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rolls of music. saved the crowd throng-
ing Broadway and ThirtV-third Street
late Friday afternoon from possible
injury when a gas explosion i'm the
basement OF the Hotel Martinique blew
"A manhole cover into the air.
The three hundred pounds OF must
clan was divided into two parts; Ste
sau Pagano. who plays the cello and
had it with him, and Luigi Cirielli, who
was accompanied by his faithful bass
violin. These members OF a cafe or
chestra were on their way to their
nights work. and had got as far as the
manholc cover on the sidewalk when
the explosion announced itself with a
loud report.
Inside the hotel it announced itself
i'm another way by hurting the Signore
Pagano and Cirielli through the Thir-
tN-third Street entrance into the lobby
Of the hotel, where they landed ker-
PUNK. and very much flabberEaStc
several hundred pedestrians. who at
the first report had made a dash i'm all
directions which led away from what
had sounded like a pistol shot, now
came running back in obedience 10 the
musicians had n large audience sur
rounding them. They got up smiling.
recovered their instruments and the
several rolls OF music that were scat
tered. and bowed themselves away.
The cover had expended it's force on
the genial Italians and lay harmless
on the sidewalk. 1t was really rather
dangerous as a proiectile. being one Of
those glass-studded affairs that give
light in the basement as well a s pro-
vide solid walking surface.
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JUDGE SKEEN To
PURIFY ELECTIONS

BRISTOL, VA, Special.-Pursuing
ms determined course 10 purify cleo
lions in Southwest Virginia, regard
less of what il may cost, Judge IL. \.
now pushed the work of inVestiga-
ton into Dickinson county, which
county adjoins Lee, and where, it is
alleged. election briberies were as nu-
merOuS in recent elections as in the
county of Lee. where more than 200
men are under Indictment
While the work was begun in Lee
county first. the first cases to be
brought to trial were In the county
of Dickinson. Dickinson, being re-
mote in the mountains, has neither
telegraph nor telephone connection
with the outside world. The court is
held at Clintwood, the county seat
where reside many people of high in
telliSence. The community is a pros
porous one, and has long had the
advantages of good schools and
churches. Judge Skeen's inVestiga-
ton has caused more than the ordin-
airy commotiOn among the people of
that remote county. and already
some cases have been disposed of.
Asked for a statement regarding what
has been accomplished by Judge
Skeens probe in Dickinson county,
prominent attorney who practices at
the Clintwood bar summed up the
work as follows:
AT the March and July terms of
the Circuit Court at ClintwOod the
grand jury returned 165 indictments
for violations of the election laws
At the July term. which closed on the
18th ultimO, thirty-nIne of those in
dicted were called to trial. OF this
number nine were found not guilty
upon trial. The remainder either con-
fessed or were tried and found guilty
Those who confessed were given the
minimum fine Of 500. and those who
went to trial were fined from SIPS
to $3.50 each.
"By operation of law all those con-
Tossing or convicted at trial stand dis
franchised until the disability shall
be removed by the Governor of the
State.
Among those convicted are two
prominent farmers living near Clint
wood. who are worth from $1,000 to
$4,000 each. Among those indicted
and yet to be tried are three prOmi-
nent ministers and many prosperous
citizens.
I'm addition to the foregoing in
dictments the grand jury at the
March and July terms found over
200 indictments for the Illicit sale of
whiskey i'm the county. These await
| trial, which Will very likely be reach
ed at the September term of the
court"
Good Citizens With Him.
Commenting upon these facts, the
attorney said;
/ his VIII, III my OPINION, SO Il
long way toward purifying elections,
as it is undisputed that 'moOnshine'
| has operated conspicuOusly in every
| political campaign.
'All the substantial citizens of the
| county. irrespective of party, are in
harmony with Judge Skeen and the
other officials in their effort to stamp
| out those evils. SO far as I know.
| there have been no threats made in
Dickinson county, nor has any obsta-
| Gle been thrown in the way of the
authorities in their effort to make a
| complete and thorough investigation,
! prosecution and termination of all
the election and revenue violations
| in the county"
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EAGLES In SESSION
AT FOREST CITY
The Convention Formally Meets in
acknowledgements of Wei
come.

C. l. e E j. AND, OHIO, Special
With an illuminated arch of welcome
and "A hundred-fOot Maypole with land
fcstoOns of flags and banners extend
ing from il in every direction, and the
business buildings decorated, the big
annual show of the Fratcrnal Order
of Eagles was in full blast today
The convention was + o m a | ! Y
launched last evening when the Arch
of Welcome on the square was first
lighted TO the aid of accompanying
music of bands. The Grand Aerie
proper opens at s o'clock tonight at
the Eagles club house, East Fifty
fifth Street.
There Will be speeches Of welcome
by Mayor Newton ID. Baker and Gov
ernor Judson Harmon, and a recep-
ton to the grand officers will follow
at $50 o'clock.
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WILSON'S VIEWS
ON NEWSPAPERS
Governor OF New Jersey Says Men Who
Are Responsible for Publishing
Untruths Should BE Pun
iShed.

H.
SEA GRIT, n. J., Special.-Governor
wilson gave Sea Grit correspondents
a few Of his views on the daily
newspapers of the present time. 1T
seems to me-" said the nominee. that
there ought to be some method of
punishment me . q out to those con
nected with the oaily newspaper who
are responsible for the misrepresen-
tation and false statements printed.
or course, l realize the difficulty of
the task set for the newspapers and
l recognize the sincerity of their eff
forts, yet cannot understand some
of the things they do.
During the course of an address
that l ha0 made some years ago l VEN
tured the statement that i'm small COM
munities public opinion was developed
i'm the cross roads store, where the
farmers sat around, Chewed tobacco
spit in the SawduSt and EXCHANGED
ideas. l SaiO jOkingly that no mat
ter what might be said of tobacco
chewing il must be admitted il made
men think, and that wherever YOU
found men chewing tobacco together.
there YOU found the real. public opin-
ion Of the country"
Imagine my establishment the next
morning when the newspapers came
out ignoring the rest of my address
ana featuring what l had said about
tobacco chewing, declaring | had said
that tobacco chewing made thinkers
and imagine my horror when | found
the story following me all over the
country and getting worse and worse
every minute until in a Dakota paper
| was quoted there to the extent of a
column on the great advantages of
tobacco chewing.
And can you further imagine my
chagrin when a big chewing tobacco
concern made a photograph of one Of
| the newspaper reports and printed
| it in their advertising. | was stam-
| peded as college president who ad-
vocated chewing tobacco to develop
the nina. OF course. l could not over
take such story. For such work
! as this | think the responsible one
should be punished, for that sort of
| thing is wrong"
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ARMOUR EFT AL, STUNG. TRY
TO RECOUP ON TELEPHONE

CHICAGO, Special.-The Automatic
Electric Company, which manufac-
lures the automatic telephone, has
given an option for five years for 81
per cent. of its stock to the Armour.
Hartman, Stillman interests, which
are now behind the new device. The
same interests, it may be said. are
away behind" They invested mill
lions in the Chicago subways with
out return and the only prospect Of
profit now is through the automatic
telephone.
There is $4,6O9,2OO stock of the
Automatic Electric Company, which
concern manufactures the instruments
and controls the patents in the United
States and Canada. The Chicago and
New York capitalists propose to make
the automatic telephone in Chicago
the basis for a wide exploitation of
the automatic instrument. The nego-
tiations were concluded in New York
When Ogden Armour, the late e.
M. Hartman and James Stillman
made the original loan of $4,000. 900
ton extend the tunnels of the Chicago
SUBWAY Company they did not know
muNhI of the telephone part Of the
franPhise. They increased this loan
TO $4,000, 600. At any time within the
ffve-year period the stock may be
purchased at $50 per share. It was
quoted Yesterday at SOS per share.
4 has RSsteed to w. S. Tod,
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society leaders. but will be adjudged
insane and sent to an asylum. DR..
Leslie w. Schwab, the Guthrie family
physician, declared today that the
young Raffles' is IAN educated fooT'
and a dynamite kleptomaniac. He has
been a bookworm ever since his child
hood, said the physician. Aside from
his studious nature as boy, he used
TO sit 10y the hour at night and read
thrilling detective yarns. 1t was this
occupation that fostered that mental
condition which has always been ap-
parent i'm him.
in storing his thefts instead of dispos-
ing of them is but an example Of his
mental condition. L am sure he has
suffered periods Of mental alteration
for years"
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CHICAGO Is STILL
In FEAR OF STRIKE

CHICAGO, I'LL, Specialize rests
with the officials OF the street car
companies whether we shall have in
duStrial peace or war in Chicago" said
w. ID. Mahon, president of the Anal
Samated Association of Street Railway
and Elevated employees. today in refer
ence to the threatened strike of 5000
traction employees.
MahOn is hopeful of peace, but in
SiStS that the company must yield to
the unions demand for increases in
wages.
a new element of danger was added
to the situation today, however, when
the barnmen and pOwerhouse en-
ployeS threatened to strike if the other
employees went out. This would COM
pletely tie up all systems.
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U. S. TROOPS In
MIX-UP ON BORDER

Ell PAS0, TEN, Special.-HaIf
a hundred or more shots were
exchanged between armed men
i'm Mexico and United States sol
dicrS on the border guard duty
late last night and early.
The firing was opened from the
Mexican side. and is declared by
American army officers 10 be a
deliberate attempt to cmbrOiI the
United States in the Mexican rev.
OIutiOn.
A number of shots were fired
at n guard of American troops on
the American side OF the line
and three of the bullets struck the
home of G. IT. Cole. Later the
home of a. ID. Martin was also
hit. The American soldiers re-
piled to the fire and sent a score
or more shots over the intcPna-
tiOnaI border.
Night before last. at NOgaIes,
Ariz., Mexican Federal soldiers
fired over the border into the
United States.
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BLAMES BOOKS
FOR HIS DOWNFALL

CHICAGO, I'LL, Special.-While ar
rangements were being made for eX-
animation by alienists of Jacob Foy
Guthrie, the Chicago "raffles," who
says ne was lured from his profession
of teaching by reading detective sto-
ries, the police compiled an inventory
of the prisoners loot.
From the list of articles already I'M
earthed it is believed by the police
that over $3.50, 900 worth of art works,
jewelry and other articles will be
found before the task is finished.
Fearing that Guthrie would attempt
suicide, Captain Helpin stationed a
guard over him, and the disposition of
his case will depend on the result of
the examination today. There is no
doubt that Guthrie's defense will be
insanity.
IT is possible that he may never be
brought to trial for robbing Chicago
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BECKER FACES
HIS ACCUSERS
Bald" Jack Rose Claims Police
Lieutenant Double Crossed Him
in Rosenthal Shooting Affair.
Three Charges Are Expect
ed Against Prisoner.
NEW YORK. SneciaI. Lien

NEW YORK, Special. - Lieu
tenant Charles Becker. charged
with the murder OF Herman Ro-
scnthai. was arraigncd this morn
ing at 1880 o'clock before Judge
Thomas {. Grain. In Part /, Cen
Cral Sessions.
Robert IL. Elder, formerly an
assistant district attorney for
Kings county, appeared with John
w. Hart as counsel for Becker.
The two lawyers came prepared to
make a motion that the minutes
of the testimony before the grand
jury. upon which Becker was in
dictcd for murder. should be
turned over To them for inspec-
ton and that sufficient postpone
mcnt DC allowed To permit them
To go over the record with care.
becker was brought across the
brtdEe Of signs while a great crowd
I'm the streets watched his progress
He was taken before Judge
Thomas 4. Grain in Part 1. General
Sessions. IL was The day set for
becker's formal pIeR and his at
I 3"rnsSs, Hart and Elder, asked
pIen of not guilty In order that they
might make two motions. The
prisoner il thus left in the same
position he WAS In at the time OF
his nrrest-NvithOut any plea what
ever.
Upon the suggestion of the Dis
trtct Attorney aud without any DIFF
ference OF opinion, Judge C-nIn
agreed that the ease ought 10 he
sent back tO Judge MuIqueen. sit
ting in Part =. who had heard the
first proceedings ina the matter.
80 the lawyers and the prisoner
went over TO the AIulqueen court
room.
The attorneys presented to Judge
Mulqueen two motions. One of
them was that the Indictment he
dismissed and the other was for
leave 10 Inspect the minutes OF the
grand jury. The court received
both and set August 9Th nS the date
when he would hear them further
and such plea as might be made.
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CHICAGO, I'LL, SpeciaI.-Wor

CHICAGO, ILL.,, SpeciaI.-MOre
than 1900 delegates for the first
national convention of the Pro-
@rcSSiVe party thrOngcd the hotel
Hobbies today, waiting eagerly for
two events. The first was the
coming of Theodore Roosevelt,
leader of the party.
The second was the opening of
the convention at the Coliseum
at noon. The colOnel's coming
was the star attraction OF the
morning, and the delegates and
the visitors who came with them
poured into Chicago Yesterday
and last night until thousands
were on hand TO give him "A noisy
welcome.
The second event is scheduled
to take place at noon.
In the meantime the managers
put in Il busy morning. The pro-
ViSiOnal committee met at the
Congress Hotel TO take up a COM
promise proposed in settlement
of the Southern delegation con-
tests. The compromise suggested
was that the negroes from the
south be given seats, but denied
votes.
Many of the negroes have al
ready left Chicago, saying they
would not be seated as regular
delegates. The committee promise
was suggested as an eleventh
hour scheme TO prevent negro Op-
position in Southern States. Final
preparations for the convention
itself went ahead rapidly during
the morning.
Colonel Chauncey Depew, SER
Seant at arms for the newest ma
ional gathering and the second
held in Chicago within two
months, was busy at the Coliseum
experimenting the final DISPOSE
ton OF his aides who will act as
police" and uSherS during the
gathering.
The police arrangements are not
so elaborate as those at the Re
publican convention.
TO-day's program consists of
setting the machinery i'm motion.
Temporary organization, NAM
ing of committees and the sound
ing of the keynote speech are the
matters to come before the dele
gates. According to the plans
MediII Mccormick is to handle
the gaveI that ushers the new
party into formal existence.
Then the gavel is to go to Sem
ator Joseph NJ. Dixon, ROoseveIt's
campaign manager, who steered
the colOneIS course through the
Republican convention, and has
been his personal representative
in the formation of the new party.
TO Dixon falls the duty of present.
ing former Senator BeVeridge, of
Indiana, temporary chairman of
the convention.
The colonel himself will do a
lot OF 'keynOting" at tomorrow's
session. and all the orators in the
new organization who want TO
falkland most of them do-wiH
be given chance before the con-
Vention comes to an end.
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MAY COMPROMISE
ON BATTLESHIPS

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Prospects OF an early agreement on
the battleship appropriation in the ma
val bill today frightened when it was
learned the Senate is willing to COM
promise on one Dreadnaught.
The House leaders declared that on
this basis it would be possible soon to
reach an agreement and that the
Democratic caucus to be held tomor-
row night would rescind its former ac-
ton.
The resolution which will be intro
duced by Representative Sulzer. OF
New York. will give Democrats an on
portunity for voting for either two bat
teships. one battleship or none.
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NO CHANCE FOR
PEACE in MEXICO
GENERAL SAIAAZAR MARCHING
TO JOIN OROZCO'S DETACH-
MENT OF TROOPS.

Eh PASO, TEXAS, Special-Juarez
is again free from fear of attack by
the Mexican Federal army as a result
of defeat inflicted upon General San
Jine's forces OF rebels under General
Salazar, the Insurrecto leader i'm
Northern Mexico.
Salazar is now marching northward
TO join Orozco's detachment in Juarez.
1t is understood THAI after this juno
ture is ERECTED the combined force
will move westward. close to the Unit
ed States border. This will cause the
rebels to march across desert coun-
try but they will avoid mountains
which offer opportunities for ambus-
cades.
Sympathizers of the rebel move
ment in FL Paso declare that the re-
Voluton is at present as far from
being subdued in the northern States
as il ever was.
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TAFT ACCEPTS
HIS RESIGNATION
Judge Hanford, Under Impeach-
ment Charges, Is Allowed to
Retire from Bench.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Special
President Taft accepted the resigna-
ton of United States Judge Cor
nelius Hanford, of Seattle, Wash,
which was sent to the President two
weeks ago.
The President deferred action in the
case until the return of the congress
sional investigating committee which
went to Seattle to take testimony in
the impeachment charges brought by
Representative Victor Berger.
This committee reported on Satur-
day, and President Taft accepted the
resignation today without any COM
ment.
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PENSION HELD, UP
BY CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Payment of $3O,OOO,OOO in pensions
to veterans of the Mexican and Civil
Wars, among whom are numbered
several thousand observation-disclosures. is
being held up because of the delay
in Congress on the pension appropria-
ton bill.
Vouchers are ready for mailing if
Congress would agree on the bill, but
II is being held up by a dispute over
the abandonment of pension agencies.
thousands of complaints and ap-
peals are being received daily at the
pension office from the veterans Of
the two wars whose money has been
held up because Congress has failed
to appropriate the $165,O0O,OOO ne
cessary to meet all existing pensions
and the new "dOllar-a-day" act, while
the members of Congress are thrash
ing the pension agency question out.
The aged veterans, many of whom
are entirely dependent on their al
lOwance from the government in con-
sequence are deprived of both the
money granted them under the old
act and the increase made under the
new law.
District Pensioners Hurt.
Several thousand pensioners in the,
District are affected by the new law
About 5000 due veterans in the
District has been held up, and will
the District pensioners 900 are in
mates of the Soldiers Home, some
1000 are employed in the various gov
eminent departments, and perhaps
one-haf of the remaining are unem-
ployed and dependent on their allow
ance from the government.
Certificates Are Ready.
Realizing the desperate straits of
many of the pensioners, Senator Nc
Cumber chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Pensions. yesterday intro
duced resolution calling for the i'm
mediate appropriation of $30,OOO,OOO
for the payment of all claims due up
to August 4th. Since the passing of
the Sherwood S a day act on Nav
18th Commissioner of Pensions James
l.. Davenport and his force have been
working night and day in order to
complete the new vouchers and GER
tificates necessary. For some time
the certificates have been brought up
TO date and sent to the eighteen pen
sion agencies ready for distribution
when the money is made available
through the passage of the appro-
priati0 bill.
The appropriation of $4,000, 900
for the fiscal year 1912 carried the
office up to June 30th last. When
the new law was passed last May It
increased the annual pension roll to
$164, 500, 600. When the current year
ran out and the pension office was
left without funds the matter Of the
appropriation was still pending in
Congress. In order to carry the pen
sion office over the difficulty S12,-
600, 900 was made Immediately avail
able on July 18th. Since the receipt
of this money the expenditures which
were due to be paid by the pension
office have grown, until, by the be-
ginning of the next week, the office
will be nearly $4,000. 900 behind in
its accounts.
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COMMITTEEMAN DAILY
KILLS HIMSELF WITH GUN

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Special
News was received here today from
Tolovan, seventy miles west of here,
that Democratic National Committee
man Daily, of Alaska, committed sui
eide there yesterday by shooting him
self. DAILY was en- route for the Idta-
rod District when he took his life.
A cOroner'S jury was empaneled at
Hot Springs mediately after the
shooting and returned a verdict of
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AMBASSADOR HAS
SECRET TYPEWRITER

LONDON, Special.-Baron Marshall
Won Bieberstein, the new and gigantic
German Ambassador, who was trans
ferred from his ambaSsadorial post in
COnstantinople TO London because he is
believed to be the most capable diplO-
mat who could possibly represent the
Kaiser in the British court while the
relations between the two countries are
strained. has brought with him a pri-
vate typewriter, with special type,
which only the baron and one or two
members of the German Foreign ONCE
can read. The baron allows no one
else 10 work this machine, and always
carries the key on him. He himself
typewrites all his private code mes
SageS.