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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
NEW DEAL FOR DELAWARE.
Republicans and Democrats Agree
Not to Purchase Votes.

Wilmington. Del, Nov. 4-The campaign
just ending has been one of the most
interesting ever conducted in the State.
It has been marked by several unusual
incidents. one Of the most important be-
ing a compact entered into by T. Cole
man Dupont the Republican State chair
man. and Thomas F. Bayard. the Demo-
cratic State chairman, for the suppress
sion Of vote buying.
If this resolution is adhered to. the
election will be the first held in Della
ware under such conditions for many
years. The outcome. in such an event
would be favorable TO the Democrats.
Reports from Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. however indicate that the COM
pact may not be carried out by some
OF the Republican legislative candidates
Willard Salisbury. Of Wilmington the
former Democratic State chairman. who
will be elected United States Senator to
succeed Senator Alice. If the Democrats
have a majority in the next general as
sembly. predicts the success of his party
IF the election shall be held without
the use Of money by the Republican
party"
On the other hand, ex-senator Bali be
Iieves the Republicans will win by a ma
jority Of 5000 in the State. and also con-
troll the legislature Should this occur
James PennewilL of Dover, viii most
probably be supported by the Duponts for
the United States Senate as Il colleague
Of Henry A Dupont. the SenatOr-elect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
OCEAN STEAMERS.

New York Nov 4.-Auived Sunday; Steamships
St. Paul. from Southampton, October y Bristol
City. from Bristol October IS: BTaxila. from ham
burg, October %; New York from Rotterdam, Octo-
Der 2: Adares. from Gibraltar. October Is; Prinz
Wilhelm y. from Port an Prince, October g; For
tuna, from Barbados October % Fl Mar. from
Galveston October 20. W s Porter. from Newport
News, November 2; Elgiu from Norfolk. November
.; Hamilton, frCm Norfolk. November 3; Arahlstan,
from Boston. November 3.
Outgoing steamships sail Monday; Byron, for RiC
JanciTO. II a. m. Alliance, for Colon, 3 p m
Hubert, fer Para, =. N.
SAT- Tuesday; Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse fer
Bremen, 10 a. H.. Prince Eitel FREDERICK fer ia
maca. y ~. Caronia fer Liverpool, 10 a H.; City
Of Macon, for Savannah, p. H.; Arapahoe, fer
Charleston. p N.
Sail Wednesday: Oceanic fer Liverpool a. m.
Beruudian, for Bermuda Z m. MsraCaibo for
Trinidad; Ryndam for Rotterdam. a. m Cum
tyba. for Neuvitas; Genus. for New Orleans. y IN.
San Marcos. for Galveston, 3 p ~; Huron Tor
Charleston p. m.
Incoming steamships due Monday: La Bretagne,
from Havre. October q ; Bsndenbl1g. from Bremen,
October p; York from Bremen, October 90; fUTnes-
sia. from Glasgow, October 2 CaTpathis from Ma
Iles October .; Potsdam from Rotterdam, OcJo-
her z CeV1C from Liverpool october u Jersey C1ty.
from Bristol October .. Mannheim, from Shields.
October .. Clara from Trieste October Il lndura.
from Gibraltar October -: Msrtell0, from Hull Dc
toheT q Perugia from Gibraltar. October 2. III
name, frcm Colon October 20; Atrato from Bar
had0s. Oetohcr y. 6,recian Prince. from barbados
October .; Genus. from New Orleans. October 81
Heron, from Charieston, November 3; City OF At
ianta. fTuI Savannah, AcTembcI :
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
Ohio SITUATION UNCERTAIN
Many Local Conditions Affect Con-
gressional Contests.
Senator Dick Says state Ticket and
All Candidates in Normally Re-
publican Districts VIII Win.

Columbus Ohio. Nov. 4.-On the eve of
the election the Republicans, who. with
one exception. have carried the State each
year for a generation. are not enthusiast
tic about their chances. Senator Dick.
State chairman. says an the candidates
on the State ticket viii Ice elected by sat
isfactory majorities. but gives no figures.
He says the Republicans viii win in all
the normally Republican Congressional
districts, but does not mention them by
name.
Democratic Chairman CARRIER claims
only the election Of s. A. Hoskns for
secretary Of state He heads the ticket
and CARRIER does not think any of HE
feiloW-caEdidates viii Doe chosen CARRIER
does not mention tho Congressional pOssi-
bilities in his forecast
Conservative politicians admit they are
not clear regarding the outcome Tuesday.
There has been Unprecedented apathy,
and there are. in many places over the
State. disputes over local conditions. the
effect of which upon the State and Con
gressional tickets is matter of widely
varying conjecture.
In a general way it may De said that
because of the visit Of national leaders
Fairbanks, Shaw. and Taft. for the Re
pubiicans and W J. Bryan for the Dem
Ocrats-nauonal issues have been kept 20
the front. and the State ticket has had To
give way In the public mind 10 Congress
sional candidates
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
SPELLING IS REVISED AGAIN
Clerk in Navy Department Has Plan
to Eliminate Two Letters.
shows that Combinations Objected
to Have Valuable Uses After All
when Type Is Scarce.

One Of the clerks in the Navy Depart
ment has evolved the idea that It IL easy
70 reform our spelling. Just 20 prove
his theory he has demonstrated what
could be done in newspaper Office If
the type fonts did not contain all the
letters Of the alphabet The result is as
follows:
We bsgin the publication OF tie B0cc1y Mountain
Cyclone with seme Ihew diphrAellties in the way
The tyTo phounders phrm whom we bought our out
ThiJ for This printing 0Ihphce phaled 90 supply Us
With any ephs OF GAYS. and 1t win BE- phouT phIvc
week bcphore We can Ct any The mistaquc was
lot piomd ont till day OF Two ago. We have or
deTed the missing letters and win have to get along
without them till they come. We don't lque the
lock oY this variety oY spelling Ems DCttC than 0Hr
reaedrs. but misfax viii happen me best rcgl-
lated rhamilies and iph the phs ana cs aud Ks
and n bold ont we shah ceep sound the hsTdi
the CyclCEe whirlng aphtcr phashion TIL the sorts
arrive u Is .o4ue 20 us-its s-ri0us aparhair.
He believes this masterpiece proves
that some Of the combinations Of letters
now objected 20 by President Roosevelt.
Andrew Carnegie, and others have their
uses a4er all
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
BLACK HAND" WRECKS HOUSE
Explode Bomb that Does Thousands
Of Dollars Damage.
Failure of Italian to Produce SI.5O0
the Cause-Th-ee Arrested.

New York Nov A bomb was ex-
ploded by black-hand men in the lower
part of three-story frame dwelling in
habited by dozen Italian families at 2N
Bushwick avenue, Williamsburg. early
this morning. Damage aggregating thou
sands Of dollars was done not only to
that building, but to adjoining houses
and hundreds of windows IN neighboring
buildings were shattered.
On one side OF the ground floor wherein
the explosion occurred was a tailor shop.
carried on by Francesca Messina. who.
with his wife and three small children.
lives over the store. On the other side
of the hall was a picture frame estab-
Hshment conducted by Salvador Potassin.
In the early part Of September Messina
began to receive threatening letters. At
first $3.50 was demanded. but in suisse
quent letters the amount dwindled Ia
500. No attention was paid by Messina
to any Of the letters
The entire front of the dwelling at No.
2S9 was blown out. The front Of the ad-
joining house. ~ Bushwick avenue. was
also blown out. while the home of DIT. H
Kane, al 2lS Boeum street, was much
damaged Many persons had narrow
escapes, but no one was injured.
The police arrested Frank and Antonio
Passamita, brothers. and Baldassiro
Panalfe. The three were taken TO the
Stagg street police station, where on
being searched there was found upon
them note paper whose watermark cor
responded with those on the threatening
letter which had been sent to Messina.
The prisoners We're held without bail by
Magistrate O'Reilly until tomorrow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
NEGROES TO help BECKHAM
Machine Said to Hold 10000 Regis
tration Papers of Blacks.
McCreary supporters Threaten to
Cast Votes for CoIored Men.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald.
Lexington, Ky, Nov A-The negroes
may elect Kentucky's next United States
Senator The legislature in 1868 passed an
act requiring registration in all Kentucky
towns. 1t is charged here that the ma
chine, or the people managing the cam
paign OF Gov Beclyham, have bought up
something like 26.0o0 registration certlf-
lcates. and expect to vote them for Gov.
Beckham and against Senator James p.
McCreary
As an evidence Of this it is known that
thousands Of negroes who have hitherto
voted the Republican ticket have been
registered as Democrats. The method
that has prevailed for long time is to
buy these certificates and have henchmen
vote them. impersOnating tbs. man who
secured the certificate. In this way the
votes can be east with some certainty
for the candidate desired.
In Lexington it is admitted that there
are now in the hands Of the managers
.Of Gov. Beckams campaign zoos Of these
registration certificates. When asked re-
gardlng the matter tonight. Chairman
Moses Kaufman, Of the Democratic com
mittee said
we have "a right 10 get the negroes to
register and vote as Democrats. if we
can Only those registering viii vote.
however, and there will be no impersona-
ton.
The McCreary people have threatened
criminal prosecution Of the people who
use these certificates. The registration
list shows that scores Of persons are reg
istered as residing at certain places IN the
city. when the fact is there are no such
persons in existence. The situation Is crit
icaL and trouble would not be unexpected
on TUESDAY
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
AROUSE INTEREST IN NAVY.
German Organizations Encouraging
Boys to Train for the Service.

Berlin. Nov. 4--The German colonial
and naval enthusiasts have. their eye on
the rising generation. The Imperial Naval
League is especially active in this direc-
ton. It is organizing excursions Of
boys from various parts Of Germany to
the naval harDors Of Ktel and WiIhelms
Haven
Here the lads viii bee taken round and
shown the ships, the sailors drilling. and
hundred interesting things The navy
league pays their hotel expenses. the gov
erBment railways give them free tickets.
Every boy Of them goes home con
viEced navy man, and the hope is that
he viii femain one al his life
The navy league has also succeeded in
getting the school authorities go decorate
the walls Of ClaSsrooms with pictures
showing the chief German battle ships
showing mimic war between battle ships
and torpedo boats. showing the Kaiser
standing On the bridge Of the ship with
telescope 10 receive. leg advanced, and
In full naval pan0piy II all tells. And
the suTest way Of his maiesty's favor is
10 give humping subscription 10 the
navy league funds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
STILL ANOTHER REFORM.
wisconsin Man Adds Seventeen Let
teFs to the Alphabet

Ia Crosse. Wis Nov "A system %
reformed phonetic English spelling. max
ing radical changes in the present alpha
bet. will be presented 20 President Roose-
Welt and andrew Carnegie by Congress
man John J. Esch. OF this city The sys-
TEN is the invention Of PaiIip 3. Lehman.
Of La Crosse. once school teacher. and
for fifteen years a telegraph operator.
from the codes of which he conceived a
sort Of stenographic reform in the Eng
lish language.
The new phonetic system makes the
written language correspond exactly with
the spoken language. the old alphabet OF
twenty-siX letters having been increased
10 foTty-three letters, Of which tairty-
eight letters and five combnatioGs con-
stitute the oral elements in the spoken
language
The author Of the system says thar An
drew Carnegie IS fooIishly wasting his
thousands on a method Incorrect, because
IL IS impossible to express forty-tilree
or more sounds with twenty-six letters.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN SURE
Will Name Governor aud Six Con-
gressmcn Tomorrow.

Lincoln. Ne5r.. Nov A-Nebraska will
vote on Tuesday for o governor and all
State officers. three provisional railway
commissioners. and six Congressmen. The
Indications are that the Republicans viii
elect their State ticket. with the excep-
tion of one ONCE Two Of the present
Republican CongressmeE-NorTis. in the
Fifth. and Hincaid. in the Sizth-are as
sured Of election.
IN the Fifth district the acceptance 10y
Congressman Pollard OF 1880 salary.
covering the period between the end OF
his predecessors term and his own cleo
tion Che being elected 20 I'LL a vacancy.
has caused q revolt THAI may defeat him.
but the bost-posted politicians say De viii
be elected by % reduced majority
In the Second district Congressman
kennedy Republican. is in serious dan
ger of being defeated by former Con
gresham Hitchcock. editor Of the Omaha
W0Tld-Herald. owing 10 the local political
conditions. The chances favor Hitch
cock
In the Fourth district Congressman
Hinshaw viii probably De reelected By a
reduced majority. His fusion opponent.
Judge J. J. Thomas, has been making a
vigorous campaign one Of HIS charges
being that Hinshaw sent his automobile
from Washington on an express frank
furnished by Senator Platt Of New York.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
MCLEARY HAS HARD RACE.
Opposition 10 Tariff Revision Re-
sented-Governorsh Fight Hot.

St Paul. Mimi. Nov A-There are but
two contests in Minnesota Of general in
terest. that Of goversor and Congress
man of the Second district. Gov john
son. the Democratic nominee for re-e,ec-
ton, and A. L. Cole, the Republican
nominee, have been making strenuous
campaign.
The normal majority of the Republicans
in Minnesota is G0000. Two, years ago
President Roosevelt received 10000 ma
jority yet Johnson was elected by nearly
S,000 the remainder Of the Republican
State ticket winning By majOrities of 10
600. There is considerable dislneCtion
among the Republicans. and the vote on
governor will Nbe close.
OF the nine Congressman 20 be elected.
only one is Ia doubt. J. r. McCleary for
his opposition to revision of the tariff. is
likely to be defeated by Republican votes
going TO his opponent. The fight in that
district has been very bitter.
Vice President Fairbanks, Secretary
Shaw, and others Of national repute have
stumped fer McCleary. so critical Is the
situation considered. The entire Repub-
Hcan State ticket viii be elected with the
possible exception of governor
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
RUSSIANS WANT no LOAN.
Statement Is Made that Government
Considers One Impossible.

London. Nov. 4.-The St Petersburg
correspondent of the times says the
Liberal organs are almost unanimously
under the impression that the recent
ministerial visits Dresage another foreign
loan. The OlEoye, formerly tbs Russ.
couples this belief with persistent pre-
dietions of the retura of Count Witte
TO power
The correspondent adds 4 am IN
"A position to state on uadoubted author
ity that the question OF a foreign loan
has not been raised. first, because lean
is not wanted. and second. because the
government realizes the conditions which
would be asked would render q loan
impossible As regards Count Witte /
learn he is going to his estates I'm the
Caucasus He was invited to GENE through
St Petersburg. but the invitation was
subsequently cancelled Moreover there
has never been any intention OF recalling
him to Office His presence here was
at one time desired in connection with ifs
cal questions. II Is stated that the re
organiza ton Of the State bank viii soon
be effected"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
Democratic Gain in Indiana.

indianapolis, Ind. Nov. An State
officials Except GOVERNOR, thirteen Repre-
sentatives in Congress, two judges of the
Supreme Court five judges OF the APP
pellate Court. and members of the gen.
eTaI assembly are TO be chosen at the
election on Tuesday. Conservative esti-
mates concede the State TO the Republi-
cans by a majority of from $1,000 10
40C00. which Will be a reduction in the
Roosevelt majority of two years ago Of
about 5000. The Democrats expect TO
carry the Second and Twelfth Congress
sional districts, which they lost two years
ago, but which are strongly Democratic
in normal years, and the Third and
Fourth districts are conceded TO them
This would make a gain Of two Congress-
men.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
NEW JERSEY FIGHT ACTIVE.
Remarkable Change Necessary 10
Give Democrats Scnatorship.

Give DemocratS SCu0tOrship.
Trenton. y. J.. Nov. Apart from one
or two contests over the election Of rep
resentatives which give promise Of being
close, and a few local fights. the interest
of New Jersey in Tuesdays election cen
ters in the election Of the legislature
which, will determine whether the Repub-
licans or Democrats VIII have the choos-
ing OF the next United States Senator.
The active. though unsuccessful. fight
made by the new idea" to capture the
primaries and nominate Republican can
dldateS who would have had opposed the
reelection Of United States Senator John
F Dryden, together with the passage OF
the Bishop law, the Avis tax act. COM
polling all property to be assessed at true
value and the more or less popular out
cry against trusts, have raised a variety
Of issues calculated to cOmplicate the
election throughout the State.
In the last legislature the Republicans
had a majority of g. on joint ballot of
which - was in the senate of y mem
bers. and 81 in the house of Co members
Although both sides concede the material
reduction Of eight majority, it is only by
relying upon the improbable happening in
many Instances that the Democrats can
figure upon a victory. The crucial test
viii be in Essex County. the home of the
reform movement, and even if that
county, which went Republican by $1,000
last year. should return a solid Demo-
cratic delegation, it would by no means
assure majority Of that party on Joint
ballot.
1t is not likely that the Republicans
viii retain their present majority in the
Congressional delegation, which stands 8
to ].
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
NOT DOUBTFUL In ILLINOIS
Republican Success Is Conceded by
the Managers.
VIII Elect Their Candidates for the
State Offices. and VIII Have n
Majority in the Assembly.

Chicago, Nov 4-On the eve Of the
election the success of the Republican
State and legislative tickets is conceded
by all the managers. The only ques-
ton which will be settled at the polls
Tuesday is how large the Republican
majority for the state ticket will be,
and how many members Of the legislature
the other parties will elect. The Re
publican managers predict the election
Of state candidates by about the same
pluralities they received in 1902. the last
of year. IN that year Postmaster Busse
was elected State Treasurer over George
Dudleston, his Democratic opponent by
some $4,000 plurality.
A plurality of this number Of votes
for the Republican state ticket means
d great falling of from the plurality Of
1904 but this is admitted to have been
an abnormal one
Democratic managers were silent in
regard TO theS chances of their State
candidates in the statements they is
sued to-day. They made no claims that
any of them would be elected and in
private conversation admitted their de-
feat. The best that the Democrats hope
to Go in the State is TO cut down the
Republican plurality to 10000 The Pro-
hibitionist managers are more hopeful
about their State ticket than are the
Democrats.
While they don't claim that they will
elect any one. they say their candidate
for State Treasurer. William p Allin,
viii get all the way from one hundred
TO three hundred thousand. The Social
lists figure on polling 1000 votes in Cook
County. and about the same number
in the rest Of the State. All the mana
gers admit that the Legislature viii be
Republican on a joint ballot and that
the election Of Shelby NJ CulIom as
Senator is a foregone conclusion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
HAVE NO DEATH PENALTY.
Writer Says Italy and Switzerland
Abolished II as Inhuman.

Editor The Washington Herald.
In your editorial on thu. probability that
the French government is going 10 aboI-
ish the pain OF death. you convey the i'm
preston that the French nation Is the
first one to take such step, and there
fore the world is anxiously waiting for
the results
do not intend 20 enter into a discus
sion on such a difficult ground. but for
the sake of history and truth. I beg 10
be allowed TO rectify your mistake
France is by no means the first nation
10 Try such an experiment
Switzerland In recent times abolished
the pain OF death, and after a few years
re-estahlished it. and. if I am not mis-
taken. has abolished it again. In Italy
for nearly forty years past there have
not been capital executions. the King al
ways committing the sentence to life ser
vitUde, and about twenty or twenty-five
years ago the Congress abolished It en-
cirplV
Beccaria. the philosopher and criminal
ist. To whom beautiful monument was
erected some thirty years ago in Milan
his native city, early in 100 wrote his IA
nous book on capital punishment. by
which he proves that while society has
the right TO protect itself from dangerous
beings and 20 put them in such a position
as TO prevent further attacks, il has no
more right 10 kill n human being than
an individual has, that the born criminal
viii always be a criminal and that he
only needs a chance 90 commit his evil
deeds. capital punishment OF not. and
that crimes Of all sorts, especially those
involving the penalty of death will grad
ually diminish in proportion 10 the
spreading OF education.
In conclusion he proves that capital
punishment is iRhuman, cruel, and use
less. Respectfully, yours,
I. ARFATV~TS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
RHODE ISLAND TICKET SPLIT.
Democrats Expected to Elect Gov
ernOr; other Officers Republican.

Providence, r. L, Nov. 4-Though both
Republicans and Democrats make conf
dent predictions that their respective
tickets VIII be elected on Tuesday, there
is every indication that the State ticket
viii be split and that the Democrats will
elect James Higgins. governor. and
Charles SissOn, lieutenant governor
while the Republicans viii get the rest
Of the general officers.
There is evidence that Higgins has
gained strength steadily from the start of
the campaign, especially during the past
week Many Republicans admit he is the
strongest candidate for the gubernatorial
chair. Concerning the assembly ticket
there IS a division Of opinion
The Republicans are confident of hav-
ing a majority on the joint ballot suffi-
GENTLY large TO elect United States
Senator without trouble. The Democrats
are hopeful that they may. when the re-
turns are counted. be in a position to an
nOunce that Col. Goddard viii be the next
United States Senator, succeeding Wet
more.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-11-05
BOTH CLAIM CALIFORNIA.
Republicans Say GiIIett by 29,5OO;
Democrats, Bell by $3.50.

San Francisco. Nov. According to the
estimates of the Republicans. James y
Gillett. for governor. will carry Cali
fornia next Tuesday by $500. while Dem
ocrats say that Bell (DemD for governor.
viii have a plurality Of $3.50. Langdon,
who has been run by the Hearst In
dependence League, cuts little figure in
the contest, as Il is agreed by both the
regular parties that his vote will be small.
The Democrats are claiming majorities
In many Republican counties, because
they allege Gillett is merely q creature OF
the Southern Pacific Railway. They say
popular opinion cannot longer endure rail-
way domination Of the State, and will
cause an upheaval that will carry thou
sands of votes to Bell. The Republicans.
on the other hand. declare GilIett is a
very popular man because of his good
record in Congress and his straight-cut
talks during the'campaign.