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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
JOHNSON THREATENS CONTEST
Latest Phase of Referendum Vote on
Cleveland Railway Franchise.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. October o4-Mayor
Tom Johnson's holding company is still
operating the street car system of the
city. but the situation continues in a
complicated state. Johnson threatens to
contest the referendum vote, which, ac-
cording to the election board figures
after the official count, gave a majority
of COS against the franchise. In many of
the precincts voting machines were used.
The vote In these precincts was heavily
against the franchise.
Johnson claims that many votes for the
franchise We're not registered on account
of the voters not knowing hoW to operate
the machines and because the keys to
them were not properly marked. He de-
clares he will ask the courts to throw
out the entire machine vote.
The old company, the Cleveland Elcc-
trio. is as determined to regain posses
sion of the property the mayors hold
ing company Is to retain it. The mayor
declares that he will apply for an in
junction II any move is made to take
possession of the lines
President Horace Andrews of the Cleve-
lanl Electric is expected back from New
York today, when definite action by the
old company will probably be decided
upon. In the meantime F. H. Goff,
president of the Cleveland Trust Com
pany, who acted as mediator in the nego-
tiations which resulted in the lease be-
ing made to the holding company. is en-
deavoring to bring both sides of the con-
troversy to an agreement without a fight
in the courts.
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MORO OUTLAWS BUSY.
Fatal Fight on Plantation Near
Iligan. Mindauao Island.

MANILA. October Pin desperate
fight. prolonged for hours. which occurred
yesterday nearIligan, Island of Mindanao,
nine Filipino laborers and their superin-
tendent. also a native, We're killed by the
marauders and four other natives were
wounded. Whether or not the attacking
Moros suffered any loss cannot now be
ascertained.
The fight took place upon the Shepherd
plantation. The Moro band followed the
tactics employed by outlaws, attempting a
surprise. which was SO far successful that
several men were killed in the first rush.
The Filpinos then rallied and after
bloody hand-to-hand struggle drove the
Moros to shelter. after which the battle
was continued for several hours at long
range.
The bodies of the dead Fflipinos were
mutilated in a horrible manner. Before
being driven off the Moros succeeded in
firing the plantation stores. which, with
their contents. were destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
NOT MOVED BY THE THREATS
GOV. PATTERSON BENT ON
HUNTING DOWN NIGHT RIDERS
Troops Assigned to Safeguard Ten.
nessee Executive
Increased.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, October 24.-An
early morning dispatch from Samburg.
Tenn, says that the night passed quiet
ly at the camp Of the soldiers. No addi-
tional arrests have been made. number
of men, more or less prominent, are like
ly to be placed under guard at the camp
during the day.
Capt. M. NJ. Marshall of the state
prison board and Capt. Cooper of Nash
Vile arc in conference with Gov. Patter-
son at Union City.
The report Of a threat against Gov.
Patterson that he would not live to be
governor again is taken lightly by the
governor and his friends. The governor
said today that he had been advised
by some not to go to Samburg, but he
paid no attention to this, feeling 1T to
be his duty to go to the scene of the
night rider troubles.
The detachment of troops assigned to
safeguard the governor has been increased
and additional precautions taken to pre-
vent any attack on the military camp
here. Guard lines have been doubled and
reinforcements ordered to report to Col.
Tatom, who is in command of the mill
tary forces.
Hotel Landlord Arrested.
T. c. Ward. proprietor of the hotel at
Walnut Log, from which Capt. Quinton
Rankin and Judge R. Z. Taylor were
taken by band of masked men Monday
night, and Knox Morgan and Elmer Tate,
merchants, have been taken into custody.
With their arrest the situation became SC
acute as to call forth instructions from
the governor to Sheriff Dawson Of Dyer
county to report at once with posse
and the recruiting at Union City of an
other posse of picked men to work in
connection with the military and the
forces of the sheriffs of this and Lake
county. who are already on the scene.
1t was while he was leaving camp for
Walnut Log that threats were made
openly against Gov. Patterson. AS he
passed store the governor was met by
jeers and verbal assaults, several of the
crowd assembled on the porch shouting
that he would not live to again run for
Office while others made similar remarks
and in a tone loud enough to be heard
by members of the governor escort and
others in the neighborhood.
At Walnut Log, ten men were arrested
but later released after giving informa-
ton which it is believed will lead to the
arrest of a number of the members of the
night-rider band.
II was on the testimony of these men
that Ward was taken into custody.
Col. Tatom states that the information
now In possession of the governor and the
National Guard will lead to the capture OF
every night rider implicated In the assassi-
nation of Capt. Rankin.
Companies E. and L., National Guard
state of Tennessee, under command OF
Mai E b. Horton. left this city on a
special train today for Reelfoot lake.
The companies number about a hundred
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
NONE BLAMED FOR DISASTER.
Coroner's Verdict in Metz Forest
Fire Holocaust Case.

BAY CITY, Mich. October PA spe-
cial from Rogers City to the Tribune says
the inquest over the body of Mrs Cicero.
one of the fifteen victims burned to death
in the Metz relief train on the Detroit
and Mackinac railroad during the forest
fires last week resulted in a verdict by the
jury that no one was to blame for the
disaster. Witnesses testified that after
the train ran off the track there was a
frantic attempt by some of the victims to
save their household, goods. piled on the
cars. and this undoubtedly was response
BILE for some of the deaths.
1t was also testified that Conductor
kinsvlle of the train warned the people
to abandon their household goods and
save themselves, but his warning was un-
needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Father and Son Sentenced.

CHICAGO. October 2i.-Benson F. Bid
WELL who is seventy-three years of age,
and his son Charles were sentenced to a
term of from one to ten years in the pen;-
tentiary today by Judge Chetlain. They
were charged with obtaining hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars by means of a swim
die revolving around an alleged cold
motor. The two Bidwells begged for more
time in which TO secure money to take
the case to the supreme court. but the
court insisted on passing sentence. How
ever, the prisoners will be kept in the
county Jail for a time to allow them a
better opportunity to secure funds to ap-
peal their case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
That's How 1t Looks to Chair
man Mack Today.
CALLING OUT OF CABINET
Democratic Managers Say Repubn-
cans Are Badly Scared.
TALK OF $3,ooo,0oo FUND
That Is About the Size of the Taft
Treasury, According to
Chairman Mack.
ecial From a Staff Correspondent.

Special From a Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, October 24.-"We have got
them scared and have them on the run"
said National Chairman Mack at demo-
cratic headquarters today. president
Roosevelts sending his cabinet out shows
very clearly that he is frightened If
they don't nail him down he will probably
go out himself He knows-and the re-
publican leaders know-that Bryan is
making tremendous gains.
Personally l wish the President would
take the stump. l think it would do us
a lot of good. 1t would be conclusive
evidence that the republican party is in
bad state of panic. Mr.. Bryan's recep-
ton in New Jersey yesterday was an eye
opener to the republicans. l never saw
anything like it in my life. Why, the
people fairly mobbed him at several
places and wouldn't allow his train to
move.
Mack Hears Something.
Bryan is elected today continued
Chairman Mack. "Of course | under
stand that the republicans will use every
means which desperation can suggest to
overcome the situation within the next
nine days. They have a tremendous
'slush fund which they will apply. /
hear that it is as large as three millions I"
Does Mr.. Bryan think the republi-
cans have such fund?" Chairman Mack
was asked.
Il don't know that he has an idea of
the amount. but he does know that they
have big 'slush fund
MI. Bryan Confident.
Mr.. Bryan is absolutely confident of
his election. He has been confident all
along, and is more convinced now that
he has come east and received the same
remarkable welcome which greeted him in
the west. We will carry New Jersey by
tremendous majority, and after he has
warmed them up in New York this state
will be made safe for him.
Chairman Mack then reached into a
pocket and drew out a printed pamphlet
which is being circulated by the republi-
can national committee, the alleged let
ter of the late Grover Cleveland on Bryan,
which was printed by the New York
Times, and the authenticity of which
has been denied.
This is an outrage" said Chairman
Mack. with indigna tion Il think this is
the limit in infamous political methods.
Here is Il letter which has been abso-
lutely discredited and the purveyor of 1t
under arrest Yet the republicans con-
tinue to send it out and no longer ago
than last Wednesday it was distributed at
meeting in Paterson. | think it is an
outrage on decency.'
Republicans Don't Like It.
Mr.. Bryan's reception in New Jersey
has sent cold chill down the spines of
the republicans and caused them to look
down their noses. However. they feel
it will result in still further arousing the
republicans throughout the east to re-
newed activity and will point to the
necessity of hard work in the closing days
of the campaign. n. o. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
PIONEER PHONE MAN DIES.
Col. Rider Of Allentown Succumbs
to Typhoid.

ALLENTOWN. Pa, October 2..-Coi.
w W. Rider of this city. during the past
two years traffic manager of the Con-
solidated Telephone companies of Penn
sylvania, died today from typhoid fever
at st. Luke's Hospital, South Bethlehem.
where he was taken yesterday. He was
iifty-eight years old and left a wife.
He was connected with the telephone
business many years. While resident Of
Ohio he was quartermaster general of the
national guard of that state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Republicans Don't I
japanese Appointment Expected.

TOXIC, October 24.-Baron Yoshiro
Sakatani, who was minister of finance in
the late cabinet. and whose reappoint-
ment to that post now administered joint
ly with the premiership by Premier Kat
sura. has been predicted. arrived in To-
kio this afternoon. 1t is believed that his
appointment will soon be announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Mikado Sees Lord Northcote.

TOXIC, October 24.-I1ord Northcote.
governor general of Australia. who has
been touring the orient since his departure
from the colonial seat OF government, was
received in audience by the emperor this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Manila Cholera on the Wane.

MANILA, October 2f-The cholera in
this city is dwndling TO proportions Of
little Importance. But one new case was
reported yesterday and like record pre-
vailed today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
ROBERTSON WINNER
OF VANDERBILT CUP
Covers Course in Loc0m0biIe
at Record Speed.
MAKES 64.3 MILES AN HOUR
Lytle Is Second in Race in the Ital-
ian Car Isotta.
RACE IS CALLED OFF THEN
Exciting Contest Between Leaders.
Many Accidents Reported-Sev-
enteen Machines Start.
VANDERBILT CUP RACE.
WINNER:

Driver-George Robertson.
Car-12O-h-p. Locomobile.
Average Speed, 64.3 Miles.
Time, 4.OO.46 Is.
Best Previous Average Speed
Lytle-64.25 Miles an Hour.
Winners of Former Races:
1904. Heath. Panhard. 2s4.4
miles. 5.a6.45
1865. Hemery, Darracq. 2s3
miles. ARGOS
1906. Wagner, Darracq. .y7.1
miles, 40. 10 30.
Distance-oaSO O6 miles.
Laps-Eleven times around cir
cult of 23.46 miles.
Time of Start-6;30 am.
Course-Special parkway and
road circuit in Nassau county.
l.. l.
Start and Finish-Opposite grand
stand on motor parkway.
Starters-Seventeen.
Nations Represented-Ameri
France. Italy and Germany.
Betting Favorites = Robertson.
Locomobile. No. Ii. and LytIe,
Isotta, No. 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
BY II. L. FITZPATRICK.


This was the eventful morning of the
womens national golf championship at
the Chevy Chase Club. The two to out
live the strenuous gofing of the week.
Mrs. Theodore Howard Polhemus of
Brooklyn and Miss Kate A Harley of
Fall River. played eighteen holes for the
out earlier in the week followed the
match. Also there was the consolation
cup final. the trophy presented by w. ].
Boardman, in which two Boston girls,
Miss Elizabeth Porter and Miss Eleanor
Allen, were the contestants.
There was much talk of the fine best
ball score made by Miss Margaret and
Miss Harriet Curtis yesterday, both of
whom are ex-national champions. They
won the competition with this card:
out ............5 ) 1 ) 1 ) 80
Ia ................3 ) 4 1 4 q 5 4 3-3S-IS
Showing in National Tournaments.
Miss Katherine Harley of Fall River
who wins the championship. has made
better record in national tourna-
ments than in events of the Boston
Women's Golf Association Twice she has
been In the semi-finals for the titie-frst
al Wheaton, H.. when she was defeated
b. j. Anna Carpenter, now Mrs. Hall
and the second time at the Merton
Cricket Club. in 1904, when she was pu,
out by Miss Georg!anna Bishop. who that
year won the championship. Her show
Ing in these tournaments was rather sur
prising to those who had followed heI
game in the Boston district, but il seemed
that. while not playing much on the Bos-
ton courses, she was practicing assidu-
ously on her home course at Fall River
Now her mastery of the wooden clubs
as evidenced all this week at Chevy
Chase IS second to other girl in the
tournament. for while one or two may ge,
greater distance-and there are only d few
who can do so-she gets the wooden shots
away cIeanly as much as anybody, and
also plays a fine midiron or cleek. One
shot in which she is deficient is tine
mashey pitch and the long approach putt
Mrs Polhemus has not been given the
credit to which her game entities. Her
reputation suffers from the fact that sh
never has done anything IN nationa
events nor won any tournaments around
home But while the Brooklyn golfer
O>ontinued on Second Pageo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Weather.

Showers this afternoon and
tonight. Sunday fair. Fresh
east to south winds.
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Who Anal round OF golf from Mrs. T. H.
Polhemus.
Miss Kate Harley of Fall River,
Mass, this afternoon won the
women S national golf tournament
.plonship in progress all this
week on the links of the Chevy
Chase Club.
Miss L. S. Porter captured the
consolation cup.
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CONTINUED on Second Page.p
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Tiir $500 mad 9eutldlauo.
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fret infer reidbaItiges @o6enblat,
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Stlnme11 erbalten, ltno IN Der porDer=
gegongenen Seem Oorfer W%apprsmobl
295,000 Stimmen. Mber III Ser
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glaltben, bob our6 @elebe uno politi-
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ben fonn, uno oie a%noerenfoas Dor
miegeno fir 9rpon itimmen ipiiroelt
lit Ser l1mItono ser oas Iuftreten
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9euti6lono banoelt, lni ercr Ufei=
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notirIid unierer 9eurteilung. Nad)
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bier mirflid Inn einen lol6en bo1t=
BELT, %feinespegs 10 groB SIT iein,
pie mon bon fron5oiii6er Seite be-
hauptet.
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Fine vcrteiIbafte Offerte
9as bini9fe Samo tint
Marfte.

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serinser Gmtfernnms BON Der giiem.
babm finb sum Ereiie bon So per
@der 81 berfamfen pber tuerben segen
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tim ,tmsetauidt.
8ate @iebsesenS; quite Sil6ermi-
men in Ser Ma6e.
Nadlsmfrasen in Der Office Der
Sreiem Erefe fir Seras.
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sSretta8 Sen 4. september 1908.

tered at the Post Office at San Anto.
Mo. Texas. as second class matter.
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be lift ii6ere SiiIfe fir eiternbe Sc
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2oro SadpiGe-@eit, ser eng
lil6e Diplomat, Der friiber eintnol
8eianoter in @aibineton NOR uno
anf glepelanb's Gerlangen a~bberufetl
mnroe, neil er lid IN ben oamotiecl
Braiioenten-8 ablfampf eenlii1t bal-
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ltets bebouptet, es fei ibm oomals
BON Den Seniern, Die feline Cut
fernulls aus @oibineton miinidten,
cine Safe geitelt morben unb er lei
nidtsobnelto in iie bineingefalen.
SIN Der Satiabe, oaB er iib our6 ieil
Gerbalten cine idmere Sltoisfretion
bette GIT Sbuloen fommell ~lallell,
anoert oas natiirli1 ni6t.
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SHtet G,tdb por saIben aeaen satarrb

Sitet Gitd bpr SaIben gegen 2atarrb,
Die 2uediiIber ent6aIten, ba QnediiIber
li9er ben 5inn bes @eru9s 5erit0rer unb
oos gan5e Shftem b6Iig 5errItten tpirb,
ipenn es bnr6 bic i9leimi9en 0berfIGs
den einbringt. SoIde grtifeI ionen ME
olBer nuf Berorbnrng gut berufener
ger5te eebran6t tperoen, ba Ser 5da6en,
ben Tie a11ridten, sehn MaI 70 groB tit,
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bdlt fein Qued1ilber unb miro imnerIi6
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migen OberfId6en bes @bite1ns. 8enn
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bon s.. s. Gbeneb & So. gema1t.
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rs Gents Die SIaihe.
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SObm s. Bolton, 0ffeltli6er @o-
tar. @runoeieentum. Igent fin
Benlionsanipriide. 3immer 8, ct.
Somes Sotel, OIt-Souiton Strabc,
telephone $50.
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Cute @etrdnfe uno famoier
Snnd itets in 8nrsitaler's Saluun
itnS Neitamrant, @iIita StraBe neben
Der Sole Der Sermannsiobne.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-17

The governor declares that GER
tain officials in the districts have re-
fused to do their duty in these pros
ecutions. He demands that the laws
be enforced.
The very interesting letter, given
out last might, is as follows:
estate House, Capitol.
"Hon William H. Dickson, Attorney
General of the State of Colorado,
Denver, Colo:
"Sir.-In my letter to district at
torneys and peace officers of the
state of Colorado of date 2Sth of De-
cember, 1907, stated that it is con-
ceded by those who have been for
a long time familiar with moral con-
ditions in this state that the laws
are now better executed than ever
before in this city. In praising the
brave men in office who have done
their duty in the face of all .manner
of hostility in the execution of laws
against Illegal liquor selling and
gambling and kindred vices. I in
sisted that the day has now arrived
when we take a step forward and do
in every county what has been so
well done in some counties. The
purpose of that letter was to arouse
district attorneys and peace officers
to q keener sense Oh unelT uuUieS uH-
der the solemn oaths which they
have taken.
In many quarters an immediate
response was given to that appeal.
We can say, therefore, that the laws
are executed now on the 10th of APP
ril, 1908, decidedly better than they
were executed on the 2Sth day of
December. 1907. The improvement
has been marked and the people ev-
erywhere have been intensely graft
fed. My letters to district attorneys
and to peace officers closed with the
following appeal and promises:
al therefore appeal to all district
attorneys and peace officers to pro-
ceed at once to do their whole duty
in executing all the laws. In any
county where such an extraordinary
proceeding shall be necessary, shall
give the attorney general authority
to proceed against law breakers when
the necessary evidence is brought to
me by reputable citizens who will
agree to go into court with the at
torney general to testify to such vio-
lations of the law