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PREPARING TO RESIST
OUTBREAK IN MEXICO
Fifth Battalion Will. Be Sent to
Juarez to Be Ready to Sup
press Revolt.

JAUREZ. Mexico September 11.-The
Mexican government is evidently prepar-
ing against an outbreak of liberals In the
northern states of the republic September
16 independence day, 1t is learned here
in military circles that the entire 9th
Battalion. now stationed in Torreon. will
be brought to this city early this week,
presumably upon the arrival of the Loco
federal troops expected in that city from
Mexico City.
here indefinitely, at least until after the
election.
Attempt to Postpone Election.
MEXICO, September IA determined
campaign is being waged by the oppo-
nents of Madero to postpone the presi-
Dental election. They declare they can
furnish 10000 signatures to a petition to
congress to uphold their claims thai
peace has not been fully restored, and
that the conditions are not such that a
quiet and fair election can be held.
That serious trouble will result II con-
gress takes this action is certain, and
the charges are openly made LAT revo-
lutionary troops are being held under
arms in several states as a club over
the head Of congress and a threat OF a
new revolution IL that body acts in line
with the suggestion Of the opposition.
Reyes Convention Meets.
The preliminary session OF the Reyes
party's convention was held yesterday
The rules of the chamber of deputies
We're adopted as the parliamentary re-
gimen Of the convention. and the Gre
dentials of delegates representing some
thing over 600 clubs accepted. Each club
will be entitled to one vote in the con-
vention.
Nine Killed in Village Fight.
Nine men were killed and more than
thirty wounded in a recent desperate
fight between Maderists and Reyists al
Tuxlachico. a small town in Chiapas. ac-
cording to a dispatch received at the
capital. The report says that the trouble
began when the Reyists started dem
onstratiou in honor of their candidate
and the Maderists attempted to break
it up. 1t is charged that the Jefe po-
litico sided with. the Maderists. and then
the Reyists resorted to arms. The greater
number Of tho killed and wounded be.
longed to the Reyes faction.
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defamation of public men must have in
evitably such deleterious effect upon
the boys and girls who must soon take
our place, that somebody who can get
a hearing should contradict the palpable
and mischievous slander that all pubic
men are corrupt.
Il do not believe for one moment that
the country is going to what Mr.. Manta-
lini was wont to denominate as the
demnition bow-wows.' 1 am an optimist.
not a pessimist. 1t is better to look upon
the bright side Of things than the dark
A iubilate is more pleasant music than
a miserere 1t surely must be that
million Americans habitu-
ated to free institutions will not permit
those institutions to perish from the
earth.
'.It is a great and glorious privilege
to be a Missourian. but the greatest ana
most glorious privilege vouchsafed TO us
is to be Americans. with all the proud
recollections fond hopes and high as
pirations of Americans
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BARRY RETAINS TITLE
England's Champion Sculler Defeats
Fopwell for $40. 900 Purse.

LONDON September 11.-Ernest
Barry, the champion sculler of Eng
land. retained his title this afternoon
in a match with w. H. Fogwell the
New Zealand champion, rowed over the
championship course from Futney TO
Mortlake. A purse OF s2oOo accom-
panied the title.
The New Zealander held the lead for
third Of the distance, when Barry
forged to the front and won easily by
three and one-half lengths. The win
ner's time was % minutes IA seconds.
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CITY UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Plague Curbing Measures Increased
by Italian Officials.

CHIASSO. Switzerland. September IL
Massafra in the Italian province OF
I,eoce. where. according to official ad-
vices, mobs burned the cholera hospital
and carried the cholera stricken patients
through the streets, was today declared
under martial law.
Excesses arising from the government s
preventive measures to combat the
plague are reported from a number OF
other Italian towns. In some places
doctors suspected by the inhabitants Of
distributing poisons. have been attacked.
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Accounts In Good Shape.

When Henry Jaeger, auditor for the
American Ice Company, 1437 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, was told OF the
suicide Of Henry E. Tolson in Baltimore
by a Star reporter, he said that while he
knew the young man, who was employed
in that office as bookkeeper, he had
received no news from Baltimore. The
letter which Tolson is said to have left
addressed to him has not been received
by him.
Mr. Tolson, he said, had been employ
ed by the American Ice Company for the
past eight months as a bookkeeper. Mr..
Jaeger, who has charge of the accounts.
said that Tolson did not handle much
money belonging to the company. and
that, as far he could tell, his books
We're accurate. Tolson was under bond
to the company for 81 600. No regular
investigation OF his books has yet been
made, but a hasty calculation showed
that the accounts seemed to be in good
shape.
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Americans Believed to Be Safe.
GEN. FUNSTON'S FATHER DIES.
Heart Disease Fatal to Former Kan
sas Representative.

lola. Kan. Sept 11.-Former Repre-
sentative Edward III. Funston. seventy
five years I'd, father Of Brig. Gen.
Frederick Funston. commanding the De-
partment of the Philippines, died last
night at his home here of heart disease.
He was in Congress twelve years in the
late eighties and early nineties. repre-
senting the second Kansas district
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ACROSS THE Continent
IN TWENTY FLYING DAYS
Robert Fowler, Aviator, to
Make Trip From Frisco
to New York.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 11.-Rob-
ert Fowler. the aviator. who will attempt
to fly in Wright biplane from San Fran
cisco to New York. was at work this
morning tuning UP his machine prepara-
tory to starting on the first lap Of his
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browns Trying to Save Fiancee.

DETROIT, Mich, September lin a
vain effort to breast the strong current
of the Detroit yesterday. Clarence v.
Huetter, twenty-sx years of age. was
drowned attempting to save his fiancee.
Miss Anna Baetz. His body was re-
covered. Miss Baetz was saved by a
rescuer in q canoe.
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Had Lived at Annapolis.

Mr.. Tolson had recently lived In An
napolis, Md, with his mother and sis
ter, 1t was learned. Until about July l
he lived in Washington. Since then he
had been going to Annapolis each after
noon when his work was done. He left
the Office Saturday when work was done
and took the train to Annapolis.
Only a business acquaintance existed
between them, according to Mr.. Jaeger,
and it was seldom that he ever saw Toll
son outside the office. He said that Toll
son appeared to be man Of moderate
habits and had always borne an excellent
reputation. His work with the company
was very satisfactory. and officers of the
company are at a loss TO find a motive
for his suicide.
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SH0PMEN IN QUANDARY
OVER STRIKE SITUATION
Calling of Wa|kout Depends
Upon Endorsement of Ma
ChinistS' Union.

CHICAGO, September live are
road shop employees know before the
day is over what the machinists will
do with relation to the proposed strike" "
declared P. ]. Conlon, first vice presi-
dent of the International Association
of Machinists, today.
Il expect a message from our inter-
national executive board, which went
into session this morning at Davenport
We are not going to fool with this
matter any longer. The board will de-
eide whether the machinists are to
sanction this strike or not sanction it,
LAS soon as definite action is taken
1 will be notified, and 1 will immedi-
ately communicate with the members
Of the international conference COM
mittee representing the nine trades.
Vice President Conlon would express
no conviction as to what the action of
the machinists' executive board would
be, but the persistent report is that it
will be unfavorable to the shop en-
plOyes. who are eager TO strike.
shopmen in Quandary.
Members of the committee OF the sys-
tenn federation Of shop employees of the
Illinois Central railroad were in guam
Diary today what to do with relation to
their dispute with the railroad company.
After the conference Of executive board
members of the International Associa-
ton OF Machinists, and James O'Connell.
its president, In Chicago yesterday, where
several Of the International officers plain
ly declared they did not favor strike
Of the shop employees, the board adjourn
ed to meet In Davenport, Iowa. today.
The full executive board will further
consider the shopmen's position, and final
announcement Of the machinists' position
will be made soon. Should the machin-
lists decide not to indorse the strike there
Is small likelihood that J. r. McCreery,
president of the Illinois Central shopmen.
and his colleagues on the federation COM
mittee would order the men out because
there would be little funds to depend upon
for strike benefits.
Members of the international conference
of the nine trades involved in the fed
GRAFTON remained in Chicago awaiting
word from Davenport. which, they say.
may not come for several days.
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BLOOD IS SHED IN CHINA;
SITUATION GROWS GRAVE
Soldiers and Turbulent Natives
of Sze-Chuen Province in
Deadly Combat.

The first blood has been spilled In SEE
Chuen. the turbulent province of China,
and the situation grows in seriousness.
Over twenty rioters and number OF
soldiers have been killed in battles dur
ing the past few days. resulting from the
attacks of the infuriated and dissatisfied
natives upon the yamen. or residence at
Cheng-tu of the viceroy of Sze-Chuen,
This information reached the State De-
partment today.
The gravity of the conditions ana the
fearful possibilities Of a mammoth up
rising have brought the central govern
ment of China to a quick decision to sup
press the trouble with strong hand
Thursday the ringleaders OF the agl-
tations were arrested by the viceroy Of
the province That action infiamed their
followers and resulted in a vicious attack
upon the yamen by mob. The soldiers
on guard fired into the rioters. killing
some twenty of them. The mob returned
and in a subsequent assault upon the
yiceroys residence slew number of the
troops.
Later information in regard to the con-
ditions is unobtainable at present. as the
telegraph wires between Cheng-tu and
Chune-Mng have been cut The capital
of the rebellious province is cut off from
the rest Of the world and consequently
the developments since the clashes be-
tween the soldiers and the mob are un-
known.
Americans Believed to Be Safe.
Reports to the State Department indi-
cate that the American women and chill
dren have already left Cheng-tu under
escort. and 1t is thought that others also
have departed.
With LOCO soldiers. Tuan Fang. director
Of the imperial railways. left Hankow for
the disturbed province Saturday. Other
forces are being collected on the SEE
Chuen border.
To investigate the situation with re-
snect to Americans, United States Consul
Pontius left Hankow Saturday night for
Chung-king.
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Special Train as Pilot.

A special train will accompany him as
pilot and will carry mechanicians and
machine parts The aviator will follow
the line Of the Southern and Union Pa
cific and the Illinois Central.
Fowler's plans for today are to make
stops at Sacramento and Colfax, Cal,
and Reno. New. He will carry a message
from Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Brush, COM
manding the Department Of California,
to Mai. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, COM
manding the Department Of the East,
with headquarters at Governors Island,
N Y
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Journey Fowler expected to start at IL
O'Clock from Golden Gate Park.
The aviator plans to make the distance
In twenty flying days and in total Of
twenty-six days arriving in New York
October Z. He will cross the Sierras.
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Champ Clark Dep|ores Charges
of Public Corruption.
THINKS WORLD is BETTER
Dishonest Men Being Driven Out of
Official Life.
MORE CHEERFUL VIEW
Talk of Wholesale Corruption, He
Declares, Bad for Future Citi-
zens of Country.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, September IL
Speaker Champ Clark of the House of
Representatives Is being entertained to-
day by the home folks, all Pike COUNT
ans and the greater part of the popula-
tion of the ninth Missouri congressional
district joining to make his home coming
from Washington an epoch in Missouri
history.
1t was here that Mr.. Clark la..aed from
a steamboat thirtysiX years ago, as a
young attorney from Kentucky, and
throughout all these years he has ac-
cumulated an acquaintance which is
legion and loyal So when it came to
preparations for the homecoming no one
could be considered as uninterested. and
arrangements were made on as non-parti-
san a basis as possible, republicans as
well as democrats of the district being
placed on the various committees.
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Purchased in Washington.

On the bottle which had held the
acid was the name of a pharmacy on
Pennsylvania avenue. Washington. In
the straw hat was the name of a
Washington firm, at F and 14th streets.
The mans well manicured hands spoke
of a life free from manual labor.
To the keeper of the morgue a
stranger said this afternoon that he
was sure he had seen Tolson either as
a waiter at Hollywood Park or. ap-
plying for work one. This, in com
bination with the flippant tone of the
letters, gives the theory that Tolson
had been d victim of hard luck, and
that a dash of dependency led him to
end his life.
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Fried Chicken in Baskets.

Next to Mr.. Clark's address, which was
looked forward to later in the day as the
biggest thing on the program, was the
basket dinner, the main prop of which
was home fried chicken. -Four hundred
housewives each had provided we'll filled
basket. AS the astronomical climax
100 homegrown watermelons were on
ice to be cooled to the proper degree II
dessert. Illinois and Iowa. as well as
Missouri. are represented in the celebra-
ton. Among the speakers are Repre-
sentatives l. S. Pepper, Iowa, and Henry
7. Rainey, Illinois.
Speaker Clark told of starting his Mis-
souri, experience by teaching schoo
thirty-six years ago and said:
He told of starting his Missouri expert
ence by teaching school thirty-siA years
ago and said:
Il came to Louisiana, Mo-. on $40. bor-
rowed the first time l ever saw him,
from Judge II. II. Priest, now an emf
nent lawyer of ST. Louis. and then strug-
Cling along as city attorney of Moberly
And that is not the last time have bor-
rowed from Missourians.
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More Politicians Needed.

Warming to his subject. the speaker
made a plea for more politics and more
politicians and forcefully asserted that
upright and honest politicians are the
rule and not the exception In America.
1t Is constantly asserted by the un-
thinking that we have too much politics
and too many politicians said the
Speaker. When we reflect that the
word politics. in its higher and nobler
sense. means the science of government,
we must concede that the more politics
We have the better, for government at
fects the happiness and prosperity of
every resident between the two oceans,
and, therefore, We should all strive to
make our governments, national state
and municipal, as nearly perfect as any
human institution can be-
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Notes Tell Of Plan.

In the pockets Of the dead man s
clothing were three notes One was ad-
dressed to II. Jaeger, 10th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington. ID. G.,
and was as follows:
Wont be there. Have shuftied on
this mortal coil. FOLSOM"
To II. NJ. Tongue. West street. Annapo-
lis. was addressed this note:
Couldn't stand grind any longer. Kid.
Have cashed in. Bum pen, this BILL
To Miss Lily Tolson. 157 West street.
Annapolis. was penned:
Good bye, Lola, and say the same to
the others WILLY.
1t was visiting card. with the name
of William Ernest Tolson. which led to
the identification. Cuff buttons and a
tie clasp also bore the initials w. E..
I. In a pocket was monthly commu-
tation ticket on the Baltimore, Wash
ington and Annapolis railway. A sea-
son ticket to the Gentlemens Driving
Park races, with the number 2283, was
also found. The sum Of $1118 was in
a yellow pocketbook.
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WEATHER.

Showers this afternoon and
tonight. Tuesday cloudy; not
much change in temperature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11

The circulation OF The Star,
both daily and Sunday. is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
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KILLS SELF IN PARK
Washington Bookkeeper Is
Found Dead in Baltimore.
FAREWELL LETTERS FOUND
William Ernest Tolson Couldn't
Stand the Grind"
HIS HOME AT ANNAPOLIS
At Place of Employment In This
City No Cause for the Sui
eide Is Known.
FAREWELL LETTERS FOUND
HIS HOME AT ANNAPOLIS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, September 1.-THE
body of William Ernest Tolson OF Wash
ington and Annapolis was found in Pat
terson Park this morning by William
Pearce, a laborer, who was on his way
to his place of employment. Pearce no
titled Sergt Bosch. who made careful
examination, and the body was then
taken TO the morgue.
A rusty pistol which had been snapped,
but which had failed to explode. was
found by Tolson's side, and 1t Is pre-
sumed that when the revolver failed Tol-
son drank carbolic acid, an empty bot
tie having been found beside the dead
man. Coroner Sudler viewed the body
this afternoon and rendered a verdict OF
suicide.
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They came hither because of the op-
portunity to improve their condition and
to enjoy the blessings of our free insti-
tutions They look to America as sort
of heaven on earth. They have been
taught at home TO regard this as the best
government on earth-which 1t is. What
must be their astonishment and regret
then, to hear and to read as soon as they
land on our shore that all public men are
corrupt. that the voters are venal and the
government rotten to the core! AS GER
tain a gun is made of iron, that must
have a bad and demoralizing effect upon
them. It Is a bad and a sad lesson in
preparing themselves for the onerous and
important duties OF American citizenship
They should be taught that our theory
Of government is the best ever devised
by the wit of man: that the vast ma
jority of American voters of all parties
are absolutely honest: that the majority
of public men are of high character and
patriotic; that the corruptionists are only
the exceptions which prove the rule.
II have gone into this subject some
what in extreme not to cover any mans
sins. nor to offer a plea in mitigation
for sinners, but because 1t has appeared
to me that there are SO many pessimists
in the land. and that the indiscriminate
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Owes Duty to State.

Instead Of there being too many poll
ucians, there are not enough. In coun-
try whose institutions are based upon
popular suffrage, every man should be a
politician, and every man owes a por-
tion of his time. energy and talents to
the service of the state. l do not mean
by that that every man should run for
office. That"is poor business at best
poor when you succeed-inexpresSibly poor
when you fail. l have been tried by
both extremes Of fortune and speak by
the card on that subject
What l do mean is that every citizen
should, SO far as in him lies, study the
problems which confront u.s. and help,
so far as he can. to solve them for the
betterment of government, the improve
Tlent OF society and the perpetuity of the
republic, IL needs be, he should become
a candidate for Office as a duty to his
country and his kind. Truth to tell, it
requires but little coaxing to induce the
average citizen to run for office.
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The proba bilities are that there is not
congressional district in America where
there is a majority of purchasable voters
and that the unpurchasable voters can
control every one of them if they would
only do their duty.
No doubt there are corrupt men in
politics; SO are there corrupt men in
every business and profession; but it Is
a consolation to reflect that there are
not so many corrupt ones either in poll
tics or in any other walk Of life this
year as there were last year. and there
Will not be SO many corrupt ones next
ought to be scourged out Of public life
with whip of scorpions, and they are
being weeded out.
But while there is undoubtedly cor
ruption In politics, the malicious mar
plots who go about proclaiming that all
pubic men are corrupt ought to be re-
strained from running at large pro bono
publico. They are the enemies not only
of the republic, but of all constituted
authority"
In conclusion Speaker Clark pleaded
for more enlightenment on the real po-
litical facts. and said:
The persistent charge that all public
men are for sale and that all government
in this country is thoroughly rotten not
only puts improper ideas into the heads
of our own people and of our own chill
dren, but has a woeful effect on the i'm
migrants coming to our shores at the
rate of more than million per annum
to be assimilated by us and to be formed
and fashioned into American citizens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-26

A novelty event. which looked Ike
parade Of hobble skirts but was I'm reality
a sack race. was the feature of the enter
tainment at the Durland Academy yester-
day morning. Only the boys were allowed
to compete. a. il was thought that the
Young women might he too proficient in
managing the sacks
There We're half dozen entries and ~
the word GO they were oft heter- SHELTER
on their ponies After racing twice around
the ring they Gismounted and rushed FOR
the sacks. which were piled up in the cen
was the first 10 reach the pile. but after
selecting his bag he refused to leave until
every string was adjusted 10 his satsfac
ton. The best part of the performance
began when the boys tried 10 run back to
their ponies Some Of them managed II
successfully bv making d series Of hops
and Jumps. but few OF the unwary. more
Jealous than cautious, tried to run, and
this proved their downfall Sam Nimrath
was the first to reach his pony, and he led
the race all the way. J. w. Benning. jr..
was second. and Dave Bispham finished
third.
The egg and spoon race was won by Miss
Vera Cushman. for she balanced the egg
so successfully that some one suggested
that she might have solved the problem as
did Christopher Columbus. At the end Of
the contest. however. she returned the egg