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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
TRIES TO PROVE SON INSANE,
Mother of Bertram Spencer Says
Beatings Affected Him.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, November II
Members of the family OF Bertram G..
Spencer are giving him not only their
moral support, but such benefit as may
come to him from their testimony on
the stand in the effort of his counsel to
prove that he was insane when he fred
the shot. which ended the life Of Miss
Martha b.. Blackstone in this city
Yesterday the defendants mother, Mrs
". l.. Spencer of Lebanon. Ky. testified
IN many occasions on which Bertram. In
his childhood and youth. had suffered
cruel punishment at the hands of his
father, affecting his brain and nervous
svsten so that he was not responsible
for his acts.
nv the defense. As on the other days Oi
the trial the courtroom was crowded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
State Laws Too Conflicting.

III the prohibition OF the antitrust act
against combinations in restraint of trade
Is 10 be effectively enforced IL is essential
that the national government shall pro-
vide for the creation OF national corpora :
rions 10 carry on a legitimate business
throughout the United States. The con-
ficting laws OF the different states of the
Union with respect 10 foreign corpo, a
tons make IL difficult, IL not imposs BILE,
for one corporation 10 comply with IN cir
requirements so as TO carry on business
I'm q number OF different states"
A bill was drawn by the Attorney Gen.
eral TO carry out this recommendation
and introduced in Congress. but no action
vas taken on il. President Taft will re-
new his recommends tions 70 the Con-
Eress AT the coming session.
Col Roosevelts present protest against
chaotic conditions" was thus forestalled
by the President IL is suggested that the
only new element IN Col. Rooserelts pro-
nouncement IS his OWN defense OF his
action in the Tennessee Coal and Iron
deal and mis- demand that the government
appeal from the courts settlement OF the
tobacco trust case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
FIERCE FEUD IN DETROIT.
italian Gangs Engaged in Fight Of
determination,

DETROIT. Mich. November 17-Hid-
den under q cloak OF bland smiles and
nonchalant shoulder shrugs. is a dea ly
battle raging in Detroit's Italian district
saw the police. Without tangible clues
the officers point out as evidence Il
fierce feuc the fact that every week they
find the body of an Italian stretched upon
the streets or see a building wrecked
with dynamite
The police believe the fve Italian mur-
ders. the many explosions. both success
ful and unsuccessful. and the great num-
Der of bloody fights have some my:teri-
Gus connection. One theory is that two
rival gangs" have become bitterly op-
posed to each other. PROBABLY over some
misunderstanding connected with CAM
paigns of extortion or robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
REFUSE TO PAY INSURANCE.
Locomotive Engineers Say Quinn's
Widow Caused His Death,

CHICAGO, November 1.-THE Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers will re-
fuse TO pay an insurance policy of
800 on the life of John Quinn, whose
widow IS in the county Jail charged with
responsibility for his death.
Officials of the organization informed
Lieut.. James Mooney OF kensing ton
police station yesterday that this ac-
tion had been taken because of Il clause
in the bylaws of the organiza ior
which states that the money will not
be paid in cases where the beneficiary
is supposed TO be responsible for the
death
Two former boarders OF the Quinn
household. who are now in Chattanooga
Tenn. were visited by Detective James
Cafferty. 1t was stated they will be
compelled To return TO Chicago to testify
before the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
CROWN PRINCES SENTENCE.
Reported That He Must Undergo a
Months Detention.

LONDON. November IA special dis
patch from Berlin says that Crown Prince
Frederick William has been ordered to
undergo months detention for his re-
cent public display or opposition to the
government settlement of the Franco
German controversy over Morocco.
/. There is no direct confirmation os this
report thus far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
QUAKE CAUSES PANIC
Violent Earth Shock Felt
Throughout Switzerland.
WOMEN FAINT FROM FEAR
Street Cars in Geneva Derailed. Peo-
pie Leave Their Homes.
MOTION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
Disturbance Especially Strong in
Cantons of Berne and Zurich.
No Casualties Reported.

BERNE, Switzerland, November la
Switzerland az 1927 o'clock last night.
This was followed by lesser quakes. The
movement was especially strong in the
| cantons Of Berne and Zurich in the
district Of Interlaken, and throughout
the region of the Alp. So far as known
there were no casualties.
In Geneva street cars were derailed. In
this city and in Zurich theater audiences
were thrown into panic and rushed into
the streets. Many women tainted from
fear. In the towns along the mountain
slopes the inhabitants fled from their
homes, and did not re-enter them until
of their houses were not seriously dam
aged.
Avalanches Down Mont Blanc.
At Chamonix enormous avalancnes
rushed down Mont Blanc. Glass orna-
ments were broken in homes Throughout
the disturbed area The seismic motion
was from north to south.
The earthquake OF last night which
was felt IN a vide area OF central Europe
severely damaged the castle of Honen-
zollern. on the steep Zollerberg near
hechlngen, Prussia Statues on the beau
tiful structure were dis.lgured and great
cracks appeared in the towers. AT Con-
stance. in the grand duchy of Baden, the
spire and cross of the cathedral, the
most imposing building in the city. fell.
A colossal statue of Germania which
crowned the post Office building. tumbled
into the street
People Spend Night in Field.
The kingdom Of Wurttemberg was
shaken hard. In Ebingen $40 frightened
persons spent the night around fires in an
open field. Railway communication with
that place has been interrupted.
Earth shocks are unusual in the dis
tricts affected. and the alarm of the peo-
pie generally was greater than would
have been the case In countries where
seismic disturbances are a more common
occurrence. At Frankfort, where houses
were shaken, the populace rusned into
the streets panic-stricken. Great cracks
were made in the walls of several build
inss.,
Stuttgart felt the movement strongly.
Houses rocked, pictures tell from the
walls and furniture was tumbled about.
Reports from Munich, Strassburg and
Mayence tell of similar experiences.
Panic in Heidelberg Theater.
Theirs was panic in the theater at
Heidelberg. Near I.autlingen a railway
viaduct fell in.
Several buildings including ST. Ste
phen's Church, were damaged at Malhau-
sen, and a large stone was shaken from
the church steeple. Bricks and tiles from
disturbed buildings Uttered the streets.
A theater audience stampeded from the
piayh house.
The shock was felt less severely at
Vienna, Austria, according to reports re-
ceived here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Arsenal Is Captured.

The Hanyang arsenal was captured by
a clever ruse Several hundred insur-
gents crossed the river in sampans and
rushed to the gates of the arsenal, shout
ing they We're loyal troops and We're es-
Gaping from Wuchang Tho gates OF the
arsenal We're thrown open. and once in,
the rebels put back their white bandages
Resistance did not follow. and the
arsenal fell without shot having been
fired
LONDON. November IA news dis
patch from Tientsin. China, says that
British, French and Russian troops made
separate demonstrations there today by
parading in the streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
EX-MINISTER KILLS SELF.
Leaves Note Explaining That De.
spondency Caused Suicide,

ADRIAN. Mich, November IA short
time after he met two of his daughters
on the street yesterday and commented
on the fact that they did not speak TO
him, the body of Rev. l.. ". Graves. a
former Methodist minister, was found in
his home. Death was caused by strych-
nine.
Later a note 70 his wife was found IN.
dicating that dependency caused him to
commit suicide Mrs. Graves recently
started divorce proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
VESSELS IN DISTRESS
ASK FOR ASSISTANCE
Shipping Suffers Severely
From Gales All Along the
North Atlantic Coast,

CHATHAM, Mass, November IL
Three vessels were sighted flying signals
of distress off Monomony point at daWl
today. One of them was ten miles on
shore, a second was anchored of Great
Point rip, with two men lashed In the
rigging. and third was taken in tow by
the revenue cutter Acushnet for Hyannis.
A heavy northwest gale prevails.
Shipping Badly Buffeted.
ST. JOHN, n. B., November E.-Ship-
ping on the coasts of the maritime prov
inces has been severely buffeted by a
high wind, which has prevailed for sew
eral days. Three coasting schooners are
ashore and damage to other vessels is re-
ported from many places
NEW YORK. November 1.-TWO coast-
ing schooners are ashore off the southern
Long Island coast today. They are the
Oyerton, with cargo Of lumber. and the
Ella. with a cargo of oysters. Both went
aground Just inside of Fire Island inlet.
They will be lightered and floated prob
ably with small loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
STRIKEBREAKERS IN PANIC.
Bomb Thrown Into Street Cleaning
Department Stable in New York.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE work
of clearing the city's streets Of the
masses Of refuse which piled up during
the strike Of garbage cart men. now ad-
mittedly broken, is proceeding rapidly,
with more than a normal complement o.
carts out in the principal boroushs. Po-
lice guards still are with the workers in
some sections, but there has been a
marked thinning down of the protective
forces.
A bomb thrown into the cellar OF q
street-cleanins department stable on the
upper east side exploded last night with
out harming anybody. but a panic ensued
among the strikebT eaaers in that place.
The police reserves restored order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
To Hear Demurrers January 3.

BOSTON, November 11.-In the United
States circuit court today Judge Colt
named January 8 as he date for the
hearing On the demurrers filed by the de-
PENDANTS In the governments suit against
the United Shoe Machinery Company.
which is charged with restraining trade
in violation Of the Sherman act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
VICTIMS OF WRECK.
Fireman and Brakeman Die o1
Scalding and Other Injuries.

PETOSKEY, Mich, November 17.-Phil-
Up Tobey OF Traverse City and Anton
Hartman of Muskegon. brakeman and
fireman, respectively. on a Pere Mar
Quette freight train. died late yesterday
from a sca,dng and other injuries sus-
tanned in a wreck near here a few hours
previous.
ing cars at stone crusher. The engine
by accident was run beneath the low
stone crusher, which stripped ii of ev-
erything above the boiler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
ROOSEVELT VS.. TAFT.
Mack Says It Is Neck and Neck for
Nomination.

DETROIT, November 17.--Norman e.
Mack of Buffalo, chairman of the
democratic national committee, said
in an interview here today:
Roosevelt is now an avowed candi-
date for the republican nomination for
President. 1t will be a neck-and neck
race between him and Taft in the con-
yention.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Tell Of Brutalities.

NlCIORIA, Is. G., NOvembe. 1.-THE
steamer Canama Maru. which arrived
here from the orient yesterday, was at
Shanghai October 21 and 90 when thou
sands OF refugees were fiocking to that
port from Hankow. The steamer
brought the stories Of many eye-wit-
nesses who told of bloody Incidents
L. Suzera of Yokohama, who went
with deputation from Hankow to
Wuchang to rescue the missionaries
and other foreigners, clamored for ad-
mittance. The gates were suddenly
opened and a, large number OF captured
Manchns were dragged out by their
hair, beheaded and their heads hurled
at the feet Of the delegates. The gates
then were closed and the foreigners
went back to tell what they mad seen
On the city wall a number of rebel SOL
dfers stood to watch for Manchus trying
to escape with ropes. Those attempting
to escape We're riddled with bullets as
they lowered themselves. Suzora saw a
Manchu official. who had paid a coolie
$4,000 for sampan, dragged ashore and
beheaded.
At a place near Hankow, when foreign
| firms left their premises, the rebels
caught a gang of looters, beheaded them
and nailed their heads to the doors OF
stores and dwellings with signs telling of
the fate other robbers would meet A
Manchu who had boarded a Japanese
river boat was making his way to the
cabin when rebels came aboard seized
him and led him back to the city gate,
where he was beheaded. His head was
stuck on pole. 4 policeman who failed
to stop looters was decapitated and his
head put In n basket. over which a pla-
| card was placed saying that the head was
that of q policeman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
RooseveIt's Trust Proposal
Discussed by the Cabinet

Mr.. Tafts attitude on the Sherman law
and the position of Col. Roosevelt were
CONTINUED on sixteenth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Naples, Italy, Also inquiries.
Spring the Time to Swat"

Most of the cities that / have been in
communication with contemplate fighting
the fy as soon as the pests make their
appearance in the spring, and this, in my
opinion, is the proper time to inaugurate
crusade Of that character.
washington should strike another
blow at the insects this spring.. in which
event. il is my belief, the numbers that
ordinarily would come on in the summer
would ne greatly reduced"
1t was learned today that q full ac-
count of the local crusade will be a fea-
ture OF the next annual report of the
health department, which is now being
prepared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Naming of Chinese Cabinet
Regarded as Experiment.
NO ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Some of the Ministers Selected Have
Declined to Serve.
TOWNS APPEAL TO REBELS
Were Abandoned by Imperial Of
ficials-Passengers on Steamer
Tell of Barbarities.

PEhlNG. November Il, 4:J1 pm
Chlna's first experiment with a constitu-
| tlonal cabinet dominated by Chinese does
not promise much except as a stepping
stone to something more permanent. The
local newspapers are not enthusiastic, and
| express the opinion that the administra-
tion of Premier Yuan Shi kai will be
of brief duration. Some of those selected
as ministers already have declined to
serve. 1t is believed that few of the
members even We're consulted before
their names were announced in the i'm
perlal edict yesterday. The membership
Is strange mixture of Manchus and
Chinese supporters. defenders Of the
throne and out-and-out reformers.
The estensible purpose was to recon-
Gle all factions, but the suspicion exists
in some quarters that Yuan deliberately
constituted government continuation
OF which he knew to be impossible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
How to Avoid Lawlessness.

IF they use no other inducement than
the constant low price Of their products
and It's good quality to attract custom.
and their business Is profitable one. they
violate no law But II they at
tempt by use Of their preponderating
capital and by a sale of their goods tenn
porarily at unduly low prices to drive out
of business their competitors. or II they
attempt by exclusive contracts with their
patrons and threats of non-dealing except
upon such contracts or by other methods
of a similar character to use the large
ness of their resources and the extent Of
their output compared with the total out
put AZ a means of compelling custom and
frightening off competition. then they dis
close a purpose to restrain trade and to
establish monopoly and violate the act"
Ii was such a method of doing business
that the United States Supreme Court
reprehended in the cases of the Tobacco
trust and the Standard Oil Company, and
ordered discontinued. The government
claims that In a degree the steel trust is
guilty Of some of the same practices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Appeal to Revolutionists.

Annoy, China, November 17-Interior
towns In the southern half Of this prov
lnce, Fokien. having been abandoned by
the imperial officials. are appealing to the
reyolutionists to send magistrates to
preserve order. From Stoke, near Chang
chow, comes word that the anti-foreign
white fans are becoming active at SloKe-
According to native estimates more
than 1,Un casualties had occurred up to
last evening in the three days fighting
at Changchow. The rival factions in the
revolutionary party in Annoy are trying
to adjust their difficulties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
WEATHER.

Rain tonight and Saturday
,.orning, followed by clearing;
warmer tonight; southerly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
MANY CITIES PLAN
TO "SWAT THE fly
information Sought Here About
Campaign Conducted by
The Star.

a number Of cities in the United States
and possibly several In foreign countries
will conduct campaigns for the exter-
to Information that has reached DIR. Ar
thur L. Murray. the fly expert, OF the
District health department.
DR.. Murray supervised The Stars
"swat-the-fly" crusade last summer, the
results of which, he declares, have ere
ated the general impression outside that
Washington has fewer flies than any city
in the country.
Scarcely day passes but that DR..
Murray receives request from some
municipality for full information as to
the methods employed in the local cam
paign. Today he heard from Pasadena,
Cal. and Canton. Ohio. stating that fly
campaigns are to be inaugurated in those
cities next spring
Naples, Italy, Also inquiries.
Recently the health department expert
received 4 similar request from Naples,
Italy. while others have come from all
sections of the United States Several
magazines have published accounts of the
Washington crusade, and one Of them a
couple of weeks ago ran q pic: ure Saow-
ing Dr. Murray engaged in the task OF
counting the remains of a million dead
insects.
The Washington campaign has aroused
interest in the subject of abolishirg the
fly all over the United States said DIR.
Murray today. and The Star can be
thanked for inaugurating q movement
which promises to lead to benefits of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
Beat Roosevelt to Cure for Ills
of big Business"
NEARLY TWO YEARS AHEAD
Message to Congress Outlined Plan
Colonel Now Urges.
STILL FAv0RS THE SCHEME
Will Urge Congress at Coming Ses-
sion to Provide Federal 1ncor-
poration and Control.

President Taft nearly two years ago.
that is TO say January :, 1910. called the
attention Of Congress to the situation OF
"big business" which Col Roosevelt ex-
ploits in his latest manifesto. and pro-
posed a remedy for it. Col Roosevelt
ia his article says that a policy CON
structive and not destructive should
mark the regulation of great business
combinations
The record shows that President Taft
was just about two years ahead OF him
in recommending such program Cnui
such a policy is enacted into law, Pres-
dent Taft and his administration are. OF
course. compelled to act upon the law
a. il stands
The object of the antitrust law said
President Taft in his message to Con-
grcss, was TO suppress the abuses OF
business of the kind described tmonopo-
lies in clear restraint of uade). 1t was
not to interfere with n great volume oil
capital, which, concentrated under one
organ,zat. on, reduced the cost of pro-
duction and made its proflts thereby, and
took no advantage OF its size by meth
DDS again TO duress 10 stifie competition
with II.
Emphatic in Distinction.
IL wish to make this distinction as
emphatic ms possible, because 1 con-
ceive that nothing could happen more
destructive TO the prosperity Of this
country than the loss Of that great
economy In production which has been
and will be effected in all manufactur-
lng lines by the employment Of large
capital under one management.
''I do not mean to say that there is
not q limit beyond which the economy
Of management by the enlargement of
plant ceases. and where this happens
and combination continues beyond this
potne the very fact shows intent to
3noaopoIize and not to economize.
1T ie possible for the-owners of a busi-
hess Of manufacturing and selling useful
Articles OF merchandise SO 10 conduct their
business as not to violate the inhibitions
Of the antitrust law and yet to secure to
themselves the benefit Of the economies OF
management and Of production due to the
concentration under one control Of large
capital and many plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
The evening times., 1911-08-12
DAMAGE HEAVY IN
WILLIAMS COUNTY
=
Hail Storm Wreaked Havoc
With Ripening Grain
Large Loss

Williston, N. D., Aug. 12.-Reports
that have just been received in Willis
ton from the Squires district of Will
Jams county are to the effect that the
hail storm there this week worked tre-
mendous damage. The storm was from
mile and a half to two and a half
miles wide, and it stretched from the
eastern edge OF the Little Muddy val
ley in North Dakota to the Big Muddy
valley in Montana, and in that section
the crops were practically knocked
entirely out.
John Sind and ]. X. Hanson drove
from Squires with the report that hail
fell to depth Of several inches on
the prairie, and that the grass and
grain was pounded out of sight. On
the whole the farmers in the district
had prospects for crop of about ten
bushels an acre.
In the path of this unusually hard
storm several small buildings and
barns were extensively damaged. The
North Dakota territory that has been
struck lies about seven to eleven
miles north OF Williston, this city only
having slight sprinkle during the
heavy storm in that section.
The evening times., 1911-08-12
NEARLY KILLED
Former Devils Lake Man Near Death
When Thrown From Horse.

Devils Lake, N. D.. Aug. 12.-Secre-
tary George W. Mooers of the An
cient Order United Workmen lodge,
received telegram from jamestown
announcing that AL. Webber. former
citizen OF Devils Lake. and member
Of the Workmen lodge OF this city, had
been seriously. IL not fatally injured
by being thrown from horse.
The telegram urged Mr.. Mooers to
get in communication with Mrs. Web
ber and notify her quickly as the con-
dition Of her husband is regarded as
most critical. Mrs. Webber, 1t seems,
left jamestown day or two ago In
tending to come to Devils Lake for a
visit. Letters addressed to her have
been received by Mrs. l.. P. Dawson of
this city. with whom Mrs. Webber ex-
pected to visit. But Mrs. Webber has
not yet arrived at Devils Lake. and all
efforts to locate her have so far fail
ed. The presumption is that she has
stopped at some place to visit en- route
to Devils Lake, but there is no way of
ascertaining where.
Al. Webber formerly worked for F.
T. Fox. and was quite we'll known in
the city. The family left here about a
year ago.