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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
MARGARET V. KELLY.
She 10 Assistant Director of the United
F. States Mint at $4,000 a Year.


! Miss Margaret '. Kelly occupies the
1enviable position OF being one Of the
highest saIaried female officials in the
employ of the United States govern
ment She is assistant director OF the
mint at an annual salary of $4,000.
The appointment Of Miss Kelly was
due to merit When after leaving heI
native hills of New Hampshire and
obtaining the best education that the
private schools of Boston could give
her she determined to make her own
way In the world and turned to the
civil service she bad no influence OF
any kind to aid her. Passing the ex
animation for stenographer sixteen
years ago. she was at once appointed
to place In the office of the appoint.
ment clerk of the treasury department
at Washington. After years service
she was transferred to work as a ste
nographer in the bureau Of the mint in
the same department Since that time
she has remained in that bureau. ad-
vancing steadily until she has now
reached the highest point in It.
George Z Roberts. director of the
mint is obliged to be absent from the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

sERGEANT-AT-ARMs WILLIAM F STONE
liam e. Taft was chosen as the party's
standard bearer
The coliseum Is on Wabash ave
nue.. between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, less than a mile from the cen
ter, Of Chicago's retail shopping and
all parts of the city by elevated roads
and surface lines. The coliseum is
3o5 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet
10 height, built Of stone. brick. steel
and concrete. and is freproof.
1t stands on the site of the old Libb.
prison. which was shipped to Chicago
from Richmond. Va. in sections and
rebuilt the year Of the Worlds fair and
used to exhibit valuable collection of
civil war relics. 1t is of modern Ro
manesque combined with the English
castellated type of architecture and
cost 100000. 1t has been the scene
of many notable assemblages. 1t has
eleven large exits apd can be emptied
In FIVE minutes In an emergency.
The subcommittee on arrangements
Of the Republican national committee.
under the direction of Colonel Harry s.
New. has expended $4,000 preparing
the building for this years national
convention of the Republican party.
The building has 11.1ss seats, of which
1883 are on the main door and $500 in
the balcony.
The speakers platform Is built
against the south wall of the structure
and extends across the entire width
of the building II is seventy,tive feet
deep and contains 1872 seats, which
will be occupied by the chairman. off
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

fees of the Republican national com
mittee. private rooms for the use of
the chairman. secretaries and sergeant
alarms. quarters for the committees
on permanent organization. credentials
and resolutions and fully equipped
postoftice.
In addition to this. there are rooms
for the press. where scores OF private
telegraph wires have been Installed
On the second door there is ii fully
equipped emergency hospital in charge
of corps of physicians and Red
Cross nurses. There are numerous re
ttt'ing rooms for men aud women in
the annex.
IN the basement of the main build
il = there Is a lunch counter with sew,
eral thousand seats The building will
b. deliberately decorated in the ma
tinnal coIors. rhe exterior OF the
structure will be prOfuseiy drappd With
rel, white and blue bunting surmOunt-
ed by hundreds of large q1erican flags
Interior Decorations.
Practically every feot of available
spuce of the interior will be draped
with bunting and AHgs Over the
oupnkprs' PLATFORM there will be fifty
r,nI presidents dag thanked by two
'4r&p American flags The space on
10th sides at this centerpiece will be
fs'HviIv drappd with feStoons of hunt
t,ttt ,T.jl nf
~nlrtd$
{ ~ walls OF the building will be
+rflttd with hunting and flags the
! AN 1T the harUmy also will be drHppd
.rlth fp>lmrDS of bunting with small.
nHg> <hlrld> and wreaths M every
So arch. - rhr large band stand at
lr north rlni 1T the building will III
-.inlntriteis draI,pd with flags, BUNTING
INA wreatn~
Coionel New position as chairman
II the runirnIrtrp IN arrangements has
! t'pen perhaps more trying than that
ut any previous occupant of that post
Because Of the added interest taken In
tits years convention. due to the fact
that there was a contest for the Dresi
Dental nomination. the demand for
seats has been extraordinary
Colonel New had to refuse large
number of requests for admission tick
Its for the reason. as he explained
that II simply was impossible TO grant
them. In this connection he has come
In for some severe criticism from per
sons who declared that they were be
ing Disseminated against.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
Granddaughter
of
Gen. Garibaldi
.IGNoRlNA ITALIA GARIBAL-

~IGNORINA ITALIA GARIBAL-
- DI. General Garibaldi's grand
= daughter. is spending few
weeks in this country and is
working in the interests of the women
of Italy.
IL am particularly interested in two
things she said. land both of them
grafton. One Is the effort to establish
8 headquarters In America to look aft
er the Italians-especially the women
who 60 srom our country to yours.
The other Is the settlement Of the col.
opy in Tripoli and the furtherance Of
the home industries amors the wom-
en-. that will help. feel sure. in max
iRg the colony a success"
Signorina Garibaldl speaks English
perfectly. and she has made several
visits to this country. She was stu
dent at Columbia university, New York.
a few years ago.
II am helping In a fight against the
American factory" she went on. The
Italian girls who come to this country
do not want to go into factory work.
Unless it Is an absolute necessity they
don't do It The love of home and the
desire to stay In the home. however
poor 1t is, are born in the Italian girl
"And we women who are interested
In various kinds of social activities in
Italy are working especially hard just
now to revive the home industries Of
the Italian women-the Iacemaking
and the embroidery. We want the
italian girls to be proficient in the
work that their grandmothers did so
beautifully. And if these girls emi-
crate to America we do not want them
to 60 into factories here, but to 60 on
doing the work that they did at home
$50 the Council O: italian Women. Of
which both my mother and myself are
members. is trying to establish an of
Gee In New York to keep In touch with
the Italian women and girls who come
here. At present the Italian govern
ment takes very good care of them un-
Ill they land In New York. Every ship
that carries emigrants out of Italy has
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
HORACE SMITH.
W to Date Author Whose Subjects
Are Real Soldiers of Fortune.

Horace Smith. who has written a
number of fascinating, adventure
stories. invariably chooses for his sub
jects real soldiers of fortune His
latest book. "A Captain Unafraid.
is an inside story of the hazardous
profession of smuggling arms to rev0-
lutionists and is based on the expert
ences Of Captain John O'Brien, "Dyna
mite Johnny" who was the most cele
brated filibuSter of the last century.
dynamite Johnny commanded the
Dauntless. Three Friends and SOmerS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

N Smith and was in charge of prac
tically all of the filibustering expedi
tons that were landed in Cuba in
1896. 1897 and 1898 Prior to that he
had figured In revolutions In Haiti.
Honduras and Colombia.
Mr.. Smith himself is victim of the
wanderlust and has seen much of nd
venture. He was engaged in news
paper work In the mining camps of
the far west In the early days when
every man carried, gun and knew
how to use It. After the west had
quieted down be became managing
editor OF Cincinnati newspaper. He
left there on an hours notice for Mar
Unique to cover the eruption of Mount
Pelee for syndicate of newspapers.
travelling a part of the way to New
Orleans on special train II, order to
catch q French warship which was
leaving for the scene. With two com
panions he was caught directly under
the volcano by a later eruption. and
the party was thought to have been
lost until they made their way back
to Fort de France two days later
He also has made two long trips TO
the .Windward and Leeward islands
and the Spanish main. .,s-.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

treasury much OF his time. and X. e
Preston. the mint examiner. IL also
away much. In such cases Miss Kelly
ia acting director of the mint. with
full powers.
A cursory glance at the details OF
ciative of the burden that is OH this
woman's shoulders. There are three
coinage mints. with their complicated
mechanism. and nine minor mints.
where bullion Is bought. but no money
coined There are employed IN the
mint service more than 400 persons.
many of them experts detailed in high
class of scientific work whose indiyid
ual salaries are SIUpO d year or more
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
ANDREW ABELS.

One of the Pennsylvania Railroads.
Eight Nonaeenar,an employees.
With 2.04I active employees who
have been IN service forty years ~
longer and with l.I12 men who Servp.i
forty years or more and are now re-
ceiving pensions. the Pennsylvania,
railroad has "a payroll which H. unIuHe
The records show that there are 4S.l
men who have been I'D the roads serv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
GOMEZ AND MONTEAGUDO.
President Of Cuba and the Commando
of His Army

Despite seemingly belieyable reports
from Americans and other foreign req,
idents of Cuba that the rebel move
ment there is a serious matter. Presi
dent Jose Miguel Gomez maintains
outwardly at least. his calmness and
continues to assert that the uprising is
q local affair with no likelihood Of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

or square tube four feet square by five
rect long made OF boiler plate This
receptacle is open at the top and bot
tom and contains the mechanism for
ringing the submarine bell The beE
Itself projects slightly below the bot
tom or the receptacle.
ne mechanism for ringing the bell
Id inclosed in winter tichr case con
tanning oil Through on. end OF 'IIt>
mechanism case passes horizontal
smart to which is fastened vun-
which nearly Oils the opening in ih,-
receptacle. II is normally held in u
horizontal position by means of NV"
CONFERENCE.-The AS the hnoy mA,ses
up and down with the waves thk-sa
yer passes through the receptacle first
ooe way and then the other. causing
tne Vane to rock it's shaft AS II does
%. oy means OF gears and ratchets. .
sprlns attached to the hammer arm Is
stretched nntil the desired tension is
proooced when II Is released This
r1nRs the bell
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

occasion for intervention arising. AT
the same time the United States gov
ernmeIt by dtsInltrhins marines and
warshiIS there has given evidence
that she may be depended upon To do
her full duty under the Piart auend
ment
General .tesus Montpag,ldo. rom
maDder of the Cuban arl,tv Is u clos.
friend of Gomez and fought as n rebel
against the government vi Estrada
Palma AIontpag,idn ~ known M
Chucho. which means owl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

Ice more than fifty years. and one EN-
ployee has been receiving pay for
sixty-six years
There are eight employees who are
over ninety wears OF age. The oldest
Ia Andrew bpIs ninety five. who lives
In Philadelphia. where he was Elm
oloyed prior to his retirement
The OF her nonaytnarians are: MfhaeI
Eckerline, james kayIor and Elias
Griffith. all at Altoona. Pa: Times l.
Shields OF Riairsville. Pa David |.
Graefr of Colninlra Pa: Thomas G.
Payne Of Beivtdrr- y j.. and Charles
4. IefYeries OF Lancaster. Ia
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23


GERS of the convention meubers OF the
national committee and distinguished
guests.
The seats back OF the chairmans
table are slightly elevated Directly
beneath the chairlnan's table - n space
for four uOiseleSs telegraph tnstru
ments and their operators. by which
news of the convention proceedings
will he flashed TO the world On both
sides aud extending IN n half circle
around the front of the platform are
seats aud tables for 4m working news
paper men and correspondents from all
parts of the country
Arranged by States.
Directly 10 front OF these are the
seats for the LOTS delegates. arrangeU
by states. This space is inciosed by
a railing and closely guarded by large
force of sergeants-at arms. Back OF
this are the seats for the LOTS alter
mates. inclosed by a railing On botn
sides and in the rear OF the space *
eupied by the delegates and alfernates
are $3.50 elevated seats for visitors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

marine sound signal into prominence
There are nearly 200 signal stations In
all parts of the world, and more than
900 vessels are equipped with the re-
ceivinp apparatus
Much of the submarine belts impor-
tance Is due to the fact that 1t is as re
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23

accommodation of Republican ma
tional convention. In 1904 the Repub
licans nominated Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt for president in this building.
and In 1908 under the same roof VII.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
ChiCago's Great Coliseum
Will Seat More Than
1900 Persons.

NOR the third time since its cree
ton thirteen years ago the
doors of the coliseum will be
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
Submarine
Bell
Signaling =

S: T.. 81: 6: : :: s
rented by the American Muse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
SOLDIERS WERE STARVING
Turkish officer Tells Why Kirk
Kilisseh Fell.

Constantinople, Nov. (via Kustenje,
Rumania).-A Turkish officer who was
at Kirk Kilisseh when II fell into the
hands Of the Bulgarians, in relating the
story of the battle, said:
I'VE had been starving for eight
DAYS, and it was impossible for the sol
diers, worn out and with empty stom
achs, to fight"
Asked what the present situation of
the Turkish army was, the officer re-
piled: ut has no situation; there is no
hope"
The condition Of the refugees who are
arriving here from Kirk Kilisseh and
Adrianople is most pitiable. Some ten
thousand Of them, including women and
children, are camping in the court
yards Of the mosques, and already
there is danger Of an epidemic breaking
out among them.
Three Turkish officers committed sui
eide at Kirk Kilisseh when the panic
arising from the defeat Of the Turks by
the Bulgarians set in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
observation-disclosures" is
THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE
France Leads the Powers of
Europe in Effort to Prevent
q General War.

Paris, Nov. "a special dispatch
from Constantnople says IT is rumored
there that the Turkish government has
requested the British fleet to pass
through the Dardanelles and come to
Constantinople.
Paris, Nov. IA policy Of terri
torial disinterestedness" in the Bal
kans is, IL France, Russia and Great
Britain have their way, to replace the
now discredited shibboleth OF lthe
status quo as a basis of collective
action by the great powers should the
time arrive for a redistribution of
sovereignty in Turkey through the vic
tories of the allied Balkan States over
the Turks. This self-sacrificing ordi-
nance, of course, would apply only to
the nations constituting the concert Of
Europe, as there is no longer any sug-
gestion of opposing the aspirations Of
the Bulgars, Greeks and Serbs for a
national unity.
1t is recognized that each OF the allies
must have It's respective slice of new
territory should the Mussulmans finally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02

Iican National Committee. Members u
the Senate and others who are 10 30 u
the funeral will be on the same tram
The party will reach New YORK apou'
1918 tonight on their return from Cu'"'
and the President will spend Sunday mere
The President arrived from Washington
last night on the train due at lOl5 clocN'
1t was more than twenty minutes lale'
however, ana 1t was after ii O'CLOCK oe
fore he reached the Manhattan holei
Among the members OF the ha''o''"'
committee who will attend the funeral u
the Vice-President will be Alvah II. Mar
tin, of Virginia; F. w. Estabrook' OF Ne"
uaunsb,re, and Senator w. MURRAY
Crane, OF Massachusetts. The headquar-
ters Of the national committee In the
Times Building will be closed during tne
hours of the funeral Of the Nice-freS'-
dent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02

has the respect and admiration OF
Pennsylvania, where he was born, oL
Illinois, where he was raised, ana OIL
Michigan. where he is especially Wen
known. He commands the confidence
and admiration Of all the people Oh
New England, who believe he deserves
TO rank with Sumner and Hoar. he
has made a splendid record in con-
gress, where he has served ten terms
and his admirable qualifications are
known of all men.
my second choice is Senator NC
Cumber. of North Dakota, who mas
made splendid record in Congress
and is admirably fitted for SO high an
office.
II think 1t would be highly desirable
to name man for second place before
the election were it physically possible
10 do So"
A word for the qualifications OF Gov
ernor Goldsborough OF Maryland and
commentator of The Tribune's course
were expressed by National Committee
man Martin, of Virginia, who said
Il am disposed to believe it would be
wiser to let the matter stand until the
18th. No matter who the man may be,
the country can rest assured that he
VIII be one completely in touch with
the best and most progressive thought
in the Republican party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
.BULGARIA'S NEW "RIGHTS"
TALKED OF IN SOFIA
Capture of a Third Military
Train an Aid to Invaders
in Great Battle.

Sofia, Nov. THE newspaper mir"
declares that Turkey has not yet sued
the Balkan States for peace, and says
that much as they desire a cessation Of
hostilities they are engaged in war
! of liberation, and the time has not yet
arrived when they can demand from
Turkey the reply she hitherto has arro-
gantly refused to give.
"The blood We have shed and the
dazzling victories we have gained" says
the Mir" have conferred on us rights
nobody will think Of infringing"
Details thus far received OF the rout
OF the immense Turkish army show
that the Bulgarian forces were nu-
merically far inferior
The Turkish army IL reported to have
| aggregated 100000 men. 1t included the
garrison which had retreated from the
| captured fortress of Kirk Kilisseh "a
we'll as the main body Of Turkish
troops which had advanced from Con-
stantincple. II comprised practically
the whole OF the Turkish troops re-
naming in Europe, apart from the gar
risons of Adrianople, Salonica, Mon
astir, Yanina, Scutari and a few other
towns.
This great army was under the per-
sonal command of Nazim Pacha, Min
lister of War and commander in chief,
assisted by some of the most able gen
erals in the Turkish army,
The fight opened with the discovery
by the Turks of number of Bulgarian
cavalry scouts. The Turks drew In
their outposts, and these were closely
followed by lines of Bulgarian Skin
mishers. who were succeeded by the
main Bulgarian army In fighting for
nation.
The battle, which was destined to
last several days, was soon In prog
ress all along the line. The Bulgarian
troops repeatedly delivered fierce at
tacks, sometimes at one point, some
times at another. along the Turkish
line extending from Lule Burgas to
Serai.
The Turkish troops offered a stub
born and desperate resistance, but We're
unable to withstand the onslaught of
the impetuous Bulgarians, and finally
they turned and fed in great disorder
toward Tchorlu.
The capture of a third Turkish mill
tary train near Lule Burgas before the
battle was an immense advantage to
the Bulgarians, as it furnished them
with more facilities for the transport OF
their troops and supplies to the dis
trict where the fighting took place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
EUROPEAN POWERS
DISCUSS INTERVENTION
Triple Entente Is Agreed on Mediation
Programme but Austria-t hungary and
Her Allies Still Hesitate.

Foreign Minister appears In the Mir
He says: "A great new power, that OF
the Balkan league, has arisen. We
decline European intervention. We
will see what can be done as soon as
we are in Salonica and Constantine
pie"
The Bulgarian Minister OF the In
terror In an interview received in
Vienna says: I'VE do not want Europe
We decline intervention. We alone
will arrange our affairs"
The official organs at Sofia, Belgrade,
Athens and Cettinje publish simultane-
ously articles declining the interven-
ton Of the powers. While the Balkan
States all around are emphatic against
interference, negotiations are going on
between the sovereigns and statesmen
of the allied Balkan States as 70 the
terms to be made with Turkey.
The reported intention Of the Bull
garian army to march on CONSTANT
nople, as the most effective means of
ending the war, is regarded In Vienna
as natural desire, at any rate so long
as the Tchataldja lines remain I'M
broken. These are recognized as the
last line OF Turkish defence, and may
hold out for some time.
In Constantinople itself the position
Of Europeans Is one Of grave peril,
and alarming messages sent by boat
TO Rumania and telegraphed from
there indicate that a massacre Is
feared. Fierce Kurds roam about, con-
versing In angry whispers. as If in
citing each other to acts Of violence.
STEAMBOAT is flooded with hugry refu-
gees, who have been driven into the
city panicstricken by the advance OF
the Bulgarian armies The inhabitants
OF the solitary villages by the side of
the Bosporus are making a hurried
flight TO the city, fearing plumber and
massacre on the part of the routed SOL
diers of Turkey or those of the con-
quering invader.
The inhabitants are keeping their
doors locked and are watching for the
first sign Of riot. They remember with
dread the sudden outbreak which ush-
cred I'm the Armenian massacres.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
ALLIES IN CONFERENCE

Vienna, Nov. 1.-Negotiations are In
progress between representatives OF
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro and
Greece. with a view to reaching an
agreement in regard to their demands
from Turkey at the conclusion Of hos
tilities, according TO the "Neue Freie
Presse."
As it is the intention Of the four
Balkan States to take joint action In
this respect, the allies would prefer 10
enter into direct and immediate nego-
tiations with Turkey, but 1t Is under
stood that the Ottoman government re-
fuses to accept this proposition and
will in all probability appeal 70 the
European powers for mediation. IL is
uncertain, however, whether the Balkan
States will tolerate any intervention.