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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
CHARGES AGAINST QUAL1ROUGH.
officer Serving With Sperry Accused
OF Drunkenness.

Gibraltar Feb 3,-The captain Of
one OF the battleships composing the
fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry 10
under arrest on board his own vessel
and will be tried by court-martial on q
charge preferred by one of the rear
admirals OF the fleet that he was un.
der the influence of intoXiCants at a
reception given on shore a few days
ago. This captain was relieved from
duty by the rear admiral immediate.
ly after the reception and the execu.
tive officer was placed in command.
The ship was brought into Gibraltar
by the executive officer.
The name of the accused officer 10
Edward f Qualtrough captain OF the
battleship Georgia The charges were
preferred by Rear Admiral Vain.
wright.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
EXPLOSION KILLS
SEVENTEEN MINERS,
Five Of the Dead Are White and
Twelve Are Negroes,

Birmingham, Ala. Feb 3.--Seven.
teen men are dead as the result of an
explosion in the No. 2 Short Creek
mines of the Birmingham Coal and
Iron company Five of the dead are
white and twelve are negroes
The explosion is thought to have
been caused by a windy shot. The
bodies were taken from the mines and
the rooms and passages are clear. The
mine itself is practically uninjured.
Amh dances were sent from Ensley to
the mines and collins were rushed to
the i'll lated mine. The mine was run.
ming on short force or the death list
would probably have been much larger.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
BAL TIMORE GETS TINE GIFT.
Walters Art Gallery ls opened to the
Public Today.

Baltimore, Feb 3,--N it'll the open.
ing of the splendid Walters art gal
lery to the public today Baltimore has
the opportunity OF claiming Tor Its
own one OF the finest collections OF art
objects in the world,
The new white marble building at
the corner of Charles and Center
streets contains not only the famous
Massarent collection of old masters
and ceramics, purchased IN 1902 for
nearly $l,OvO0OO, but also the works
of art previously owned by Mr. Wal.
ters and those since added to his col
lections.
Henry Walters, the art collector,
whose generosity has given y 'timoro.
ans the new gallery, is one OF ,..e city'C
best known capitalists and philan-
thropists He is the largest stockhold-
or in the Atlantic Coast line and has
many other extensive business inter
ests. He is an enthusiastic yachtsman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
STANDARD OILS
OFFER TO MISSOURI.
Attorney General Major Explains
Motion for ClemenCy.

jefferson city, Mo, Feb. S.--Atton
ment relative to the motion for modts
noation OF Judgment OF custer died
by the standard Oil company, said hes
does not deem 1t necessary to file any
additional replies with the supreme
court to the suggestions of the stand
ard OH attorneys. The motion of the
attorneys, he said simply asks Tor
clemency in the modification OF tho
decree.
The statement, in part, says: The
proposed modification Is not an ofioG
to do business in partnership with tho
state, but that the judgment of oustox
be modified and the matter held i'm
allegiance, and in the meantime permih
the company to do business under tho
eye of the court of the state. II tho
court desired, IT could, under the modiA
fication. proceed at any time to REM
der judgment of final custer. UndSi
the modification as proposed the state
could control the price of the prudS
ucts and prevent the company from re-
coupling its losses in fines from off On
the people.
"ln the last analysis II presents N
question of whether or not the welfara
of the state, its business and it's citi,
zens would be benefited to an extenS
warranting a court of chancCxy to UNI
dertake the supervision. TIE Interest,"
of the Standard Oil company itself ia
not a matter of consideration. II Is a
procedure unique and new because tho
conditions presented are unique and
new Should the modification be f@
vorably considered, then | would, iD
that event, ask that the fine be great
ly increased. These, however, are ques
tons purely for the supreme court"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
QUAKE IND TIDAL
WAVE III SPAIN.
Several Towns and Villages
Reported Devastated.
LANDSLIDE pURIES ROMARA.
One Dispatch Says Barcelona Has
Been Overwhe med by Tidal Wave.
Subterranean Roarings Cause Panic
Among the People.

London, Jan. 30.--A special dispatch
received here from San Sebastian,
Spain, says that terrible earth
quake has devastated several towns
and villages in southern and south
eastern Spain.
A tidal wave partially submerged
the coast near Barcelona and great
landslide at Ceuta buried the village
OF Romara and several hundred inhaD-
itants.
News from Malaga says that many
houses were damaged in the town Of
Totana and several villages in the
province of Murcia.
A dispatch from Tarrassa says that
Barcelona has been overwhelmed by
tidal wave. The loss of life is un.
known Subterranean roarings pre-
ceded the tidal wave, causing fear.
full panic among the people on the
promenades and in the buildings of
the city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
RUSSIAN TERROR|STS
PURSUE AUCENE AzEF,
Alleged Government Spy is Flee.
ing for His Life.

Paris, Feb. 5.-A dispatch received
here from Zuricr says that Augene
Azef is now in Switzerland, holly pur.
sued by TOUR Russian terrorsts A2et
is the Russian who, for years, was an
active leader of the fighting Russian
socialists He recently was denounced
as government spy and sentenced to
death by the organization, after which
he disappeared.
A local paper declares that Azel
was active in preparing two plots
against the life of the emperor of Rus
STA When his fellow conspirators
were arrested Azef retired from the
active fighting circle. He tnen de
clared that it was impossible to kill
the emperor by ordinary means such
as a dagger, a revolver or bomb,
and that he was gong to study out a
plan of assassination in which an
aeroplane would play the principa!
part
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
CONVENTION IN A CHURCH.
Pastor Favors Mixing Politics With
ReIieion-TaIk on Merchant Marine.

New York, Feb 1.-The first of five
meetings to be devoted to the ad,
vancement of the interests of the
American merchant marine will be
held tonight in the Metropolitan tenn,
pie, this city, OF which the Rev. John
Wesley Hill is pastor. The meetings
are TO be held under the auspices of
the National Merchant Marine league
Letters from President Roosevelt
and President Elect Taft commencing
the purpose of the meetings which is
the stimulation of public interest in
the growth of the merchant marine
will be read. Among the prominent
men who will take part in the confer.
ences are the Hon. James L, Nc.
Creary, representative from Mime,
sofa; John Barrett, director of the bu.
reau of American republics Henry
Clews, Leslie NJ Shaw, John j. Nc.
Cook and Myron T Herrick, One pur.
pose OF the conferences is the advo
cacy OF legislation compelling the car
rying of American mail to Europe and
elsewhere in American ships. The
members or the league generally favor
the ship subsidy plan.
The pastor of the temple is in favor
of the mixture of politics and econom-
les with religion, with view to the
uplifting of the former. With that
end in view he has invited the pro-
motors of meetings OF public interest
to hold them in the temple.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
BULLETS FLY IN COURT ROOM.
Woman Kills Defendant and Fatally
Shoots Two Spectators,

Gatesyi.le, Tex, Feb. 3.-Miss Verna
Ware, daughter OF a prominent farmer
OF this county, fired repeatedly into .
crowded court room here, continuing
unit, nor revolver was emptted, AS q
result, John Haines. merchant of
Jonesboro, for whom the bullets were
intended, is dead; TWO bystanders,
James smith and David Ross. are per.
haps fatally wounded and A, r. Wiley,
Jr., is seriously wounded.
II was during the trial of Haines on
serious charges preferred by Miss
Ware that the shooting occurred APP
preaching a window, from which a
view OF the court room could be had.
Miss Ware saw Haines among the
spectators and before she could be re-
strained drew the revolver from the
folds of her dress and fired, Three Of
the bullets struck Haines and he died
within an hour Miss Ware and her
brother Charles Ware. were srrestsa.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
DENIAL OF RAlNEY CHARGES.
President Of Panama and Members OF
Assembly Sign Statement.

Panama, Feb. 1.-The charges made
in tie American congress recently by
Representative Henry 4. Rainey of H.
linois against Domingo de Obaldia,
president OF Panama, and others, have
brought out denials from the president
and sixteen members of the national
assembly. The assemblymen have
signed a statement asserting that they
were present at meeting in the pres.
ident's office, where the contract for
the exploitation of the timber industry
along the Atlantic coast of Panama
was discussed and that during the
meeting neither President Obaldia nor
anyone else said or implied that
Charles p. Taft, William Nelson Crom.
well or Roger I. Farnham had any di.
rect or indirect participation in the
business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
CALIFORNIA TURF
GAME IS HARD HIT.
Antl-RaCetrack Gambling Bill Is
Ready for Signature,

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 5.-Raeing
In the state of California received a
vital blow when the senate, by vote
of SO to T. passed the WalkerOtis
anti-racetrack gambling bill, which
prohibits pool selling, bookmaking or
gambling on horse races.
The bill, having already passed the
assembly, will now go to the govern.
or for his signature, after which ii
will become a law. Governor Gillett
has signifed his intention to sign tina
measure ii passed by both houses, but
it is believed that he will not take this
action until thirty days shall have
elapsed AS the bill permits pool deal.
ers and bOokmakers sixty days time
in which to close up their affairs, the
present season OF racing at the Emery
Vile and Santa Anita courses will not
be disturbed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
EDITOR HURT BY TRAIN.
w. L. Woodson of the American press
Associ alton Injured in Workers.

Yonkers, N. Y, Feb. 1.-While try
ing to board a train at the GlenwoOd
station of the New York Central, viii.
liam l.. Woodson, editor of the Amer
lean Press, fell and was injured by
the moving wheels. His right foot
was amputated at the station and at
st. Johns Riverside hospital, to which
he was taken, it was found that an
amputation of the leg below the knee
was necessary. He was badly hurt
about the head and sustained other
injuries. He displayed wonderful forti-
tude. which the physicians say will
materially assist him in recovering
from the effects of his injuries.
Mr. Woodson's paper, the American
Press, is issued from the main office
of the American Press association in
New York. He has been connected
with the American Press association
many years, coming to the main Of
fee from the Atlanta branch, of which
he was manager Mr., WOodson was
formerly one of the best known news
paper men of the south. He is a ma.
tive of Virginia, but lived also in
Georgia and other southern states.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
GMElICH INAUGURATEJ
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Declared Elected by Missouri
Assembly in Joint Session.

Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 2.--Jacob
r. GmeiCh utep) was inaugurated
lieutenant governor of Missouri to
day, He was declared elected by the
assembly in joint session after the re.
count committee had reported tnat
Gmeich had received 346,642 votes as
against 346,4G5 votes tor William X
Painter tDem).
The report OF the committee set out
that on the face OF the original returns
Gmelich had been elected by thirty
votes and on the lace OF the amended
returns Painter had been elected by
twenty seven votes, but the legislature
had provided for the recount of tho
ballots of St Louis and certain pre-.
cinCts in other counties OF the state
and that on the recount more than T..
200 ballots had been rejected because
OF being improperly initiated, about
equally divided between the candl,
dates, but that when sixteen precincts
OF the Nineteenth ward of st. Louis
was reached many ballots were found
70 have been improperly initiated, and
the committee disagreed. The Demo,
Gratis Contcnded that not counting
such votes would have given Painter
majority, but since no fraud had
been found and Painter had declared
to have been fairly elected, the Demo
Gratis yielded to the Republicans and
agreed tnat Gmclicb had been elected
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
SAILS TODAY TO
WE'D ENGLISH GIRL.
George Westinghouse, Jr., On
the Mauritania.

New York, Feb 3-SaiIing for Eng.
land today on the Mauretania waa
George Westinghouse, Jr., whose err
rand abroad is his marriage TO aU0
English girl The wedding was orig"
inaIly set for last month, but Was3
postponed by Mr., Westinghouse i'll"
ness AS seen on the deck Of th9
steamer today, Mr.. Westinghouse
seemed to be in excellent health. Ha,
is to marry Miss Evelyn Violet Brock
lebank.
Mr. Westinghouse is the son OF tho
famous and wealthy inventor of ths
air brake. His bride to be is tho
daughter of Sir Thomas BrocklebankA
very rich English baronet. She In
a twin, her sister being Miss AgneD
Sylvia BrOCklebank.
The arrangements and the date or
the wedding will be decided upon afts
er the arrival in England of Mr.. WestS
inghouse.
The ceremony will take place ~
Triton Hall. in HOlbrook, Cumberland
county, the ancestral home of the
BrOCklebankS
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
ADMIRALTY COURT
TO FIX BLAME.
Owners Of Republic and Florida
Both Claim Damages.

New York, Jan 29.-Just which ship
was responsible for the collision ira
which the Republic and the Florida
figured and which company shall pay
the damages will be decided by the
court of admiralty
Both companies filed suits. That OF
the owners of the Republic claimed
damages of 100000 and recited iss
legal form the story of the marvellous
sea disaster. The blame for the col
lision was placed on the Florida.
The owners of the Florida also fled
q libel and a petition for a Imitation
of liability against the Florida. The
petitioners asked that their liability,
in case the suits are decided against
them, be placed at $2240OO, the dam
age value of the Florida
Later the Florida's owners obtained
an order from Judge Adams in the
United States court staying all suits
for damages, on the ground that their
petition for limitation of liability had
been filed ahead of the Oceanic Steam
ship Navigation companys suit, The
Florida owners allege the collision
was due to the neglect OF the Repub-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
MAY HAVE BEEN A DERELICT,
No Wreckage Washed Ashore and No
Trace Of Crew or Passengers Has
Been Found-Wateher on Light.
ship See Steamer Sink.

Norfolk Va, Feb. Hidden be.
meath the turbulent waves That roll
over Diamond shoals, fourteen mIes
of Cape Hatteras, n. c., the secret Of
the identity OF the mysterious steamer
which went down there Saturday,
probably with all hands on board, re.
mains untold.
No Clew TO corrObOrate the testl
mOny of those few abroad the Dia.
mond shoals ligntsuip VINO witnessed,
helpless to aid, TINS latest tragedy OF
the well named Graveyard OF the AT
lautic," was obtained Not a piece of
wreckage has been detected and il
may be several days before anything
Is discovered.
Neither the government weather
station nor the local commercial
wireless station received any addi'
tional news relative to the i'll fated
vessel. No definite news has come to
the Norfolk navy yard from the rev.
enue cutter Onondaga, which is at
the scene OF the reported disaster.
Local shipping authorities declare
that the steamer probably was an
abandoned derelict.
A moderate north wind was blowing
off Hatteras AS long as the wind re-
mains in that quarter, any wreckage
T fotsam from the ship probably
>e driven far out to sea.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
ANNUAL ATTACK ON
FORESTRY SERVICE.
All Attempts TO Amend AgrIcul-
turaI Bill Fall.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The forest ser.
vice bots its usual annual drubbing
the criticisms against it coming prin.
cipally from Smith (CalO, Cook
tColo) and Mondell (WyoD, all Of
whom charged extravaganza in admin
istration and the eXtortion OF money
from miners, farmers and even the
owners OF bee hives. Cook attributed
to Chief Forester Pinchot the Interior
motive of scheming for Secretary Will
sons seat in the cabinet. Both Mr..
Pinchot and the forest service were
vigorously defended by Mann (IllD
and Weeks CMass). All attempts to
amend the agricultural appropriation
bill in any important particular failed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Brazilian Attacks Professor Strong.

New York Feb. S.-General Charles
A. Strong, professor of psychology at
Columbia university, who is a son'in.
law of John d Rockefeller, was at
tackled on the North German Lloyd
liner Barbarossa by a young Bra
lillian, Louis Leite, who is now pris-
oner on Ellis island pending an in.
vestigation of his sanity. Professor
Strong was bitten twice on the face
by his assailant. who sprang upon him
suddenly The men were separated by
the shin's attendants
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
WALKER GIVES
UP CONTEST.
Mine Workers Approve Course
Of President Lewis.
THIRD WEEK OF CONVENTION.
Vice President and Secretary.Treas
urer Yet to Be Eleeted--Lewis' Ma
jorty for President Likely to Be
Sixteen Thousand.

sixteen Thousand,
Indianapolis Feb III .e cause of
the antl-Lews faction In the United
Mine Workers convention has been
lost. John Walker of Illinois, who op.
posed President Lewis for reelection,
announced that he would not contest
Lewis election.
Such action would be hopeless" he
said. THE convention has been
packed against me-"
President Lewis majority likely will
be 10000. Walker learned the senti.
ment OF the delegates toward him
when, by a vote of 1927 to 1854, he
was refused an extension of time to
speak against the committee report
approving the course of President
Lewis and the executive board IN sus-
pending President Van Horn and other
officials of district No IL, Indiana, for
having disobeyed the mandate of the
national officers to discontinue the
Hudson mine strike.
The refusal of President Lewis to
aid the striking miners of the Mercer.
Butler field, Pennsylvania. caused a
debate. This brought a remark from
Mr.. Lewis, that there should be no fur.
Their quarrelng over personal differ
ences and that the business of the
convention should be disposed of as
quickly as possible, He would give
all information asked for in regard to
the MercerButler strike, he said, but
would not picker with his critics.
The convention now is in its third
week. 1t will be necessary to elect a
vice president and seCretary.treas
urer during the session, as during the
December election no candidate re
ceivcd a majority.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
STATE MAY TAKE
N. Y. WORLD CASE,
Believed Jerome Has Been Civ.
en- Right Of Way.

New York, Jan. 29--Uncertainty as
to what action would be taken on the
suggestion OF District Attorney Jerome
on the government suit against the
New York World for libel, that the
federal authorities permit him to pro
coed in their stead, was in a measure
removed by the signing of an affidavit
by Douglas Robinson, brotherin-law
of the president.
1t is believed this means that Mr..
Robinson has accepted Mr.. JeromeS
proposition to appear as a complain.
ing witness and that the county grand
jury is preparing to take the matter
In hand.
Mr. Jerome declared, however, he
had received no reply from either At.
torney General Bonaparte or District
Attorney Henry l.. Stimson as to what
course the government proposed to
take, Until he received assurance
that such right of way would be given
him, he said he could do nothing
Another visitor received by Mr.. Je
rome was Jonas Whitley, a representa-
tive OF William Nelson Cromwell He
left after signing a deposition, This
is understood to recite the fact that
the day before the publication OF the
alleged libellous article Mr., Whitley
called at the Office of the World and
notified those in charge of the paper
that allegations in the article were
untrue, No light as to the present
status of the case as it affects the fed,
eral authorities could be had from the
government attorneys.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
MOUNTAIN LION KILLS BOY.
Mother Enters Family Tent to Find
Beast Devouring Child.

Balboa, Cal, Feb. Her two-year-
old boy killed and his body terribly
mutilated by monster mountain lion
and the fierce beast devouring one Of
the legs which it had torn from its
socket, was the sight that Mrs. Chris
Brown beheld when she entered the
family tent, four miles from the Hotel
Delmar, after short walk, When the
mother realized what had taken place,
she screamed and almost threw her
self on the lion, which growled saw
agely and backed slowly out of the
rear of the tent, carrying a mouthtul
of the human flesh in its teeth, and
disappeared.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
White SLAYER Gets Two Years.

Chicago Feb, 1.-The story Of a
beautiful girl lured to the United
States from Paris, resulted in the
conviction of Henry Lair, charged by
the government with being a promoter
of the so,called white slave" traffic in
this country. Lair was sentenced by
Judge Lands to serve two years in
the government prison at Leavenworth
and to pay $500 fine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
York Has Boosters Club.

York, Neb,, Feb. 3.-The Boosters
club has been formed as branch of
the Commercial club, and it starts
with a cash capital of $4,000. Every
business firm Of importance in the
city has volunteered to accept an an
nual assessment for the support of the
new club, the banks heading the list
with $3.50 each. The pushing of Yorks
business interests will receive the en-.
tire attention of the new organization.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
fUOR PROMINENT MEN lNVOL we'd.
Witnesses From New York and st
Louis Called to Muskoeee.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 29.-Addi-
tional interest was added to the in
vestigation of the alleged town lot
frauds here by the arrival of witnesses
from New York, st. Louis and other
cities From New York came James
King Duffy, Charles II. Duffy and 9th
er capitalists and promoters. The st.
Louis delegation was headed by John
C. Wilkinson, formerly president of
the Missouri Trust company, and DR..
Fayette C. Ewing.
1t was learned from a reliable
source that al least four prominent
men are involved in the present in.
vestigation by the jury, the charges
being conspiracy to defraud.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION,
First Thing to Be Settled in the South
Dakota Passenger Rate Case,

Pierre, S. d., Feb. 6.-About the
only subject of discussion here is the
question as to which side wins the
race to the courts Wednesday on the
cent rate Jaw The situation is such
that the nrst legal question which
will have 10 be settled is that of
whether tha state or federal courts
irst secured jurisdiction, the state
legal department claiming to have got
into the state courts first by few
minutes and the railroads alleging
they were busy in the federal courts
at Sioux Falls a scratch ahead OF the
state court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Paris Knows Nothing of it.

Paris, Jan. 3O.-Neither the news
papers nor the Hayas agency have re.
ceived any news of the reported earth
quake and tidal wave in Spain beyond
the Associated Press despatch con-
cerniI the disturbances at Malaga.
The reports of further shocks are
probably based upon this. Romara
the village mentioned as being buried
in special dispatches to London, Is
not in Spain, but in Africa, fifty miles
eouth hf Cauta
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

New York, Feb Samuel Com
pers, pres eat of the American FEEDER,
alton of Labor, said that no court in.
function would check his speech. He
made this statement in an address be.
fore the Central Federated union,
where he received fattering recep
ton at the hands of the laboring men
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Stephens Denies Railroad Merger.

Richmond, Va, Feb. S-President
w. George Stephens of the Chesa.
peake and Ohio railway positively de-
MED the Chicago report that a great
combination of railroads, including
the Chesapeake and Ohio, was about
to be formed.