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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
DENTIST AIDS STATE
IN KElLNER CASE
Gives Testimony Seeking to
Establish Identity of Mu-
tiIated Body.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. December l.
Further testimony intended to strengthen
the identification of the charred and
mutilated body found beneath st. john
Catholic Church as that of Alma kellner
was introduced by the prosecution today
at the trial of Joseph Vending. the
church janitor. charged with the murder
Of the little girl.
DR.. ]. c. Ruby, dentist, from chart
identified several teeth In the dismem-
bered jaw bone as occupying the same
position in the mouth as the teeth he
had filed for the child some months be-
fore the tragedy. A shoe dealer testified
that a shoe found with the body was OF
the same make and size as pair he had
sold to Alma Kellner.
Priests Testimony Important.
What the commonwealth considers
among it's more important testimony
against Vending was given yesterday
by Father Schuhmann. pastor Of st.
Johns Church, and James NJ. Peyton, a
meter reader.
Father Schuhmann testified that on the
day Alma Keliner disappeared he noticed
an unpleasant odor coming from the fur
mace.
He asked Vending, who was janitor at
the church. what caused the unusual
smell, and said Vending replied he was
burning rags"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
Priests Testimony Important.
Child's Clothing Identified.

Other witnesses testified to seeing the
child in the church few hours before.
and members of the Kellner family iden-
tilted clothing found with charred and
dismembered portions of child's body
I'm a cellar under a music room OF the
church as that worn by her the day she
disappeared.
Peyton testified that for six years he
had read q gas meter in the music room
once each month. but that after the dis
annearance of Alma kellner, Vending
raf,,sed to allow him to enter the room
until Peyton threatened to complain to
Father .Schuhmann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
MANY MEXICAN TOWNS
IN CONTROL OF REBELS
Travellers Tell of Insurgent
Victories in Chihuahua.
Clash at PadernaIIeS.

Ell PASO, Tex, December 1.-Pas-
sengers arriving here today direct from
MADEIRA, chihuahua, on the first train
that has come out of there since No
vember %, declare every town along
the line of the Chihuahua and Pacific
railroad between Chihuahua and Ma
dera, except one, is held by insurgents
and that there has been considerable
lighting in the mountains, and many
wounded federal troops have been
brought into the towns.
travellers said government soldiers
had taken Guerrero, Chihuahua, but
that another band of insurrectos is
marching against the town.
Clash at Padernalles.
The following dispatch, dated yester.
day. was received TO-DAY from the As
sociated Press staff correspondent at
Chihuahua city:
"A serious cash at Padernalles, fifty
miles wesL OF mere, toon pace sesLeruay
between 100 government loops anu a
somewhat larger body or insur. ectos. The
soldiers are said 10 nave been fireu upon
from IooIs ana windows while marching
through the streets OF the town.
passengers a.rIvlng by train tonight
declare tnat those OF the government
force who were not killed or wounued
were tahen prisoners. These rumors aiso
are current among the soldiers at the
barracks; out Gen. Plata, IN command OF
the military zone, stated that his repor,
showed nine government soldiers Killed
and twenty-seven insurgents slain"
Rebels Gather at Sonora,
Ell PASO, Texas. December 1.-Sonora
hitherto quiet, was reported today to be
the rendezvous OF number of bands OF
insurreclos, who are organizing in the
mountains.
Thomas Miller, an Ell Paso mining man,
writes from Sonora that armed bands OIL
| men have been seen in the hills Of tina
state. and 1T is thought there Is an or
gained movement among anti-govern-
| ment sympathizers. Many Americans are
bringing their families out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
Fitting Place for Celebration.

Mr.. PARROT said to the committee:
ut would seem manifest that as the
Panama canal is an enterprise OF inter-
national Importance and interest, under
taken and carried to consummai~n by
the government of the United States, it
were most fitting that the celebration OF
its successful achievement ought to be
held at the capital of the nation.
In our effort to exploit our own Pre- 6
ress and resources as a nation to other
nations, while seeing and learning what
our own states and other nations are do
ing, we can show the people from f.reign
lands our own greatness In the city
of Washington to better advantage than
in any other city in the United States.
Visitors from foreign countries, it may
be assumed, would prefer to visit Wash;
ington as the exposition city on account,
not only of the exposition itself. but as
we'll on account Of its other world-fanaous
attractions, rather than any other place
in the United States: the same is no
doubt true as to the people living in the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
BALTIMORE TO HELP
Washington Favored for Pan
anna Canal Celebration.
N. N. PARROTS MESSAGE
Reports Action of Travellers and
Merchants Association.
ARGUMENTS FOR THIS CITY
Addresses Conventions Committee of
the Chamber Of Commerce-Reso-
luton Sent to Joint Committee.
N. N. PARROTS MESSAGE
FOR THIS CITY

Many Baltimore business men favor the
celebration of the opening of the Panama
canal with great International EXPOSE
ton in Washington, and stand ready to
cooperate with the citizens of the Ma
tional Capital in every way to make such
an exposition q success. 49,
Word to this effect was brought here
today by n. NJ. PARROT, secretary of the
Travellers and Merchants Association of
Baltimore, who appeared before the con-
ventions committee of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. and submitted a
resolution adopted by the Baltimore as
ISOLATION favoring the celebration in this
city of the opening of the canal. Mr..
Parrot was given a hearty welcome by
the committee, members of which ex-
pressed themselves as we'll pleased that
Baltimore had taken the initiative in Of
fering to aid Washington to get the cele-
bration.
The committee adopted a resolution re-
ferring the resolution of the Baltimore
association to the joint committee Of The
Chamber OF Commerce and the Board of
Trade appointed last spring to look after
Washingtons interests IN obtaining the
official celebration Of the canal opening.
That committee is headed by e. C. Ora
ham. The committee also asked that the
joint committee seek to baltimore
represented in the work Of Obtaining the
celebration and exposition for Washing
ton.
Mr.. Parrot said that many Of the Balti-
more business men felt that a celebra-
ton and exposition In either San F. an
cisco or New Orleans, which are canui-
dates for the honor. would be Of little
real benefit to Baltimore, whereas, If the
exposition were held in Washington Bal
timore would most certainly reap benefit
from 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
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Sale.

The fact is clipped full twenty-five per cent from
the regular price of Curtains of which there
pairs remaining i'll stock So you nee
from one to you'll be able exactly
of the usual price. The patterns all most desrabea
dainty and effective designed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01

GRAFTON and promptitude have made our
labors here easy and source OF pleas
ure rather than Of complaint, our SIN
cere homage Of respect and esteem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01

BY Iransfs
sha Wiss House
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 16.-The aero
plane demonstrated it's superiority in
speed over the automobile at the At
lanta speedway this afternoon when
]. A. D. McCurdy, in biplane, out
distanced n. P. Johnson. driving a
Cole $50" car, in a six-mile race.
McCurdy's time for the three laps
was six minutes, twenty-one seconds.
He made the best lap in 2:05. An
other feature of the afternoon was
the bomb-throwing tests by Eugene
Ely, in which the aviator dropped
apples on a diagram of a battleship,
each missile striking inside the lines.
No attempts for altitude were made
by the aviators to-day, the airmen
not venturing above 500 feet.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
GIANT SHIP MAKES NEW RECORD


New York. Dec. 1.-THE giant
Cunarder Mauritania warped into
her dock before sunrise to-day, end
ing the first leg OF her "mersey-to-
mersey' voyage 10 establish a
worlds record. The demands of the
Christmas season are responsible for
the fast run which the Mauritania
is making, the steamship bringing no
less than 4.613 sacks of Christmas
mail and returning with holiday mail
for England.
Battling with high seas during the
entire voyage, the Mauritania cover
ed the distance from Dants Rock to
Ambrose channel in four days, 20
hours and 7 minutes.
The Mauritania sails at 6 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon and in the thir-
ty-seven hours in ports must unload
and load thousands of tons Of freight
and baggage and store 5000 tons of
coal.
The vessel expects to dock at Liver
pool next Thursday evening, making
the round trip in twelve days, a new
record.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Crime Stalks Abroad i'm CASTOR
County.

Gastonia, Dec. 19.-Saturday was
day of tragedies in CASTOR County.
One killed and two severely injured
is the record.
At a negro festival near the Arl-
ington Mill here Saturday night, Gus
Mckinney shot and instantly killed
Otis Nixon, a negro boy about 16
years old.
Arthur Lockman, young white
man employed in one of the cotton
mills at Bessemer City, was brought
here last night and placed in Jail to
await the developments in wounds,
which he inflicted Saturday after
noon on a young Syrian named Saba.
A negro whose name cannot be
learned was brought here last night
from Belmont, this county, for medi-
cal treatment. He had been shot in
the face with small shot and was in
a pretty bad fix. Particulars of the
shooting are not known here.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

Weldon. -. c.. Dec. 1s--kss. r.
y. stainback, the mernoer-elect from
Halifax, in the House OF Representa-
tiyes in The next General oiy'
died al his home here this morning
at o'clock. He took deadly poisln
By mistake Tuesday last. and since
that time he has suffered Intense az
ony. His condition vas somewhat
favorable yesterday. but the END
came this morning.
Two Fatal Accidents st New Bern
New Bern. Dec. is.-Root Dewey
(colored) Is years old. vas found In
a hole in a lot on Queen Street. about
noon today. with his neck broken
The boy was playing. and had been
dead about half an hour when found
Pose Nelson, a white man. about
Is years old. fell from a boat at the
market dock this afternoon and was
drowned. The body vas recovered IN
about Is minutes and every ehor'
was made 10 rescue, but with no Ell
feet He leaves a wife ana three
children
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Cotton and Cotton Gin at Pittsboro
Destroyed by Fire.

Pittsboro, n. c., Dec. 1S.-The cot
ton gin belonging to the Pittsboro
Ginning and Milling Company was de-
stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing, together with several bales of
toll cotton and about 600 bushels of
cottonseed. There were ten or twelve
bales of cotton partially burned on
the yard and they were saved only
by hauling it to a nearby creek and
throwing it in. The loss is esti-
mated at between $4,000 and $4,000,
with no insurance. The origin of the
f1re is unknown, but supposed to
have caught from the boiler room.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Washington Man Will Buy One Thou
sand PENNSYLVANIA Cats.

Sharon. Pa. Dec. 1S.-'Squire S.
S. Gilbert, of this place, has received
a request from the State of Wash
ington for one thousand cats. The
request is made in letter from AL
bert P Randall. formerly of Sharon,
but now a resident of Okanogan
County, in the western part of the
State. He writes that he will visit
Pennsylvania within a month to pick
up all stray cats that can be deliver
ed to him, for which he is willing to
pay fair price.
Mr.. Randall has associated with
him number of property owners de-
termined to rid Okanogan County of
gophers that destroy gardens and
farm lands in that section of the
State. Five thousand cats are to be
shipped to Washington by April 1st
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
aSHEVHLE MINISTER MISSING.
Left Home Friday and Whereabouts
Unknown.

Asheville, n. c., Dec. 1S.-ReV. u.
7. Miller, pastor Of Bethel Methoolst
Church, this city, has been missing
from his home since last Friday al
ternoon and, despite the dillgent
search made by his family ana
friends he has so far kept his where
ahouts a secret. 1t is not believed
that Mr.. Miller met foul play, as he
was seen at the Biltmore railway sta
ton last Friday afternoon and pre-
sumably took an eastbound train.
It is stated by friends of the miss
ing minister that he has been IN III
health for some time, and the de-
spondency resulting therefrom' cou-
pied with financial worries IN con-
nection with the building OF an aoo1-
ton to his church, it is believed, nave
caused a temporary alteration or the
mind. Mr.. Miller has wife here but
no children. He assumed his present
charge year ago.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

Mes York. Dec. ls---Ias xeTT
heart ana backbone OF Manhattan
Island wers shaken thIa morning b.
terrific explosion Of Illuminating EAs
u the auxiliary power house Of ias
Grand Central SsAfion- Nine per-
sons. two Of then women. were killed
and i2s gere intursd. and property
was damaged TO the extent Of $780,
600. Four workmen. who are miss
ing. are believed 10 have pertshed.
and OF the I25 injured SIS we're re-
moved 20 hospitals OF these eight
may die. An Investigation By the
police. the district attorneys once
and the coroner's once is under way.
Trafic on the New York Central Rail-
road ceased entirely for some hours
and was disorganixed for the remain
der of the day. but the new station
Itself. now In process OF construction,
vas not damaged.
The injured include iaborers and
other employees OF the railroad, Pc
destrians, by-standers and others In
the accident. Four OF the seven pas
sengers in an automobile were killed
outright
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Chilean Minister Dies Suddenly in
Washington.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 18.-Senor
Don Anibal Cruz, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary from
Chile to the United States, was strick-
en- with heart failure at 3 AS o'clock
this morning and died a few minutes
of the American Society for Judicial
Settlement of International Disputes
last night and retired apparently in
good health. When he was stricken
physicians were hastily summoned,
but the end came before they arrived
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 15.-
Definite assurance that Harry Whit
ney of this city intends to start next
year if possible, in search OF the
South Pole, is contained in a tele-
gram sent by Mr.. Whitney from
New Orleans to The Journal-Cour-
Ter. The telegram, which was in
response to query sent by the Jour
nal-Courier to Mr.. Whitney said:
Telegram just received on return
from Mississippi. Bartlett and my
self expect to start for coast land If
possible next year.
"(Signed) HARRY WHITNEY. -
Bartlett commanded the Roosevelt
on its North Pole expedition under
command of Commodore Peary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
BIG FIRE AT ELIZABETH CITY
Over Fifty Mechanics Thown Out OIL
Employment.

Elizabeth City, Dec. ia disas-
trous fire occurred last night result
ing In total destruction OF the plant
of the Elizabeth City Iron Works Sc
rious damage to the home OF capt
T. NJ. Gard and slight damage to the
old Norfolk Southern freight depot
now used for the same purpose by
the Leroy Steamboat Company, Miles
Jennings junk shop and the stables
of Crystal Ice and Coal Company.
The damage to the iron WORKS
amounted to $4,000 with s6,1oo IN
surance. The remainder of the dam
ages amount to about $4,000, with
possibly half that amount covered
by insurance. About fifty or sixty
mechanics are put out of employ
ment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

Roanoke, Va. IL. II. Jessie,
proprietor of the Tip-Top Hotel, this
city, who has been on trial four days
charged with numbering David
Franklin Marshall. a guest of the
hotel, was tonight found guilty of
second degree murder and his pun
ishment fixed by the jury at twelve
years in the penitentiary. Marshall
Angell another guest of the hotel,
testified that he saw Jessie beat Mar
shall in his room the night he died.
Jessie is said to be a native Of Sails
bury. n. c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

San Francisco, Dec. 15-After tor
turing a woman for an hour, prick
ing her throat with a dagger and
threatening her with Immediate
death, a robber last night gained pos
session of SIS and diamond brooch
and escaped. His victim was Mrs.
Rene Fabulet, wife of jeweler.
The thief broke into her home,
beat her numerically, tied her to a
bed and then began flashing his dag
ger and demanding her money. When
the robber left he told Mrs. Fabulet
he would send some one TO release
her. After an interval the janitor of
the house. Albert Tusch. came in,
unbound the woman and then sum-
moned the police. Tusch himself
was arrested.
Mrs Fabulet was taken to a hos
pital.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
RIOCKADERS ARE ILL-FATED.
Men are Captured With Much Whis-
kew at the Site of General john
ston's Surrender in Durham Coun-

ty.
A special from Durham to the
Charlotte Observer says:
Will Shambly and his two sons,
Norman and Murphy, were captured
today near the Orange County line
by Deputies Belvin and Peasants ana
with them 40 gallons of blockade
liquor in coca-cola barrels. The hal
lowed spot of General Johnston's
surrender was basely desecrated by
the blockaders, whose booze was
right at the house that marks the
spot soon to be perpetuated with a
bronze marker erected by the Wood
men of the World. The whiskey was
in a wagon but the men were away.
When caught they explained that
they had seen a mountaineer In
trouble and had pulled him out. One
of the quartette Of alleged block
aders was missing. They are still
looking for him and the still, the
belief being that big boozery runs
near the historic site.
At the last term of court the whole
Shambly family was indicted by the
grand jury and the officers were
hunting them today when the liquor
was found. The old Johnston sur
render site IL about four miles from
the city.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Whitney Plant Sold for About Half
Value.

Salisbury, n. c., Dec. ia re-
ceiver's sale of the Whitney reduc-
ton plant was held at Whitney's to-
day, the entire electric plant being
sold to the North Carolina Electric
Power Company for $490,250. The
company will be re-organized and the
plant completed at once. The prop
erty, which has been in the hands of
receivers for two years, is valued at
100000, and is one the biggest
electric plants in the South.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Kentucky Court Rules That Whiskey
May Go as Baggage.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 15.-The
Kentucky Court Of Appeals to-day
decided in the case of the Common
wealth VS.. the Southern Railway that
if railway company carries whiskey
into local option district as bag
gage and without receiving any pay
other than the price of the passen-
gers ticket, no Indictment can be
returned for shipping whiskey into
local option territory.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Wilmington's New Hardwood Plant
Will Employ 800 Men.

Wilmington, n. c., Dec. 16.-Mr.
Angus McNeill, prominent business
man of Georgia, has leased the plant
of the Kidder Lumber Company and
will convert it into a hardwood fac
tory, the machinery work of installa-
ton will begin at once. Various hard
wood products will be manufactured,
but the principal product will be wag-
ons for the export trade.
The new plant will employ about
one hundred men and work is to be-
gin just as soon as the machinery can
be put in place.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Mr.. James W. Marsh Dies Suddenly
on Train.

Fayetteville N. c., Dec. 17.-Mr.
James w. Marsh of this city died
suddenly this morning at 1880 O'Clock
at Maxton while on his way to Fay
etteville. His remains will be brought
here for interment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

The cotton gin Of Mr. L. b. Bris-
toll. at statesville, was destroyed By
FIRE last Friday. Loss about $1,000.
Andy shook, OF spartanburg. s.
C.. was run over aad killed BY a
Southern train near AsheTilie Fri
day.
An effort Is being made to provide
for the construction OF permanent
highway connecting Wniston-Saiem
and Pinehurst by way OF High Point
Frank Lee. q young negro OF Kin
ston. was killed By the Norfolk
Southern passenger train Saturday
night near Falling Creek. six miles
west OF Kinston.
Elizabeth Hickman, a colored Wo-
man, OF Wilmington, was shot nVe
times and instantly killed Monday
by John Bohman. a roomer at the
colored woman's home.
In Superior Court at Smitnneid,
Thursday, Thos. Sutton was SEN
fenced to two years In the peniten-
tiary for causing the death OF T. NJ
Creech, near Benson, Johnston
County, last spring.
The ticket office of the Norfolk
Southern Railway, in Kinston, was
robbed Sunday night OF $237.40. The
robbers opened the safe with an old
KEY. and evidently did not expect to
pass that way again as they left the
key In the safe.
Fridays Durham Sun says: "Er-
win Cotton Mill, No. 4, began its
first operations yesterday and daily
the operations will be increased I'M
til the mill is running full speed.
More than one thousand men will be
employed in this mill when 1t begins
to run on full time, which will be
early in the coming year. The mill
was erected at an outlay OF more
than one million dollars"
Plans are now on foot for the
completion of the triangle automo-
bile route between Greensboro, Ra-
leigh and Pinehurst, which has been
spoken of recently with much favor,
and in which Leonard Tufts, the
owner of Pinehurst, is said to be
very much interested. The proposed
route will probably follow the North
Carolina railroad a great part of the
way between Greensboro and Ra-
leigh, passing through Durham.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Durham Newspaper Man Inherits
Fortune.

Durham, Dec. 19.-Mr. Fred A.
Moore, one of the largest stockhold-
ers in the Durham Sun, has received
notice from the law firm OF Simpson,
Thacher & Rartlett, one of the larg-
est in New York City, that he is heir
to the estate OF the late John Amin
in the sum of SIS, 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Ship With Cargo of Cotton Stranded.

Wilmington, Dec. 19.-Alexander
Sprunt & Son, cotton exporters, have
received cablegram stating that the
Spanish steamship Urkiola Mendi,
bound from this port to Bremen,
Germany, with cargo Of cotton.
had stranded in the North Sea. The
cablegram gave no particulars. The
vessel cleared November 26th with
1850 bales of cotton, valued at ST.
015,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
Nine Killed in q Mine Explosion al
Norton, Va.

Norton, Va, Dec. 15.-The death
toll in the explosion in the Greene
mine near here yesterday was ten
men. Nine were killed in the ex-
plosion and one died after being tax
en- out. The last two men to be res
cued were found early to-day in a
semi-conscious condition.
Superintendent Barrowman, who
lost his life in the explosion, will
be buried tomorrow.