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The citizen., 1911-06-16
DIRECT ELECTION
OF j. S. SENATORS
Resolution is Finally Passed
by the Senate.
FINAL VOTE is 64 TO "a.
The Heso ut on VIII Now Go Sack TO
the House for Further Action
Vice President Sherman
Cast the Deciding Vote.

ngton.-Through tie vote
of the Senate Monday night Vice
President Sherman was enabled to
cast the decisive ballot which forced
the Bristow amendment upon the
proposed constitutional amendment
for the direct election of United
States Senators, which vas then
passed by five more than the neces-
ssry two-thirds majority.
The vote upon the Bristow amend
ment came shortly before 10 o'clock,
after the Senate lad been in continu-
Gus session for 10 hours through q
scorching afternoon, ~ Senators be-
ing recorded for il and ~ in opposi-
tion One Democrat. Senator Clarke,
OF Arkansas, Joined 43 Republicans
in supporting the Bristow idea. Five
Insurgent Republicans lined up with
all OF the Democrats except Nr.
Clarke against the amendment.
After the Vice-President had cast
the decisive vote in favor Of the Bris-
tow amendment, the joint resolution,
as thus altered, was adopted. 81
10 "a.
When the Joint resolution, as
changed by the adoption of the Bris-
eow amendment. which was in the
nature of a substitute. had been
adopted in committee OF the whole
and reported into the Senate, an
amendment was offered by Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, which proposed 10
leave the regulation OF time and
manner of choosing Senators under
this constitutional reform 10 the
Legislatures OF the States, and per-
init the Federal Government TO in
Terfere only when the States refuse
10 regulate the elections.
The Bacon amendment was defeat
ed. 43 to 46, and another roll call
was ordered on the final adoption OF
the Bristow substitute, which again
was carried. "a 10 p.
The Bristow amendment takes the
place of the resolution which passed
the House early in the special ses-
sion. The change made BY the Sen
ate necessitates returning the Joint
resolution to the House of Represen-
tatives for rejection or approval
While it is anticipated that the
resolution will finally meet the ap-
proval, in some form. OF both
branches of Congress. ii is both diff
cult and premature TO forecast the
final attitude of Congress toward the
the Bristow amendment. the joint
resolution will be sent TO Presi-
dent Taft for his signature and then
transmitted TO the States 10 run the
gamut OF their Legislatures. The
approval of three-fourths OF the Leg.
tslatures will be necessary to make :,
valid part OF the Constitution.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Woman of Unique Fame.

BY throwing a hatchet across the
mahogany bar of the Senate Saloon,
in Topeka, Kan, and smashing the
plateglass mirror. in March, 1901,
Carrie Nation became national fig
ure. Up to that time she was known
only in a few Kansas towns that she
had visited merely as an ardent tenn
peranee advocate
But the hatchet-throwing episode
plunged her into newspaper fame,
She liked the notoriety her act
brought her and decided TO re-
peat the performance in other towns.
II wasn't long until the name of
Carrie Nation was household word
in this country and even the foreign
press became greatly interested in
such display of feminine aggres-
siyeneSs.
Mrs Carrie Nation was born in
Boyle county. KY, about Go years
ago.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
FRENCH CREEK FIRE SWEPT
Burglars Who Blew Up Post
office Safe Start Con-
flaeration.

Elkins, W. Va.-French Creek, a
farming community of 200 souls, %
miles from here, was almost destroy
ed by fire. The fire was started by
burglars that blew the safe in the
postofice. The explosion set fire TO
the building and quickly spread to
adjoining dwellings. The inhabit-
ants were unaware of the cause OF
the fire until il had been extinguish-
ed. There is no fire-fghting ap-
paratus within reach of the COM
munity and the blaze was fought by
g bucket brigade.
Before the flames had been stop
ped IS dwellings besides the post
Office and general store were de-
stroyed.
The burglars made their escape
while the fire was being fought, and
there is no clue as to the number or
the direction in which they fed
They got about $500 in currency and
stamps. The loss is estimated al
about $4,000.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
WHY THE SUGAR
MEN GOT OFF
Evidence Not Sufficient TO Con-
vict Says Attorney.
HAVEMEYER SAVED BY DEATH
Directors Called "ManikIns" in
Hands Of Late President Of
Trust--AII the Gases
Dropped.

Washington.-Why no men high
er up" were reached, convicted and
jailed for the Sugar Trust under
weighing and other frauds in New
York was explained to the House
Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice by United
States District Attorney Henry A.
Wise. His explanation, in brief.
was that the law officers OF the Gov
ernment did not have the evidence
upon which TO base the prosecution
of directors OF the Sugar Trust.
He said that all the men who could
possibly be reached had been reached
in the prosecutions. but no evidence
had been obtained indicating that the
directors OF the trust had knowledge
OF or were responsible for the
methods used in cheating the Federal
Government out OF customs payments
on sugar importations.
Why did your Office not inflict the
full penalties against the American
Sugar Refining Company and the
Arbuckle Company. instead of allow
ing them TO make a compromise set
tlement by the payment OF back
duties?" asked Chairman Beall.
II had nothing 70 do with the set
tlement." said Mr. Wise. 1T was
headed by District Attorney Stimson
just before l took Office. Personal
ly. believe in exacting the pound OF
flesh against every yiolator OF the
customs laws. large and small.
would exact the penalty prescribed,
would forfeit the goods and l would
also collect the duties. l do that
whenever il Is possible"
The citizen., 1911-06-16
HAVOC BY FALL OF HAIL
Heavy Demass Through Baltimore
City and the
County.

Baltimore.-A terrific electrical
storm, followed by a series OF rain
and hail storms broke over Balti-
more city, the Green Spring Valley,
Arlington. Mount Washington and
Towson Monday night and left de-
struction and desolation in its wake.
Thousands of dollars worth of dam
age 10 crops. greenhouses and truck
farms in the northern suburbs was
reported. Trees were uprooted,
teams ran away, thousands of win
dows were smashed by hail, tele-
phone and telegraph wires were
blown down. avenues were flooded
from curb TO curb. automobiles were
deserted while the occupants sought
shelter and in general il was the
worst storm that has visited the Vi
einity for the past q years. The
storm in all its fury broke over
Arlington and Mount Washington
and there was not house or build
ing with northern or eastern ex-
posure that escaped damage. The
strongest plate glass skylights were
punctured by the hailstones, which
fell in torrents. And the hail was
not OF the cherrystone variety.
Residents Of Mount Washington
and Arlington said that some OF the
hail WAS as big as guinea eggs. and
as a matter OF fact the fall OF hail
was so terrific that it caused nearly
a dozen teams 10 become unmanage-
able The horses took fright and
plunged from the control OF the driT-
ers. One driver was thrown from
mis- team and sustained fractured
arm. He was Mr.. William Dorsey,
OF Mount Washington. well-knovn
ice-cream dealer. who was driving
about his route when the hail caused
his horse 10 run away.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
LABOR LEADERS WIN
Posts Injunction Suit In Bucks Stove
Case Dismissed

St Louis, Mo.-Cnited States Cir
cult Justice Dyer, sustained demur-
rer to the Injunction suit filed by c.
". Post. OF Battle Creek. Mich,
against the Buck Stove and Range
Company, Samuel Gompers and the
American Federation OF Labor 10 re-
strain them from carrying out an
agreement By which the Buck COM
pany was to maintain closed shop
and the union labor boycott against
1t was lifted by the Federation
Post is a minority s;ockholder OF
the company and coupled with the
injunction suit was plea for dam
ages for the company OF s750.000.
In sustaining the demurrer, Judge
Dyer dismissed the suit on the
ground that he had no Jurisdiction.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
HAVOC IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Fh,een People Reported Dead---
Small Boats Sunk--Wlnd
10 Mi es An Hour

Newport News, Va.-Sweeping out
of the southwest with cyclone yeloc-
ity wind. rain, hail and electrical
storm struck the lower end Of the
Virginia Peninsula Monday and left
train OF death and ruin.
Ii is difficult even 10 estimate the
number OF dead, for many small craft
went down in the storm al various
points along the James River and in
Hampton Roads Conservative esti-
mates placed the dead al not more
than Is.
None OF the bodies have been re-
covered and nothing is known here
OF the identity OF the missing people.
as most of them were fishermen from
distant counties along the James.
Great havoc was wrought in this
city, houses being unroofed and trees.
wires and telegraph poles blown
down.
Half g dozen vessels moored al
piers here broke away and nearly all
were damaged.
Al the yard OF the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company the submarine
Seal was struck by schooner and
badly disabled. and the same
schooner rammed hole in the Old
Dominion Line steamship jamestown.
Roofs OF shops at the shipyard also
were torn away and scafolding
around ships in course OF construc-
ton on the stocks were blown down.
Damage was done the Chesapeake
and Ohio elevator B.
Rough estimates placed the prop
erty loss and damage al upwards OF
100000
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Four Trains Collide.

Fairfield, Conn.-Fiye persons are
dead and several others are serious
~ injured as the result of collision
of four freight trains at midnight or
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad. 1t is believed one OF
the two eastbound freights stopped
on account of hot box and that an
extra following close behind crashed
into it. In a statement given out BY
the company the accident is attrib-
uted to the failure Of an engineer
probably one OF those killed. to OBJ
serve q signal.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
TAFT'S SILVER WEDDING
Bic Reception Planned en- White
House lawn---An Open
Air Fete

Washington-No social event of
any recent Administration is likely
to excel the approaching twenty-ffth
anniversary OF the wedding OF the
President and Mrs. Taft.
In consequence. invitations are 60
ing out from the White House TO this
event literally by thousands. States
men, lawyers. journalists. jurists.
painters, novelists, doctors, college
professors, fnanciers, captains ot in
dustry and their wives are being
reached by these invitations. Men
who have never been invited TO the
White House before are being in
,luded now and the President is re-
membering his friends everywhere
Reports about the health OF Mrs
Taft are encouraging. and il is be-
lieved she will be fully able 10 assist
In doing the honors and receiving
congratulations on the occasion of
the Presidential silver wedding
Monday. June 19 She is spending
most Of her time in her room and is
under instructions not TO exert her
self until just before the festivities
Miss Helen Taft is now in Cincin-
natl. visiting her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Anderson, and she and Mrs. Maria
Heron, one OF Mrs. Taft's sisters,
viii come on for the anniversary
The White House will be in gala
dress with June roses and clusters o.
fragrant garden flowers. The
Marine Band. under the direction OF
Santleman. viii play a program OF
old favorites OF the President and
Mrs. Taft.
The President and Mrs Taft were
married in Cincinnati in 1856.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Powers Objects TO HANGING.

Washington. - Electrocutions may
be substituted for hanging for capi-
tai offenses in the District of Column
bia il bill introduced by Represen-
tatfve Caleb Powers. of Kentucky.
becomes law. II further eontem-
plates commutation of the death SEN
tenee TO life Imprisonment in case OF
female offenders. The bill was in
spired BY the case of Matte Lomax,
a negro woman now under sentence
to be hanged for the murder OF her
husband
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Four Girls Drowned

Appleton. Wis.-Four girls were
drowned and five other occupants of
a small sailboat narrowly escaped a
similar fate. when a squall struck
the csaft on Little Lake Butte des
Morts and capsized il. The victims
were members of picnic party.
given by the owners of store 10 en-
ployes.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Kills Mother of Seven.

Hammonton, \. Following a
quarrel Fidelo Perone. so years old
shot and killed his wife at their home
here and then walked blocks 10 the
home of a constable and said: Come
up to my house: l have shot my
wife" When the constable, accom-.
panied by Perone. reached the dwell
ing he found the woman dead and
around the body the seven children
of the pair were weeping and pray
ing. The children range in age from
2 to Is years
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Heat Records Smashed.

Kansas City, Mo.-It was sizzling
hot throughout the Southwest Thurs
day. and heat records for the year
we're broken here and at many points
in Kansas. The highest temperature,
1O6 degrees, was registered at juno
ton City, Kan Some other towns
that sweltered were Leayenworth,
lO2 degrees; Muskogee. Oklahoma
and Topeka, 101 degrees Only a
few prostrations and no fatalities as
a direct result of the heat have been
reported. 80
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Jumps ITS Feet to Death.

Philadelphia Climbing over the
railing of the Walnut lane bridge,
which spans Wissahickon creek, in
Germantown, Henry Shermer. assist
ant treasurer OF the Germantown
Savings Fund Society. jumped 175
feet into the shallow stream. He was
dead when found Mr.. Shermer, who
Was q prominent resident of the
fashionable suburb, had been In I'll
health for some time. He was about
81 years old.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Woman Lead, Law Class.

Albany, \. Y.-For the first time
in the history of the Albany Law
School a woman carried OF the high
est honors of commencement this
year. Miss Hazel NJ. Cole, of Spring
field, Mass. has been awarded the
Josiah H. Benton prize for excelling
in GLASS standing. She also won the
White prize for the second best
examination on corporation law. The
class numbered 54 President Nc
Kinley was a graduate of the Albany
institution.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
HOG VALUED AT $40, 900 BY JURY
Owner Receivers Damages for Porker
kiled BY Railroad

Atlanta. Ga.-Ten thousand dol
lars was the value placed on a hog
by jury in the Superior Court here
IN the case Of ]. D. Debow. of Nash
vile. Tenn. against the Vicksburg.
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
The hog was Premier Longfel-
lows rival a pedigreed porker kill
ed in q railroad accident. and on
which Mr.. Debow had set valuation
Of $40. 900.
The animal was feet long, 8 feet
in height and weighed more than
1000 pounds
The citizen., 1911-06-16

New York-Her modesty nearly
cost 1S-year-old Mollie Cohen her
life. When the house at 1O1 Bel
mont street. Brooklyn, caught fire,
Miss Cohen. attired in nightgown,
appeared at her window, frantically
calling for help. Captain Mooney. OF
= hook-and-ladder company. climbed
TO the window. AS he entered the
room the girl fed and he had 10
chase her into the burning house
He Caught her barely in time.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
ROOSEVELT OUT OFT.
Win Not Be Candidate at the Repub-
Ii-an Convention.

New York.-"Every word there is
correct" declared Theodore Roose-
welt on his arrival here from Yer
mont when shown a dispatch from
White River Junction, VT, that he
would not be candidate for presi-
dent in 1912.
You are quoted as saying tha;
you would regard it as q calamity il
you were nominated" was asked
Colonel Roosevelt
Not another word" smilingly re-
piled Colonel Roosevelt, and there
will be no more statements regard
ing the matter
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Nltroslye.rIne Factory Blown up.

Clarion. Pa.-The nitro-glycerine
factory and magazine of the Ellis
Hall & Sons Company, nine miles
from here. was struck by lightning.
The explosion tore a hole $50 feet
long and so feet deep in the ground
No person was in the immediate vi
cinity. Windows were broken in
this town.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Doctors Adopt Scale.

Manchester. Conn.-The directors
of this place have organized the Man
chester Medical Association, ostensi-
bly, TO wage a campaign against
tuberculosis and to promote hygiene.
but really TO fix a common minimum
price for services. A scale of prices
was adopted for all classes of medi-
cal service which all the doctors
have bound themselves to observe.
The agreement declares that there
shall be no free treatment for the
poor.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Dances All Night, Kills Sell.

Richmond, Va = After having
danced all night in the gayest and
happiest manner, Mrs. Anna Eliza
beth Schanks. 81 years old, COM
mitted suicide al dawn in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Brock. where the dance was held, by
shooting herself through the heart
with revolver. Unhappy domestic
relations are thought 10 have caused
the act
The citizen., 1911-06-16
An Aviator Killed.

Vienna.-The first aviation fatality
in Austria occurred Sunday at Wien
er-Neustadt. Vincenz Wiesenbach, of
Luxemburg, was killed by fall of
so feet from a monoplane of his own
invention.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
SUFFRAGE Bill Defeatee.

Hartford. Suffrage for wo-
men in municipal elections failed to
pass the House. 16S 10 80. The vote
was taken after two hours of lively
debate, and is in disagreement with
the Senate.
The citizen., 1911-06-16

The students of the Nebraska State
University have refused to take part
in an interclass debate on woman
suffrage Both teams in sending in
their refusals declared that the
equal franchise question has but one
side. There is no negative"
The citizen., 1911-06-16
carneaIs,. Lat.s. Hero Euna.

The Hague.-Andrew Carnegie, It
was announced here. has donated
500, 900 forms (about s205, ,0OOl for
the establishment of hero fund in
Holland.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Loses Hs- Life for Pc. poo.

Detroit, Mich-Mrs Bertha 10th
amer. so years old. was burned to
death when her home caught fire.
She lived alone and might have
escaped if she had not tried 10 save
her pet dog.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Wilson p.n,.. Reclamation,

Washington.-Wh nothing off,
cial was given out concerning the
rumor that Ambassador Henry Lane
Wilson wished to resign his post at
Mexico City, il was learned that Mr.
Wilson has telegraphed the depart
ment. denying the rumors.
The citizen., 1911-06-16

Hongkong's imports of opium fell
from e,411.150 pounds in 1908 to f.
$4,000 in 1910. Exports to China
decreased accordingly. Complete
suppression of the trafic is becom-
ing a live commercial matter. says
Consul General George E. Anderson.
of Hongkong.
The citizen., 1911-06-16

Moles and the mole cricket have
the same problem TO negotiate in cut
ting caves in the ground. so here an
Insect and an animal both have the
same shaped forelegs and shovel-like
hands and claws.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Man aa. His Bride. -

Muldrow. Okla.-Ad Dutton. aged
90 years. has taken 10 wife Jane CAL
loway, "a years old. Dutton says a
diet of beans accounts for his long
evity.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Mayor Cuts Own Salary.

Springfield. O.-Mayor c. ]. Bowl
MS has cut his salary from s2.5O0 to
t1,50e so that the city may have
more money for proposed improve
ments.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
GEN. REYES WILL
SUPPORT MADER0
Is Willing to Be His Secretary
of War.
De LA BARRA ALSO PROMISES
Agreement is Made, in Case Madero
Shoud Be EIecte5 President
That Do Ia Barra and Reyes
Will Enter His Cabinet.

Mexico City.-"If l should be
elected president, Senior De La Barra
will be minister of foreign relations
and General Reyes will be minister
OF war in my cabinet"
Thus spoke Francisco l. Madero
following a visit TO the presidential
residence az Chapultepec Castle,
where he talked with both Presi-
dent De La Barra and General Reyes.
Both men have consented 10 accept
these portfolios and their decision
was announced in an official bulletin
issued at the national palace.
The meeting between the three
men was accidental. Madero had
been comforting with President De
La Barra about the political situation
and was about 10 step into the ele-
vator when General Reyes appeared.
Madero was asked TO remain. a
frank discussion of the situation en-
sued.
General Reyes was seen later at
his home 1T is true" he said,
that l am going to be minister Of
war if Senor Madero is elected.
am not going TO be candidate for
the presidency or participate in the
elections Just before you came, y
he said TO the interviewer, "a COM
mittee called on NE 10 ask me TO be
a candidate for the presidency. but
] have told them / intend TO be a
member of Senior Madero's cabinet
II he is elected
The citizen., 1911-06-16

When para trees are tapped, after
the gum has run into receptacles and
stiffened. a species of large black ant
is accustomed to cut out pieces OF
the rubber and carry them away.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Llnhtnlnu strIk.. aan croy.a

JohnstOwn, Pa.-John Hamilton
and August Lantus. miners, were in
stantly killed by lightning while
watching ball game al Lilly, near
here. Several others were stunned.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Church for Drunkards.

Cordele. Ga.-Mayor Davis says
that hereafter he will remit fines for
drunkenness and impose church sem
tences instead.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
Boy Of Is . Suicide.

Bethlehem. Pa.-Sued for breach
pf promise by girl of his own age,
Rnl Hagen. aged l5 years. OF Cop
ksburg. committed suicide by
ddvping.
The citizen., 1911-06-16

In moving the Astor Library, in
New York. 10000 volumes a day
were handled.
The citizen., 1911-06-16
To Prevent Confusion.

Il know Senior Madero has the
support of the popular element in
Mexico and l an in complete SYM
pathy with his principles. To offer
myself as a candidate might mean q
confusion which would produce an
archy, and l can assure you both
President De La Barra. Senior Ma
dero and myself will work earnestly
and incessantly to prevent such a
situation. We must work for the
union OF our fatherland, for it is a
grave and delicate moment in Mex
leo. l an ready TO accept any posi-
ton that is offered ME, il il is for
the best interest of my country
Madero's remark that President
De La Barra would return 10 his
recent post of minister of foreign
relations is looked on as an indica-
tion that the new government will
contain representatives of all ele-
ments.
The citizen., 1911-06-16

Hagerstown.-Charged with stab
bing his son. Albertus Myers, aged
1e years. in the back during quar-
rel, Benjamin F. Myers was arrested
and placed in jail. Young Myers re-
ceiyed two dangerous wounds One,
an inch long, was in his back over
the lung.