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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
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GAME TO BE PLAYED
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26

Manager E. y. Burke of the
benefit base ball game between
the United States and the Ter
ritory Of New Mexico, annolnc-
ed this afternoon that ne had
concluded arrangements and
will have the game Saturday
afternoon, August 26th. He
has appointed Norman L. King
and Attorney Claudius j.. Neis
as representatives of the Unit
ed States or Federal team and
Assistant Attorney General
Harry 8. Clancy and A. T. Koch
for the Territorials. s. G. Nc
Crimmons has been selected
musical director and now he is
arranging for the formation Of
5 "That Little Dutch Bund" to
discourse tender and gentle mu.
sic during the exciting parts Of
the game, to quell any who
would attack umpires.
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
Judge MeFie Hands Down Judomen,

Judge McFle Hands Down Judgment
In the case of the State National Bank
of Albuquerque against E. S. Parker
and George Ramsey, Judge John R.
McFie handed down judgment in ia.
vor of the plaintiff for s3O3. A gar.
nishment against the Equitable Life In.
surance Co., B. Spitz and G. S. Coss.
local agents, was secured, it being al.
legged that they were indebted to Park.
er and Ramsey in sum sufficient to
cover the judgment, interest and costs.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
SON OF CHARLES
SCHLATER DEAD AT DENVER

The sad news of the death of nine
teen-year old son of Charles Schlater
a prominent citizen of Clayton, Union
county, is reported from the Schlater
residence at Denver. Typhoid fever
was the cause of death. The deceased
was the only son, but sister survives
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
STEALING OTHER
@~ WIVES HUSBANDS.

Boston, Aug. 15.-Mrs. "Jack" Ger
agility, the Newport society girl who
made up her mind to marry the man
of her choice, chauffeur, has again
bitterly attacked society" saying:
"All Newport society women care
about is money, artificial social po-
sition. having better looking clothes
than Mrs. Somebody, giving a more
expensive party than someone else
having the most men trailing around
and stealing somebody else's husband
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
SANTA FE HOROSE is
ENTERED FOR FAIR.
Charles closson viii Run "MidIo-
thian," in 1924 And 2:3O Pace
Events at Albuquerque.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Aug. 15.-"Mid-
lothian" PAGER owned by Charles
Closson, of Santa Fe, has been enter
ed in the 2:24 and 2:30 pace events
to be run on Wednesday and Friday
of fair week at the New Mexico State
Fair, to be held in Albuquerque Oc-
tober 8 to IA. Midlothian is now in
training on the Albuquerque circuit
and is fast rounding into first class
form. The PAGER will be driven
throughout the Santa Fe Circuit by
John Wall. A feature of the racing
events to be pulled off during the fair,
will be the 2:12 pace on "Bull,'' Dur
ham day, Friday, October 13, for a
purse of $1,000 offered by the Black
wells Durham Smoking Tobacco
Company.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15

Virulent Smallpox in Mexico-In
northern Mexico. smallpox in its most
virulent form, has broken out and peo-
pie are dying of the BLACK DEATH" by
the scores. They are suddenly taken
i'll in the morning and are dead by
nightfall.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
HIGH OFFICIAL or

POSTAL HAS DIED.
w. D. Francis died at his home in
East Orange, New Jersey last even
ing after several weeks illness. He
was superintendent Of supplies of the
Postal Telegraph Company. Warren
s. Hallett will be acting Superintend-
ent. of Supplies until further notice.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15
BREEDER Of WAR
NOT Of PEACE
What Senate Committee
Thinks of 7 aft's Arbi-
tration treaty
GERMANY WILLING TO TRY
Accepts General Principles as
Laid Down In Tentative
Outline.

(By Special Leased Wire TO New Mexican)
Washington, ID. u, Aug. 15.-The
arbitration treaties with Great Britain
recently sent to the Senate by Presi-
dent Taft are characterized by the
Senate committee ON foreign rela-
tions as a breeder of war and not
of peace" in a written report pre-
sented to the Senate today. The re-
port was prepared by Senator Lodge
OF Massachusetts.
Germany Is Willing.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 15.-Ger-
many has accepted the general prin-
ciples for an arbitration treaty with
the United States as laid down in a
tentative outline of the convention
submitted by Secretary of States Knox
to Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, several weeks ago. This
was definitely learned today at the
conclusion of a conference between the
secretary and the ambassador.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15

CONTINUED on Page Five.)
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-15

Continued on Page Four.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
PROF. GOULD TALKS
ARBUCKLE MINERALS
FAITH IN MINERAL
POSSIBILITIES IN ARBUCkLE
ZINC AND LEAD FIELDS.

Davis, Okla, Oct. 5.-IIon. j. II.
Lankford. bank commissioner W. NJ.
Malone and Prof. Chas. n. Gould
have been invited to attend an in
formal dinner to be given here next
Monday evening, the 9Th, by the eN-
ecutive board of the Investors Pro
tectlve Association and The board of
governors of the Arbuckle Mining Ex.
change
IN recent letter from Prof. Gould
to the Mining Exchange he said he
had not resigned his position as
director of the Oklahoma Geological
Survey. but might do so some time.
He further stated that he had pre-
viously announced his faith in the
mineral possibilities N the Arbucl,le-
Davis zinc and lead field. and tha-
at no time had he knocked on the
field, as alleged. He said the zinc
mill now in successful operation.
was sufficient evidence to convince
any man that he was no. knocking"
or had ever denied that minerals in
the ArJuckles did not exist in paying
quantities. On the contrary, he de-
clareg. have always urged deeD
drilling and greater development
which has been done.
''Fo rtwelye years have acted
fairly and squarely with the oeople
of Oklahoma, and | cannot under
stand why some CT them persist in
misqIoting me with reference TO the
ArDuckie-Dayis mining field. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
IN CURRENT ISSUE OF oUTLooh,
FORMER PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
HIS WORK.
AN ANSWER TO HIS CRITICS
Article is Intended as Answer 20
Those Who Criticized His Action
in Acquiring the Panama CanaI
Property.

New York, \. Y. oct. 5.-That ne
did Just what any strong man would
do and what a timid man wouldn't do
in regard TO the Panama Canal is
the assertion Of Roosevelt in an arti-
Gle in the current issue of The Out
lock on How the United States ac-
quired The right to dig the Panama
Canal"
The article answers the recen.
charges that he acted in an uncon-
Ntitutional manner.
Instead OF timidly refusing to act
until could find a provision of law
that rendered it imperative says
Mr.. Roosevelt, Il gave the benefit
OF doubt 10 the people and not to
the group of bandits, foreign and
domestic, whose interest happened to
he adverse TO the people. AS a result
of what did, the canal is now being
huilt. The president has great powers
if he chooses TO exercise them"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
Roadhouse Robbed.

Tulsa, Okla. Oct. 1.-Two highway
men entered a roadhouse just outside
the city limits here last night and
covering the proprietors and occu-
pants, robbed the place of about 500,
after which they made good their es-
cape. 1t is said the robbery was not
reported' TO the police for fear the
publicity would react unfayorably up
on the place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
ARRANGE FOR
WORLDS SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL SERIES
TO BEGIN SATURDAY OCTOBER
FOURTEENTH

New York, n. Y, oct. 5.-The
National League team and the Phil.
adelphia American Leaguers, pen
nant winners of those two organiza-
tions, will begin Saturday, October
nth. This was decided At a confer
ence here today.
Where the first game will be play
eG will be decided this afternoon by
a flip of the coin.
The national commission this after
loon decided to play the first of the
worlds series championship games at
the Polo Grounds here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
Train Kills Unidentified Indian.

Ada, Okla, Oct. A northbound
freight train on the Frisco ran over
and killed an unidentified Indian about
half mile north of the city limits
tonight about z o'clock. At present
writing the dead man has not been
identified, but he is believed to have
been an Indian who resided near
Francis. He was lying with his head
over a rail. and the engine completely
severed the head from the body.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
VICTORY
Manuel TO RETURN
PORTUGALS PROVISIONAL CAPl-
tai OF MONARCHY ESTABLISH
Ed AT OPORTO.

Madrid, Oct. 5.-Dispatches from
the Portuguese border declare that
Royalists have defeated the republi-
can forces and are in possession of
Oporto. 1t is further stated that the
headquarters of the provisional mon
archy will be established in Oporto
and that King Emanuef is expected
to arrive there very soon, to assume
personal direction of the attempt to
restore his rule in Portugal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
LAST HONORS PAID
TO NAVAL HERO
REMAINS OF ADMIRAL SCHLEY
INFERRED WITH MILITARY
HONORS AT ARLINGTON.

Washington ID. c., oct. j.-Nayal
honors seldom accorded an American,
characterized the funeral of Admiral
Schley today. Cadets from ;he naval
academy. sailors from Washington
and Philadelphia naval stations and
troops from Fort Myer barracks, es-
corted the body from St Johns Epis-
copal church where the services
were held, to Arlington Cemetery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
HARD LOT
TO BELIEVE
WITNESS AT STATES CUSTER
SUIT AGAINST LUMBER CON-
PANleS SCORES THEM.

St. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 5.-The lum-
Der manufacturers and statesmen are
hard lot to believe" said George
Hope of Kansas City. testifying to-
day in the states custer hearing
against thirty-eight members of the
southern lumber manufacturers asso-
citation. The prices of lumber, he
said. are unusually increased concur
rently with the issuance of new price
lists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
Italians Lose Battleship.

Con itaatinople, Oct. "a cabl,
from Turkish source to Tripoli to
day says that the Italian battleshiI
Conte d Cavour was blown up by {
Turkish mine off Tripoli and the crew
and all troops on board perished.
Heavy cannonading was heard las
night near Samotrace in Aegean, alst
OFF hte coast near Prevesa.
The National Defense committee to
day cabled to King George of England
asking him to intervene.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
TAFT M|NGLES
WITH MORMONS
MAKES ADDRESS TO THE "OLD
FOLKS" IN TABERNACLE IN
sALT1AKE CITY.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 5.-The
president arrived here this morning
and was escorted to his hotel by Gov.
Spry and Utah congressman, to rest
before addressing the old folks" in
the tabernacle. His principal Utah
address will be made at the state fair
grounds late this afternoon.
Taft will leave for Idaho at mid
night tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
SECOND
COMING OF CHRIST
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS SAY
THAT TURKISH WAR PRESAGEs
END OF WORLD.

WASHINGTON, d. c., oct. THE sec
ond coming of Christ and the end Of
the world is presaged by the war be-
tween Turkey and Italy, is the view
held by the Seventh Day Adyentists,
according to Rev. Kit Russell OF
Washington. exponent of that faith.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
NO OFFER TO SURRENDER Has
YET BEEN MADE BY THE TURKS
m COMMAND THERE.
TURKISH BOATS ARE STRANDED
Report from Turkish Sources in Tri|
poll Today Says that Italian BattIe|
ship Conte dl cavour Was Blow
up by Turkish Mine.

Tripoli, oct 5.-No offer 10 surren
der has been made by Turkey UP ID
this morning. I'D
The advancing Turkish torpedo
boats are stranded and said to I'D
badly damaged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
SHOTS IN GALLERY
OF THE RE|CHSRATH
SHOTS FIRED FROM GALLERY I'M
DIRECTION OF MINISTERIAL
BENCHES

Vienna, Austria, Oct. -Four shots
were fired from the gallery of the
lower house of the Reichsrath today.
III the direction of the ministerial
benches. Nobody was injured. The
shooter was arrested.
Ii is believed that the shooting
was the result of the bitterness
against the government engendered
during the recent rioting over the
increased cost of living.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
REE:

Free to farmers who bring their cot
ton to Ardmore, brand new stand
ard Farm Wagon every Saturday
Every farmer who brings his cotton
to Ardmore will receive free a ticket
for each bale of cotton weighed by
the County Weigher and to the,
holder OF one of these tickets a
brand new wagon will be given away
each Saturday for at least five weeks.
The drawing which will determine
the lucky ticket will be done in
manner so fair that it will be salts
factory to all. 1t will pay you to
bring your cotton so miles 10 the
Ardmore market The tickets are
now ready and on Saturday, October
the first wagon will be given away
Bring your cotton to Ardmore TINS
week and ride home in the new wagon
Ardmore pays the highest price
for cotton, Il ere is greater competl-
ton amopg the buyers, there Is
greater competition among the mer-
chants, the largest stock of goods
are in Ardmore, you can buy dry
goods, groceries, hardware, farm sup
plies and anything you need mere
cheaper than in any other town. me
banks are better able and more VIII
ling to accommodate you here. Come
on with your cotton and let's MAKE
Ardmore- a greater cotton Market
than it has ever been before.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
DAVIS FOUND NOT GUILTY,
Jury Brings in AcquittaI Verdict After
Trial Lasting Two Weeks.

Musko.ee, Okla, oct 4. Argu-
meuts closed ia the Bob Davis muir
der trial here this afternoon and the
case Went TO the jury at o'clock.
After long drawn out trial lasting
two weeks, during which time all the
members OF the jury became i'll with
ptomaine poisoning. the jury tonight
boueht in a verdict Of not guilty,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05

Summer girls mostly have the win.
try heart affairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05
The Weather

!. New orleans, La, oct. O.
The weather forecast for Okla.
homa for tonight and Friday is
probable showers. Warmer to-
night in the east.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-05

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
TAFT OPENS CAMPAIGN
Keynote Speech Made by Presiden,
in Massachusetts,.

Hamilton Mass.-President Taft
began the presidential campaign OF
1912 on Saturday. his friends believe,
In a speech that breathed defiance
and condemned the insurgent Repub.
licans and Democrats. combined to re-
wise several schedules of the present
tariff at the special session of con.
gress just closed.
The president singled out Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Speaker
Champ Clark and Chairman Under
wood OF the house ways and means
committee. as leaders of the attempt.
cd revision and charged them with
playing politics"
Several times he referred by name
to Mr.. La Toilette, but mentioned the
other insurgent senators merely as La
Follette's Associates"
Mr.. Taft indicated that he regard
ed the proposed revision as injurious
and dangerous to business, but made
1t plain that IL the tariff board in
December reported that downward
revision of the cotton and wool sched-
ules should be made, he would recon-
mend a reduction.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
DEATH STEERS IN RACE.
Two Killed in Automobile Road Race
at Elgin, Illinois.

Elgin, Ill.-The 305-mile automobile
road race on Saturday. won by Len
Zensel in a National. with Harry
Grant second and Hugh Hughes
third, was not accomplished without
it's toll of death and injuries.
David Buck. veteran Chicago auto
mobile racer. was within eleven laps
of the finish. going sixty-four miles
an hour on the back stretch. when
his rlght forward wheel threw a tire.
The machine turned a somersault
and Sam Jacobs. mechanician, was
instantly killed. Bucks back was
broken and he died Saturday even
ing.
Another accident. in which thirty
were injured. mostly slightly, occur
red while the first lap of the race
was on. Several sections of the
poorly built grandstand gave way,
but the thousands of spectators were
not dropped entirely to the ground.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
AVIATOR MAKES LONG FLIGHT.
Atwood Completes Trip from St. Louis
to New York in AeropIane.

Atwood Completes Trip from St. Louie
to New York in AeropIane.
New York.-Sailing s~erenely over
New York's myriad water craft, it's
ferryboats and ocean liners, Harry S.
Atwood, the Boston aviator, arrived
in New York in his aeroplane on Fri
day, the first man in history to trav-
ell as far as from St. Louis to New
York by way of Chicago in a heavier.
than-air machine.
Atwood's flight is comparable only
to that made by fast trains, for he
covered the distance in an actual fly
ing time of % hours and "a minutes.
Atwood's final lap in his long Jour-
ney was a glide of twenty-five miles
from Nyack, where he had stopped
overnight. He landed, smiling, hatless
and hungry, in the arms of a hand.
fl of United States army officers
and men who hailed him as Ameri.
cas- greatest aviator.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
Disappeared on Wedding DAY.

Butte, Mont.-The badly decompos-
ed remains of Mrs. Jessie Moore, an
attractive young widow, who disap-
peared mysteriously in July just prior
to the date set for her wedding, were
found late Thursday in the rear of the
Columbia Gardens, a pleasure resort
east ct Butte. The authorities are
not able to determine whether MUIR
der or suicide was the cause of death.
William Dobson, a miner. the woman's
fiance, was arrested,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
Little Lenicncy. Expected,

Observation-Disclosures under west.
ern reclamation projects may expect
very little leniency from Director
Newell in the matter of deferred pay-
ments. Interviewed here upon his
return from his tour of the northwest.
Director Newell made the significant
statement THAT there was nothing
paternalistic in the governments ir-
rigation work" and suggested that
they must be educated to make them
understand that success will come
only to the man who works hard and
studies conditions around him."
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31

GIGANTIC REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
AoAiNsT THE oovERNMEMT
HAS BEEN UNEARThep.
Leaders Placed Under Arrest and
Letters Pound Nsvsaiins Whsrs-
absuts ~ Hidden Arms and Am
rnun,ton for HevelutienIsts.

A'f
Puerto Cortez. Honduras.-A gigan.
tic plot against the administration Of
Honduras has been unearthed. Theo.
dore Hernanlex and M. Ugorta have
been arrested. Letters were found
revealing the whereabouts OF hidden
arms and Ammunition.
Hernandez was Jailed at San Pc.
dro, whore excitement 10 at fever
heat. Ugorta was escorted to the
capital. Tegucigalpa. under an armed
guard. He vas ~incarcerated. For.
msr President Davila, who was de-
posed By the recent successful revo-
tuition headed by General Manuel Bo-
nilla, who nov Ii In Salvador, 10 sup
posed to be interested in the plot. The
arrests were made by orders OF Pro-
visional President Bertrand.
The letters mentioned that mum.
tons OF war were hidden near Pr
mienta, and that the first move
against the administration was to be
started at the election next October
Of General Ronilla, the unopposed
candidate for the presidency. Gen.
eral Lee Christmas ID In Tegucigalpa,
working to make his little army the
best drilled and equipped In Central
America.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
MEANS CHAN
kruttsehnitt Tells Why Railro,..
Refuse to Consent to De-. WI
mands Of Workmen.

san francisco.-That the p,,,..
OF the demands of the feders .su'lns
shop employees of the Harrlmaa OF
you'd mean chaos, that it v lines
apridge or deprive the corpor.. "Ould
the ability to fulfill the dm.,a"ot
posed upon them by the law sn In
Ine officers deliberately SO betr.., aa'
their trusts as to agree r. laying
arrangement would be univas a.
condemned by public opinion, was sa,ly
statement made Monday night Nv ~, .ue
ius kruttschnitt. vice presiden, .u,,
director of maintenance and onas ana
II the Hartman roads. 'u0n
Mr.. Kruttschnitt took I'm in
tne reasons for refusing the don,sSs
OF the federated shopmen. 'Aas
Ernest L. Reguin, president =, 81.
Federated Shop EMPLOYEES =, NC
Hartman lines, when shown ~
statement by Mr.. Kruttscbnitt '
ciared-he was confident, in snite :,
statement, that the demands
shop employees would he gr.r..s
Mr.. Kruttschnitt may change ts,I
attitude" he said, when he di..a"
ers that 80 per cent of the sbonm..
are standing by the federation"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
COACHES GO OVER TRESTLE
Score or More of Passengers Killed
In Peculiar Accident to Train
Which Carried Veterans.

Manchester, N. Y.-Twenty-five per.
sons are known to have lost their
lives and between fifty and sixty to
have been injured, many of them SER
iously, in the wreck of Lehigh Valley
train No. 4 on a trestle near here on
Friday.
Two crowded cars, plunging off the
structure, were hurled against the
stone embankment and dropped to the
bed Of Canandaigua outlet, forty-fve
feet below. when the fast running
~eastbound train was derailed and
broken in twain on the viaduct. An
other car rolled down the embank-
ment beyond the river. The remain
ing eleven cars of the train kept the
roadbed.
The first car which went over, a
day coach, plunged to the creek bed
and was crushed upon the rocks. It
landed upon it's side and few of the
occupants escaped death or serious
injury. The following car plunged
head-first into the chasm and with
the forward end resting in the creek,
stood balanced almost perpendicular
ly.
The train carried many veterans re-
turning from the G. A. R. encampment
at Rochester. and at least two of the
old soldiers are known to have gone
to their death in the wreck. A large
proportion of those killed and injured
YER women.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
CRY Of FIRE CAUSES PANIC
Twenty-Five Persons Killed and More
Than Sixty Injured as Result Of
e~xpIoslon Of Picture Film.

Cannonsburg. Pa.-Twenty-i five per
sons were killed and more than six
~ Injured Saturday night when a
moving picture film. exploded in the
Cannonsburg opera house. Immed-
lately following the flash of the film,
some person shouted "fre!" There
was a rush for the exit and in a mo-
ment there was a writhing, scream
ing mass OF humanity in the narrow
stairway leading to the entrance of
the theater. The panic. it is said, was
senseless. Most Of the dead were
smothered. A yeat majority of the
audience was composed of women and
children. In the fierce rush for the
exit they were thrown from their
feet n trampled on. Others were
thrown upon them and those at the
bottom of the human pile were suffo-
Gated.