miles from here, where the Arkansis overflowed its banks. -- - High ln Koyal Gorge. In Royal gorge the river is reported to have risen 20 feet, washing out several miles of, track on the Denvvr ic Kio Grande railway and causing other damage. Telegraph communlci- tion through the gorge and w-ith the upper valley is cut off. Thousand Tourlnta Tied Vp. Denver. Col., Aug. 18. Fully i.uuu lourisrs, a large majority irom 1 Ann a. f i v I tlin nnr.1 i 1 A X J a 1 t-ii cum, wcic iifu ui iuuay in inei Denver & Rio Grande oassencer trains at Pueblo, Salida and Grand Junction as a result of the floods in Arkansas river, following cloudbursts in the mountains yesterday. Not only were the tracks Washed out, but landslides blocked the tracks alone the Arkansas river. It is probable it will be some time tomorrow before traffic cao.be resumed. TRY NEW PRIMARY LAW Business Men's Candidate Triumphs in Frisco Flection. San Francisco, Aug. 18. The first public trial of the new direct primary law recently enacted in California was held here yesterday and as a result William Crocker, candidate of the bus- tness mens committee, received the nomination over Mausey, independent republican, and T. B. Leland, present coroner, wag given the democratic en dorsement over Supervisor Ralph Mo- Lelearn. Charles M. Jickert, candi date of the regular republicans for dis trict attorney, will represent that party at the coming election. WHEAT CROP CUT; PRICE GOES UP J Chicago, Aug. 18 Wheat advanced nearly 3 cents today on a report frooi Minneapolis which claimed the wheat crop of North Dakota was damaged to the extent of $25,000,000 bushels by the excessive heat, : ; v Win Asylum Fight on Woman. Elgin, 111., Aug. 18. With the retire ment yesterday of the last of the it- tendants who hastily resigned at the Elgin state hospital early last week came the news that Miss Curry Beck enridge, bead nurse, under whom the south wing employes refused to woi. had been relieved of half of her auth ority at the-institution. Miss Beckon- ridge was succeeded in two of the south wing wards in two of the Smith, formerly chief nurse at the Kankakee hospital. BIDS OPENED FOR TWO BATTLESHIPS ' ' Cramps Submit Lowest Figures With New York Ship Building Com pany Second. " - Washington, Aug. 18. William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia were the lowest bidders for the construction of the battleships Wyoming and Arkan sas, bids for which were opened at the navy department today. They submit ted two bids, one at $4,450,000 and an other at $4,475,000. Only one ship can go, however, to any one firm of build ers. The New York Shipbuilding com pany of Camden, N.J., made the next lowest bid. at $4,C75,000. , ; DRUGGISTS NAME LEADERS Election Will . He Determined by Votes Through Mails. Los Angeles, Aug. 18. i-The Ameri can Pharmaceutical association yester day nominated officers for the ensuing year, from which the members will ote by mail and choose officers, Tho list follows: President Charles M. Ford, Eugeu E. Eberlee and J. G. Godding. First Vice President C. L. Wright, F. B. Little and W. B. Day. Second Vice President E. Berger, P1!?. .c!aiid. ani J- .M- Lane- rnira vice rresiueni t,. aaia- win, W. R. Dickinson and Lemard Seltzer. DRYS WIN -IN THE SOUTH, Seventeen of 21 Counties Vote Against Dispensary. Columbia. S. C. Aug. 18. In the liquor- traffic election held yesterday in 21 of the 42 counties, the dis pensary won in Beaufort, Richland. Aiken and Florence counties. In all other counties it is reported prohibi tion wins by decided majorities. Charleston city voted for the dispen sary. ' The gains by the prohibitionists in yesterday's election are expected to lend impetus to the fight for state wide prohibition. For the last two years mere has been a strong ma jority in the house for state wide prohibition, but in the senate there has been a majority of from two to three votes against the measure. BLUE ARMY IS LOSING IN MIMIC WAR; REPORTED IT HAS -Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 18. In an attempt to back up his isolated left ,: anA tn nllt an pflwtive hnrrier to I 1 . . rr.i.i it lne aavance ol .e..e,u. Bliss' red army of Invasion in tlie war maneuvers. General William A. Pew, Jr., today ordered his right wing to execute a retrograde movement from their position at Titicut' Station to the ;i;tv of smith Tinnpnn where the brigade will be directly in the rear of Robbins' Pond, headquarters of the blue army. The movement began at 3 this morning and at S the militiamen were marching through Bridgewater. Kxprrf ;raeral Clank. The general engagement, which did not materialize yesterday, was expect ed to occur today in the neighborhood of Halifax, Llymton or Duxbury. Last night was a most trying one on the militiamen in camp. Rain fell In torrents. Drrlarrd to Br a Frnmrna. Myricks. Mass.. Aug. 18. The red and blue war that is now raging in the Boston Buzzards bay district of Massachusetts is a "frame-up" for the reds. This was learned from an authoritative source. The blues have no show at all. it is asserted, the purpose of the maneuvers being to "boost" the war game as now being conducted under the regular army auspices. The premise upon which the pres ent mimic war is based is that Ger many, and perhaps other European nations, are now ready to invade a foreign country, the United States, i( need be, on a moment's notice. This has led the military authorities of this country to look to their fences. and they have come to the conclusion that the Atlantic coast Is very inade quately protected. j Defease Are Poor. - The purpose of coast defense man euvers, suclvas were indulged in by Jackies From Four Pow ers Land and Take t Down Emblem SOME LEFT ON GUARD Will See That Nothing Further, Is Done by Islanders to v Offend Turkey. Canea, Aug. 18. The Greek .fla, raised three weeks ago by the people r r of Crete in defiance of the sovereignty of Turkey, was lowered at sunrise this morning by a party of international blue jackets. There was no resistance on the part of the Cretans. v. Taken Dowa by Shot. A well directed shot fired by one of the parties of bluejackets brought down the flag staff of Canea fort and with it the Greek flag. Most of the bluejackets then returned to their ships but small detachments repre- senting each of the four powers were left behind in occupation of the bas tion of the fortress to prevent any -attempt on the part of the Cretans . to raise another flag. MRS. SHELBY Fl CULLOM IS DEAD Washington, Aug. 18. Mrs. Shelby M. Cullom, wife of the Illinois senator, died shortly after 12 today. Mrs. Cul lom had suffered from heait trouble for a long time. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed. TO HAVE UNION STATION Chicago Promised a $30,000,000 Af- ; 7 fair in Near Future. ' . " Chicago. Aug. 18. The oMuQiofi station in Chicago will be replaced V . by a $25,000,000 structure according to an announcement made yesterdayC'.- The new building will be erected on I;." f'V plans in harmony with? .the' "citar.'"' beautiful" idea, and Will be opposite - "; me i,uuu,uuu terminal wmcn tne : . -. i Northwestern is building.' . . .' -The railroads planning the new'.'.fVV'.' project are Pennsylvania. Panhandle, , Alton. Milwaukee and Burlington.: A $30,000,000 terminal is under con sideration by the officials of the Chi- ' cago & Western Indiana railroad for . -Polk street and Twelfth avenue. NO CHANCE TO WIN the 13th infantry of Brooklyn last June, is to increase the efficiency of the coast defense forts, and It Is now conceded that the few fortified harbors along the eastern coast are now we nigh impregnable. But long reaches of coast Jine are wholly at the mercy of the overseas enemy, and it is conceded that while cities like Boston and New tork are impregnable from sea attack, they are extremely vulnerable from the land side. j Consequently, were the red army; to be defeated in the maneuvers of this week, militarism such as flour ished under the regime of President Roosevelt would receive a serious setback. - Grarral Wood Arrang-'a Attack. General Leonard Wood, who is now the senior major general of the United States army, and who is slat ed to become major general in com mand of all the land forces of the country after he leaves Governor's island, is an enthusiast on this war game, and it is pretty well conceded that he has arranged this attack on Boston to boost it. The program as outlined for this week includes the presence of the red army in Boston by Thursday night. And it is a foregone conclu sion that they will then play the role of victors. Ultimate victorv for the : reds would also redound to the credit I of the regular army, whose officers are directing the movements of the reds as opposed to the blues, who are- generated and officered exclusively by militiamen. . - Blues Face Defeat. . , At the conclusion of yesterday's maneuvers. In which the army of the red under Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss is striving to defeat the army of the blue, commanded by Brigadier General William A. , Pew, Jr., and capture Boston, the army of the red bad made a material advance. 1 fr 4 C ... t