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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
WILSON CANCELS
 ALL ARRANGEMENTS
 FOR PARADE TODAY
Other Wilson Day Exercises Will Be Held as
 Scheduled

Rochester. N T.. November 1.-As soon as Governor Wilson arrived in Rochester late today for his two speeches here to- night he telegraphed National Chairman ". F. Mecombs to cancel the paraae scheduled to be held in New York by the college nlens . l.sou and a1lsnal. pIats.
 The parade was to take place at the sa me hour that Vice President sherman 5 funeral is to be held The governor wired as followed:
 T hope that the arrangements for the parade will be cancelled as an evidence of our deep sympathy for the family and friends of the late vice president. 1 know that this will be your feeling
 New York, November 1.--Cancelation of the parade planned for tomorrow was an- nounced by Chairman McCombs of the democratic national committee tonight. The governor felt that 1t would not be fitting for him to review a political pa- rade while the funeral of the vice presl- dent of the United States was going on, said MT. McCombs.
 We only learned today that the funeral was to be held tomorrow afternoon After learning this l conferred with Governor Wilson and we agreed that the parade ought to be cancelled.
 Calling off the parade does not mean, Chairman McCombs said that the Wilson day celebrations which have been ar ranged to take place throughout the country will also be abandoned
 The Wilson day exercises will go on as planned" he announced. These exercises have been arranged for weeks ahead, and it would not be possible to have them stopped now The parade in New York was 10 have been participated in by Gov ernor Wilson himself, and besides it was to have been held in Vice President Sher- mans home state. 1t was therefore felt by the governor and myself that as q special mark of honor and respect to the memory of the vice president the New York parade should be abandoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
lust Maintain Order
Greeks Are Massacred

Athens. November f.--Accounts arc r,ublished here of a massacre of Greeks bv Turks in the town of Servia just across the Greek frontier in Turkey The reports say the fleeing Turkish troops, in passing through the village of Metassa ordered the Greek inhao- itants to follow them on peril of be- ing mas sacred by Turkish cavalry.
 on refusing 52 of the Greeks were made prisoners and taken to Serxia and lodged in the jail In which were 73 oth- CTS of their comrades.
 Later the government of the prison told the Greeks they were free and ordered them to leave the building. On emerging the Greeks were surrounded bv soldiers and mob which began to massacre only four Of the Greek s x.scaned with their lives When the massacre was over the Turkish soldiers cut of the noses and hands of the Greeks.
 Dispatches from Arta say that Tur- kish atrocities in Albania are confln- uing and that the inhabitants of Epirus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Dispatch From Ndzim PdSha Says Entire Turkish Army Has Been
 Ordered To Advance
TURKISH BATTLESHIP IS
 DESTROYED BY GREEKS
Bulgarian Lighthouse is Fired On By Turkish Shpottoman Officer Declares That There is No Hope for Turkey and That the Troops of the Sultan starv-
 ing Condition of Refugees is Piable

Constantinope November 1.-The Turkish army has re- captured the of Bunarssar from the Bugarans and has defeated the Bulgarias the vicinity of Visa according dispatches received here this afternoon from Naz Pasha commander-in- chief of the Turkish forces
 Nazims dispatches declare the Bulgarian losses heavy and that all the Turkish army corps have been ordered advance Ihe dispatch announcing the recapuIe of Bunarhssar by Nazm Pasha at 445 o'clock this afternoon It said also that the Bulgarian column had been cut off telegram from Maxim two o'clock this afternoon said:
 Our right wing has been advancing yesterday from Visa Mahmoud Mukhtar Pasha' army has vanqushed the Bulgarian column and all of army corps have been ordered to advance.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
SUNDAYS AGE-HERALD

Tomorrow's Age-Herald will be better than ever. In addition to it's choice fea- .ture sections, the paper will have ali tine news of the big world events now in prog ress It will have the latest and most accurate political information as well as the most complete dispatches on tho Bal kan war developments.
 The Age Herald is the only Sunday newspaper in Birmingham publishing the Associated Press dispatches. The As- sociated Press is the greatest news gath ering agency in the world.
 Bill Vines writes on Boston and Bos- tons famous citizen, George Von L. Meyer Illustrated by cowper.
 Dolly Dalrympie has a handsomely il- ustrated story under the title, "Stagccraft in New'York, as seen by clever southern woman.
 Mytrle Miles contributes another paxo of the fashionable things found in Bii- mine ham shops. illustrated by Rhes Wells
 Hugh W. Roberts has another of bis strlSingIy dramatic stories graphically illustrated. 1t Is called. "As She Stood q X the Brink"
 C. F. Markell tells of his observations. Mid Foreign Lands Of Fay and Fairy"
 Frank C. Carpenter tells of "Burietl Treasure in Central America
 A notable article is entitled, What Yellow Perils of the Future Are Like
 "curfew Rings Tonight'-a sketch of the famous old church bell immortalizsd by American woman's poem.
 Hayden Church writes on How Eng land takes care of her blue books
 A classic in u page is The Magic Skin.' by Honore de Balzae.
 The Ingenue Crouch" an illustrated article on the new woman's walk as found on Broadway.
 Marion Harland talks of the trips to market and "How to Buy Cheap Cuts.
 Laura Jean Iibbey asks and answers the question, Does Love Know Sea- son2''
 Mir Dooey is back again, and he writes "On Campaign Managers
 Mrs. J. B. Reid win have a striking ary ticle on a new kind or work for wemeil. being undertaken in Birmingham. N
 The Age -Heraid's editorial featuray page is one/>f the most interesting pageSI published fl any Sunday newspaper
 The comic section in colors and Mandyyy wilt be on hand and the entire Sunday paper will have exceptional merit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Russia Is Reticent

St. Petersburg. November 1.-The Niedo mosti today publishes an Interview with M. Sazonoff, the Russian foreign minis ter. in which he expresses the hope that the war in the Balkans may be localized but declares that Russia cannot join the powers in peace-at-any-pric policy. NJ. Sazanoff lays stres son the readiness of the Russian arms for battle, but says he thinks the economic interests of Aus tria and the other powers can be satisfied without a resort to hostilties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Confirm Report

Constantinople. November i.-Th sink ing Of the Turkish battieship rTcth-1-Bciht- lend by Greek torpedo beat in the Guif of SalonilS is confirmed iT'a, dispatcy from saloniki The warsh'p sank in "a few minutes. Part of tie crew was ashore and the number lost is not known. The commander of the old war ship tele- graphed later that nearly all of the crew were saved. ,Ie reports that the Greek torpedo boat entered the harbor unex- pectedly and launched two projectiles at the stern of the Turkish war vessel, which beg an to sink immediately. The commander, three engineers and four apprentices were thrown into the water. where they were rescued by fishing sn1acks. The boilers of the FethI-Bet- land exploded as she went down. The Feth-I- Betlend saw active service in the Danube under Hobart Pasha during the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
FINANCIAL WORRIES
 LEAD TO DEATH

Knoxville. November 1.-The dead body of Mrs. J. C. Montgomery was found dangling from the end of rope in the smok ehouse near her home this forenoon at Madisonvilie. Tenn Finan- cial worries are believed to have in- duced her to take her life. Her hus- hand. who was wealthy about year ago, died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
SOME WILL

New Orleans. November What is be- lieved to be the shortest will on record has been found in the court records of this parish Six words made up the body of the document. They are:
 Miss Sophie Loper is my heiress.'
 The will dates back many years. The supreme court in 1869 held il to be legal document after the probating of 1t had been refused by district court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02

Constantnople, November 1.-(Via Kus- tenje, Roumania. IA Turkish officer, who was at Kirk-Kilisseh when 1t fell into the hands of the Bulgarians, in relating the story of the battle said:
 We had been starving for eight days and it was impossible for the soldiers, worn out and with empty stomachs, to ight.'
 Asked what the present situation of the Turkish army was, the officer re- piled;
 It has no situation; there is no hope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
kentuckians .Jolted

Lexington. Ky. November LA special dispatch from Jenkins, Ky, today says many passengers were badly shaken up and several more or less severely in jured when q train on the Sandy Valley and Ell<horn railroad Jumped the rails near there and rolled down an embank- fnent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Suspend Operations

Constantinople, November 1.-Late to- night it was reported that fighting had been suspended by the Turkish and Bull garian armies. the men of both of which were suffering from fatigue.
 Seven thousand more wounded men are expected 10 arrive here from the front tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02


 Bessemer, November 1.--(speeiall l--Rar- ricaded in a private residence. negro desperado giving the name of win smith was riddled with bullets about 3 o'clock this afternoon In battle with mob Of nfuriated citizens and officers of the law. Over 100 shots we're fired
 The miniature "battles followe1 the fatal woundlng by tho negro of Hesse- mer City Detective Prank chllders about 2 o'clock this afternoon in the rear ef Terry Brothers pawn shop, 1o8 Nineteenth street
 childers is now dying at the Robinson hospital with two fl ealibre bullets in hisl body, the negro lies dead at the moreue of the Kennedy Undertaking establisf- ment. and the rear Of the residence of John G, Bruce, 1G23 Second avenue. is splintered with bullets the doors knocked off the hinges, the bathroom fixtures I mase of wreekage and tltc snlis md n0ess spatfcfed with blood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Seryian Peace Delegates

Belgrade. November 1.-1'fe Stampa says fl learns thai the porte has sent two special delegates to Vienna to re- quest Austrias friendly intervention to re-establish peace, but declares the Bal kan powers will refuse to negotiate with an intervening power and will only deal direct with Constantinople.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
HOUSE RIDDLED BY
 HUNDREDS OF SHOTS
 FIRED BY CROWD
Negro Had Shot Detective chiiders and Kept Up Running Fire Over Two Blocks--ChiI-
 ders Still in Criti,
 cal Condition
ny RALPH n. SILVER
cHiLDnRs RESTING EASY

Bessemer, November (Spe- ciai. l--At an early hour this morning a statement was issued from the Robinson hospital that Detective Frank Childers waa resting easy. His condition WAS described as slightly better than earlier In the night. Hopes arc entertained for his recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Mrs. Conway Confesses

The statement made public by the police as the formal confession of Mrs Conway is in part as follows:
 Sophia invited us to nqme to chl- cago, We took suite Of ahise rooms Tor light housekeeping. My husband and l occupied ono of the rooms and Miss Singer aud Worthen occupied tho other We were out of money and Sophia brew this before we came 10 Chicago On the night of the killing VIC had dinner together and Worthen went out Sophia went out to post Il letter and came back after a while With her shoes wet. shePtook them off and was in her stocking feet. about to change them. We had quarreled a It, tie about the expenses which Sophia was paying. We were destitute and sophia threatened 10 take Worthen and leave us stranded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
ONLY SEVEN SHOTS
 STRUCK NEGROES BODY

Out of the dozens of shots fired al the negro desperado. only seven struck his body. It will probably never be known exactly who killed him. for there were probably 150 or more men in the crowd that surrounded the Bruce home. all flI- ing into the bathroom where the negro had barricaded himself and constantl, kept returning their fire from two reYol- bers Policeman j. II. Parson led the at- tack on the house and Is given the credit of capturing the negro, who gave up only when he was dying.
 During the fight which ragged for ao minutes. frail little woman. with her two children and an i'll guest. was penned in the house with the fighting ne- gro. They were terrified into almosk speechlessness at the time, but after 1t was all over it developed that they had with her two little babies and her guest. Mis- Rena Wood of New Orleans. pre- vented the negro's escape through the front of the house, thereby being the di- rect cause of his capture. r'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
No Hope for Turkey

are fleeing to Arta and the noun tains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Says Conway Did Killing

sophia said we weren't doing any thing to get money She said she had net rich old man and wanted me to go out with her to meet him and another man. Con was furious at th1s was washing dishes at the sink. heard a fall. ] went into the bed room and sophia was lying there. My husband said to me. Hurry. let's get our things and get out before she gets conscious We did not know she was dead. Con never meant to kill her."
 The confession says the pair then fled from the city with SIS. which they took from Miss Singers effects and two suits of clothes belonging to W. Si. Worthen, Miss singers fiancee. They went to Hammond. Ind, In street car and then from place to place till they reached Lima. Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
Expect Conway to Confess

While the alleged confession was be ing wrung from the woman Conway covered in cell, hearing the screams and pleadings of fils wife, but he did not know what was going on. and was denied the privilege of speaking to. anyone. The police expect him to break down soon and make statement Th.. by the woman that she IS married to Conway will be verified. and if she Is his wife sine cannot testify against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02

A communication sent by Maxim Pasha ta the Sultan during the morning stated
 that the Bulgarian forces gradually were Icing hemmed in on four sides. IL es- specially commended the conduct of his troops at Visa, who were said to be lighting with splendid devotion and cour- .ra
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02
RUNNING BATTLE
 FOR OVER TWO BLOCKS

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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
WAS THIS FRAUD OR NOT?
Associated Press Account Of the
Greenville Meeting.

The Associated Press account OF
the fraud investigated at Greenville
says evidence tending 70 indicate that
fraud was practiced in Greenville
County in the Democratic primary OF
August 27, was placed before the
subcommittee Of the south Carolina
Democratic State committee at a
brief session held Wednesday after
noon in the Court House.
A local committee which had been
conducting an investigation In
Greenville County reported that rep
etitions of names on polling lists had
been found in $40 instances and that
tho names were repeated anywhere
frcm one to five times each. This
the committee says indicates that
$40 men voted anywhere from two
or five times each in the primary.
The committee furrner reported
that it had been unable to identify
1HS names on the polling list Of one
box in the city. Votes to the num-
bor of 752 were casr IN this box.
Their testimony will be offered later
il the committee desires 1t.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
MANY LIVES ARE LOST.
Great Damage Wrought in Japan by
Terrific Storm.

A typhoon swept over Japan the
night Of September %. There was
loss Of life and heavy damage to
property and shipping. A torpedo
boat and the destroyers Tachibana
and Fubuki were SUNK in Ise Bay.
Toxic has been completely isolat-
ed since September %. The typhoon
carried down all the telegraph lines.
Even yet details are meager. The
most disastrous effects of the storm
were felt along the south coast. At
Yokohama the French armored crui-
ser Duplex dragged her anchors and
went ashore. She was pulled of,
however, the following DAY.
At Shimonaseki Russion mail
boat foundered. The casualties are
unoknown. The losses to shipping
have been very serious. The Japa-
nese battleship Satsuma and the ten
de- Manshu were dismasted. Four
destroyers and five torpedo boats
were driven ashore. There was a
heavy loss Of life at Nagoya, capital
Of the prefecture of A1chi, Island of
Hondo, where school and other
buildings collapsed.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
REFUSED PAYMENT
o. Account Rendered by the Colum.
bia Record.

The Columbia correspondent OF
The News and Courier says Governor
Cole L. Blease inserxed in the Co.
lumbia Record before the primary a
political advertisement, for which he
Was rendered a bill by the Record
fo- $40. He drew a warrant on
his contingent fund, sent It to the
Comptroller General with the bill
approved, and ordered paid. The
Comptroller General declined to pay
tbs item in the following letter,
which he sent to the Record:
''The Record Publishing Company,
Columbia, s. C.-GentIemen: I have
on file your bill for advertisement
inserted in your paper by the Hon.
Cole L. Blease, which has been ap-
proved by him for payment out of
his contingent fund as Governor.
This appropriation IS for 'contin-
gent fund for rewards and other pur-
poses. This was intended to cover
disbursements incidental to the ad-
ministration of the Governors Office
which could not we'll be foreseen.
"The bill handed me does not ap-
pear to be for any expense incidental
to the administration of the Cover
nor's Office, but to be a personal
charge against the Hon. Cole L.
Blease. The matter of publication
was purely personal, AND it's publica-
tion is not authorized at the public
expense. Your respectfully,
"a. w. Jones,
"Comptroller General"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
Wilons's Pure Record.

The Augusta Chronicle calls at
tention to the fact that Gin the midst
Of all the charges and countercharges
flying back and forth between the
TIVE factions OF the Republican party,
Woodrow Wilson stands serene and
anassailed. He has no pass that Is
not credita5le to him. Every year Of
his lie has been lived In such a way
that now when he stands OF the
heights NO man can say word
against him or cast aspersions upon
his record or impugn his motives.
There Is 20 question In the minds of
the American people as to Wilson's s
honor and trutheulness. No taint OF
Steel Trust or Standard Oil corrup-
tisn funds has furnished his Rsuss or
invoked him in heated exchanges
with members OF his party of the
short and ugly word. No man has
called him q liar and he has not had
occasion to give the lie to any ohs.
Wilson stands cut In this campaign
as the one maa whose record Ia us-
assailable and whose program meets
the approval OF the entire body OF his
own party" The more We sea and
hear CT cur candidate, the pro der
we get that we we're among the first
to advocate his nomination by the
Democrats.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
NEED OF WILSON FUND.
Democratic Committee Must Have
the SineWs of War.

A dispatch from New York says
the total contributions to date TO
the Democratic campaign fund
amount to $29S $50, it was announc-
ed Thursday night by Henry Morgen-
thau, chairman of the Democratic ma
tdcnal finance committee. OF this
sum, he added, $206,0S6 had been
expended and while the national COM
mittee feels encouraged over the con-
tributions received, there is urgent
need of not less than $750,0o0 add
tional to pay legitimate expenses 20
the close Of the campaign.
"The feeling Of confidence thro .
out the country in the success of the
Wilson and Marshall ticket is hurting
US in a financial way" said Mr.. Mo-
genthau. eve have received contri-
buttons from 17,116 persons, and
every State in the union has been
heard from" The States credited
with the largest amounts are: New
York, s105,385; Pennsylvania, $19,-
5z6; Illinois, $15,453; Missouri, $9,-
400; New Jersey, $7,012; Wisconsin,
se,125; Louisiana, $5,565; Alabama,
5,o36; Texas, 1882; Massachusetts,
5000.
Including the 800 given by the
Democratic Executive Committee Or
angeburg County has given little
ovel $50 to this fund. Some Of tnrs
has not been sent in yet, but Will be
in a few days. We should raIse at
least $3.50 more, making the comtri-
button of the people $3.50, which,
ADDED to the 500 given by the Ex-
ecutive Committee, would make $3.50
in all from this county. Ler US 60 to
work and raise the additional 800.
The committee needs the money. 80
let's get to work at once.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
Bride Cuts Her Throat.

Mrs. Arsene Ouellette, a bride OF a
few months, cut her throat with a
table knife yesterday and lived but
a few minutes after the mangled body
OF her husband was brought home.
Oue]lette and a companion, Alfred
Gsgnon, were killed when their carri-
age was struct by an inter-colonial
railway train at a grade crossing.
near Quebec.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-02
ADMITS HIS GUILT
VAUGHN CONFESSES HIS AWFUL
CRIME FREELY.
He Breaks Down and Tells How He
Ruined Innocent Young Girls in
the Home.

the Home.
II am guilty of the charges against
me. l must have been tempted by
thc devil. If ever q man has repent.
ed for his sins that man is me. Ev-
cry night since resigned as super
iItendent of the orphan asylum
have prayed to my Maker to forgive
me. My wife and child are living
near Greenville and 1t is breaking
my heart to think what my child
will have to face when she grows
older"
Such was the confession Of Thurs
tor U. Vaughn, former superinten-
dent Of the Odd FeIlows Orphan
Home near Greenville S. c., made
just before departing for South Car
olina from Baltimore with Sheriff
Poole.
Pathos marked every taltering ut
terance Of the broken man. Tears
corrsed down his cheeks and his
frame shook with emotion. Sup
ported by the strong arm Of the kind
officer the prisoner talked to a groap
Of newspaper men for some time be-
fore leaving the city prison.
81 regret it all, regret it ALL" re-
peated Vaughn in depths OF despair.
eff it could only be undone," he
walled.
Vaughn seemed to mink more of
the sorrow that has come to his wife
and daughter than of his own aW-
full plight.
Since early Wednesday he has
been changed man. He broke
down completely and has been in
a high state of nervousness since.
Wednesday afternoon he voluntarily
confessed to his guilt and appeared
mere composed when he had unbur-
deLed his soul.
Sheriff j. Perry Poole, Of Green
vile, left Wednesday afternoon with
Vaughn and will proceed direct to
the State penitentiary at Columbia.