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Death List From Storm
Is Almost Two Score
Taft ReCeiUeS GIFTS
From Pueblo Indians

Albuquerque, N M, October 15.-Pres-
ident Taft had another day of travel
through the far southwest today and on
the long reaches of territory of New Mex
leo had a glimpse of some of the most
ancient adobes In America, leaving the
train at one time to go into the plaza of
a Pueblo to witness an Indian dance,
especially arranged.
The color of the southwest tinted his
reception at all the stops Arriving here
at o'clock the President aroused intense
enthusiasm by repetition of the declara-
tions he made in Arizona that he favor
ed statehood for the two adjoining terri
tories of the United States and would do
all in his power to see that the long-de-
ferred hopes of the people of Arizona
and New Mexico are gratifed.
The President spoke from a platform
near the railroad station and was later
entertained at banquet at the Alvarado
hotel by the Commercial club.
1t was at Laguna, a township made up
entirely of Indians, that the President
had one of the most unique entertain
ments of his trip. AS he sat in ittlo
canopied stand In the plaza enclosed with
adDbe huts and walls, the President was
showered with presents There were
blankets of gaudy colors, Indian beads
and other offerings which the red men
had fashioned in his honor. The plaza
itself, the walls and the terraced roofs of
the adobe houses were lined with In
dians, the squaws being attired In fan
tastic costumes. which were brought in
the uncouded sun.
There was hardly a squaw in the
Pueblo that did not have a bright-eyed,
chubby face little papoose either In her
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM PLOWS
WAY ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA

New York, October l5.-In honor of
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United States
Steel corporation, the independent steel
makers of the United States and Canada
gave dinner at the Waldorf tonight.
More than 200 men, the steel cabinet of
the hemisphere. listened to addresses by
Charles M. Schwab, who was toastmaster;
+. S. Clark president of the Laekawanna
Steel company. who made the arrange
ments; j. Pierpont Morgan, in a rare
after dinner speech, and Judge Gary.
Mr.. Morgan, introducing Judge Gary, re-
ceved a great ovation. Judge Gary said
In part:
This reception is a wonderful demon
stration of personal friendly regard In
some respects it is without precedent.
When 1t is remembered there are included
II, those present representatives of the
producers of iron and steel aggregating
annually COO tons of the former and
22,0O0.000 tons of the latter or 81 per cent
of the total iron and steel produced in
the United States ard 5S per cent of the
total iron and steel produced in the world
the significance of the occasion is re-
allied"
After referring to methods of competi-
ton in vogue in former years. which he
denounced, Judge Gary continued:
During the last 10 years methods have
changed for the better. As between
gentlemen who are In control of the iron
and steel industry in America at the pres
ent time there exists a most intimate re-
lation. We do not advocate combination
or agreements In restraint of trade, nor
action of any kind which is opposed to
the laws or to the public welfare. What
we advocate Is fairness and friendship in
business. cordial intercourse. confidence in
each other and frank disclosure when In
formation Is properly requested.
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Cook RetuteS Charges
Made By Edwin BdrriU
Judge Gary Speaks Upon
Steel Making Methods

"Only two years ago this country wit
messed a sudden and severe financial cy-
clone. Never before In the memory of
many who are present this evening was
the financial outlook so desperately bad.
Under those circumstances and on the
occasion there stood up In our midst
financial giant who turned his face to-
ward the storm and with a confidence
in this country and her people and a
comprehension of the basic conditions
and recuperatve power of the country
then decided to invite his friends to join
him in providing financial assistance to
the weak or afflicted banks and to give
aid and encouragement and words of
hope and cheer to the communities at
large. The result, you know. The re-
sponse was prompt and hearty.
Il venture to suggest what you all
know, that the disposition and conduct
of Mr.. Morgan during the trying cir
cumstances | have mentioned were the
result of his feeling of friendship for
his acquaintances, his neighbors, his
country and humanity in general
Here Judge Gary praised the co-opers-
tive action of the independent steel men
during the panic. He said in part:
Never before in the history of the
country did such a large body of men
with responsibilities so great ever come
together and treat one another on a basis
so generous, fair and high toned
"On the application of feeling of
friendship and fairness we must not be
selfish nor limit the application to our
selves or the business in our charge. We
should have it in mind in dealing with
our employees, with our customers and
with the public. We must never forget
that our rights and interests are and
should be subservlent to the public well
fare: that the rights and interests of
the individual must always give way to
those of the public"
Among those present were: John d.
Rockefeller, Jr.. Henry c. Frick, George
w Perkins, J. p Morgan. Jr., George f.
Baker and ]. f. Dryden
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Washington, October 15.-While Charles
r. Crane, who was appointed minister
to China, and was recalled just as he was
about to sail for his post, declined to-
day to reveal what his friends declare
are the real reasons for his retirement,
one of these friends however. Walter
L. Fisher of Chicago, intimated strong
ly that the incident was far from closed
and that revelations which would be
made in due time would show Mr.. Crane
to have been the victim of political
intrigue.
I'm the long ride across the continent
to Washington" said Mr.. Fisher Mr..
Crane did not mention the reason for
his recall. He could not, as he did not
know that the offending newspaper ar
ticle had been published and did not
see 1t until the day after he reached
Washington. The Importance of the
article may be judged from the fact
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REVELATIONS PROMISED
I'm THE CASE OF MR.. CRANE

that it was not suspected of being the
cause until the tip was given in WASH
ington. 1t was not until after its connec-
tion with Mr. Cranes recall leaked out
iii Washington that the Japanese en-
bassy sent to the newspaper office for
a copy of the article
Mr. Fisher said 1t was due to Mr..
Crane also to note that In carrying out
the Presidents wishes that he should
do some vigorous public speaking and
in the absence of instructions from the
state department Mr.. Crane carefully
confined himself to the lines laid down
by Mr. Taft himself in the famous Shang-
hal speech, ringing with vigorous Amer
icanism and so definitely friendly to the
Chinese that it ended all talk of the
dismemherment of China. When he 'let
them have 1t hot" Mr.. Crane talked
only OH the common interests of Amer
lea and China and he received no crit
ieism from the department of state.
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arms or swung on her back. More little
Indian boys and girls were arranged in
q long row to welcome the President.
and each one carried an American fqg
AS the President was leaving the q
the weird music of the tomtoms ~
away and the last steps OF the 9c3 .cS' .e
dance had been taken by the e.S<, e on
neted braves, the little ehi<S- ing a
song of New Mexico. ~So esident
stopped several minutes.2.0 Ten. The
tune was that of me. esS My Mary
land
From the plaza g q by a curious
throng of Indiane resident went to
the church, an building. In a lit
tie speech made ,wly and with em-
phasis on each syllable In order that all
who spoke English at all might under
stand the President assured the Indians
OF the good will of the government and
urged them to be good farmers and good
artisans. He was warmly applauded and
every Indians wanted to shake his hand.
These evidences of interest, and 1t might
be said enthusiasm were unique coming
from such a stolid race.
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VIRGINIA WILL NOT JOIN
THE PROHIBITION RANKS

be a prohibition state" declared Colo
mel Shreve. who takes a live interest
in affairs politically in the Old Dominion.
The reason why the state will never
go dry is due to the fact that there
are so many voters who believe that
the people of one community shall not
say what the people of another COM
munity shall have. My county, Lou
don, at least in my neighborhood, al
though they will vote dry in a local
option contest will not vote for state
wide prohibition, because 1t strikes at
the principle of self-rule.'
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APPLICATION FOR
IMPORTANT POST

Washington, October 15.-(SpeciaL)-
Many applications have been made for
the position OF civilian member of the
Mississippi river commission to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Henry
3. Richardson of Louisiana Gen. w T..
Marshall, chief of engineers. United States
army has recommended number OF
men to the President for this place. and
it s thought he may find time to make
Inquiries about their qualifications willis
In the south.
Senator Bankhead, who has always
taken lively interest in river-harbor
work. may also have a candidate u
suggest In conjunction with Senator
Johnston.
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Washington October 15.-(Special.)-
That Virginia will never join the prohibit
ton ranks is the prediction of Col. A. B.
Shreve, a well-informed Virg1nian. who
lives in Loudon county, and Capt. Rob-
ert e. Hutcheson of Manassas, former
commonwealth s attorney Of Prince VIII
liam county, both of whom were in
Washington today.
Judge Mann will be the next governor
of Virginia, and he will be elected by
the usual majority, but Virginia will never
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Rernstorff in London.

London. October 15.-Count Bernstorff.
the German ambassador to the United
States, arrived here today and was re-
ceiyed in audience by the Emperor With
In a few days the ambassador will sail
on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm for
the United States.
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DAMAGE at Athens.

Athens. October Especial )-Athens
was visited last night by one of the most
disastrous cyclones that has ever visited
this section The storm came from the
northwest and struck the town with great
force. and perhaps the only thing that
saved the town from utter destruction was
the fact that the wind was blowing high.
The most serious damage was done to the
armory of the local military company and
tho Limestone Democrat, both OF which
occnpied the corner building on the north
side of the square. This was a two-story
strnct,,re and the top was blown off and
the entire upper story fell through on the
printing office as did the first story Of
the side wall
The Democrat had one Of the flnest
plants in the state. and n seams now to
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Ono Killed in Storm.

Cartersville. Ga, October 15.-One dead
and property loss estimated at $4,000 Is
the result of the tornado-like storm which
.went this section last night. A Miss
yr,tohard IL reported dead In the ruins
of her home. The members Of the fam
ily OF B. Durham, a well-known farmer
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TWO KIDNAPPED CHILDREN
ARE FOUND IN CHICAGO

identity. The detective hurled with the
children to the station and Police Inspec-
tor OBrien took charge of the case.
Photographs of the missing st. Louis chill
dren were Immediately procured from the
Central Detective bureau and Inspector
Brien was convinced. on comparing
them with the foundlings.
Toma $50, the elder of the children. was
asked where he and Grace, who is his
cousin, had been since they were taken
from their home in st. Louis. The child
could give no Intelligent answer
Inspector o Brien notified the st. Louis
police tonight of the recovery. of the chill
dren And their parents In st. Louis We're
notified and are expected to arrive here
tomorrow morning to reclaim them.
The police believe the kidnapers had
the children secluded in a remote section
OF the city and released them when ef-
forts to extort ransom had failed
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Cotton Crop Damaged.

Aiken S. c., October 1o.-The wino anu
hailstorm which swept this section last
night covered path several miles wide
and extended probably 50 miles in length.
The principal loss was to he cotton crop.
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HooseviJIe Almost DESTROYED.

Chattanooga, October l5.--A special to
the News says Booseville. a small town
10 miles from Rome Ga. was practically
destroyed by the storm yesterday Three
stores and s3 houses were demolished by
the wind.
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Stories of Plots BaseIess.

Ell Paso, Tex, October 15.-Chief John
e. Wilkie of the United States secret
service tonight characterized the stories
of plots against Presidents Taft and Diaz
as rot
The chief ran down a score of clews
today and found them groundless.
large number of Mexicans have been ar
rested as suspicious characters. Chief
Wilkie intimated that IL there was any
danger to either of the Presidents they
would not be brought to FL Paso or
Jaurez. Preparations for the meeting of
the presidents are going forward.
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Chicago, October 15.-Two Italian chill
dren, identified from photographs tonight
as Tomasso and Grace Vivlano, who were
kidnapped from st. Louis August 2, last,
and who have been sought since by the
police of many cities, were found early
this morning wandering on the north side
of the city by Detective stephen Parodi
of the Chicago avenue police station.
The children were found sitting on u
cur bstone at North Halstead and Reese
streets Both were weeping. the little girl.
who is less than years of age, sobhing
utterly, AM 70 aa.sao,} her cousin. who is
years old, trying to comfort her
Detective Parodi took the children in
his arms and asked them where they
lived Tomasso said he did not know.
Remembering the Viviano case, he asked
Tomasso If his name was Viyiano. The
boy nodded his head as If to confirm his
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were also buried beneath the ruins OF
their home. but were dug out unlnjured by
neighbors Live stock is reported to have
been blown away by the storm.
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the IA shows of the j. Frank Hatch
Amusement company, three-fourths of
the grandstand and half of the stables of
the Tennessee Valley Fair association
were swept away last night by tornado
that struck in that locality at about I
O'clock. The big blow followed one of
lesser power about three hours The
tornado of the afternoon did a consider
able amount of damage and caused all of
the outdoor features of the fair to bo
called off. There was no horse show at
night and 1t is believed that this circum-
stance saved many lives.
The estimated loss sustained by the
Fair association is $1,000, no insurance j.
Frank Hatch estimates his loss as 5000,
no insurance. The Ferris wheel was
blown down and reduced to a scrap
heap, but the erry-go-round, the fralest
structure on the grounds. was only
slightly damaged. The wild animal show
was blown away and the cages contain
ing the animals were buffeted about the
grounds, but fortunately none of the ami
mails got loose.
Floral hall was damaged by the wind
and rain and the loss to exhibitors who
had fine articles displayed there will be
considerable. Four motorcycles belonging
to Bob Stubbs of Birmingham were
crushed under the grandstand.
The wind came from the west and II
is feared that great damage was done In
the county All telephone and telegra ph
wires. except a single line to Decatur
and a long distance telephone line to
Fayetteville, Tenn. went down in the
storm.
The roof of section OF the electric
power house was blown away and one
boiler put out OF commission. This re-
qrired the closing down of the plant and
Huntsville was in darkness all night.
Manager Pulley of the Electric Light
company estimates that the damage TO
the plant Is at least $1,000.
The fair will continue through Saturday
in spite of the serious damage. The track
was Uttered with debris from the de-
molished grandstand but it was all cleared
away for the races this afternoon.
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Wall Blown Down.

Florence October ESPECIAL THE
fire wall at the north side of the Brock
building on Court street collapsed last
evening at s:45 o'clock during a slight
blow the wall had passed through two
fires, the last occurring In the early sum
mer when the Rogers building on its
north side was completely destroyed. The
Brock building sustained serious damage
and has just been rebuilt and the con-
tract for rebuilding the Rogers building
has Just been let. In the rear end of
the Brock building the roof has com
pleteiy collapsed and II is estimated that
the damage will amount to $1,000
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Collbran Is Destroyed.

Gadsden October 15.-(Special.) "A very
severe wind storm bordering on a tor
nado visited this section at an early hour
last evening. Not great deal of dam
age was done in the immediate vicinity
OF this city. few trees were blown
down. a smoke stack was torn from its
moorings and a number of telephones
and electric lights put out of business by
the tearing down OF the wires. The wind
was accompanied by "a terrific downpour
Of water that flooded the streets through
out the city. Reports from surrounding
territory disclose the fact that the storm
was more severe elsewhere than here
The little town Of Collbran In DeKalb
county was completely destroyed and
Gurley in Madison county also suffered
heavily. so far as can be learned there
was no loss OF life, but the destruction
of property win amount to many thou
sands OF dollars.
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Eight Deaths Reported.

Huntsville October 15.-(Special -
Eight deaths are reported from Wrights
Cove in Marshall county as a result of
last nights storm. The damage in Mad
ison and Jackson counties was widespread
and many people lost their homes.
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TWentY.four Injured.

Russellville, October 15.--(Special.)-
Twenty-four people injured, three fatal
ly, and damage to property amounting to
thousands of dollars was the result of
last nights storm around Russellville.
a straight course and left only ruin
in it's path. AT the Tennessee mines south
of this city only three houses are left
standing. Two children of Mr.. Fisher
were fatally injured and another child
fatally hurt.
Sixteen white people and eight negroes
were hurt at this place, several so seri-
ously that death is expected. The Jor-
dan house has been turned into a tenn
porary hospital for the wounded, and the
spectacle is heartrending. At Waco, three
miles from Russellyille, the house of ].
r. HYDE was blown In, crushing two
of his children beneath the ruins.
On Gravel HILL negro settlement,
every house with the exception of three
was blown away Uriah White, whose
house was blown away, had $3.50 rolled up
under the carpet, which was blown away,
taking The money with it. AT Village
Farm, near Russellville, three residences
we're blown away and one house was
burned One unknown child was seriously
injured by brick chimney faiilng upon
him Telephone communication is cut off
from other nearby towns and no reports
other than from the Russellville district
ean be had. Hills around Russellville af-
forded a complete shelter for this place.
The main damage of the cyclone was
upon the hills and high places.
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be almost utterly demolished. The mill
tary outfit is almost ruined. The building
occupied by the Democrat was owned by
Judge Thomas c. Mcclellan of the su-
preme court and is total loss. Both
the owner of the building and the plant
carried some cyclone insurance.
The next building to the one destroyed
was owned by r. M Rawls, and occupied
by Harry Kisber, merchant, in the lower
part, and W. B. Lyles In the upper part
as a photograph studio. This building
suffered considerably, the skylight being
down, the fire wall blown off. The roof
from the demolished building passed over
this building and landed four stores be-
low, doing serious damage to the roof.
The top of the large warehouse of Eu-
gene Lerman was blown off and landed
on the block to the east and did heavy
damage. large number of chimneys
were blown down, electric light wires
were torn down and shade trees suf-
fered
The storm ragged to the north of town
heavier than 1t did In town, and the tele-
phone lines are all down and there is not
much way of learning the extent of the
damage to the country. The train from
Nashville was delayed by trees blowing
across the track. A barn north of town
owned by W. M. Garrett was blown down
and a valuable mule killed. The roof on
the handsome home Of John H. Donnell
east of town was blown off and the resi-
dence badly damaged The plate glass In
the store of the Gilbert Drug company
was blown out. The loss Is heavy In this
section.
The home of C. M. Hamblen. who oc-
cupied the Hne residence, one of the most
substantial in town, was badly damaged,
the entire roof being blown away. Reports
coming in later from the west part of
the country. four and five miles west are
that number of homes were demolished.
The home and barn of ]. L. Fisk and
ingram Rose we're totally ruined, and 9TH
ers are said to be damaged In that To-
cality. 1t is believed that further west
the storm is more terrific. and that great
er damage is yet to be reported
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At Decatur.


received here this morning show that the
Decature were only in the edge of the
storm which swept over this portion of
the state last night. From these reports
it seems that the heaviest part of the
storm was west and north of Decatur and
that after crossing the Tennessee river
and travelling some miles northward II
seems to have changed it's course to the
south and struck Huntsville and that sec
ton of the state.
II is reported here this morning that
the storm was heavy at and near Court
land 10 miles west of Decatur. 1t Is said
that II few houses were blown down in
the neighborhood of courtland. Telephone
communication Is cut off from Courtland
this morning.
A few miles north Of here between here
and Athens, several large trees We're
blown across the track OF the Louisville
and Nashville railroad. Many trees west
of Decatur We're blown down and fences
destroyed In the Decaturs many window
glass were broken by the hail, which
was one of the most terrific hailstofins
that has ever visited this section of the
state A few miles west of Decatur the
hailstones were large as hens eggs
and several head OF cattle and hogs We're
beaten to death by the hall In some
portions of this section OF country the cot
ton was almost ruined by being Beaten
down by hailstones and the lint Is scat
tered all over the FIELDS
So far as can be learned at this hour
there were no deaths from the storm
near the Decaturs, but the loss to the
cotton crop and live stock will amount to
considerable. II being impossible to esti-
mate the loss.
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Fair 10 Destroyed.
Huntsville, October 15.-tSpecisl.) )-All Of