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Notified Jhat West Vir?
ginia Has Ignored
Its Decision.
DEBT COMMISSION
HOLDS MEETING
tJebtor State Has Paid No At?
tention to Overtures for Ami?
cable Settlement?S e n a t o r
Chilton Attacks Governor
Glasscock's Policy on
This Question.
AttenUon of the United States Su?
preme Court was called by the Vir?
ginia Dobt Commission yesterday to
the negligent attitude of the SUte of
West Virginia, both In regard to non?
payment of tins principal of the debt
and the failure to enter Into any ar?
bitration In regard to the Interest.
The Supreme Court, In deciding the
claim In Virginia'? favor, suggested
that the two States hold a conference
for settlement of the question cf in?
terest, which, because of the long pe?
riod, now amounts to several times
the amount .of the princrlp.il.
Virginia appointed conferees, who
went to Charleston and laid t.-.e mat?
ter before the Governor of West Vir?
ginia. The Legislature of thai State
has met and adjourned without ao-ion.
the Governor ha# done nothing, and
the representative.* of Virginia now
feel that they have done their f?ll
part. They will so report to the United
Ptates Supreme Court, stating that ef?
forts to arbitrate the matter of In?
terest have failed, because of the neg?
ligent attitude of WeM Virginia, and
attorneys for the Virginia Debt Com?
mission will then proceed to ask for
proper court orders for collection 'it
the entire <-la!m. p*!n-lpa! and lnterot.
Debt Communion lu SeaatoB.
The Virginia Debt Commission met
yesterday mornlnw at Roam ISO. .lef.
ferson Hotel Members present were
llandolpn Harrison. Of Lynchburg;
Henry T- Wlckham. of Hanover. Judge
William F. Hhea, of Klchmond; Ii. H.
Downing, ff Warren. J. Thompson
Brown, of Nelson; John B Moon, ot
Charlottesvtlle, chairman, and Joseph
Button, secretary. Attorney-General
Williams wn? detained at home on ac?
count of illness, but was represented
by Assistant Attorney-General R. B
Davis. Former Attorney-General Wil?
liam A. Anderson was also prescnj as
attorney for the Debt Commission.
Major Holmes Conrad and Sanfor.l
Itoblnson appeared for the certificate
holders, as did W. C. LeGendre and
T. M. Brown, of the certificate hold
eri' committee.
Judge William F. Rhoa and H. H
Downing, a committee from the Vir?
ginia Debt Commission, reported that
they had duly notified the Governor of
West Virginia In Charleston, In per
eon. and had requested that the West
Virginia legislature take action look?
ing to settlement of the principal, and
also as to arbitration of the matter of
Interest.
Committee Reports So Itespnuae.
The committee reported that West
?Virginia had taken no s>tep whatever,
had appointed no conferees, and that
its legislature hud adjourned without
taking any action In the matter.
Under these circumstances the Debt
Commission held that there was but
one course open?to call the attention
of the Supreme Court of the United
Etates to the failure of the State of
.West Virginia both to rccognlzo Its
decision as to the principal and Its
Buggchtion as to the interest.
It will bo recalled that, siting as a
board of auditors, the Supreme Court
of the United States, on Monday. March
6, 1911, rendered an opinion written by
Associate Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes, to the effect that the State of
West Virginia was under obligation to
pay $7,182,507 of the total debt of ap?
proximately $33.000.000. which the
Commonwealth of Virginia bore when
the new State was formed by the segre?
gation of cortaln western counties. The
court, after announcing the pioper
amount West Virginia owed as of the
date of the separation into two States,
left the matter of interest to be adju?
dicated, suggesting that the States de?
cide the matter by conference. To this
suggestion West Virginia has failed to
conform. In fact, so far as the State
Debt Commission was informed yester?
day, West Virginia has ignored the
whole matter. ?
Owes Virginia 57,000,000.
Ever since the War Between the
Etatc-s Virginia has been endeavoring to
collect from West Virginia the share
of that section of the old State In the
debt which existed when the two were
eeparated. Finally Virginia brought
null In the United States Supreme Court
for about one-third of the State debt
as it existed on January 1, 1861, then
about $83*000,000. The court appointed
Charles E. I.ittlelleld, of Maine, as spe?
cial master, und his report was sub?
mitted to the court in March. 1910.
Justice Holmes rendered the opinion,
holding West Virginia's 'just and
qultablo" portion of the debt to bo
r,ls2,507. not counting interest from
ftnuary 1, 1SC1.
"Whether any Interest is due." said
Istice Holmes in his opinion, "and il
le, from what time it should be al
iwod, and at what rate It should bu
omputed. are mat tors as to which there
S a serious controversy In the rbeord.
,nd concerning which there Is room for
a wide divergence of opinion. There
are many elements to bo taken into
account on the one side and the other.
The .duration of Interest.
?The circumstances of the asserted
default and of the conditions sur?
rounding the failure earlier to procura
a determination of the principal sum
payable, including the question of
laches as to either party, would re?
quire to be considered. A long time
has elajjsed. Wherever the responsi?
bility for the delay might ultimately
t>" placed. or however it might be
(Continued on Third Page.)
OFFICERS ARRESTED
They Are? Charged With Complicity In
Contrsvlll? I.ynchlun>
. Coatesvllle, Pa., September 20.?Tho
Chief of Police of this place, ono of
his subordinates, and two residents of
the borough worn arrested this nfter
noon an the result of Indictments re?
turned to-day by a grand Jury which
Investigated the burning to death of
Zack Walker, a negro murderer, i.ear
this place on August 13. The Jury re?
turned Indictments iiKnlnst Charles E.
Umstead. Chief of Police of Coatesvllle,
und Stanley Howe, a policeman, charg?
ing them with Involuntary man
nlauKhtor; Richard Tucker, dp Insur?
ance agent. Knd Walter Markward, tho
latter two being charged with mur?
der. Judgo Hutler, to whom the grand
Jury made Its presentation, admitted
tho two police officers to bnll In thn
sum of |2,000 each, and committed
Tucker and Mnrkward to prltion with?
out ball. Hall was furnished for both
policemen.
The grand Jury in Its report' hold
that tho Chief of Police was lnx in his
duty on th? night of the lynching, and
that Policeman Howe, who was guard?
ing tho negro st thn hospital from
which he was taken by the mob. mude
no effort to prevent the lynchers from
getting their victim. The other two
men nro charced wltb being active,
spirits In the mob. The report "f thu
Jury criticized the police force of
Coatesvllle for Its Inactivity In not
preventing the lynching, and also ar?
raigned the citizens of the boroutth,
who, they claim, hampered the Inves
ttgntlon by their unwillingness to
testify concerning the Identity of those
in the mob.
MISS DE WITT INDICTED
She I? Said to Me Author of "Poisoned
Pen" Letter?.
Philadelphia. Pa. September 20.?
MIbr Harriet De Witt, the principal
figure In wna-t ha,j become known ojs
the "Po'soned Pen" case, was Indicted
by a United States grand Jury he.re
this afternoon on the oharge of send?
ing anonymous letters of a defama?
tory character through the malls to
residents of Easton. Pa. Miss De Witt
Is the daughter of a well-to-do resi?
dent of Ifaston.
Rev. Elmer B Snyder, of Easton,
who was the principal victim of the
letter writing, was the main witness
Bfraln.-t y/.<i* De Witt. It Is charged
that the anonymous writer carried on
a campaign of scurrility through the
malls for nine years, and postal In?
spectors worked on the rase for more
than three years In the v.o->e of arrest?
ing the guilty party. Anally fastening
the -rime on Miss De Witt according
to testimony glv*;n before the irrand
Jurv
Miss De Witt will be tried In Phila?
delphia In December.
INDUSTRIAL PEACE PLAN
_ t
Important Step Taken to Prevent
Labor Trouble In Cotton Trade.
London. September 20.?Sydney C.
Buxton. president of the Board of
Trade. Was taken an Important step
In an effort to nsaure p?rman?nt- peace
In the cotton trade. Hreat Brltaln'a
greatest Industry. He has invited lend
| Ing representatives of the employers
and the employes to form a perma
i nent industrial board on lines advo?
cated by Sir Charles Wright Macar,
chairman of the committee of the In?
ternationa! Federation of Moster Cot- |
ton Spinners and Manufacturers' As?
sociation, during the recent upheavals.
According to tho plan the board
would be composed of ten lead ng em?
ployers and ten promlnfnt labor lead-,
era. with the newly knighted Sir!
Oeorge Ranken Asqulth ccjnptroller- i
general of the commercial, labor and
statistical departments of the Board
of Trade, as chairman. These men
would form a panel from which an
equal numtber from r.oth sides coul'l
be selected to settle disputes arlslrrjr
before w.ork was actually stopped.
ABLE TO CONTROL MARKET
Four Men Can Dictate Price of
Sugar.
New Orleans, Da., September 20.?
Louisiana has usurped the centre of
the stage as far as the sugar market
Is concerned, because of the shortage
of the 1911 crop, In the opinion of
those interested in the marketing of;
the product In this city.
Four prominent commission retail?
ers and pDntora of Louisiana are now
In New York, and are aald to be In a
position to dictate to the so-called
sugar trust as to the price of this
year's crop In this State.
The 1911 crop of Louisiana sugar is
estimated at 350,000 tons, about 50,000
tons more than tho crop of last year,
and If disposed of at the present mar?
ket level would represent a gain of I
about $17,500,000 as compared with
last year's prices.
The four men who are now In New |
York sre said to rtrmtrol tho sale of
about 300,000 tons.
SMALL DANGER OF STRIKE
Southern Ilnllwny and Teletrraphcrn
Coming Cloaer Together.
Washington. September 20.?Nego
tlatlons between the Southern Rull
way and Its telegraphers temporarilv
were suspended to-day. There Is small
apprehens'on now of a strike. The
railroad officials requested the dlscon- >
tlnuar.ee of negotiations In order to
have an opportunity to discuss among
themselves ?nf;;'.ln questions which
they have not made known to the
telegraphers. Although an Indefinite
postponement was made. It-would not
surprise the telegraphers if the rail
road were In a position to resume, the |
conference to-morrow. The discussion
of rules has been completed, and tho
latest deliberations have had to do:
with the wage scale.
BANKERS PREDICT PEACE
Berlin Reports. However. Considered
Unduly nptlinlxtic.
Berlin. Septemlbor 20.?Several bank-:
erg stuted on the Bourse to-day that
they had been informed by the Forolgn ?
office that the Morr.ccrjn question
would bo settlod In two or three days. ;
Well informed persons consider this,
unduly optimistic.
The adoption of the verbal method
of negotiations. It Is thought, will fa?
cilitate a settlement, as one of the;
chief impediments heretofore has been i
tho reluctjunoe of olther shij to aban?
don points once formally prvposed In
writing lest such action be construed
as a sign of weakness.
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Arbitration Kails Labor Trouble In
Detroit.
Detroit, Mich.. ScptomWer 20.?At!
ono minute before 12 o'clock to-night |
the stslke of tha Detroit United Rail?
way Employes was settled by arbitra?
tion. The employes accepted a new
wage rate schedule of 23 cents an hour
for the first six months. 27 1-2 cents
for tho next year and 29 1-2 cents
thereafter. The rate was within a
halt cent of that orleHaully domanded.
G igantic Lin r and Brit?
ish Warship in
Coilision.
BOTH VESSELS
BADLY DAMAGED
Of More Than 2,000 Passengers
and Crews Not One Is Injured,
and There Is No Panic.
Miracle That Olym?
pic Was Not
Sunk.
Southampton. England, September
20,?The great steamship Olympic, of
the While Star Line, which left South?
ampton shortly before noon to-day,
with a lars*- crowd of returning
American tourists, lies to-night off
Calshot Castle, at the entrance to
Southampton Water, with a gaping
hole In her side, as the result of t
collision with the British protected
cruiser Hawke. Fortunately no lives
. were lost, and of the 2,000 or more
passengers and crew of the vessel not
j one was even injured. There also was
no panic.
The accident occurred a few miles
from the spot whore the American
' lln?-r St. Paul and the British cruis?r
' Gladiator collided, nearly four years
ago. and. as In the previous case, the
warship came off second best, bo far
as can be ascertained to-night. The
extent of the damage to the liner,
however, cannot be decided until ih
|b docked and an examination is made
of the rent w;hleh the cruiser's ram
cut in her side.
The Olympic left her dock promptly
at 11:25 o'clock this morning, steam ?
I Ing at a moderate speed eastward ;>n
her way to Cherbourg, to pick up the
continental passengers. She already
had on board nearly 1,700 persona, ex?
cluding the crew. The flxst cabin pas?
sengers were Just answering the call j
to lunch when attention was attracted J
to the Hawke, which was undergoing j
steam trials.
Comrs Without Warning.
The warship, moving at great speed,!
followed the liner, but apparently was!
quite clear of her. Suddenly she'
swerved In. and before the passengers j
could realize what was happening,
struck the liner on the starboard j
quarter, near the stern. tearing!
through a section about forty feet ml
extent.
The miracle is that the Olympic was:
not sunk, as the Hawke Is-fitted with1
a ram specially designed to sink a ves?
sel In spite of its watertight compart- j
ments. The liner's frame stood the
shock well, and the watertight doors,
whioh automatically closed, held the
compartments hermetically sealed.
The. Olympic listed slightly to star
! board, but not to a suffleles* angle to
cause any serious alarm, and the offi?
cers quickly reassurod the passengers, j
The rent in the Olympic was of such a j
size, however, that the passengers on j
a smaller steamer passing at the time I
could .see right into the Interior of the
vessel.
So far as can be learned, the Hawke
I suffered more severely. Curiously
enough, twelve feet of her upper deck
was twisted out of all recognition.
The stem appears to be completely
gone. The plating was ripped open
exposing the forward torpedo tube
and the fore compartment filled with
water.
Both ships' crews acted with cool?
ness. The engines of both ships were
stopped immediately, and as soon as
the watertight doors were secured the
engines were set astern and the ves
[ sols drew apart.
Cruiser Remain* Alongside.
The Hawke j-ent wireless messages
1 foT tugs and remained alongside the
liner until they arrived to convoy her
to Southampton, where she dropped
anchor to await the turn of the tide
to enable her to proceed to her dock. 1
The cruiser proceeded to Portsmouth ;
under her own steam
The White Star Company dispatched !
tenders for the passengers desiring tr
land, but only seventy took advantage
of this.
Many theories are advanced a? to
the cause of the collision, but gen?
erally the warship js blamed
Tt Is suggested that the cruisers'*
steering fear failed to act. The naval
officers and the officers of the Olympic
are withholding comment until the In?
quiry, which the admiralty will lnsti-i
tute Immediately, is held.
Iterord Passenger I.I art.
The Olympic sailed with the largest)
list of first-class passengers that everi
started across the Atlantic on one)
ship, the first cabin passengers num-i
her 742, twenty-four more than her
best previous record. Among them
were between twenty and thirty Amer?
ican millionaires, and something llko
$250,000 had been paid In passage
money. All told, there were nearly
3,000 persons on hoard.
The Olympic, which was launched
October 20. 1910. is the largest passen-,
ger vessel alloat'. Her length over all
In SS2 1-2 feet, breadth over all 92
feet, and she has a number of steel,
decks and watertight bulkheads.
The Hawke Is a protected cruiser,'
nnd was launched at Chatham. Eng-"
land. In 1P91. She is 360 feet long and:
has a displacement of 7,350 tons.
NEAR DEATH IN AUTO WRECK
Five Men Are Thrown Over Twenty
Foot Embankment.
New York, September 20.?Five men
had a narrow escape from death early
to-day, when tho automobile In which
they were riding homeward at sixty
miles an hour along the Pelham Bay
parkway ran full tilt Into a tree at
the edge of the boulevard.
The five occupants wero thorwn
over a twenty-foot embankment and
wero picked up unconscious a few min?
utes later. Exa;?rrfiatlen showed, how?
ever, that their Injuries were not
serious. The accident w,?s ascribed to
a worn cog In the steering gear of.
the automobile. '
The Impact of the collision was so
terrific that the tree cut the 'body of I
the machine Into tvo pieces.
Wearied Members of
Posse Relax I fforts
During iNight.
FUGITIVE CHASED
INTO DENSE WOODS
Unknown Assailant of Miss
Ella Miller Probably Will Be
Lynched it Caught by En?
raged Men of Mathews
County?Bloodhounds
Will Be Put on Trail.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlt>patch. J
-Mathews. Va.. September 20.?After
a vigorous search, engaged In by hun?
dreds of armed men. whioh continued
wiihout abatement, throughout the
hours of last night and all of to-day.
at nightfall, after only a glimpse at
a distance of the fugitive as he en?
tered a strip of dense woods, and
wearied and broken down from their
long hours of cea-'olcss pursuit, the
members of the posse on the trail of
the unknown white man w'ao attempted
an assault on Mlss Ella Miller, broke
up their organized forces and wen'
to their home? to catch a few hours
of needed rest before beginning again
at the break of day another, and what
It is hoped will be successful, effort
to capture the fugitive.
Mathews county 1.? stirred as seldom
It has neen before by this crime, com?
mitted on Tuesday afternoon by an
unknown white man on Miss Ella
Miller, youngest daughter of tho late
Seth A. Miller, for several years chair?
man of the State Board of Fisheries.
The attack occurred in the road lead
In? from Mathews Courthouse to Glou?
cester Courthouse. In an Is-olated spot,
between North and Foster, where the
road goes through a den?e stretch o!
woods, known as Church Swamp.
United toy Inknonn Man.
Ml?s Miller was driving alone, when
suddenly from behind a tree on the
roadside the man sprang out. and
grasping the reins of her horse, de?
manded money. On her refusal tr> give
him money he drugged the stru^glins
woman from the vehicle and carrlod
her several yards into the woods, and.
brandlshlne a large knife and choking
the young woman almost Into insen?
sibility, he was continuing his aiiack
when he became frightened by the
horn of a passing fish vendor, and ran
into the woods.
Miss Miller, although In a suffering
and dazed condition, made her way- to
the home of hor uncle, about one-hnif
mile distant, where the jiarrr. was
given. Within comparatively a short
time hundreds of arrri'd men began the
search for the assailant, which spread
Into all parts of the county and con i
ttnued without cessation throughout
last night and all of to-day. There la
little doubt but that summary justice
would have been dealt if ho had been
caught. ,
On receipt of the news of the at-!
tempted attack, the county authorities
Immediately telegraphed to Suffolk for'
bloodhounds, but after waiting for sev?
eral hours they were Informed that It
would be Impossible to send the ani?
mals on accoun: of the railroad and
boat connections. Efforts were then
made to obtain the dogs from the pen?
itentiary farm, and advices were re-1
celved to-day that tho animals, accom
panied by a deputy sheriff, were on
their way to Mathews In an automobile.
To-night they were heard from be-1
tween West Point and Gloucester. They
are expected to arrive some time dur-i
Ing the night, and will bo put on the'
trail early in the morning.
Fugitive Is Seen.
I .ate this afternoon, between 4 and'
6 o'clock, a white man was seen run?
ning across a field, headed toward a]
densely wooded swamp, known as
Tabb's Woods, and located about one
and a half miles from Mathews, and
adjoining the fair grounds. Inynedl
ately scores of enraged men were In
pursuit, and the woods, containing
about 400 acres, were surrounded by a
cordon of 400 armed men. while other
parties began to scour the dense swamp.
After continuing the pursuit for sev?
eral hours without result, the posse re?
luctantly gave up their search for the
night with the understanding that all
the armed men should reassemble at
daybreak at the spot where the man
went into the woods and led by the
dogs which are expected to arrive be?
fore that time continue the search.
It is regarded almost as certain that
the assailant will be lynched if caught.
L. C. Clarnett Commonwealth's attor?
ney is doing all In his power to assist
the posses in capturing the fugitive
when ho will make every effort to have
him taken In safety to the county Jail
to be tried: but he reulizes that it will
be a difficult undertaking to persuade
the angy men of this section to allow
the law to take its course. The county
authorities believe they can oopo with
the situation.
Judge C. B. Jones who is presiding
over the September term of court now
In session will hold thnt term open for
a day or two longer in order that in?
dictment and trial of the criminal, if
he is caught, may be as prompt as pos?
sible.
Member of Prominent Family.
Miss Miller, the victim of this attack,
Is one of the most popular and attrac?
tive young women In the county. Bhe
Is a member of a very prominent fam?
ily In this section and has many friends
In various sections of the State. She
describes her assailant as a young' man.
of about medium height, with dark fea?
tures, and wearing neither coat nor
collar. He had on a white shirt and
dark trousers. While struggling with
Miss Miller the man told her that ne
was a foreigner and would never be
caught, but this Is thought to be a fake
story. In the effort to put some one
elso under suspicion. Recently several
Italians wore released from the Ma?
thews Jail, where they were held for a
minor offense, and It Is believed the
ic^ttnued on Third Page.) ,
Six Persons Are Found
Butchered in Their
Beds.
HEADS CRUSHED;
BODIES MANGLlD
Three in One House and Three
in Another Are Attacked and
?Killed While They Sleep.
Crime Committed Sev?
eral Days Before
Discovered
coiorado Springs. Col.. September 20.
?Butchered in their beds by some
person as yet unknown, who used an
axe, the bodies of six persons, three lu
each of two neighboring houses, were
found here to-uay. The heads of all
the victims had been smashed In. and
the appearance of the bodies indicat?
ed that they had been dead several
days, and that death came while they
slept. I
A report says that the murderer has
been caught, and that he has confess?
ed, but this is denied by the police
ofllclals, who. It is Intimated, fear a
lynching might follow such an an?
nouncement.
Bloody Axe Found.
An axe which had been loaned to
Mrs. Henry F. Wayne, one of the vic?
tims, by .1. R. Evans, a neighbor, last
week, was found, blood-stained, by
Mrs. Evans on Monday near the back
door of the Wayne home. No atten?
tion was paid to this fact, however, as
it was thought the axe had been used
In killing chickens. The dead:
Mrs. Alice May Burnham, wife of A.
J. Uurutiiuii, cook at the .lindern Wood?
men Sanatorium.
Their two children, Alice, aged ?lx,
and John, aged three yearn.
Henry F. Wayne, a iiinnump1 Ivr, un?
til recently a pntlent at the Woodmen
Sanatorium.
Mrs. Wayne and their one-year-old
hnhy girl.
The Burnham house is situated at
Dale Street and Harrison Place, and
the two houses next to It on Dale
Street are vacant. Directly In the rear
Is the Wayne home, and close to It
Is that' of Evans,
j The discovery of the bodies was
i made by a neighbor who called at
the Burnham home. Not getting any
response and noticing a strong odor,
she forced an entrance. The bodies
of Mrs. Burnham and those of her two
children were found in their beds,
which wore covered with, blood, and
the walls and celling were also spat?
tered.
The womtn rushed to the street and
gave the alarm. Instinctively a dozen,
persons went to the Wayne house,
where there had been no signs of life
since Sunday, and the same terrible;
scene was presented. In bed were the
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and
their baby, all horribly mangled as In
the case of the bodies In the Burnham
house.
That such a crime had been com?
mitted in a thickly settled neighbor?
hood and left unrevealed for three
days is regarded as incredible. Not
even a footprint is to be found on the
floor of either house, and no one
could be found who had seen any one
about the premises since Sunday,
when all the murdered persons at dif?
ferent times were In a neighboring
grocery.
Burnham Arreated.
Burnham, who Jives at the sanator?
ium, where he Is employed, about ten
miles from the city, was arrested soon
after the discovery of the crime, but
there seems nothing to Implicate him
In the tragedy. His employers say he
was at work when the crime must
have been committed. Ho Is a native
of Michigan. He was last seen at his
home Sunday afternoon, and Is said to
have left there about 5 o'clock.
Little is known of the Wayne family
here, except that Wayne came to the
Modern Woodmen Sanatorium about
ten months ago from Indiana, as a
patient. One month ago his term In
the Institution was up. He brought
his wife and child here and rented tha
house In which they were murdered.
When brought Into the morgue- the
bodies were almost unrecognizable.
The head of every one of the six vic?
tim* was either cut or smashed open,
and In almost every case the number
of wounds Indicated that the murder?
er had cut and smashed until ho was
sure that ho had destroyed life.
WILL PROTECT EXPLORERS
Cruiser to Keep Gunrd Over Party of
Arebeologlnta.
Boston. September 20.?To protect an
American research party, the scout
cruiser Chester sailed from Boston to?
day for Tripoli. The cruiser will serve
as a protecting influence for Professor
Richard Norton, of Cambridge. and
other delegates of the Archeologlcal
Institute of America, while the party
searches the ruins of ancient Cyrno for:
archeologlcal treasures.
Last March Professor Norton was 38- :
Incted by outlaw Arabs to be killed.
They killed the wrong man. however,
H. F. DeOou. a graduate of the Uni?
versity of Michigan, being their vic?
tim. During the summer Professor Nor?
ton conferred with Secretary of State
Knox, and as a result the Chester re?
ceived orders to proceed to Africa.
Professor Norton will Join the other
American archeologlsts In London this
week, having sailed for that city from
New, York a few days ago. Tho party
will then proceed to Cyrone.
WIFE DEFIFS THE POLICE
Holds at Bay Men Who Come to A r
rent Husband.
Memphis, Tenn., September 20.?
Threatening to shoot the first man
who attempted to enter her residence,
Mrs. Toenges, wife of O. W. Toenges.
former cashier of the Night and- Day
Bank, held at bay for three hourn'thls
forenoon officers who had eomo to
arrost her husband. Toenges finally
surrendered when police reinforce- I
ments arrived at the house.
He 1? accused of having accepted
deposits when he knew the bank was
Insolvent. ' I
HELD FOR WILFUL MURDER
Shaker Must Anawer Charge of Kill
Ins Slater Elisabeth Sear*.
Klaslmmee. Via.. September 20.?
Sensational evidence Indicating that
Sister Sadie Merchant was not near
death as alleged when chloroform was
administered to her by Brother Gil?
lette, head of the Shaker colony at
Ashton, has resulted In the coroner's
Jury' holding Brother Gillette on the
charge of wilful murder. The ver?
dict was reached yesterday and made
public to-day.
Sister Elizabeth Scars, who by her
alleged confessions aided Brother Gil?
lette In administering the chloroform,
was not mentioned In the verdict, but
her case, it Is stated, will be pre?
sented to the grand Jury for actton.
Brother Gillette was taken to Tampa,
where he Is held In Jail without bond.
First reports of the death of Slater
SuKle by euthanasia. Indicated that
she was about seventy years old, and
In the last Btages of consumption. It
I Is alleged that the physicians who
examined the body after it was ex?
humed fround that Sister Sadie was
! not In a dying condition when thj
! chloroform was administered. She la
j said to have been about thirty-four
years of age. and except for an affec?
tion of the lungs with tuberculosis
I was in good physical condition. It is
declared she might well have lived
many years.
\ Gillette wag not taken hefore the
coroner's Jury yesterday, as he gavo
his version of the woman's death at
a previous hearing. At that session
Sister Sears also acknowledged her
! part In "assisting" their sister out of
this IJfe at that time, but since then
she la said to have repudiated her
story. The Shaker colony at Ashtoti
has been reduced to five since the
death of Sister Marchont and the ar?
rest of Brother Gillette. Cnder htm
as chief aide Is Sister Sears. He Is
sixty years old and she seventy-four.
Sister Mnrchant died on August 22.
and ever since that time has the
Shakers' statement that she asked t?J
be chloroformed heen doubted by the
authorities. It Is stated that nothing
In tho teachings of the sect gives any
basis for aiding a person to unit this
life.
CONTROVERSY ENDED
MnoVenstB Will Not Permit Importa?
tion of Colored Tea*.
Washington. September 20?Secre?
tary MacVeagh has ended the Treas?
ury Department's controversy with tea
merchants who claimed the right to
Import artificially colored teas by Is?
suing an order to all customs collec?
tors flntly forbidding them to pass any
tea which shows traces of artlflclol
color.
When the customs service began en?
forcing the tea regulations a few
months ago. It unexpectedly wa.s con?
fronted with embarrassments. The
law provided for the appointment of a
ten board, which picked from the open
market samples of tea.". These were
sent to the customs houses for stand?
ard samples. They wpto supposed to
contain no coloring matter.. A chemi?
cal examination developed that the
samples sent to Boston. San Francisco
and Chicago were colored. Those sent
to New York and Seattle were found
to be pure.
Recently Secretary MacVeagh hold
up R0.000 pounds of colored tea at Pan
Francisco, and the Importers urgod
that Inasmuch as the snmples con?
tained color and the tea conformed to
the snmples. It compiled with the law
Secretary MucVeagh has rule.t that
the standard prescribed -was without
color, and that If some of tha samples
wore colored without the knowledge
of the government that would to. no
excuse for importing colored tea.
SIR ROBERT HART DEAD
He Waa Patent Dink Between Chlua
and Western World.
London, September 20.?Sir Robert
Hurt, aged seventy-six. director-gen?
eral of customs In China from 1901
until 190S and Inspector-general since
1SC3. died here to-day. The' director
generalship of customs, as well as
other high honors, was conferred upon
him as a reward for services rendered
the Chinese government In connection
with the settlement of the Boxer
troubles. He returned to England in
190S. when he retired from the Chinese
serv'ce because of 111 health.
Sir Robert Hart was the most potent
link between China and the Western
world. He created Its customs service;
he gavo China a comprehensive tariff,
and was behind practically every com?
mercial treaty that China made prior
to 1908. In E?cogialtlon of his in?
numerable services he received the
reatest honors in the. gift of the
hlnese government.
CHARGED wiTH MURDER
Two Brothers Taken to Went Virginia
From Ohio.
Galllpolls, O.. September 20.?Albert
and Hlrnm Lockhart, lorothers, em?
ployed ns engineers, were arrested at
Crown City, O., near here,-to-day and
taken to Huft'tlngton. W. V.l., on requi?
sition from Governor Glasscock.
The Lockharts ore charged with the
murder of Carlton Slmm.-<. a wealthy1
merchant and farmer of Putnam coun?
ty. W. Va? who w,ii3 drowned off Luck
hart's hoat six weeks ago.
WANTS TRIAL FLIGHT
Fowler Will Not Attempt to Fly Over
Stemm To-Day.
Colfax. Oil., September 20.?Aviator
Robert Q. Fowler decided late to-night
that he would not risk the package
over the. Sierras without a trial (li^ht,
and announced thfit he would not re?
sume his Journey eastward until Sat?
urday morning. His biplane wlfl be
repaired to-morrow and ho will make
He.vo.rnI flights Friday.
SUSPECTED OF ESPIONAGE i
Kngllnhmen Thnnnht to Be Brltlnh ?
Olnrern Arrested In fiorniany. I
Emden. Prussia, September 20.?Two
Englishmen, sold to be officers of the |
British army, are detained hero be?
cause ?f the suspicion thnt they have
been guilty of espionage. The mon 1
were arrested yesterday, and re)eased
after examination. They were agnin i
takn Into custody to-day upon orders j
from Berlin.
ftVE OF CREW KILLED
firm Barst* While Cruiser Ts ?t Target
Practice.
Toulon. France, Septerrtbor 80.?Six |
membors of the crow of the French
armored cruiser Gloire arc dead to?
night ni the result of the bursting of
a gun on the vessel during target prac
t'co at sea to-day. Ono gunner was
killed ipstantlv and thirteen were in?
jured, five of whom died to-night,
CAMPAIGN ENDED
Has Been Most Exciting
in Memory of Pres?
ent Generation.
TO-DAY TELLS FATE
OF RECIPROCITY
Eve Before Battle Finds Both
Liberals and Conservatives
Confident of Victory at Polls.
Fine Weather and Tre?
mendous Vote Are
Forecast.
St. Johns. N. B., September 20.?The
concluding rallies -were held to-night
and, aside from the last political,
broadsides from the party newspaper
organs In the morning, the campaign
in Canadu may be said to be over.
The campaign has been the most ex?
citing within the memory of the pres?
ent generation.
Both sides claimed to-night to b)
confident of the result to-morrow. The
Indications to-night pointed to fine
weather and a tremendous vote.
It Is possible for a political party
In Canada to elect a majority of mem?
bers of the House of Commons, and
yet be In a minority so far as the
popular vote Is concerned.
It Is expected that many of the
cities will vote heavily for the Con?
servative crndldates to-morrow, while
the country districts In some provinces
will largely support reciprocity.
Should neither party have a large
worlktng majority in the House of
Commons, another general election
would bo possible, although should
the C&nscrvatlves be elected It Is said
It would be Impossible to get the
propofid reciprocity agreement be?
fore 1'arllamcnt. as It would have to
be Introduced by the government Bid*.
Should Mr. Borden win. |t Is said, reci?
procity would become a dead issue fot
tho time being.
Another contingency Is the possibil?
ity of the Conservative party block?
ing the pact again in the House of
Commons, should that party be able
to obtain a majority of the popular
vote and yet loso the Commons.
Should the opposition party again
adopt a policy of obstruction the lead?
ers would claim they were warranted
In doing so by the popular vote.
The Liberal party leaders, however,
do not look for such a situation and
claim to be confident that reciprocity
with the United States will become a
j law before tho year ends.
Both Sides Confident.
Montreal, September 20.?This elec?
tion eve. when a great question mark
ltos across the Canadian map from tho
Atlantic to Pacific, finds the Dominion
more Interested In itself, and thd
whole world more Interested in It
than ever before. To-morrow will
answer questions vitally affecting tho
country, and of nearly as deep con?
cern to the United States?shall the
Laurler regime continue, and shall
Canada, by giving the government
party of the last fifteen years con ?
tlnuance of power, put into effect the
reclpioclty agreement already ratified
by the republic across the border.
On this "night before" tho leader*
of both sides are expressing extreme
confidence. The. government papers
to-night assert that the Liberals will
win by fifty majority, thus increasing
their strength for the twelfth Parlia?
ment's House of Commons by seven
seats. The opposition papers claim
an equal majority for the party of
Leader Borden, and point with un?
equivocal certainty to the govern?
ment's defeat and its realization that
defeat is impending.
Clalinn Government Defeat.
The Montreal Star, which has con?
ducted an especially aggressive antl
reciprocity campaign, prints in largo
typo to-night the statement "govern?
ment defeated." Newspapers on both
sides suport thslr claims by detailed
statements telegraphed by the party
organizers in the capitals of each of
the ten provinces.
Observers of tho situation say they
expect the government to bo returned
with p. reduced majority. This fore?
cast ranges from ten to thirty-five,
though few are willing to concede so
high a figure as the latter. There
are some who count upon the govern?
ment being returned with an unwork?
able majority. In such an event it la
probable that no attempt would ba
made 10 ?octire ratification of the
reciprocity agreement bofore another
election was held.
It Is generally conceded that the
Province of Quebec holds the key to
the situation. During the twenty-five
years that Sir Wilfrid Laurler has
been In power this province always
has rolled up a majority sufficient to
offset tho adverse voting In other
provinces In the present election,
however, a coalition has existed in
Quebec between the Conservatives and
the Third Party, known as the Na?
tionalists, as a result of which there
is a contest for every seat.
The Nationalist party in Quebec has
paid hut little attention to recipro?
city. It has conducted Its campaign
upon opposition to the government's
naval program and its record in gen?
eral. It has been led by Henri Rou
rtissl. a former Liberal member of
Parliament, who is not at this time a
candidate. Upon the result of the elec?
tion In Quebec probably hangs the
fate of Ltturler'n political future. ?
Premier Is Confident.
Extreme Nationalists are claiming
that their party, together with the
straight Conservatives, will elect fif?
ty members from Quebec at to-mor?
row's election. If they do this, it '?
generally conceded that the govern?
ment will bo defoated. The Liberals
have conducted a strenuous campaign
throughout the province. They say
they are awaiting tho result with C".n
fldencc, ohd that the old province will
roll no the customary majority for ita
favorite .>?>:!. Sir Wilfrid Laurler
The premier himself has declared
himself thoroughly confident 0< wlB^
ning. whUe R- I* Borden, the Conaerv
aUve leader, says the prospects nnvnr