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VOL. XV. NO. 274.
iwTEicilf
POSING AS PRIEST
m_ | | m
Pseudo Naval. Offiicer Who!
Forced Powell Trust Com- j
pany's Name in foils.
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DENOUNCED BY CARDINAL i
3IBB3NS AS IMPOSTER!
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When Captured, Clever Swindler Was,
In Act of Stealing Blank Checks For
Use In His Game?Tries to Commit
Suicide In Baltimore Police Sta?
tion.
While in .he act of stealing blank
cashiers' checks for use in hi* clever
.swindling game, and while posing In
the role of a Catholic priest,N Paul
West, alias Frank Hume, alias "Lieu
t.-naut-Commander Henry Knowleson,
l". S. >'..' who. it is alleged, swindled '
business firms in Washington, D. C I
out at $.1.550 worth 01 securities and j
other valuables last month by the use ,
of forged cashiers' checks on the i
Powell Trust Company. Inc., of this!
i iif, was arrested yesterday in aBIti- ;
more, Md. When taken to the police '
station there he attempted to odmrait
nntrtdo. but was disarmed before he
banned himself.
West, or Knowleson, as he is known
here, is regarded by the Washington
iwlice as one of the cleverest swind
len in America. He visited 'his city
on October 16, registered at the War?
wick hotel and later called at the of?
fice of the Powell Trust Company. He
tofej Secretary-Treasurer J- E. T. Hun
tor that he was "Lieutenant-Com?
mander Henry Knowleson, U. S. N.,'"
bat he had been assigned to duty at j
the shipyard and wanted to open a ;
checking account at the bank and a |
; small savings/account of $3,000."
Makes Good Impreaaion.
With his pleasing manner, tasteful
dress and refined bearing, Knowle?
son made a very favorable impression
on Mr. Hunter and was introduced by
the secretary-treasurer to Vice-Presl
'dent W. I>ee Powell. Knowleson told
tea bank officials that he had been'
stationed in the Mediterranean for
several years and had been doing his |
liinking business through a New j
York bank. He said thai he would-1
immediately have bis account trans- .
ferred to the Powell Trust Company
here, as he expected to be stationed j
bore several months.
0 He then asked for some stationery I
and was shown into Mr. Powell s of- i
lice, where he wrote for half an h?-ir !
vr more. He left the bank about 1:46
o'ol< ok and proceeded to the postof- j
fice. where he mailed the letters he '
had written. Leaving the pos'offlce,
be hurried to the depot and boarded
the IS:0| train for Washington.
Learn That He Is Swindler.
Two days af'erwards. the bank of- ;
finals learned that Knowleson was a
swindler and that while writing In
he bank he had forged Mr. Hunter's!
name to two cashier's checks, cne for j
$.1.000 and the other for $550. On the i
first check he secured $3,000 in United
Sfstes :: per cent, bonds from the
brokerage firm of Crane, Paris & Oian
pany. of Washington, and on the $550
check he secured ? diamond ring from
Gault & Company jewelers cn Penn?
sylvania avenue. Washington.
Subsequent) \ it was learned hat
before coming here, Knowleson hao
visit, d the brokerage firm and the
jewelry store and made ? rrangement.s
to buv the bonds and the ring and
had told the managers of the firms
that he would have his bank in New
port News seed him cashiers' checks
covering the amcun's, the letters to
be addressed to him rare of the firms,
ir was those letters be wrote
while in the Powell Trust Company
He beat the letters to Washington
and. after wai'ing for them to be de?
livered in that city, he went to the
brokerage firm and called for bis let?
ter It was opened, the cashier'a
check produced and accepted ir. pay?
ment for the bonds. The same 'rick
was worked on the jewelers.
Discovered Two Days tste
The swindle as* no discovered nn
tH two days later, when the checks
were sent here for collection through
- ' i.e.7 Brothers' Bank. When the
checks were presented at the Powell
Trust Company they were prooo meed
forgeries.
The cheeks which Knowleeon used
bore the stamp of a Baltimore engrav.
?ng house and evidently ware sample
ch-rks. as the Powell Trust Company
has Ra cashW's cheeks .engraved by
, New York ana
When arrowed yesterday. Knowle
?oo wlc ia as engraving shop aad. It
I? charged, was trviaf to steal similar
checks ?
Probably Deposed of Sends.
At this Haas it is not known here
whether or net Knowleson disposed of
the bond* aad 'he ring, which he ea?
rs, ed in Washington hot the soppost.
?loa is that h0 had made arrangement*
to dispes* of 'hem before making 'he
purchases sad he nrobably sold
ibrm for real mon?v before the swin?
dle was dtr-awwrad.
r%mtTt?tt9% wfl aaaSltifr^Or?.
T>o mTTtr+t of W?aW, or K not \jmtym
as. he wan known here, wax told in
the following Associated Press dis?
patch last night i
BALTIMORE MD.. Nov. 19?De?
nounced by Cardinal Gibbons as an
im|K>H>er and straightway carried to
the central police nation. Paul West
alias Prank Hume. aMas Henry
Knowleson. who the police declare,
had been posing as a Catholic priest,
made an unsuccessful attempt to com?
mit suicide by shooting as he stood
before the dei-k ten minutes later, lie
was disarmed before he could tire a
second shot.
Taken Before Cardinal Gibbons.
Whsi pro'esied when arrested on a
charge ot theft of blank checks from
a local printing establishment, that
ha was a Catholic priest and a-*ked
to he taken to Cardin*! Gibbons for
idciititicition. He was taken to the
cardinal's residence but after the car?
dinal had put a few <)ue*tlous to the.'
man. the prelate was convinced that,
he was not a priest and denounced
him as an imposter.
It i.- charged that West stole blank I
cheeks from a local lithographic and
printing establishment which he took
to Washington, where it is alleged he
used them in a series of swindles
The police say that he has posed in
various parts of the eountry as a
Catholic priest, a United States food
inspector, and that in Washington he
represented himself to be a lieutenant
commander In the navy. He was
garbed as. a priest when arrested to?
day.
It is said West has a wife and tarn
ily in Brookline, Mass. West is want
ed In Washington on the tpeeiflCj
charge of iiastune two worthlessj
checks, one for $3.200, the other for,
$550. and also for the larcenv of:
blank pnstoffice money orders which!
be is alleged to have stolen from a j
Washington drug store on July 28. |
Ian. Pive of these orders, it is al?
leged, were negotiated.
Taft Departs For Hampton Roads.
OUA.VTANAMO. CUBA, Nov 19.?
The first visit to Cuban soil of a
president of the United States was
made today by President Taft, who
arrived from Colon in the forenoon,
inspected the United States naval sta.
tion here and departed In 'be after?
noon for Hampton Reads.
NEED MONEY AND MEN
Shown by Educational Report
to Baptist Contention.
GIFTS FOR YEAR $177,480
Increase m Amount Donated to Church
For state Miaaiona?Recent Gift of
$10,000 to the Orphanage Located at
Salem, va. ai
t.
(By Ass.-?u.'ee Pres?!
ROANOKE, VA.. Nov. 1??A- the
second day's session of the eighty-sev?
enth annual meeting of the Baptist
Geneial Asrociatlon of Virginia the
annual report of the treasurer was
read. The total of gifts for the year
is $17T.t80. The increase is in gifts to
si ate missions.
Among other reports was one by
Hon. J. Tayicr Ellyson, of the edja a
tion board, which states that the board
has now under its care seventy-five
ministerial students, as against sev?
enteen last year.
The collections for ihe board during
the year amounted to $4.127. while the
expenses were $5.t??l.
The re pert of the state orphanage
located at Salem, was read by the
superintendent. Rev W. E Hatcher.
Dr. Hateher announced a gift of $10.
000 to the Institution by the will of
J. C. Carpenter, of Clifton Korge, Vs..
who died a few days ago.
Educational Board Report.
Mr. Ellyson's report shows the aver?
age of the new matriculate* who are
the beneficiaries of the education
board is 24 years aad .1 months. The
average age of the beneficiaries of the
i education board is st least six years
higher ?hau it ought to he. and is five
'years higher than the average age of
other students who entered Richmond
College for the first time this year.
The collections for the board during
the year ascunted to $4.127.?.*.. whilst
the expenses were $*>.C*1.SS. and but
tor the hast that a surplus had been
accumulated d dring the preceding
yeer. the board would have been
obliged to report a deScieary
Need More Money end Men.
The report dselaree that for sav?
ers! years empbssis haa been pot
upon the need of more men. "bat we
bow aeed to put It upon both the need
of mcney aad mea."
?The aeed of efficient aad weil
rainea miplsters to carry cat the greet
werk of the Kingdom Is becoming
more alarming The aeed of the ed?
ucation board was never asore argent
than now
Churches are Deeding aa educated
mioiatrv alike in city, towa aad conn
try and even still more argeatlv need
ed ia foreign fields
"The work of 'he education board I?
to assist youag asm who are raited
to preach th? gospel '.n eceairing such
m< n *: development sad culture as
shall render ibem more useful ia the
work of the mlautrv
The report ronclndos w$th an ex
nrc?i .n of grstlt-.de for the cordisl
.upport given this work by tee chares
es tu the oast and sproesfVv torching
tH*r*lr ront !avOw*d **A-d,r-,he*r>ttoft
?a
_NEWPORT N
HARVARDAND YALE |
BATTLE TO A DRAW
Scoreless Championship Game
of Football is Fough? Out at
* # New Haven
FUMBLES PROVE COSTLY
TO CRIMSON PLAYERS
Failure of Wigglesworth and Corbet*.
To Cling to the Pigskin Probably
Coats Their Team the Victory?Both
Strong on the Defense?V. M. I.
Defeated by Georgetown, 14 to 6.
(By Associated Presxl
NKW HAVEN. CONN.. Nov. BS.?A
drawn aud scoreless buttle was fought
out on Yale ?eld toilay between Har?
vard and Yale. To the adherents ot
the Blue it was a moral victory for
th.'ir team had proved uo strong for
the ail-powertu) Crlmsm team, wnicn
came here confident of victory. When
the game, which must be reckoned as
among the greatest ever tought be?
tween these rival universities, v?as
over, the great throng of people took
up lheir homeward journey with min?
gled emotions, the Yale men supreme?
ly happy over ?'hat the team had
done, and the Harvard adherents sad
in having victory snatched from their
grasp through lost opportunities
This is the third time 'bat Vale has
rallied at the eleventh hour to cbeat
Harvard of a victory.
Harvard's Fumbles.
Both teams were very strong today
on the defense, but Harvard's won?
derful mechanism went 10 naught
owing to costly fumbles, both when
it was not a long way to the Vale
goal line and when the Crimson was
battering her way down towards tha'
coveted place. Poor generalship both
times was the trouble, for Harvard
elected to rush with downs to spare/
instead of trying a. field goal which
seemed to promise success. These
fumbles were the critical points in the
game Failure by two of the backs,
Wiggleswortli and Corbett, to cling to
the pigskin in tight places, probably
ecrt Harvard the victory.
Yale could not withstand :he bat?
tering. Cnee the Harvard rushes were
for thirty-three yards, a first down
each time, and in the last period Cor
bett had carried the ball to the 'welve
yard line, when it went to Yale by bad
Judgment Harvard was always the
aggressor. Yale made few consistent
gains.'
Howe, the Yale quarterback, sup?
ported the general idea of the Yale
defense by constantly punting, and he
sen- the ball high in the air. giving
Kil| strick and Brooks, the ends, time
to fet down under them and tackle
the runner.
Yale's End Work.
It was the wonderful s-ork of the
two *-nds and field tackling which
shone in Yale's game. The Yale line,
which had to bear :he brunt of the
boring of Wendell, was surprisingly
compact. Dalv was not used a great
deal at plunging, owing, it is uader
I stood, to a weak knee. He was re?
served until the latter part of the
game rnd nig opportunity came jcat
before ihe end. when he tried a drop
kirk from the thirty-five-yard line, but
it was deflected by the sind.
I As to tii ? Harvard team, the disap?
pointment was the running of the
team by Quarterback Wiggiesworth
and the fumbling of the backs. Wig
gleswrrth was twice taken out and
Porter and Gardner were substituted,
but the ccaches pushed the Mt le quar?
terback Into the game and each time
', errors in judgment followed^
j Th" Harvard team as a d*nq|e. was
I the B*Sas compact, well drifted team
'of the whole season, hit it lacked at
|crl'ical times a maater hand.
Puntir.g Disaopomting
Thejvnting was disappointhag as a
? whole, although in the first period' It
I gave promise of being a feature. Howe
did not get his distance, and only
j Pelton wax able to get telling dis?
tance In <he game Harvard pen ted
fifteen times for *2v yards, and Howe
hooted the ?phTe tweatv tlaies for
tit yards. From the spectators point
Of view, the good features of tee
game were the variety of plays aeed
aas he raor?. important fact that the
hall, con Id always be seen. The for?
ward peas, which bad been hailed es
essentisl for gaining distance, waa
aeed bv Harvard Sve times
Three trie* were failures, and of
the other two. rnlv owe made s gnln.
sad that for eight yards Yale did
act aae the play nelv'a drop kick
ws? matched by one asade by Lewis,
which was a similar failure. Tae
,superiority nf Hsrvsrr) over Yale was
! shown in rushing, for ten times the
Crimson go- first down, and her work
in this style, tried Sfty-wve times,
brought galas of ?0i yards, while Ys!*,
getting Urs! down sit times, tried
rushlag thirty-seven times for ill
rarde #
Yale discarded the oaaude kick ea?
rl rely. wbJP> Harvaed ertedl H roar
times as a grn ind gaioer . ?I
[EWS, VA., SUNDAY, NO
The game wan the aaorte-t o| , ham
pionship loctball con MOV ?. listing |e?a
thiin un hour and throe-quarters
Georgetown Defeats V M. I.
WASHINGTON. I>. C. Nov. 11?.?In
Jen?- of the meat poorfe/ plaxed xameH
of ihe season Oeorgeetv*. n ('niverslty
itoday defeated the Virginia Military
Institut:*. 14 to 0, hot ai-ffer^d the
' humiliation of having her gi ?I crossed
ifor the first time hy .i Southern
j team
I Fumbling cn both Sides wss fre
? ii'ien'. Georgetown esired her first
I touchdown within thro* mlutes after
the start of the game. On th third
j formation, Costello broke through and
? with a remarkable ple> e of broken
field running, rsn sixty yards for s
I touchdown. FroJra 'hen until the
'third i|tinrt> r Georgetown win help
! less.
I The Virgin.m~ made their loses |
{down in the second o/tarter as ihe re- >
' suit of straight trotball In the third
quarter Walsh was ,-rhsti luted for Sit
tterding and after a aeries of line
j pipages, which pet the, ball en the
I Virginians' twenty-flve-yani line, he
.dropped hack und ktekeil , ?? ul from
the field In the final quarter Dunn
went In for Kraft, and after i? series
of line plunges and a forward pass
which netted 'bem twenty yards, he
[carried the ball over f?: tne final
touchdown,
j The line-up:
? Georgetown. Position. V. M. L
U ft End
i Batiscello. Carter. Karot
Left Turkl?
Bryant . Owen
Left Guard
Dailoy . Dalton
Center
Cunniff ...TT.- Briatow
Right Guard &*
Fi'zgerald . English
RI?ht Tackle
Feenan, Wymard . Da shield
Right End
Hogarty. Costello . . McCreedy
Sltterding.
Quarterback
Wal:h. Kelley . Witt
l.<-f- Halfback
Carrignn, Quinlan . Kinsolving
RigbU Halfback
Furev. Kraf'. Dunn. Moore
Fullback
Kelley, Vlyman . Leech
Summary. ? Touchdowns ? George?
town, Costello and Dunn. V M L
Leech. Coals from touchdowns?Cos?
tello, I; Moore. 1. Goals from field?
Walsh, I, Referee?Gass, of Lebigb.
Umpire?Donnelly, of Trinity. Time
of quarters?12 minti es and two 10
minute Quarters
- 1 j
Michigan Wina Championahip.
ANN ARBOR. MICH.. Nov. 19 ?
The Malse and Blue floats over! tbe
j Maroon and Gold tonight, for Michi
! gan. by a score of 6 to 0. captured
j the Western football championship
? from Minnesota on Ferry Field this
j afternoon.
j Two clean cut forward paises did
i it. It was In the last quarter .With
er side bad been able to shatter tbe
; others defense and the crowd of 15.
000 had resigned themselves to a no
j run tie game It was Michigan's ball
i in tbe center of the field. Wells,
j whose name b written large tonight.
ran out and sent the ball straight to
I Borleske. The crowd cheered itself
I hoarse for this was one of the few
successful forward passet of tbe
! game and it had netted 26 yards.
^Results Otherwise.
At New Haven?Vale ?; Harvard.
At Annapolis?St Johns College. t>;
Maryland Agricultural. 0. ."savy.
New York University. ?.
At Columbus. O ?Ohio 'State. 0;
I Oberlin, 0.
i At Hoboken- Rutgers, 8; Stevern,
rt -
j At Boston?Holy Crocs, 11, Tufts
A? West Point -West Point. 17;
j Trinity. 0.
At .'kltimor-?Carlisle, 12; Johns
I Hopklna. 0.
At Easton?Lafayette. 14; I-ehigb.
L* !
1 At Philadelphia ? Pennsylvania
Freshmen. 25; Cornell Frethmen. ?.
j At Ann Arbor? Michigan. <?; Min-1
i nesota. o.
At Champaign III?Illinois. 3; Sy
racoee, ?.
At t'aaton?rase. 12; Mount Ver
noa. o. s
At Lafayette. Ind.?Indiana. 15:
Purdue. ?.
At Madison. Wis?Wisconsin. 1?;
Chicago. 0.
At Washington?Georgetown. 14;
Vi rein is Military Institute. ?
At Richmond William * Mary- 1*:
Richmond College. *,
At'Norfolk ?Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues. 5; Gallaud? t Qf/tege a.
At New Orleans?Askbama. "; Te
lee*. 2.
At Atlanta Georgia. 11; Tech. S.
At Roanoke- fetTer-oa Ataletlo As
axt hritin. ?; Bel moat. a.
At Austin?t niverahty of Texas. 12;
Louisiana Sia*? Univaratty. a
At Wake Forest ? Wake Fore*>t. 2:
AgrfeuJ'oral A M?*-uanleal O
? _j_
Ter Heels Captara Qami.
RALKIOH. N C . MO*? lt.?The Uat
verslty of Sforth Carollaa had an easy
victory ever the I niveralty of South
Carolina at rmrham todav. tbe scare
being 23 to ?. The Tar He?l? made
ihe tmt store In five ashsa es of play
Tttay rushed ib. baa n? win TV*
Sals score of th?* Pahjsetto tevta came
la the last few miswtea of plav sad
was due to a betflewau aavsaty yard
dash of Knlebt who Md?
down and kicked g<-at.
V EMBER 20. 1910.
BREATHES HIS LAST
Great Russian Author Dies ati
Littie Flag Station in Pur?
suit of Solitude.
PASSES AWAY IN PRESENCE;
OK WIFE AND DOCTORS'
Death of the Famous Novelist Ends
Career of Moat Remarkable Man in
Hu Country?While Family Lives
In Mansion Ha Dressed as Passant
snd Resided in Hut.
(Rv Ansoclated I r*?? )
AHTAI'OVA. Nov. Ho -At I'M ?
av Osaal Leo Tolstoi di?u paeindeR)
TIM Oaaataaa Tolstoi. Ur. Makovetskv!
and other attending physicians were1
at his side when the end came. It j
was recognised long before that his
case was hoiielei s and at ."? in the]
morning, alter the countess had beeti!
summoned and the other members of]
the family had gathered In an adjoin?
ing; room, the physicians issued a bul?
letin, announcing that the activity of
the heart had almost reused, and that
Tolstoi'!- condition was extremely
dangerous. Several of the physicians
were greatly overcome by the ap?
proaching death of Russia's great
writer.
Left Home for Solitude.
Tolstoi. accompanR>d only by Dr.
Makovetskv, left his home for the J
purpose of ending bis days in loUtaeal
to which he has been Inclined in his[
later years. His pilgrimage led him.
to the monastery at Sbamardine In
the province of Kaluga, where he re
mat tied as the guest of his slst.r.
Msrle. who hi a nun in the cloister.
Learning that his retreat had been
discovered, he insisted upon proceed?
ing on his journey to the caucas.
where he hoped to spend his last
days close to the Tolstoian colony
on the ihore of the Black sea. But
during the railroad Journey he was
overcome with exhaustion and the
cold and Dr. Makovetsky was com?
pelled *o have him transferred to the
flag station at Astavpova, where he
was made as comfortable as possible
in the rude wooden building.
drVife's Fi ret Visit.
For live days he had lain there
suffering first from bronchitis and
later from inflammation of the lungs.
Specialists were .ailed from Moacow
and other places, but notwithstanding
their utmost efforts, the heart of the'
great Hutslan responded but feebly
to the restoratives and stimulants ad?
ministered. On Saturday the attacks
of heart failure increased alarmingly
and many hours prior to the end the
physicians had given up all hope.
Countess Tolstoi wa; sdroitted to the
sick room for the first time laat night,
hut her husband failed to reoognlte
her. She had hastened to he with j
him when she learned several days
ago that hi." illnest was serious but I
the physicians had deemed it advis?
able that she be kept away from the
count foal hag that her presence might
cause ihe patient emotion. Other
members of the family were fromj
time to time admitted to the pres?
ence of their father, and his daugb
I ter Alexandria, has been In constant
attendant e
Career ef Tolstoi.
Count Lyo Nlkollvltrh Tolstoi, call
ed Leu Tolstoi, novelist and social
reformer, war born August Jv lttt.
at Yaanaya. Poland, in the province
of Tulsa. Rut sia. When S3 years old
; Tolstoi entered the army and served
in the caucas ^nd in the defense of
I Sehastopo! agarhst the British and
I French allied forces He first made
j a reputation in literature by a aeries
j of vivid sketches written from Se
I bastopol and when he left the army
I sooa after the Crimean war be dc
voted himself entirely to literatnre.
His "War and Peace, a tale of the
? tnraaion of Russia, by Napoleon in
1S1X. is regarded in Russia as being
Me ma> terpiece. though his "Anna
I Karenina, ahlrh appeared in 1S7S
i and The Cossacks" found greater
favor abroad, where his "Kreutser
Sonata translations of whl'h were
published ia ISM. also attracted wide
atteatloa. ?
Mis Religious Fart*.
Tolstoi wrote much on education
and published a number of tbort st??
rten aad reminiscences of childhood
and youth, hut of recent years fee bad
devoted himself to religious teaching.
He made ' R< turn Not Kvil the key
note of his faith and insisted that the
literal Interprets: too of the 8m MB
on the Mount was the only rale of
the Christisn life The rellgioat views
of Tolstoi were set forth fa his
-Carat's Chrtstlaniiy- and "My Re
lfertoe "
In 1J??1 Tolstoi wa* exeorawunleat
ed by the holy synod
In 1 ???'? he wrote a powerful vindi?
cation of the Imkhoaoro wart which
daring that veer had Buffered great
persecution for It!
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IMiri. upon Hie point of twin* exiled;
mW Ii? - - ? ' n ? ?. i on ih?* whole to have
been treated with unusual leniency
in view of bis strongly pronounced
views, especially as set forth in a
manifesto entitled. "The People's
Right*.' hi: criticisms of Imperial
acts and his open letters to the em?
peror He was. however, expelled
from Moscow in July. l?ot, and hsd
since resided at Yasnaya.
In July. 1WH. Tolstoi wrote a
strong article denouncing the Ruaso
JaaSMM war. which caused (ho ?? lr
ure of the Novlsti of Si Petersburg,
whloh published It and a revival at
the reports Of Jhe government's in
tent ion to take'< vere action against
tbe author.
In January, 190'. Tolsitd iiubllshec*
an open letter to tbe emperor rexa'd
Ing the internal conditions in Russia
which was printed throughout the
world, and tome, time later he com
pleted his drama. " Behind The Se.uio
I? War." the production or whhh wat>
prohibited In St. Petersburg
His Publishers Sent to Prison.
On 'be occasion of Tolstoi's eigb
tieth alrthday. extern ive celebration
were held, although they were strong
ly disapproved by the Russian gov
ernment. Several of the publishers
ot Tolstoi's works have been sent t
prison.
WOIJLO TAX PASTORS
FOR THE ORPHANAGE
<Bv Avanclated Pres*>
WINSTON SALEM. N. C, Nov. 1?
?Reports by the presiding elders am
pastors, the recommendation that ur
arse: sment of ten per cent, of tlit
pastors' salary be made against each
charge la the conference for tbe stt|
port of the conference orphanage foi
which It was stated. $ 15,000 is need
ed. and an address by Dr. E. II. Raw
lings, of Virginia, newly elected sec
retary of the board of missions of tin
church, were made today tt the Wes
tern North Carolina Conference of tb<
Methodist Church. South, now beim
held here The conference voted p
hold Its next session at Statesville
S. C.
SHE CONFESSES ORIMF
?Vest Virginia Woman Admits
Killing Husband.
ARRESTED AT HIS FUN'RAI
When the Accused Is Told Her Fathei
snd Mother Are Charged With Com
plicity to the Murdsr, She Teilt
Story of the Shooting.
POINT PLEASANT. W. VA., Nov
\ is.?Her nerve broke down when in
i formed that her father and mothet
\ bad been placed under arrest at th>
old homestead in Jackson county
charged with complicity in the kflthaf
of her busband. Mrs. James M ilhol
land icdsy confeased she shot him
Mrs. Mulholland and her brother bat
been brought 'o Mason county Jal;
hare by Sheriff McCowan. of Jackscr
county, after their arreat in Columbus
Ohio, where they had gone to bury
tbe body of Mulholland. the clainr
having been made that he committee
suicide.
Dramatic Arrest.
The arrest of the wife and her
brother was made in a dramatic man?
ner during the funeral last Thursday
Mrs. 'Mulboi'iand protested her tnno
| cence until informed that her fathe'
'and mother. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lock
'hart, of Silvertoa. Jackson county.had
i been taken into custody and wen
iconfined in the Jackson county Jail a
' Riploy The woawaa'e eotofeusion war
made to Sheriff McCowan. Detect >v?
Rupert Keyser and Jailer Ash Hughe:
and the letter's' artja.
Mrs Mtlholland said that no on*
asw the shooting
Claims Accidsnt.
She wss running ia the yard of bet
father s borne with a shotgun in her
band. I struck she ?-orner of th<
j Bouse snd was discharged, the load
I of No 2 shot strfktas her husband rr
i the face, causing instant death She
then laid the gun across his dead
body and reported that be had shot
himself
As ehe paced her cell today, ap?
parently of good cheer, she added that
she would rather spend a few years
in prieoe bar. to live as ansay Witt
Iber late husband, who. aha said, had
alwaas ill treated her
Mrs Mulboiisnd will he held here
for a few days before being taken tc
tbe Jackson rountv Ja? Rae Is 21
years old sad says her buehaad war
the not. age today
CROWD* GO TO NORFOLK
4 large crowd of Newport \e?>
people went to Norfolk .eaU renter
trrday sftersooa to sttead on* aaati
ear perforsaaac* of "Baa r*ar~ at the
Norfolk Aradeau of Mewtr The
st-amer Virginia carried a laree not?
her of local people across the Road:
aad others went bv war of fay eve
See tea** ? number of people also
went over la * m the afteraooa to at
THE WEATHER.
isettlsd Sunday: fair Mon
moderats winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
CUNEXPLODESAND
FIVEJWEET DEATH
Fatal Accident Happens at In?
dian Head, Md., Prov'ng
Grounds of the Navy.
LIEUTENANT CAFFEE5 IS
AVONG NUMBER SLAIN
Officer in Charge and Threa Other* of
Crew Are Killed When Breech
Block, Being Tested, Blow, Back?
ward Into the Men?One 8erlously
Injured.
(By Associated Frees. ?
WASHINGTON. I). ('.. Nov. 19 ?By
the premature | x plosion of a five
Inch, fifty-one calibre gun at tbe In?
dian Head. Md.. proving grounds of
the navy, Mr n>en are dead, includ?
ing Lieutenant Arthur C. Caffee. who
was in <bai>e of tbe gun. and one
man. a negro, seriously Injured. The
breech blcxk of the nun. which wan
being' tested, blew backward into the
crew which was firing the gun.
The explosion probably was due to
a bent or fouled firing pi--, which pro?
ject eii beyond the face of he breech
plug of the gun.
The dead, in addition to U utetiant
Caffee, are:
J. U BROWN, battery foretr yi. in?
stantly killed
NELSON JACKSON, colored. Ir-t
?ery attendant, fatally injured Bad
died shortly afterwards
J. J. LKAKY. ordnance man. fatal?
ly Injured, died at 11:3.1 a. m.
SIDNEY DYSON, colored, a mem?
ber of the gun crew, was seriously
injured
Investigation Ordered.
The ordnance bureau has ordered a
hoard of Inquiry to develop details of
the accident, tbe oniy witness to
which, so tar as can be learned, were
John ft Coleman and Sydney Dyson,
both entered.
Tbe gun. which was-A new one from
the navy yard gun factory, and be?
ing tea ted for the first time, had al
-eadv been fired twice. The accident
occurred fust as the breech was be?
ing closed.
Lieutenant Arthur Caffee was born
In Missouri and was attached to the
taff of Rear Admiral Hchroeder on
?he Atlantic fleet battleshia Connecti?
cut, before he was assigned to duty
v the Indian Head grounds as inspec?
tor of ordnance. He enti red the na?
val academy in 1900. The assistants
who were killed and Injured were all
'ivlllans and lived in the neighbor?
hood if the nroving grounds, forty
miles below Washington.
Lieutenant Caffoe had been on duty
\t the proving grounds since last
April. He resided on the reservation
with tii- wife and one child. His body
probably will be interred in tbe Ar?
lington National Cemetery.
Accident Probable at Any Time.
The naval ordnance bureau baa
been *rytng for a long time to find
some safety device applicable to guns
of this calibre, but so far without suc?
cess and If the gun caotaln fails to
obey tbe rule to pass bis hand over
the face of the breech lock before N
it closed to determine any Improper
projection of the firing pin. then such
an accident as orcaarred today may
happen any time. tide said.
Every precaution ordinarily is tak?
en to protect the firing crews from
the failure of a near gun under t?st.
It Is required that after loading the
gun the crew shall retire to a bomb?
proof in tts rear and discharge the
niece by electricity. The trouble In
this case lay in the fact that the
gun was discharged before the crew
bad finished loading It The brass
shell contained the powder and the
nrojeetlle had been inserted in the
oieoe and the breech box had swung
?o on its hinges But before the
Heavy screw threads had Interlocked
the projecting firing n'.n struck the
orlmer on the head of the shell and
?xploded the charge which blew back?
wards, tearing off the breach block
sad killing or fatally wounding tbe
The employes' ttsbr.trv act will
eosse iato play in tale case aad ths
families or dependent parents of the
victims of the exptoatoa will receive
the equivalent of one year's pay.
CITY COMMITTEES TO MEET.
Matters ef Importance To Be Con?
sidered Towtorrew Nie**.
Thre. committees sf' the efty coua
II all! hold their regular meetinga
a the city ban morrow abr?t at S
ve. .
aad light, fire da