v NIGHT EXTRA illrtiger ittiemn NIGHT EXTRA :c rr voii. n-No. 100 rinLAPJSLPlIIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910. Cortfiionr, 1010, lit mi rcstto Linoo CouriNt. PRICE ONE OBNT PLOT TO WRECK IRON PLANT IN OHIO BLOCKED Jlilitia Frustrate Strikers' Conspiracy in East Youngstown fOBDER NOW RESTORED One Man Killed, 40 Injured In Riota Fire Damage $1,600,000 rtroT vnttNGSTOWN. O., Jan. 8. A eontplracy by strikers to blow up tlio iunt Of tlio iiopuoiiu nun u-iiu oicci 1 Company tonight was frustrated by State ' lrJSL.,i..l "militiamen nvcrhennl the rtotwrs plans, nnd reported to Colonel f & C. Welbrccht. Brigadier Ocncral J N0 Speaks, commanding. Immediately or Vi,ni troops to guard the plant, r iTnv hlch-snlarlcd officials of the l&Teunratown Sheet nnd Tube Company 'IMay were summit "- '"'" " "- s'tant. If tho llres should go out the ifurnaccs would bo ruined. Tho lowest MUry Ot an- OI llit-ou "intium i uvw per year. 1 Doth the Youngstown nncci niui iimn I'? ..u ihi nenubllc Iron and Steel Com- P1 ranr were closed clown. Officials Bald no iM slttmpt would bo made to run the plants I Blltll StntC nnu cuinilj uintim.i iisomuii i them order woum h hihhuuiiii-u. Doth plants employ a total of 13,500 nun. O' "'Is number nbout C000 nro .irfkfrs. tho rest being forced Into Idle- i ns becauso tho plants could not oper ate. Yesterday ail inucpcimcni Ki-n compa nies here, following the lead of tho United BUtes Steel Corporation, Increased pay or all employes, numberli.tr, 20,000. This would bp 22 cents per hour for tho men tinir on strike, but union lenders said they i wuld hold out for all demands, Tho ' ttrtVers demand 23 cents an hour. The- Briar Hill Steel Company nnd tho f loungstown Iron and Steel Company, a though not affected by tho strike, agreed " to tho 10 per cent, wage Increase. Eut Youngstown was reported quiet early today. All rioting had ceased by I ('clock this morning. The State industrial commission tooay decided to send Fred C. Croxton, chief mediator, hero In an attempt to settle the strike. Croxton will bo accompanied by W. J. Boescl nnd George r. lilies as deputies. Ono person Is dead, 40 others were Inlured. half of them seriously; moro than 104 rioters nro under arrest and a loss of 11,600,000 was caused In n flre-swcpt areaof half a mllo square as tho result of last night's rioting. The rioting last night broke out In nn East Youngstown saloon. It was looted and the torch applied. Tho liquor was confiscated by tho ernzed mob nnd under Its Influence tho rioters marched from Wafce to place applying tho torch and aiootlng. KVWlhi orijiour Uio,JhaJfamlle,arca was- vsea or names., firemen irom loungs Nwn were called, but wero held back by tbe mob. .The rioters continued their worlc and fery tlmo there was any Indication the pre migtit mo uown tne torcn again was applied. s Among- tho buildings destroyed were Hamory's private bank, tho Knst Youngs toirn Dostoftlce. 12 saloons nnd scores of ikOalnesi houses of every kind. The num- wroi buildings razed is about oa. ;vIt was reported early today that the jojtofllce was looted befo're being burned, out -this cannot bo verllled. ''The plant of tho Youngstown Sheet and ,Taia Company today resembles a penl- Ueuary. Enrlr In the morning two com- nMes were ordered lnsldo the big plant's "jado to help tho 100 armed men who, wi wun repeating riues, nnu guarucu Vttoompany's property through tho night or terror, ,About 300 officers and employes, many f the latter girl clerks nnd stenographers, ire marooned In the plant. They cannot UW to their homes, and throughout the t were forced to got what little rest ;y could In whatever way they could, th morning came hunger. Some of the MI daring of tho clerks agreed to get woo. They left nnd one by one returned with WPllea they had been able to get. Stcn iraphers rolled up their sleeves and be came cooks, clerks forgot their dignity ml became waiters, and even clerical de partment heads did what they could to Kt tho meal ready nnd serve It. I; -THE WEATHER '"lYua.t has hprntrin nt flirt r.nnd nlil Hnvn Mhor a man could know that the sun JM up without having to remember that M learned tho fact of Ita dally occurrence m tils geography book In we wero go ij to say the llttlo old red Bchcolhouso the hill, but believing Jn the realistic .- wo win make It that hideous green White, building at the corner of and Trr "reels, if this keeps up those old "fWenrarten Inftinit.fntxa nhnnt luilnrr od little boys and girls carrying good- g u cneeriness "llko a ray of sun- pi -utrever place wo go" will Have Jte edited to read "llko nn old urn- SiS. accuracy. However, that day on jp "o maue all those ephemeral reso ,JJM to carry out certain drastic re J w our conduct from day to day l"Blor than a week nnst. nnd most-nf IioCt!' forgotten our promises and are ?rt lire once more. . "wonslns, as It wero, our weak past. Fonna.iftT Jr Philadelphia and vicinity Fair E8r ' "e"m" ri'f temperature i senile northerly winds 6c J"3 variable). felb tee page S. WST AND -FOTTNn STvT? . Waitn.la,),i5n,,JantJ,arrLa. iade, on E7N mill ,I T.. . ul 1UIC, . 8UIU1DI W. lif?.'i;.K..W' ty returufnc to Itooin BwiautiL fPiV evenlnjc. on or oear . 5jI? Si?' "i1"" containing ome BS?" tlnaiT,nVi7 .uu Vm." c"Hinic caroa. pLftoi jif notUf M- V- u- Montgomery, tK;ISlS!SB. & ? moth ier..?; fek?i ari?r,nenk w,utom K5SSffl.Mr. OwaldLChew Radnor. Pa Itfr 5 month? i..b,a5lc ?1J white witter MfiTTiSr2. 'Qto', -" Chcmtnut lllll 6-Tmi??ai. laa; hSfrtianui'', c.'V-ac watch 1 Kria8?."0, 31. 'brooch with PiUrtarJiJo",, "award If returned to tier fl- " - - l 4d o rwtt IK 4 al 17 'aDD and Birsky, Y. W. C. A. WOMEN PRAY FOR END r. tL L ' i ' - -J ' il i ii Ill nn i i. "This was a scene today in the Ccntrnl Y. W. C. A. Miss Emille WyckoflT YANKEE GABY WHO COST EMPEROR HIS THRONE DIES ON LONELY FARM Emma Linden Ran Away at 16, Came to Philadelphia, Thence to Brazil nnd Notoriety STARTED A REVOLUTION Ono day in 188." there. Jumped lightly oft n train In Uroail Street Station a Blip of a fjlrl, a pretty girl with happy blue eyes that wero forever dancing about from Right to sight and flattering even porters with gracious mnllcs. It wna Kmma Linden, then In her 10th year and only vaguely awaro of her abil ity to send Imperial crowns tumbling nnd Imperial thrones tottering, llko Gaby Des lys. Sho ltnow she could do it, but did not know there was to bo a chance. Pedro 11. Umporgr of Ilrazll, had not yet Been her. Sho was the "daby" of her day, a "Ynnltco 'Onby." She hat! run away from tho bleak llt tlo farm of her parents, four miles out sldo of Taunton, Mass., two--cars before, when she was-to. Yesterday, nlonc, -on that .same lUUe"b1eU nrtlIom!ly",New Englnnd farm, sho, died. NewB of her death reached friends In this city today. She was the hello of that trlto Now England community. Sho could havo married any one of the heirs to the pretty fartna nround Taunton. But she trilled with them nnd laughed them to scorn. Those roving blue eyes seemed to look out upon vistas of adventuro that the swains of Taunton and vicinity dreamed not of. RAN AWAY AT 16. JIary Anderson, the actress, was her Ideal. Mary had become an. actress nt tho age of 1C, and so Emma becaino an actress at the age of 16. She ran away from tho old farm, much to the disgust and sorrow of her parents, and went to Trovldence. She got a stage engagement at onco on tho strength of hor good looks, trnveled, and came to this city just In tlmo to meet jr. Ualbrlgga. n variety per former, who amused her so much that sho married him. In the course of tho travels of Halbrlgga and his charmlngj young wife, thoy found themsolves In Itlo do Janeiro. That gay and dashing capital, which, with half a dozen other Latin cities, shares the tltlo of "Llttlo I'arls," fascinated Emma. Sho loved the soft Portuguese of tho glided youth and, being a real American girl, sho loved the Idea of there being a King In town moro than a King, an Emperor, no less than his Imperial Ma jesty Pedro II, Emperor of all tho Brazils and of all the fierce lights that beat upon a throne, A shrewd eye would havo seen revo lution brewing In the cares; a nose for economics would have amelled revolution In tho balmy air of tho plazas and their military bands and betgnrs. If Emma saw and smelled It, sho didn't care. FALLS UNDER HORSES' HOOFS. Ono day she was out walking. In the distance there was the flash of awards of brilliantly uniformed and plumed guards on galloping horses, flags, music,' wnVing Continued on lae Thrrej Column One ALTRESEICLASSISON. RICHIAMATE IN ITALIA La Villa d'Este, Proprieta' di Francesco Giuseppe, K Stata Confiscata dall'Italia II Mlnlstero dclla Querra Itallano ha rlchlamato alle arml set altro clasal dl rlservlstl appnrtenentl alia fanterla ed all'artlsllerla da coata. Questl nuovl rlchl amatl devono presentarsl al rlspettlvl corpl II 12 del corrente meso dl gennalo. Jl generate Cadorna ha annunclato nel buo comunlcato ufflciale dl lerl che le truppe Italians operant! nella zona dl niva hanno attaccato dl sorpresa ed hanno conqulstato buona posizlono aus Irlaca a San Giovanni, II governo, Itallano ha confiscate la splendida Villa d'Este a Tlvoli, che era oroprleta' dell'lroperatore Francesco Giu seppe d'Auatrta. La villa e' stata tras formata in ospedale mllltare. (Leggere n 4a paglna le ultlme o plu dettagllato notlzle suUa sfuerra. In Hal Uno.) Cleveland's Cousin Gets Raise at 80 WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Miss Oynthia Cleveland, a cousin of former President Cleveland, today was promoted from a 11000 clerkship to a 1200 clerkship in the ollice of tho Auditor for the State and other departments by Secretary of tho Treasury MeAdoo, Mtsa Cleveland la nearly SO years of age. Montague Glass' New Characters, Dipeu$s "Preparefulness" in Their Inimitable, GRIP CAUSES 251 DEATHS IN YEAR'S FIRST WEEK HERE Mortality Rate Slightly Lower, but Epidemic Persists BIG FALL IN NEW CASES Statistics Throwing Light on Epidemic in City Total drntliM lnt urtk of Drcrmliir. 017 Tnliil dentin llrnt Mrfk of .Innunry.. 8.18 Tnlnl drnthH llrnt nrrk vl 101.1 33!) DrntliH from pneumonia flrnt uerk f lUtfl 231 n tinruninnlu ru,r rrnurti'it lunt uerk 3.18 Xru pneumonia coffN reported luitt wrrk nt Drrembrr 408 Statistics for the week, announced to day, show a slight falling oil In the city's deaths from all causes, but the percentage of deaths from pneumonia nnd all dls cases directly; .err Indirectly ..traceable to tlio grip epidemic Is still high and demon strates the necessity for tlio steps Di rector Krusflti and the Hoard of Health aro taking to prevent tho spread of grip nnd pneumonia. . . The now Health Director will announce' today or Monday a commission of promi nent physicians who will study the pneu monia epidemic. Its causes and preventive methods. There were KS deaths from all causes In the city In the first week of 1916, end ing today. Of these no fewer than 231 were caused by pneumonln and broncho pneumonia, but kindred diseases result ing from grip nnd heavy colds bring the epidemic total to a higher percentage. The total, however, falls 89 below last week's mortality, which was 917. Iu that week, the last of the old year, the results of tho grip epidemic were moat keenly felt. The most encouraging feature of to day's report Is that there was a big de crease In tho new pneumonia cases re ported, 258 for tho week as compared with 103 for the preceding week. Ono Interest- Continued on I'aB Tho, Column l'lte O'BOLGER RAPS MOVIES AS VULGAR, DISTORTING AND GROTESQUE MASS Board of Censors Also Comes in for Professor's Wrath in Attack on Films as Sub stitute for Drama AUDIENCE LAUDS BLAST ' "Vulgarity, distortion and groesquerle" were some of the (unllflcatlons attributed to present-day moylng pictures by T. Dennis O'Bolger. assistant professor of English at tho University of. I'ennsylva nla, In a lecture In Houston Hall this afternoon. He was equally emphatic In denouncing the board of censors, The auditorium was crowded and at various points n Professor O'polger's ad dress there was enthusiastic applause. Ills subject was "The- Drama, the Photo-play and Education." After tracing the history of the stage front Its earliest period, the lecturer said: "Tho Hoard of Censors that exist at present is only nn evil. It would bo a laughing stock If It were not that Its ex istence serves the reverse purposo of giving authority and Indorsement to scan dalously distorted travesties upon life. I put It to any thinking man to deduct from the next attempt at a serious repre sentation that he sees on "tho screen" the presence and consequence of the fol lowing paraphernalia, and say what the remainder will be; Drugs, drink, tobacco, firearms, daggers, rapine, fraud, -greasy-eyed animal passion, thievery, robbery, Continued on Pace blx, Column One Mercurial Cavortings on Winter's Coldest Day 6 a. in... , 19 7 a. m , 19 8 L !& ! Xo 10 u n t ? 11 a. m 22 12 noon ..,.. 24 1 p.m 25 2p.m 26. OF ILL LUCK Vaughan, secretary, led in prayer. ENTIRE CITY PRAYS THAT Y. W. C. A. 'JINX' MAY BE REMOVED Mrs. Cyrus D. Foss, a Vice Pres ident of Central Branch, Says a "Mysterious Something" Obstructs Progress BUILDING FUND TIED UP City-wide prayers to God to remove that Intangible something that seems to ob struct tho progress of the Young Women's Christian Association, nt 18th nnd Arch streets, nro being sent heavenward to day by Philadelphia women and girls In homes of wealth nnd of povcity. in fac tories, shops, offices nnd stores. Llko Jehovah led the Israelites escap ing from Egyptian slavery out of tho wilderness Into Urn Promised Land, ho tho women who foster the Young Wom en's Christian Association expect Mini to wipe nway .hut vague cloud of unrest, that Indcllnlte ill omen, unexplained and Inexplicable, that seems to howr over tho blg'homq nnd Its affairs. Whatever It Is, It has been, a "thyrn In ( the, flesh," of the nsKo'cjiatlpn.- n hns-ltooH 'In UfeTway' .ofttlje, progress which tho women in charge y.ipccica;. it uau thwarted progressive, moves; It has pre vented financial assistance at times. And now, human effort having pioved lm i potent to remove the mysterious obstacle, God Is being called upon to Intercede) for tho home which shelters girls. To win a tanglbto victory nt tho ex pense of the lntnnglble "things," n mass meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon. I'rayers will bo olfered at tho meeting nnd In all corners of tho city by women and girls, beseeching' Divine guldnnco for the board of managers of tho asc elation, when they mett Monday to dlscus3 the proposed federation with the Germnntown Y. W. C, A. nnd other matters affecting the association's welfare. The prayers nt tho meeting will be led by Miss Emlllo Vaughan, tho new reli gious secretary, under whoso leadership the light against tho "thing" Is progress ing. Individual prayer also is asked of all young women of the city, to remove the blighting enigma, At bedsides, In soft carpeted rooms and small ballrooms, Continued on 1'nge Slv, Column Tho THIEF UNDER HER BED, SHE DIDNT FAINT; SHE CAUGHT HIM, A FRIEND Miss Lizer, Demure Stenog rapher, Didn't Recognize His Protruding Feet, So He Was Landed in Jail FROM HER "HOME TOWN" ' The presence of mind of a demure miss today led to -the capture of an alleged burglar n her room, after a thrilling hand-to-hand battle between the man and her rescuers. Apd, the Intruder, H develops was a friend of the girl. Ha didn't know that he was robbing- her and she didn't know that It was he who wW'under" her bed, for only his feet protruded and Bhe didn't recognize them. J Whenfthe'dtist'Ct,battle had cleaned and the man -surrenderedho looked at her In amazement. "Great Scott!" .he exclaimed. "Miss Lizer, I djdnt know this Is your room." Miss Mamie Lizer, for thqt Is the hero ine's name, should have fainted, as story book herolncs-UHually da under such cir cumstances. But sho didn't. She looked at him. Miss Lizer, who la a, stenographer rooming at . UiU Chadwlck street, was taking her purse from her, bureau this morning, preparatory to going to work, when she noticed that it had been emptied of several dollars. She had just eaten breakfast. Then she remembered having heard a strange noise as she entered her room and-rhorriral There was a. pair of feet sticking out from under the little white bed men's feet, A conventional thing to do would have been to scream. But. Miss Lizer merely hummed a little tune and quietly left the room- When she returned John Luff berry,, head of the liouehpld, was with, her. He pulled the Intruder out and the man showed nht. Luffberry, who la handy with his, fists, dragged the man Into the centre of the room and attenipted to overpower him. The intruder, a long, rangy chap, put up a fierce tight.' He. gained his fee and soon wa "swapping swats" with Luff- YiiatlaiMd oa Pace Klae, Column nrite 3 YEGGMEN SHOT FIGHTING POLICE IN POWDER TOWN Five Captured in Act of Robbing Postofiice at Pennsgrove CITIZENS JOIN BATTLE Officials, "Tipped Off," Lie in Ambush Swamps Searched for One Who Escaped Armed bandits battled with police nnd postal Inspectors nt Pennsgrove today when they were cnught In tho net at rob bing the postofiice. Mnny Bhotn were exchanged, three of tho bnndlts being wounded. I'lvo of the men were enptured nnd four escaped. Ono of them Is now being hunted by police nnd mined citi zens in a swamp near Pennsgrove. That tlio men had planned wholesale lohberlcs of buuku, trust companies and i post offices In the vicinity of Philadelphia i nnd Camden was the belief expressed by Chief Poitnl Inspector Cortelyou nt the hearing today. Memoranda found In their pockets, the completeness of their pnrn phernnlln, which experts declnro to bo the most up-to-date and cffectlvo burglar tools they havo ever seen, wero respon sible for this declaration on the part of Inspector Cortelyou. The fight, which stirred the town, oc curred shortly nfter 3 o'clock this morn ing. .Suspecting that nn attempt would bo made to rob tho postofiice, postal In spectors and police surrounded the build ing nnd waited nil night, ftom behind porcli railings, nwnlngs nnd boxes. Tlio spoils which tho men wero after was tho pay df tho employes of tho du Pont plant, being sent through tho Post ofllco Department to their wives nnd rela tives. POLICE CLOSE IN". Tim yeggmen entered tho building, which la nt Main nnd Ponn streets, by Jimmying open the front nnd back doors. When they turned on tho lights to go about tho work of blowing tho safe tho policemen In ambush "rushed." Chief of Pollco Harbison, who lead tho rush to tho front door, called upon tho nllcgcd yeggman on guard to throw up ihls hands. Tho man's nnswer wns to lire point blank nt the officer. Harbison drew his revolver nnd returned the lire and tho man fell with a bullet In his arm. Tho Bhota ringing out In tho clear, crisp nlr nwoko Pennsgrove nnd caused the bandits to drop their tools nnd try to es cape. Cut off by tho rush of the police nt tho front door, they turned to tho back, but tho postal Inspectors, led by Inspector Wynne, blocked their wny. A pitched battlo ensued. CITIZENS JOIN" BATTLE. Bullets whizzed through the doors nnd Imbedded themselves In the houses ncrnss ttio, strau TbQpancs of glass' In tho ooal olllco wcrb 'snnttcrcd by the fire from tho attacking party. Citizens of Pennsgrove nnd workmen snatched up the weapon nenrest at hand and rushed for tho scene of action. Ono man was trying to gather up his tools from In front of tho safe. He turned to moot the rush or the olllcers and drew a revolver. Ho was shot down In his tracks, moro than 100 buckshot entering his body. Tho struggle, wns carried' outsido tho building nnd tho combatants fought on tho lot on which It stands. Ono man, al though wounded, managed to escape and entered a nearby swamp. The police and armed citizens havo surrounded tho swamp nnd his capturo is expected before nightfall. The men who were captured aro John JInyo, of St. Paul, Minn.; Frank Mntson, of Gnlesburg, HI.: Charles Collins, of Bos ton; Henry Hamilton, who said he lived In Philadelphia, and Frank Stevens, of Gnlesburg, HI. Matson, who was guard ing tho front door, wns shot In tho right arm. Mayo, who was working at the safo, has mora than 100 buckshot In his arms, face nnd body. Collins was shot through tho left hand. All wero treated at tho Cooper Hospital In Camden. -THREE ESCAPE. Another man, Prank Stntton, of San Francisco, was wounded, but escaped to the Hwamps. Three other men, accord ing to Chief of Police Harbison, escaped and boarded the 4:47 train on tho Penn sylvania Railroad as It was pulling out of the station. The other poucemen wbo aided In the capturo wero Pcttlt, Money and Norton, of the Pennsgrove police. The postal In- Continued on l'acs Three, Column Four WINTER'S COLDEST DAY Mr. Fahrenheit's Invention Gives Cold Comfort to Chilly, but "Snap" Is Not for Long It Is cooler today than It has been any tlmo this winter. At S o'clock the ther mometer registered, officially, IS degrees, the lowest temperature of the present season. According to tho Weather Bureau, Phil adelphia Is on the lower edge of a low temperature area created by the sweep of-a cold wave from the Hudson Bay re gion. The full force of the wav,. Is cen tred over New England and northwestern New York State. In Albany the tempera ture this morning was 2 degrees; In Bos ton It was 10, and In New York city, 14. The forecaster, however, does not ex pect the "snap" to be of long duration. He predicts It wll be warmer auln to night. There Is no xkatlng In .Falrmount Park yet. although on some of the smaller ponds n the suburbs there la Ice thick enough for skating. GALLANT NEAHLY LOST EYE Catches Fainting Woman, But Oh, That Hatpin! A man who rose from bis seat among (he spectators In Central I'olice. Station today to catch a young woman who swooned was struck In the eye by her hatpin and painfully cut. He almost lost the sight of his eye. for the pin came but a fraction of an Inch (win the puplh The man refused to give his name. The woman who fainted was Miss Flor ence Robjnson. The sight of her brother iu the prisoner's dock, charged with larceny, was too much for her. Hhe'stood up, screamed and then fainted. She wus revived by pr. John W'anamaker, 3d, the police surgeon at City Hall. Charles Robinson, her brother, of 233T Slgel street, was held in J WO for court, charged with stealing; a revolver from the American Brlckette Company, 25th street and Washington avenue. QUICK braves sold; haughton to head new club BOSTON, Jim. 8. Jnmes Gaffney this afternoon sold tho Boston Nnttonnl baseball team (the Braves) to Arthur O. Wise, of Brookllne, Mass., of the firm of MUlctt, Rowe & Hagan, and Percy D. Haughton, the Harvard football coach. Haughton will succeed Gaffney as president of the Braves. TODAY'S FINAL ICE HOCKEY SCORE Chestnut H1U Academy, 1 Germantown High School, O, ITALY CALLS RESERVES TO COLORS ROME, Jan. 8. Six classes of field and coast artillery reservists have been called to the colors. They will begin reporting January 18. Swarthmorc College Fresh, 23; Swarthmore High, 21. Flmu. TO REIMOVE GARY FROM STEEL BOARD, RUMOR NEW YORK, Jan. 8. A battle to unseat Judgo E. II. Gary as directing licntl of tho United States Steel Corporation Is In Its preliminary stages, accord ing' to rumors current In Wnll street todny. Henry C. Frlck, tho Pittsburgh steel magnate, who la a director of tho Steel Corporation nnd Is reported to hold tho votes of many other directors, Is reported to bo a probablo candldato for chairman of tho Steel Corporation. MORE STEEL COMPANIES ADVANCE WAGES NEW YORK, .Inn. 8. Announcement has been mado by tho Colorado Fuel nnd Iron Company thnt tho wnges of employes will bo advanced to tho same basis us the United States Steel Corporation. SHARON", Pn., .Inn. 8. Tho Knox Pressed and Welded Steel Company has posted a notice nt Its plant here announcing nn Increase In wages and tho adoption of n bonus plnn for Its employes. PITTSBURGH, .Inn. 8. The employes of tho Fannio and Ella furnaces--ai i West Middlesex have been notified of an increase In wages of 10 per cont.,"s effective Jnnunry 1. YUAN SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED STROKE OF APOPLEXY TOKIO. Jnn. 8. Yunn Shl-kal. who recentlv accented tho throno of China. has suffered a stroke of apoplexy nnd unconfirmed reports received hero today. VOORUEES DOING WELL, PHYSICIAN REPORTS ROCHESTER, Minn., Jnn. 8. Theodore Voorhccs, president of tho Head ing Rullwity, Is doing "as well ns could be expected," wns tho only statement Dr. William Mayo, his physician, would Issuo todny. Tho railroad man under went nn operation January 4. MARYLAND MAY SELL NORTHERN CENTRAL STOCK It hna been proposed by it member of the Maryland State Tax Commission Hint the Stute's mortgage on tho properties of the Northern Central Hallway bo sold for $3,000,000 cash, tho proceeds to bo used In mnklng up tho deficit In unpaid Stntc appropriations and for tho retirement of two Maryland Stato bond Issues. The condition of tho Btnto's finances hnu caused much dfscusslon as to a disposition of this asset recently. FIRE DRIVES SISTERS AND CHILDREN FROM CONVENT' MARLUORO, Mass., Jnn. 8. One hundred nnd twenty-five children and 41 sisters wero forced to flee a flro today In tlio St. Anne's Convent for Girls here. Within a few minutes nfter the' lire gong hml sounded, because of tho herolo worlc of the sisters nnd the fact that tho children had been thoroughly drilled, the building was emptied. The sisters at tho risk of their lives remained In the building until every child had been saved. The sisters then saved the blessed sacrament nnd other sacred things In the school. FORD PARTY ARRIVES IN HOLLAND AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8. The Ford peace party arrived In Holland from Copenhagen todny by special train through Germany. They received most conslderato treatment whllo traveling across German soil. GERMAN AGENTS PLY ABYSSINIANS WITH GOLD ROMR, Jan. 8. Germnn ngeuts, plentifully supplied with gold, ore work ing to bring Abyssinia Into the great world war, and Count Colli dl Fells zano, the Italian Minister nt Adls Abebn, has informed the Foreign Olllco that precautionary measures should bo tnken. Abyssinia on threo sides Is bordered by British colonies, and strong Gor-j. man influenco Is being exerted to bring nbout an uprising of the Mohammedan population against the British. There has even been a strong pro-German propaganda introduced at the Abyssinian court. GRAND JURIES TO PROBE MUNITION PLOTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Grand Jury Investigations In soveral cities Into conspiracies of foreign agents to destroy munition plants and otherwise Inter fere with tile furnishing of supplies to the Allies nre to be made during tho next two or three months, according to Department of Justice otllclals todayv Tho department la withholding details of Its movements along this line, stl ob not to give notice to conspirators In localities which are to be affected. GERMAN GUNS REPLACE SHORTAGE OF MEN PARIS, Jan, 8. Tha Germans have already begun to toplace their shortage of men with an increased number of weapons, says La Llberte. According to this report a few of the men aro armed with deadly, non-recoiling automatic rifles capable of firing 10 shots before they aro recharged. Machine guns con cealed in Invisible concrete shelters replace an entire company. DUAL. MONARCHY HEADS IN CONFERENCE LONDON, Jan, 8, A Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam states that at a jojnt conference In Vienna, 'presided over by Baron Burlan, the Austro-Hungarlaa Foreign Minister, It Is understood the economical and financial position of the Dual Monarchy was discussed. Thoso attending the conference Included Count Kurl von Stuergkh, the Austrian Premier; Count Stephan Tisza, the Hungarian Premier; General von Krobatin, the War Minister, and Finance Minister voai Ifoerber. ARABS IN BERLIN DENOUNCE FRENCH RULE H10HL1M. Jun. 8.-A frrpnt Anih Tunis and Algeria was held hi Berlin yesterday. Sheik Saleh, a descendant ot,t Mahomet, from Tunis, In an eloquent speech denounced French rule in northern Africa and declared that now tho moment hud'eomo for the races there to tak for justice and the right to live their own Uvea in an Independent state. Jttw ' sentiments wero enthusiastically approved by the meeting. CHINESE REBELS LOOT CUSTOM HOUSE CANTON, China, Jan. 8. One hundred armed men attacked and looted the Chinese Custom House, on tho boundary ers posted, proclamations describing themselves as rebels. Further trouble i expected hero at any time, as it Is believed that the rebels havo corrupted tht Government troops. GENERAL BINGHAM MAY BE N. Yf PRISON HEAD ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 8. General Theodore 4. Bingham, fprmer Colics Cmp nilssloner of New York, can be John B. Riley's successor as State, SUperia,iliir of Prisons. It Is up to General Bingham, tq say whether be wilt serve. He Kt undecided. Ho wants to remain a private citizen and follow Ills. prpfeJouVn; s! engineering, and he loathes "mixing up In politics again," as he describe jfc But Governor Whitman has assured the General that there wllj not be 49 politics In the Prison Department If he NEWS Is In a serious condition, according to II ( flpmniiutnitlnn fnr Mm Tmlpnmiripnort fit w A of Kowloon, It Is learned. The maraud beads it. Way on Page & 3 it I l 4 n Nl . Ji K i - '- ' i a