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The evening world., 1911-09-12
CHINESE PLAN,
GREAT WEC0ME
TO Hal CHS CREW
They Will Get Shore Leave as
Soon as Admiral Returns
From Beverly.

Chinatown Is all excitement to-day
In anticipation OF the visit there OF
the crew of the Chinese cruiser, Hal
Chi. which means PROTECTORS of tn.
Seas" promised to them by Rear Ad-
miral Ching Pin Kwong in command
Of the Oriental warship. as soon as
he returns from Beverly. Mass, where
he Is going to visit President Taft.
l The streets are being decorated and
a general housecleaning edict. issued
by the Chinese Merchants Assoc!a-
ton. is being carried out.
1t was with a feeling Of envy thai
the thousands of Chinese In New York
witnessed the homage paid recently ,c
Admiral Togo while here and they are
planning to equal and II possible outdc
the welcome given him by the Niponese
Admiral kwang broke the social Ice
yesterday by paying a visit to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. where he was
greeted by Roar-Admiral L. II. c
Leutze and saw the keel OF the battle.
ship New York. which had just been
laid. The Admiral expects to make q
hurried trip to Washington to-day &c
meet the Chinese representatives at the
Legation there and will go to Beverly
on Thursday.
Just what his plans after that are
has not been made public. The Hal
Chi will remain In New York Harbor
for about two weeks. Full shore leave
will be granted TO the crew when the
Admiral returns They will be shown
around New York by the Chinese Mer-
chants Association. The Admiral him.
self will he entertained at several din
ners to ba given BY prominent New
The evening world., 1911-09-12
DARKNESS HOLDS
1850 PRISONERS
AS LINER DOCKS

As the Red Star liner Ryndnm. from
Antwerp. was making fast. to the pier
last night every pier light went out.
leaving $500 people crowded on the two
decks Of the pier In darkness. Some
thing had happened to the main feed
wire which supplies over zoo incandes-
cent lamps.
Deputy Surveyor Harris ordered the
customs inspectors not to allow any OF
the passengers of the ship until the
lights we're lit. which was not done for
nearly half an our Meanwhile the
crowd stood nbou the pier in total
darkness. As 1t vas not positively
known whether any OF the passengers
had left the ship. the customs guards
at the entrances, obeylng orders, would
not allow any one to leave the pier.
The crowd took 1t good naturally, and
when the lights blazed up there was a
ringing cheer.
The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills was
among the passengers.
The evening world., 1911-09-12
DIES FROM DENTISTS DRUG,

HARTFORD. Conn. Sept. 12.-Mrs.
Adelard Joseph Bourgeois of No. lis
Babcock street died suddenly at her
home yesterday from the effects of chic
reform administered for tae purpose
OF having her teeth extracted. and last
night the cause of death was certified
as accidental chloroform poisoning.
The operation was performed by DR..
Walter d. Bray. a dentist, and the
anaesthetic was administered by his
brother-in-law. Or. J. f. Insolvency.,
who said that death followed the ope-
ration and was unaccountable.
The evening world., 1911-09-12
Quit It!
Swissco Stops Il
xARoE TRIAL HoTrLr FREE.
Z BOTTLE FHEE.

swisseo stops dandruff quickly. grows new hair
and restores gray and faded hair to its natural
youthful color.
swissco stops badness. bald spots. falling hair.
scabby. scalp. sore scalp. brittle hair or any hair
or scalp trouble.
To prove that our claims are true we will send
you a large trial bottle free II you will send l0c
in silver or stamps. to help pay cost Of postage
and packing to swissco Hair Remedy Co.. Ssi2
l.. o. Square, Cincinnati, q.
swissco will be found on sale At all druggists
and drug Departments everywhere At Soc and
81 90 a bottle.
For sale and recommended In New York by ali
Rik.r and Heeeman Stores. Rocky Pharmacy.
sitgel Cooper Co, 14th Street Store. Macey's,
simpson Crawford Co.. 5. Albert. 10th Of. and
Leuox ave, and Gimbel Bros.
The evening world., 1911-09-12
Mr.. Meyer on the Lusitania.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. l2,-The Lust
tania, which arrived from New iorl;
Saturday. sailed at 5 7. NJ. for New
York in an effort to cross tho ocean
three times in two weeks TO max up the
loss of eight days caused by the recent
British shipping strike. Secretary of
the Navy. G.. Won l.. Meyer and T.. II.
Gary, Chairman OF the Board of Direct
ors of the U. S. Steel Corporation, are
passengers.
The evening world., 1911-09-12
Keen Interest Is Aroused BY the
Dressmakers' Exhibition of
Silks, Dress Goods, Laces,
Trimmings and Robes

Gratifying comments are pouring in from all sides from the
genera! public, the dressmakers and the manufacturers and the
importers of silks and dress goods, on this splendid exhibition
of the new styles-fresh from abroad-in the various materials
for Autumn and Winter gowns.
The collections of novelties as well as staple weaves among
the Silks and Dress Goods are remarkable. The superb
group of Damasks and Brocades from the Fabtritke Idlianedt
Sehrie 4. Cleriei, of Como, Italy, which was shown at the Turin
Exposition, is attracting great attention. One beautiful
fabric called 1.-THE Glory of italy and dedicated to the King
of Italy, is richly woven in'laurel wreath design in solid gold
and silver, and colors, and there are other pieces Of equal
beauty.
The new Robes are exquisite affairs of chiffon, with rich
ornamentation of crystal. The seasons new color, Mandarin,
is shown.
Among the Laces, is the new Reticelli; the Macrame, a
charming old lace revived; Princess Lace in beautiful designs;
Carrickmacross,n newly made popular by Queen Mary, and new
designs in real Venise. The Novelties include wonderful de-
signs in chenille, worsteds, Jewels, spangles and ~dewdrops, in
rich colors-some entirely of metal, at 81 rs to 50. rs yard.
The Dress Trimmings show many new Paris designs, such
as Vandyck motifs in superb tints, for afternoon and evening
dresses; also Bands, in which beads and ribazine are among
the decorations employed. $3.50 to ST. yard, New also
are the roses and other flowers in detached motifs, or by the
yard, for fronts of evening dresses.
The exhibition is being held in the Fabric Sections on the
Second Floor, and is well worth a visit.
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the owner of intangible property will
be much greater, as other utilities will
pay considerably more taxes.
Il is expected that when the tax
commission finishes with the new tax
duplicates, these interests will show
valuation increases in keeping with
the average gains of three and four
hundred per cent. being made in utli-
ties. Owners of all classes of prop
erty will come nearer to paying on
an equal basis next year than they
ever did before.
Attorney Clarke said that this year
the Nickle Plate paid $4,000 in
takes in Ohio. Next year, the Nickle
Plates total Ohio tax payments will
be 1851, 900 Practically that entire
class of property is up against the
same situation, Last year, the Nickle
Plates Ohio tax value was S4,700,000.
This year 1t has been put down for
$25, 100000, the states share of a
total estimated value of $55 900 900 for
the entire road.
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INVENTOR
OF Elevator Was Born 100
Years Ago Today

Boston, Mass, August 3-One hun
dred years ago today there was born
in the little town of Halifax, VT. a
man whose inventive genius led the
way fof the erection of the sky-scrap-
ping buildings that now distinguish ev-
cry American city and incidentally
added millions of dollars to the value
of real estate.
The man was Elisha G. Otis. His
invention was the elevator, undoubted-
ly one of the most important and use
full inventions of the nineteenth cen.
tury. Without the facilities offered
by the elevator for reaching and de-
sired height the tall buildings of to-
day, 1t is hardly necessary to state
would be wholly impractical.
Otis began life as a farmer, but his
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inventive genius led him to turn his
attention to mechanical pursuits. After
engaging in various lines of manufac-
turing in Albany, Troy and one or two
other places he finally located in Yonk-
ers, where he was given charge of the
erection of some buildings for a manu-
featuring company.
In erecting the buildings it became
necessary to construct an elevator for
use on the premises, and in connection
with this Mr. Otis devised a plan to
prevent the fall of the platform in case
of the breaking of the hosting cables.
1t was this safety device that brought
the elevator into practical use.
Mr. Otis first demonstrated the safe
ty and utility of his invention at the
international exposition held in New
York City, in 1853 Within few
years thereafter the elevator system
was introduced into public buildings.
The old Fifth Avenue Hotel, which was
tOih uDHh Ouiy a lew yGhiS dbO, vas
the first to install an elevator and for
long time It was an object of much
curiosity to all visitors to the metropo-
lis.
Mr.. Otis lived to see his invention
come into general use not only in
America but throughout large part
of the world. He established fac
tory for the construction of elevators
in Yonkers, where he resided until his
| death in 1861. While his name will
| always be inseparably linked with his
invention of the elevator he was fer
tile in other lines of invention and i'm
provement, among his products being
machine for making blind staples, ar
automatic wood-turning machine, 6
steam plow, and a rotary oven for use
In the making of bread.
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best government in the world is one
that is raising just enough money to
meet it's legitimate expenses and when
it goes beyond that it is putting temp
tation in the way of those who have
public money at their disposal.
who would go back to the old or
der of things and would be willing
to have that for what we now have?
We were drifting along towards the
shoals-the tax rate would have
amounted to confiscation of property
in few years unless some one had
called a halt Then the state goyera-
ment has been purified. Judson Har-
mons career is an incentive to every
public man to be honest and to hope
for success"
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Attorney John II. Clarke, of Cleve-
land, counsel for the big Nickle Plate
railroad is authority for the follow
ing statement which will be good news
to farmers, small home owners and
other taxpayers of that class: Small
taxpayers have been contributing five
sixths of the entire cost of govern
ment in Ohio Railroads and other
utilities have paid the one-sixth. Next
year the railroad and utility COM
panies' share will be doubled. The
home owner and small taxpayer will
save one-iifth of former payments,
and his portion of the totatl tax pay
ments will drop two-thirds."
This estimate was made after he
appeared before the state tax COM
mission to represent the Nickle Plate
at hearing to fix the value of the
property.
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Saws Tax Evasions $4,000

Cincinnati, o., August S-That Ham,
ilton county was defrauded of $4,000
in tax evasions was the statement Of
Prosecuting Attorney Henry T. Hunt
today after examining a report of ac-
countants. The evasions were con-
fined TO receipts under the Dow-Aiken
liquor tax from breweries and saloons.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

The unknown heirs at law of Ellis
Humphrey deceased, will take notice
that on the 3rd day of August. 1911. w.
v. Bradford as administrator of the es-
tate of Ellis Humphrey, deceased, filed
his petition in the Probate Court of Knox
County, Ohio. against the known heirs at
law of said Ellis Humphrey, deceased,
as we'll as the unknown heirs of said
Ellis Humphrey, deceased. praying for
an order of said Probate Court for the
Ellis Humphrey died seized for the pur-
pose of paying debts; said, real estate
being lot No. 60 in the village of Mt.
Liberty, Knox county, Ohio
Said parties are required to answer on
or before the 3Oth day of September, 1911,
or judgment and an order for the sale
them.
w. " BRADFIELD,
Administrator of Ellis Humphrey.
deceased.
F. o. Levering, attorney for admin
istrator S-4, 49, 25 Bliss
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
PUBLIC
Drinking Cups Illegal In
Eleven States

BY September /, twelve states say
by their statutes that the evil OF the
public drinking cup is banished from
their borders. according to information
received in the Pullman Offices
Colorado. Idaho, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Kansas, Louisiana. Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma and
Vermont already have stringent laws
to that very desirable effect
When a Pullman car enters either
one of these states, the drinking cups
that are kept attached to the water
coolers in various compartments must
be removed and kept beyond the reach
of the public while the train is travel
ing through that state OF course,
when tie border is reached the trans
fer of germs is again made legal and
the cups are again restored to their
places.
In Michigan the latest state to adopt
law of this kind, the measure be-
came effective July 20, and the same
requirement will be made in Oregon,
beginning September 1.
The Pullman company, as we'll as
the railroads in the state where the
prohibition has been carried out, have
co-operated in the handsomest man
ner. Railroads generally would doubt
less be glad TO remove the cups from
their cars and encourage the passen
gers IN carry individual cups if the
law specified that their absence was
necessary.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04

BY the use of trickery the United
States senate has killed the resolu.
tion of Senator Pomerene, of Ohio,
calling upon the department of justice
to bring criminal proceedings against
officers of the Standard Oil Co. and
the American Tobacco Co. II re.
quired filibuster to dispose of the
resolution without a record vote and
the filibuster was forthcoming. The
resolution was sent to the calendar
under rule which will prevent its
consideration If single senator OBJ
jects and consequently is dead as far
as this session is concerned
1t is reported that few days be-
fore the resolution was called up a
u. s. senator called upon Senator
Pomerene and said: "Pomerene you
had better let your resolution drop.
the country and have got all you can
get out of it, AS matter of fact,
your resolution ought to pass and the
department of Justice should be com
PEELED to prosecute the big trusts un.
der the criminal sections of the Sher-
man law. But l am in an unpleasant
position and know of other senators
in the same position also The fact
Is have some close friends involved
in this litigation and it would be ex.
ceedingly embarrassing for me to have
to go upon record"
The side tracking of this resolution
was very exasperating exhibition OF
cOwardice. The senate ran away
from plain proposition involving the
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
STATE news
Passes Taboo Al state Fair

Columbus. o., August 3-This fall
will see the first mo pass" state fair
in the history of Ohio. The State
Board of Agriculture has decided that
not single pass shall be issued. Last
year there we're 10000 free admis-
sions.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04

Attorney General Hogan. Demo
crat, who is establishing a new rec.
ord for efficiency in the legal depart
ment of the state. recently paid this
EIabute to the head OF the state ad.
yninlstration: "lf Judson Harmon
mad been governor of Ohio 70 years
hgo the property owners In many
~Jhio cities would not now be paying
slh1 rates OF aud 8 per cent In my
sSsn county the citizens OF Jackson
saIe paying a tax levy OF A.9S per cent,
whhe in Wellston the rate Is 4.43 per
'eenL Under the low tax rate bill Il
WIN be less than $50 per cent The
lower rate means saving Of thous.
ands OF dollars annually 20 the tax
payers of those two cities There
viii be no surplus 90 steal under the
Smith per cent tax rate bill, The
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
Obtained Ruling Which Re.
duCed Their Salaries
Remarkable Statement Made
By Railroad Attorney
HOWTriCkery Defeated Prose.
Cuti0n Of Two Trusts

Columbus, O., Aug. 3.-Ohio Demo
icrats are proud OF the stand recently
taken by VIM. v. Goshorn, of Gallon,
and Chas. w. Kemple OF Akron,
clerks of the Ohio senate and house
of representatives. These two recent
ly obtained a ruling from Attorney
General Hogan which will bring about
a reduction OF $3.50 year in their
salaries. For 40 years it has been
the custom of clerks of both houses of
the Ohio general assembly to be paid
$500 for each Sunday between ses
sions although they never did any
work on those days. They were on a
per diem basis, too-that is, they
were working under statute which
for the days they spent In the states
service.
Kemple and Goshurn could have
been paid on this basis Their salary
account undoubtedly never would have
been questioned. as a result of the
precedent established by former
clerks of the two houses. Goshorn
and Kemple doubted the propriety Of
accepting pay for services on days
that they do not work. They asked
Attorney General Hogan whether the
Sunday salaries were valid and the
latter declared them Illegal.
The people will never suffer so long
as they have such officials in office.
The Democratic state administration
mas never overlooked an opportunity
10 do away with systems of petty
grating that sprung up during Repub-
lican administrations. The action OF
Messrs Goshurn and Kemple is but
one of many similar transactions that
indicate Democratic state officers are
doing everything in their power to
give the people of Ohio a new and
square deal.
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prouth Dries Ohio River

Gallipolis, o., August 3-The drouth
of two weeks has brought the Ohio
River to its lowest stage ever recorded
here. Navigation has been suspended
and mlny boats are stranded on sand
bars.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
MEDICAL SOCIETIES MERGE

Rochester, Mimi, August 3-The
Southern Minnesota Medical Associa-
tion and the Minnesota Valley Medi-
cal Society met in joint annual ses-
sion here today and arranged for the
merger of the two bodies into one as
sociation, the membership OF which
will embrace the leading physicians
and surgeons of the southern section
of the State
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
EXPLOSION to cost life

Bowling Green, o., August 3-An
explosion in the Portage Stone quarry
today, when Stephen Auretza, forty
four years old struck dynamite cap,
will cost his life.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04

There was another howl from
t'&eVeland recently about the low tax
nss9 bill 1t was the same old cry
shas the low rate would not produce
sufficient money to run the city gov
.sfpment. No one in Cleveland knows
what the duplicate will be. and until
the aggregate OF It Is announced no
one in Cleveland will know how much
money the city will have. The yalua'
,hons of railroad property IN Cleve-
land. worth millions of dollars. have
not been announced by the State Tax
commission and are not yet ON the
Cleveland tax duplicate. There are
other utility properties to be added
Several millions Of dollars Of prop
erty are yet TO so on, and until the
work on the duplicate Is completed I
is idle 10 complain of money short
sge.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04

prosecution of big and powerful law
breakers. The discomfort of the peo-
pie about the actions of the Repub-
lican United States senate will be in.
creased by the burying of the Pomer-
enc resolution. Just one more cleo
ton and there will be a change in the
political complexion of the senate.
The municipal contest in Newark
this year promises to be heated af-
fair. Ex-Mayor Atherton who per-
mitted the lynching crime of year
ago which gave the city such an un-
savory reputation, left few days
after the riot and went to California.
He is now back at Newark running
for the office of mayor to "vindicate"
himself This, of course, would be
an Endorsement of the crime by the
voters of the city, and this fact is
causing greatly disturbed feeling
among the Newark people. On diff
Guilty to overcome seems to be that
there may be too many candidates
before the Democratic primaries,
causing a danger of Atherton secur-
ing plurality of the votes polled.
The Newark Advocate, so well
known over tthe state as faithful
champion of Democracy, is appealing
to the Democratic voters of the city
to save their party from the disgrace
that Atherton's nomination would be
certain to cause
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04
OHIO FALLS HoLi-
NESS MEETING

New Albany, Ind, August 3-The
twenty-first annual meeting of the
Ohio Falls Holiness Association open
ed today on the camp grounds at Sill
yer Hills, west Of this city. The ses-
sions will continue for ten days, and
eminent speakers from Wheeling. St,
Paul, Louisville and other places are
to be heard
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-08-04

tells it by far better to sell this stock of HIGH
HOME FURNISHINGS
| which would be large
herets and get
(This will be conducted the Morgan Sales Sysm.)
MORGAN, Manager
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
60 MINERS PERISH
IN BLAZING MINE
PATHETIC SCENES UPON RECOVERY
OF DEAD BODIES.
Flames, Smoke and Gases Coming in
Blind Tunnel Completely Ex-
terminated Men.

Scranton, Pa.-One of the most serious
mine disasters of this section of the
mining country occurred Friday at the
little village of Throop, a short dis
lance from this city, when the lives OF
between fifty and sixty men and boys
were snuffed out.
Up to midnight nearly two scores OF
bodies had been piled at the bottom of
the shaft, but it was thought advisable
not to bring them to the surface until
the crowd had ~dwindled. A temporary
morgue had been erected at the opening
to the mine, and here were congregated
hundreds of women and children, rela-
tiyes of the men and boys who had
been so suddenly snatched from them.
Their grief was pitiful, Children of
tender years clinging to the skirts OF
their mothers, while older male mem
bers of the family sought to soften the
anguish of the distracted mothers and
sisters.
None of the bodies recovered were
mutilated, death doubtless having been
caused by inhalIng flames and gases.
The rescuers are pushing into the mine,
and it is thought all of the bodies will
be recovered.
The fire started in an engine house
at the opening of a slope 75O feet from
the surface. There were 500 men in the
mine when the fire started, about sixty
of them in the workings into which the
slope led. These sixty were at work in
a blind" tunnel at the end of the
slope.
Escape was blocked by fire, smoke
and the generated gases, possibly before
these men and boys realized their dan
ger. The other men, scattered in diff
ferent workings, got out by various
exits.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
AMERICAN LEADER SHOT.
Gen. Stanley Williams Has Short Career
as Fighter.

Mexicali, MeXico.-Gen. Stanley Will
liams hurled his little battalion of rebels
against Col. Miguel Mayot's 500 Mexican
regulars on the Mesa, five miles south
of Mexieali, Eighty insmrectos went
into the fight. Twenty returned from
the battlefield.
Williams himself was fatally wounded,
his head being torn by a fragment from
an exploding shell. With half a dozen
fugitives of his fleeing command, he was
overtaken by a federal shell that fell in
their midst and sent up a geyser of
flame and smoke and fragments Of
human bodies. His wagon trains were
captured, with nearly all of the stores and
live stock which he took in his raid on
several ranches.
Survivors struggling into Mexicali de.
clare that the federals took no prisoners.
All those not killed by the fire of the
tederals' rifles, machine guns and ar
tillery were, it is alleged, slaughtered
mercilessly by bayonets in the hands of
federal soldiers.