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vol. xli NO. 12.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1911-FOUR SEOTIONS-TIIIRTY-TWO PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Afmirnr m n nil
Coming and Going in Omaha
ITALIANS STORM
CHOLERA REFUGE
TO GETJATIEHTS
Persona Stricken with Disease Are
Taken from Hospital and Carried
Through Town.
gi II , r 1
Yj'
FOREIGNERS TO
LEAVEGOUUTRY
tetUTcrti&i Uprising Develop In tie
Province of Exe-Chnen, in In
terior of Chinese Empire.
XCTICXS TO MOVE OUT ABE POSTED
British Subjects Amm the Fir&t to
Obey the Edict Issued.
CHESfl-TU SEAT OP THE TEOUBLE
Advices Confirming the Beparts Are
Received at State Department
EXTENSIVE BIOTS ABE PREDICTED
Viceroy of Interior Province Unable
. to Control Subjects.
AHEMCAN WABSHIPS ON HAND
EiUuloa of tbe Natl Aarttatlon Is
Looked for en Account of Dis
tress Caused by Flood
Dtowcei.
WASHINGTON. Sept. .-Anti-foretgn
placards " are being posted In Cheng-Tu,
capital of the turbulent Chinese province
of SzChuen, according to rumors reach
ing the' State: department.
The apprehension of foreign residents U
shown by the fact that British subjects,
accompanied by other' foreigners, have al
ready left Cheng Tu for Chung King, where
British, Frenoh and German gunboat -are
now lying. American Charge Williams at
Pekln today cabled the Stat department
that the British left yesterday.
Advices which reached the. State depart
ment from 6ther sources than the Ameri
can legation not only confirm Mr. Williams'
reports of the dissatisfaction of the natives
with the railroad projects of the Chinese
government, but foreshadow a great exten
sion of the native agitation owing to the dis
tress resulting from the floods in the lower
Yank-Te-Klang- These report state that
the great distress Is almost certain to oause
extensive riots later on and these probably
will assume an antl-foretgn phase.
Report to the "Navy department today
Indicate that Admiral Hubbard t rapidly
disposing the American warships under his
command far. the protection of American
Interests, so f e a possible.
Admiral HupbaVd report that four pe
clal river gunboats of foreign nationality
have managed to work as fw a Chung
King, more than on hundred mile above
the point where the American Vtesels must
top, because of their heavier-draft and
almost in the center of the disturbed dis
trict. , . -..'.,. . . -, , ;
. foreigners Leave the Clrrt ' V ,"
PEKIN. , 8ePt. ' Advice received here
from Cheng-.Ta, the capital of.Sse-Chuen
province, and which Is. now l.KB mile."
about fifty day' Journey from, th coast,
are still of the most meagre character.
Foreigners ar complying with th ro-
.est of th Chinese viceroy that they
leave th city, because of the unrest among
the natives arising from the government"
railroad- policy and some of them already
hav left the district,
American warships hav been ordered up
the Yang.Taa ner, In view of the disquiet
ing situation.
Whitney Becomes the
1 Champion at Tennis
Harvard Man "Defeat the Kan of
Yale on the Merion
Courts.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. S.-E. H. Whit
ney of Harvard today won the Intercol
legiate )awn tennis championship In singles
by defeating In th final round A. H. Man,
Jr., of Tal. on the courts of th Merlon
Cricket club at Haverford. Th scores wer
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MINNEAPOLIS THIEVES ROB
THE VISITING BALL PLAYERS
rr Hundred pl)r Tahn Iron t
Roons of th Men In
MINPEAPOl-Jo. sunn-, eepv. '"""
last night robbed three Kansas City base
ball players, on from th Milwaukee tenia
and a traveling salesman In their rooms
at the West hotel, getting away wttb about
Newton Randall, Outfielder for' VQwnu.
kee. was th heaviest loser. SOS being taken
from bun. His father. William Randall, who
shared th room with him, lost && WU
11am Pond, pitcher for Kansas' Ctty. lost
140. James Barbeau. tnflelder for Tinas
City. HO", Michael Bowerman. Orst base
man. Stt. and U. 8talaeberg.. a epanaarctal
traveler, S78.
The Weather
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Mean temperature "1 M 74 . 78
Precipitation - W
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Normal teroperatur
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Normal precipitation 14 Inch
rJ1cteocy for the dY 14 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 11 Inchss
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HARMON ATTACKS
PRESIDENT TAFT
Governor of Ohio Not Pleased with
Attitude of Administration
Toward Tariff Reform.
PEOPLE ABE ENTITLED TO BLTEF
Insists that What CoagreH Hss Given
Country Executive Ha Taken
A war, nnd Hardened His
Heart to Multitude.
BOSTON. Sept Prasldent Taft atti
tude toward tariff reform was attacked
by Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio to
night In a speech before the gathering of
democratic clubs. Governor ' Harmon said
that the president's course In vetoing tariff
bills passed by the special session of con
gress Indicated that he had been reached
by "wrong advisers." 8paklng of the
president's objections to those bills, h
said:
These and other marks of paternity sug
gest the question whether the vetoes may
not hav been adopted offspring, like the
defense of BajUnger.
'-H.Bdd' Q eomitUfSivRat'.'! MJd'tfc
epr. I'whtn a yromlsr grJ re
i.u.tinn k.rnn his election, nor when n
njui 4)m snecial aession to . kP th
promuva, nor when h igned th bill that
broke th promise, nor when ne coiuessw
tt..t h wAalen and cotton goods auues
wm to high,, nor when h mad th
rrunutit with Canada. His posmon is
Simply that those who by the trickery of
tariff making have secured a license w
Impose exorbitant prices on the American
people shall go on doing It, In spite of
x-tinn of both houses of congress, tin-
til five men who ' are not responsible to
the people, nor even experts, snau aavise
him how much thes favor tax ought
to be reduced and how to do it scientific
ally.
Not Even Benefit of Doubt.
-u. Amt thev are too high on the
.absolut and universal necessities of life,
but he tears these bins may nave cm ui
too much. All the men, women and chil
dren In the land must continue to suffer
an admitted wrong which affect health
and comfort rather than run the risk of
causing too much shrinkage In profit
made excessive by law. The people must
not even have the benefit of the doubt,
if th.' nnunt tariff charge, had been
fixed merely without proper knowledge and
win tt could well be said that an 'un
scientific' remedy 1 good enough for an
nnnr-ientlfie wrorur. especially when those
who apply the. remedy have the advantage
of dealing with actual results www tnose
who did the wrong acted only In conjecture.
But -the Payne-Aldrlch-6mott law had a
sire than lcnorane. And It 1
g reflection on our plan of government
to say that the r.agrant iniquities or tnai
t. .hn n nn defvlnr rood sense, com
mon knowledge and honest purpose until
a commission without legal responsiDiiny
or authority shall decide how the duly
chosen" law-making body may deal with
them.
-Believe In Veto Power.
"i tuUav In the veto cower. But It 1 to
be employed only on the clear and posi
tive conviction of th executive mat ine
nubile interest so reaulree. He Is allowed
ten days to consider and decide. If he re
mains tn doubt at th and of that cm
action' on his part Is dispensed with and
tha Judgment of th legislative body be
come affective without 1L For the presi
dent to defeat th action of congress, ee
Tuir4tv when it follow the Wain mandate
of the country, merely because be Is not
certain about tt hlmsef and wants to watt
for somebody else to advise him, 1 a new
and perilous departure from the wise de
sign of th constitution.
"W have had tariff commissions before,
but none of them ever accomplished any
thing but delay. And If ever time is money.
It certainly Is to th beneficiaries of a
favor tariff. The consumers of the country
were entitled to at least partial Immediate
relief. This congress gave and th presi
dent took away. His tenderness was all for
th few who profit by th present excessive
rates. He hardened his heart to the multi
tude who are compelled te pay the exorbi
tant prices which Include them.
Saye Playlen Politic..
"Not content with calling th majority In
congrsbS unscientific, incompetent and ig
norant. " continued Governor Harmon,
"though In-his vetoes he did so in parllamen
tary' phrase the president now. In public
speeches, charges them with insincerity.
employing -the ruder language of the
stump. He say they were 'playing politic.'
"This give a fellow feeling for Mesrs.
Clark and Underwood and their associates.
For when I set about the reforms In Ohio,
which I was elected to secure, I found
myself confronted by 4 general assembly,
republican In both branches, which under,
took to discredit my administration In
every way tt could. It smothered, or de
feated measures proposed to prevant fur.
ther grafting with th treasury funds, to
limit taxation and distribute It fairly, ta
reduce expenses and secure effective con
duct of the public business. Whan I per
sisted In . urging measure for those and
(Continued on Second Page.)
OFF TO COLLEGE.
ALMOST A PANIC IN GERMANY
Bush on the Berlin Bourse to Get Bid
of Securities Held.
BUN MADE ON THE SAVINGS BANKS
If Public Feellna Continues to Rise
Government Mar Issue State
ment Regarding Moroccan
Situation.
BERLIN. Sept. 9 The financial world
today experienced the worst day since the
beginning of the Moroccan crisis. It was
darker than any during the American
panic of 1907.
Although there were no developments to
Justify it, a feeling approaching panic wa
widely evident throughout Germany.
Newspaper offices were repeatedly queried
as to whether It was true that the mobili
zation of the German army already had
been ordered. A storm of selling orders
burst on the bourse. Further savings bank
runs were developed at Cologne, Essen.
Aix-Lee-Chapelle and other places, even
Including a Berlin- suburbs.
The break tn the American market, the
bad ' crop situation and the expectation
that th high cost of living would lead to
labor troubles all contributed to the sharp
decline tn price oa th bourse. Iron and
Electric shares declined from 4 -to point
and Canadian Pacific lost a
If public feeling rises the government
probably will be forced to Issue an official
statement -regarding the - Moroccan situa
tion, though It Is feared that this will in
fluence the negotiations tn an unfavorable
manner.
France -Prepares for Emergen or.
PARIS, Sept. . The text of Germany's
reply to France's proposals, offered with
a view to settling the Moroccan dispute,
only reached the French ambassador at
Berlin, M. Cambon, last evening.
No reliable information Is available tn
Paris concerning the details of Germany's
reply, but the general impression here Is
that much further negotiations will be
necessary before the Moroccan question Is
reached.
France appears to be slowly transferring
her ' troops to points eloser to the north
eastern frontier as an ordinary military
precaution, which It would be erroneous to
Infer means the expectation of war. The
movement means, in the opinion of per
sons well Informed regarding the situation,
only the heightening of France's prepared
ness for a deplorable contingency and a
reply to the considerable military activity
beyond the Rhine.
Illinois Central
Graft Case About
toje Settled
Suit Against Taylor, Former SuperJ
mtenaent of Lines North, is
Dismissed.
. CHICAGO, Sept. S. Another step in the
settlement of Illinois Centfsi railroad
"graft" cases waa taken today when the
suit agaiast John M. Taylor, former store
keeper of the road, was dismissed.
Similar 'suits against Charles L. Ewing,
former superintendent of lines north, and
Frank B. Harrimaa. former superintendent,
war dismissed some time ago. The trio
waa sued by the road for an aggregate aum
of CMO.OOO.
J. E, Miller's Douglas
Vote Surprise to Him
Had Just Asserted Any Man with Big
Vote Here Was in League
with Combination.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
1JNCOLN, Sept. 9 (6pedal.) Friends of
J. E. Miller, who lately won the demo
cratic nomination for regent of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, were looking over
the table of votea this week in the presence
of a number of other leading democrats
of the state. Coming upon the vote cast
In Pouglaa county for C. E. Harman,
nominee for- railway commissioner , the
local man asserted that the Holdrege man
apparently was very strong In that county.
"A man who gets that number of votes
must be In league with some combination
or other," he commented.
Going down the column a little farther,
however. Mr. Miller looked at hi own
vote. Much to his surprise he noted that
It waa In excess of that cast for Herman.
"Well, who were you tn league with."
aid a friend who saw the figures at the
same time.
"Humph." said Mr. Miller.
SAFECRACKER ADMITS GUILT
Arthur Heu, ITuatrunaj by Father's
Death, Confesses nnd Takes
Ten-Venr Terns.
IOWA CITT. la. Sept Special Tl-egram-)
Arthur Hess, a safe cracker, un
strung by his father's sudden death,
pleaded guilty today and waa sentenced
te ten year In Anaraoas--
STILL SCHOOL HOUSES TO BDILD
PLOTNER DENIES
ALL THECHARGES
Mitchell Man Under Arrest Insists He
Did Not Propose Doing Away
with Peter Quinn.
ADMITS WRITING LOVE LETTERS
Woman Who Eloped with the Accused
South Dakota Man Turns Against
HI in and Will Aid the
Prosecution.
MITCHELL. S. D., Sept. 9 (Special
Telegram.) To a group of newspaper men
today L. W. Plotner responded to some
queries concerning the letter that he Is
alleged by the Quinn family to have writ
ten to a party In Sioux City with the Idea
of arranging for the doing away of Peter
Qlnn. One letter written on the letter head
of the former sheriff gives the details as
to the matter of disposing of Quinn by en
ticing him to Sioux City, arranging a game
of card and then striking him in the head.
Carbolic acid was to be used ' to smear
over hi lip to allay all possible suspicion
of murder.
Plotner declared that there was abso
lutely nothing to the letters written and
that he had nothing to do with them. His
first two Initials were signed to on of
th letter. He declared it was an easy
matter for someone to get a letterhead
f"ji the office, which always stood open.
He also declares a false that member of
the Quinn family received a letter from
him in which he made a proposition to
pay a sum of money for letters which
they have In their possession and that
whatever letters they have are not detri
mental to him. He admits having written
some love letters to Mrs. Quinn and that
he went to Minneapolis to confer with the
Qulnns concerning them, but the others he
knows nothing of.
Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Johnson are relent
les in their pushing of the case against
Plotner. Mrs. Johnson Is Just as bitter as
she was at the time of the death of her
brother, when she called Plotner up over
the telephone and accused him of killing
Peter Quinn, declaring that she would get
him if she had to follow him to the day
of his death.
Plate's Attorney Herbert wired that he
would reach Mitchell about the middle of
next week and until that time there will
be no move made in the case of adultery
or the "charge of murder. . ,
La Follette Will Wait
Until December to
Make Up His Mind
Wisconsin Senator Desires to Hear
Taft's Message Before Announc
ing Himself as Candidate.
MADISON, Wis.. Sept. 9 Upon excel
lent authority It is. learned that Senator
La Follette will wait until after congress
convenes, early In December, before an
nouncing his candidacy for the presidency.
Although leading progressive republicans
throughout, the country have been com
ing out in Interviews endorsing him, he
will avoid haste to answer their call, pre
ferring to wait until alter President Taft
haa submitted his message.
Primarily the senator wants to find out.
It la said, what position the president will
assume toward what ar known as tha
progressive policies and his general stand
on departmental and administration Issue.
Spanish Strengthen
Their Outposts
Five Thousand Soldiers Sent to the
Coast of Morocco to Deal with
Natives.
M DRIP, Sept . Flv thousand Span
ish troop have received orders tfrom the
ministry of war to reinforce the Spanish
garrison at Melilia. on thfc Riff coast of
Moroooo.
The government's action is due to the
constant reports received from the com
mander of the garrison saying that the
natives continue to annoy the soldiers by
their attack on the Spanish outposts.
CdLLECTS MONEY ON POLICIES
WHERE PEOPLE STILL ALIVE
A sent Jenka of n Baltimore Life
Inenmnee Otmpnny la Held
In Ball.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. -Charles H.
Jenks, an agent at Columbia, Pa., ofthe
Baltimore Life Insurance company, waa
held In $1,000 bail by a United States com
missioner today on a charge of using the
malls to, defraud.
Postal Inspectors ssy that Jenks had been
systematically defrauding the company for
three years. It Is alleged he collected more
than $30,000 In death benefits on policies
of person who ar t!U alive.
ASTOR IS NOW A MARRIED MAN
Colonel Quietly Weds Miss Madeline
Talmage Force.
PAPEBS IN DAMAGE SUIT SERVED
After the Marriage Ceremony State
ment 1 Given Out nnd the Bride
nnd Groom Sell Awny In
n Yacht.
NEWPORT. R. t. Sept. 9. Colonel John
Jacob Astor and Madeline Talmage Force,
both of New Tork, were married early to
day at Beachwood, the bridegroom's New
port house. The bride was given away by
her father, William Force.
Others present at the ceremony were Mlas
Katherine Emmons Force, a sister of the
bride, and Vincent Astor, son of Colonel
Astor. Beachwood was beautifully decor
ated with flowers In honor of the event,
and the Noma, the steam yacht on which
the wedding party made the trip from New
York, was a veritable floating floral bower.
The Noma arrived in the harbor between
7 and 8 o'clockNthls morning and Vincent
Astor hurried to be the first person to
board the yacht. He was beaten In the
race however, by Deputy Sheriff Frank
P. King, who served Colonel Astor with a
writ of summons. Issued by a Providence
law firm representing Mr. Bridget Mc
Crohan and her children, in which dam
age of 30,000 are asked on account of the
accidental electrocution of Sirs. ' Mo-
Ctohan'a oldest son, Eugene, whUe working
at Beachwood tn July, 1910. McCrohnn was
employed by a "telephone company and
while inspecting the telephone wires in the
basement of Colonel Astor' summer house
he cime In contact with an alectric feed
wire, tha shock causing his death. The
writ is returnable In the superior court on
October 3 next.
Colonel Astor Nervous,
Vincent Astor Joined the party on board
the yacht and after all had had breakfast
Colonel Astor, Mr. Force, the Misses Force
and Vincent Astor cam ashore ' is the
Noma's motor boat, Colonel Astor handling
the steering wheel. The party Immediately
went in an automobile to the city ball,
where the marriage license was Issued.
During- the ctty hall proceedings, which
were witnessed by a score of newspaper
correspondents. Colonel Astor appeared
nervous, but Miss Fore seemingly was un
concerned. After the city hall formalities had been
concluded the wedding party motored to
Beachwood. where Rev. Joseph Lambert
of th Elmwood temple (Congregational) of
Providence was waiting and performed th
ceremony.
Miss Katherine Foroe was her sister'
bridesmaid and Colonel Astor's son, Vin
cent, was the best man. Others who were
present were Mrs. Force, the bride'
mother; Mrs. Elder of New York, friend of
the Force family; former Congressman
WUllam P. Sheffield of this city. Colonel
Astor's Newport attorney; William A.
Deboyn, Colonel Astor's secretary, and
Thomas Hade, who has been In Colonel
Astor's employ.
Astor Makes n Statement.
Fifteen minutes after the marriage cere
mony had been performed Colonel and Mrs.
Astor left In an automobile for the boat
landing at the foot of Wellington avenue.
A few momenta later they were on board
the Noma, which sailed immediately. The
destination of the yacht has been kept
secret.
Just before leaving Beechwood Colonel
Astor gave out this statement:
"Now that we are happily married. I
don't care how difficult divorce and remar
riage laws are made. I sympathise heartily
with the most straight-laced people In moat
of their Ideas, but believe remarriage
ahould be made possible, as marriage is
th happiest oondftlon for tha Individual
and the community."
When Colonel Astor and his bride de
parted from Beechwood for the boat land
ing they made th trip tn a taxicab hired
by one of the newspaper correspondents.
The Astor automobile was not at hand,
the chauffeur evidently believing that his
services would not be needed so soon. "Later
the correspondent whose taxicab waa used
as the bridal car was brought Into Newport
from the Astor residence In Colonel Astor's
automobile.
Shippers Object to
Railroad Practice
Five DolLus Per Day Eental for Use
of Refrigerator Cars is Alleged
to Be Too Much.
WASHINGTON. Sept. A vigorous
attack was made today before the Inter
state Commerce commission on the prac
tice Of many railroads of charging a
rental ef S5 per car for refrigerator car
not owned by th carriers themselves.
The complaint was made by the Gamble
Robinson Commission company of Minnea
polis, Minn., against the Ann Arbor rail
road and several northwestern railways.
Thes carrier. In handling perishable frtrtt,
hipped It tn refrigerator car owned by
private concern, th excuse being that
they did not own suob car themselves.
Th petitioner demand a refund for
the rental of St a car.
TTOMPT PEUVmi
INQUESN JURY
MAKESCHARGE
Kirkpatrick's Death Laid at Door of
Seldeu-Breck Construction
Company.
FIND FATAL BOOM WAS FAULTY
Score of Witnesses Agree on Details
of Accident on Woodmen of
World Building;- "God Only
Knows the Cause."
Responsibility for the death of E. E.
Klrkpatrlck. who accidentally was killed
Friday evening while working on the
Woodmen of the World building, was
placed upon the Slden-Breck Construction
company of St. Louis by the coroner's In
quest jury yeeterday afternoon.
After deliberating half an hour the Jury
decided that because of the faulty con
struction of the boom or arm of the crane,
which crumpled when a comparatively
light load was being lifted, the Selden
Brack company being the general con
tractor, was responsible. The verdict was:
"We, the coronet Jury, And that E. E.
Klrkpatrlck cajne to his death a the re
sult of the collopse of the boom on the
lifting crane, which, occurred September 7,
1911, between the hour of 6:30 and S o'clock
on th Woodmen of the World building on
th southeast oomer of Farnam and Four
teenth streets of Omaha, Douglas county
dying in th Omaha General hospital at
S.30 p, m. of the said day.
"We further find that the Seldan-Breck
Construction company was to blame for
said accident on account of faulty con
struction of the boom.
"JOHN DILLON, Foreman;
"WILLIAM SHEPP-ARD.
"JOHN FLTNN.
"M. E. Sullivan.
"B. M. ROBINSON.
"E. A. DAVIS."
Taking of evidence occupied several
hour. Nearly a score, of witnesses were
examined. Almost everyone agreed upon
the details of the accident, but the owner
ship of the crane could not be ascertained.
J. N. McDonald, superintendent of the
8elden-Breck company, said th crane had
lifted loads during the afternoon more
than twice the weight of th engine with
which the boom to buckled.
James Brandon of Council Bluffs, who
operated the engine which moved the
crane, said that Just before the accident
he had been removed to another Job, but
that he, too, had seen tha same boom
support the weight of load many time
as heavy as th angina When asked what.
In hi opinion, caused th accident, be re
Plied, "If a hard question to answer. In
my opinion God and the derrick know Just
what did cause it."
Geo. P. Bemis Weds
Mrs. Neff of Omaha
Former Omaha Mayor, Aged Seventy
Three, Weds Woman of
Forty-Three.
George P. Bemis, former mayor of
Omaha, aged 71, and Mr. Elisabeth A.
Neff, a well known Omaha woman, 43 year
of age. war married In Chicago yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Bemis telegraphed the
new to friends in Omaha and to The
Omaha Bee. Detail of th marriage and
information as to th plans for tha future
of Mr. and Mrs. Bern la hav not been re
oelvad in Omaha.
DIEQLE GETS THREE YEARS
IN THE OHIO PENITENTARY
GoBetwee nln Bribery Cnae Where
It Wn Sought to Corrupt
Legislators.
COLUMBUS. O.. 8pt. S-Rodney J.
Dlegle. former sergegnt-at-arms of tht
Ohio senate, who w convicted of aiding
and abetting alleged bribery, wa today
given three year In the penitentiary.
Dalgl' sentence wa suspended until Sep
tember IS, 1312 to allow th case to be car,
rled to the circuit court., If the court does
not bear the case on or before that time
a further uspnlon will be granted. He
was released.
Diegl was alleged to hav been the "go
between" for certain ' assemblymen. The
bribes. It wa charged, were offered by
detectives in a room of a local hotel, while
In an adjoining room other detective and
stenographer were secreted, recording the
alleged bribery conversation through a
telephone Instrument ' called the "dicta
graph." ,
The specific charge against Dlegle was
aiding and abetting- th alleged bribery
of Senator L. R. Andrew of Lawrence
county.
Democrats Hold Conference.
NASHVILLE. Sept. . Independent demo
cratic leaders of Tennessee held a confer
ence her today on the question of a policy
to govern the presidential nominee situa
tion tn this state. It la not unlikely that
the two party factions will unite on th
nstlonal Usu.
GRAVE EXCESSES ABE BEPOBTED
!
Populace Incensed at Detention of
Friends and Be La tires.
D00BS OF BUILDING THROWN OPEN
Imprecations Shouted Against Gov
ernment by Crowds in Street.
SOLDIERS MAKE ATTACK ON MOB
Ferocity of Assailants Too Much for
Small Force in City.
FORCED TO YIELD AT ONSLAUGHT
Trouble is Started by Reason of the
' Authorities Ordering; All Suspeete
Plneed In Custody of Health
Officials.
CHIA80O W A, Switzerland, Sept. S
Glola Del Colle, a city with a population
of ao.flOO In the Italian province of Bart De
La PuglU has, according to official ad
vloes received here, been the scene of
grave excesses In consequence of the
cholera epidemic now raging in Italy. The
disease Is said to have reduced the Inhabi
tants of Glola Del Colle to a condition of
dlsperatlon.
The authorities In an effort to stamp out
the Infection ordered that all persons at
tacked by cholera should be taken to a
hospital and that those who had been tn
contact with cholera victims be Isolated In
a neighboring building. The population, in
censed by these measures and convinced
that It was the Intention of the authori
ties to kill the patients and also those un
der observation, gathered to the number of
several thousand for the purpose of liber
ating their relatives and friends. The hos
pital was stormed and the building threat
ened with Incendiary destruction should the
mob be Interfered with in releasing the
cholera stricken Inmates. A small force
of Caribineers, aided by a few policemen,
attacked the crowds, but the ferocious
attitude of the demonstrators soon made
It apparent to the authorities that th
police were inadequate to cop with the
situation and In order to avoid bloodshed
the doors of the hospital were thrown
open. ,
The crowd rushed into th btuldlng,
brought out the cholera patients and car
ried them In ghastly procession through
th town. The streets were lined with peo
ple, who acclaimed the cholera victims
and shouted imprecations against the gov
ernment. All cholera suspects under ob
servation were also set free.. The Italian
government has dispatched troops to Glola
Del Colle.
Uncle Sam Plans
New Coast Defense
Searchlights to Spot Foreign Foes
Who Might Move Under Cover
of Darkness.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Realizing that
In the time of war a foreign foe, under
cloak of darkness, might creep close to
the coast line of the United States and
destroy the coast defenses, the War de
partment has planned a program of ex
tensive night target practice for a coast
artillery corps. One of the biggest drills
will be held at Fort Terry, N. Y., from
September U to ZL
The coast defense soldiers will fire at a
moving target 10x24 feet towed far out Into
Long Island sound by a tug. Tbe target
will be found by mammoth searchlights
and th projectiles, fired from three-Inch
guns, will be equipped with tracers espe
cially designed to show the trajectory of a
shell and aid the gun crew In accurately
aiming the rifle. The exercises are re
garded as fraught with such Important
possibilities that Brigadier General Eras
mus M. Weaver, chief of the coast artil
lery corps, and Captains Percy P. BlsUop
and James F. Howell have been detailed
to observe them.
The navy for om time ha been drilling
Its gunners In night firing, but In th past
the army has given tbe matter only In
termittent attention. This policy has now
been changed and the exercises at Fort
Terry will later be followed by similar
practice at Fort Casewell. N. C.
WALL STREET GIVEN A JOLT
Billion Dollnr Drop tn Trading- la
Experienced Slnea Latter
Part "ef July.
NEW TORK. Sept. . A Wall street tU
lsttctan estimated today that the net value
of securities traded In on the New Tork
stock exchange was 11,000.000,000 lees than
late in July, whan prices reached the high
point of the year. Quotations today fell
to the loweet svt of the year and whether
or not the estimate was accurate, the de
preciation In quoted values reached enor
mous proportions. ,
Canadian Pacific, the heaviest loser of
the day, declined back 6 points. It Is now -V
24 points below the hlKh price of the year.
The shrewdest students of the market
admit they are unable to ascertain th
direct cause of the heavy liquidation.
Base Ball Tickets
Boxes of O'Brien's Candy.
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who lihd their names In tan wm
ad.
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maybe more than once.
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scription to get Just read the
want ads.
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business bouse fa (be city renre
sutd.