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MAUD NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
According to the recent registration,
there are 13,747 registered voters in
Frederick county, against 13,909 one
year ago, a loss of 162.
Mrs. Hester G. Miller, of Sprankle’s
Mills, is suffering from blood poisoning
in her hand as the result of the
scratch of a cat.
The People’s Loan, Savings and De
posit Bank, Cambridge, opened Mon
day. The bank has a capital of SIOO,-
000, with a surplus of SIO,OOO, and
the stock is widely distributed.
James T. Jones, Jr„ youngest son of
James T. Jones, of Darlington, was
thrown from a wagon belonging to
Thoms D. Temple and sustained sever
injuries.
The County Commissioners of Cecil
county and the auxiliary road commis
sion, in joint session, decided to ap
propriate $5,000 for the completion of
the gravel road from Bayview to Cal
vert.
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad has constructed
a concrete bridge over North East
Creek, at North East, to take the place
of a wooden bridge built about 12
years ago.
A bursted tire caused a five-passen
ger automobile, containing William
Dixon, Frank Whitman and Van Dean,
to skid into a ditch and turn turtle
near Brunswick, painfully injuring the
occupants.
Judge Keedy, in the Washington
County Court, granted an absolute di
vorce to Mrs. Edna J. Brendel from F.
L. Brendel, superintendent of the
Western Maryland Railway, with head
quarters in this city, on the ground of
infidelity.
Falling from a chestnut tree, Harry
Blickenstaff, who was recently mar
ried, of Ringgold, sustained severe in
juries, including four fractured ribs
and a compound fracture of his right
leg. He was unconscious seven hours
and was probably hurt internally.
Thomas W. Harmon, of Baltimore,
who recently bought the O. T. Kelly
property, near Preston, containing 12
acres and improvements, for $6,100,
bought Saturday from Mr. William E.
Gambrill her farm on Grove road, con
taining 70 acres?
Charles Baker, of Breathedsville,
was awarded by the County Commis
sioners the contract to erect a rein
forced concrete bridge, 60 feet long,
across Antietam Creek, at Hartle’s
fording, near LeitersbUrg. The bridge
will be the largest concrete bridge in
this county.
Mrs. Linda Davis, wife of former
County Commissioner, William B. Da
vis, near Cecilton, was seriously in
jured when an automobile collided with
a team in which she was driving. The
automobile, coming from the rear, ran
into the team, upsetting the carriage
and throwing Mrs. Davis to the ground.
Girls of the Centreville High School
will not be limited in expenditure for
their commencement Prof.
Byron J. Grimes, county superintend
ent of instruction, says the girls may
wear what they like and pay what
they please. Professor Grimes thinks
it would be a fine plan for the girls
• to make their own dresses in school
and to have them cost not more than
ijs, but he does not favor the idea of
making this an official order.
Rolled along the track for several
hundred feet in front of a locomotive
in the yards of the Western Maryland
Railway at Hagerstown, expecting
every second to be crushed beneath
the wheels, was the experience of
Christian Trumpower, Hagerstown, a
railway conductor, who is at the Wash
ington County Hospital in a critical
condition, his limbs and' body a mass
of lacerations and contusions.
The stockholders of the new Peo
ple’s Bank of Oxford have elected the
following directors: T. E. Grier, J. M.
Showalter, F. E. Brown, A. E. Pitt,
H. M. Long, Joseph D. Crow!, D. A.
Caldwell, Thomas Gillingham, Lewin
R. Dickey, Oxford; R. Frank Cochran,
Cochranville; J. Haynes Turner, Lin
coln University; Harry Lungreen, Lew
isville; John A. Kimble, Nottingham,
and J. J. Algard, East Worthingham.
The directors organized by electing J.
M. Showalter president, T. F. Grier and
F. E. Brown vice-presidents and C.
Russell Arnold cashier. Application
for a charter will be made Decem
ber 18.
The statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the County Commis
sioners of Cecil county for the fiscal
year ending June 30 .shows that the
county received $297,345.54 and dis
bursed $270,632.16, leaving a balance
in the treasury of $26,713.38. During
the year $49,151.98 w r as expended on
roads, $8,637.59 on roads and bridges,
$60,856.81 in building permanent stone
and gravel roads in the county, a por
tion of which was under State aid,
and $60,500 for schools. The county
has no outstanding indebtedness other
than bonds issued for the building of
permanent roads.
Albert E. Shoemaker, of Friendship
Heights, has declined the nomination
for the State Senate recently tendered
him by the Prohibition county conven
tion and has notified the Supervisors of
Elections not to allow his name to ap
pear on the official ballot.
J. J. Doyle, district manager of the
Central New York Gas and Electrical
Company, has been appointed manager
of the electrical department of the Ha
gerstown and Frederick Electric Rail
way Company. E. L. Gentis, superin
tendent of light and power, has re
teigned.
TO ADVERTISE STATE.
Governor Favors Appropriation For
Spreading Abroad Maryland’s
Advantages.
In his mesage to the next session of
the Maryland Legislature Governor
j Goldsborough will urge a liberal appro
priation for advertising the advan
tages of Maryland as a place of resi
dence, a place for business and a place
for the visitor who loves beautiful
, scenery and travel among hospitable
i people.
5 The suggestion for this was made at
the meeting of the State Roads Com
mission just before it left Baltimore
3 on its inspection of the roads in West
! ern Maryland. Secretary Luzius, of
s the Automobile Club of Maryland, had
sent to the commission an attractive
placard which he found in the Shen
andoah Valley and which had been Is
- sued by the State of Vermont invit
ing motorists to tour the Green Moun
-1 tains, praising its roads and scenery.
With this placard was a pamphlet of
perhaps 200 pages, describing the re
f sorts and places of interest in Ver
-5 mont and illustrated on almost every
> page with beautiful photographs.
" “Why cannot Maryland do some
thing like this?” he asked.
“We can,” answered the Governor,
1 “and I think if the matter is properly
■ presented we can get the Legislature
• to make an appropriation for advertis
f ing Maryland as other States are being
- advertised. I think it is well worth
trying and in my next message to the
Legislature I shall recommend the es
-1 tablishment of a publicity department
1 that will properly put Maryland’s ad
t vantages before the people of the coun
s try.
- “To be successful such a movement
ought to be conducted on a broad and
liberal scale, and the man at the head
-of it should be an expert, one who
i knows the business and thoroughly
, understands the advertising.game. The
5 State should make an appropriation
- for this purpose, just as a big mer
chant makes his appropriation for ad
vertising. It is a proper part of the
i cost of running his business and he
- realizes that it is money well spent
• and will come back to him.
> “We have so many advantages that
- other States do not possess that it
f seems to me to be good business pol
icy to bring them to the attention of
those outside. We are so used to them
r that we are inclined to take them as
-a matter of course. If we can bring
- people in from the outside as resi
-3 dents or simply as sightseers, we are
t going to help Maryland and money
s spent in doing this will be spent to
good purpose. I shall certainly rec
ommend it to the General Assembly.”
, It is likely that in any movement of
' the sort the Automobile Club and the
1 State Roads Commission will co-op
, erate.
Not To Close Bridge Immediately.
That an extension of time in con
nection with widening the draw span
’ of College creek bridge will be granted
by the War Department at Washington
was made practically certain as a re
’ suit of a conference held in Washing
’ ton between officials of that depart
ment and a committee representing
1 the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundal county. Federal, State, coun
ty and railway officials are involved in
the controversy. The decision by the
Commissioners to tear away a part
of the bridge in order to provide a
1 40-foot draw span in accordance with
: the Federal regulations has. aroused
1 a storm of protest. The Commission-
J ers were forced to this action because
' of the refusal of the State Roads Com
mission to take over control of the
bridge as set forth in the act of the
Legislature providing for the construc
' tion of the Annapolis-Baltimore Boule
vard.
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The Naval Academy Hops.
5
; The officers attached to the Naval
I Academy will be the hosts at hops
! during the coming season on the fol
f lowing dates; Friday, November 7;
FridaV, December 5; Saturday, Decem
ber 27; Friday, January 23; Saturday,
I February 14; Friday, April 24; Fri
, day, May 8. The dates of the midship-
I men’s hops are: October 18, Novem
, ber 1, 15 and 26, December 13 and 31;
| January 7, February 7 and 28; March
p 28, April 18, May 2, 16 and 30.
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Governor’s Pardon Court.
1 The Governor will hold a public ses
> sion for the purpose of considering'
applications for pardons Thursday, Oc
tober 23. The session will he from 10
- in the, morning to 4 in the afternoon.
FIRE SWEEPS RACE TRACK.
• Grand Stand And Clubhouse Destroyed
1 In Half An Hour.
Havre de Grace. —Fire from some un
- known origin started a few minutes
before midnight in the Havre de Grace
racetrack grandstand and spread to
the beautiful clubhouse, destroying
1 both. The roof of the paddock also
caught fire, but this was saved. The
> loss is SIOO,OOO or over. The fire
- started in the far end of the grand
stand, and the dry wood proved ready
fuel for the flames. It was with al
i most lightning rapidity that the fire
- spread, and it was only a few minutes
1 before the entire grandstand was a
i mass of flames.
. Owing to ill health, Rev. Dr. E. C.
; Mac Nichol has tesigned as pastor of
i the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ris
, ing Sun, and Rev. George W. Town
; send, of Ridley Park, Pa.., a retired
- minister, has been appointed to the
, vacancy.
r
• Liverpool’s new cathedral, now in
f course of erection, will have the larg
est pipe organ in the world.
i A new gem called he lio dor has been
found in German South Africa.
[
Exports of woolen goods to the
:' United States were valued at only
• $188,413, as against $359,958 in 1911
This decrease may he attributed to
the proposed tariff legislation in the
i United States.
Although Szechwan, produced more
. opium a few years ago than any othei
province in China, tije quantity now
grown is almost negligible. This has
had a very serious effect upon the
financial situation.
SULZER REPOSED
GLYNN GOVERNOR
Impeachment Tribunal Votes 43
to 12 for Removal.
TESTIMONY 700,000 WORDS.
Glynn Becomes State’s Executive And
Wagner Lieutenant Governor By 4
Action—Decision Is Given By
Judge Cullen.
Albany, N, Y.—'William Sulzer no
longer is Governor of the State of
New York.
A few minutes before noon the
High Court of Impeachment by a vote
of 43 to 12, removed him from office.
Senator Wende and Judge Cullen
excused themselves from voting.
The proposition of disqualifying
Sulzer from ever again holding a place
of honor or trust in the State was
voted down unanimously with the ex
ception that Judge Cullen again ex
cused himself from recording his vote.
The. Governor received the news of
his removal in silence at the execu
tive mansion, where he had waited to
hear the result. He said he might
make a statement later.
Four Articles Voted Out.
Prior to the vote on his disquali
fication and removal, the last four
articles of the Impeachment charges
were unanimously voted out.
Court was in session little more than
one hour. It was officially adjourned
a minute after 12 o’clock.
Martin H. Glynn of Albany, the act
ing Governor, became Governor. Rob
ert F. Wagner, of New York, majority
leader of the Senate, became Lieuten
ant Governor.
No official notice of removal was
pven Sulzer. A record of the decis
ion of the court was filed with the
Secretary of State, thus complying
with all the legal requirements to
remove the Governor.
How Vote Was Recorded.
The articles voted out charged that
Sulzer committed larceny in specu
lating with funds contributed for hip
campaign; that he bartered his poli
tical influence; that he dissuaded
Frederick L. Colwell from testifying
against him before the Frawley In
vestigating _ Committee, and that he
used his official position to influence
the price of stocks in which he was
interested.
The articles on which he was found
guilty charged that Sulzer filed with
the Secretary of State a false state
ment of his receipts and other mone
tary transactions involved in his
Gubernatorial campaign; that he com
mitted perjury in his statement to
the Secretary of State relative to re
ceipts and expenditures, and that he
suppressed evidence by means of
threats to keep witnesses from testi
fying belfore the Legislative commit
tee.
He Had Few Friends.
Those who voted against the re
moval of the Governor were:
Senators McKnight, O’Keefe, Peck
ham, Seeley and "Wheeler, Democrats;
Emerson, Heacock, Stivers, Thomas
and Whitney, pepublicans; Durham
el, Independence League and Demo
crat; Palmer, Republican and Pro
gressive.
At their own request Presiding
Judge Cullen and Senator Wende were
excused from voting. Every other
Judge of the Court of Appeals voted
for removal.
Friends who were with Sulzer when
he received the news of the verdict
said that he appeared to be relieved
that the suspense was over. Mrs.
Sulzer, who has been hysterical at
times in the last week, was also said
to have brightened perceptibly.
Useless To Go To Court.
Sulzer is of the opinion that an at
tempt to take the case to the United
States Supreme Court would be of lit
tle use and it is doubtful if such pro
cedure is followed. Attorney Louis
Marshall however was reported to
be considering such an appeal more
for to establish the constitutional
status of the case than in the hope of
restoring Sulzer to power.
Court’s Announcement.
Presiding Judge Cullen’s formal an
nouncement of the Governor’s re
moval in court was as follows:
“The respondent William Sulzer,
having been convicted by the Vote
of more than two-thirds of the mem
bers of this Court on the first, sec
ond and fourth articles of impeach
ment, and the Court having resolved
that for the offenses of which he has
been convicted the respondent be re
moved from office, it is the judgment
of the Court, and it is now the duty
of the president to declare that for
those offenses the said William Sul
zer, Governor of the State, be and he
is herby removed from his office as
Governor.”
LAST QUARTER BUYS DEATHS.
Mother Puts It In Meter And Dies
With Children.
Chelsea, Mass. —Despondent from
disease and hunger, Mrs. F. J. John
son dropped her last 25-cent piece
into the gas meter at her home here
and opening five jets died with her
two children. Her husband is dying
of tuberculosis at a sanatorium.
Neighbors who forced an entrance to
the home found the bodies of the chil
dren lying on the floor.
300 PERSONS MURDERED.
Chinese Brigands Also Burn American
Mission Property.
Peking. —A force of Chinese brig
ands, commanded by Gen. Hawang
Liang, has murdered SOO people in the
Province of Fo-Kien and also burned
two mission churches, the property of
American missionary societies. The
American missionaries from the dis
turbed district are still in Fu-Chow,
where they took refuge during the re
cent troubles.
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT, FROSTBURG, MD.
FOOTBALL SEASON IS ON -
(Copyright.)
28 KILLED WHEN
BALLOON EXPLODES
Awful Tragedy Over Johannisthal
Field—Disaster Occurred On Trial
Trip With Officials On
Board.
Berlin. —The newest and largest of
the Zeppelin war airships, the L-11.,
was destroyed in midair by an explo
sion.
All except one of tlje 27 military
men on board, including the entire
admiralty trial board, were killed.
The Zeppelin disaster occurred just
above the main street of the city of
Johannisthal while the big dirigible,
500 feet long, was making a trial trip
preliminary to its acceptance as flag
ship of the new German aerial navy.
The shattered hulk of the airship,
a mass of blazing canvas and crumpled
aluminum, dropped 900 feet into the
public highway.
Hundreds of persons, who had been
watching the flight from parks and
housetops, rushed to the scene. There
was nothing to be done except talffe
out the dead bodies of the victims
from the mass of twisted -wreckage.
Only Survivor Begs For Death.
Lieutenant Baron von Bleul of the
Queen Augusta Grenadier Guards, who
was making the trip as a guest, was
the only survivor of the wreck. He
was badly injured and his condition
is critical and he begged to be killed.
Many of the bodies were so burned
and mangled as to be unrecognizable.
LADY COOK’S DRASTIC PLAN.
Would Brand Men Unfit To Marry
With Hot Iron.
Pittsburgh, Pa. —Lady Cook, of Lon
don, who was formerly Miss Tennes
see Claflin, of New Y r ork, said that
men unfit for marriage should be
branded with a hot iron, like. Cain.
“My method may sound terrible, hut
it is not one-millionth part as cruel
as to allow an infected man to marry
a good, pure woman and bring de
formed children into the world.”
MAY BE PRAIRIE MURDERER.
Negro Arrested In South Suspect In
Leegson Case.
Atlanta, Ga. —After examining the
record of John Henry, a negro arrest
ed here last Wednesday on charges
of burglary and assault, local police
announced their belief that he is the
murderer of Miss Ida Leegson, the
art student who was lured to her
death October 4, at Chicago.
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Chicago. “What would Bryan say,”
exclaimed Judge Scully when John
Nicholson testified he got drunk on
too much grape juice.
Winslow, N. J. —A wedding ring
lost 37 years ago, was found buried
six inches under ground here. Its
owner, Henry Kramer, had accused
a farmhand of stealing it.
Canaan, Ct. —“We should worry,”
was the text of the talk at the an
nual banquet of the Bald Head Club
of America held here. The affair is
described as one of the “finest array
of bald heads that ever draped a
banquet.”
Montclair, N. J. —David Paine, Dem
ocratic candidate for town council,
is making a campaign against poison
ivy. Paine declares he is in favor of
the removal of all such noxious weeds
from the highways of Montclair, as
they constitute a menace to children
and grownups alike.
New York. —Miss Alice Bradley,
aged 20, described as “athletic,”
punched a street car conductor be
cause he refused to pick up a nickel
she had dropped on the car floor. She
was fined $lO.
New York. —Asserting that her hus
band prevents her from sleeping at
night by reading in bed. until day
light, Mrs. John W. Hutchinson has
asked the Fusion Speakers’ Bureau
to give him a job as speaker for the
Fusion cause. She says he won’t
work, although he is highly educated.
WOMEN DIE IN BIG FIRE.
Two Parish When Flames Sweep
Through Edgewood Sanitarium.
Govans, Md. —Two women lost their
lives, a third was so severely injured
that she had to be taken to a hospital
and several other persons received in
juries when the Edgewood Sanitarium,
conducted by Mrs. D. K. Carter, at
Govans, was destroyed by fire. About
a score of other patients were res
cued with difficulty by attendants of
the institution and neighbors who
came to their assistance.
irfliin
HiyUEBU
Wilson Not to Have Any Further
Dealings With Him.
MAY AIDCONSTITUTIONALISTS
Would Adopt Drastic Measures, But
Doesn’t Want To Risk En
dangering Other Pro
gram, Is Report.
Washington.—President Wilson in
dicated to those who discussed the
Mexican situation with him that he
was irrevocably determined to deal no
longer with the Huerta regime, but
that further steps toward bringing
peace to Mexico were being consid
ered. No move is expected, however,
until after October 26, the date set
for the Mexican election.
Just what the Washington Govern
ment will do is yet a matter of specu
lation among the high officials, but
the trend of events, they say, is un
mistakably toward conducting negotia
tions in some form or another with
the Constitutionalists.
The policy of the United States has
been to make a complete record of
having attempted to handle the prob
lem by peaceful means. Up to the
present time parleys have been car
ried on with the Huerta authorities,
who have rejected the good offices ot
the United States. Strong pressure
now is being brought to bear upon
the President and Secretary Bryan to
give the Constitutionalists an oppor
tunity to compose the situation
through the support of this country.
May Support Constitutionalists.
Reports that the President was pre
paring to recognize the beligerancy of
the Constitutionalists are based chiefly
upon the friendly disposition toward
them that has arisen among Adminis
tration officials since Huerta’s procla
mation of dictatorship. The sugges
tion has been carried to President
Wilson by those upon whose judgment
he and Secretary Bryan have in the
past been guided to some extent, and
while the attitude is one of waiting
until October 26 arrives, it appears
that some move indicating support for
the Constitutionalists was not at all
improbable.
Such action might not be formal
recognition, .which would present a
curious tangle in the technicalities of
international law, but it is pointed
out by those who are urging informal
dealings with the Constitutionalists
that in reality Governor Carranza was
legally elected chief executive of the
State of Coahuila, and that he and
Governor Maytorena, of Sonora justify
their armed resistence of Huerta as a
measure of defense against those who
took possession of the Federal Gov
■ eminent machinery in the Mexican
capital by arbitrarily overthrowing Ma
dero.
“DRY” BILLS THROUGH SENATE.
Law Enforcement Measures Now Go
To Tennessee House.
Nashville, Tenn. —Two of the so
called law r enforcement bills were
passed by the upper house of the
Tennesse Legislature with neglible op
position and now go to the House.
One of these two measures prohibits
intra-State shipment of liquor and
charges the officers of a county in
which such shipments may be re
ceived with enforcing the law, and the
other makes saloons, gambling or dis
orderly houses nuisknces, to be abated
upon application of 10 or more citizens.
FIRE IN MAHANOY CITY.
Blaze Causes SIOO,OOO Damages In
Pennsylvania Town.
Mahanoy, Pa. Seven business
places in the heart of the city, in
cluding the Kaier Opera House, were
destroyed by fire. For a time it was
feared that several blocks would be
burned, as a strong wind was blowing
and the flames were beyond control,
while the buildinrs in the path of the
fire were not of fireproof construction,
except one, the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron office building
SAW FATHER SHOT.
“You’ve Got Him, All Right!” Calls
Girl, Thinking It Was Deer.
Watertown, N. Y. —“You got him all
right!” yelled the daughter of Warren
Briggs, of Coffin’s Mills, a hamlet near
here, as Grover Spencer fired at what
he thought was a deer on a drive in
the deep woods. The supposed deer
pitched forward into a clump of alder
bushes. Members of the hunting party
were horified a moment later to dis
cover the body of Briggs lying in the
brush, a bullet wound in his heart.
THE HERO OF
THE VOLTURNO
Fire Now Said To Have Been Due
To The Explosion Of
Chemical In The
Cargo.
New York. —New York took in and
sheltered the first survivors of the
steamship Volturno to arrive in. this
country, 105 in number, brought into
port by the Grosser Kurfuerst, the
North German Lloyd liner that sent
the first rescue boat careening across
the heavy seas that made so difficult
the task of removing passengers and
crew from the burning ship.
The wireless had brought ashore
graphic accounts of last week’s sea
tragedy; and from the lips of some of
the V-olturno’s saved there came de
scriptions which, containing the inti
mate details for which the world had
waited, accentuated the heroic conduct
of the Volturno’s captain, officers and
of men who manned the lifeboats that
put forth from other ships.
The expjosion of a drum containing
chemicals was the cause of the fire,
according to the story told by Waldron
Disselman, third officer of the Vol
turno. Disselman gave a thrilling nar
rative of the long hours spent on his
fire-ridden ship, fighting the flames,
sustaining the crippled wireless plant,
lowering lifeboats, quieting the panic
stricken, steering the vessel to hand
to keep her from drifting—fighting the
battle unaided because the waves were
running too high for small craft from
other ships to accomplish the juorney
to the Volturno’s side. More than 80
passengers were burned to death when
they were cut off by flames, Dissel
man reported.
WILL PROBE ATLANTA PRISON.
Congressman Howard Actuated By
Hawthorne Charges.
Atlanta, Ga. —Representative Wil
liam Schley Howard, of the Fifth
Georgia district, issued a statement,
declaring his intention to secure an
early investigation by the Department
of Justice of alleged startling condi
tions in the Federal prison here. His
statement followed charges against the
prison management by Julian Haw
thorne and Dr. W. J. Morton upon
their release from the institution,
where they had served sentences of
more than six months. A message
received here from the prison warden,
William H. Moyer, who is now in In
dianapolis, said the 800 prisoners here
would sustain his statement that they
were being treated “as well as they
could expect.”
ROYAL WEDDING WAS BRILLIANT.
Prince Of Connaught Marries Duchess
Of Fife.
London. —Prince Arthur of Con
naught, son of the Duke of Connaught,
governor general of Canada, was mar
ried to Princess Alexandra Victoria,
Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of
the widowed Princess Royal Louise.
The ceremony took place in the an
cient chapel of St. James Palace,
where both were baptized. A futile
attempt to reach King George and
Queen Mary was made by a militant
suffragette. Miss Margaret Sterling,
as their Majesties were on the way to
the wedding. The young woman broke
through the line of police waving a
petition, but she was seized and ar
rested.
FILIPINOS GIVEN CONTROL.
President Appoints Five To Member
ship On Commission.
Washington.—President Wilson and
Secretary Garrison selected the fol
lowing Filipinos to be members of the
Philippine commission. Victorino Ma
pa, Jaime C. de Veyra, Vicente Ilustre,
Vicente Singson. Mapa will be secre
tary of finance and justice. The fifth
Filipino commissioner will be Rafael
Palmo, who since 1908 has been the
only native on the commission. His
resignation was not accepted. Gov
ernor General Harrison recommended
the native commissioners, stating that
they were among the most prominent
and best educated of the islanders.
OFFERED SIO,OOO FOR PLAY.
Miss Eleanor Wilson, However, Will
Not Accept It.
Washington.—lt was learned here
that Miss Eleanor Wilson, the young
est daughter of President and Mrs.
Wilson, will not accept the SIO,OOO of
fer of the Misses Nash, actresses, of
New York, to write a play for them
to co-star in.
MORE PANAMA QUAKES.
Seismograph Has Registered Thirty-
One In Canal Zone To Date.
Panama. —Earthquake tremors con
tinue, 31 having been registered by
the Ancon seismograph. Reports re
ceived indicate another severe shock
in Los Santos province on Saturday
night. This disturbance extended as
far as Panama City.
GERMAN EXHIBIT ASSURED.
Over 1,000 Favorable Responses To
Invitations Received.
Washington.—An extensive German
exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion in 1915 is assured, acording to
consular advices received at the State
Department. Ambassador Gerard
from Berlin stated that over 1,000 fa
vorable responses have been received
from invitations extended to great
German commercial establishments to
spnd representative displays to the
United States.
WILSON GIVEN STICK.
Advised To Use Blackthorn Over The
Heads Of His Enemies.
Washington.—A blackthorn stick,
used at Donneybrook Fair, in Ireland,
was presented to President Wilson by
Representative Ansberry, of Ohio, with
the suggestion -that the Executive use
it, as Ansberry’s ancestors had —over
the heads of opponents.
Systematic study in citizenship is
given in the elementary schools of
France, Denmark and Finland.
20 DEAD, 100 HURT
11 WRECK
Four Cars With Soldiers Plunge
Through Trestle.
NO OFFICERS AMONG KILLED
Men Were On Their Way To Meridian,
Miss., To Participate In The
Mississippi-Alabama
Fair.
Mobile, Ala. —Twenty persons were
killed and 100 injured in a wreck
near Mobile at 2.30 o’clock Sunday af
ternoon, when a special train loaded
with soldiers from Fort Morgan, Ala.,
en route to the Alabama-Mississippi
Fair at Meridian, Miss., turned over on
the Buckatunna trestle between State
Line and Buckatunna, 60 miles north
of Mobile.
-None of the officers was killed,
though all were reported injured with
the exception of Capt. Bernard Taylor.
The other commissioned officers on
the train besides Captain Taylor were
Captain Greer, Lieuts. Calvin Smith
and Edwin Barlow.
The wreck was caused by the en
gine tender jumping the track when
about 200 feet from a trestle. The
engine was not derailed and passed
over the trestle. The tender broke
loose from the engine, however, and
with the baggage car and three
coaches plunged 25 feet to the ground.
There were 179 men in the detach
ment and they were going to Meridian
to participate in the Mississippi-Ala
bama Fair. Three officers were in
jured, but are reported not seriously
hurt.
The train, running as a second sec
tion to No. 4, left Mobile* at 12.03
o’clock Sunday afternoon, and was
made up of three coaches and a bag
gage car. Most of those killed lost
their lives by being crushed to death
when the coaches struck the bottom
of a deep ravine and were torn into
fragments. The train was running at
moderate speed.
Engineer R. C. Deasley, of Meridian,
Miss., was in charge of the engine.
H. V. Pruitt was the conductor. Ev
ery member of the train crew was
said to have escaped except Conductor
Pruitt, who had his jawbone broken.
Survivors of the wreck worked hero
ically. Many of the soldiers who were
caught in the wreckage were rescued
with difficulty.
One private, whose hat bore the
name of Allen, lost both legs, which
were torn off almost at the hips, but
he'was hurled clear of the wreckage.
For some moments the man, conscious,
lay in plain sight of his wounded com
rades. Death ensued shortly after
ward. Allen stoically said he felt no
pain, but wished he had time to smoke
a cigarette.
At least 20 are expected to die from
their injuries, as they 'are seriously'
hurt.
■Sixteen of the dead were brought
here. A company of local militia was
called into service and lent its aid in
carrying the wounded from the coaches
of the relief train and placing them in
the ambulances and wagons.
Immediately after some order was
maintained Capt. Bernard Taylor call
ed the roll, and only 52 men responded
as being unhurt, and even those were
badly shaken up.
BRIGANDS KILL 300.
American Mission Churches Burned In
China And Occupants Flee For Lives.
Peking.—A force of Chinese brig
ands commanded by Gen. Hwang
Liang has murdered 300 people in the
province of Gokien, and also burned
two mission churches, the property of
American missionary societies. The
American missionaries from the dis
turbed district are still in Fuchow,
where they took refuge during the re
cent troubles.
McADOO WILL NOT RESIGN.
Secretary Of The Treasury Again Con
troverts Report.
Washington. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo declared false the
reports, printed in New York and New
England, that he intends to quit the
Cabinet at an early date. The reports
of his intended resignation have been
persistent, and a recent one was to
the effect that he would leave the Cabi
net to head a Baltimore bank.
DR. SUN IS SAFE.
Chinese Patriot Arrives In Tokyo De
spite Stories Of His Arrest.
Tokyo.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former
provisional President of China, arrived
safely in Tokyo. Rumors in America
that he was arrested at Kobe on a
Chinese complaint charging him with
embezzlement were unfounded.
MINERS TRY TO BLOW UP TRAIN.
Engineer Foiled Attempt Aimed At
Mine Guards.
Calumet, Mich.- —An attempt was
made to blow up a Keweenaw Central
passenger train which was taking 42
mine guards to the Mohawk mine. The
guards and other passengers on the
train probably owe their lives to Engf
neer Stephen Cocking, who detected
the burning fuse and stopped his en
gine. A section of the track was
blown out.
CAN’T LIMIT COMPANY WEALTH.
Edward Hines, Lumber King, Wins
Mississippi Suit.
Jackson, Miss. —The case of the
State of Mississippi against the Ed
ward Hines Lumber Company, of Chi
cago, of many months standing, was
decided in favor of the company. The
suit was brought under the State law
that no foreign corporation shall own
more than $2,000,000 worth of property,
in the State. The company contended
that the law was unconstitutional al
applying to foreign-corporations,