The times dispatch. [volume], September 09, 1912, Image 1

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CHI MANAGERS
10 BE CHOSEN
HI BALLOT BOX
Primary To-Morrow for
Nomination of Ad?
ministrative Board.
IMMENSE VOTE
WILL BE POLLED
Sixteen Candidates for Five Posi?
tions?Notable Incidents ol
t Long Campaign Now End?
ed?Leading Fart Played
by Citizens' Association
and Its Ticket.
Business managers for th? municipal
corporation ot Itlchmohi will be c;.on?.-u
by the Democrats of city In a
primary uleclion to be hpld wltl>Ui tu?
hours of 5:48 A. M. arid 6:46 l'. M.
to-morruw. September i'J. Conservu
t v.- estimate's are trial perhaps ..-??'>
ut the stockholders of this curporat.oa
?vein registei tlieli Choi > for admin?
istrators of th? city's affairs. The
.
nothing to do with the meeting saw
:
r.
William i! pJImmei ma i -
M not \ ute lor PI vi
?jf eleven men
It will be deerrie ; ? f
rot be counted.
would do weil to attend to thi.? duty
early In the day. A congestion of
?voters at any precinct after work.rig
hours may result In failure on the part
of many people to vote, since the polls
must close at sunset?twenty-six min?
utes past C o'clock?nr.. matt..: how
many voters are In line.
Because of the length of the ballot
the count will necessarily be! rather
late, in view of the public interest in
? ho matter, .nr. l the uncertainty which
must necessarily prevail until the re?
turns from the last precinct are re?
ceived, the Judges of election have been
urged to use all possible expedition In
counting ami certifying the vote, and
In reporting it to the City Democratic
Committee, which will be in session
throughout the night at the City Audi?
tor! im. It Is believed the total vote
of the city should be known by ml 1
night.
MurkS New Step.
Not In very many years ha? an elec?
tion In this city Ifen attended bi' fuch
an interesting campaign ir the results
been so eagerly awaited. A new de?
parture :-e being mark.,! in fho affairs
of Richmond ? the creation of ar, Ad?
ministrative Board to do the work
heretofore done, or ai tempted to be
done, by committees of the City Conn
ell. to supervise public Improvements,
to hire and discharge employes, to tlx
the rate of pay, to consldei mid solve
the- varying noods of Co- peopti -to be,
In fact, what it lias already been call 3d,
a board of business managers fit a cor?
poration of 150,000 suui.-. with Its mu
nicipal problems, its constant growth,
and. above all. Its strange currents
I and cross-currents Of human nnturi
The same sort of public Interest and
public demand for u belt, r way >f do?
ing things which brought about the
four-ward plan ana the ordlun-.v e cre?
ating the Ail nlnlstratlve Board, and
v. hi, I, cans.,! im u to calmly volt thein
selves out of office ami out ol power
f >r tin- common good, has taken hold
of the campaign tor membership on
that board. Above and beyond the ap?
peals ,,f personal friendships and the
?ubtli denial..!.-, of prejudice has been
the predominant note of t;..- highest
good of the public, it has been easy,
rmd at the same time highly satisfac?
tory! for the onlooker and Btudcnt of
the situation to detect ni the ternaries
of the man In the street, In the discus,
slons In private offices an.I counting
houses, in the upturned facoi at the
many public no otlngs, in the weighing
of the characters and 'luallilcatlons ?>,*
the candidates, the realization of the
obligations >f civic responsibility.
J i niidldnlcM H rlgli?i|.
Fierce white lights have beat upon
the .mm,en candidates. For the most
part they have come out unscathe I.
?omc. things not especially creditable |
(Continued, on feventu Page). |
GREAT STRIKE THREATENED
Demonstration In Uehalf of Men Sow
in .lull HI I imri'lHT,
Chicago, September S. ?A ? Kn-at
strike that wilt lie up Industries all
over the United States Is threatened by
the committee which in working tor
thi release from ja'l at Lawrence.
Mass., of J. J. Ktter and Arthur
Qluvanltl, who are charged With rh ir
der lu connection with the shooting
Of Anna Lapt/./.a .! iriiig tl;-- recent tex?
tile disturbances In Lawrence.
William I) Haywobd, a member of
the national committee of tl.-; SoclnUsI
party and organizer of the Industrial
Workers of the World, was the chier
speaker to-day nt a meeting held at
Ilo Uarrlers- Hirtl. under tile auspices
of the Chicago Ktter and Gioyanlti .'''?
fense League, composed, of sixty trade
unions.
Upch the tall doors or we will close
tl ? mills, will be the cry of the world,"
Said I lay wood.
A call will la; Issued by the defence
committee for all workers to take part
In the demonstration In behalf of the
inch now lu ja!! ai Lawrence.
"All Industries will b< practically at
a standstill," said llaywood, during the
anticipated general strike, because
from 61) to 70 per cent of the workers
are foreigners, and they ore the ^n-s
on whom wc ate depending. The Bktli
ed workers will have nothing to do
I when the Unskilled workers lay down
I their tool?
j "If sue}, drar-t e action becomes
I t ? ? ? ssary a general strike will be call?
ed tiot later than September ?." 61
ENDS RECORD BREAKING RUN
Dr. tlnrUer Benches Mel enn Home
iiiol Finds Patient improved.
. -
wh? is ill here with pneumonia.
He cariu by special train from the
luhtalns of .v.,itr, Carolina, where
1/: Barkel found trie patient some
:. the
tween Bar Harbor
?
QUIET IN STRIKE FIELD
No Outbreak Occurs, Dill >liltiln Ite
oinliiK Men.
Charleston, W. Va.. Sept'-rr.be.- f.?
situation in t:." kanawha strike
field t? fjulet, NO outbreak occurre<l
during the day it any p unt. T^-nlght
?.ne militia is alert, hoping to pr?\<:.t
Samuel Aitman. shot and killed in
rtday night's trouble by ArttAcer
?
?
Aitman, members of State militia un?
der tire Friday night acted as pall?
bearers Tt. ? widow displayed no bit?
terness t iwiird the militia, nor did th<j
spectators wh?% witnessed the funeral.
Artificer Long will appear before the
court-martial hoard to-morrow to ex-;
Iain the shooting.
WIRELESS JOBS FOR WOMEN
Federal Official* Soy Tbey May lie
Oprralors on ships at Sen,
Washington. September 5.?Women's
applications for licenses as wireless
operators on steamships a: .--a are to
bt* Scted upon on the same basis as
thosi of then, according to tin- state?
ment of officials of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, who denied that
Miss Mabel Kels? was removed from
her place as wireless operator on the
steamship Marlposa, 'n the Pacific, on
account of the department's objection
to Worn on op. ra tors.
I'he regulation's recently issued say
plainly that w i'ineri may hold theso
Jobs, nnd tii.- nftlcljls deny that they
have; found any reason for modifying
?
Three or four applications of women
for such licenses are awaiting the ac?
tion of the department.
TO EXAMINE FRAUD CHARGES
South Carolina Committee Will Begin
Investigation on Wcduesday.
Columbia. S. C, September S. ? In?
vestigation of charges of fraud in con
m etlon with tite rcceni Democratic
.State primary win commence hfere
\\ eduesday, Tin- subcommittee h.tmed
l;ij the Democratic State committee to
probe the alleged Irryg?'.'tritl.-n will
hold its tirst meeting a; tinr. time
I'.xiuulnatlon of the primary returns
will he centred on the contest for the
governorship nomination between Gov?
ernor Cole L Bleusi ind former Judge
?
Governor Utonsc was renomlnatod
by approximately S.000 majority on
tl.- fa<c of the .returns. Former
Judge Jon,-.- filed charges of irregu?
larity with tiie State comimttce.
POPE'S BODY TO BE MOVED
Ulli lie Taken fa Lateran Basilica
Secretly, it is Said.
Rome, September ?.?The Pope has
determined that the body of Pope Ltd
XII I., which is still provisionally
buried in St. Peter's, shall be removed
within tiie year to a tomb In Lateran
Basilica, where the principal functions
for the forthcoming Constantino ecle-'
brntlOn are t" be held. Hence secret
negotiations have been begun by tiie
Pope's major domo with the Italian' po?
ll, .? for tin- necessary arrangements
for tin removal of the body.
The removal will take place Quietly,
and possibly unexpectedly. In the early
i morning;
MY PUT MATTER
?P TO GONGRES
Taft Considers Situation
in Mexico as Very
Grave.
PRESIDENT URGED
TO SEND TROOPS
Not Likely to Take Such Action
Witnout Authorization of Sen?
ate and House?Army Of?
ficers Apprehensive, But
Hope There Will Be No
Intervention.
Washington, September inter?
vention iii -.. ?, the possibility
6z President ':... t :ullihg a special ??i>
. . ,.. ?/; C .?<?.:?? o to determine whettior
.? an ii ??? ;.?.? should o<j sent across
? . hi
to-day by p . die. men aim Independent
. ? . . .
.
.. UOth Sides Ol the ,|U?.S
?
t
- - ?
been sent Ini . iilna without author- ,
. : < .. .,s is held nut to b>. a
precedent lor sending troops to Mex-:
iLo. in China, American missionaries,
: I
and 'i' ith. In Nicaragua the rebels!
i.uii shelled the American legation and ;
'
lache ny bombarding an unfortified
city In violation of the rules of inters
?
?
I UrcntN It) Iteliel Leader.
Juan bidapp who claims to representI
revolutionary factious here to-day
;? .blished a s-at. nt to the effect that
. ?.. teadei of rebel bands In the
Stati if M rel s threatened "measures
? i repr s?l.'' if the United States were
. ..
would Impossible for commanding
'??Hi . s to restrain their S?ldlers fro.u
doing acts never done before.'"
?
crnnient declare that there ur, no
Am rl ana In Moreloa to suffer from
Zapata'n bands, and that the reis flop
of Z.ipjla's forces to (he city of Mex?
ico '.r th.- same as would be the relation
of Washington to maruading bands tu
Tht news t at President Taft eon-'
?Iders the situation a grave one and
has given thought to the expediency
cit putting It up to Congress is ex
peered to bring out the usual crop of
' ?'??'?? rti of troops under orders to move,
and plans completed by the genera! j
staff of t!.e army for campaigning :n
Mexico. The general staff ha? com?
plete plans for any such emergency ?
if it should arise. Some War Depart-'
men: official could ivaki up any night.'
like Von Moltko, at the outbreak
of the franco-Prussian War. send to
the telegraph wlri In ii moment a sh-.!
'if orders that would put an army j
afhOrse and a-foot In battle array.
Ready si Moment'* Notice.
So it Is pel fectly proper to say
the War Department is ready to in- :
vade Mexico at a moment's notice. '
But it Is no more ready to Invade '
Mexico than it is to repel invaders from
across the ocean. It has standing or- i
dera with the principal railroads and
steamship lines, by which it can begin
moving an army within ttventy-f??r |
hours. It has ready for instant trans- ;
portation the supplies and munitions
of war to support such an army in a
? ampaign. ]
While they are apprehensive of the
situation, army officers hope there
Will bo no Intervention. They say a
campaign against Mexican guerillas
would be a close parallel to the chase
Agulnuldo, a campaign which
could not be ended in less than two j
years, and which would have results
beyond accurate prediction.
Sonor Calero, the Mexican ambassa- '
?ior. Is expected to arrive in Mexico
?'!ty next Friday. He left Washing?
ton feeling that this government
would be satisfied with vigorous at?
tempts Oh the part of the. Mudeio gov;
crnment to stop raiding on the border
and threatening situations for Ameri?
cans in Chihuahua und S'onora, Tho
Mexlc in government, it is said, is
ready to reinforce its troops In
Northern Mexico for that purpose and
to facilitate that movement may,
ask to pass them through Texas and
New Slexlco. The United States prob?
ably woiiid permit that Meanwhile
the bonier patrol of United States
troops hds lieeh reinforced by two
full regiments of cavalry, and there
Is a general feeling here that this
government will await the results of
these newest measures before taking
othr steps.
Vmerleans In Danger.
Naco, Ariz., September S.?Mexican,
rebels to-day cut all traffic and coin-:
munication between here und Cananca,
Sonora; Mexico, where about 300 Anter-,
ienns reside. Shortly afterward a pas- ,
seiiger train arrived here carrying BOO
rifles and 150,000 rounds of ammuril.-.
tlon sent by th> United states govern?
ment from the arsenal nt Fort Sam'
Houston, San Antonio. Tex., to arm the
American residents In Cananca. The
rebels cut tho railroad In an attempt
to prevent the shipment of arms reach?
ing the Americans at Cananca. Six j
brl ines were burned.
Care hnd been taken to conceal the
identity of the shipment of arms, but
news that the Americans of Cananea
hnd requested Washington authorities
to send them arms for self-protection
and that the request had he--n granted.
Is believed to have .become known,
fmonir the rebel chiefs In this vi?
cinity.
Not only are American lives be?
lieved to' be In .langer as a result of |
to-.lay's operations by the rebels, but.
mines must close down for lack of|
(Continued on Second Page),
THOUSANDS Gl
TO CAMPAIGN FUND
Sum of $175,000 Con?
tributed by 12,000
Persons.
PARTIAL LIST
IS MADE PUBLIC
Names of All Who Have Sent in
Sioo or More to Aid in Elec?
tion of Wilson and Marshall
Given Out at Democratic
N a t i o n al Head?
quarters.
New York. September S.r-Tweiv'c
thousand persons have contributed
thus far to tho Wilson and Marshall
campaign fun The turd at present
totals H7D.0?0. This was stated to?
night lit Democratic, National Head?
quarters, which at the same time made
public ,1 list of contributors contain
was stated tho names of all
Who had eb?ted the sum of $100
?
t>emo National Committee de?
clared that -a icu- ] iiitical standard"
' ? '? another Cr. .-idem without
know;: ,- sources from which tin
K IIa We.is. treasurer of the com?
mittee, declared that while the sum
received .vas encouraging it was
'totally inadequate*' : , conduct the
campaign properly, but h. believed
that contributions would continue.
I.a rue < niitrlliu tors.
Th< largest contributions thus far
havi been made by Henrj Slorgenthau;
chairman ..f th..- National Executive
Com? ittet F. i Pehtield, a wealthy
Democrat of German town. Pa., and
Henry Coldnian. a New York banker
Each gave $10.(100. Five $5.00 contri?
butions w.-re received. The givers are
Charles c Crutie; of Chicago, who is
e-ehalrnian of National Finance
inlttei Italia Wells, fdrmer Mayor
of St. I.o.r.s. the national treasurer;
leveland H. Dodge-, and Jacob II
S h.'ff. New York bankers; and Hugh
C. Wallace, of Tacoma, National Com?
mute.man from Washington.
Among other large contributors are.
James P. Regan, D. w. Hyman and
Jacob Wertheim $2.?"o each: J. N.
Phi Ii n formet Mayer of San FrahcisieOi
$2 fOOj William .1. Br: an. Norman C.
Mac*;, of Buffalo, New York National
:ommltteet tin; lean B Stanchfleld, of
New York, former Democrats candi?
date for Governor of New York and
Perry Btlmont, $1,000 each.
The list Includes: W. B. Oliver.
Baltimore; J, S. Armstrong. Balt'
rhore, and C a. Culbersoh, Washlhgt^tf,
MOO each. Senator LeKoy Percy I"
lt. McCalmoM. W. B. Bosiin. a. Bry
nowskl. Arthur S, Brown. Senator ?'.
a Swanson. all of Washington, a S.
Miles, Baltimore, 5100 each; Percy.
; ~>e and Herbert Strauss, Clarksburg,
W. Ya . $500; William 1. Cranberry,
Nashville; .lames fj, Gray, Atlanta
$230; Ciirl Mendel, Savannah; I. s. Carr.
Durham. N. C: v. T. Hardie, New
? insi $100 each; Dr. Hebert t-.
Young, Concord. N. C.. Josephus Dan
els. Rale'gh, N. C. each $100.
Many Of the hundreds Of newspapers
wheh are collecting funds for the Wil?
son campaign have sect in their checks,
but In the majority of cases failed to
include all the names of their readers
who gave the money. Kolla Wells
wrote to the various papers Jor the
name of each giver to the fund, so
they can be duly entered on the books.
Among the newspapers which sent
in their names of contributions are
the following given out by the com?
mit tee:
N,w Orleans States. $300; Raleigh.
N C, News and Observer, $2.393; Ar?
ises Papers through National Com?
mute, man Kelvanagh. $1,006; Atlanta
? la.. Journal. $2,300; Roahoke. Va...
Tim-s. $122; Salem Times-Register,
Salem. Ya.. $i.22i Tbc T'tnes-Dispatch.
$6741 Elisabeth. N. J.. Times, $1,S00,
STRIKE DECLARED OFF
l oom Pitters und Uark Twisters Will
Iteiurii in Work To-Dny.
Now Beilford, Mass-. September S.?A
vote to return to work to-morrow
morning When the twelve cotton cl"th
mills, which have beeti closed for the
past two mouths on account of a
strike of weavers are to reopen, was
taken by both the loom fixers and
warp twisters unions. This action was
an Indorsement of the vote yesterday
of the textile council which advised
Its constituent unions t>> declare the
Strike off. The weavers, who origi?
nally called the strike t- secure the
aholtlon of the jfrad'ng system of pay?
ment, are still on strike. Many of
thrir members. however. have an?
nounced their intention to return to
work to-morrow morning.
In the two months the mills have
been closed It Is estimate.1 that more
than $2100,000 in wages has been lost
to the operatives and tho manufac?
turer-- an 1 the business Interests of
tl-.- city hAve suffered heavily.
Warm I emperalures
in Soul hern States
Washington, September S.?Xor
j mui temperature f?r the season 1?
i Predicted by the Weather Bureau
for (be Miming week in (lie Mlddl<
Atlantic nml Xew England States,
Hu- I.uke Iteglou, the I.rent Central
Valleys, the IMulna States und <lie
Itock) Mountain mill Plateau ve
gloos. In the Southern State? mod?
erately warm temperatures will pre?
vail.
Thoujrb the weatto'? win be iren
ernlly. fair, fulrlj well distributed
showers arc probable in tin- North?
ern mui Basleru States, /There ore
no present Indleatlous of n disturb*
ance In Hie West Indies.
WILSONDECL?RES
F!OHT ON SMITH
Nominee Issues State?
ment to Voters of
New Jersey.
HE SHOULD NOT BE
SENT TO SENATE
His Return to Power Would
Mean "Restoration of Machine
Rule" and Most Fatal Step
Backward That Democrats
of State Coulu Possioly
Take.
Seagirt, N. J . Septc n.bei S.?Gov?
ernor Wootlrow Wilson, Democratic
presidential nominee, to-day deeloireU
war on James Smith, Jr.. the Demo
expressed mselt
.
iscd Ml\ Smiths candidacy (or United
.slates S> r:..t> i. but oh the .as..'.- Unit
.
>: trie Demiicriitie. primaries. '1 he Guv
rnor ?Vas s istuinod by thij LeglsUuuro.
To-day tiiv Uo einoi went a step
[arther in iiis opposition to Mr. Smith,
pai ty ohci bet?re ? l.- in the tar.tt issui
wus pr< -? inlnent;
W llMin'N Statement.
The Governors statement follows;
"Mr. Smith has, ??: course, a perfect
ria.-.t t. ot: ! : iii.s.-I: ..t t:\.- primaries
as a candidate fi r the t>'< m cratic nom?
ination for Senator "f the United
States, He ik acting frankly aha In
tile spirit of the new law, and If he
i- preferred al the primaries, it will
l.e the duty of every Democratic mem?
ber of the next legislature to vote for
him when a Senator Is chosen. But I
feel that 1 ought tp speak v. ry fiankly
about the significance of his candl
"lt Is not only my privilege as a
citizen, but my duty as the leader of
my party to point out Jum what in
Involved In this matter for the I
orratlc. party In this State, and f ir th<
party In the nation. . . .
'Mr. MiitVr select'on ".^ the Dem?
ocratic cen'.Mate tor the Senate would
be the most fatal step backward that
the Democrats of the State could pos?
sibly make It would moan his re?
storation to political leadership in New
Jersey, the moment my service as Gov?
ernor ended and ? Ith his restoration,
a return to t'r- machine rule which
so long k>-pt every active Democrat In
the Stute In subordination to him anil
prevented every progressive program
conceive! In the Interest of the people
from being put Into effect. I speak
with knowledge tp this matter be?
cause at eyery turn of my adminis?
tration, Kince I became Governor; T
hive found his hand against the new
plans of the party?Iiis influence work?
ing steadily, but covertly against
everything that has substituted hope
and pride for discouragement and
shame In the politics of New Jersey
?luring the twenty months during
which I hnve been permitted to servi
the people of the State.
Ilf Sinister Import.
"It Is of particularly minister Import
that Mr. Smith should seek to return
to the Senate of the I'nitefl States at
this time. He was s.-nt to the Sen?
at- once before when the tariff ha.l
beert the chief Issue of the national
campaign and when the Democrats
had, for onece In a generation, ah op?
portunity t? relieve the people of In?
tolerable burdens an! the Industry of
the country of the trammels which
ho r.d it like a straight Jacket, if the
tariff could have been wisely rev|s< 1
then we might have been spared some
part, at bast, of the crop of trusts
and combinations which now rule and
circumscribe our markets.
'?Mr. Smith was on- of a sm.-tii group
nf Senators, calling themselves Demo?
crats, who. at that critical and hope?
ful juncture In our politics, utterly
defeated :!??? program oi the party,
His election now might bring the
party fait : face with a similar dis?
aster and disgrace, and would unques?
tionably render the satisfactory ad?
ministration of the Federal functions
In N.w Jersey all but Impossible for a
Democratic President.
"These are plain words, my fellow
citizens, but I cannot permit any re?
luctance on my part to speak in crlll
Isrn of a fellow citizen to stand even
for n moment In the way of my duty
.is th. leader uf a party pledged to the
peoples Interests and now under pe?
culiar obligations to fulfill that pledge,
if the Democratic party does not keep
its promises now. It will never havo
another opportunity to do so. Mr.
Smith could not und would no: lend
himself to any program of genuinely
progressive legislation. My first al?
legiance is to the progressive policies
! t<> whi. h i have openly and solemnly
I dedicated every power I possess.
EVerythih'g eist must stand aside in
the Interest of the country and of
the great state of which 1 am Gover?
nor; I huvo pointed out to you facts
and forces towards which yau may.
perhaps, nave grown Indulgently in?
different Iri this brighter day of New
Jersey's regeneration. I know how
! you will act when you ati reminded
Of that. We can Indult.- nothiiiK when
the stake Is our country's welfare and
j prosperity and the honor of our party."
sum to the Democrats,
i New Vork. September v--The officers
I and a delegation from the Murray Hill
Prcgresslvc Club, with headquarters
, at No. |57 West tlth Street, called on
Action Chairman Mc.Vdoo and Senator
O'Gormnn it the Democratic hat mal
headquarters, In the Fifth Avenue
nuildlng yesterday and announced that
the ituSntbers of the club would support
I (ContinT17d~?n Second Pago.)
PITCHED BATTLE FEARED
Posse Mure? After XegroeM \v li?> Take
Prisoner* Proa Officers,
Brooksviiie, Kin.. September 3.?
ICloven negro prisoners were rescued
?vouhded two of the officers, A posse
'??<>* gone in pursuit of tne negroes,
and <i serious Clash is feared.
Deputies Neal Law, liertle and
Lawrence Smith left here last night to
go to a turpentine Still to arrest ne?
gro gamblers, They mau..- a raid early
to-day and started to Urookavllle with
their prisoners. They had not pr<
?
...
was quickly surrounded by the negroes.
Not U-83 than 100 shots were tired Into
the house, botli of the Smiths receiv?
ing loads of buckshot In their (cot.
The officers tnuiio their escape
dark, leaving the prisoners to tho at
I ? iki v. party, and came here to report
show fight it Is said that a pitched bat?
SEARCH FOR WAITRESS
la Throw Imp?rti
Mysterious Deutliti,
?
?
Fobs, now uridet arrest oh a
of violating tho Mann whit
?
Lotler, a waitress employed
Kuss rem rt, who dll lpr]i iri
?
? .
?
in ? !.? r and Miss lit hi 1 Harlr
Dr. Andrew Iteiifmaniii Fos
?
TEN SHOTS FIRED INTO BODY
Jackson Stationer Insinntlj Killed by
Traveling StilcKiiinn.
-.
tin; victim. The killing .
i he piHeo of Dr. A. S. Appiewalte;
?
trouble which Involves the wife i
salesman.
Curtis and his father-in-law.
Skates, entered Melton's store
May and. It is said, whipped
Helton yesterday and asked him
Wlthfifaw the sc.it. It is stated. 1
t ... i, ;?..--..?;.>! have refused.
?
weapon in to-day's encounter, but
fired no shots. The physician
whose otflce Helton was shot
from the scero when the shoot
TAFT MOTORS INTO MAINE
Spends Nlni't as Oiiesl hi Summer
Home of Ills Itrotber.
Blddeford i'vui. Me:, September S.?
President Trtfi motored Into Maine io
. day on tho eve of the annual State
election, but disclaimed any political
? Intent, declaring that he has "simply
'; changed the bases of his vacation."
T..-night he was a guest at the sum?
mer home of his brother, Charles P.
Taft, of Cincinnati. He may return
to Boverly to-morrow, but has made
no definite decision as to that.
The President's ankle, was much bet?
ter to-day. He went to church In
Beverly m the morning; and early in
afternoon left in an automobile,
accompanied by Mrs. Taft, for Maine.
Mrs. Tuft stopped at tin; home of a
friend at Vork Reach, where she re?
mained to-night. T;u- elghty'-nve-mllo
run from Beverly tb Rldueford Pool was
made In about four hours.
FIGHTING IS SEVERE
Many Lives Lost In Important Rnl
lu Meurngua.
Panama. September S ?News of
important battle Iri Nicaragua was i
ce'ived to-day by Dr. Mareas? Vali
quez, the Panama minister t? ti
country. The message, which con
from the Nicaraguas Minister of K
a nee. Pedro Rafael. Quedr'u, says tl
the government forces yesterday ci
taut positions dominating tile bltj
Ma/oya. \vhhh is held by tin Im
many lives were lest but the is;
i.uinler of casualties is not stated,
ACTRESS SUBPOENAED
, Wanted in Vcsi t ark I.? CSIve Teal
ninh] in Romenthal Cime.
Middletown, N. V., September v
Miss Laura DavU, of Chicago, wl
Is singing here with a theatric
troupe, has been subpoenaed, it wj
?
gramL-jury In New Vork to give te
tlmopy In the Roscntlldl murder oa"
The young woman Is said to have be,
at a hotel almost next door to t!
Metropole on the night of the niu
der. and to have witnessed the crln
from a window.
CONFERENCE DELAYED
I Pomrrene Palls to itcuei, Wnxhiugtou
In 'lime tu Meel Clnnp.
Washington, September S.?A con?
ference panned for two between Sen
i at'.i Clapp, chairman of the state enm;
' nilttee Investigating campaign funds.
land Senator Potnorene. a member of
Hi., cbmrtillte, was not held, the latter
having !)? ? n delayed In reaching >\
, Ingtbh. Future plans for conducting
tin- Inquiry win be discussed, however,
Father Waited at Door
With Gun, Then Called
Detective.
POLICE EXPECT
TO GET OTHERS
Secure Confessions Which Re?
sulted in Arrest of Mescoe and
Anthony on Grave Charge.
Shocking Evidence Will
Be Revealed in Police
Court.
Grace Cannon, sixteen years
U North Thirty-fourth Street;
Cannon, who de
ipluyed a n volvl r,
?
so late. Unable to
. x : is . t he young?
nearby; Smith hurried to the Cannon
i
.
Cm melt ilekeoe, twenty-three jrarn
? ?Id. nf 107 Kant ( lay Street, employed
nk a toreniau in (be l*lu Monej IMcklo
I 'ai'iiir; .
? I. .1. Anthony, twenty-five years old,
of -II North .Nineteenth Street, employ?
ed um a salesman l>> Swift a Co.
tllbers \r.' implicated.
. ?
lay l
.
According tri information supplied
Wiley numerous young isirls and men
?
detective.-- Were following clues and the
ovldehce indicates thai there will ho
other Arrests.
Satisfied that all was not well ?Ith
? his daughter when she had not re
t .ri.- d Saturday nicht at a seasoni'ele
hour. Cannon determined to await her
arrival and demand an explanation.
Whi n th. y appeared, long after 1
? :1 k, I ? irew his revolver nnd nak?
ed Mcseoo arid Anthony why they and
hot returned earlier. They answered
that they had been on an automobil?
!? that the car had broken dOV n
several miles from town nnd that thi y
-
something wrong arid then summoned
Smith, win, was quickly on the scene.
>tmle i'iil! Confession.
Smith questioned the slrl and sh?
told him pfiieticnlly th,. same story
that the men had told her father. I.nter
she tub! him that they had not been
i automoblUng nt all. but had been
no f:r'.'ier than Richmond Collee-,.,
from which point, in company with an?
other girl and Meseoo and Anthony
they crossed over to Marshall Street
and entered th? office of what appcnreit
to bo n factory. They were there foe
Home time; The police say that tho
factory is the home of Pin Money)
Th- Identity of the other girl l-t
knowri to the police, and they have also
collected evidence which will almost
certainly: load to other arrests. Tho
names of young girls, some under tho
ago of fourteen, and others older, havo
been obtained. Several of these worn
hrorvtewed by the police with tho
It -:-it young men have been Im?
plicated in the affair.
Chief of PoH.te. Werner has charac?
ter!.-.,.! the case ns one which should!
be <-lfte,! to tho bottom and he ha-?
the entire machinery of his depart
on nt at work in an effort to gfet every
piece of Information which will had
t6 the iirrcrt of men who are believed
' p I hie for grave offen: en
?'' -'f. ' M ' Irls, m irv of thorn tn-ro
Vlor?mu? Prosecution.
n?tectlves last night conferred with'
Commonwealth!? Attorney Mlnctre*.
Polkes, who <h!d he Wai ready tn>
pr secute lo the limit of the law. Just
what r, wild b? lodged against
the two men now tinder arrest had not
' ?
i
Court ti t. Commonwealth will r'eq ii nt
grand jurv action
er- o tho same ?? i
are pendln? in
Circuit Court Th ??'
kim and a. If. ? h
the Police Court to await action
?
Hope In Cle.ii- Mtuntlon.
With seven men awaiting trial
the possibility that others Will
?irrested, the police hope to put
end lo a ?it.untlon which has
palled even tho?e accustomed to i
with criminals of every characte
A i|tilet crusade has been In r
rrress for several months nnd an ell
was made to off, :? young iftrls In
city protection by plain clothes '
without the necessity of piib||e
Put the constant disclosure* wl