The
Fulton County News
, McConnellsbnrg, Pa.
WAR MADE IMPOSSIBLE.
If all the "advanced" Ideas were
adopted It would seem thnt war would
soon be mndo impossible. Many
chrmes have been exploited In the
shape of skillfully written newspaper
or magazine articles, but the building
of big warships continues. The latent
claimant for attention at Washington
Is nn Individual who has conceived
the brilliant plan of having fblpa
carry a reel of barbod wire at the
stern, so arranged that nn end can be
thrown overboard while tin; vessel
steams swiftly around the enemy un
til the hitter's propellers r.re so tan
gled up that they cannot turn. Then,
says the inventor, "nil the fleet need
Is to sail away and leave Its enemy's
men to starve and lis ships to rust."
Hut the naval authorities have died
away this most impressive sugges
tion nitng v.i'h that of the, man who
a few years ns;n wanted the govern
ment to adopt a projectile filled with
a gas that would anaesthetize nil on
board an enemy's ship, so that capture
would be easy. The day of the Inven
tor Is not yet past. Nor that of the
crank.
WEEK'SRECORDOFTHENEWS
Lapanofaxic view op the interesting
OCCURRENCES OF SEVEN DAYS. "
When the summer vacation season
opens the rush of Americans to Eu
rope taxes the capacity of the outgo
ing steamships. Long before the end
of the summer vacation season the
pressure of the returning tide of trav
el Is felt. People who desire to Jour
Bey in comfort and who neglect to en
gage their passage a long time ahead,
2nd themselves at the present Junc
ture obliged to pay extreme prices or
wait A special from Ilerlln tells ol
a wealthy New Yorker who wanted to
come home and applied for first-class
accommodations on the Hamburg
American line. Tho cheapest price
1st which he could procure a cabin
fculte, he found, was $2,000. The
iiorth German Lloyd boats are sim
ilarly crowded, both companies be
ing "booked up" for several weeks. It
pays the ocean traveler to bo forehanded.
The house fly is frequently expound
ed upon as the most dangerous dis
ease purveyor of summertime, soys
Chicago Journal. Let us not forget
that the rat is also a dangerous ma
rauder, and a menace to public health.
Ban Francisco employs 30 rat trap
pers, who average more than 8,000
rats a month captured, and unknown
armies of the pesta poisoned in the
sewers. Chicago should take meas
ures to rid herself of the rat plague,
which not only facilitates the dlatlbu
tlon of disease but causes an annual
loss of thousands of dollars by its
sharp teeth and inordinate appetite.
A dispatch from Honolulu says that
doctors have succeeded in isolating
the germ of leprosy, that they are
now trying to develop a Berum, and
that this means ultimately the cure
for the disease. Unfortunately this is
not the first time that we have been
told we are on the eve of the discov
ery of a cure for leprosy. Hut it la
48 years since Hansen discovered the
bacillus of leprosy.
They are laughing at a man in easi
New York who, waking suddenly,
hot off his big too thinking his foot
was the face of a burglar. Chicago,
which brags of its size in everything
but feet, bus the incident already
noted for Its comic almanac of next
year.
Don Jaime, the Spnnltih pretender,
announces that he will not resort to
violence for tho purpose of securing
the throne. We predict that he will
fall if ho attempts to coax Alfonso
to give It up.
A St. Louis astronomer has discov
ered a sun spot 50,000 miles wide and
Massachusetts astronomer has found
new comet. Nevertheless we expect
things to move along the earth about
as usual.
If anything can revive the Shake
speaean drama the rendering of "As
Tou Like It" in Esperanto will do it.
Kven if it were dead It would rise up
and kick.
It may be true that tho average
American eats 62 pounds of sugar a
year, but ho does not act the part
when the umpire makes a bad decision.
Being chauffeur to an aeroplane Is
exhilarating, but for a fat man who is
fond of his meals and his fireside
Ashing Is better.
A Chicago man has a fiddle that
has been played for 400 years. It does
not state how many men It has driven
to drink.
It would seem that about tho only
way for en aeroplane to get into print
Is to break In. ,
Peoplo who buy their literature by
the pound 1II never finish cracking
Jokes about Dr. Eliot's Ave feet of
took.
A girl accomplished a swimming
feat in Boston that man failed to do.
but then girls are more "buoyant"
than men.
Events That Male World's History
Gathered From All Over the
Globe and Chronicled in
Briefest Form.
rOLITICAL ECHOES.
Ex-Governor Odell, at Newhurg,
N. Y., announced that he was out of
politics.
Returns from the state primaries
In New Hampshire showed tho nom
ination of Bass, the Progressive can
didate for governor.
Tho Republicans carried Vermont
in the state election by a decreased
plurality, electing the entire state
ticket, both members of congress and
a majority of the legislature.
United States Senator Robert M.
T.n Follette has swept the stato of
Wisconsin In the prlinary election for
renomlnation, defeating his opponent,
Samuel A. Cook of Noenah, by from
three to five to one.
WASHINGTON.
It Is said here that President Taft
In his next annual message to con
gress will renew his recommendation
that an act be passed providing for
the federal Incorporation of all con
cerns engaged in, interstate trade.
Official instructions indorse the in
terpretation of the new customs order
made by the United States consul gen
eral at Paris.
Following foreign protests the Uni
ted States government plans a com
plete revision of Its customs regula
tions regarding textiles.
'The international court of arbitra
tion handed down Its award in the
Newfoundland fisheries case at The
Hague, giving to Great Britain the
right to make reasonable regulations
for the Industry without the consent
of the United States.
PERSONAL.
Mayor Frank P. O'Brien of Bir
mingham, Ala., died suddenly at the
Burn Brae private hospital at Lands
down, Pa. Death was due to apo
plexy. Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, solicitor
general of the United States, lifelong
friend of President Taft, died at the
Hotel Tournlne, Boston. Death came
suddenly, the result of a cardiac
thromhns, which ended an illness of
a month due to an attack of bron
chitis. William Holman Hunt, O. M., D.
C. L., the painter and one of the
founders of the pre-Raphaellte move
ment in English art, died in London
aged eighty-three.
Ex-President Roosevelt spent a day
In Milwaukee.. He inspected the
city's schools, attended two lunch
eons and a dinner and addressed two
audiences at night.
An ovation was given to GlfTord
PInchot by tho national conservation
congress In St. Paul.
President Taft, back in Beverly,
expressed satisfaction with hlu St
Paul trip.
GENERAL NEWS.
Naw York has Its heroes. One man
fclllod himself rather than girt up bis
flood winnings to bis wife. j
Claude Grahnme-Whlte's aero
plane was smashed at the Harvard
aero meet at Atlantic, Mass.
Ex-Senator Goodsell. b"e?lnnlng
with no margin, made about $24,000
in Wall street In four years, accord
ing to a record brought out at the
legislative investigation in New York.
At the hearing In New York before
the interstate commerce commission
nn official of the Wabash railroad
said that the Increase in wages on his
road was due to the Increase in busi
ness. Thirty lives were lost when Per
Marquette car ferry No. 18, bound
from Ludington to Milwaukee, went
to the bottom of Lake Michigan, half
way across the lake. The dead In
clude Capt. Peter Kilty and S. F. Se
zepanek. purser and wireless opera
tor, whose signals brought assistance.-
A hurricane caused damage to
buildings In San .Tuan, P. R., tore
down trolley and electric light wires
and checked railway traffic.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
addressed the Mexican war veterans
at Indianapolis. It was announced
that this would be the last meeting
of the national association.
The fight of the Eastern trunk lines
to raise freight rates, opposed by va
rious shinpers' organizations, began
in New York before Interstate com
merce commission representatives.
The United States infantry rifle
men won the Dryden trophy match on
ranges at Sea Girt, N. J.
Five members of the congressional
Investigating committee at Minneapo
lis, a majority of those present, voted
to condemn Balllngcr, but Chairman
Nelson refused to accept the verdict
as conclusive.
Uhlan trotted a mile In 2:01 to
wagon at Hartford, Conn., beating
the best time on record.
President Taft. on way home from
St. Paul, received assurances that he
had gained utrength in West.
Florence Rumph, aged eighteen of
Bloomfleld, N. J., after brooding for
a year over her failure to pass with
her class Into the high school, took
carbolic acid.
President Taft in his St. Paul speech
urged maintenance of state rights In
dealing with conservation question
and new laws to permit leasing of
government conl deposits that Pacific
coast may get benefit of Alaskan fuel
supplies. He admits water power
monopoly may be a threatened dan
ger. A good government league was
launched In Louisiana, with a fund
of S50.000; resolutions denounced
Senator Sanders and bosslsm.
Mrs. Edward Chapman of Little
, Neck, L. I., allowed bereelf to be fa
tally burned while she put out fire in
the clothing of her buby boy.
8enator Beverldge argued for fed
eral control of natural resources be
fore the national conservation con
gress In St. Paul, and J. J. Hill de
fended state control.
Edward T. Rosenhelmer was held
criminally responsible by a coroner's
Jury for killing Grace Hough while
Motoring in New York.
Postofflce authorities In New York
plan to put out of business more than
a score of fraudulent land companies.
Governor Crothcrs ' of Maryland,
who is making a personal investiga
tion of the Baltimore police depart
Dient, says coruine dealers have paid
thousands of dollars fey proteston.
Democratic members of the Ballln-ger-Plnchot
investigating committee
made public a report of their findings
in Minneapolis. It Is unfavorable to
Secretary Ballinger. Representative
Madison, Insurgent Republican, made
a separate report.
The Rev. William T. Hubbard, de
posed pastor of the Baptist church of
Poughkcepsie. N. Y., called a council
of pastors and laymen of churches in
his section, and it declared him re
moved illegally. He now plans a
fight In the courts.
Grahame-Whlte made the first
round at the Harvard-Boston aviation
meet to win the $10,000 prize for the
quickest flight, to Boston Light and
return twice over, offered by the Bos
ton Globe.
Mayor Gaynor of New York Indig
nantly denied that nny one was au
thorized to boom him for governor.
He said the story that he counten
anced the attempts to drag him Into
the political situation was "a lie." lie
said he was out of politics.
Magistrate Higginbothamof Brook
lyn was held on n charge of assault
preferred by Miss Mary Hickey, wha
testified he Insulted her in his private
office In the Bedford avenue police
court, where he presides.
Judge William II. Andrews, a re
tired member of the New York bar,
and his wife's sister, Mrs. Nlcollne
Neilfon. were killed when their auto
mobile turned turtle after going over
a Btone wall on the Durham road a
few miles from Mlddlctown, Conn.
Ex-President Roosevelt in his ad
dress before the national conservation
congress, in St. Paul, paid a tribute
to President Taft on the latter's
speech of the day before from the
same platform.
A man who fought hls'way to The.
odore Roosevelt and called him a liar
gave a bad scare to a group around
the former President at Island Park,
In Fargo, N. D. Mr. Roosevelt seized
the man and helped to eject him from
the platform.
The police estimated that about
70.000 men and women took part in
the "parade of prosperity" In New
York City. There were 40,000 gar
ment workers in line, who thus cele
brated the strike they recently won.
Kittle Nice Perle. leading woman
playing at the White City at Lnke
Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass., ar.d
her husband, Louis Perle, musical
director of the company, were
drowned while out rowing.
The $5,000 booty of the Hudion
(N. Y.) highwaymen, who held up
and slew Denton Fowler and his col
ored driver, was found hidden and a
clue obtained to the murderers of the
paymaster and his driver.
The Brazilian line freighter Tan
ajoz was rammed In the fog fifty
miles off Sandy Hook by a three
masted Rchooner that disappeared In
the mist and whose fate is problem
atical. The freighter returned to
New York.
Ex-Governor Hoke Smith was nom
inated by the Democrats at Atlanta
to succeed Gov. Joseph M. Brown, by
whom Smith was defeated two years
ago. He was also indorsed for Presi
dent of the United States in 1912.
FOREIGN.
Seven officers of the Queen's Own
Canadians are ill with typhoid fever
in London.
Newcastle bollermakers refused to
sanction a settlement of the dispute
growing out of the riveters' strike,
and the English shipyards may be
forced to cease work.
A dispute between employers and
employes at tho Oldham mill may
cause a lock-out in all the English cot
ton factories.
One of the German dirigibles in
the army maneuvres was captured,
and the officers on the other mistook
tree trunks for guns, resulting in the
flanking of the army with which It
was engaged; the kaiser was in the
field for twelve hours.
Cardinal Vannutelli, papal legate to
the Eucharlstlc congress at Montreal,
received formal welcome from the
Quebec and Dominion governments.
Floods threatened the cities of
Osaka and Kobe, in Japsn, and have
caused heavy damages in the northern
provinces of Hondo.
English and Continental bankers in
London do not favor the American
proposal of railroad validation cer
tificates for. cotton bills of lading, ac
cording to a special cable dispatch.
Lieutenant Helm, of the Twenty
first Nassau Regiment of Germany,
was arrested at Portsmouth on the
charge of being a spy, and remanded
to Winchester jail.
Twelve thousand miners employed
In the pits of the Cambrian company
in Wales decided to go out on strike
as the result of a notice given by the
company to a few men who have been
out eighteen months on a dispute
over wages,
Charles Clark, an engineer of
Cleveland, Ohio, was robbed in Paris
of $960 by a classical confidence game
worked upon him by three Americans,
chance acquaintances whom he met
on the boulevards.
The ministers of foreign affairs and
finance, for Brazil, and Senor Ciaudio
Pinllla, for Bolivia, signed a trade
treaty.
Mrs. Aimee Saglio, an American
woman, reported that she had been
robbed of Jewelry valued at $20,000
while on a train bound for Lourdes,
France.
Vice-President Ellas Fernandez Al
bano, who has been acting president
of Chile since the beginning of the ill
ness of President Montt, which result
ed fatally, died suddenly of heart dis
ease at Santiago.
Japan formally protested to China
againBt attacks in the Pekln newspa
pers. Mr. Dickinson, secretary of war, ar
rived at Hong Kong. He said he was
astonished at the progress noted In
the Philippines.
German and English designers are
reported from Berlin to be working
on plans tor "cruiser destroyers, a
new type of battleship which it Is
claimed will outclass the dread
noughts. Sir W. W. Thompson, at a meeting
of the British association at Sheffield,
announced that he hoped soon to an
nounce the discovery of positive ions
of electricity,
Mr. Humphreys opened the case
for the crown against Dr. Crlppen
and MIbs Leneve In the Bow street
police court, London. He said that
poison had been found iu the body
unearthed In the Crlppen home. The
charge against Miss Leneve has been
changed to one of accessory after the
fact.
The striking coal miners at Bllboa
ar.d Saragossa, Spain, returned to
work.
The murder of a policeman, his
wife and si children, near Regjjlo di
Calabria, Italy, Is ascribed to the
vetigounce of the Black Hand society
of New Voik.
THIRTY LIVES LOST
THIRTY-FIVE RESCUED
One Woman and a Passenger
Among the Victims.
AID WIS SUMMONED BY WIRELESS
Pere Marquette Car Ferry, No. 18,
Lost In the Middle of Lake Mich
igan Vessel Carried Crew of 60
Eight Bodies Are Recovered Car
Ferry, No. 17, Responds to Appeal
for Aid and Brings In the Survivors
Loss to Vessel and Cargo Will
Amount to Over Half a Million Dollars.
Ludington, Mich. (Special). Thirty
lives were lost when I'cre Marquette car
ferry, No. IS, bound from Ludington to
.Milwaukee, went to the bottom of Luk.'
.Michigan halfway across the lake.
The dead include Capt. Peter Kilty, of
Ludington; fS. F. Sczcpanck, of Chicago,
purser mid wireless operator, whose sig
nals of distress brought assistance to the
sinking steamer, and two members of the
crew of cur ferry, No. 17, who lost their
lives in nn effort to rescue the crew of
No. 18.
Kli Colbcan, of Saginaw, Mich., n mem
ber of the crew of No. IN. would make a
thirty-lirst victim, but it is believed that
lie was not on board when No. 18 set out
from here on her fatal trip.
The steamship company issued a list
of 35 names of survivors of the wreck,
all members of the crew, and most of
whom were brought here on I'cre Mar
quette car ferry, No. 17.
Eight bodies were recovered, six being
brought here on car ferry, No. 17, and
two being taken to Milwaukee on car
ferry, No. 20.
There was a moment of intense silence
as the big black steamer came through
the piers into the harbor. The men and
women turned upon each other and
fought and struggled with insane eager
ness to get first tiding of the fate of
relatives who went away from here last
night as members of the crew of the ill
fated car ferry.
Loss More Than Half Million.
The ferryboat was valued at $40,000,
end the cargo, which included 28 loaded
cars, at $100,000 to $150,000. The total
loss will exceed half a million dollars,
which is fully covered by insurance in
Lloyd's, of England.
"Car ferry, No. 18, sinking help," was
the S. O. S. wireless message that
brought the first news of the disaster to
the city about 5 A. M. today.
The flash was repeated continuously
fur nearly an hour, but was unsigned.
At 7.30 A. M. Superintendent Mercereau,
of the Pere Marquette Car Ferry Line,
received a wireless from car ferry, No. 17,
stating that No. 18 sank at 7 o'clock
after all on board had been rescued by
life boats from No. 17.
Cause of Disaster Not Known.
Marine men are utterly at a loss to ac
count for the shocking disaster. No. 18
was one of the finest and most costly car
ferries ever built on the Great Lakes, and
only yesterday the craft was mspected by
Government ollicials at this port and
found to lie in first-class condition in
every respect.
A Tragic Story.
The story of the loss of car ferry, Pere
Marquette 18, constitutes the most tragic
and thrilling chapter yet written in the
history of the Lake Michigan mairne.
Leaving Ludington, at 11.30 o'clock
with a fair but stiff wind and 2!) loaded
cars on deck, the ferry made good weather
for live hours on its course to Milwaukee.
At 4.30 o'clock word was sent to Cap
tain Peter Kilty that his boat was
rapidly making water aft and that the
pumps were unable to keep even with
the inflow.
With full confidence in the stability
snd seaworthiness of his craft, the vete
ran car ferry navigator headed his ship
with all speed toward Sheboygan, on the
Wisconsin shore.
An effort wus made to run a number
nf railroad cars overboard and thus light
en the load and gain a few precious min
utes. With great difficulty 20 cars were
dropped olf the stern ol No. 18, but this
gave the vessel only sligbb and tempor
ary relief.
Suddenly without warning and before
the horrifled'gaze of 50 men on board the
tar ferry, No. 17, which had just ar
rived on the scene in response to a dis
tress signal, the great black bow of the
flagship rose high in the air, the stern
settled swiftly toward the bottom and
with a roar and crash like an explosion
the ship shot downward and was lost
to view.
Agonized Cries for Help.
Agonizing cries for help rose above the
roar of the sea. Irresistibly drawn by a
tremendous suction, a score of men could
be seen speeding toward the vortex of the
sinking steamer's revolving wheels, which
sealed their doom. Then began the
rescue. Lowering one of her lifeboats
containing four sails, the crew of No. 17
begun a work of humanity which marks
many of the number as heroes. No soon
'er had the tiny lifeboat touched the angry
waves than it was hurled with terrific
force against the side of the steel steamer
and crushed into a shapeless mass.
Two Rescuers Drowned.
Two of the sailors were rescued by
those on board, while the other two--Joseph
Peterson and It. Jacobson, a
scrubber im mediately sank and drown
I'd. Others quickly manned another life
boat, which was successfully launched.
This boat, in charge of Duncan Milligan,
of Ludington, did heroic service and in
less than an hour picked up 14 survivors
who were floating about clinging to bits
of wreckage.
I Then another lifeboat was manned and
joined in the work of rescue. It was a
race against time, and in the fuce of
great danger more than 30 were sa,ved.
Farmers May Strike.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Wash
ington is threatened with' a vegetable
boycott by the farmers of the surround
ing territory, and the District Commis
sioners have been requested to rescind a
new order which eliminate the city
lights on the county roads. Tho farmers
threaten that, if tho lights are put out,
they will curtail their supplies to the
'pity. The Commissioners ure consider
jig the matter and the fanners threaten
'to ship all their produce to Baltimore.
Dead of Infant Paralysis.
Fredericksburg, Vs. (Special). Dr
Stuart A. Ashton, a prominent physician
'of Colonial Beach, who was taken to a
hospital in Washington a few days ago
for treatment, died there of infantile
paralysis, He was 28 years old snd a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Ashton, of
King (ieorge county. He settled at Colo
nist Beach some year ago and establish
ed a fine practice. Three brothers and
two sisters survive. The body was taken
to his old home and the funeral was held
in tst.' Paul's Episcopal Church.
RESOURCES FOR All THE PLOKE
Conservation Congress Adopts Plot
form and Adjourns.
St. Taul, Minn (Special ). The Na
tional Conservation Congress adopted a
platform placing the seal of Its approval
on national control of natural resources
and adjourned.
A threatened flglit on the part of Stats
conservation commissioners to place the
names of President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt in the platform as the great
friends of conservation did not material
ize on the floor. I'nder vigorous use of
the gavel It did not even get started.
The following were chosen officers:
President, Henry Wallace, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Secretary, Thomas R. Rhinn. Indian
apolis.
treasurer, D. A. Latchaw. Kansas
City.
- CJifTord Pinchot and J. B. White, ol
Kansas City, declined to be nominated
for the presidency, and Mr. Wallace wa
not opposed.
V ice-presidents for each Mate were
chosen, each speaking briefly.
Granville M. limit, invited the nc:t
congress to meet at Washington, D. C.
I- U. Nnrshani, of Georgia, announced
that a Southern conservation congress
will be held at Atlanta on October 7 and
8.
The Platform.
The platform, in part, adopted by tho
convention is as follows:
"The second National Conservation
Congress, made up of delegates from all,
su tions and nearly every State and Ter
ritory of the United States, met at the
call of a great moral issue, now in session
assembled in the citv of St. Paul, and
State of Minnesota, does herchv adopt
and solemnly declare the following plat
form of opinion and conclusion concern
ing the inherent rights of the people of
me i niteo; Males:
"T Inn rf lit, innnnlittn tlm GttirSt nn1 Irk.
' J l'v'"W -I'-'"- "-
tent of the Constitution ivul adhering to
the principles laid down by Washington
and Lincoln, we declare our conviction
that we live under a government of the
people, by the people, for the people, and
we lepudiate any snd all special or local
interests or platforms or policies in con
flict with the inherent rights and sov
ereign will of our people.
People's Rights Inherent.
"Recognizing the natural resources of
the country as the prime basis of prop
erty and opportunity, we hold tho rights
of the people in these resources to be
natural anil inherent and justly inalien
able and indefeasible, and we insist that
the resources should and shall be de
e'oped, used and conserved in ways con
sistent both with current welfare and
with the perpetuity of our people.
Heoogni.ing the waters of the coun
try as a great national resource, we ap
prove and indorse the opinion that all
the waters belong to all the people and
hold that they should be used in the in
tcrest- of the people.
For Democratic Supply.
"Recognizing the inter-dependence oi
(he various uses of the waters of the
country, we hold that the primary uses
sre for democratic supply and for agri
culture through irrigation or otherwise,
hinl tiiat the uses for navigation and
power in which water is not consumed
are secondary; and we commend the mod
ern view that each use of the waters
should be made with reference, to all
other uses for the public welfare in ac
cordance with the principle of the great
est good to the greatest number for the
longest time.
"Viewing purity of water supply as
essential to the public health and gen
eral welfare, we urge upon all municipal.
State and federal authorities anil on
individuals and corporations requisite
action toward purifying and preventing
contamination of the waters.
For Limited Leases.
"We hold that tb deposits of minerals
underlying, particularly mineral fuels,
iron ores and phosphate deposit, should
lie leased for limited periods not exceed
mg 50 years, but nuniect to renewal, the
royalty to be adjusted at more frequent
intervals, such leases to he in amounts
and subject to such regulations as tc
prevent monopoly and unnecessary waste
State Co-operation Favored.
"Wo favor co-operative action on the
part of States and the Federal Govern
ment looking to the preservation and bet
ter utilization nf the soils by approved
scientific methods.
"We approve of the continuance of the
control of the- national forests by tin
Federal Government and approve th
policy of restoring to settlement such
pulilie lands as are more vaiuaiiie lot
agriculture.
To Teach Conservation.
"We recommend that the public and
private schools instruct the youth of the
laud in the fundamental doctrines nf con
servation.
DROWNS HIMSELF IN RIVER.
Man Told Wife Where to Find Body
and Tied Himself Fast to Tree.
New Castle, Ind. (Special). Olin
Payne, 35 years old, well known as a
canncr, committed suicide by drowning
in Blue River, a mile north of this city
The water was only IS inches deep,
After mailing a letter to Ms wife, bid
ding her bood-bv, saying it was best to
end it all and telling her where his bodj
would be found, lie took Ins life, lo
prevent the body from floating away,
1'iivnc tied a leather strap to bis ankle
and then to a willow at the edge of tho
stream and also tightly grasped another
tree with his left hand.
Street Car Dynamited. -'
Columbus, O. (Special). A successful
attempt was made to dynamite a street
car in Bexley, a suburb. The conductor
was considerably injured and the car
damaged. The strikes ure being held
for ulleged complicity in recent dynamiting.
New Secretary of S. S. Union.
Philadelphia (Special). Announee
ment was made that Rev. George P.-Wil-liams,
I). I)., of Chicago, has been elected
secretary of the missions of the American
Sunday-School Union, whose headquarters
are in this city. Dr. Williams, who hus
been superintendent ol the Northwest dis
trict of the union for several years, will
take up his new duties here this week
The union was organized in 1824, and in
its 80 years has organized more than 121,-
000 Sunday-schools, with about 5,500,00(1
teachers and scholar.
Weds at 91 Woman Aged 44.'
Chicago (Special). Volney E. Rusco,
01 years old, procured a license to marrj
and established a new record for sg
among Cook county applicants for 11
censes.' The woman whose name figures
in the license is Miss Helen Conger, aged
44. Mr. Rusco told Clerk Halmonson us
had lived in Chicago ot) years, and that
when he came here the city had less than
5,000 population. Mr. Rusco kept out of
reach after he obtained his license, and
the story of bis romance was not die
closed.
FATAL EXPLOSION ,
ON NORTH DAKOTA
Three Men of Crew Killed and
Nine Badly Burned.
THIRD ACCIDENT ON WAR VESSEL
Admiral Schroeder's Report Says the
Fire Occurred While the Battleship
Fleet Was on the Way from the
Drill Grounds to Hampton Roads
The Dead Men Were Coal Passers.
Newport News, Va. (Special). Three
men were killed outright and nine others
verc horribly burned by the explosion of
in oil tank in flrcroom No. 3 of the now
fiant battleship N'orth Dakota, near Cape
Henry, while that ship was coming to
Hampton Roads from the Southern drill
ground, 30 miles southeast of the Capes,
silh the first and second divisions of the
Atlantic Battleship Fleet.
While they were horribly burned about
'.he face and body, all of the Injured
ire expected to recover. They are now
icing cared for on the hospital ship So
lace, which is anchored olf Old Point
L'omfort. Though he gave out a lengthy
itntemcnt relative to the disaster. Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder. commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet, would not
lay what caused the explosion and of
Icial details arc lacking. However, it
s learned from sailors of the Xorth
Dakota, that one of the pipes leading
nto the tank in Fire Room Xo. 3 was
lefective and the heat in the engineroom
Ignited the oil in the pipe and the burn
'ng fluid passed in the tank, setting the
il there ollre and causing the explosion.
While dazed for an instant after the
explosion it is said that the uninjured
ncn and ven some of the wounded
vorked heroically to prevent tho fire from
ipreading to the coal hunkers and cans
ng a serious conflagration aboard the
ressel. Lieutenant Murfln, the men say,
lisplayed great coolness and nerve and,
:hongh burned about the face and body,
)ravely directed the firemen and coal
nassers in removing the injured and ex
tinguishing the flames.
For a few seconds after the explosion,
xcitement ran high on the ship, as it
vas at first thought that a boiler had
txploded. However, the sailors were soon
reassured and they set to work to save
'.heir ship from fire.
Schroeder Explains.
Following is the official statement
riven out by Rear Admiral Schroeder
ibout. the explosion:
"Between 10:30 and 11 o'clock A. M..
il from Room Xo. 3, in the Xorth
Dakota caught fire while the first squad
ron of the Atlantic Fleet was making
passage from the Southern drill grounds
lo Hampton Roads. I'nder a request
from the commander of the Xorth Da
kota, the commander-in-chief of the fleet
immediately ordered the Xorth Dakota
to leave the fleet formation and the bat
tleship Xew Hampshire put near to ren
ler assistance in case they could be of
icrvice. Xo assistance was necessary and
ty 11:30 o'clock tho fire on the Xorth
Dakota wes under control. It has not
ret been ascertained how the fire started,
ilthoiigh it is believed that the disaster
vas not due to any carelessness upon the
oart of the men of the Xorth Dakota.
A board of inquiry was named to investi
rato the accident, consisting of Capt. C.
A. A. Cove, of the Delaware, senior of
ieer: Lieutenant Commander C. V. Price,
f the Delaware, and Lieutenant Coni
naiider A. M. Proctor, of the C.mnecti
ut. This board will thoroughly look
nto the cause of the explosion."
HUMANE HIGHWAYMAN.
Called Doctor to Attend Woman's
111 Child.
Willlainstown, X. J. (Special). While
3ii her way at midnight to get a physi
?ian for her sick baby, Mrs. C. D. llart
lctt was held tip by a highwayman, who
played the part of a good Samnritan and
brought the doctor in time to have her
child.
Mrs. Hartlett lives about four miles
out of town. After two miles were cov
ered she became exhausted and almost
collapsed. As she was making a brave
effort to continue a men stepped from
behind a tree and demanded her money.
She idoaded with the man to let her
jo. explaining her errand. The man ak
d the location of the doctor's residence,
lrged the woman to return and promised
lo summon the physician. A short time
later Dr. George Van Hilt was aroused
by tho stranger.
"Doctor Van Belt did not want to take
the journey until dawn, but the stranger
sas so persistent that the doctor con
tented, if the man would go to his stable
ind hitch up his horse. This he did, and
then disapeared. The baby is now out
of danger.
Storm Costs Scores of Lives.
San Juan, P. R. (Special). Advices
.eceived frcm the interior indicate that
probably a score of persons lost their
lives and property damage running into
the hundreds of thousands of dollars was
lone by the hurricane which swept the
island and its waters Thursday night
ind Wednesday. It is feared that sev
eral small ships, not included in the
first reports of losses, went down.
Heat Leads to Suicide.
Xew Tork (Special). Albert Kraft,
20 years old, living at 445 Elton street,
East Xew York, committed suicide by
hooting himself in the temple. He had
been crazed by the heat. Kraft left his
K'nrk at noon on account of the heat, and
wi his return home seated himself on the
ioorsfep. Suddenly, he drew ,a revolver
md, placing it to his head, fired.
Big Strike Settled.
Kansas . City, Mo. (Special). The
Southwestern coal miners' strike of five
and a half months' duration ended at
midnight when the operators and miners
(greed 'upon the arbitration point re
garding future contracts. This point lias
been the great stumbling block of all
negotiations. All the miners in Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas are af
fected. They get an increase of 5Vj per
rent, in wages, and agree itf continue
work for UO days pending the making of
s new agreement.
Loss in Ginned Cotton.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Census Bureau issued its cotton report,
showing that 356,824 bales, counting
round as half-bales were ginned from
growth of 1910 to September 1, com
pared with 388,242 for 1900 402,220 for
1908 and 200,278 for 1907. Round hairs
Included this year are 11,020, compared
with 115H7 for HHI8 1 20,882 for 1908
and 11,503 for 1907) Sea Islund, round
.bales, 20H for H510-, 1,230 for 1K09;
for 1908 .and 85 for 1907.
BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED
Hifjue Court Decides Fisheries
Controversy.
The Hague (Special). The Interns,"
tional Court of Arbitration, after hst.
ing prolo. j& arguments rendered its fa.
cision in tho Newfoundland fisheries Cls,
submitted by the governments of it,,
I'nitcd States and Great Britain, but
which also involved the local governments
of Canada and Newfoundland.
Neither country wins a clear-cut
award, but tho Americans claim a sub
stantial victory.
The general issue as submitted through
the agreement signed In Washington
presented in the form of seven nne.iu... -
On these questions or points the tribunal'
"iippuris me i in mi iMaics.in live in
stances and Great Britain in the other
two.
The seven points involved were as fob
lows:
First, must nny reasonable regul:1tion,
made by Great llritnin, Canada and New
foundland in the form of munieiivil Inn.
ordinnnc or rules, such regulations bp!
nig appropriate or necessary for the pre
servation of the fisheries, desirable m
grounds of public order ami nmralj
equitable and fair as between local fish
ernien and inhabitants of the I'liiteil
Mutes, tie sullied to the consent of tLe
I'nited States?
America's Victory.
"Second, have the inhabitants of tu
I'nitcd States, while exercising the liberty
to take fish on the treaty coasts a right
to employ as members of their fishing
crews persons not inhabitants of the
I'nited States?
"Third, can the liberties to take, dr
and cure fish in treaty designated plaesj
be subjected, without the consent of the
United States, to tho requirements of
entry or report at custom houses or tha
payment of dues or any similar conditions?
"Fourth, can restrictions be imnrwd
upon American fishermen making the ex
ercise of the privileges granted them by
the treaty to enter certain bays or har
bors for shelter, repairs, food and water,
conditional upon the payment of light or
harbor or other dues, on entering or re
porting at the custom houses or any
similar conditions?
"Fifth, what is a bay within th
treaty's meaning?
Sixth, does the treaty give the inhabi
tants of the I'nited States the same lib
erty to take fish in the bays, h:irhn
and creeks of Newfoundland as in Labrador?
"Seventh, are the inhabitants of the
I'nited States whose vessels resort to til.
treaty coasts to exercise the liberties re
ferred to in Article 1 of the treaty, en
titled to have for those vessels when
duly authorized by the I'nited States in
that behalf, the commercial privileges on
the trcatv coasts accorded by agreement
or otherwise to United States trading ves
sels generally?
Where England Won.
The British consider the two pninti
decided in their favor, Xos. 1 and 5, as
of the highest importance, and it is un
derstood that the Colonial Otlice is satis
fied with the outcome. On Xo. 1, how
ever, the I'nitcd States lias raised cer
tain questions of equity which will be
submitted to a special commission for de
termination. It is also significant that
the court was unanimous on all question!
except the fifth, and from the decision nf
this Luis Drago, tho member from the
Argentine Kepuhlic, gave u dissenting
opinion largely supporting the American
contentions.
On all others of the seven main ques
tions the tribunal sustains the principal
contentions of America.
KISSES CURVED NERVES.
Man Sued for Divorce, Tells How He
Cured Wife.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Kiss
ing as a healing power and a halm foi
nervousness is declared cllicaciuus hj
James L. Carrico in answer to the peti
tion of his wife for a divorce. Mrs
Carrico alleged in her petition that wliili
she was sick her husband was continual
lv under the inlliience of liquor and did
not administer proper treatment to lier
He asserted in his answer that: "When
defendant put his arms about plaintiff
and kissed her, her nernvtisness ami other
ailments disappeared."
lie contends that she was simply ner
vous" and unable to tell about his
hrictv, but that, as soon as lie kissed
her, she returned to her normal self.
THOUGHT FLYING EASY.
Farm Hand Who Posed as Bird Fell
20 Feet.
Xewmarkct, X. J. (Special). Con
vinced by the achievements of others thai
flying wasf easy, Haas Christiansen, s
larm iiiinu empioyeu ny unarics riem
ing on tho River road, near here, riygfd
himself up with wings and jiinipcu un
tho roof of the barn, lie fell 20 foet nd
was badly shaken up, but will get over
tied inflated bags to hi
arms and fastened a parasol over nil
head and thought ho could surely fly
Nobody saw Christiansen make the leP
His employer came across him in tlie
grass by the roadside.
Gompers Is Served.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Notices ol
the injunction suit instituted by C, W.
l'ost to prevent the unionizing of the
Bucks Stove and Range Company plant,
were served on Samuel Goinners and
other labor union ollicials today bj
United States Deputy Marshals. Gonipc"
luter met with representatives of the
Stove Founders' National Defense Asso
ciation to discuss methods by which the
Bucks plant will bo unionized.
Federal Judge Mcl'licrsun on Monday
refused to issue a temporary injunction
for which l'ost asked.
Killed By Bateball.
Washington, 1). C. (Special). Fail""
to catch a baseball thrown swiftly by bii
brother in practice today resulted iu tl
death of Edward W. Hoge, aged 12 ywrs.
The two brothers were playing cauu
whllo awaiting a match game bctw"
their comrades.
A hard thrown ball was missed by tin
boy and it struck him in the right teni
pie, fulling him as if hit by a bullet.
Ilia 14-vear-nld brother rushed un. Katn'
ered him in his arms and carried hini
where a doctor, wsen summoned, pro
nosnted the youth dead.
Insane Man a Suicide.
Washington, D. C. (Special), Edward
Bernard, 32 years old, formerly of Mass
achusetts, an inmate of the Government
Insane Hospital since Juno, committed
suicide by banging In his room. He hd
made rope of his bed sheets, which b
had torn into strips and fastened onj
end to an iron bar across the window and
the other around his neck. He waa un
covered by an attendant. Bernard
bronght to Washington from the IMiil'p
pines, where he had been serving a f
Unee for a crime committed there.