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NINE PARTS
Including
Star's Sunday Magazine
and
COLORED COMIC SECTION
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4 ? r
No. 396.- No. 19,030.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1912*
FIVE CENTS.
Leaders of Three Parties Give
Out Statements Predicting
Victory Tuesday.
CHAIRMAN McCOMBS
CLAIMS EVERY STATE
D. W. Mulvane Says Taft Will G?-t
315 Electoral Votes.
DIXON FORESEES LANDSLIDE
Declares Roosevelt Will Carry
Twenty-Five Commonwealths.
Medill McCormick Also Opti
mistic as to the Result.
-NEW YORK. November 2.?Activities
that have reached into all corners of the
nation came to a head here today at the
.national headquarters of the three load
ing political parties. So far as the chair
m? u of the democratic, republican and
progressive parties are concerned, tfie
campaign ended tonight. There remain
- to be carried out tomorrow, Monday and
Tuesday, the detailed plans for ?"getting
out the vote." policing contested election
districts and preventing frauds, but these
matters are. in the majority of cases,
f eposing now in the hands of local chair
men and state and district managers.
The promise of victory perched on everv
headquarters banner tonight. Inspired
b> telegrams from local cnairmen
'noughout the states, the democratic,
republican and progressive chairmen, re
spectively, asserted either that victory
was in their grasp, or that conditions
were such that a tide of votes to their
respective candidates might be expected In
- t ie election Tuesday.
Claim Complete Victory.
democratic national headquarters
the claim of complete victory in the gen
eral elections was made without qualifi
cation. National Chairman William F.
-McCombs declared that Gov. Wilson
not only would carry, a great majority of
the states, but that his success in strong
republican states would be surprising.
iiJere, brieifly stated, are the views of the
respective political leaders upon the out
Tuesday's batt.e of ballots:
William F. McCombs, democratic na
tional chairman:
~ L?.n wthe ive of an e,ection which closes
what has been, in many ways, the most
remarkable campaign in a score of years,
l am confident of a sweeping victory for
the democratic ticket. I do not concede
a uingie state in the Union to the other
Parties. We will carry the strongest re
pubiiean .tales. We will win, and win
oy the most impressive figures In the his
tory of our party."
Prediction by Mr. Hilles.
Charles D. Hilles, republican national
vJiairman:
The most remarkable campaign within
the memory of the present generation
has drawn to a close, and we now await
the verdict of the American people. I am
confident that that verdict will cary with
.w a vote of confidence in the courageous,
V.noMtentaJ!oll!i and Patriotic leadership of
William Howard Taft. and that it will
continue the present splendid adminis
tration o. achievement under which the
Amer: an people have made such marked
progress and enjoyed so abundant a pros
perity. " v
Nothing short af a political revolution,
or which there are no indications, could
i lace the election of Mr. Taft in jeopardy,
in my opinion he will receive enough
tes In the dependable republican states
t<? assure him a handsome majority in
the electoral college, with a sufficient
?' u:iu.er .n doubtful states to swell the
total to a most decisive victory."
Landslide, Says Dixon.
S< nator Joseph N. Dixon, national pro
gressive chairman:
fhe nation will be astounded at the
enormous vote for Roosevelt and John
?>on Tuesday.
All indications point to a Roosevelt
landslide. No one longer questions either
? ol. Roosevelt or Mr. Wilson will be
elected President. Taft will certainly be
a oad third in the race, with Debs push
ing him closely lor third place in Con
Illinois and Indiana.
*3 i e past ten days have seen a tre
nie.idous drift toward Roosevelt in every
part of the country. Facing political rev
uJ'ation as Ut do. there can be no certain
i l'rtACu ,mtaaurement. as In former
years, leased on most comprehensive re
ports from every state chairman of the
??ogressive pftrty. It now seems certain
;.at R<x>sevelt will carry twenty-live
states, hav.ng a total of 1SJ7 electoral
votes. Wilson will carry twelve staSS,
having l.? electoral votes. Ten states
having a total of 104 electoral votes, I
oeiieve to be doubtful."
WESTERN MANAGERS
HAVE NO DOUBTS
AS TO THE RESULT
' H10AGO, November 2.-Managers or
republican, democratic and progressive
western headquarters today concluded
the:r campaign work with unqualified
ass-rtions that their tickets would win
at the polls Tuesday.
1 -rie republican managers asserted that
1'resident Taft would get :iir? electoral
votes. the democratic leaders declared
M a- Wilson would Ret as many votes as
iaft and Roosevelt combined in twenty
s-.x states, and the progressives claimed
twenty-four states for Roosevelt as a
' ertalnty. with probabilities of winning
?.i:ree or four more.
I'a v.,j \Y. Mulvane. inanager of the
Taft headquarters in Chicago. sa:d:
Mr Taft will be re-elected President
t-ceiv.ng :<15 electoral votes. This wiii
te despite the fact t!iat the republican
? Jrty has been bitterly assailed in re
yenpr ful fashion by a man who previous
->" i< clved its highest honor. t'pon a
* art. issue between a united republl
?-in ;>arty and the democratic party or
' ' teetion against free trade the result
never would have been in doubt."
Expect? Wilson Sweep.
Jo.seph E. Da vies, director of the demo
cratic campaign in the west, declared:
The democrats will win this election
''-veil if we don't get the support of t
single northern state east of the Alle
gnenies. It would not surprise me a
1 I if we get the electoral vote of even
?'ate in the Union.
V\'e are certa n. however, of twenty
ri\ states. From these twenty-six state:
(Continued on Second Page.)
Third Floor of 11th Street
Building Wrecked.
PRINTING CONCERN LOSES
Total Damage Estimated at Prom
$18,000 to $28,000.
BLAZE SOON UNDER CONTROL
Dense Smoke Drifts Into Nearby
Stores, Lunchrooms and Mov
ing- Picture Theaters.
Fire of unknown origin completely
wrecked the third floor of the building
at 425-429 11th street northwest shortly
after 9 o clock last night and resulted
In an estimated damage of between $13,
000 and $25,000 to the plants of Bamhart
Bros. & Spindler and the National Capi
tal Press, on the floors below. The dam
age to the building will not exceed $3,000,
it is estimated. Practically all of the
los>s is covered by insurance.
How the fire started is a mystery. The
only occupants of the building were five
printers, who work on the second floor,
where the presses of the National Capital
Press are located. On the third floor a
large quantity of paper was stored.
Shortly after 9 o'clock William Calvert,
one of the printers, noticed smoke close
to the ceiling of the second floor near
the front of the building. He shouted
to his fellow-workers, Ernest Gibson,
Midhael O'Leary, Albert Stevens and
Benjamin Ellis, and then rushed from the
building to the box at the northeast
corner of 11th street and Pennsylvania
avenue and. soundc^d an alarm.
Engine Quickly on Scene.
Shortly before Calvert had sent in the
alarm, however, Joseph Soracco. who
lives at 1004 E street northwest, had
discovered the building was aflre and had
sounded an alarm from a box at the
corner of 10th and E streets. Within a
remarkably short space of time engine
company No. 14, k ited at 8th street
near D, had reached the scene and taken
its position at a fire plug directly in front
of the burning building.
Several streams of hose were soon
brought into play and, despite the inflam
mable nature of the contents of the third
floor of the building, it was not long be
fore the flames were under control. The
?f. wWas confined to the third floor,
which was completely gutted, the flames
burning through the roof.
The flre was discovered at an hour
when Pennsylvania avenue and other
downtown streets were thronged with
people, and soon an enormous crowd had
gathered In 11th and E streets. At first
the crowd was so great that the firemen
were hampered in getting their appara
tus Into position. A few minutes after
the reserves of the first precinct had
reached the scene, however, the crowd
was held back.
Smoke Drives Out Customers.
The great volumes of dense smoke that
rolled from the burning building swept
Into nearby establishments and banked
solidly up D street to 8th, causing con
siderable excitement in the stores and
other places of business In that part of
the city. Several stores, lunchrooms and
?<>tner places of business were compelled
to . cose, the smoke being so thick that
it was impossible to watt on customers.
Several of the moving picture theaters
on Pennsylvania avenue between 9th and
? *trr*s became fil ed With the smeKe,
which drifted in at the rear entrances
P street, but so far as could be learn
ed little or no excitement was occasioned
among the patrons of the places.
cars on ^ street and those of
the 11th street line were tied up for some
time, until the overheads were placed In
position and the lines of hose were car
ried high in the air, above the tracks.
The delay was over, however. In p.enty
or time to permit late marketers and the
theater crowd to get home on time.
C. H. Ridenour, member of the firm
operating under the name of the National
Capital Press, who reached the building
a few minutes after the arrival of the
; engines, was unab.e to discover how the
?T? ?t*Lrted- There were no lights on the
third floor of the building. All of the
electrical wiring of the second and third
floors was inspected recently, and It ia
not thought the flames could have been
started through any wiring defects.
Print Many Publications.
The National Capital Press prints a
number of weekly and monthly publica
tions. among them being the Army and
Navy Register, United States Govern
j ment Advertiser. R. F. D. News, Mili
tary Surgeon. Fleet Review, American
Forestry, Government Accountant, Arms
and the Man, and the Artillery Journal*.
None of th: publications was "on the
j presses" at the tit.j of the fire. Mr.
( R;denour said tfiat while the company's
, presses were water-soaked none of them
! had been broken and that within a few
i days they will be ready for work again,
j He believes the various publications can
be issued next week on scheduled time.
[ The damage to tne lower floor of the
building, which is occupied by Barnhart
Bros. & Spindler, lessees of the bulld
| ing. cannot be definitely estimated
until a careful examination of the stocK
Is made. This firm carries an extensive
iptock of printers" supplies, which in
cludes a large quantity of type. Mem
: btrs of the firm placed the damage last
i night between $lo,oix? and WUJOO. - all or
which, it was stated, is covered by in
surance.
The building is the property of the
Clarke estate.
WILSON PAEADE ON MONDAY.
Great Demonstration To Be Held by
New York Democrats.
NEW YORK, November 2.?The Wil
son-Marshall parade which was to
have been held in New York this after
noon. but canceled because of the
funeral of Vice President Sherman
will be held Monday night. Announce
ment to this effect was made this after
noon. The parade will be In the nature
| of an informal affair.
Thirty bands engaged for the occa
sion will assemble on 5th avenue be
! low 14th street and march up the ave
i nue one by one, giving opportunity for
all those who care to parade to fall in
J behind. The floats designed for use to
day also will take part.
Reaching 23d street, the parade will
I tun into Broadway. At Longacre
Square the floats will be assembled
and from them political speeches wlli
be made under a flare of torchlights
the democratic campaign of 1912 in
thh# city in this way ending In what
organizers of the parade describe as
"a grand farewell rally."
Lumber Mills Fire Loss Ia $100,000.
WOODSTOCK. N. H.. November 2.?
The mills of the Woodstock Lumber
Company were burned today. The loss
Is $100,000.
GIVES inOWILSON
New York Herald Poll Allows
Him 360 Votes.
ESTIMATE FOR TAFT IS 27
Boosevelt Sure of Washington and
Hay Carry New Jersey.
CANVASS MADE IN 37 STATES
Total of Doubtful Column Is 137,
With Nominees in Same Position ",
as in September.
Special Dispatch to Thf> Star.
NEW YORK. November '2.?As the
result of a poll which has been conducted
by the New York Herald, In conjunction
with other prominent newspapers, the
Herald tomorrow will say:
"Woodrow Wilson, the next President
of the United States. That is the deduc
tion to be made from a canvass of the
nation.
"Wilson and Marshall are indicated by
a great flood of test ballots gathered in
thirty-seven states. They are indicated
by the conclusions of experienced polit
ical reporters, who carried their inquiry
into every county in every debatable
state, getting information from men in
all walks of life. Based on these test
ballots and these personal investiga
tions, the following analysis of the elec
toral vote Is Justified:
Gov. Wilson
President Taft 27
Col. Roosevelt 7
Doubtful - 1"?
Total "81
Thirty States for Wilson.
To Gov. Wilson in the table are given
thirty states; to President Taft. six?Ida
ho. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont and Maine. To Mr. Roosevelt Ts
given one?Washington; while eleven?
California, Colorado, Illinois. Michigan,
Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Dakota and
Wyoming?are classed as doubtful.
Of the thirty-seven states wherein test
ballots were taken Gov. Wilson leads
in twenty-six. President Taft leads in
five and Mr. RooseVelt in six.
In the same group of states Mr. Roose
velt runs second in twenty-one, Gov.
Wilson in eleven and President Taft in
five.
Votes Taken Total 310,321.
The total number of votes taken
throughout the country reached the im
posing lgure of 319,321, of which Gov.
Wilson received 133,702, or 36,235 more
than Mr. Roosevelt and 67,490 more than
the President.
A significant and interesting feature of
the straw vote table is that the relative
strength of the three leading nominees
is about the same in the closing days of
the 'canvass as it was early in September.
For instance, the President was polling
.216 Mr cent of the test ballots, when
the first tabulation was made in Sep
tember. He gathered in .208 pet cent
of the last votes cast, showing that he
was a shade weaker than he was in
September. Mr. Roosevelt started by
getting .:106 per cent. Gov. Wilson re
ceived .420 per cent of the first vote
taken. He closes by reeiving .418 per
cent.
Only Slight Fluctuation.
Throughout the campaign there has
been but the slightest fluctuation in the
relative positions of the nominees. There
nave been persistent reports of threatened
landslides to thU that candidate, but
the voting, taken with greatest care in
the very sections where the outbursts
were expected to occur, failed to fore
shadow any such thing.
In the closing days there are rumors
that the great silent vote?that of the
men who decline to express any prefer
! ence in advance?will swing to Mr.
! Roosevelt. The Hera-d has made every
possible effort to " sense" any such gen
eral drift, but has bten unable to do su
it is true that in New Jersey there has
without doubt been a swing to Mr.
Roosevelt- It has been so marked that
the Herald this week places the govern
or's home state in the doubtful column
' Boosevelt May Get New Jersey.
Heretofore it has been regarded as cer
tain for Mr. Wilson. Test ballots give
the governor a good lead over his rivals.
Just how extensive the shift away from
Gov. Wilson and to Mr. Roosevelt will
be no one pretends to estimate exactly.
From what the Herald has been able to
gather, there Is a possibility but not a
likelihood that Mr. Roosevctl will carry
the state.
There are intimations also that Mr.
Roosevelt has been gathering strength
among workers in some of the New Eng
land factories, and that in Pennsylvania
he may make a "clean-up " There are
! no indications in the Herald's ballots or
j In the reports of its investigators to sup
! port that declaration. No doubt, as the
? great battle nears its end, republicans are
: a little worried over the talk ol a 4 swing
' to Roosevelt" and the Wilson democrats
are glad the fight is so near its close.
I However, the republicans have no hope
i of electing the President and the demo
: crats ha* e not the slightest doubt of the
; election of their condidate.
The Herald's Table.
The Herald's table is as follows:
ELECTORAL VOTES.
Hoo.-e- Doui>t
State. Wilson. Taft. Telt. ful.
Alabama 12
Arizona ?>
Arkansas J ? ?
i California ?? ?? 13
! Colorado ?? ?? 8
i Connecticut ..... J ?? ?? ..
I Delaware 3 ?* ??
Florida ? ?? ?*
Georgia ? ??
Idaho .. 4 ??
Illinois ?? ?* "
j Indiana
! Iowa ?? ? ?
I K.inxaf ?? ?? ?.
I Kentucky 13 .. ..
! Louisiana 10 .. .. ..
'Maine ? ?? ??
Maryland 8
J Massachusetts ... 18 .. .. ..
j Michigan ?? ?? 16
I Minnesota 12 ??
Mississippi 1? ?? ??
Missouri 18 ?? ?? ??
Montana ?? ?? 4
Nebraska 8 ?? .. .,
Nevada 8 .. ?? ..
New Hampshire.. .. 4 ..
New Jersey ?? ?? 14
New Mexico 3
New York 46
North Carolina ... 12 ..
North Dakota .. ?? S
Ohio 24 ?. .? ? ?
Oklahoma 10 ..
Oregon ?- ?? 5
i'ennsylTaula ? ? ? ? 38
Rhode Island 5 ?.
South Carolina ... 0
South Dakota .. .. 6
Tennessee 12
Texat>, 20
Ctah 4
Vermont 4 .. ..
Virginia 12
Washington .. 7
West Virginia ... 8 .. .. ..
Wisconsin 13 .. ..
,W yoming .......... ?. * 8
Totals 800 ST T 187
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REBELS ABANDON HILLS
AFTER THREE-DAY FIGHT
Mexican Federals Victorious
Near Cuernavaca, With But
Slight Losses,
f f ?| v, ?*
MEXICO CITY, November 2.?Three
days' desultory lighting was required be
fore the federals were able to force the
rebels to abandon the hills near Cuer
navaca, capital of the stute of Moreles.
The series of small engagements ended
today wfth slight losses.
Gen. Angeles personally directed the
federal operations.
Revolutionists in the neighboring state
of Mexico hold possession of the small
towns in the southern section. Rebel
activity on the west coast of Guerrero
has greatly-Increased. Atoyac and Tec
pan are said to be occupied by insur
gents.
Conditions Unsettled.
EL PASO, Tex.. N ovember 2.?Refugees
arriving here today say conditions re
main unsettled below the border at this
point.
Atonio Rojas has about 500 rebels camp
ing in the American settlement of Pa
checo. Ttoe refugees, who came from the
various Mormon colonies, and other
American sett?ement* in ' the Casas
Grandes district were compelled to move
overland to Hach.ta, N. M.
Work was begun today In reconstruct
ing the Mexico Northwestern. Railway
which rebels have burned sixty br-iflges
between Juarez and Casas Grants.
American railway officials aj^reed to at
tempt to rebuild the road a^ain on the
promise of Gen. Aubert that full protec
tion would be given. The first work
train to depart was guarded by 150 fed
eral soldiers. All railway traffic belcw
this port has been paralyzed for nearly
a month.
Denver at Manzanillo.
?
COLIMA, Mexico, November 2.?Com
mander Thomas Washington of the
United States cruiser Denver, accompa
nied by the American consul, pajd his
respects to Gov. Alamlllo today. The
governor accepted an invitation to visit
the Denver, which is anchored at Man
zanillo. There are live American war
ships now In Mexican ports.
STRIKERS ATTACK CARS.
Violence Breaks Out Again in Jack
sonville.
j JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. November 2.
Violence broke out again here today in
connection with the street railway mien's
strike when the company attempted to
operate Its cars under military protec
tion.
Five cars were attacked In various parts
of the city and one motorman was badly
Injured when struck on the head by a
railroad spike. Five arrests were made.
Late in the afternoon the company sus
pended service. The state troops on duty
in the city number about 800, but are
only called upop for special service by the
mayor. It was stated tonight that the
company has agreed to pay its motormen
and conductors 22 cents an hour, but con
tinue to refuse to recognize their union.
A board of trade committee is working to
bring the strike to an end.
MAKE FRUITLESS SEARCH.
Officers Unable to Find Alleged Ab
sconder Aboard French Liner.
NEW YORK. November 2.?Search of
the steamer La Provence of the French
line, upon her arrival here today from
Havre, failed to disclose the presence of
Nestor Wllmart of Ghent. Belgium, ac
cused of absconding with $6,000,000 worth
of railway bonds, whose detention was
requested by Pierre Mali, the Belgian
consul. It had been reported Wllmart
was on the steamer. ?
Among the arrivals on La Provence
were Col. Charles Page Bryan, United
States ambassador to Japan, who is re
turning home on leave: Alfred O. Vau
derbilt and Mrs. Vanderbflt.
YIELDS TO LEADERS
Taft Consents to Delay in.
Naming Vice President.
HADLEY FAVORED BY MANY
'
' i
Choice, However, Will Not Be |
Named Until After Election.
NEW YORK, November 2.?After a j
conference between President Taft and i
several members of his cabinet and re- J
publican senators and representatives j
it was officially announced here to
night that no successor to Vice Presi
dent Sherman on the republican ticket
would be selected until after election.
! Gov. Hadley of Missouri is known to
j be favored by President Taft and many
of the leaders.
Conferences today on the special train
which brought the President and sev
eral party leaders back to New York
from the Sherman funeral in Utica de
veloped opposition to the selection at
this time of a man for second place on
the ticket. Some of the leaders be
lieved it would be poor politics to name
a man who might not carry his own
state, and who would therefore go be
fore the electoral college without any
vote to start with.
Yields to Views of Others.
Although President Taft was under
stood to have approved early announce
ment of a vice presidential choice he
was won over to the other view and
: it was said tonight that the national
committee at its meeting November 12 !
will make the selection.
The President reached ..ew York to-!
I night shortly after 10 o'clock. Attor
ney General Wickersham. Secretary of
I Commerce and Labor Nagel and Post
| master General Hitchcock of his cabinet,
! Chairman Hilles of the republican na
I tlonal committee and Senators Root,
j Crane and Penrose were visitors on his
j private car on the way down from Utica.
May Talk to Ohioans.
j The President remained in New York
j tonight and will leave tomorrow night
j for Cincinnati. He will go by way of
l Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and other
big Ohio towns. Although he has no
speeches scheduled for the trip it is prob
able that lie will appear on the rear plat
form of his private car at many places
and say a last word to his fellow-Ohioans
before election.
GEN. WOOD AT CHATTANOOGA.
Will Inspect Forts Oglethorpe and
McPherson.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., November
2.?MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of the United States Army, arrived
in Chattanooga today for the purpose of
inspecting the brigade post site at Fort
Oglethorpe, the establishment of which
has been authorized by act of Congress.
Tomorrow the chief of staff wi'l go
over the ground carefully. The general
will leave for Washington tomorrow
going by way of Atlanta, where he will
inspect Fort McPherson.
SMUGGLER IS SENTENCED.
Convicted of Abetting Attempt to
Bring in Six Chinamen.
NEW ORLEANS, La., November 2.?
Jesus Seco. an assistant engineer on the
Mexican steamship Puebla, aboard which
six Chinamen were discovered September
29, when the vessel was being fumigated
at quarantine, was found guilty in the
federal court today of having abetted
an atempt to bring the Chinamen into
this country. He was sentenced to eigh
teen months in the federal prison at At
lanta.
Of two others Indicted, one la y?t to
be tried and one was acquitted.
Pansy Ellen Lesh Surrenders
to Police, Coolly Describ
ing Her Crimes.
\ _
LOS ANGELES, Cal., November ??
Pansy Ellen Lesh, twenty-four years-old,
who said she had just been deserted by
| her husband, late today surrendered her
? self to the police, declaring that she had
j murdered two women in Missouri, one
tat Greenridge and another at Sedalia. The
| vicitims, she said, were Mrs. Quaintance
i and Mrs. Coe.
Mrs. Lesh said she was taken from the
Orphan Home Society in St. Louis when
she was thirteen years old by Mr. Quain
tance, and lived with the family at
Greenridge. In June, 11M)4, she said, Mrs.
Quaintance became ill, and she put a
capsule containing poison in some medi
cine and gave it to Mrs. Quaintance, who
died the next morning.
Her Next Victim.
The next spring she left for Sedalia
and went to the home of Mrs. Coe, a
widow. In August of that year, she
said, she put poison in a g?ass of beer
and gave it to Mrs. Coe, who died the
next morning.
Finai.y the drifted to Paducah, Ky.,
where Stptember 5, 1007, she was mar
ried to Lesh. They went to East St.
Louis, 111,, to live. In October of this
year.she and her husband came to Los
Ange-es.
Tile police are holding Mrs. Lesh, pend
ing investigation of her story.
Known in Sedalia.
SEDALIA, Mo., November 'J-?When
the confession of Pansy Ellen Lesh at
Los Angeies, in which she claims to have
? caused the deaths by poison of Mrs. E.
; M. Quaintance of Greenridge, this (Pet
: tis) county, and Mrs. Eliza Coe of Sedaiia
was reported to the local authorities, they
recall t:<at both women died under c;r
i cunrstances that, while not investigat
ed at the time, were nevertheless sus
| picious. No one, however, was suspect
: ed enough to be seriously accused. Cre
! denee is given the L*sh woman s story by
reason ot the accuracy of the dates. Airs.
Lesn's maiden name, i'f her story is
j true, was Pansy Hastings.
! sue hud lived at the Quaintance
! home but a few months when she a.id
: Mrs. Quaintance quarreled. The yiri
| is said to have knocked Mrs. Qcaint
i a nee down, injuring her severely. Phy
sicians pronounced this injury rupture
ana treated the case as such. iJeri
loiiitis developed and she died in June,
iyu4.
Quaintance Kills Himself.
The girl contipued to make her home
I with Col. Quaintance as his house
keeper until a few weeks following
Mrs. Quaintance's death, when Col.
Quaintance ended his life by shooting
himself.
Just before the suicide the St. Louis
| orpiianage had been advised of the girl's
actions, and the institution ;.g.dn took
her in charge. After remaining in the
orpnanage a few weeks the girl caine
to Sedalia to live at the home of Mrs
Coe, who was secretary of the board of
charities o? Pettis county. The girl re
mained here until the sudden death ot
Mrs. Coe, in July, 1005.
The attending physician announced that
Mrs. Coe had died of cholera morbus.
WOMEN FAINT AT FIRE.
Big Crowd Sees Detroit Blaze That
-Causes $100,000 Loss.
DETROIT, Mich., November 2. Fire
that broke out tonight on the third floor
of T. B. Rayl & Co.'s hardware store,
Woodward avenue and Congress street'
in tie heart of the downtown section, did
approximately $100,000 damage before it
was under control.
Thousands of evening shoppers were
attracted by the flames and the streets
were jammed for blocks around. Several
women fainted in the crush and were
taken away in patrol wagons. The origin
of the flre had not been determined ud
to a late hour.
Conway Says Baltimore Girl
Tempted His Wife.
MAKES SELF-DEFENSE PLEA
Real Name of Chicago Murderer Is
Charles N. Kramer.
HE EXONERATES THE WOMAN
Circus Clown Breaks Down in Singer
Case in Chicago After 36 Hours'
''Silent Treatment."
CHICAGO, November 2.?Broken by
thirty-six hours' "silent treatment,"
Charles X. Kramer confessed this after
noon he killed Sophia Slnser, the Balti
more heiress, found murdered here Mon
day night. Kramer, whose statre name
is Conway, added a new feature to the
statement made yesterday by his wife,
Beatrice Ryall-Kramer. known on the
variety stage as the "Burlesque Queen."
He said that he knocked Miss Singer down
in self-defense when she attacked him
with a razor, after he had rebuked her
for making, he said, a suggestion to Mrs
Kramer to go out and meet some men.
Kramer exonerated his wife from all
blame in connection with the crime.
Proposed They Meet Men.
"She wanted my wife to sell herself.
She proposed that they meet two strange
men," Kramer said. "I resented this and
rebuked Miss Singer. W e had some
words and then she attempted to strike
me with a door knob. I wrested this
from her and then she picked up a ra~or
from my dresser and rushed at r.ie. I
struck her with the door knob. She U
on the floor and the razor dropped from
her grasp. My wife had no hand what
ever in the assault. She had left the room
before th# assault occurred. I did not
think that Miss Singer was seriously
hurt and so I bound and gagged her to
prevent her making an outcry. In -this
j I acted alone also."
Kramer, the former clown, high diver
| and circus acrobat, paced his cell ail
j night begging for a word from the turn
| keys, who refused to vouchsafe him a
j syllable.
Heard Wife's Outcries.
j He heard his wife's outcries as she
j made her confession yesterday, but could
' get no Information as to their cause or
what she said.
I Today Capt. Nootbaar began a system
; a tic passing of Kramer" s cell, occasion
ally saying, "Well, do you want to see
I me?"
i Finally, Kramer broke Into tears and
' begged to be allowed to tell his story.
| First he pleaded to see his wile. It waq
i n("Don't send me back to that "black
1 cell, he cried. "I'll tell It all.*
Kramer's story differed ftom his
on?v in the detail that he claimed self
defense in justification.
Took $35 and Clothing.
He said that he never meant to kill
Mis Singer, and that he bound and gag
ged her to prevent her making an out
cry. He said that he took $35 from Miss
Singer's purse, and two suits of clothes
belonging to W. R. Worthen. Mlaa
Singer's fiance, because he was
and was shabbily c.ad. He and. his wife
fled through the al.ey, he said, h?plngto
get away before Miss Singer revived, be
hevinS that she wou.d not want to come
into publicity by prosecuting them.
Ban Away to Join Circus.
The man told his life history from the
time he ran away from his home to join
a circus. He said that he had been
convicted of horse stealing and that he
had served eighteen months' sentence In
a reformatory.
Kramer after promising to tell, wa_
. V'a t,v hie. wife He demanded
contronted bj, nis " . , d
to hear from her own lips that siie i.aa
confessed to what she knew. -Je woman
was brought beiore him weeping. Then
he.,?dedI said. -I killed
I Sl??ni-aSy?E-'n told the manner of hi,
flight from the Indiana avenue boarding
house.
Bead of Victim's Death.
He said he did not hear of his victim s
death until Tuesday morning, when he
.read about it in a newspaper. Conway
caid the as-ault upon Miss Singer oc
curred between 9 and ?:30 in the evening.
! His wife had said is was at 11 o clock.
! He said they packed suit cases before
ileaving the rooming house.
?1 am not convicted yet, and what s
more 1 won't be," he dec.ared. assuming
a defiant attitude as he was led away to
1 Ills ceil.
Kramer said he was born at St. Marys.
Ohio March 2. 1S80. The Inquest on the
body of his victim will be resumed on
Mu,Ser and the woman were formally
i charged vS murder. Worthen is de
i tained as a witness.
TAUNTED AFTER QUARREL,
KILLS GIRL, TRIES SUICIDE
.
Quips of Shopmates Lead New York
Young Man to Commit
Crime.
? NEW YORK, November 2.?Taunted by
j shopmates because of a quarrel he had
i with nineteen-year-old Virginia Stelner,
j with whom he was infatuated, Walter
| Wharmby, eighteen years old, shot and
? killed the girl in the presence of men
j and boys who were teasing him in the
street today. Wharmby then attempted
suicide. Aiming the revolver at his own
head, he fired one shot, but the bullet
did not take fatal efTect and Wharmby
will recover.
At his parents' request Wharmby had
broken his friendship with Miss Stelner,
who was employed In the same machine
shop with him. Ridiculed by the men
who worked near him. he sought today
to renew his suit. From her home he
accompanied her to their place of work.
On the sidewalk they quarreled while ac
oualntances looked on and laughed.
i The girl turned and fled and Wharmby
sent two bullets through her back, one
i penetrating the lungs.
Notorious Brigand Surrenders.
BEL/jF^D-*-. November 2.?The notori
ous brigand, Issa Boletinatx, according to
report, has surrendered with 15,000
\mauts to the Servian authorities at
Mttrovitsa. They will be permitted to
return home after giving up heir arms.
Officers and Men Recalled and
Scenes of Activity Noted
at Navy Yards.
SAY SEALED ORDERS
! HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
j Preparations May Have to Do With
the Balkan War.
i SERVIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE
Proceeding Against Saloniki?Turks
Said to Have Massacred Women
and Children During Retreat
From Eski-Baba.
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PORTSMOUTH, England, No
vember 2.?Unusual activity in
the Portsmouth dockyard is re
, ported in a special edition of the
Evening News, which says prep
; arations are being made to get
the sixth destroyer flotilla ready
for sea.
"The official explanation,'* savs
jthe News, "is that this is beinif
done merely to be in readiness for
the quarterly mobilization Mon
day, but we understand that the
preparations are of a much more
! warlike nature. The active serv
ice ratings have been recalled by
notice and special messenger since
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and
the men have been directed to
proceed aboard ship by this even
? ^ Jf
ing.
Sail Under Sealed Orders.
The News adds that it is rumored that
the flotilla will nail tonight under sealed
orders. Notice? have been posted order
ing all submarine men to return to their
boats at once. The paper also states
that men on leave have been recalled by
wire to other naval ports.
PLYMOUTH, November 2.?All officer*
ana men of the war craft here were or
dered today to be aboard their ships at
' 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Later an ad
miralty dispatch ordered those of the
fifth destroyer fiotiila aboard their ship*
at 11 o'clock Saturday evening at the
1 latest.
CHATHAM, November 2.?Great excite
ment was caused here today by the re
ceipt of urgent admiralty telegrams, re
calling officers and men to their ships.
[ Messengers on bicycles were dispatched
in all directions. The authorities aro
reticent, but it is believed the orders re
late t<- the battleships Russell and Dub
i can, new in the Medway.
Calm for Few Hours.
I LONDON. November 2.?After the four
1 day decisive battle of the war there is
calm for a few hours, and no news cornea
i from the field of the recent fighting
Constantinople officials still refuse to
permit messages dealing with the Turk
ish defeat to be sent out of the capi
s tal. How far the Ottoman army will be
able to pull itselif together and whether
j it will make a stand in the forts outside
1; cf Constantinople are * questions un
1 answered.
The Servian advance toward Saloniki
continues. The Greeks claim to be push
' ing steadily "forward, but Turkish mes
> sages insist that the Greek army ha:i
met with a repulse: that the crown
prince ran away and that the Greek
position is precarious.
Adr:anople and Saloniki are surround
ed by enemies. The Turkish army m
| -Macedonia is cut off from ail sides. Ser
i vians hold all of Old Servla, and are ad
ministering the government from the an
cient capital, Uskup. Reports of mas
sacres by the retreating Turks, with bar
barous details, are piling up.
Await Final Battle.
| Diplomacy lias done nothing in the di
rection of .stopping of limiting th? war.
; The powers now await the expected fii.al
battle, which will force the Turk to his
knees. The allies proclaim their deter
| mination to hold all they conquer.
Ail the sailors cf the British destroyer
and submarine squadrons on leave have
! suddenly been ordered to return. The
J action of the British admirailty has
I caused a sUr, ^ut It may have no relaUoi*
| to the war.
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To Court-Martial Prince.
i CONSTANTINOPLE, November 2.-It
j Is r? ported that Prince Aziz, who com
: mantled the Turkish cavalry at Kirk
Ki isseh. and n.neteen other Turkish
officers will be brought to Constantinople
fur trial by couri-martial. More than
3.0U0 wounded arri\ed here tonight from
the Thracean plains.
j An official dispatch from Saionikl tin*
evening says the Turkish forces whi it
^tai led from Saloniki have formed a junc
tion with the troops at Varidari on the
Vardar river. A column from Yenidialt
has succeeded In dislodging the Greeks,
who occupied a position at Vertekop.
near Vodena. in Macedonia. Numerous
prisoners and ten guns were captured.
Turkish forces, according to the ad
vices. have descended from Monastlr and
turned the Greeks under the crown
p. Ince.
A telegram from Scutari, dated several
days ago, reports that the Montenegrins
In one of their assaults against the town
,ost 2,000 men ki led or wounded.
It is reported from Kavala, on the
Aegean se-*, that a Greek squadron has
been sighted off Enos, at the mouth of
the Maritza river in the Gulf of Enos.
Greeks Defeat Turks.
ATHENS, November 2.?The Greeks
have defeated the Turks in another hat
tie on the road to Monastlr. Advancing
along the direct road from Kosani, in
stead of by the railway from Verri, the
5th Greek Division arrived at tf o'clock
last evening before the Turkish position
on Katroanltxa, near the village of Mal
tan.
During the night a force of Turks and
Albanians attacked the Greek camp, but
was repulsed with a loss of killed .
and Injured. At daylight the Greek* be
gan an attack on the fortified position ot
the Turks, and after a tight lasting two
hours drove them out of their trendies.
It Is reported that the German em
peror has sent a letter to his sister.
Princess Sophie, the wife of Crown
Prince Constantine, which has been com*
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