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WZ f^^^^g WHOLE NUMBER 18,791.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAYS NOVEMBER 2, 1911.
to* w rather t<m>iT_rrtr PRICE TWO CENTS
W0MANSU3PECTED
She DeclaresDeaths Con?
stitute Remarkable Se?
ries of Coincidences.
OFFICERS HAVE
ANOTHER VIEW
Nine Names in List of Relatives
or Friends of Mrs. Vermilya
Who Have Died Under Her
Roof?Poison Experts at
Work Seeking Evidence
of Crimes.
Chicago, November 1.?Chicago po
Jlcc to-day pursued their Invetstlga- j
lions into the deaths of nearly hull }
a score of relatives and acquaintances ?
of Mrs. Louise Vermilya, to make cor- I
luln Whether the similar demises con- !
st! tu ted only a remarkable series of
coincidences, as Mrs. Vermilya asserts.
Nine dcalns arc included In the Hat
with which Mrs. Vermilya'? name has
been connected, including two hua
b?nde, two stepchildren, three chil?
dren und two roomers at bourding
nouscs she kept.
Development* of a Day.
Developments to-day. following the
establishment of police surveillance at
the woman's home, came from several
cities where she nau lived. Pending
the report of the loxlcologlsts who
uro cxuminlng the viscera ot the last
of the persons whose deaths have oc
uurred beneath Mrs. Vormtlya'g roof
the police have made no arrests. No
positive evidence of crime has been
uncovered. The following new taut?
become known to-duy;
That wnilc Mr.!. Vermilya Iikb said
one of the death roster, Etichurd T
Mnith, a conductor, was only a hoardei
at her home, a former rounur usseru
the two claimed previously to hu.i
been married and ttiat they lived to?
gether as man' and wife.
That while the woman told the po?
lice she hail ueslsted an undertaker
at Crystal Lake, a former home, in
embalming bodies. the undertake!
liiere denies she ever had any auch
experience. She gave this as a reu
sun why tho could discuss the deaths
with uomposure.
/ That R. N. Rrulngton. a. photogra?
pher of I'eorla and brother-in-law of
Conductor Smith, had made love to
the widow following Smith's death bo
as to Investigate suspicions he then
had about the reason for his rela?
tive's demise; that the widow had
told him part of her matrimonial his?
tory, witch be desires to give to the,
coroner.
That Smith died during convulsions
und after drinking some substance,
whether medicine or not being unset ,
tied, but that the doctors gave the)
cause of death from description ntj
symptoms given by the widow, us
ucute gastritis.
That two conductors who had work
el With Smith on the. railroad, told
the coroner Smith hud told them h?
w?e living with Mrs. Vermilya. though
not man led to her. and that He bad
been threatened with death by another
fcultor of the widow, an undertaker.
That Arthur Hlssonette was really i
engaged to be. married to Miss L>dLc
lllvard. of Kankakee: this was shown:
bv the tiling to-day of the policeman's
will, in which MIbs Rlvard was named
as his fiancee. Mrs. Vermilya wus a
witness to the will, and the police
will endeavor to ascertain whethei j
the widow had shown lealousy of the
policeman's intended wife.
In a talk with the sollet- of Peorla,
UlUlngton said Mrs. Vermilya had
periods of mental depression in which,
she was fond of talking of death. He
said:
"She told me it seemed funny to her
that nearly every one she knew well
and cared for died, and asked me If I
was ufraid of death "
A Men C'olucldence.
A new coincidence developed to-day
following the sudden Illness of Mrs
Vermilya herself, when a sister, living
In the house adjoining, Mrs. Mary
Ducltholz, .suddenly became Ill
Mrs. Vermilya told Inquirers to-day
she had never studied medicine, n
sought to become a nurse, as had been
rcportod. but that she had gome little
knowledge of medicines that she had1
acquired to enable her to aid neighbors
and relatives. She insisted that she
wus Innocent.
The deaths being looked Into follow;
Frederick Hrlnknmp. first husbnnd
of Mrs. Vcrniilys, died on a furm neat
Larrlngton, III., after a brief illness.
Charles Vermilya, second husband
:"pd after six days' Illness of "gas?
tritis," at Maplewood, 111.
Florence Urlnkamp, four-yoar-old
daughter, died at Burrlngton.
Cora Biinkamp, eight-year-old
daughter, died at Harrington.
Harry O. Vermilya. step-son. thlrly
flvo years old.
Lillian Urlnkamp, step-daughter
twenty-six yrars old.
Frank Brillkamp, son, died of pneu?
monia. In Chicago.
Richard T. Smith, reported to be
third husband.
Arthur Blssonette. policeman, room?
er, to whom she was engaged; died oi
"gastritis" lnat Thursday.
It was the suddenness of Blssonettc'f
death, coupled with the widow's state,
nient that he was addicted to drink
whereas members of the police force
had known him to bo an abstainer,
that prompted the investigation, and
a determination to have the police?
man's viscera examined.
Professor Waltor Haines, poison ex?
pert, .expects to report by Friday.
The coroner to-dny left for Harring?
ton, 111., a suburb, Mrs. Vermilya'?
former home, to investigate the deaths
that occurred there. ,1
Dlsaatrous Fire,In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Go.. November-1.?Fire of
unknown origin, which started in tho
Oscar Bnriie.i & Co., furniture' store, In
the central pnrt of the retail dis?
trict, caused damage estimated at be
Amroa 1100,000 and 1150,000. to-night.
YOUNG LAWYER MURDERED
Shot Down by Men Who Had Robbed
ill* Home.
New Orleans, November 1.?Edgar
H. Forrar. Jr.. eon of. Edgar H. Far
rar, former president of tbe American
Har Aasoclatlon, was shot and killed
here to-day when ho gave chaeo to
two men who arc alleged to hava
robocd the Farrar homo last night.
Leon Canton, alias J. C Holmes, and
Luden Canton, brothers, aged twenty
three and twenty-one, respectively,
were captured after an exciting chase
Immediately after the shooting, and
are held by tho police, who stale that
the men confessed both to the rob?
bery of the Farrar home and the kill?
ing of young Farrar.
i_ir. Farrar waa on his way to his
ufllce In the Hlbemla Bank building,
whon two men at tho Intersection of
Magnolia and Benlston Streets wore
pointed out to him as the men who
broke Into tho Farrar home.
Mr. Farrar started In pursuit. One
of the men fired at him und he fell
to the street dead. Both men then
dashed away. A crowd of citizens and
mounted policemen Immediately start?
ed In pursuit. Theophilus Rodgcrs. a
negro, captured Luden Canton and
i,eon wuh taken Into custody by tho
police a few minutes later.
Tho prisoners were taken before the
dlBtrlct attorney, where, according to
the police, they confessed to the
crime, and admitted that they had
robbed Farror's home. Policemen
v....ted the Canton home and found the
articles stolen from the Farrar res
Id- ace.
Edgar H. Farrar. Jr., was thirty
two years of nge. and had necn mar?
ried only five months. He- was a mem?
ber of the law firm of which his
father Is the senior member.
MAKES APPEAL TO VOTERS
Governor Dlx A?k? Them to Support
Democratic >omloern.
Albany, N. v., November l.?Predict?
ing that the Democrats will win a
decided victory at the polls next Tues?
day, Governor Dlx, in a statement to
nay, appeals to Democrats to support
all the Democratic nominees as "Dem
oeratje success now means continued
piogiess. efficiency aim uonesty In thn
auminisiraiion." Ills statement In part
reads:
"The splendid record made by the
Democrat!) House oi Representatives
at Washington bus won the confidence
of the country, while the Republican
party cannot escape responsibility for
the deplorable industrial and economic
conditions under whicn trie people jt
the t.'rnted .stales are now suffering,
Republican legislative and administra?
tiv, policies Have produced Hie very
general and utep unrest and dissatis?
faction In business circles, which haV6
caused great hardship among tne peo?
ple and generated an Industrial and
:i nan. i.i I depression that has curtailed
opportunities for employment and 3c
prived the farmer, working man and
business alike of adequate and Just
remuneration for his energy, toll and
Invest men it.
'"President Taft's veto of the tariff
bill proves that he Is lined up with
the extreme protectionists of his par?
ty, and that he Is opposed to any re?
vision of the tariff in the Interests
of the producing and consuming cluascs
of the country."
ATTORNEY LEE ENTERS CASE
lir Takes t'p Work uf I'reoarlusj De?
fense for Ul< in .-nil.
Boston, November 1.?After be had
been formally served with the -In?
dictment charging hlni with poisoning
his former sweetheart. Avis Llnnell
the Rev, Clarence V. T. Rlcheson was
visile- !n Charlc-b .Street jail lute to?
day by Attorney John D. Lee, of
Lynchburg, Va., a criminal lawyer,
prominent In the South, who prubahl>
will direct ihe accused minister's rtght
,for acquittal Mr. Lee arrived here
to-day, but lie look up immediately
the work of preparing the defense and
conferred at length with former Judge
James K. Dunbar, his son, Philip II.
D unbar, and Congressman Robert O.
..arris, who have been retained in Mr.
Klchcson's interest.
Reports that the family of Miss]
Violet Edmands, the wealthy fiance
of the accused clergyman, had decided
to discontinue financial support of the
r-lnlster's defense, were scouted by
Attorney Dunbar, who was retained by
Moses Grant Edmands, father of the
young woman. Mr. Dunbar suld:
"Any statement that Mr. Edmauds
has ceased to have faith In Mr. Rlche?
son Is absolutely false. Mr. Edmands
still retains absolute confidence In the
Integrity and Innocence of .Mr. Rlche?
son."
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK
Injuden Five Before He Is Killed by
Citizens.
New Orleans, November 1.?George
Rouseell and Joseph Lacoste, po?
licemen, were fatally wounded, anc
Joe Spencer. Washington Lawrence
and John McGeavy. badly beaten up
to-day when an unknown negro arm?
ed with revolvers ran amuck on the
Algiers ferry landing, across the Mis?
sissippi River from this city. The
negro finally was killed by cltlxen*
\v..o came to the assistance of tho
officers. i
Tho shooting occurred just as the
ferry reached the Algiers landing. De?
claring that he would "get a d?
w..ite man," the negro fired five shots
promiscuously. Reloading his pist ?1
ai.d, drawing a second one. he started
up the ferry landing Bring right and ;
left. Officers Lacoste and Eousscl)
were shot through the body and near- i
by citizens opened fire on the negro,
.. .thout attempting to reload his re- 1
?Olvers, the negro attacked bystand?
ers with the butt end of his: weapon,
ai . clubbed three before he fell dead. I
.. S body riddled with bullets.
HARVARD'S BRIGHEST MEN
Sonn of President Toft nnd Justice
Hughe* Among Four Named.
Cambridge, Mass., November 1.?The
four brightest men In Harvard Uni?
versity law school, as determined by |
the award of the Sears prizes, nn- j
nouncement of which was made to?
night, are Robert A. Tuft, son of the
President: Charles E. Hughes, Jr., son
of Justice Hughes, of the United
States .Supreme Court: J. C. Buchanan,
of Pittsburgh, nnd P. S. Wyner. of
Boston. The prizes, which are of $"7?
each, are awarded annually to four
students In the school, who "have done
the most brilliant work In their class
during the year.
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Two Men Are Alleged to Have Taken
Part In Lynching,
Lake City, Fla? November 1.?
Charged with participating In the
lynching of six negroes here on May
21 last, Samuel Ward and John At?
kinson, of Tallahassee, wore indicted
to-day for murder.
-f. reward of $5,000 had been offered
by tho State for the apprehension of
the persons who took purt In the
lynching.
The negroos who wore lynched had
been arrested In Leon county, on sus?
picion of having boon Implicated In
the murder of Deputy Sheriff H. B.
Smith. Early In tho morning of May
21, a inob broke Into tbe jail and
banged, tho filx.
EMERGENCY WILL
FIND FLEET READY
Fighting Force of Sea
Has Proved Its
Preparedness.
MEYER SMILES
AFTER KEVIEW
Secretary of Navy Inspects
Ninety-Nine War Vessels, and
Is Satisfied That They Are
Equal to Any Task That
May Come?Pass Before
Taft To-Day.
New York. November 1.?"The flee'
has demonstrated Its preparedness tot
any emergency, and hau shown ihr
effectiveness of the present ortdniza
tlon."
George Von L. Meyer, Secretarv ol
the Navy, smiled aa he made this
statement tills evening, on board tin
presidential yacht Mayflower, after
having Inspected ninety-nine lighting
ships of the Atlantic lieet assembled in
the Hudson River for the ureutes:
mobilization in the history of the'
American navy. President Taft will
review the fleet to-morrow, as It oassesi
out to sea, and the Palisades and the;
shores of the Hudson will echo back a
greater number of salutes than was'
accorded the secretary to-day, but
notwithstanding the more spectacular;
event to cunie. Mr Meyer says that he
is satisfied with what he saw to-day. J
Leuvlng the Mayflower In an ad >
tniral's launch, after having received
on board llear-Admiral Osterhaus
the commnnder-in-chlef. and the dlvi j
slon commanders, the secretary paid
Visit? to the flagships standing erect
In a launch, u silk hat Arm and a frock
com napping us he sped from ship to
I ship lu the fuce of a twenty-mile nor'
j by nor'west wind. The Mayflower llred:
j a salute of nineteen guns as bio left
her side, and this salute was reuente.l
by eadh of the seven flagships that he
boarded, beginning with the Connecti?
cut, and ending with lh? little Dixie,
tender of the loruedo fleet.
Koeb Skip Salutes.
His calls completed, the secretary re
boarded the Mayflower, which had'
steamed to the upper end of the seven'
miles of warships, and passed slowly!
southward along tho entire line, each
ship saluting nineteen time? ns ho
passed. The < chos round back from
the New York shore after an Interva'
so long that It seemed as If a second
bombardment were going on in the]
streets of Harlem. It was ?:iu i\ M
when he had re passed the Connecticut
on his return trip, marking the end ol
the day's forniaSlllcS. Members of <
the House Committee on Naval Af- ;
fairs followed the secretary on his
visits to each (tagshtp, and were honor i
ed with a salute of seventeen guns ?
They, too. were gratified with the ap-j
parent efficiency and preparedness ol;
the fleet and hope was expressed that]
Congress might see tit to create the
position of vice-admiral.
"The rank of comtnander-ln-ehtet;
should be commensurate with his great;
responsibilities," said Secretary M< yer
"And it Is due his position. that he!
should have the rank of vlce-admlrol.' ?
Rear-Admirals Walnwright, yreciand.
Potter and Fletcher, acting as the
I secretary's abbs, indorsed this expres-i
Bion, and hoped also that the position;
of vice-admiral would be created.
"This mobilization has also demon
strated," said .So retary Meyer, "tho*.
for our reserve fleet we should have a
fcreater number of enlisted men. I have
anticipated this In patt by nuking for'
-.000 more men in this year's estimates I
which have now gone to the Treasury!
Department These estimates provide I
for the maintenance and adoption oil
these men, but they arc no larger than I
those of lust year."
Forclgu Attnchcti Presen'.
Besides the Congressmen and other]
j prominent men aboard the Maytlowet j
I this afternoon, attaches Of four foreign1
! nations were present. They were Cup j
itain C. 1". (5. Sowerby, ol Hngliind;]
Commander Retzmanu, of Germany
Commander Tokutaro Hiraga, of Japan
antl Commander VnssUleff, uf Russia !
There were also present Senators!
Root and O'Gorman, of New York-i
Mayor Gaynor, Attorney-General Wick,
ersham. Secretary of the Interior j
Fisher and others. The two latter ac?
companied Mr. Meyer on his visits tuj
the flagships.
Two slim-nosed destroyers, pninteq!
green, patrolled the course during thej
Inspection, and there was no unlo-i
ward Incident throughout. About 200.?
000 persons witnessed the spectacle:
I from the New York shore, and gaily
I decked harbor craft bore other Ihous
I ands up and down the line.
POWDER PLANT EXPLODES
lluponi Works at Pnterson, .V .I*
Dummied to listet** of 9(10,000,
Paters'oh, N. J.'. November I.?Thre?
explosions at the D Upon I powder workt
at Ilaskelly curly to-day caused a los?
of about $60,00o and endangered the
I lives of about thirty men at the
(plant. One man. Foreman Kdward
? Brown, was seriously injured and scv
I cral others were hurled Into the Pus
i sate River- und had to swim for thoir
lives.
The explosion occurred in the
bulllstitc plant of the powder works,
and before tho lire that ensued was
extinguished, three buildings Of the
main plant and two storehouses hud
been consumed.
DIVIDEND IS PASSED
Tobacco Company AwnH* Final Action
of Courts.
New York; November 1.?The direc?
tors of the AuK-rli-un Tobacco CoUlpanv
met to-day and adjourned without, tak?
ing any action on tho common-' stbuk
tdivldend. It wus the regular date for
[doclnring a quarterly return to share?
holders, but no disbursement had been
I expected at this time.
I At the last previous quarterly meet?
ing the dividend was postponed and
the directors announced that no pay?
ments would be declared until the will
Of the United States.Circuit Court was
known regarding UicjJlan of rvorgom
igaUoA.
War Office Hears That
Imperialists Have Cap?
tured City.*
BELIEVED PEACE
WlLL?E RESiORED
Yuan Shi Kai Is Appointed
Premier and Hostilities Will
Cease Pending Negotiations
With Rebel Leader, Which
Will Be Opened Im?
mediately.
I'eklnK, November 2?The War Otuec I
lion received a report that the Im
perlallat forces htm- recaptured Hnii
kuh and tuaaaucred <bc population.
i eking, November I.?Tbc appoint .
mem 01 fuuii oiu Kut lu-uuy u? pro- j
mid <a Cnuia \?ui oc miluwea uy .1
ccbaution ui Hostilities on tue pun ol i
imperialists, a no tue opening 01 ncgu
iiuiioiib v.iui ocnerai ui i uen neiig .
K-uuer ot lue revolutionists ai nuiiivuw'
An imperial coici providing tor im?
portant auiuinistruiivy cnangea uiao ac- j
eepts tili' resignations Ol lue ministers,
out until iuuii sni tvui returns to i'c-:
King prince > unit: v* 111 continue 10 ;
per.oi in tue uunes of premier unu tn?
1 resent, Caoinci win remain in ot- j
lice.
All the ministe;!, attended a secret i
session ui Hie National Assembly to
oay, which, a is unuorstooa, practi- !
catty agreed to tbe ueinanus ot the
uisuffecieu Duiichuu Hoops, a mem?
ber ui tne war Muard was uppointeu 10
eonler Wltn the Hoops aim express
tne Assembly's views.
The ASSemoiy also Uiseussed the re?
cent loan, lor whicn arrangements had
been muue by the Ueigiau unu French
synulc?te. Tne ministers expected that
the loan was needed tor tne purpose!
ot currying on llelu operations.- Tin
Atsemoiy thought there was a good
prospect ui' the termination of hostili?
ties, in Which case tile loan would not
be necessary. It was finally decided
10 refer the matter by telegraph to
V'uan Shi Kal.
The panic umoilg tin people of Pe?
king which < usiieij alter the Isauancu j
of the nrst Imperial edict, has been I
largel} dispelled, and the neWBpupers |
beginning to sum up the results of the
seventeen days' rebellion. The Dally
New? constdurs that the appointment I
oi Yuan shi Kal will change the en?
tire political complexion! restore peace,
inspire tin- people with confidence, com?
mand t\i.et i.f foreign countries1
and place it.rtiplrt oil a sound basis.,
Itcports received lu/e stnte thiiti
Vunnan-Fu, Anklng and several small -
11 cities In the provinces of Yunnan.
Ankwel and Pukien have gone over
to the revolutionists. The soldiers ,n
North Chlnu are nvowedlv awaiting the i
action or Vua n Shi Kol.
The government troops and the'
Shan-Sl relx Is uro encamped not far
apart. Apparently they.do not intend;
to fight for the present at least.
har?L7 bEgINining~made
May He Two Munt Ii? More Before Jury '
In Secured. j
Los Angeles, Cnl., November 1.?To- I
day, with thirteen months to a da> !
elapsed since twenty-one persons lost '
their lives in an explosion und rtr?
which wrecked the l.os Angeles Times I
building, hardly the beginning of a!
jury had been obtained in the trial]
of .laiiies H. McNamura. accused of hav- j
In? caused the death of Chas. .1. Hag-,
gerty, one of the victims. Counsel for
the Siatv estimated that two months
hence a jury may have been obtained.
To-day's results: were exactly noth?
ing at all so far as obtaining addi?
tional talesmen accepted for cause was
concerned. At the beginning of the
acsslon District Attorney Fredericks
withdrew opposition to a challenge by
the defense against one talesman, th?
examination of another, who Is nearly
certain not to reach the Jury, occupied
most of the day. and two others wer?i
released Just before the close of court !
on consent of opposing counsel, ?nd |
the other because of opposition to the .
death penalty.
Nine talesmen accepted as to cause!
when court opened had not been In-j
i reused at the close of tho session.
Of these perhaps two or three will
be on the jury as It is sworn.
Ten ?renlremen wer? selected for
examination out of a new venire?the
third thus far?of forty men, summoned i
yesterday.
air rivals meet
I rn llscon I IneiKlil \YllttorH Luhuinf '
I.reelings nl Tucson.
Tucson, Ariz.. November 1_Swoop- .
lug down at 1 o'clock to-day, Avialoj
C. P. I lodgers, now on the lust stagi
of his const-to-coast Might, was greet?
ed here by bis rival, Hubert ft. Fowler
who Is attempting to make the trans?
continental llli'ht from West to East,
and has been held here since Monday
for repairs lo his machine.
Fowler, who had been watching foi
his rival's appearance through the big
telescope in the observatory of the
University <-f Arizona, was the first
t.. greet Rodgera as the latter stepped
from his machine.
The rivals exchanged best wishhes
for ea'-h other.-, success, and Fowler
hurried away to push the repairs on
bis machine. I lodgers took on a sup
pi) of gasolene and overhauled his ma?
chine, leaving at 'J:'J.'i o'clock for Phoe?
nix, no miles away.
Rodger*, started to-day's flight at
Wiicox. Arl/... eighty-Seven miles enst
Of here, at 11:05 A. M.; making the
distance in an hour and fifty-five min?
utes.
approves antitrust law
< bump Clarli Would enforce It'Agnlnst
All Offenders.
Fremont, Neb.. November 1.?Cham;
Clark. Speaker of the Holl80 of Repre?
sentatives, Is unalterably opposed tr
the repeal of the .Sherman antitrust
law, und Is in favor of Its rigid en?
forcement.
'I am not In favor of repealing the
Shormuti untl-trust law," said Spenkei
Clark to tho Associated ? Press to?
night. "Instead. I would make it
stronger. I would enforce it against
?II offenders, civil and criminal. The
law Is no respecter of persons In
theory, nnd there Is no reason why
It should be so In practice.
"Tho law has been on the statute
books for. many years, and If It hud
been nroperly enforced 'luring the
past decade there would have been
no trusts In the United States."
Sper>ker: Clark made on address here
to-night and will go to Kansas City
to-morrow.
ITALY, INDIGNANT.
BENIES CRUELTIES
Only Possible Reproach
Is Excess of Human
itarianism.
ARMY IS VICTIM
OF TREACHERY
Premier Giolitti Tells How Sol?
diers Were Shot Down by
Arabs Who Had Sworn
Fealty, and Wounded Bar?
barously Slain?More
Pressure on Turkey .
Rome. November 1?Reports, which i
have been spread in foreign countries j
that the Italian troops at tri poll havt (
practiced extreme cruelty In me wai
agulnsl the Turks and A ra as, killing
women and children, the aged and In?
firm and non-combatants, have cuusc-C
Intense Indignation throughout Italy
These reports have already been otll- i
daily d.-nied, but Premier Glolttu took
occasion again 'to-nigbt to emphasis*
the denial, and to make a statement in j
behalf cf the government anu nation,
"If any reproach is admissible." he I
said, "it can only be on account 01
excess of humanltarlunisin. We have,
perhaps, through exaggerated scrupics
spared the lives and property of tile
enemy, und. In so doing, have exposed |
ourselves to grave risks. Tins, How?
ever, we have been pleusou to no t? I
prove that we arc civilised and human
Perhaps what Is the bounty ot tut
: strong may be judged as weakness.
Old Mot Kxprrt Trencher}.
I "Our soldiers, trained in the school
\ of loyalty and ttCCUStontuu to '.lie up
j Tightness of the. Abysslutuns, who nr.
open enemies or steadfast menus, ule,
not expect that tho .\rabs, after they
had sworn fealty and received grain
and Hour and ottier concessions, w-oulc
treacherously break men; uatns anc
traitorously turn their arms upon tlw
wounded. Among those lierulc iK-uc
many were baruarously kilted by tht
lenemv after they had fallen gravel)
wounded.
! "He who asserts that the Italian
soldier would offend woman or child
shows Ignorance ot our country and
ruce.
"The acts of treachery were due
portly to the efforts of Bedouins, about
16.000 of whom migrate at this season
of year from the interior to tne coast
for the date crop. They termed a kind
of conspiracy with the Turks ami suc?
ceeded in persuading the Arao?, who
already had declared themselves out
friends, to rebel. But. indeed, the
j Arabs were ready to take arms against
those thev considered weuk at any
moment. This Is shown uy the tact
that many of the habitations, nHen
set on IITe. exploded Itke pffWder maga?
zines, so great were the quantities of
arms ana ammunition Induct, tu them,
"After the betrayal, when the- Arabs,
hidden by the trees, walls and house.'
in the oasis, shot In the back tht
troops courageously lighting the Turks
1 our soldiers defended themselves. They
attacked the oasis und routed tlu
traitors, killing those caught In thr
'act of llrlng and taking the others
prisoners, l-'or safety we transported
the prisoners to Tremttl and Ustlca Is
lauds, where on their own admission
Outside of the curtailment of their li?
berty, they are better treated than In
their own country.
t'nhenrd of. Cruelty.
"The oasis within our own lines, af?
ter the population had been removed
out of harm's way, was rendered use?
less as a cover for the enemy. Th<
trees and walls, and in fact, every?
thing which might ufford shelter foi
the Arabs to appeal to their treachery,
were destroyed. In no report has Con
erul Ceneva made any allusion to wo?
men nnd children being killed. There!
Is instead proof of unheard cruelty \<>
our wounded. Many were barbarous?
ly knifed, being killed while lying
wounded and unable to defend li
selves. Besides the occular testimony
this Is proven by the fact that while
the normal . proportion between Ihi
wounded and dead In battle is one t<
t,wo. the Turks having about 2.000 kill
cd nnd 1.000 wounded, our dead numb
I ered 371 and wounded only 158.
"In open attocks. in ambushes ana
also In time of treason, the courugc
and humanitarian sentiments ol til-!
Italian army and navy are above
praise. Always admired, they rendei
this war an example of generous and
chivalrous civilization."
More Pressure on Turks,
ChlassO, Switzerland. November I. ?
With the view to bringing the wai
With Turkey quickly to an end the
Italian Cabinet has decided that the
I'ortc must either accept peace Immed?
iately or los,- more territory. This
means that some of Turkey's valuable
island possessions In the Mediterran?
ean will he seized unless she submits
to her fate.
The decision noted was roached at
a series of secret conferences .Monday
between Read-Admlrnl Aubrey and
members of the Cabinet. Aubrey ar
rlvod In rtonic suddenly und secretly
Monday morning. Long Interviews
with the Premier and the ministers ot
War. Navy nnd Foreign Affairs fol?
lowed. Definite arrangements were
made for sending the Italian licet in?
to action against Turkey's Mediter?
ranean possessions.
It Ts understood Hit; new plans will
be set Into action as soon us the Mar
ciuls dl San Galliano, Minister a(
Foreign Affairs, can reach the neces?
sary understanding with the Interested
powers. It Is expected that Italy will
continue to spare the Italian coast in
order to avoid complications along
the Adriatic und In tho Balkan states.
ItcuorO, Cmme Klotlna.
Alexandria, Egypt. November ?
Rcnorts of the Turkish victories at
Tripoli wcro echoed here tlurlnir tho
night In a tumult that at one time
threatened to be serious. The natlvi :
turned out In thousands, railing i.?- u
Alla'.i to confound "the lud lels."
Shots; were exchunced hot-e >?n Mos?
lems and Europeans. One native svas
^Ht?on?iiued~?nrThlr<l PagoTji
MARSHAL HAS EASY TASK
Finds ,\o Uiniculty in Serving Hub?
poruoH ou Milliontes.
New Vorlt, November I.?United
stati-s Marshal Henkel was In cheerful I
mc.od Hits evening utter a round of |
subpoena-serving uurlng the day upon ;
prominent Itnanolerti and men of at
fairs named as defendants In the guv-j
ernment's suit against the United ?
States Steel Corporation. Tho marshal
seemed particularly pleased as he ex?
hibited a trophy in the shape 01 an |
autographed photograph. It bore ?u? |
words: "Compliments of Andrew Car?
negie."
"Ves. sir." said the marshal. "Mr.
Carnegie gave me that to-day. I went
to ills house to serve him with thf
subpoena. When my curd was sent Hi
Mr. Carnegie scut word right back f>-r .
me to come In. lie was Just as pleas?
ant as could be. und asked me to sit
down. He showed me this picture, and
asked me If I would like one. I told
him I would If he would sign It. and
he did."
The marshal bad communicated with ]
.1. Flcrpont Morgan, and bad Informed |
him that he would be around to lee
him beTore Mr. Morgan left for bis
business. The financier was waiting I
for the marshal in his library. 11?
took the subpoena after a cheery "Good
morning."
The marshal telephoned to John D.
Rockefeller that he would be up to see
him In a day or two with the subpoena.
"And what do you think be said?"
asked the marshal. "He said: '1 will bo
jglad to see you.' und that Is a fact."
t Subpoeuus have also been served
upon Charles Steele. James Oayley, Ed
i miind C. Converse, Daniel ti. Reld, Nor?
man is. Roam, John D, Rockefeller, Jr..
banies N. Hill. Ii. II. Hary, the United
stati s Steel Corporation, Federal steel
Company. Lake Superior Consolidated
, iron Mines and the Union Steel Com
I pony.
LONG JOURNEY ENDED
Tal? Arrives In Washington Only to
'?Take the Itoud" Again.
Washington. November I.?President
Taft got Kack to Washington to-night,
I after un absence of over two months,
[ It was Just seventy-one days ago thai i
. the. Special session ol Congress came
I to an end und Mr. Taft left for Bev?
erly, the summer Wnite House.
in the lime the President has been
away he ha- traveled, counting side
trip*, einl?st 15,0011 miles, and has vis?
ited twenty-six fiutm. *ituougu
many Important appointments arc to
be made, and although he itas his an?
nual message to Congress yet to write,
Mr. Taft had no opportunity lo taku
up executive business here to-night. H?i
came to Washington by special train
from Morgantown, W. Va., where he
particliMt?.l in the Inauguration ol
Thomas Hodges, president of West
Virginia University. Governor Glass
cook and his staff, former Sttiutor
Davis F.lklns and other West Virginia
Republican leaders, boardld the presi?
dential train and welcomed the Presi?
dent to the State.
At Morgantown the President spoke
to several thousand school children,
and later repeated his peace and arbi?
tration address to the students of the
unlversly.
Leaving Washington late to-night,
the President Is due In New York
early to-iuorrow, where he will board
i the May-HoWor and review the big bat?
tleship licet now In New York harbor.
From . New York he goes to Hot
Springs, Vs., Tor a four-nuys' rest, and
then he will "take the road" again for
a trip to. Cincinnati, and ?ev6r0> cities
In Kentucky and Tennessee. As now
planned, this trip will end at Wash?
ington November 12.
NOT READY TO DISSOLVE
Pcobod> ICdueutlou Fund Hoard tu
lal.t Another Year.
New York, November 1.?The Peu
body education fund board will not
be dissolved nor the remaining fuhds
distributed for another yeur at least
This was decided at a meeting of tin
board of trusties held here to-day.
At last ycar'a meeting It was Inti?
mated that the present year might
be the last In the board's history, but
the unanimous decision to-day was t-i
wall at least another twelve months
before disbanding.
The Peabody tund of $3.500,000 was
donated by George Peabody to pro?
mote education In the South. Samuel
A. Green, secretary for the board, In
a statement made after tbe meeting
alluded to tbe action taken and to
the present status of the fund.
'Tu ISO? we could have distributed
the principal, according to the orig?
inal understanding, and wishes of Mr.
Peabody," he said. "We lit that time
decided that it was hardly advisable.
In the best Interests of the fund, to
draw on the principal, and so re?
frained from so doing. Lust year we
donated $1,000,001) to the establishment
of tho 'George Peabody College foi
Teachers,' at Nashville. Tenn.. thus
diminishing our fund to Just $1.500,
000.
"It is quite likely?I might suy rtultc
probable?that we will next year de?
cide to disband, nnd then give away
tho whole fund. We will then dis?
tribute thi- money among eleven of the
remaining Southern States. Tennes?
see has already- received the lion's
Share, and | doubt If any more will
be allotted within that State."
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
I Information Is Filed ,t Kaimt! Demo?
entile Leaders lo Xeiv York.
New York, November I. An in?
formation charging criminal conspi
ruc> against tour pursuits omoiig
them the Democratic lenders ot to.
two Long Island burroughs ol .New
York City, and u Democratic candi?
date for the Supreme Court bench, wuu
filed late lo-duy by Assistant District
Attorney William A, DeTord. of New
Voik count y. The conspiracy it
charged in collection with the nomina?
tion of William Willelt. as a Demo?
cratic candidate for supreme Court
Jujtlco for the Judicial district, com?
prising Long Island and Slat.:'
Island.
VVHielt Is tbe III st named in lb.
Information and lb- chargos ore nisi
directed against John Mi-CoOC)'. who
succeeded Hie late Patrick McCurron
us Democratic Under of Kings coun?
ty (Brooklyn borough); Joseph Cits
si ly. leader of Queens county, anil
Louis T. Walters. Jr., who nominated
Wlllett nt tho Democratic convention.
A hearing was set for to-morrow
in the Queens county courthouse. j
The alleged conspiracy, according to
the liifor.njjition. is one of promoting
or procuring tne nomination of Wll?
lett 'in.on tb- payment of a sum of
money.*' by the candidate.
The In format ton alleges in effeel
that through the nrnmisc? of payment
of money by Wlllett. Mcl'ooey and |
Casslrh swung tbe vote which they
controlled to Wlllett for the nomina?
tion. ? ? ' ?>
TAFT MAY G*ET TO VOTE
Hut He Unit Atmriir ll-fore Hitnril nut.'
j KutalillHli Claim.
?wOlunibus, O.. November I.? Presi?
de Taft will have to appear before
the f Inclnnutl election hoard in person
on either next Suturdav or Monilay
nnd t-siabii.-li. the claim Unit he icu
unable to be in the city on reglstra- |
tlon days hefnr* ho can vote in the J
election next week.
This was the substance of the ofll- 1
I cl-l ruling made by Secrotary o? btute |
Charles L. Oravea to-day.
Final Draft of City Gov?
ernment Revision Is
Completed.
FOUR WARuS WILL
Bti GIVEN NAMES
Proposed Numbers Are Elimi?
nated?Administrative Board to
Be Given Power to Appoint
Most City Officers?Plan
Result of Long
Study.
Having' completed Its draft of pro?
posed changes In the charter of the
city to provide for the employment ol
an administrative board to take ovet
all executive, duties now performed by
fourteen standing committees of the
City Council, the Special Committee on
Changes In the Form of Government
yesterday uftornoou recommended to
the City Council for adoption a re?
vised draft of sections !6 to 30 and 62
to 04 of the charter, In addition to
an ordinance for the redlslrlcting of
the city Into four wards already re?
commended.
The redlstrlctlng ordinance hereto
fore printed in full, was reconsider?
ed and the names of the. four proposed
wards reinserted In lieu of numbers
In order to meat objections of members
of the Fire and Police Hoards. Tho
wards will be known as Jefferson
Madison. Clay and Ue. having approx?
imately equal population, und each
with a proportion of fully developed
und of outlying territory. Tho plan
cuts the Common Council to twenty
members, the Board of Aldurmcn tu
twelve, the Board of Police Commis?
sioners to live und the Board of Fire
Commissioners to four members, the
cut in the two latter bourdB being in?
cidental to the plan for reducing tlu
Council by a redlstrlctlng of the city,
the charter requiring live Councllmen
and three Aldermen from ench ward.
What |M IT,.purled.
Tlitt plun for an administrative board
provides that live members shall be
elected by the vote ot the people from
the city at large, their salaries to be
not less than $4,000 a year each, the
members to devote their entire time
to the city. They are to take over all
of the functions now performed by 14
Joint standing commtttecB or the City
Council, Including the committees on
Streets. Water, Light, Electricity
Cemeteries, Markets. Belief of the
Poor, Improvement of James River and
others of lesser Importance.
While admitting that It was anomal?
ous to continue the Boards of Fire and
Police Commissioners, made up as they
are of members elected by the Council
by wards and serving without pay,
yet It was tacitly admitted that thou*
boards were too strongly entrenclie?
politically to be tampered with at thli
time. If the administrative board plan
works as It Is hoped It will, tho con?
trol of the Fire and Police Depart?
ments can be later transferred to It by
legislative enactment, without hamper?
ing or endangering those very Import?
ant! emergency departments while the
experiment Is being made.
i a i m i on ml I in Mil If.
The plan recommended calls for a
Council of twenty members and a
Bourd of Aldermen of twelve, the hold?
over members to continue In office un
| til the end of their terms. The Coun?
cil retains all the legislative functions,
the right to levy taxes, tpake appro?
priations. Issue bonds, enuct ordin?
ances and impose penalties. To the
board is transferred the power to ap?
point city ?fltcor? and employes, to
supervise their work, to audit accounts,
award contracts, and generally to
have charge und supervision of streets
alleys. parks. cemeteries, markets,
sewers and all such city utilities as the
gas. water and electric works.
Appropriations made by the Council
In lump sum in the annual budget a!
the city's revenues and tlnunclal con?
dition may Justify, are to be expended
by the administrative board as U may
deem best, thus eliminating the wuro
lltos which have for years hampered
and rendered ineffective the work of
the Street Committee, and making it
possible to can;,- on systematically,
general |>?l lie improvements for tho
benefit ol the whole city.
IteHult of I,one Study.
The committee, which bus drawn
Iheac resolutions is made tip of Coun
cllnien Gliben K. Pollock. John J
Lvuoh anil Frank M. Itcade; Aldermcr
,lohn F. Don Ueuvy and Robert Reti?
noids, with the citizen members?C. V
Meredith. I.. '/.. Monis and H. W
Rnuntrci?all of whom have given
time and Study to the details of the
report, and many nights of discussion
to tl><- points Involved. Both the re?
commendations as to the urdlnance
for redlstrlctlng the city Into foui
wurds. and tin proposed chartei
changes are the unanimous report ol
the committee, after long study und
after every point Involved lius been
given critical examination by City At
torncv Pollard and former City At
lornoy Meredith, men who. by the way,
entered Hi.- work tar apart in thclt
views, but who comic out in the report
in pruotlcul unanimity.
The report Itself U to a largo extent
the work of CUl Attorney Pollard and
Special a, a.mutant George S. Crcll
3huw< both of whom b-ive given weuks
of work to Its preparation.
nedlMrlctlnu; of City.
Generali?, speaking, tin- redistriettng
plan proposes that all of the city east
of Cie.hte.-nth Street lie known as Jef?
ferson Ward: that lying betyvcen lVtgh
t< en.tli and Third directs, including
Soutli Richmond and all Islands In
Jniiira River, be known .is Madison
Ward, that portion north of the line
made bv Main Street, Park Avenue and
Stuart Avenue and west of Third
Street, to be known aa jbeo Ward, and
thut south of the same line as Cla;
Ward, in order the more- fully to enrry
out the terms of the annexation agree?
ment yvlth Manchester, all of which
obligations are reaffirmed and made
binding, tho former city of Manches?
ter, all of which la placed, ra Madison