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<ET.MEgKouND*Dp??"*_ WHOLE NUMBER 18,764
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1911.
THE tt KAT1IER TO-DAY?Fair.
PRICE TWO CENTSty
ITALIAN TROOPS
HAVE OCCUPIED
SULTANIA FORT
Soldiers Are Landed
From Fleet of Bom?
barding Warships
FEW BODIES OF
TURKS ARE FOUND
Rumors of Naval Battle /in
Turkish Waters, Attack on
Mityiene and Blowing Up
of Italian Battleship Not
C o n fi r m e d?Talk of
Peace Negotiations.
l/mdon. October 5.?The Italian flag]
floats over feultsnls fort ut Tripoli,'
which Is occupied by landing parties.
Part of the lleet Is anchored In the;
harbor and tho other warships lie a'
short distance, from the dismantled
fortifications.
Few bodies of Turks have been found
among the ruins of the forts, and ap?
parently no great number of Turks
were killed by the bombardment.
According to a Constantinople re?
port, not yet confirmed, the Italian
warships to-day bombarded Rcnghazi
and Demo.
Various rumors concerning a naval
rngagemont In Turkish waters, tin at?
tack against Mityiene and the blowing
up of the Italian battleship Contc-dl
Cavour at Tripoli have not been con
llrmed from any quarter.
An Interesting report Is current from
Constantinople that while Germany
favors the adoption of the Italian ulti?
matum as the basis of peace negotla-j
lions. Great Britain proposes that Trip?
oli shall become a privileged tributary]
Turkish vilayet under joint Turco-,
Italian administration, thus retaining'
the sovereignty of the Sultan.
Korcca Are Landed.
Rome. October 6.?A dispatch from
Tripoli says the Italians have occu?
pied Sultanla fort.
The Olornalc D'ltallu aays that de?
tachments of marines havo been land?
ed In Tripoli to protect the consulate,
the Italian church and hospital.
Fort Return* Fire.
Ixmdon. October 6.?The Chronicle's t
Constantinople dispatch front Tripoli!
says thnl Italian warships are bom?
barding Benghazi and Ocrna, and that
the former Is vigorously returning the
Itrr.
Greece In on Alert.
Athens. October 5.?Besides calling
out the reserves In Fplrus on Octo-i
her 3. the government proposes to mob?
ilize part of the reserves In Thessaly.
The number will be limited to a few
thousand?sufficient to protect the
frontier against any attempted coup on
the part of Turkey.
Landing; All 'Along Coast.
Malta. October E>.?Fugitives from
Tripoli, who arrived to-night, soy that
parties of Kalians arc landing all
along the const from Tripoli to Ben?
ghazi. It Is believed, however, that
tbero will be no landing In force until
the main expedition arrives. Small
bodies of Aruhs sklrmlBhed with the
landing parties.
t 111 ma I n m Withdrawn,
Corfu, October 5.?The ultimatum of
Vlce-Admiral tho Luke o'f the Abruz'zl.,
threatening to bombard Provesa, has
been withdrawn. .
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SILENT j
Will Not Talk of Alleged Trap to Catch|
Assemblymen.
New York, October 5.?District Attor?
ney Whitman woud neither affirm nor
deny to-night a report published here
this evening that he bad set a trap to
catch six memfJers of the Stute Assem?
bly who, It wan charged, had offered
to sell their votis In favor of the Gil?
tens racing bill for $1,000 each. The '
Giltens bill repeals tho law \ctcling
<llre.-ior.-i of racing organizations per-!
sonally llbalc for gambling done on
their premises. It does not appear that
the rnelng Interests had any knowl?
edge of the alleged negotiations.
Three of the Assemblymen described
In tho report wero said to bo Repub?
licans and three Democrats. Tho re?
ports of these men, according to the
story, were offered when a detective In
Albany, representing civic associations
who had henrd that certain members
of the Assembly were willing to Bell
their votes, dropped a hint to an As?
semblyman ,-that the racing Interests
wero preparing to reward substantially
those Instrumental In the passing ot
tho Olttens bill. The men are ssld,
according to the report, to have en?
tered Into negotiations with alleged
representatives of the "racing frrefess,''
but later becamo alarmed when they
apparently heard that the district at
tornoy was setting a trap for them,
and dcclncd to consummate tho trans?
action.
MAYOR RIDDICK IN DEBATE
Argues With John MncVlckrr on Subject
nf Commission Government.
Atlanta, Gn., October 8.?"Home rule
for cities" occupied tho attention of the
delegates to tho convention of tho
League of American Municipalities hero
to-day, featured by a debate between
Mayor J. O. Rlddick. of Norfolk, and
.fohn MaoVlckor, of Deo Molnes. on the
subject of commission government.
The election of officers and selec'
tlon of the next place of meeting will
be reached to-mbrrow afternoon.
.Ship Fire Causes $150,000 Dsmsge,
Now York, October 6.?Fire In the
hold of tho steamship Tennyson, ready
to sail for Brazilian ports, caused)
damage of about $50,000 to the vessel
.ind her general cargo. Tho 140 pas?
sengers booked to salt on tho Tenny?
son will be delayed several days unfit
repairs are made. >
REPROVED BY TAFT
Politician's Political Speech Not Hel
iitbed by President.
Salt Lake City, Utah, October 6.?
President Taft to-day politely but
llrinly reproved the president of the
Young Men's Republican Leaguo of
Utah. Fred \V. Price, when the latter,
lulloduclng him to ah Immense crowd
at the Slate Fair, mude a bitterly par.
tlsan speech. It whh as tho prospec?
tive Republican cundldato for the
presidency In 1912 that Mr. Price pre?
sented Mr. Taft, and after predicting
that he would be "triumphantly elect?
ed" and that November next year
would find the "Democracy of Utah In
Its customary place, deep down In the
'slough of despond,' " he Introduced the
Chief Magistrate of the nation as "Wll
Hcfward Taft, of Ohio."
"I am here," said the President, em?
phasizing each word significantly, "as
President of the United States."
There was a lusty cheer from tho
crowd, which was followed by a laugh
when Mr. Taft humorously closed the
?ncldent by saying: "My friend, tho
president of the Young Men's Repub?
lican League of Utah. Is probably a
better Republican than he Is a pro?
phet." ,
The President then launched Into a
dlscuFflon of his tariff vetoes, repeat?
ing the arguments and explanations
he has made at other points during
his trip.
To-night Mr. Taft attended a ban?
quet at the Commercial Club prior to
leaving for Pocatello, Idaho, shortly
before midnight. At the banquet he
spoke briefly on the trust question
and the relation of government to bu?.
Iness, following the lines laid down In
his Detroit and Waterloo speeches.
The President spent the entire day
In Salt Lake City. At the Mormon
tabernacle, where he preached a ser?
mon two years ago. the President to?
day greeted the "Old Folks" of Utah,
who were being given their setnl-an
nual entertainment.
Mr. Taft spoke to them on the sub?
ject of peace treaties with Great Brit?
ain and Franc*.
MORE BODIES FOUND
It n inn of PInnd-Swept A matin Giving;
I i> Their Uend.
Austin. Pa.. October 5.?In a day's
work of overhauling the wreckage
here, due to the breaking of the dam
last Saturday and the resultant Hood,
five additional bodies wero accounted
for to-day. Four complete bodies and
the nether limbs of a woman are in
the morgue to-night, in such condition
that their Immediate disposition has
been ordered. The dead recovered
to date number fifty, with about twen?
ty-live more to be accounted for ac?
cording to the census by which the
uabuulties are checked off.
Commissioner of Health Dlxon to?
night received notification from Phila?
delphia that another step toward the
relief of Austin has been taken by
the Pennsylvania Ballroad. which has
sent out a clrculur to all Its repre?
sentatives and agents to accept and
forward without charge all goods of?
fered them consigned to the relief
committee at Austin. The circular
tpcclfles that not only docs this refer
lo food supplies and clothing, but
everything that can be used for the
relief of the stricken people, Including
coal.
Interest centres to-night In the In?
quest-.*' i will he opened to-morrow.
District i rnoy M. B. Nelson has
thus far ueclincd to disclose whom he
Will Subpoena as witnesses, but to?
day asked the Department of .Health
to retain two bodies upon which to
hold a post-mortem to-morrow.
YANCEY IS EXPELLED
He la Ouatrd from Membership In Cot?
ton Kirbnuge.
New Orlennp. La., October 5.?W. J.
Yancey. formerly a wealthy cotton
irroker nnd member of the defunct spot
cotton firm of Knight. Yancey & Co.,
of Decatur. Ala., who is adjudged tu
have defrauded cotton factors In this
country and Europe out of several mil?
lion dollnrs, was expelled to-day from
membership by the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange. Notice of Yancey's expulalon
was posted on tho floor of tho* ex?
change.
The alleged Irregularities of tho firm
of Knight. Yancey & Co., came to light
a little more than a year ago, and to?
day several members of the firm and
others connected with the alleged
frauds are awaiting trial for the vio?
lation of the postal laws. The no
tlco states that Yancey was guilty of
violation of article S of the constitu?
tion of the exchange. The speclflo
charge which the expulsion was based
upon was not given.
FURTHER PRESENTMENTS
ltetnrned by Grand Jury Investigating
Alleged Fraud* In Baltimore.
Baltimore. Md., October 5.?Tho
?rand Jury which is investigating al?
leged frauds In the counting of Demo?
cratic ballots cast in this city In the
rocent primary election to-night re?
turned presentments against eighteen
election officials, equally divided as to
party affiliations. A recount of ballots
to-day In three precincts at which
these officials presided is understood
to have shown considerable gains for
antlorganlzation candidates, as against
losses for tboso suportcd by the or?
ganization.
. Of tho 143 precincts thus far Inves?
tigated, it has .been found by the
grand Jury that fraud has been com?
mitted in nineteen. The number of
officials against whom presentments
have been returned since the Investi?
gation began Is 114.
IN BEHALF OF CADETS
Southern Senator* Will Work for Their
Reinstatement.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, D. C? October 5.?It Is
understood here to-day thnt Immediate?
ly upon the return of President Tnft
from his present trip Senators from
Virginia, Florida, South Carolina and
Georgia will ask for tho reinstatement
of Cadets James D. Christian, of Vir?
ginia; Tatnal D. Slmkins, of Georgln,
and Elliott H. Freeman, of Florida,
who recently were dismissed without
honor from West Point, and of Jo?
seph D. Arthur, of South Carolina, and
Thomas E. Boss, of Virginia., who were
sent to the barracks until May 31, 1912.
A strong appeal for clemorlcy. It Is
understood, will be put forth by the
Southern Senators for tho reinstate?
ment of the cadets.
Thoy aro said to have had liquor in
tholr possession at the. recent encamp?
ment.
Motorist SuHpected of Kidnapping,
fiomervllle, N, Y., October 6.?The lit?
tle daughter of John F. Gray, a well
to-do fnrmor of Frankfort, is being
sought to-day by bands of men with
dogs, following her sudden disappear?
ance last night from the yard of. her
home. Tho driver of a gray racing,
car which 'stopped for n, moment be?
fore ' the house Is suspectedVof bav?
ins; kidnapped the child, who In noted
for her beauty.
They Sail Away Before
Favorable Twenty
Mile Breeze.
EIGHT ENTRANTS
IN CONTESTS
:-s
Long Flights Are Predicted, and
Record of 1,171.9 Miles Estab?
lished Last Year by Amer?
ica II. May Be Broken?All
Expect to Cross Cana?
dian Border.
Kansas City, Mo., October 6.?Before j
a favorable twenty-mile wind from,
the south and southeast, eight racing
-balloons sailed away from here to?
day In contests for tho .lames Gordon
Bennett trophy and the Lahm cup. x
Six of the air craft, three repre?
senting the United States, two Ger?
many and one France, are entered In
the Bennett race, an annual Interna- j
tlonal event. The three American bal-|
loons In this contest and two other j
American balloons are after the Lahm,
I cup. A ninth balloon, which acted as
pilot In tho International race, is _at
1 tempting tu break tho altitude record.
Every balloon got away to a good
start
I.nng Flights Predicted.
All of the aeronauts were pleased
With the Htartlng conditions, and pre?
dicted long lllghts. One or two were
willing to predict that the record of
1,171.9 miles established by tho Amer?
ica II. last year, would be broken.
' All the racing balloonlsts said that
they expected to cross the Canadian
border. The balloons left In the fol?
lowing order:
Trylnsr for Altitude.
The pilot balloon Pennsylvania. Ar?
thur T. Atherholt, pilot; 13. K. Honey?
well, aide, sailed away at 6:13 P. M.,
traveling rapidly In a northwesterly
direction- The Pennsylvania will not|
compete for the Lahm cup. but will i
try for the altitude record no\y held
by Pilot Atherholt.
The Condor. Hying the French flag, I
left the ground at 6:35 P. M. This
wua the Mrst official balloon to start
In the race for the James Gordon Ben?
nett cup.
The balloon America U. got away at j
5:41! P. M. and, followed the others, j
going northwest. Pilot. William F.
Asstnan; aide. J. C. Hulbert
Rising from the ground at 5:53 P. M.,
the Berlin II. sailed away. Pilot,
Lieutenant Leopold Vogt; aide. Lieu?
tenant Martin Schocller.
At 5:56 P. M. the Million Population
Club, John Berry, pilot; Paul McCul
lough. aide, rose to a great height and
started northwest.
The balloon Buckeye, Lieutenant F. j
P. Lahm, pilot: J. H. Wade, Jr., aide,
ascended at 6:01 P. M., and went
straight north.
The German balloon Berlin II. as- |
cendod at 6:11 P. M. This was the !
last of the entrants for the James Gor
don Bennett cup to leave the ground.
Lieutenant Huns Gerlcko. pilot; F. O.
Duncker, aide.
The fvrst entrant for the Lahm cup,
the Kan-sas City II.. ascended at 6:18 i
P. M. Captain H. E. Honeywell, pilot; |
John Watts, aide. The balloon started ]
due north.
Getting a fine start, the balloon To
peka II. ascended at 6:20 P. M. Lake
Its competitor for tho I .ahm cup. It
sailed 4n a northerly direction. Pilot,
Frank M. Jacobs; aide, W. W. Wobb.
About 25,000 persons were on the bal?
loon grounds. The starting point was'
on the south side of the Missouri River,
north of the buslneB centre of the city.
May Retain Trophy.
If an American wins this race the
Bennett trophy wilj become the per?
manent property of the Aero Club of
America. The country that wins the
trophy three successive times Is en?
titled to keep It. The Americans have
won the last two races. Lieutenant
Lahtn, who Is Hying the Buckeye in
this race, won the trophy the first year
it was offered. In 1906.
The Lahm race is for Americans only
nnd Is a dlstanco event, aa is the Ben?
nett race. The cup is now in tho pos?
session of Alan R. Hawloy. If his rec?
ord Is not beuten in the next two years
he becomes tho owner of tho cup.
Following are the regular cash prizes
offered In tho Bennett race:
First, $1,500; second, $f,000; third}
? 500. In addition to the.se the Kansas
City Aero Club to-doy announced It
would give the following prizes: First,
$150; second. $225; third, $125.
No ensh awards arc offered In the
Lahm race.
DROPS TO HIS DEATH
Parnrhute Foils to Open and Balloonist
Fnlla 700 Feet.
Tirton, Ga.. October 5.?Whllo on
gaged In a balloon race at the South
Georgia Exposition here this afternoon,
Captain John Broder fell 700 feet from
his balloon and was Instantly killed.
Brodor had just finished o high diving
act, und Profossor Gowdy. an aero?
naut, was preparing to ascend when
Broder volunteered to take another
balloon and race. Both balloons as?
cended perfectly a few yards apart for
a distance of 800 to 1,000 feot, when
tho signal for them to cut loose wna
fired. Broder dropped slightly In ad?
vance of his fellow, but In some un?
known manner his pairnchuto failed1
to fill and he plunged to earth like I
a shot. Despite Brodor's fate, which
ho witnessed, Gowdy also cut loose I
and landed safely nearly a half-mile |
away.
Brodor was unmarried and has a'
mother and sister living at Crystal I
Lake, WIs. |
SAVINGS DEPOSITS INCREASE'
Postal Ranks Have Not Affected Na?
tional Institutions. *
Washington. October- 6.?Despite tho
advent of tho postal savings banks the
savings deposits in the national banks
are Increasing. From June 7 to Sep?
tember 1 ? those deposits grow from
$631.100,000 to $654,300.000, nn Inorenso
of $20.200,090. Of the 7.301 national
hanks In existence a mon'th ago 3,014
Had savings departments.
One Item in Campaign
Expenses of Sena?
tor Stephenson.
MONEY ALWAYS
FORTHCOMING
But Even Candidate Grew
Alarmed at Enormity of Ex?
penditures and Announced
That He Wanted to Win
Nomination, Not Buy It.
Important Ruling.
Milwaukee, October 5.?When United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson found
that his expenses for nomination a,t
the primaries In 1908 were: running so
high that tho Item for beer and cigars
alone amounted to 130,000 and the ag?
gregate was fast approaching the Una)
total of $107,793, ho remonstrated, and
told hla campaign managers, "1 want
to win the nomination, but 1 don't
want to buy It."
i This was part of the testimony given
to-day before tho United States Senate
committee which Is Investigating
charges .that bribery and corruption
' contributed to Senator Stephenson's
election.
In reply to his complaint. Senator
Stephenson wob told that the threo
other Republican candidates for the
primary nomination?former Congress?
man Samuel A. Cook, who spent $42,
| 203; former Stnte Senntor William H.
Hatton. who spent $30,002. and Krancls
R. McGovern. now Governor of Wis?
consin, who spent $11.063?were mak?
ing a hard fight, their expenses finally
aggregating $83,26$. This, together
with Senator Stephenson's expenses,
made a total for the Republican sena?
torial campaign that year of $191,061.
/ Iaaued More Checka.
It was testified by E. A. Edmonds,
Mr. Stephenson's campaign mnnager,
that the Senator usually Issued chocks
for more money when told of the ac?
tivities of his opponent
"In a report made by a previous leg?
islative Investigating committee, the
statement is : adn that $30,000 was
spent for cigars and beer. Do you
know If that Item is correct?" asked
Senator George Sutherland of Mr.
I Kdmonds.
I "I do not," replied the witness. "I
j supposed the commltteed which estl
! mated that the items for beer and cigars
' aggregated $30,000, might have been
[ considered not unfriendly t> Mr. Steph?
enson.
Much of the questioning of Edmonds
was devoted to the original charges
made by State Senator J. J. Blalne,
that Mr. Stophenson's election was duo
to bribery and corruption. He admit?
ted that many sums of money named
in the charges had been paid, but he
denied the truth of the phrase "used
corruptly and In violation of the law."
as Included In each charge. Ho de?
nied that the fund was used to pur?
chase corruptly editorial support in
various Wisconsin newspapers, or that
the money had been paid to any ono
except for late campaign purposes.
The charges also mentioned that ap
i proximately $250,000 had Been spent
! in tho nomination of ,u.r. Stophenson.
KdmondB declared the amount spent
I was not In excesn of the $107,793 as
made in the final report to the State.
Durdcn on Accused.
The committee announced that Mr.
I Bloine had been summoned to appear
' for questioning on his charges. Sen
j ator W. B. Ileyburn made an announce
i ment which was regarded as import
i ant. He said where charges of unlaw
j ful use of money ofllclally had been
made In connection with cnmpalgn ex
! penses the presumption was that the
! money was wrongfully used when no
j detailed account was forthcoming, und
j the burden of proof was on the ac?
cused.
DEMAND COMPETITION
I Independent*; May Fight Dissolution
i ? i nn of Tobneco Trnst.
I New York. October 5.?The Cigar
' Manufacturers' Association of America
i and the National Cigar Lenf Tobacco
; Association of America, comprising the
i printlpal independent tobacco Interests
I of the country. It was announced to
' night, will be represented when tho
plan for dissolution of tho American
Tobacco Company is submitted to the
Judges of the United States Circuit
Court here to-morrow. These nsso
; clatlons. It is stated, purpose m?kln?:
' a vigorous fight against nny plan that
I does not Insure conditions of real
competition In all branches of the to
I bacco Industry. They have engaged
! I.ouls D, Brandeis, the Boston lawyer,
to protect thorn at tho court proceed?
ings to-morrow.
Mr. Brandels arrive here from Bos?
ton to-night.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN JAIL
. Former Mayor Locked Up for Failure fa
Frodnce Ballot Boxes.
Georgetown, Ky.. October 5.?R. II.
, Anderson, former Mayor of George
l town, chairman of tho Democratic
i County C?mmltter, and owner of thor
i bughbred horses. Including Dick Welles
land other turf stars, to-day was sen
| tencod to twenty-four hours in lall
because he foiled to produce bnllot
! boxes of the State primary eloctlon
1 which wns held In July. The action
. taken Is the heglnning of a genoriii
I Investigation of the. election Ihrotigh
] out the State, especially In the moun
! tain counties, where Irregularities have
I been charged for many yoo>rs.
! MISS L?TfOLLETTE TO WED
! Her EnKagement to PlnrwTlirht of N>vr
I York Announced.
Madison. Wis.. October 5.?Tho an?
nouncement of tho engagement of Miss
Fola Da Folletto, daughter of United
States Senator Robert M. Do. Follotte.
to Geor*ro Mlddleton', a play wrlght,' of
New York, was made hero to-day.
Charge Is Dismissed.
i Hompstead. N. Y., Octobor fi.?Tho
charge against former Lieutenant
Governor Timothy T, Woodruff for
breaking Iho Sunday law by holding
nn avIaUon moot at Nassau Boulevard,
was dismissed by Justice of thn Peace
Glttens to-day on tho ground that tho
complaint did not specify any crime.
Refers to Men Who Con?
victed Beattie of
Wife-Murder.
COMMENDS STAND
THEY HAVE TAKEN
Hcndrix Glad They Have Re?
fused to Recommend Commu?
tation From Death Sentence,
and That There Is Place
Where Women Do Not
Attend Such Trials.
Toronto, October 6.?The prlnclpnl
subject of discussion of to-day's ses?
sion of the Ecumenical Methodist Con?
ference, which delegatci from all nuar- ;
terg of the world are attending, was ;
the decrease In memhership of the
church, which. It was revealed In the
reports submitted, ha* taken place the
world over during tho last decade.
The western section, comprising. the
! Methodist churches In the United
.States. Canada and Japan, reported
during that period a loss In net mem
i berahtp increase, while tho eastern
section, covering the churches In Great
, Britain. Ireland. France, South Africa,
' Australia and the mission field, shared
an absolute loss In membership.
In tho western section the Increase
In membership In the decade ending
1S91 was 1,261*209, while In tho last
decade It was only 1t7.962, tho latter
Increase being but 15 per cent, as con?
trasted with the former of 3.1 per cent.
I This, according to H. K. Carroll, of
j New York, secretary of that section,
1 was due to a "decrease. In earnest?
ness."
Notable Decrease.
In Great Britain, according to the
Bev. Simpson Johnson, of London, sec.
retary of the Westminster Methodist
Conference, the various Methodist
bodies gained about 150.000 members
during the last ten years, but In the
last decade there was a notable de?
crease, attributable, he thought, to
"conditions outside the church and a
j weakening of forces to meet changed
social conditions."
Bishop Eugene Mendrlx, of tho Meth?
odist Episcopal Church, South, In dis?
cussing the "religious problem of the
negro" and "the maintenance of a pure
home in the midst of adverse condi?
tions," took occasion to refer to the
recent Beattie murder trial In Chester?
field county. Va.
"Thank God, there Is a plnco where
women as spectators do not attend
6UOh a trial," he said. "Thank God, for
a Jury which sought divine guidance
in reaching a verdict, and which has
since refused to recommend n com?
mutation from the death sentence."
Rev. S. Ogata, of the Japan Metho?
dist Church, who reported remarkable
progress ln? his country since the
merging of three Methodist ohurches,
said nothing was more perplexing to
the ordinary Japanese mind than the
fact that thero are so many denomina?
tions and so many different Methodist
churches. He believed that ChrJsUan
lty's strongest appeal subsequently
would bo found In one church, compre?
hensive enough to> cover all religious
needs, Instead of in the tnlrty-flvo or
forty denominations.
Seek A malgasnatlon.
Reporting on Australian Methodism,
the Rev. W. Williams, of Australia,
sail that overy tenth person In Aus?
tralia was a Methodist, aud that the
present union Is seeking amalgamation
with the Presbyterian and Congrega?
tional Churches In its zone of work,
j Prize-fighting was denounced by Sir
Robert W. Parkes, of London, who
! said In that connection:
! "If free churches of I^ondon could
with such absolute ease bring such
pressure to bear upon the government
as to compel tho stopping of a brutal
prize-fight In London, notwithstanding
the efforts of society people to the
contrary, what could not Methodist
nnd free churches nocompllsh If fed?
erated throughout tho world? Such
work, bordering on tho legislative,
must be dona largely by the rank and
tile of the laity, for we cannot expect
and do not wish the pulpits used for
political purposes, nor the pastors to
become politicians."
I PARLIAMENT STARTLED
j Four Shots Plred From Gallery In DI
i rcctlon of Ministerial Benches.
Vienna, October 6.?Four shots were
fired from tho gullory In tho lower
house of the Relchsrath to-day In tho
direction Of the ministerial benches,
where the Ministers of Justice and Kxl
uentlon were seated. No one was
Injured. The man who fired the shots
wuh arrested.
Dr. Adler, a Soeinl Democrat, was
attacking the Minister of Justice, Herr
! lloehenhurger, because of tho severity
1 of the sentences Imposed upon those
> arrested during the recent rioting at
i meetings held In protest ngalnst tho
I high cost of food, when tho shooting
j occurred.
Close of Herr Iloehenburgr sat the
I Minister of Education. Count Rtucrgkh.
There wan much excitement for a
, timo and the session was abruptly ad?
journed. It Is supposed that tho nt
? fnck was the result of the bitterness
' engendered against the government
j during the eampnlgn against the In?
creased cost of living. A mass-meet?
ing of Social Democrats was hold Sun
day. September 17, and was followed
by the destruction' of property and
conflicts with the police, during which
three persons were killed and nearly
10o others Injured.
JUMP oljFi/?OWslT FIRE
! Man 1? Badly Injured, hut Policeman
Catche* Woman,
i Chicago. October 5. ?During a lire
In a small hotel to-day. Dr. Richard
Barto Jumped from a third-story win?
dow nnd was severely Injured. Miss
Marv O'Connor crept nlong a narrow
window levlge on the second floor and
Jumped Into the arms of a policeman,
while a dozen other guests narrowly
csenpeil Injury.
There were forty guests In the hotel
when the fire was discovered, on tho
second floor. Smoke filled tho halls,
and guests fled to tho street, half
i dressed. Tho fire was Boon put out.
EDDY CASE POSTPONED
No More Deposition* Will lie Tnlteu
I urn January 1.
Concord, N. II.. October 5.?After for?
mer Unltod States Senator Wm. E.
Chandler had been examined further
to-day In tho taking of his deposition
In connection with the litigation over
tho will of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, it
was announced that by agreement of
counsel that the taking of all fur?
ther depositions hud been postponed
until January 1. 1912. The tlmo of Ill?
ing briefs and holding hearings before
tho Supremo Court on questions of law
in the case was put forward for ono
month.
Mr. Chandler, continuing his deposi?
tion, said that In his Judgment condi?
tions had arlsod which fully Justified
Mary Baker (}. Eddy's heirs In ques?
tioning her residuary bequest to the
mother church of tho Christinn Science
faith. He mado no mental resorva
tlons In connection with the family set?
tlement of 1909, he said. He 'under?
stood, tho, under its terms Mrs. Eddy's
heirs could question no legal dispo?
sition of her property. He did not
understand that they wore forced to
ncquleece In ah Illegal disposition of it
RUNS INTO WRECK
New York Day Express Has Narrow
Escape From Disaster.
Harrlsburg, Pa.. October 5.?Tho New
York day express on the Pennsylva?
nia Railroad ran into a freight wreck
at Hyde, seventy-seven miles west
of _ here, this afternoon, but as the
train was running slowly no ono was
Injured. A freight train running east
was wrecked just ns the express, also
running east, woh passing It. The lo?
comotive anil first four cars of the
I express were caught in the wreckage,
hut wero not derailed. They wero
so tightly wedged that it was lmpos
Jslblo to move them, and all passengers
] wore transferred to an express train
[which was running behind the New
' York express and wns switched to an?
other track. Traffic on the blocked
tracks was delayed several hours.
I0WAN WINS OFFICE
His Friendship for Tnft Gets Him No
Votes,
Indianapolls. Ind., October 5.-?Tho
National League, of Postmasters to-day
elected Charles I). Barry, of Walker,
la., president over J. S. McKinley, of
Orient. O.
An Ohio supporter of McKinley had
declared that "McKinley and Taft are
good friends and this would be wnrlh
much to us."
"When It comes to politics," retorted
an Iowa postmaster, advocating the
election of Barry, "Mr. Taft will need
a whole lot more votes In town than
In Ohio."
Other officers elected are: First Vice
President, Jay Ames, Sterling, Mich.;
Secretary, C. C. Young, Oakwnod, 111.;
Treasurer, II. it. Luccock, Keenc, Tex.
BURLEY POOL ASSURED
Jnmea II. HnKgln Flits His Name to j
Contract.
Lexington, Ky., October 6.?The for?
mation of a ten-year Burley tobacco
pool. Including tho establishment of a
great co-operative factory here for tho
manufaotu.ro of Burley pooled to-bac
co, was finally assured to-day, when
James B. Htiggln, a New York finan?
cier, signed n contract to pool his crop
and became ono of the leading stock?
holders In tho manufacturing opera?
tions. Hnggln annually produces tho
largest Burley crop In the world, and
his connection with the pool assures
its success, it Is sali'
The enterprise is to be capitalized at
$5,000,000.
LAUDS AMERICAN REPORTERS
Baron Rosen Say* He Has Never Been
Misquoted In This Country.
New Y'ork. October 5.?A remnrkablo
tribute was pnld to tho American
newspaper man by Baron RoBen, tho
former ambassador from Russia, In
sailing for Busala to-dny to become a
member of the council of tho empire.
"I am going home to quit diplo?
macy and becomo a politician," said
tho baron. "I want to sny that In all
the thirty-five years I have been con?
nected with public lifo in America I
have never bean misquoted by nn
American reporter."'
OLD SOLDIERS KILLED
Relieved to Have Been Mordered for
Their Pensions.
Randusky, O.. October 5.?Tho police
uro Investigating the deaths of Rus?
sell Marquurt, of Columbus, and John
Mueller, of Cincinnati, Inmates of local
Soldiers' Home, who wero found un?
conscious in tho street yesterday and
died to-day in the Soldiers' Home hos-J
pttal. Marks of violence on their
bodies lend to the bollef that they
were beaten Into Insensibility and rob?
bed. They had Just received their pen?
sions.
CHURCHES HAVE UNITED
, Bnntl*t* nnd Free Bnittlsts AgTee to
I Join HrikIn.
Boston. October 5.?The long dis?
cussed union between tho Baptist anil
Free Baptist denominations finally was
consummated in so far as their homo
and foreign missionary work Is con
ceirned at a largely attentied public
meeting held hero to-night.
Legal documents wen- signed and
tho funds of the General Conference
of Froe Baptist transferred to the
American Baptist Foreign Mission So?
ciety nnd the American Baptist Homo
Mission Society.
The home mission schools heretofore
conducted by the Free Baptist Con?
ference. Including Stocror College at
Harper's Ferry, thus come tindor tho
snpeirvlslon of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, while tho Free
Baptist Mission In Indiana Is taken
.over by the American Baptist Foreign
I Mission Society.
!. WILLIAM E. CURTIS DEAD
Widely Known Journalist Dies Sud?
denly lu riilliiilelphln,
Philadelphia. October 5.?-William F.l
roy Curtis, the well-known traveler.
Journalist and writer on political top?
ics, of Washington, r?. C. died sud?
denly In his room In a hotel hero to?
night. Mr. Curtis arrived here at noon
to-day from New York, accompanied
by Ms wife. To-nlghl he was strick
cd with apoplexy and. although medical
assistance was Immediately summoned,
It was Impossible to stive his life, lie
I wns sixty-one years of age.
HILLES FOR CHAIRMAN
Friends Pinn to linke' Him Head nf
Nntlnnnl Committee.
Salt Lake City, Utah, October 5._
Tho movement to make Charles D
Hilles, secretary to President Taft, the
chairman of the National Republican
Committee for the campaign of 1912,
formally was launched here to-night
nt tho banquet tendered the President
by tho Commercial Club of Salt take
City.
Former Congressman Dead.
Jefforsonvllle, Ind., October ">.?For
mor Representative Jonas O. Howard,
of the Third Congressional District of
Indiana, died nt his homo to-day, aged
elgnty-olght years.
REDlSTRiCT CITY
Special Committee
Squarely Out for Ad?
ministrative Board.
FIVE MEMBERS
TO SERVE PEOPLBj
-
Only Point About Which Ther^
Is Division Is as to How Mem-? '
bers Shall Be Elected?Vital
( Problem to Taxpayers
Ably Handled After
Careful Study. \
By unanimous vota last night-ft wt*
declared to bo the sense of th? special
Committee on Changes In the Form ofj
City Oovernment that the otty should)'
bo redlstrlcted into four wards, cut-*
ting the momberahip of the Common'
Council and Board of Aldoiinen In halft,
and that by change In the city charter!
an administrative boar'* should be croV
atcd on whom ahull be Imposed all of?
tho executive and administrative du-,
ties now exercised by the City Council
and Its committees. The proposed!
hoard Is to consist of five member*^
to bo employed, at a competent salary*] j
to devote all of their tlmo to the clty4
to hold dally open sessions.
Tho only division In tho committed;.
Is ns to how this administrative board.'
shall bn elected. Several members adV
voeated their clecUon by the peoplo)
at large, while two desired that the}
Mayor nominate twenty citizens, from
whom the City Oounall should, elect.
All of the papers wcro referred to thsj
City Attorney to draw proper resolut
Hons and ordinances carrxlng tho mo?
ttons Into effeot, forms to bo prepared)
for both mothods of election of mem?
bers of the now board, and tho point
will bo tlnally voted on when the final
draft of the papers Is gone over at a
meeting to bo held on October 19.
Change Now Demanded,
Every member of tho committee was
In his seat when Chalrmun. Pollock;
called the meeting to order at 8 o'clock,
and tho discussion waa marked by an
earnestness and breadth of Informa?
tion which was commended by all
present.
It was generally felt by the coni
mtttcemon that for fifteen years thera
had been a demand for n change In
tho form of city government. Mr.
Meredith stated that whon City Attor-<
noy in 1892, he had drafted a plan for
a Board of Control, which failed In
tho Council by two votes. Three spo
clal committees have been appointed
In the post live years to study changes,
and tho members of the present one
asserted with unanimity that, the tlma
had come for action. The advantages)
and dangers of the various changes)
proposed were fully canvassed, Mr,
Meredith remarking that the commit*
tee was discussing politicians, not nn?
gels, and that too many safeguard*
could not bo provided. The present
form of government wpb generali?
criticized as clumsy, unwloldy antfi'
lacking In direct responsibility, Cltjf.
Attorney Pollard remarking that wlttt
the slipshod way In which much bust*
uess Is dono In tho city government, Iff
was almost a miracle" that graft had!
been reduced to such a minimum. AnjJ
form of government, ho thoughtk
would be no better than tho men wh*
execute It, and he advocated that. Whlb-i
would centre responsibility and centr
tho attention of the voters on the niej
In office.
Lynch Proposition.
Mr. Lynch advocated dividing th*'
propositions, and urging lmmodlatiU
action on redlotrlctlng the city bo as
as reduce tho size of the Councils
Whilo in favor of the charter change*
also, he was afraid ttfat It might bed
delayed In the Council, dallied with lrtl
tho Legislature and that the April prl-tj
mary would see another Council offj
sixty-four members elected for twofji
years from next September. An oufl.
and out commission Is declared to be*
out of the question at this time, beV
cause of the necessity of changing the\
State Constitution, and doubt as to<
the value of tho pending amemdmentsj
designed to allow a commission
City Attorney Pollard, in an able)
address, clearly outlined the situation,
showing the advantages and disad?
vantages of what was proposed. The
mischief, ho believed, was In the min?
gling of the legislative power with
the executive functions of government,
This, ho asserted, violated a funda?
mental prlncdpal of government, and]
had never been successful anywhere.
It Is ? system Impolitic and vicious III
lt.< conception wherever the executive,
Judicial or legislative powers were In-?
term-lngled.
"We have here," he continued, "l%
mingling of the powers of the legisla?
tive and executive. Tho Council Is a
miniature legislature. It enacts ordi?
nances and makes appropriations The
Council orders Improvements; then
turns the execution of those Improve?
ments over to committees made tip of?
Cotinellmen. There are fourteen such
committees, each working Independent!
of the other. Many of the States o8
tho Union at tho tlmo of the Revolu?
tion did not have either the popula?
tion or the annual Income of th? city
of Richmond, yet each of them, recog
nlalng the fundamental principles of
government, provides for legislative
and executive departments separated
from each other "
Need Hustticss Men.
Tto advornted an administrative corns
itllttee having no part In legislation,
taking up the work of pubWo Improve,
ment where the Council lays It down,
paid to f-lve Unto and attention to tho
w ,rk Busy men. he sahl. were ?nabln
to .r've their time to tho details of
administration, after having sat In tho
f'oun<-!l in-l legislated on the problem,
involved With a elty speeding more*
than J8.00n.00o n ytmr. thoro shooldi
be more direct supervision, more dl*