Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], July 11, 1912, Image 8

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Attorneys for Judge Archbald Issue
Statement.
SKS SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
JUply From Accused Jurist Indicates
Hit Lint of Dtfwii In Forth-
coming Trial of impeacn
ment Cat.
Washington. July lO.-Counael for
judge Robert W. Archbald of the com-
erce court, sgalnet wnom iwi"
Impeachment have been reported n
the house, Issued a statement aaklng
mat public opinion In the Archbald
case be auapended until the accused
Jurist baa bad an opportunity to pre
eat hie detente to the tenate, which,
sitting aa a court, will try the charges
him romlderatlon of the
ilaVrchbald Impeachment retolutlon In
Ifhe houte will be returned on Thure-
The statement made public by hit
counsel, the first public reply from
ithe Judge, and Indicating the tenor of
Ids defenae In the expected trial, in
lyart it at follows:
Dtnlee Charges.
Judge Archbald'a counsel state that
fte emphatically denlee that In any of
.the transaction! referred to in the re
ipoH of the Judiciary committee, or
which the committee has eubmitted to
the house, he used or attempted to
use hla Influence aa a Judge lmprop-
'riy.
"Conscious of his own Integrity, it
sever occurred to him In any of the
transactions referred to that others
knight suspect that he was acting otb-
rwise man uprisuu.
"When the original charges against
tlm were presented to the president
. sad the attorney general, he wat' giv
n no notice and had no hearing. In
the proceedings before the house
Judiciary committee he wat permitted
ti cross-examine witnesses, btft it was
xollcltly atated by the chairman that
the proceeding waa a hearing ana not
m trial. -Wanta
to Tell Hie Side.
S IV kAnalnMa Vk A Fit T0 ttl A CATtl fTtlt
IUC UCBtUIfiB mvi w
se the principal chargea which had
led the president and the attorney
general to take action were ehown to
'e unfounded. When the evidence
sras cloted, what chargea the commit
4m might make could not be known to
Judge Archbald or hie counsel until
they were presented to the houte.
Judge Archbald therefore will have
co opportunity to present hla defense
until summoned to the tenate ana un
til he hat ,a hearing there he aaka
Chat public opinion In hit case may
fee suspended." .
The statement took up in detail the
-principal chargea upon which the
Judiciary committee hearings were
eld.
THREE HURT IN OLAT HE WRECK
. Clinton Accommodation Met Heavy
Coal Train Passenger Engine
f. Telescoped.
Olathe, Kan., July 10. Three pat-
enzers were Injured when tne ciin
-toa accommodation train, met a train
f 30 loaded coal cart pulled by a big
fifilett enelne about four blocks
south of the station, on a high em.
ttankment. near Devll'e lake. The en
gins pt the passenger train waa tele
scoped. The engineer and fireman
. fit the passenger train both Jumped
before the crash and were uninjured.
"The injured passengers are Mrs.
Maud Grigsby of Stanley; E. W.
Tlinole. of Harrlsonvllle, and John
Xtowlnski of Kansas City, Kan.
CAS SUIT INTkKESTS KANSANS
legal Battle at Independence to Force
Kansas Natural Company xo r in
fill Three Cent Contrsct
m Inn
July 10. For-
sner Senator Cheatsr I. Long and At-
tarnev uenerai joun twwiuu mo uc
preparing for a legal battle to open
torney General John Dawson are here
"--wit a tne Kansas isaiurai u wi"";
t Jn the district court The Independ-
cues Power and Manufacturing com
lany Is seeking to force the Kansas
Jiatural to make good a contract for
three-cent gas given by Its predecet
snr, ths Consolidated Oil, Gas and
Manufacturing company, to the Adam
os Manufacturing company years
mto. The suing company bought tbs
Adamson contract. . Kanaas manufac
turers are watching ths suit closely.'
Michigan Doctors In Session.
Muskegon, Mich., July 10. Ths
4Enemben of the Michigan Btatejflejlt-
MeNamaras May Testify.
Los Angeles, July 10. The detents
?a ths D ax row caas Is considering hav
tig the McNamara brothers brought
Crom San Quentla prison to testify-for
Chs defense. Attorney Rogers refused
s state ths line of their testimony in
Che svent they are called.
.; Aviator Hit a Hill.
St Cyr, France, July 10. While at
jwB?t!ng a monoplane flight from Et
Crr to Cbalona Is the thick fog of
v' -j morning Bedel, an aviator, wat
1 when fce plurced head oa Isto
IPi HIS STORY
EUGENE W. CHAFIiJ
V ' -;' A -
Ths National Prohibition inven
tion which meets in Atlantis City
Wednesday may nominate for preel
dent Eugene W. Chafln of Illinois who
wat ths csndldstt of ths Prohibition
lata four years ago. '
CONVICTS MIKE GOOD fiOJDS
IVIVUVV w " "
punged from the records, without lm
MISSOURI'S EXPERIMENT PROV- pugnlng motives or impeaching
INQ A DECIDED SUCCESS. the cnaracter of any one." It was the
Intention that the whole subject should
Governor Hadley Highly Pleased, and be wiped out of future discussion.
More Will be Used None I At the same time it was declared
Tried to Escape. I Secretary Irwin Shepard, who made
' the charges, was not guilty of any
Jefferson City, July 10. Ater a trial misstatement when he referred to
of three weeks with a gang of con- toe violation of certain technicalities
vlcts employed upon the public high-' at the Boston election.
ways of this county the experiment is
announced to be a .decided success.
None of the convicts refused to work.
none of them attempted to escape ar.rt
all have been doing mftt satisfactory
work. Gov. Hadley. believes that the
improvement of public highways will
enable the counties to work local prls-
oners on the reads.
Convicts greatly prefer the ouieide
work. It is more healthful. In addi-
tion there is the Inducement of
shortening their service. There are
now about 2,300 men in the peniten-
I iinifer the new law. 300 con-
vlctt can be taken every year and em-
ployed upon the public hlghwaye un- ten repiy ln wttlcn ne auempieu w
der direction of the varloue counties, BUBtain faia chargea. He asserted that
There are now more than 1,700 con- before ths Boston convention ths or
vlctt working under the contract ays- ganizatlon known aa the Chicago Prin
tem. The ttate recelvea 70 centt a cipaB' club tet out to promote Mrt.
day for the labor of each of these con- young's candidacy. He charged that
vlctt. By the close or tne present
year nearly all of the old contract!
- - . a W
Will have expired ana wm noi oe w schools wnen in iaci iuoy uku u v--newed.
, - er ttatet and were not connected with
There will be a pretty heavy cosi Chicago schools, une oi weso iw.
entailed upon the state when the last erg( he asserted, lived in Michigan apd
contractor is out of the prison tome-
where In the neighborhood or i3uu,uuu.
The state can have no direct source of
inMm. frnm the labor of ths convlctt
when ths contract system ceaset to
exist. The counties which may em-
ploy convlctt upon the public high-
way will pay nothing for their labor
except food afld ehelter. The recom-
pense to the state wm come in mo
shape of improved bighwayt.
Missouri hat never tried ths plan
of working pneonera on v""""
highwaya before.
JURY CLEARED ASYLUM DOCTOR
bin wi 1
Charged With Misconduct
w m ti in The iurv In
thTSi Dr.JSf ulVt7
Phlcaen of the Fulton state hospital,
oY trial in the Callaway, county clr-
jESMrSK
of not guilty after deliberating HtUe
mora than an hour. Twelve ballots
were taken before a verdict was
reached. Only one of the Jurort held
out for conviction after the third bal
lot were with Wm in the courtroom when
JLY ,:Xr a. rt,,rn.d. Several
persons started a demonstration, but
were silenced by the court.
Dr. Magee will go to Green City
where he will take a leng rest before
deciding upon his future plane.
HAS ORlGrNAL IDEAS OF JUSTICE
Pennsylvania Burgess Hat Tramps
Play Ball Game for Their
Liberty.
wnir.TiTr Pa.. Julv 10. Thirty'
tranjpt wers arraigned before Burgess Greensboro, N. C, July 10. Repub
W. D. Morris. Ths burgess, who is an lican ttate leaders, active in the re
enthusiastic baseball fan, ordered that cent campaign In support of Theodore
m.n h divided into two tauadt, Roosevelt., have Just adopted resolu;
from which two teami are to be se-
i.oti to nlav a 9-innlng gams on ths
town common. Ths winning squad
It to go free, but the loaert will be
compelled to pound ttone ror two
.
' ' ' .
u.ii ski. T-,.rf in.
San Francltco, July lO.-The Pa-
clflc mall steamer City of Panama,
which sent wlrelesa tlgnalt for as
sistance when its engines broke down
250 mllet southwest of San Pedro,
Sunday, was towed Into port hers by
ths steamer Rose City of San Pedro.
Ne Ball for Jeffries.
Oklahoma City. Ok., July 10. The
criminal court of appeals refused to
grant bond to H.-O. Jeffries, tbe No
wata editor charged with tie Jruricr
ef lira. Irene Cofceca.
IU0 CUIlVEnTIUIJ
Even Teachers In Session at Chicago
Quarrel Like Politicians
FRAUD CHARGES ANGER WOMAN
Head of National Education Associa
tion Accused of Being Beneficiary
. of Ballot Box Stuffing by
Chicago Faction.
. Chicago, "July 10. Open chargea
that at the convention at Botton two
yeare ago, when- Mrt., Ells Flagg
Young of Chicago waa elected presi
dent, the rolls were "stuffed,- that
teachera were enrolled at active mem
ber! credited from Chicago achoolt
when they lived in other ttatet; and
that their dues were paid by Chicago
principals to InBure more votes for
Mrs. Young, were voted uponby the
National Educational asaociatlon.
Discussion Became Heated.
The board of dlrectora adopted
nnanlmoualy a resolution that all ref-
i n tho rhm-zea should be "ex-
The gesslons or tne airecior
marked by heated discussions In which
Mr, Young, who la superintendent of
tne Chicago schools, deprecated that
.Uie name 0I the first woman presi-
dent 0f the association thould be
dragged in the mud."
-rrea- to 8ustsln Charges,
'The charges started when President
Carroll G. Pearse criticised the report
of Secretary Shepard. Mrs. Young had
Bajj u the association approved of the
secretary's report vevery teacher in
Chicago would be Justified in eulng the
association for alander."
Secretary Shepard submitted s writ-
many pnoni were enrouea
members credited from Chicago
... M a. 11 -,A In Alh.
another in Milwaukee . Altogether in
thie way he asserea, eo voiea ww
secured from persont who thut had
Keen enrolled. He quoted letters sent
(rom Milwaukee and New Orleans in
which persons, whose namet
withheld, profeesed to tave been paid
Dy Chicago teachers for going aa ac-
tive membert and voting for Mrs.
Young. ;
i
qUSE IN PARLIAMENTARY ROW
Consideration of Clayton Contempt
Bill Interrupted by Discussion
Over "Gag" Rule.
tion of the Clayton contempt bill it
found Itself in a parliamentary snarl.
The situation arose because .speaa-
.r Clark had announced the day be-
tore -
JotW o adopt the ga g rule.
P. Jyadrredln
tota "ng h Is flgures however and a
vitiating the action of the house.
UUI UUI uwu uww 90 m '
The minority leader, Mr. Mann, and
ex-Speaker Cannon led in the renewal
of the fight agalnat ths "gair row
After la rfkirtnlsBthe 'speaker fimZIT
declared nearly half of the preceding
day's work illegal and vacated it. The
house then readopted the rule,
Great NivSTevlew."
Portsmouth. Eng., July 10. The
greatest naval review ln the history
of the world took place off spitneaa
Dr.Hativ th en lira flffhtlne: strength
.. - - -
of the British fleet, Including the four
from the Malta base, were Inspected
by the members of parliament prs-
krvsst um.w5 w
paratory to the summer maneuvers,
Referendum In North Carolina.
tlont favoring the reference of the it-
aus at to wnetner ia or ooeiv
is the rightful nominee to the prs-
clnct prlmariet throughout the tuts.
I Start Santa Fs Bridge.
Sibley. Mo.. July 10. The active
! work on ths new million dollar bridge
of ths Atchison. Topeka SanU Fs
railway across the Missouri river hers
ti about to begin. The construction
mm nan y has called for 200 men to
begin work Immediately.
Thirty Dead In English Mine.
Conisboro. Yorkshire. Eng.. July 10,
The outer workings of the Cadeby
colliery, near here, were destroyed
by an explosion cf Era damp. There
were SI miners in Co worklrss at the
time ef ths C ssl fill wert
i.::.cx .
FlirJS'COSiUTnLtLEKBS
ITALIAN COUBf WAI IN SESSION
, OVER A YEAR.
All Defendants Declared Guilty Cov
srnment Hopes to Break Up
, Criminal Organlxatlons.
Vlterbo, IUly. July 9. The verdict
In ths Caroo" trial bat Jutt been re
turned.' Nine of the accuaed were
nnanlmoualy , declared guilty of the
murder of Gennaro Cuoccola and hla
wife.1 Ths remainder of the band
wers found guilty of belonging to a
criminal association.
Of the 41 persons originally indicted
three .never were captured, three died
(Turing the-trial, while 20 were liber
ated during the trial at they already
had aerved the maximum time possible
for sentence in the event of a con
viction. Although the specific charge wat ths
murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and hit
wife at Naplee, the real object of the
prosecution waa a tupreme attempt by
the government to break up ths two
great criminal organizations in Italy,
the Camorra of Naples and the Mafia
of Sicily.
Ths Cuoccolo murder was com
mitted June 6, 1906. . a
Members of the organization imme
diately were arrested, but through the
Instrumentality of Father Cicero Vit
tezzl, a priest, were released only to
be rearrested later.
Aftr narlvflve year! of work
Maesello Caplzzutl, an Italian detec- ad It is believed that the American
tlve, got a confession from Gennardo j Smelting and Refining company im
Abbatemagglo, one of the membere of . mediately stopped payment on the
the band, and hla story had been the
chief reliance of the prosecution,
Ths trial finally, began March 11,
1911, at Vlterbo. Weeka.were required
to get the Jury, owing to the fear of
the Camorra.
When the actual trial began, there ;
were many sensational Interruptions I
throughout the entire time of the ses-1
slons.
AIRMEN ORGANIZE FOR SAFETY
National Association Founded In Chi
cago "to Save' the Lives of
Remaining Flyers."
r.v,in tiv 9 A national asao-
elation of' aviators, founded "to save
the live, of remaining American fly-
f "Yh fThf AlroMi; o f imnou '
Ing field of the Aero Club of Illinois..
Permanent organization will be com-
t,ii on whan Avsrv aero-
Diane operator
licensed or unlicensed1, la expected by
the Chicago airmen to. become affili
ated. :
The association is called the Ameri
can Aviators' association. Members
pledge themselves not to fly ln an
aeroplane they do not think safe, re
gardless of Jeers or accusations of
cowardice. They will seek action
through the national body against
manager! who seek to force aviatort
into unsafe flights.
ELKS GRAND LODGE IN SESSION
Portland Decorated wim nuniing no
Lights In Honor of Forty-Eigntn
Annual Meeting.
Portland. Ore., July 9. The 48th
erand lodEe eesaion of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks and the
26th annual reunion of the brotner-
hood haa Just opened here, in nonor
of the occaalon practically every build
ing In the bualness district has Deen
covered with bunting and Ilghte, while
the streets -are decorated with purpie
and white bunting.
The opening day was given over to
the festivities, which Included numer
ous band concerts and the official re
ceptions. At night the first convoca
tion of the grand lodge took place. It
wat .open to the public and consistea
wholly of welcoming speecnes.
Virtually every office, save that of
grand exalted ruler, for which T. B.
Mllla of Superior, wis., seems 10 nave
a clear lead, probably will be con
tested.
BIG TEXAS METEORITE IS SOLD
La,t Piece of Qrest Stons Shipped to
Eastern Mineral company
Fell 32 Years Ago. '
Lubbock, f ex., July 6. The second
and last piece of the large meteorite
which fell ln Hale county, several
miles north of here, 33 yeart ago waa
Jutt thlpped by B. O. McWhorter, the
ewner of the land, to the Foot Min
eral company of Philadelphia. Thie
meterorlts weighed 875 poundt. ..nen
t .tnirir th earth it tpllt In two.
....n Tara aeo Mr.' Mo
tt-knrtr old ths larger piece of the
tranzely mineralised stone for $500
sad It wat shipped to an Eastern con
cern for laboratory purpotes. To what
nte this second part of the meteorite
Is to bs put It not known ners.
said to contain rare minerals. .....
Sun lanitsd Flrsworks.
Sallna. Kan., July 6. Ths hot rays
of ths tun Ignited 150 worth of flre
.nrv. in the ehow window of the
vkttrand Drug company here. A
large plats glass window was blown
out and fire caused damage amount
ing to about $500. -
Rebela Kill an American.
v p.ia. Tex- July 5. William
Adama. an American, has been killed
by rebela at Colonia Diax. This makes
Bias colonists vno nave oa
y rebels ln the settlements south cl
J-jaret t!oce the revoiuuon iriea.
REBELS DETMIIED
-AE3EHBMI COHSUL
Held With Twenty-fiyo Others In
' Office of Mexican Railway,
ROW STARTS OVER $5,000 CHECK
Railroad Company Had Stopped Pay-ment-lAII
Released After Agree
ment to Make Good the
, , Amount.
Juarex, July 10. Twenty-flve Amer
icana, Including American Conaul
Thomas D. Edwards, were detained In
the office of the, Mexican Northwest
ern railroad hers for nearly two hours.
Rebel offlcere had become angered
at the offlcert of the Mexican North
weetern. which it owned by Brltieb
Interests, on account of the alleged
worthlessness of a $5,000 check pay
able to the rebel! as an sxport duty
on a consignment of gold ore by ths
American Smelting and Refining com
pany In Chihuahua. The shipment had
arrived in El Paao but when ths
rebels attempied to caah the $5,000
check bank! in El Paso refused pay-
mart r
Since the check was given tne
federals had entered Chihuahua City
check.
Building Was Surrounded.
American Consul Edward! went to
the Northwestern offices to confer
with the railroad officials. The con
ference was on at 6 o'clock when sua
deniy the doors of the building were
gurrounded by armed men.
There were 40 persons In the build
ing, 15 being Mexicans, consul cm
warda from within the building tele
phoned for Col. Pascual Orozco, Sr.,
head of the garrison, who arrived in
a few minuteB and ordered the guards
to release all minor employes. ,
At 7 o'clock the railroad offlclala
were given their liberty. It was said
e7 aa recu w "v .
g0inpmon. Metwee. Tw0 F,ret.
"Mel, July 1 -Ths
Morman colony af lanjlne.'i. in daily
ravages. The Mormons
J; and ammunition
nave gatnerea k " "
Ira Langdon, a Mormon from Colonia
Morolos, who arrived here.
El PaeoyTex., July 10. The Mor
mons In Nortnern eonora r uiui
mors trouble with the Mexican fed
eral soldleri than with the rebels, ac
cording to O. P. Brown, Mormon agent
here, who left for Colonia Moroloa
and Colonia Oaxaca to . Investigate
conditions and report to ' Senator
Smoot of Utah and Fall of New Mex
ico, who have called attention to
the Mormon situation.
..'umMCM 1PPUI TD THF VFTFRANS
iivihui n. i i.ni. ....
Suffragists to Vialt Soldiers' Horns at
Leavenworth in Special Train,
Seeking Votea.
Topeka, July 10. Three hundred
suffrage workera of Topeka, Lecpmp
ton and Lawrence will ewoop down on
Leavenworth to push along the suf
frage work at the Soldiers' home and
In Leavenworth. '
The women will leave Topeka on a
special train decorated with banners
an-l streamera inscribed: "Votes for
women." .
There will be a reception at the
two stops Lawrence and Lecompton
by braBB bands. The train will go
by way of Wilder, and will reach the
penitentiary at 10:40 o'clock in the
morning.
After a trip through the building of
the prison the party will go to the
Soldlera' home, where a suffrage pro
gram will be given. The women ex
pect to show the 8,000 soldiers at the
home Just what suffrage meant and
what it will do for the state.
KIMMEL" AGAIN HEARD FROM
Struck by Lightning "Man of Mys
tery" is in Hospital Preparing for
Another Operation. . .
Chicago, July 10. George A. Kim
mel, a "man of mystery" and figure in
a life Insurance court suit, is in a hos
pital hers preparing for another surgi
cal operation on hit head. He aaya
the operation is made necessary by In
juries suffered recently when he wat
struck, by lightning.
-: The ,holt,ihe says, dislodged the
silVer plats which waa placed in hla
head several weeks ago when aur
geont operated on him in an effort to
restors his memory. CHe saya hs was
struck a week ago at Berrien Springe,
Mien.' ......... . . :
Le;?csl Reasoning.
Tfceliia Smith, a little east sids gtrt
feat heard m great deal about the dan
ger of contracting diaeaas fromJand
Ung articlee belonging to others She
haa been taught that ths must not
use the brushes and comba of other
members of the family.
Oa one occasion. the little tot was
foand Industriously lathering her face
wits tr father's ahavlcg brush. Shs
waa duly reprimanded and told that
ths should know better.
"WtBt wKl I catch, mamma wfc!a
CRiiJillL CHAESg IS CnOFFEP :
DR..MAGEC TO BE TRIED ONUY
FOR MISCONDUCT.
Prosecuting Attorney Bellevee EvU
dence Not Sufficient to Convict
Fulton Asylum Physician.
Fulton, Mo.; July 8. John R.'Baker,'
prosecuting attorney, has announced
that he will dlamlst the charge of
criminal attack preferred against Dr.
R. S. Magee, former chief staff phyal
clan of ths Fulton ttate hospital, in
the Indictment returned by the Calla
way county grand Jury, when the cat,
comes up for trial.
Dr. Mages will be tried on a charge
of official misconduct named in an In
dictment returned by the aame grand.
Jury, but which was withheld unti
Friday, when It became apparent that
the other charge would not hold. The
decision . to withdraw ths . attack
charge was largely due to the doubt
surrounding the insanity of Mrs.
Jessie Cerovich, named in the in-
dictment.
The woman waa released as cured
toon after Dr. Magee left ths hospital
and toon after the Indictment waa re
turned by ths grand Jury. It wa
pointed out that the defense would
use the allegation that the woman waa
not mentally unbalanced at the time
the alleged assault wat said to have
taken place.
Dr. Magee hat arrived in Fultont
from his home ln Green City, Sullivan,
county. Sixty witnesses have been
summoned for the trial.
FIRE COST PACKERS $250,000
Twenty-Five Firemen Injured at Mor
ris plant Three Hundred Men
Temporary Idle.
Kansas City, Mo., July 8 Twenty
flve firemen wers injured, onr-prob-ably
fatally and others severely, la
a fire which did $250,000 damage at
the Morris & Co. packing plant. The
fire was ln the north part of the east
main building. Entire companies or
firemen were overcome by smoke and"
fell unconscious at their work. The
packing house barn was converted In
to an emergency hospital with five
doctors In attendance.
The building damaged is about 200x
700 feet and six stories tall. The fire
started ln the nortbefist corner of the
fourth In the the leaf lard cooler. The
lard cooler, the beef casing depart
ment, the fat and bone departments
and the beef killing beds burned.
Three hundred men . will be out ot
work temporarily.
, The fire Is believed to have beett
caused by a hot motor.
I S. C. Fraiseei superintendent of the
plant, said the building probably
would be rehabilitated without delay.
W'.lS0N TO ADDRESS LOAN MEN
At Governor of New Jersey, Not as
Presidential Nominee, Will 8peak
. Before Big Meeting.
Atlantic City, N. J.. July U.-Wood-row
Wilson, not aa presidential nomi
nee of the Democratic party but aa
governor of New Jersey, it tcheduled
to deliver an address before the
United Statea League of Local Build
ing and Loan Association tomorrow
afternoon. The league began its tee
Blons today, being welcomed by Henry
J. Ford, commisslonsr of banking and
Insurance; Mayor Bacharach and Jo
seph A. McNamee. Acting President
C. O'C. Henneasy responded andjnade
his annual address.
Secretary H. F. Celiarlus of Cin
cinnati eald in hit annual report:
"The local buildlg and loan assocla
tlont of the United Statee continue to
be singularly prosperous and for 1911
they have had a record-breaking year.
In iota! asBeta they passed the billion
dollar mark, while their growth for
the year was nearly one hundred mil
lion dollars, the largest increase ever
recordedin a single year. The num
ber of association is now 6,099, an
increase of 230 for .the year. The
membership increaeed from 2,169,893
in 1910 to 2,332,829 in 1911. The ag
gregate assets are now $1,030,687,031,
an increase for the year of $98,819,856.
The average amount due each member
for 1911 Is $441.81, an lncreaas of
$12.36 for the year." .
WATER ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA
First Vessel Leaves, Opening Service
Between Mississippi Valley
snd Brazil.
"
New Orleans, July 3. Inaugurating:
service between the Mississippi val
ley -and South America, the British
steamer Inkum of the recently formed
Mississippi Valley, South American at
Orient Steamship company sailed
from thla port for Brasll, carrying
cargo valued at mors than $1,000,000.
Ths new service It designed to pro
Tide for, all water ahlpmentt from
the Mississippi valley cities to South
America, and the departure of the first
vessel waa made the occasion for an
official ' demonstration which was at
tended by many business men from
cities of the Middle West . .
Vollva Sees Diaaster.
Chicago, July 9. Wilbur Ciena
Vollva, overseer at ZIon City, predict
the destruction of Chicago, New York
and other large citiesaad calls on hi
followers to hurry to Zloa City, which
he said would be the on?? place spared
wbea the devastation tomes,.