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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
CHARLES p. GRANDEIELD
Copyright by Harris Ewine.)

service possible to the citizens of Wash
ington:
DIR. Grandfield was my chief clerk
when I was first assistant postmaster
general. Upon my retirement from the
office he became my successor.
81 found in him man who thoroughly
understood the postal service in it's prac-
tical workings from top to bottom. He
was in close touch with all the leading
post Offices of the country and knew how
and to what extent they we're efficient.
This knowledge was gained through
long experience in the department in
positions which made it his business to
know these things. He was also in close
touch with my OWE ideas upon the SUBJ
ject. and has been connected with every
move l have made for the betterment of
the service.
"1deal Man for Position"
TO me he seems an ideal man for
the position for which he has been Sc
iected, for it is my purpose to make
the local Office in all its branches and
every line of it's service the best that
can be haG. L want IT to be a thing
that not only the citizens Of Washing
ton but the nation itself may be proud
of. 1t is my purpose to inaugurate in
it every movement that is to be made
for the Improvement of post Offices; to
see that it is equipped with the best
devices that can be obtained. and to
have it directly under the eye of the
department at all times.
DIR. Grandfield, as | have said" he
for the purpose. He has been a resi-
dent of the city for twenty-five years.
He owns his home here, and has his
interests here. l do not even know
know. for this appointment is postal
and not political. i want the citizens
of the District to feel that / have only
the best interests of their local service
at heart. for by serving them 1 will
accomplish my own end of making a
post office which / will want other
postmasters. especially new appointees.
to visit to learn how a post Office should
be operated"
Announced at White House.
Announcement of DIR. Grandfields ap-
pointment was made at the White House
before noon today by Mr. Hitchcock, who
was the first visitor to be received by
the President this morning after the ex-
ecutive got back from his brief trip to
Connecticut.
The President walked into his Office
about IL o'clock and found Mr.. Hitch
cock waiting to take up this business
with him. The Washington postmas ster-
ship was settled In a few minutes after
Mr.. Hitchcock stated his purpose
II promised the people of the District
that / would recommend a local man TO
the President as postmaster" said Mr..
Hitchcock. land this is what / have
done. DIR. Grandfield has lived in WASH
ington twenty-five years. He has worked
all the way through the Post Office De-
partment from the bottom Of the ladder -
Reorganization in View.
The selection of Mr.. Grandfield is also
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
STRANGE NEW DISEASE.
Fatal Ailment Resembling Diphthe
ria Peculiar to Children.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. November Ia
Three children are already dead and a
fourth is I'll from a disease. which has
baffied the physicians and led them to
believe a new scourge particularly mimi
cal to children has appeared. The three
victims who have already died are the
children OF Mrs. Mary Gener. and while
Prof. wooley, pathologist at the City
Hospital, was performing an autopsy on
the last child to die. Mrs. Sophie Howard
appeared with her thirteen year-OId
daughter, who showed Identical symp-
toms The disease appears In the form
of acute diphtheria. but the autOpsies
have proved it to be dissimilar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
MDEAl. MAN FOR PLACE.
TO CARRY OUT HIS IDEAS
Reorganization of Post Office Depart
ment Supposed to Be Planned.
VACANCY PERMITS ACTION
Promptness of Presidents Acquies-
ccnce Prevents Appeals in Favor
of Other Candidates.

ITO make the post Office at
Washington, D. c., the model
post Office of the country, with
every branch of its service thor
oughly efficient, businesslike and
up-to-date, / have today reco
mended to the President the ap-
pointment of DR.. Charles p.
Grandheld of Troy, Lincoln coun-
ty, Mo-, as postmaster"
This was the statement made
today by Postmaster General
Hitchcock to a Star reporter n
announcing the appointment Of
DR.. Grandfeld to the city post
mastership, position which
the citizens of the District felt of
right belonged to one of their own
number.
Postmaster General Dreams.
1T has been my dream" said the Post
master General. Ito have the post office
In this city one that the nation might be
proud Of Every visitor. whether Ameri-
can or foreign. to the Post ONCE Depart
ment must OF necessity virtually pass
through the city post Office on his way
20 the department proper.
'When 1 was first assistant postmaster
general 1 was sometimes a little embar-
raised to have visiting postmasters tell
me they were surprised that the Wash
ington Office, I'm some respects at least
was behind the times. They had ex-
pected to find here, under the very eve
Of the department. an Office which other
postmasters might accept as a model for
their own.
Instead OF admiration for its system
as q whole, IL was annoying to listen to
criticism.
When / became Postmaster General
determined to put my cherished idea into
a living reality. l have not been infiu-
enced by politics or any other considera-
tiaa except that Of giving the very best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
HAITI SWEPT BY HURRICANE
IMMENSE DAMAGE WROUGH.
BY STORM.
Floods Follow Downpour and Add to
Losses-Fruit Steamers Ashore
at Jamaica.

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti. November
1s-The hurricane that has swept over
Haiti has wrought immense damage. the
extent Of which 1t is as yet impossible to
determine, but up to the present time no
news has been received here OF any Sc
rious loss of life.
All telegraph communication between
Port au Prince and the towns I'm the
northern part Of the republic has been
interrupted by the heavy rains. Floods
followed the downpour and added to the
losses but detailed information regarding
the extent and severity of the storm stIil
is lacking.
Heavy Sea Running.
The steamer Allegheny, which has ar
rived here. passed before Cape Haitier
and Port de Paix. but could not communi.
cate with the land on account of the
heavy sea running.
Intelligence received here from Gonaives
describes great property losses, but
makes no mention OF loss of life.
In the vicinity OF Port au Prince the
Tonazeau river has broken over its banks
and the flood swept away a part of the
railroad bed.
The Secretary of the Navy has received
a wireless message through the COM
mandant of the naval station at Key
West giving the following details of the
hurricane northeast of Jamaica Wednes-
day and Thursday last:
unprecedented rainfall. Jamaica rail-
roads washed out Telegraph crippled
cable broken. Five hundred thousand
bananas lost. l.. S. S. Eagle smashed
into pier and towed off by English crui-er
Scylla Fruit steamers Bradford and
Amanda ashore. Amanda fioated; Brad
ford still on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
Prison Sentences for Defendants in
Tensleep Murder Cases.

DENVER, November 13.-The four re-
naming defendants in the Tensieep mur-
der cases. now awaiting trial at Basin.
wyo, will plead guilty and accept SEN
tenoes agreed upon in order to save the
life of Herbert Brink, whom the jury
Thursday found guilty Of murder in the
first degree, according to a special to
the News today. This was the announce
ment made last night by the attorneys
for the defense after an all-day confer
ence between the prosecution and defense
and Presiding Judge Parmalee.
Life Imprisonment was decided upon
for Brink. This will be effected by
granting him a new trial and permitting
him to plead guilty TO second-degree
murder.
George Saban and Milton A. Alexander
will plead guilty to the charge Of MUIR
der In the second degree and be SEN
fenced to twenty years each. Ed Eaton
and Thomas Dixon will be charged with
manslaughter. plead guilty and get three
years each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
WEALTHY JAPANESE BRIDE.
In Company With Husband Mrs.
Takaki Arrives in Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 13.-One
of the weaithiest women in Japan arrived
In this country yesterday when 8. Ia
kaki, a graduate of the University of
PENNSYLVANIA. led his bride ashore from
the liner Manchuria. Mrs. Takaki was
Miss Tatsuo Mitsui a daughter of the
Japanese house of Mitsui. the Roth
schilds Of Japan. Mrs. Takaki has a mil
lion in her own name and is the heir to
vast fortune. The wedding, which took
place October ., was social event of
great importance in Toxic. Takaki is to
have charge of the Mitsui interests in
New York and Is on his way east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

Raymond Albert Patterson, since 1894
head of the Washington bureau of the
Chicago Tribune. died at the family resi-
dence. 1909 Kenyon street northwest. this
morning at 1880 o'clock. Gathered about
the bedside as he breathed his last were
his wife and two children. His death
was due to the effects of a hemorrhage
which he suffered yesterday morning.
Funeral services will probably be held
at the residence Monday porning. when
Rev. DIR. Charles Wood. pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, will probably
officiate. At 5:45 i'm the afternoon the
remains will be taken to Chicago for
interment Wednesday afternoon.
Last winter Mr.. Patterson was operated
upon for throat trouble at the Johns
hopkins University Hospital In Balti-
more. After recovering he declared that
his health was of the best. During the
summer he suffered from the heat an0
went to Maine.
He returned TO the city some weeks
later and resumed his work at the Trib-
une bureau. He remained in good
Eealth until mis- throat trouble seemed to
return recently. Yesterday came a hem
orrhase. and he gradually sank until the
end came.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
MIR. MACFARLAND's STATEMENT.

Accompanying the of his resignation Commis
soner Mcfarland gave out the following statement:
Il have resigned order that practice law Ever since
the bar last February have been intending
take step order do things
the establishment Of the and
celebration of the Fourth OF July the competitive appoint
candidates West Point and Annapolis the
and take the
of having adequate expenditures
and providing carrying the
our program of extraordinary improvements.
private fortune, fortyeight old and
cannot afford longer Office feel that have given
all the time District government that ought
give happy have had the opportunity
commssonersp during the period of municipal
development grateful for the support which have had from
all that is best National Capital. shall continue
everything in my power for the District"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Front Rank of Newspaper Writers.

Mr.. Patterson WAS in the foremost
rank OF newspaper writer's in America.
His acquaintance with public men of ma
tional and state renown, his grasp OF
public questions. his sterling integrity and
.airness. style OF diction that was
facile and delightful made him a most
CONTINUED on Second PaGe.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Cpyrght by
Sudden Action Following Closely Upon the Resigna-
ton of Commissioner West Cause of Comment.
Asked by MIR. Taft to Continue in Office
Until January and Consents.

Henry B. F. .Macfarland, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia for than nine years.
presented his resignation to the President OF the
United States today.
Following close the heels of the resignation Thursday
of Henry L. West Commissioner this action clean
sweep of civil members
concerned.
Mr. Macfarland he has taken this that
the of law AS he has fortune,
explains longer give his time the
District commissionerslip
Commissioner the position the
building December but the President has urged that he
until That the Commissioned has agreed
This made of Mr. West by the President
presented his resignation the executive
Off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

Continued on Second Page.)
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
Invention Brings 81, 800, 900.

While experimenting with amateur
photography NJ. 4. Yctnic and Dr.. L.
n. Early, OF Columbus, O., discovered
a way OF making 4 new kind OF phot-
cgraphic printing paper. and recently
Zeal was closed at South Bend,
Ind, by which the Eastman kodac
company will pay them sl.5OO,O0O
for the secret. The Eastman COM
pany could not duplicate the pape!
patented by the Columbus men. IT
promises to revolutionize the print
ing of photographs.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
WHITE MAN LYNCHED
HAD KILLED ANOTHER MAN AND
WOUNDED HIS WIFE.
Christmas Eve Tragedy in Virginia
Followed by Hanging Of the Crimi-

Followed by Hanging of the Crimi-
nal BY Angry Mob.
A dispatch from Hurry, Va, says
following the killing here on Christ
mas Eve Of Samuel Baker and the
serious wounding of his wife and two
children by the formers enemy,
Henry. Pennington, mob Of one hun
dred citizens late Christmas night
took Pennington from an improvised
Jail, where he had been incarcerated
under heavy guard, and hanged him
to steam pipe.
Pennington, who had been drink
ing, picked a quarrel with Baker and
shot him while the latter was on his
way to Sunday-school Christmas tree
with his wife, his two children and a
friend. Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that
he had killed Baker, Pennington
started to run away. Mrs. Baker
called after Pennington and implor-
ed him to help her take the body
home.
The ruse worked and Pennington
went back to the spot where his vic
tim lay dead. Bent upon avenging
the dead, Mrs. Baker grabbed Pen
nington's pistol from his pocket and
shot twice at him. Her aim was bad
but she succeeded in wound.ag him
In the hand and thigh. Pennington
recovered possession Of the pistol and
then shot the woman and attempted
to kill Meadows, who was running
away, it is alleged, and the two chill
dren.
Pennington then fed, but was sur
rounded by posse on the outskirts
of the town later In the night. He
was captured after an exchange Of
shots with the officers, who badly
wounded him. Being to weak to
stand the journey to the Grundy jail
which is Is miles distan:, owe noun
famous country. Pennington was
locked up in the constable's house.
but about one o'clock Christmas af-
ternoon it vas thought advisable to
remove him to boarding house,
where he was put under a strong
guard.
Feeling against Pennington ran
hrigh, and many covert threats Of a
lynching were heard during the day.
At midnight band Of about one
hundred citizens was Quietly organ
lied, the guard was overpowered and
Pennington was taken to the engine
room of a lumber mill, nearby, and
hanged to a steam pipe. The body
was riddled with bullets, and was
then left hanging until nine o'clock
Sunday morning when it was cut
down.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
(, a BRUTAL MURDER.
j. E. Ladden Dies Within Sight of
of His Home.

Va 442S 44SihSs
At Greenville at ten o'clock on
Christmas Eve ]. E. Liddell, a real
estate dealer, was found dead near
the spot in the southeastern part of
the city, where Wesley Russell, a
mill worker was found wounded on
Thursday night. Liddell had been
dead an hour or more when found as
the body was almost covered with
snow.
Christmas Eve he had been in the
city shopping and started for home
about o'clock. He is a married
man, and his wife becoming alarmed
at his failure to arrive sent neigh
Dor to look for him, with the result
that his body was found within
stones throw of his home. terrible
cash in the mans head told the story
of the tragedy, the wound evidently
having been made with an axe OF
some sharp instrument. Scattered
all about the dead man were toys
for his little children and number
Of gifts for his wife.
Residents of the neighborhood,
where the two tragedies have occur
red one so quickly following the 9TH
er are greatly wrought up over the
crimes. Russell and Liddell were
both struck in much the same man
ner, except Russell had four gashes
in his head, while Liddle had but
one. Russell died Christmas night
from his wounds.
Jess Fuller and Joe Baker, two
white men, were arrested Sunday
morning for the murder. The arrest
was made after confession alleged
to have been made by Fuller to w.
O.. Stcver. contractor.
Fuller was taken to the police sta
tion and large crowd gathesed. 1t
was feared for a time that the pris-
oner would be taken from the guard
house and lynched He was finally
escorted to the Jail by the mayor and
other citizens in company with the
police. The crowd gathered around
the Jail, and two squads of local
military company were stationed
about TO keep down any disorder.
The prisoner was finally spirited
away in a large automobile by c. NJ.
Wing and taken to Spartanburg.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
of Southern Virginia. himself fear
less soldier Of the Confederacy.

of Southern Virginia, himself a fear
less soldier Of the Confederacy.
No soldier OF fortune, no seeker of
self,
No lover Of glory and fame,
But simply man who was true to
himself,
The home where he dwelt and his
name.
He rode far away at the call of the
land,
Unmindful Of peril and fate:
A smile on his face and wave Of
his hand
For the children who stood at the
gate.
He rode by the side OF the kingliest
knight,
And deemed it guerdon to share
His tent, and the march, or the
danger and fight
To kneel by his chieftain in prayer.
He lay where he fell, with the light
on his face,
Untouched by dishonor and shame.
Defeated-vet true to the pride of
his race.
The home where he'd dwelt and
his name.
The tears were like dew in the eyes
of the chief,
Who gazed on the form OF his
friend,
And though. Of the children at HON"
and their grief,
The blossom OF life and It's end.
He sent, all entwned with his pity
and love,
The flowers that grew where he
And angels who walked on the ram
parts above:
Repeated their call, 1T is WELL"
'Tis well, tho for years he has slept
meath the sod,
Uncrowned BY the laurels OF fame,
And simply man who was true to
his God,
The home where he'd dwelt, and
his name!
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
Wild Cotton Trees.

A test is TO be made of the value
of the fibre of the cotton bearing
trees which grow wild in Sonora and
Sinoloa, Mexico. The tree is known
to the Mexicans as the aldone. Thu
staple OF the cotton is not as long
as that grown by the American plant
er. but there is no need Of ginning it..
Merely faying it with pole while
it is spread out on canvas or a
floor will rid it Of the seeds. The
staple is abont an inch long.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
Mine EXPLOSION
EIGHT MEN KILLED AND 400
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE.
Rescares Brave Danger From Fire
Damp and Recover Three Bodies.
Fire Gains Headwsy.


men were killed and four
q Iandred others had narrow escapes
in an explosion Of gas in Mine "a
OF the Chicago and Gainesville Coal
eCompany at Herrin. ILL.,. late Thurs.
day.
Open lamps carried by employers
Of the mine are believed to have
caused the disaster. There were
three men and boy in this party,
and all are dead.
The dead: w. T. Pierce, mine en-
gineer; Eugene Barrett, assistant en-
gineer; Thomas H. Williams, assist
ant manager; unidentified boy, about
Is years old; George Snyder. miner;
Salvatore Greece. miner; Pietro
Romeo, laborer; Thomas Harber,
miner.
|! James Guinney. superintendent of
the mine, a nd Robert Hueston, man
ager, headed the first relay Of res
cuers. Despite the black damp which
flowed into the chambers adjoining g
those In which Pierce and his party
were killed, these men went into the
workings.
( After sending to the surface three
unconscious persons, the rescuers
next found the bodies Of Snyder,
Greece and Romeo.
The efforts OF the rescuers to pen.
!etrste more deeply into the work
5ings were. repulsed by increasing
Banks OF after:damp. and they were
forced to retreat, leaving the bodies
of Pierce and his companions. Fire
also began to gain Roadway, and it
is not expected that the. bodies can
?be removed, All efforts are being
directed towards fighting the flames.
News Of the disaster spread through
,Herrin, ? and there was rush OF
.hysterital women and crying children
to the shaft house.
The damage to the mine cannot
yet be accurately estimated. The col
liery Ia one OF the oldest in the sec
ton and few accidents have occurred
in it. Pierce, the engineer who lost
his life, formerly: was Federal in
,spector OF Government work on the
mississippi River. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
RAISES STORM
PEARY's FRIENDS OBJECT TO
SENDING DATA TO DANES.
Leading Members of the National
Geographic Society Afraid to Risk
Their Investigation.

Rear Admiral Schley's demand
that Commander Peary submit his
Polar data to the consistory Of the
University of Copenhagen for veri-
fication, following that body's repud-
iation Of DR.. Cook, has raised q storm
among the membership Of the Ma
tional Geographical Society, which
gave Peary a clean bill Of health.
The leading members claim tina;
the scientists OF the United States
would be demeaning themselves. If
they acknowledged that their ind
ings needed verification. There
seems to be no disposition to with
hold from the Copenhagen board lie
data filed by Peary. bu: ther" Is a
well defined opposition against turL-
ing It over to the Danish scientists
for official action.
uG al uucuLS dOFaASEQ ~ ao
miral Schley that such e1aminatio:i
would remove all Questi IL Of doucr
from the claim of Peary have been
found impeachable by American
scientists. and, therefore, the tues
tion is not whether Peary's right,
but whether the scientists ars wrong.
Nothing can be gained By sub
mitting Commander Peary'0 data TO
the University of Copenhagen said
Prof. Gannett, who was chairma'. of
the committee that passed upon the
proofs OF Peary, "and l do not SEE
any reason why he should"
Rear Admiral Chester, who at 'ack-
ed Cooks data some time ago, de-
nounced the proposition of Admiral
Schley as absurd. He declared he
did not believe that the University
of Copenhagen would consider max
ing request for the proofs and that
the whole matter was a mares
nest,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
Five Men Perish.

At Shawnee, Okla, five workmen
were killed and II others were in
1"~e' r~idav nv the explosion Of 4
locomotive boiler that wrecked the
repair shop of the Chicago Rock Is
land & Pacific railroad. Railway Of
ficials say that only two are dead.
although fragments of bodies found
In the wreckage make 1t almost GER
tain that Eve were killed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-28
Was Brutally Murdered.

A dispatch from Jefferson, N. c..
says that it has been learned that the
man FISHERMAN who was at first re-
ported to have been found dead by
the side Of the road was not dead
when found, but died soon afterward.
It has also been learned that he was
brutally murdered in a drunken row.
there appearing wounds and other
evidence Of violence on the body of
the deceased. No one, however, seems
to know Just how he was murdered,
or by whom.