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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
FIRE DAMAGES
BASEBALL PARK
f1RNsGEss OF WAsHINGToa
CLUB OF AMERICAN LEAGUE
WILL REBUILD, PROBABLY
HOSPITAL ALSO BURNS

Washington, March 17.--Fire today
practically wiped out the grand stand
and bleachers of the American Lea
que baseball park. Before the flames
We're checked they had destroyed the
old Freedom hospital and threatened
for time the largest lumber yard ii
the District of Columbia The loss is
estimated at $4,000
1t is not believed that the des-
truction of the park will interfere
with the carrying out of the American
Leagues playing schedule Late this
afternoon Thomas C. Noyes, presi-
dent Of the Washington club, called
special meeting of the board of di-
neotors to decide what should be
done
Workmen We're engaged in making
repairs to the grand stand, and to a
plumbers blow lamp is ascribed the
responsibility for the fire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

had been examined.
Tho men accused are Chief Of 20
lice Geo. o. purdy, Martin Doyle, O'
the fire and pcllce commissioners
Fire Chief Anthony Brucks, Assistal
Fire Chief Patrick lMeehan, JOSEPH
McCabe, secretary to the board, an;
John Townsend, a nephew Of Mayo
Cooke, who was a member of thc
board until he was Indicted recently
On Che charge of operating a gamb
ling place over a saloon.
In the first indictment there are
forty counts containing the names OF
the firemen alleged TO have been the
victims of the conspiracy to make
them give up the sum of money
named. This Indictment contains G.
closely wr,tteu pages.
The members of the fire depart
ment whose reputation 1t Is charged
the accused men attacked, are John
Mccarthy and John Lynch
Judge Crow fixed the bonds OF
each Of the accused men at $500 on
each indictment as soon as they
were banded down, and deputy sher
ifs were sent out 10 arrest them
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
STOLEN STAMPS
SOLD TO BANKER
FORMER WICHITA POLICE CHIEF
GIVES EVIDENCE AGAINST
EXiBANkER.
AASTzGER TRIAL OPENS
Burt Testifics That On Four Different
Occasions He Sold Stolen
Stamps to Nastzeer at
Discount.

Wichita, Kas., March Ill. S
NasEger, former president of the
Fourth National Bank of this ci i.y
was llaced On trial in the fedora.
court today on the charge of dealing
in stolen postage stamps. The fir5t
witness against Nastzger was Fran
5. Burt former chief ci police whr
testified thst he sold Nastzgel
stamps on four different occasions.
1t is on Burt's testimony That the
government relies In its efforts tc
gain conviction.
Nastzger maintains that Burt told
HIM the stamps were secured by the
police department as rewards an
that he was thus able to make a dis
count CT Is per cent on them. Nastz
ger later Sold the stamps for dis
count Of 5 per cert.
Burt first testified ne talked with
Nastzser in Eecembcr 1903. He told
Nastzger he could get postage
stamps and sell them to him at from
5 to so cents on the dollar Nastzger
asked If there was any law against
it. Burt said; 81 dent knew"
Later Nastzger Burt testified, said
he would buy the stamps, A few
days later Nastzger paid him S725
in money at the bank. Burt paid 50
cents on the dollar .or the stamps
and sold them to Nastzger at rs
cents on the dollar.
Jane 10, 1910, Burt testified, he
sold $500 worth more stamps tc
Nastzger in the same way. He paid
John Callahas', head df s6ng Of
bank and postoffice robbers, SO cents
on the dollar for them.
July 5, 1910, Burt sold $3.50 worth
of stamps and took Nastzger's check
Burt said that on July 80 M
Nast2ger asked him If he knew where
the stamps came from. Burt sal
he did net. Nastzger said: "They
must come from postoffices, because
there are so many or them in little
books"
Burt said he learned finally that
nostoffice inspectors were looking
into the stamp case, Nastzger went
to Burt's office in August and said an
inspector had been to see him asking
about stamps purchased from Burt
"A few days later Brrt, Nastzger
and Callahan were arrested.
Before court adjourned for the day
Inspector Elvin and Bank Examiner
W. n Bennett were put on the stanI
Elvin who arrested NastZger, stated
he banker said: 81 have been a fool
My greed fer money did it,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
REBELS seized
A PACK TRAIN
BUT WERE FORCED TO RELEASE
SAME BY UNITED STATES
cAvALRY-Gooos WERE PRO
PERTY OF RANCHER.

Mexicali, Mexico. March 17,--Gen-
eral Stanley, Of the insurectos, arriv-
ed in Mexical last night after seiz-
Ing a pack train of supplies belong
ing to Paul Rogers. wealthy rancher
on the Mexican side of the line. Ro-
gers complained to Capt, Babcock, of
the United States cavalry, who in
turn protested to Stanley, The In
surrecto commander tnen released
the supplies
Rebels remaining in Mexicall nave
two machine guns in the trenches
which were left there by Generals
Borthold and Leyva when they start.
ed on their march toward Ensenada
This Is taken as an undoubted indi-
cation that the whole rebel army will
soon return TO Mexical.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
signs STATEWIDE BILL
Governor Of Texas Signs Bill Submit
ting Constitutional Amendment
to People.

Austin, Texas, March 1.-THE 20
called statewide prohibition bill wa:
today signed by Governcr Colquist
1t provides for the submission of a
constitutional amendment for state
wide prohibition at an election July
- next
The governor also signed the b.ll
transferring to the United States the
San Jacinto military reservation on
Galveston Island. Another bill signeI
today provides for tax for paying
Confederate pensions and to build .
home for Confederate soldiers ana
their widows. BY the acton of GOV
Colqut today the filing without his
signature of the bill permitting news
papers to exchange advertising fol
railroad transportation, this measure
will become a law in little less
than three months.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
INDIGNANT OVER
CUSTOMS SEARCH
WEALTHY WOMEN FORCED TO
DlSRoBE-THOUGHT TO BE
HIDING NECKLACE.
TIP PROVED TO Be FALSE
Joseph Hull, the Husband and Fathe~
Threatens to Take the Matter
Int the Courts if Ne
ceesary.

New York, March 1.-THE wife
and daughter of Joseph Hull, of Sa.
vannah. Ga, one Of the wAlthicst
and most influential men in the
south, were required to dsrobe in
their stateroom aboard the steamship
Lustania today while customs N
spectress. acting on a mysterious trip
subsequently found to he false, made
search for a diamond necklace said
to nave been purchased abroad
The search proving futile, Mrs Hull
and Miss Hull were allowed to pro-
ceed to their hotel, where another
daughter, Miss Mnna Hull, GONZALES
cling from an attack of typhoid fever,
had preceded them without having
been subjected to search.
The necklace rumor dismissed, Gus
toms inspectors scrutinized the fam
ily's baggage, and charging under
valuation of articles by Mrs, Hull and
her daughter, Eliza, seized the arti-
cles in question. The mother and
daughter had acted in good faith but
their explanations were not consd-
cred satisfactory to Collector Loeb.
The articles seized consisted entirely
OF wearing apparel aud they will be
held until "the home value" that Is,
the foreign cost plus duty, is paid
Joseph Hull was on the pier to
greet his wife and daughter, as was
his son, Daniel, a cotton broker here
All We're indignant over the pry-
ceedings and threatened to carry the
matter 10 The courts, if necessary
1--WE We're made to take off even
our stockings" said Mrs Hull. "Ev-
cry stitch of our clothing was search.
er and even our hair did not escape.
I consider the treatment an outrage
had no idea such thing could hap
pen on American soil"
1t was explained for the family
that the report concerning the neck |
lace had probably come from Savan-
nah where there was Jealousy over
the fact that the Hulls were fortunate |
enough to enjoy foreign luxuries.
AS to the underyaluation charges, |
Daniel Hull said:
"My sister Eliza was the only one
of the three who had previously been
abroad, so yesterday my father sent a |
wireless warning mother and the |
girls to be very cautious and particu-
lar in making their declaration. As
to the undervaluation the total can
be no more than $3.50, and that was
due 10 the ignorance Of my mother |
and sisters, and was done with no /
malicious intent.
MY sister Eliza had a diamond
necklace wAich she purchased five
years ago in Savannah A customs
inspector there heard Of this and got
the mistaken impression that she had
bought TIE trinkct in Paris ald was
bringing it in with her on this trip.
OF course sic had no such Jewels"
Joseph Hrl came from Savannah
10 meet his wife and daughter lie
is president of the Merchants Ma.
tional Bank OF that city, chairman OF
the Savannah Trust Company, a dl-
rector of the Central Reilway of
Georgia. and president of the Clary.
Pebels Phosphate Coa1pany.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
TAFT PLAN Is
OPENING Wedge
SIR EDWARD GREY FURTHER De
vELoPs VIEWS ON ARHi-
TRATloN. Eb
NO DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
Is Sought In Proposed Angic-AmerS
can Treaty-c3cd Example. II
Adopted, and Powers Would
DO Well to Follow.

London, March 17.Sir Edward
Grey further developed his views Oh
International arbitration In a speech
at the annual banquet OF the lnterna
'ltional Arbitration League tonight
and corrected the misapprehension
which had arisen regarding his
! speech in the house OF commons III
which he gave support to the sugges
tion Of President Taft for an Anglo
| American treaty providing for the
settlement by arbitration CT any quey
tion that might arise between the
two countries,
" observe" he said this evening
that some cf the worcs | used the
othcr day are being construed as II
a general arbitration treaty between
the two great nations would be
tantemount to a defensive alliance
between them
IF a general arbitration treaty
wth no made between the two great
nations, and If one OF them was in
course Of time made the object OF an
attack In o dispute with thtca
power, in which arbitration hal been
Offered and refused by third party
I certainly think there would be
strtng sympathy between the two
Fewers which had iuade the treasv
but that Is matter which depends
on public oninion, and In which pub
lie opinion will take care Of itself.
ITO introduce any such eonditiors
would imaair the chance of 1t any.
where e'se Ii might even lead other
cossstISes to suppose that the arbi,
tratlon treaty between two of i'le
powers was directed against one or
more Of the other powers,
THAT would completely spoil lis
possible effects neeessitating get,
cral expenditure of arms and mea.
IF an arbitration treaty Is N IL
between two great countries on 1
line sketched out as possible BY tha
president Of the United States, Yet II
be done by the two powers concerned
without 'arriere tensee' dby purI nsel
hut don't let them set narrow boanls
to their hopes CT beneficient resuis
which may be developed by 1t in the
corrse OF time results which | think
must extend far beyond the tSc
countries originally concerned.
THE effect on the world at large
would be bound to have benehcien'
consequences. Set good example
in the hope that others may follow
and IL other of the great powers dill
follow there would eventually lie
something like league OF peace.
These things must, however,
make their way by their own weight
They cannot he forced, There must
be beginning before there can be
any progress. and after a beginning
the rate of further progress must
depend ON circumstances on that
ebblnS and flowing On mems feeliugs
and IDEAS which escape analysis, and
which makes possible at one time
things which are impossible at an
other.
Il 90 not wish to cumber the idea
Of President Taft by too much specr
iation on all that might follow from
IT, the thought OF the future posst
biities and encouragement OF WALSH
should not be grudged or denied
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
MADER0 WILL
PAY ALL Loss
"WHEN PROVISIONAL GOVERN.
EENT is ASSURED OF CAP.
TURE OF MEXICO CITY,"
ISSUED DECREE NO. IS
Drafted at San Louis Petosi Last Fall
Notes Guaranteeing Protec
ton Foreigners to be De-
liversd To-day,

Washington MAeh 17.--"Erective
suffrage, no recollection" With this
slogan Francisco ] Malero, provis.
ional president and Abraham Coma,
les, secretary Of state of the govern.
ment set up by the Mexican ravolu-
tionists, today issued decree to
their confidential agency here guar.
anteeing protection to the lives and
interests of all foreigners in Mexico.
The decreo gives the detailed plan
agreed on for reimbursing those sus-
tanning losses "as soon as the trl.
umph of the provisional government
will have become recognized by the
capture of Mexico City
simultaneously Senor G. z. Gomez,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
TO MAKE RETRENCHMENT
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Announces System it
VIII Adopt.

Cleveland, March ia system OF
retrenchment on Tie Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern was announced
today by General Manager L. G,
Moon.
1T Is becoming More evident every
day." said Mir. Moon, "that the rail
roads cannot operate under present
conditions"
Mr.. Neon said the expenditures OF
$IcGe,0Oo decided on by the rail
road for various improvements, In
clu1ing a system Of uadrupe tracks,
Will not he made, and intlmated tha;
the roads working force will be de-
creased and a number of freight and
passenger trains annulled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
ACCUSED OF CCNSPlRlNG TO Ex
TORT MONEY FROM POLICE
AND FiREMEN.
WANTED Campaign FUND
Eond For Acused Officials Of East St
Louis Fixed at $500 by Judge
Grow as Soon as Bills
Were Handed Down. 4

East CT. Loals, March 17.-sSix fire
and rolice officials of East St. Louis
were inli5ted, each twice, by the
grand jury in segs.on Friday after'
noon in Pei eville. In the first in,
dlctment each Is accused Of CONSUL
.ns 10 take $50 T ON members Of the
fire aEl ollce d.. artmen,s for the |
cNl and camraign uses" In the
SC ond they are accused cf conspir
ing 70 blatG en- tne characters of two
fNamen who refused to give "
money
The Indictments were returned
after CA Witnesses, mostly members
CT the fire and police departments
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
VOLGAST WHIPS
GEORGE MEMS|C
FIGHT STAGED AT VERNON
ARENA, LOS ANGELES, LAST.
ED EIGHT ROUNDS.
REFEREE ENDS FIGHT
Was Plain That MeiAsic Could No;
Weather the Storfn-Distrct
Attorney Threatened to Not
Allow the Fight.

Los Angeles, March Fly out
faghtdng George MeAlsic In eish'
rounds Ad Wo,gast retained thf
lightweight Championship of the
worEl in the Vernon arena tn 8
afternoon.
AS the result of series OF righIs
and leas to the head Memsic was
staggering across the ring in tn,
ninth cound when Referee Eator
jumped between the fighters and lie
clared Wolgast the winner
Memsic could not have weatheraa
the storm ana the champion was
preparing to land knockout punch
when Eaten ended the fight.
With the largest crowd that has
over attended prize fight at Vernon
there was prospects fer time thai
there would be no fight. With be. !
lFeiminarles over representatives d
the district attorney pushed theti
way through the crowd and an
nounced that as the affair was q
prize fight it violated the law and
must he stopped. a hurried consrt
tation followed.
Manager McCarey exhibited the Ar
ticles which called for only boxing
contest. The district attorney wa
called on the telephone and after be
Jig assured that II would not be q
Prize fight he permitted the fight to
go on,
In the first round Memsic rushed
and landed wild right On the Jaw
Wolgast fen into clinch but Manl
sc tafew hinr to the ioof Tgie rhaaf
p.on sat in dazed manner for few
seconds and then arose. Neither man
had any advantage In the second Of
third, but after that it was al Woi
CASTS.
Memsic gradually lost his steam
AMI by the sixth ii was apparent tha,
the end was near During the las
few rounds Wogast batted his op
ponent at will Blood flowed frona
Memsic's nose in the second roam
and il the seventh his right eye was
Almost closed. The tide Of battle
took decisive turn in the fifth after
the hardest rally Of the fight
The boys mixed II on the ropes
and Wclgast came out of 1t tho
strongest After that Memsic landet'
but few effective blows. Wolgast
showed UP strong and did not appear
tired at any stage and fought witt
the utmost confidence. His repute3
bad arm appeared to be as good as
ever
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

head Of the confidential agency, re
ceivcd set Of notes addressed by
francisco Madero to all foreign DOW,
ers having representatives in Wash.
ington and giving an official state.
ment of the causes of the revolution,
together with a guarantee OF respect.
ful treatment of the property rights
of foreigners.
These will be delivered tomorrow
by DR.. Gomez. VINO is authorized rep.
rcesntatiye in the United States.
The decree issued today, however.
is known as decree number 49," and
is drawn by virtue of the authority
vested in Senor Madcro and Senior
Gonzales by the provisional govern
ment, drafted at San Louis PetrosI.
Mexico, October ). The document Is
addressed 'To the inhabitants Of the
United States and says in part:
"All foreigners who reside in Mexi-
co as well as their interests will be
respected and protected by the insur-
gent forces.
"Those losses incurred by foreign
ers since November 20 last and in
the future viii be honored, liquidated
and paid by the provisional govern
ment at such time when its triumph
shall have become recognized by the
capture Of Mexico City. when the
convention and terms in the San
Louis fetrosi plans will be put into
operation by law
For the liquidation Of all obliga-
tions the provisional government i'm
:nediately after its triumph will de-
--~-v r,--~-.-~~ -.--
lConclndod on Sixth Pagal
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

TOf'e his r1essage to congress whicl
he has called in SPECIAL session be
ginning April 4. Next he will have to
labar long end arduously to have h,a
rrol gcd legislative program, inclt,t
ing the recommending cf reciprocity
with Canada, put through by congress
In Augusta he has been enthusiasts
ally welcomed and has spent con5ld
eralle time automo5iing VITA Sc
tary Norton and friends and in play
ing gcFf at the Country Club, The
outdoor life has benefited the presi
dent great deal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
State Department Acts on Advices
That 6latt and Converse Are In
Unsanitary Cells.

Washington, March 17.-Taking
cognizance of complaints from rela-
tives that Edwin Batt. OF Pittshurg,
and Lawrence Converse, OF Glendore.
California. prisoners at Jaurez. Mex.
leo, are confined in unsanitary cells,
the state department instructed the
American consul at Jsurex to invcsti.
gate.
II the complaints are based on
facts his instructions direct him to
request the Mexican authorities to
afford the prisoners comfortable Quars
tcrs
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
DENMARK ACCEPTS.

Copenhagen, March 1.-THE Dan
ish foreign office today sent letter
to the peace bureau at Bearne, Swift
zerland, saying that Denmark would
accent the American government q
invitation to appoint commission
on the lines authorized by congress
to promote arbitration between ma
tions and for the limitation of arma'
mentS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

Augusta, Ga, March 17.-President
Taftl's visit to Augusta, which end
Sunday March 19, Las refreshed him
for the anduous tasks tsat confront
lis return TO W'ashingcn During
the next few weeks he win go
through one Of the busiest periods OF
his tareer In addition to directing
The olcations # the army and navy
in the sCUeaern war maneuVers, ne
viii review the applications for par
Gers in Vle cases of John r. Walsh
and Charles w. Morse, fnancieiJ
now in federal prisons, and must
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
STRANGE APPEARING MEN
Government interpreters Cannot Un.
derstand Them--At Boston I'M
migration Station.

Boston, March 17--Strange aDpear
ing men wearing drum major" hats
quilted bouses and trousers, and
high leathern boots, are being de-
tainci at the immigration station be.
carse thc government Interpreters
are unable to classify them or under
stand their language.
The men arrived on the hernia to.
day and for the % hours they have
been here they have been unable to
make themselves understood. 1t is
thought they may be natives OF some
village Ia the Caucasus mountains.
They have tickets for Seattle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
WANTS TO FIND MOTHER.

Des Moiues, March 17.--Governor
Carroll today received letter from
Blanche Call aged IS, of Los Angeles,
requesting that he aid her in locat-
ing her mot,er. from whom she was
kidnape by her father at Keokuk 13
years ago. Just prior to his death
in Los Angeles recently the father
confessed to the girl the history Of
her early life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
LlMANTCUR AND PARTY
SPEEDING SOUTHWARK

Texarkana, Tex. March t7.-Senor
Jose Yves Lmantour Mexican min
lister OF finance. passed through here
at 2:l0 O'Clock this afternoon. He
appeared fatigued and refused to be
interviewed. His secretary stated he
had nothing to give to the press.
After considerable questioning, how
ever, he admitted the party was has.
tening to Mexico City with all possi-
BILE speed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
RAISE ENDOWMENT FUND.

Abilene, Kas., March 17.--One hun,
dred thousand dollars will be added
to the err lowment of Baker Univer.
sity at Baldwin, Kansas, through an
action taken by the state conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church
here today. The conference voted to
turn over to the school all of what is
known as the Chrisman bequest con,
sisting of $4,000 in cash aud loans
and 100000 real estate in the hands
of the state. Members of the confer,
ence said other bequests would be
announced soon, making a total Of
$25o,O0O for the Baker endowment
fund.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
LOCAL FREIGHT MOVED
ror First Time Since Strike on Queen
and Crescent Route Was lin.
augurated.

Oakda!c, Tenn, March 17.-For the
nrst time since the beginning of the
strike on the Cincinnati, New Orleans
AMI Texas Pacific. northbound Ioca,
freight was operated today. The
train was manned by white firemen.
TWO special agents were arrested
here today, one named .Lutz, charged
with slapping a call boy in the EN-.
ploy of the railroad. The charge
against tie other, James Clancey,
was that Of carrying two revolvers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN ILL.

Gonzales, Texas, March 17.-Con
gresham Geo. F. Burgess, Democrat
Of the Ninth Texas district, was
taken seriously i'll at the Plaza Hotel
here today from partial stroke OF
paralysis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

Advertisers generally recognize the
trawing power OF The Cairo Bulletin.
" them every day In the year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

Over forty years Cairo's leading
9aper--The Cairo Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

San Antonio, Tex, March 17.--One
of the most distinguished men at
the encampment of government
troops here is Brigadier General En-
nest A, Darlington, the inspector
general of the army. General Gar
llngton, who came from Washington
is inspecting the troops and is expect
cd to remain in San Antonio until
March 23
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

The Cairo Bulletin covers the Cairo
territory thoroughly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-18

concluded on Sixth Page)
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-06-22
Western North Carolisa Ahead.

"The day is not far distant
when 500, 900 people will cometo
the mountains of western North
Carolina every summer. Good
hotels and good roads will bring
them to that beautiful scenery
and glorious climate. The Ashe.
vile Citizen says a fine hotel is
to be built near the summit Of
Mount Mitchell. Massachusetts
parties have paid $24Q, 900 for
an 8,009-acre tract ofspruce tim.
Der on and around the historic
peak, and will construct q rail-
road, build a hotel, and cut tim.
her. The biggest and most per-
manent resource and asset Of
North Carolina is it's climate" !"
correctly rays the Raleigh News
and Observer.-Salisbury Post.