^ROOSEVELT READS
RIOR ACT TO THE
MOB IN COLUMBUS
Speaker Is Escorted to His
Stand by Federal Troops
from the Garrison
in City.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13.—Coming
today to the scene of the street car
(trike riots which kept Columbus in a
state of disorder for weeks, ex-Presi
flent Roosevelt in a speech here de
nounced in strongest terms acts of law
less and men who committed them.
The state capital is still being guard
ed by militia and Colonel Roosevelt
himself was escorted by United States
troops from the Columbus barracks. As
the strike is still on, J. C. Metcalf,
Chairman of the Roosevelt reception
committee, asked President Taft to as
sign the regular troops to guard the ex
president today and the president con
tented.
Troops at the Station.
Colonel Roosevelt was met at the
station by the regulars and state mili
tia and committees representing the
chamber of commerce and citizens of
^ Jhe city. He proceeded at the head of
H parade to the park, half a mile from
the station, where he delivered his
(peech.
Mayor George S. Marshall occupied .a
feat On the platform from which
polonel Roosevelt spoke. It has been
Announced that after today Governor
Hannon would withdraw his control of
(he situation here and the municipal
government under Mayor Marshall
Would have full charge.
Colonel Roosevelt’s speech was as
follows:
“Before I came to Ohio, I of course
fcnew of the lamentable conditions
which had continued for so many
Weeks here in Columbus. As soon as I
entered Ohio, ar.d ever since, I have
peon from time to time addressed by
letter and even personally on both
(ides, asking me to come to Columbus
(nd speak. I will say frankly that I
jlid not like to come here, but I like still
less dodfeing, and so t have come.
ubiiuc ia tsscmiai.
"I notice I have been advertised to
•peak on the subject of law and order,
ind so I shall. But I shall also speak
»n Justice, for exactly what Is the duty
jf all good citizens to see absolutely
tnd without reserve that law and or
Her prevail, it is just as much their
luty to see that Justice prevails.
“The first requisite to the establish
Sent of Justice is the establishment of
w and order, and woe to the man,
public official or private citizen, who
.ails to realize this fact. And espe
cially should we abhor and reprobate
the conduct of the public servant who
for any reason fails in his duty in
this regard. We must equally condemn
the public servants and ourselves, the
people also are as responsible as the
public servants.
“If we stop content with the mere
establishment of law and order, we
tail to do our further duty, which Is
cy thoroughgoing investigation to find
sut whether justice has been denied
tnd Injustice committed, and then to
use the whole power of the government
, :o right any wrong that has been done.
' He Takes No Sides.
“Now, at tlie outset. let rue say as
Clearly as possible that I do not and
Cannot undertake to say what the ex
tot facts are, for thoroughly reputable
citizens, writing me on behalf of the
[wo sides, flatly contradict each other.
But there are certain broad points di
rectly applicable to your present sit
uation, which can be laid down with
sut hesitation. There is no question
Miatever that many acts of violence
Pave been committed, including bomb
throwing, and the use of that weapon
of the worst, the meanest, the basest
»nd most cowardly type of assassins—
Synamite.
"Now the first duty of the govern
ment authorities high and low, from
top to bottom, is to put an end to the
reign of violence and disorder, to check
^ ind punish every crime of lawlessness.
No excuse can be accepted for any gov
ernment official, who fails to do his
fluty in this regard, and no excuse can
tie accepted for any private citizen who
fails not merely passively, but active
ly, to perform the prime duty of good
Citizenship in Joining with the author
ities in helping to put an end to such
»n intolerable condition.
Compliments a Judge.
"I call your attention to what Judge
Bator did a year ago in the case of the
jtriking miners in southern Ohio. The
employers applied to him for an in
junction against the minors. He. de
clined to grant it. but he gave to botli
parties a lecture from the bench to
Milch I. am glad to say they paid heed.
"He warned them that violence would
not be permitted and that the whole
power of the state would, If necessary,
tie invoked to suppress it. He warned
the miners particularly that their worst
premies were those among their own
number or their symphathizers who
committed deeds of violence and lie
teamed the capitalists that deeds of
violence by the employers did just as
piuch damage to their cause and were
fust ns flagrant outrages against the
public as the deeds of violence com
mitted by tile miners and sympathizers
pf the miners and that one would be no
more tolerated than the other.
“Therefore, friends, your first duty
Is to establish law and order, and it is
especially to the interest of the wage
workers that law and order should be
established, and they should lie the first
to join effectively in the movement,
jv'o plea should lie entertained for a
moment that would delay the putting
of an end to the regulation of lawless
•violence.
Beware of Crooked Leaders.
"Let the employes remember that it
may well be to the interest of some of
fhelr leaders for political or other rea
lons to have lawlessness and disorder
continue, but that it is pre-eminently
igainst the interests of the working
men themselves."
"Then your duty has not ended. It
•has only begun. Then you will have
obtained law and order, but you are
lerelict in your duty unless you treat
this merely as the first, although a nec
essary and all important step in ob
taining justice. In any big strike
not only the employes and employers
are particularly in interest, but the
public is. too. Especially is this the
case with public service corporations.
PATTEN MAKES LARGE
GIFT TO A HOSPITAL
Chicago, Sept. 13.--Announcement
war. made today of a 5500.000 gift to
the Kvanston, 111., Hospital association
dv George YV. Patten, brother of James
A Patten. The money is to be used
by the hospital as an endowment fund
•to be known as the Agnes and Louisa
•patten fund. Mrs. Agnes Patten, whe
flied recently, was the mother of the
f flonor and of James A. Patten, and Mrs
Louisa Patten is t! e wife of James A
Patten
"It is not merely your duty, but
your right, you people of Columbus, you
peopleof Ohio, to insist on knowing
all the faots that led up to and
brought about this strike, and pass
judgment on it.
Causes of the Trouble.
"It has been alleged to me that the
trouble began because of a dismissal
by the company of some of Its em
ployes for asking for higher wages. It
It also alleged that It has continued
because of the open or covert effort of
the corporation to prevent the forma
tion of a union among the employes.
Both allegations are denied. You should
get authoritative Information as to
whether they are true or false.
“Of course, to dismiss men for ask
ing for an Increase of wages -would be
such an Infamy that I can har.dly be
lieve it occurred, but you should find
out definitely. To dismiss men for
membership in or proposing to join a
union would be almost as bad. The
union Is just as much a necessity of
our modern Industrial system as the
corporation Itself. Both must obey the
law, but each is a necessity.
Believes In Labor Unions.
"Under modern conditions It Is oft
time absolutely necessary that there
should be collective bargaining on the
part of the men, and this can only
come through the union.
"I am honorary member of a union
myself. If I were a wage worker en
gaged In manual labor. I should cer
tainly join the union. Union men have
no right to force other wage workers
into the union. As was so well set forth
in the admirable report of the anthra
cic strike commission such action Is
a gross violation of right as is the so
called ‘secondary boycott.’
“But, It is equally an outrage for the
employer to discriminate against the
unions and to fail to work with them in
a spirit of cordial good faith on both
sides. Moreover, if your present arbi
tration law is not sufficiently stringent,
make it more stringent, and If it is un
constitutional amend the constitution.
But do not wait to remedy any present
wrongs until the constitution Is
amended.
Can Force Corporations.
“The state and the municipality have
power to force any public service cor
poration to do what is right if they
choose to exercise that power, and it is
the business of the people to see that
they so choose.
"In conclusion, friends, your duties
are two-fold: First, at once and with
out equivocation or hesitation to en
force order, suppress violence and see
that the law Is obeyed In letter and
spirit; second, as soon as this resull
has been achieved, turn to the great
question of justice, and exert youi
whole power to find out the facts,
treating any refusal to give you all the
facts as a confession of guilt. If In
justice has been done, exert the whold
power of the government to see that i(
Is remedied forthwith, and if there la
any effort to prevent it, and If the at
tempt to remedy It Is obstructed, see to
it that there is not only a remedy but
also punishment and take steps that
will effectually prevent a repetition of
the Injustice.
"You people of Columbus face one of
the crises which from time to time In
our American life demand the exercise
of the highest qualities of good citi
zenship. It is your immediate duty to
secure law and order, and once this
has been done it becomes your even
higher and more pressing duty to see
that justice full and complete, Is guar
anteed alike to the employer, the em
ploye and the people as a whole.”
LEE BROWNE IS GIVEN
HIS FREEDOM BY JURY
Alleged Vote Buyer for Sena
tor Lorimer Acquitted in
Chicago Court.
Chicago, Sept 13.—Attorney Leo
O'Neill Browne, of Ottawa, 111., legis
lative minority leader, charged with
bribery in connection with the elec
tion of William Lorimer, of Chicago, to
the United States Senate, was acquit
ted by a jury in Judge George Ker
sten’s division of the criminal court
yesterday. The Jury, which took eight
ballots, was out 21 hours. On the first
ballot the jury stood 8 to 4 for acquit
tal. The final Juror standing out for
conviction was won over to sign the
verdict of acquittal at 2:35 o’clock in
the afternoon. The verdict was re
turned in open court a few minutes be
fore 3 o’clock. Immediately the court
room was in an uproar. It was 10
minutes before bailiffs stopped the
cheering which percolated through the
corridors and down the elevators of the
criminal court building to the street.
Browne was lunching at a downtown
hotel when he received a telephone
message informing him that the jury
had arrived at a verdict. He scrambled
into an automobile and was whisked to
the court, arriving in time to hear the
reading of the verdict. His eyes filled
with tears as the clerk of the court
finished reading.
A second later he threw his arms
about Attorney Charles Erberstein, of
the counsel for the defense. Browne
was then hoisted to the shoulders of
friends and carried out of the court
room, amid hand-shaking and cheer
ing. _ _ _
BIO SHOE MERCHANT
TAKES HISJWN LIFE
S. S. Innes, a South Carolinan,
Commits Suicide in New
York Hotel.
New York, Sept. 13.—S. R. Innes, head
of the lirni of Drake, Innes & Co.,
wholesale and retail shoe dealers, of
Charleston, H. C., shot and killed him
self in his room at the Hoffman house
early today. The merchant was discov
ered lying in tied with a bullet wound
in the side of his head. A revolver lay
near at hand.
Mr. Innes came here with his broth
er from Charleston to undergo today an
X-ray examination for what was said
to be a minor affection. The merchant
left no notes to indicate the reason for
his act, but his brother thinks he un
doubtedly worried over the examina
tion which he was to undergo today.
IWITHtNGTON TO MANAGE
ATHLETES AT HARVARD
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Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 3 3.—Paul
I Withington, one of the best known all
I around athletes that ever attended
Harvard, has been selected to succeed
William F. Oarcelon as graduate man
ager of athletics of the college as soon
as the incumbent feels that sports at
Harvard are in proper shape to turn
over to a successor. Withington, who
is now in business in Hawaii, lias been
asked to accept the place, but has not
yet replied.
BANK EXAMINERS
RECEIVE SCORING
FROM THEIR CHIEF
Failures, He Charges, Could
Have Been Prevented Had
They Been Diligent in
Duties.
Washington. Sept. 13.—Close on the
heels of the radical shake up in the
ranks of bank examiners, by which
20 men on Thursday were shifted to
new fields, Comptroller of the Cur
rency Murray today announced ho
would make a personal investigation
of conditions In all examination dis
tricts. The comptroller, in a statement
addressed to examiners, said:
"In almost every case of a national
hank failure, since I have been comp
troller, the Insolvency could have been
averted bad the national bank exam
iners determined tlie true condtion and
roported his finds in time for me to
force a correction in the administra
tions in the bank’s affairs.”
Excuses Are Untenable.
Condemning the excuses mado by
bank examiners, in practically every
case, Mr. Murray said lie had been
compelled to undertake a personal ex
amination of conditions In every dis
trict so as to ascertain at first hands
why an examiner is unable to discover
impending disaster in the affairs of a
bank. He will be accompanied and as
sisted on the trip by Oscar L. Telling,
formerly a national bank examiner,
and now chief of the division of re
ports in the comptroller’s office.
After citing that examiners of failed
banks had offered excuses that they
bad been unable to learn in advance
of a bank’s true condition, that officers
and directors of banks would not cor
rect conditions brought to their atten
tion or any ono of another dozen rea
sons, Mr. Murray In Ills statement says:
“The comptroller also desires to as
certain why some examiners are
.capable of correcting, while they are
in the bank, all the conditions subject
to criticism, when other examiners are
either unable or unwilling to accom
plish like results and only report their
criticisms to the comptroller's office.
Should Meet Directors.
"Many of the examiners state in
their reports of examinations forward
ed to the comptroller’s office, that it
is a hardship not only on the exam
liner, but on many of the members
of the directory of country banks, to
ask the various boards to meet with
the examiner during the progress or
at the close of the examination.
“The comptroller is of tho opinion
that a board of directors which will
.not or cannot meet with a representa
tive of the government for a short time
twice each year to go over in detail
ithe conditions which he finds and re
jports to it, is composed of members
who are not doing their duty in any
sense of the word, and it Is now’ pro
posed to find out whether or not the
hardship complained of by the examin
ers really exists.”
BOARDER REWARDS
ACT OF KINDNESS
Bequeaths Hotel Worth $150,
000 to Clerk Who Showed
Him Attention.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 13.—Oie Nelson Is
fully convinced of the force of the old
adage about "Bread being cast on tne
waters.”
' For many years John D. Condon
owned the Farnam hotel in this city.
He died In Waukesha. Wis., a few days
ago. During the latter years of his
life he lived at his hotel as a boarder.
For 10 years Ole Nelson has been a
clerk there. Many times he performed
little acts of kindness for John D. Con
don and always refused to accept pay.
Since the death of Mr. Condon his
papers have been examined and it has
beon discovered that a short time prior
he executed a deed, conveying the hotel
property, worth about $150,000 to Oie
Nelson, the clerk.
In addition. Mr. Condon left other
property of the value of about $250,000
and as there aro no heirs, there is a
quandry as to what disposition will be
made of it.
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PARENTS INJURED WHILE
SAVING THEIR DAUGHTER
Valentine, Neb., Sept. 13.—A man and
and his wife by the name of Lee, from
Brownlee, Nob., were struck by pas
senger train No. 1 at Wood Lake, Neb
last night at about 8 o'clock. Lee, his
wife and little girl were waiting for the
train and just as it was pulling in tin
little girl suddenly ran across the
track. The father at once started aftei
her, and then the mother of the little
girl also started across, but tripped
and fell on the track.
Mr. Lee Jumped back to get his wife
and just as he lifted her up the train
struck them both, throwing him to om
side and dragging the woman quite a
distance. Both were injured and were
brought to Valentine and put under the
doctor's care. It is not thought thal
the woman will live.
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SHALLENBERGER DECLINES
TO MAKE RACE FOR POPS
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—Govtrnoi
Shallenberger announced today that hi
would not run for governor on the
populist ticket. "If the democratic vot.
In the primaries in Douglas county
docs not nominate me," he said, "I am
out of the race for governor.”
Governor Shallenberger had refer
ence to the recount In Douglas county
now In progress, explaining that the
recount was solely the factor that
might finally establish him as a candi
date. He declared he would not ac
cept a nomination to run for the exe
cutive office of the state by petition.
GOLD FOR EGYPT.
London. Sept. 13.—Bullion amounting
to £27u,u00 was withdrawn from tin
Bank of England today for shipment to
Egypt. __
TRANSPORT ASHORE.
Manila, Sept. 13.—The inter-island
transport Warden is ashore on the
coast of Batangas province in south
ern Luzon. It Is reported that her posi
tion Is not a dangerous one, hut th
United States transport Sheridan and
the mine planters Hunt ami Knox haw
been rushed to her assistance
FAIR VALLEY, OKLA.—Josepl
Vineyard, 70 yars old, u wealthy rec
luse of tills town, was shot to death a
week ago In his dugout. A large sum
of money he kept cannot be found The
body was found yesterday.
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AGED SON OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TO MARRY
Child of James Monroe, 94
Years Old, Will Take Unto
Himself a Wife.
Ludington, Mich., Sept. 13.—That yes
ward James Monroe, of Bridgeport and
Jacksonville, Fla., who asserts that he ii
a son of James Monroe, llfth president oi
the United States, has announced his in
tention of marrying at the age of 94, hav
ing outlived three wives and 12 ohlldrei
and having survived three wars.
Major Monroe's assertion that he Is a
son of the famous president, during whose
administration the Monroe doctrine was
promulgated. Is nothing new to his ac
quaintances in tills city, in which he hai
been a summer resident for more that
60 seasons. He has never been called upox
to prove hid assertion, although no blog
raphy cf James Monroe mentions the faci
of his having had a son.
This apparent oversight on the part oi
the historians Is due. says Major Monroe
to the fact that little was ever known oi
the personal life of his father. Majei
Monroe says he Is a son by a second mar
riage. his mother’s family name being
Lauder. Here there Is another seeming
oversight by the historians, us only on«
marriage is mentioned in the biographies
of President Monroe and that was to s
Miss Kourtwrlght, of New York.
Major Monroe says ho was born In Rich
mond, Va.. on July 4, 1816. Upon the doatl
of his father in 1831, ho says, he passed
Into the hands of a guardian by whom h«
was taken to South Africa, where he r*
rnained several years.
CAUSE OF THE FERRY
WRECK [SNOT KNOWN
Sixty-Two People Were Aboard
Craft, but Most of Them
Were Saved.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13.—It has becorn.
terday's wreck of Pere Marquette cat
ferry No. 18 and the loss of 29 lives,
were not due to a storm, to overload
ing, or to a breakdown in the vessel's
machinery, and that the real cause ol
the disaster will never be fully deter
mined, is the conclusion reached by
General Superintendent W. D. Trump,
of the Pere Marquette railroad, whe
came here yesterday to investigate the
wreck.
According to the report sent by Mr.
Trump to Pere Marquette headquar
ters in Detroit today Captain Russell,
of steamer No. 17. was merely asked
by Captain Kilty, of No. 18, to stand
by when he arrived at the scene, Cap
tain Kilty evidently not believing his
vessel was In immediate danger.
Captain Russell, however, observed
that No. 18 was sinking and lowered
his life boats Just before No. 18 went
to the bottom. According to Mr. Trumf
there was 62 people on board No. 18
The 16 above the regular crew werl
four employes of the Chicago Navi
gation company, with Seymour H
Cochrane, vice president of the com
pany, and a corps of extra scrubbers
carpet layers, etc., who were working
while the boat was moving in order tc
save time. Mr. Cochrane was saved,
but his four employes were lost.
WIFE OF A CARNEGIE
STEEL MAN ENOS LIFE
Petty La France, New York
Suicide, Was Spouse of
Pennsylvania Magnate.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13.—It has become
Known that Petty L#a France, who took
ner own lifo in her apartment in New
York recently, had been for three years
the wife of Ferdinand Zieger, an official ol
the Carnegie Steel company, residing In
Sharon, Pa.
Mr. Zieger has bft Sharon for Cleve
land, whither the body of his wife was
sent. He confirmed the report of the mar
riage before he left, but aside from ex
pressing deep sorrow for her death, h«
would not comment on the matter.
It seems they separated very soon after
they were married, she going to New York
to live. Although they kept up a desult
ory correspondence, they never met after
the separation. Mr. Zieger never told hia
friends of the marriage.
When the body of Mrs. Zieger wai
found, a picture of Mr. Zieger was in her
hand, and on the back of It were the
words: “I can’t live without you.”
Her parents died years ago in Cleveland
The only known relative is a brother
l-’rancls, residing In London.
OIL KING’S GUARDS
OUST GIRL AVIATOR
Fair Balloonist Creates a
Sensation on the Private
Rockefeller Domain.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 13.—Falling It!
her parachute after a balloon ascen
sion from an amusement park into a
copse in the Forest Hill estate of John
I). Rockefeller, Miss Gertrude Thomas
brought confusion to the guards of
tlie oil king's little army.
The rule book, with a copy of which
the master of Standard Oil provides
each guard, failed to disclose any In
junction as to the treatment of "girls
in red tights," or "visitors front the
air," so Miss Gertrude, though dazed
when the guards came upon her, was
bundled without ceremony carefully it
is true, but still bundled beyond the
iron palings which surround the woods
of Forest Hill and was left without the
precincts to find her way to the amuse
ment park unassisted.
IIOLTON, KAN.—Joseph M. Gentry
was convicted yesterday of assaulting
Clarence Belknap, who was injured
while trying to prevent the kidnaping
of Morion Bleakley, the "incubator
baby,” in Topeka a year ago. The ver
dict left out the words "with Intent to
kill" with which Gentry was charged
In the original information, alleging as
sault.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The cholera
epidemic continues to claim thousands
nf victims. During the week of Au
gust. JS to September 3 there were
II,R ■ cases, with 4,405 deaths. The
p t:il 'mi- the season is 170,3(3 cases, and
- ; j ’ .. 11.
GAR FERRY SINKS
AND MANY PERISH
IN LAKE MICHIGAN
Conflicting Reports About the
Number of Lives Lost, but
Fatalities Were Un
doubtedly Great.
Ludlngton, Mich., Sept. 12. Ono of
the worst marine disasters In the his
tory of Lake Michigan navigation oc
curred early today, when car ferry
Pero Marquette No. 18, flagship of a
fleet of six steel car ferries owned and
operated by tho Pero Marquette Rail
road company, sank to tho bottom of
Lake Michigan, 20 miles off Port Waah
Ington, with a loss of 20 lives.
Tho boat was valued at $400,000 and
tho cargo, which Included 20 loaded
cars, at $100,000 to $150,000. The loss la
fully covered by Insurance In Lloyd’s
of England.
Call for Help Heard.
"Car ferry No. 18 sinking—help!” was
the C. Q. D. wireless message that
brought the first news of the disaster
to this city about 5 a. m. today. Tho
flnsh was repeated continuously for
nearly an hour, but was unsigned. The
lost car ferry carried a crew of 50 men
and had on board two women passen
gers, said to be from Saginaw.
At this hour tho cause of tho acci
dent Is unknown, and tho facts will
not be available until No. 17 arrives
here this afternoon.
No. 18 was ono of the finest and most
costly ferries ever built on tho great
lakes and only yesterday tho craft
was inspected by government officials
at this port and found to b© In first
class condition In every respect. This
Is her first trip on her regular run aft
er returning from Chicago, where th#
big car ferry was under charter to
tho Chicago Navigation company, being
run In the excurlson business between
Chicago and Waukegan during most
of July and August. The officers of the
car ferry were:
Captain, Peter Kilty; first mate, J.
Breslnskl; second mate, Walter Brown;
chief engineer, R. Needham; first as
sistant engineer, Rosenkranz.
COUDEN IS BOUNCED
FROM FEDERAL POST
Man Who "Tipped Off" War
riner Defalcation Loses
Place in Service.
Washington, Sep. 12.—Frank M. Cou
flen, cashier In the office of the sur
veyor of customs at Cincinnati, whose
name was prominently mentioned In
tho Warrlner embezzlement scandal in
the Big Four railroad, was discharged
from the government service today.
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 12.—Frank M.
Couden, cashier of the local survoyor
of oustoms, who was dismissed from
tho government service today, made It
public last fall that ho "tipped off" tho
$G4S,000 shortage In the local treasury
of the Big Four railroad about one
year ago.
Couden secured an Interview with
President Brown, of the New York
Central lines, through Senator Dick, of
Ohio. Couden admitted that ho gave
tho information In the hope of securing
a reward In money.
DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS
FAIL IN A WAR TEST
One Leads Its Army Into Am
buscade and Enemy Captures
the Other.
Prcusslch-Holland, Prussia, Sept 12—
The two dirigible balloons used for
aerial scout duty by the opposing arm
ies In the Imperial maneuvers failed
grievously today, one crew leading Its
army Into an ambuscade, while the
other crew fell Into the hands of the
"enemy" when the motor of Its ma
chine gave out. Tho Invading army
triumphed.
The dirigible operating with the de
fenders reported this forenoon what the
air men took to be the exact location
of far extended entrenched lines of the
Invnders Infantry and nrtlllery.
On receipt of this misinformation the
defenders advanced In a strong attack
only to find when the thin lino of In
vaders retreated that they were storm
ing a breastworks behind which trunks
of trees Instead of guns had been
placed. Before they could recover from
their mistake the defenders’ flank was
attacked and a victory for the Invaders
ensued.
The dirigible of the Invaders de
veloped a defect In Its motor and be
ing compelled to descend was captured
by the enemy.
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VICTIMS ON WARSHIP
PERISHED IN WATER
Explosion Did Not Cause Death
of Sailors on the North
Dakota.
Newport Nesw, Va., Sept 12—Accord
ing to men landing at Old Point Com
fort from the battleships, tho three
men who met death aboard the North
Dakota yesterday were not killed by
the explosion of oil as at first reported,
but were drowned when tire room No.
3 was flooded to prevent the spread
of the flames and the explosion of the
magazine located just over the fire. The
bodies were recovered when the com
partment was pumped out.
AMERICANS IN KOREA.
Tokio, Sept. 12.—The delegation of
American business men representing
several chambers of commerce on the
Pacific coast, on arrival in Korea en
route to China, was welcomed by Bar
on Shlbusawa, the economist, and oth
ers for the Japanese, who have visited
America.
two are""drowned.
Moose Jaw, Sank, Sept. 12.—Joseph
Being, aged 23, a boilermaker, and
John Montgomery, aged 30. a fireman,
employes of the Canadian Pacific rail
way, were drowned In Moos-’ Jaw rival
today, when ‘.heir bout overturned.
FROST HERE RUT
CORN ISN’T HURT
Cold Weather Record Broken
by 41 Degree Temperature
—Little Damage Results.
LOW TEMPERATURES rtj
OVER THE NORTHWEST
t D«- f
f City. grees. ♦
f Sioux City.« T
Watertown .27 ▼
Mason City, la.86 t
f Yankton .39 -T
f Aberdeen, P. D.30 f
Huron, 9. D.84 -f
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From the Sioux City Tribune.
Breaking the low temperature record
of 22 years for the first 10 days of Sep
tember, the thermometer registered 41
degrees at 7 o’clock this morning. The
previous low marking for the first
decade of September at the local sta
tion was made on September 7. 1895.
when the register was 42 degrees.
LOW PLACES TOUCHED
ArlOUND MASON CITY
Mason Cltjfc Ia., Sept. 12.—Tempera
ture registered 36 degrees above last
night and frost fell In low places. No
damago was done to crops.
CHEROKEE IS TOUCHED.
Cherokee, Ia., Sept, 12.—There was a
light frost In low places In the vicinity
of Cherokee last night, but no dam
age w’as done.
FROST IN LYON COUNTY
Rock Rapids, Ia., Sept. 12.—There was
a light frost here last night whloh
Injured corn on the low lying land
somewhat, but did not kill 1L Com
on high ground was not affected.
SLIGHT FROST AT FORT DODGE.
Fort Dodge, Ia., Sept, 12.—Tempera
ture last night dropped to 89 degrees,
the colder t recorded since May 26. A
slight frost la reported on the low
lands but not sufficient to lnjura
crops.
8IOUX COUNTY ESCAPES.
Orange City. Ia.. Sept. 12.—While tha
temperature descended to 36 degrees
last night, there are no evidences of
frost reported In Sioux county. Com
Is maturing rapidly and two weeks will
make a practically mature crop.
CORN SUFFERS INJURY
BY FROST AT WATERTOWN
Watertown, £LD.. Sept. 12.—The first
frost of the season visited this section
of the state last night, the thermom
eter registering at 27 degrees abov*
zero. All of the flax except that on
breaking had matured, but the loss
on the corn crop In this locality will
bo fully 60 per cent, as the crop re
quired fully three weeks moro to reaoh
maturity.
CORN ESCAPES AT MITCHELL.
Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 12.—Frost wa*
general last night over this part of
the state. Gnrden stuff and vines ar*
killed. Reports from over the county
show little damage to corn, which 1*
In an advanced state. Nothing Is hurt
but the stalks.
LIGHT FROST AT YANKTON.
Yankton, S. D„ Sept. 12.—There was
a light frost here last night. The of
ficial temperature was 39 degrees. There
was no damage to corn.
PIERRE ESCAPES FREEZE.
Pierre, S. D., Sept. 12.—There was
no frost present this morning. Th*
minimum temperature was 40 at th*
local office. The weather Is cloudy and
dry with no dew.
BEADLE TOUCHED LIGHTLY.
Huron, S. D., Sept. 12.—There was no
serious damage to corn or other crops
In this section by last night’s frost.
Vines and garden stuff suffered. Som*
localities had only a light touch of
Trost.
WATER FREEZE8 AT ABERDEEN
Abeddeen, S. D., Sept. 12.—Tempera
ture dropped to 80 degrees last night,
with a heavy frost and water freez
ing. It Is estimated that 60 per cent
i>f the com crop Is out of danger. Th*
remainder Is badly damaged.
NORTHERN NEBRASKA IS
WITHIN THE FROST ZONE
Ponca, Neb., Sept. 12—A slight trace
pf frost was visible here this morning,
but It Is not believed that any dam
age has been sustained by corn which
is well along toward maturity and
will not be affected by anything less
than a killing frost.
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ONE MAN GIVES HIS
LIFE FOR ANOTHER
Both Are Crushed When Pas
senger Train Crashes Into
Section Crew’s Car.
Watertown, R. D., Hept. 12—After hav
ing once saved himself. H. R. Hagen,
aged 82, foreman of a Minneapolis &
6t. Louis section crew, tried to get a
crippled fellow laborer, G. W. Pat
tick, aged 29, off the track and both
were Instantly killed by the second sec
tion of a St. Louis passenger about 7
o’clock this morning In a dense fog.
William O’Heran escaped with slight
Injury. The section crew was going
out on a handepr unaware of the fact
that the westbound passenger was di
vided, and were struck by the train
three miles west of this city. Hagen
and O'Heran Jumped off the track
when they felt an Impact, but Pattick,
practically unable to" Jump, was
knocked forward between the rails.
Hagen reached forward to drag his
companion off the rails when the en
gine hit both and crushed the life out
of them.
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HYDE COUNTY TO VOTE
ON COURT HOUSE BONDS
Highmore, S. D., Sept. 12—The county
commissioners have called a special
election for November S, at which time
the proposition of voting bonds in the
sum of {70,000 for a new court house
will lie submitted. Petition to the
commissioners, asking that the propo
sition be submitted, was circulated by
the commercial club of Highmore, and
was signed by nearly every voter In
the county.
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Estherville, la., Rept. 12. - Emil Ves
trum and Dorothy llanson, of this city,
wire married here by Rev. J J. .Vxre,