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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
BURSTED WATER
Pipe FL9ODSECTTY
Section of Chicago Inundated and Sew.
eral Persons Have Narrow Es-
capeS from Drowning When
Water Main Bursts.

CHICAGO, ILL., Specialists
persons were injured, a number
nad narrow escapes from drown
ing, damage totaling 100000 was
uOne and n section of Chicago
turned into little Venice today
as the result of the bursting of n
Dig water main at. Tbirty-third
Street and Wentworth Avenue.
Inc water guShed into the air
lor llfteen feet and descended i'm
Hood that covered blocks.
poured INTO easements and un-
uerIn1ned sidewalks and streets.
n1remen and policemen were
called. a fire truck. dashins. IN
the scene of the accident. crashed
through an undermined streef
and pitched the members of the
truck company to- the roadway.
Five were hurt
Another fireman. attemDtinp tO
rescue n man who had fallen irhO
basement, fell himself. Was q
verely bruised and almost drown
ed before he was fished out bv
his companions.
The water poured into the
basement of the Armour Insti-
tute, where n great quantity of
expensive testing apparatus is set
up Most of this was heavily
damaged.
Avenue line were detoured over
other streets.
The flooded district extended
from State Street to Princeton
Avenue and from Thirty-first
street 10 Thirty-third Street. n
space two blocks long and three
wide.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
GENERAL BOOTH LAID To REST AMIDST
SCENES OF HEART TOUCHING GRIEF

LONDON Special. Amidst scnes
Oh heart-touching grief the late Cen
eral William Booth, patriarch and
FOUNDER of the Salvation Army. was
lald TO rest beside the body of
MS VIE i'm Abney Park Cemetery.
Burlal of dearly beloved poten-
tate could hardly have caused a mar
aleI OF the pathetic exhibitions Of
general grief as the catafalque moved
'hrougn the streets or London.
AS the procession moved nv busi-
ness was suspended. The great cit,,
OF London paid it's tribute TO tbe
memory of the great internationaI
ity. S'ii0er-
Mourners from overseas stood with
teariul eyes as the funeral ranks
swept by. The simple dignity of tbe
oDSequleS was touching. A militarv
aspect was given by the uniforms 81
the SalVationists. but there was moth
ing OF the harshness of war in their
demeanOr. 'eh
Between 5000 ana 5000 members
OF the Salvation Army. representinfS
All parts OF the world, were in line.
Ihe procession moved away from
Ihames Embankment at 1870 O'clock
Forty brass bands played sacred mn
sic as the procession moved. BLOOD
ana fire banners. the emblem of the
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lily any political advantage the Attor-
hSy-General may have got out of the
adoption OF the resolution"
agree entirely with the Chicago
actuated the Attorney General which
l cannot believe, he will find that his
failure is more disastrous even tina N
ms euortS TO destroy the trusts for
while he has secured the adoption of
the resolution by the association which
settled the title of Lewis, Wilson and
MOTIFS TO membership i'm the associa :
ton, and doubtless has thereby Sc
cured their adherence to the cause of
an already rejected administration
5000 negro lawyers of the United
states who find that the Attornev-Gen-
eral, an order TO save Lewis, Wilson and
MOTIFS. has voted for a resolution
that forever excludes them from the
privileges of the association
The Attorney General declared on
me uoor OF the association that i'm
the passage OF this resolution he 60
cured all that he wanted. We wei
come MN into the ranks Of those who
kept as its founders intended TO be-
and. as this resolution for which ~
voted declares, in the hands of white
persons. The Attorney Generals whole
correspondence on this subject shows
that ne thought an injustice had been
done Lewis in his rejection by the
committee IN order to grat ify a race
prejudice entertained by some of IT'S
members His return to the view of
the founders Of the association that ~
bers is most gratifying to those who
nave heretofore disagreed with him
~ requires real manhood for one 10
change his point of view. especially
uhder hre' ana the Attorney General
has given the highest evidence of this
supreme virtue"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
DYNAMITE Was
ONLY USED TO BLUFF
According to Pittman's Comics.
sion, Lawrence (Mass.) Offend
ers Expected Cops to Find II

BOSTON, MASS Special.-Ernest
w. Pittman, builder of the Wood e.
aver Mills at Lawrence, who commit
S ecu SUICIDE a1ter being summoned be-
fore the grand jury in connection nil
the planting" of dynamite in Law
renee during the strike, confessed TO
the district attorney, it became known
today. y" Il
me arrest or several men promi-
nent in the textile industrv in -,
england is expected today as a result
0I the investigation District Attorney
PeLetier has been conducting secret,
~ Tor the last three days.
rlttHhah is reported to have said
that the men who were impIicated did
not intend to use any of the dvna-
mite and were to take everyprecaution
10 nave it discovered" by the poIica
as soon as it was placed in the posses
S SION Oh the operatives, so that the
Iatter could not use 1t if thew hapDen-
ed to find it,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
COLUMBUS GREETS
PRESIDENT TAFT
Ohio City's Centennial Visitors
Cheer Big Man as He Rides
Through Streets.

COLUMBUS, o. Special Presi-
dent Taft arrived here over the Penn
sylvania Railroad at o'clock. central
time Thursday and was given a
military escort through High Street
10 the Southern Hotel, where he 1yas
received by Mayor George A. Karb
members of the Ohio-Coiumbus cen
tehhlal commission and distinguished
guests
After informal greetings had baap
extended the President and his marty
had breakfast at the hotel
Inc train was forty minutes late
having been delayed by the severe
Storms So rms! IN ONO last night. Thousands
OF centennial visitors lined the streets
and cheered the President as his an
tomobile whirred by.
Today was Federal Day of the centen-
NAL, with President Taft the guest OF
honor; His itinerary here included
Two addresses one at the Fair Grounds
IN the morning and the other at the
bench and bar banquet at the South-
ern Hotel in the evening.
lie also heard the concert of the
German singing society in front of the
state capital during the morning.
after lunch at the club house of the
feueral Guards, the President will re-
turn TO the city and hold a public re-
ceptlon from to 4:40 O'clock in the
rotunda in the State House.
Admission will be by card only. dis
trlbuted to the people as they arrive
at an outside entrance to the huiIdo
ing.
Secret service men assisted the
local police in keeping awav unde-
slraDles, and the admission by card
arrangement was adopted as an addi-
tional precaution.
The President will spend the night
IN Columbus, and leave here for the
East tomorrow morning.
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FIRE DESTROYS
LUMBER PLANT
Phoenix Lumber Company Plant
Heaviest Loser in Fire That
Causes Alarm.

DANNILLE, VA Special Fire
practically destroyed the plant. ma
chinery and stock Of the Phoenix Lum-
Der Company, near the railroad bridge
here, causing loss estimated con
servativeyl at $4,000.
The proximity of the storage tanks
OF the Red G oil Company ana large
quantities Of gasoline. as well as the
nearnesS of the street railway power
mouse, crystal ice plant and the White
Mill. Of the Riverside Company. made
the fire dangerous one.
strenuous efforts, however. confined
the hames to the lumber plant. The
hre destroyed the saw and planina,
miIl and its machinery, a store owned
py henry Waller. two dry kilns and
most of the stock of lumber. No in
Surance was carried on the property.
The same plant suffered heavy losses
by floods last May.
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How Compromise Was Effected.

MILWAUKEE,, WIS., Special
Attorney General George w. Wicker
sham and his associates in the De-
partment of Justice yesterday proved
themselves apt pupils of their chief
engineer, Tart, of the steam roller.
Copying his methods, they forced a
peaceful solution of the troublesome
question of negro membership in the
American Bar Association, forced
both the Northern and Southern con-
tingents to swallow a compromise
that neither side approved of but
settled once for all the question Of
the color line in the association.
Here is the story of the convention
in brief, and the solution
Attorney General Wickersham pro-
tested against the enforced resigna-
ton Of Assistant Attorney General
William II. Lewis and two other
negro members of the association
When the Northerners demanded the
dropping of the agitation against
Lewis and the Southerners demanded
their expulsion, Attorney General
Wickersham, representing the North
in the Department of Justice; Solicit
tor General Bullitt, of Kentucky, and
former Secretary of War Jacob Dick
inson, of Tennessee, repreSe nting the
South, arranged the compromise by
which Lewis and his negro associates
are recognized as legally elected
members of the association, but no
more negroes can be admitted with
out sufficient chance for protest on
the part of the association at large
this in effect forever drawing the
color line in the association.
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JUDGE G0fF READY
TO BEGIN INQUIRY

NEW YORK Special ALL of the
details of the graft inquiry which Jus
tce Goff is to conduct in the special
term of the Supreme Court in connec-
ton with the murder of Herman Ro-
senthal, will be settled at a meeting
to be held here.
Justice Golf, it is understood. is
ready to sit daily att the inquiry no
matter how long it lasts.
from present indications the spe-
cial sessions may last throughout the
entire winter.
District Attorney Whitman said he
would take to Milbrook with him the
elshty-two page complaint prepared
by Assistant District Attorney DeFord.
Whlch is the basis Of all complaints.
II ioreshadows the most elaborate
municipal crusade ever attempted in
New York. While two SUSPECTS are
held at FONDA, n. Y, the search for
"Gyp the Blood" and Lefty Louie"
the missing gunner wanted on Ro-
seminal murder indictments. continues
in other quarters.
Despite the confidence of the de-
tectVes working under william ].
Burns that the men at Fonda are the
right ones, doubt is growing in other
circles.
Letters containing indignant pro-
tests from landlords are pouring in
upon Mayor Gaynor because of the
action of the Police Commissioner in
exposing the owners of properties
housing illegal resorts
Virtually all claim Ignorance" OF
the business transacted in houses
owned by. them. The others resent
oonce Interference in ''pFvate af-
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WASHINGTON, d. C., Special

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Acting on the urgent request of
the State Department. President
Taft ordered the Tenth
United States Infantry. under
command OF Colonel Henry \.
Greene, TO Nicaragua from Pam
anna City.
The regiment, which is at full
lighting strength of 200 men and
equipped for Il long and strenu-
Gus field campaign, will leave
Panama tonight on "a Pacific Mail
steamer, arriving at COrinto Sat
urday morning.
This is the FIRST time since the
boxer uprising in China that the
United States has sent regular
soldiers outside the country pre-
pared for fighting.
Colonel Greene has orders TO
scatter his men throughout Mica
rauSua in order To protect Amer
lean interests there and TO omen
fire on any rebel forces which
may threaten his command.
The United States is determined
TO use every possible effort to
put down the Mena rebellion.
Whlch the State Department today
characterized as "barbarous. I'M
civilized and totally unworthy of
any respect"
The arrival of the Tenth Infan-
try in Nicaragua will give the
United States a fighting force
there of nearly 1000 men, as the
cruisers Denver and California
are almost certain TO have arrived
before the soldiers.
Dispatches to The State Depart
ment today indicate that every
one OF these troops is urgently
needed In the Latin-American re-
public TO preserve order, because
the rebels are rapidly gaining
strength and matters are APP
preaching a crisis.
Generals Mena and ZeIadon
have surrounded Managua and
the capital is i'm Imminent dam
ger of falling into their hands.
The $50 marines and sailors
there, although wei armed. are
poorly prOvisiOned, and il is feared
the rebels might starve them into
submission before the $50 ma
fineS, now en- route from PhiIa-
deiphia, could come TO their as
Sistance.
The Tenth Infantry, however
should reach Managua by Sunday
and, attacking the rebel forces
from the rear, compel them to
break and flee.
orders have been given to show
no mercy to any rebel forces
which gives battle TO the Amer-
can troops, and President Diaz
has been assured of the active
support of the United States i'm
crushing the rebellion.
The embarkation of the Tenth In.
ntry will leave the Canal Zone en-.
rely unprotected either by marine,
soldiers, but Major General Leon.
d Wood, chief of staff, said TO-DAY
at ne would probably order another
giment from the Pacific coast to
lnama TO replace the Tenth.
Inc total American force in Mica
qua by the middle of next week
III number about 3,40O.
There are $50 marines and sailors
ready at Managua. The Tenth In
ntry will add 1890 more, the Den
r and California will bring about
100 and $50 marines are en- route
I'm Philadelphia.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
GIRL INSTANTLY
KILLED BY AUTO

REVERE, MASS Special
Isaac Davenport, wealthy resi-
dent of Richmond, Va. while driv-
ing with his chauffeur, Willard
Prior. also of that city, last night,
struck and Instantly killed Annie
Levine, Of 81 BcIIcrica Street. Bos-
ton, making the third fatal auto
accident this week at Revere
Beach.
The accident occurred on BOs-
tons greatest pleasure resort
beach boulevard, where thousands
OF cars are on the course every
hour of the day. The car was
making about twenty miles an
hour.
IL ran over the girl, crushing
her skull.
The occupants of the car were
thrown out, but were unhurt.
Prior was arrested for man.
slaughter, but Mr. Davenport
bailed him out. The auto was
running from Revere towards
Lynn. Mass, at the time of the ac-
cident.
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Orange. i'Oi cue IN
Besides the Ryans. the partv in
SIuueu Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur SpauId-
ms Oh Jersey City; William and Rms
sen Ryan, ten and twelve years old
a neighbor. i'iieS >
Ihey left Jersey City i'm the fore
1ooh' Mr. Spaulding, an experienced
urNer OF automobiles, at the wheel
he was to show Mr.. Ryan. who had
ieGShtly bought the car. how to run IL.
nD6ough Jersey City. Newark and
me oranges, Mr.. Spaulding was tho
chauneur. Mrs. Ryan demurred wban
Sne hearu her husband say he vould
Sdhe the wheel, but finally, when a
ieNeI stretch of straight road near the
WINSTON corners was reached. She
gave her consent.
MT Ryan set out at rate of fftaen
miles an hour, but before he reali1ed
II ne was on down grade and the car
was gaming speed. Unfamiliar with
the levers he found he did not know
now to apply the brake. and as The
speed increased he lost his head. Near
a urn OF the road, where the grade is
steepest and oil had lust been snrooS
over the macadam, the. car sxiddad
over. Pie'eiS
All but the driver. who was held IN
ms seat by the wheel. were flung cIear
Oh the car. When residents OF the
helghborhood helped to raise the
neaVy automobile. Mr.. Ryan was
round dead underneath ii.
Inc KeN. Matthias j. Macdonald.
rector or St Johns Church. Orange
answered telephone summons to the
scene; He said it was evident that
MT. Ryan had died instantly.
MT. Ryan was a telegraph operator
eeIInplOyed by a broker on Broadway.
NE" YORK. He was fifty years old.
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WOMAN KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Chauffeur Arrested for Reckless Driy
ing-Car Was Travelling Sixty
Miles an H0ur When 1t Hit
Bridge.

NEW YORK. SPECIAL One
woman was killed and two other
persons were injured early today
when an automobile containing a
merry party hOmeward bound
from gay dinner, skidded and
overturned near Rye, n. ".
The dead woman is Miss Lillian
Lette, of 252 Washington Avenue.
New York city, who was crushed
To death.
The injured were men, whose
names were not revealed by the
police.
The chauffeur was arrested.
charged with reckless driving.
The automobile is said TO have
been going sixty miles an hour
when IL struck a buttress of
trcStle and overturned.
At 252 Washington Avenue it
was said that Miss Lette was only
visiting there. Her home was i'm
Cape City, Va
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marchers. 'S
When the procession arrived at
congress Hall, in Clapton, the pro
cesslon halted, while the coffin. con
tanning the body of the founder. was
removed from the bier. where II had
been resting in state for a week and
placed upon the funeral car.
thousands stood uncovered as tho
pam oak casket bearing the colors of
the salvation Army was carried from
the hail. Immense crowds lined the
streets through which the line mo 4
10 Abney Park Flags futtered at
halt mast above the buildings.
Although the early morning wealth
er was threatening, hints of rain did
not in any way Interfere
AS the procession passed Mansion
House striking incident occurred.
Sir John Knill, who is acting Lord
Mayor of London in the absence OF
Or. crosby stepped upon the balcony
ana stood with his hand raised in sa
lute, while the hearse passed by.
sir John was dressed in the robes
OF MS office, and his act represented
me official tribute of the city TO the
memory of its distinguished citizen.
AT times a light rain fell. but the
ihourners in the street minded not the
DOWNFALL as they stood hatIess.
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Continued RAIN
MARSONS TOWN

LONDON. Special. Continued storma
ADDED to the seriousness of the flood
situation throughout England, Nor
Wlch is marooned. The Wensum
ana Ware Rivers. which join there. are
both out of their banks ''
The city was in darknaes 1as+ ,,,o-,..
AT least 1000 persons at Norwich Were
1 na.a from their homes. while dis
patches from other seriously affected
points indicate that the total number oS
homeless is over 10000 VI
number of suburbs of London arc
ed downfall
Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria
anu Prlnce Christopher of Greece. are
stormDound off Southwold in the rova1
yacht Victoria and Albert Oh
C,I FIRST Lord OF the Admiralty Winston
ShurchlH in the government Yacht
Enchantress has been stormboun4 fnr
tWenty-fOur hours at Grimshv W
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BREAKS neck IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

NEW YORK. Special.-Despite the
protests of his wife, because of his
lack OF experience, Thomas F.. Ryan.
of us Ocean Avenue, Jersey City, took
the wheel of his new seven passenger
touring car Sunday and lost control on
a down grade of Mount Pleasant Ave-
nue., just west of Livingston Centre,
six miles from Orange, N. ]. He was
killed when the machine turned up
side down in the ditch at the side of
the road. The car pinned him under
IL and broke his neck.
The six other occupants of the auto
mobile escaped serious injury. Mrs.
Ryan, whose face was cut and who
suffered from nervous shock. was ct
Etended at the OraEge< Memorial Hos
&ritai and then went home in a taxicab
with TIE otheX survivors,. The body
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
CANADA AGAINST
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Canadian Premier Says No to Fair
Delegation Who Ask
Franchise.

LONDON Special Canada must
do without suffrage for awhile Tbat
was the substance of the answer re
turned TO-DAY to a deputation of wo-
men by Robert l.. Borden, premier of
the Dominion Government, who is Wis
iting here.
reputation of women, headed by
Miss Barrett, militant leader caua1
upon the premier by appointment and
asked him whether or not he intended
introducing a bill in the Dominion
Parliament upon his return grantine-
the ballot to women.
10 inns Mr.. Borden replied that he
hadn't power TO do such a thing aS
the franchise laws there are made bv
the nine provincial legislatures. The
women were much crestfallen when
they departed.
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GUARD JAIL TO
PREVENT RESCUE
FRIENDS OF TRIO CHARGED WITH
Milling NEGRO WISH TO
LIBERATE THEM.

ALAMO. TENN Special.-A hun
dred armed men today guarded the
crockett county Jail to prevent friends
or Lonnie Graham. Nose Smith and
Arthur Key from attempting to res
cue them.
The three white men were arrest
ed in connection with the killing of
VIII COOK, negro. Friends of the
men say they will release the pris-
oners.
Cook lived in the country, three
nllIes from here. Monday night a
party of whites rode up TO hi, row
and summoned him outside. They
riddled him with bullets.
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BLEASE LEADS IN
RACE FOR GOVERNOR

COLUMBIA, s. C.. SpeciaI.-At
10 O'Clock u hundred thousand
votes had been counted and about
10000 were then TO be heard from.
Governor BleaSe was leading
his opponent by about 200. The
third candidate I'm the race has
received about 300.
Excitement throughout the
State is intense.
Returns will be completed
sometime tonight.
"A second race will likely be
necessary. a crowd of 10000
watched the bulletins here all
night. Today a large thrOng pa
raded the streets of Charleston.
where near riot was preciDi-
tated last night.
The Governor was requested by
long distance message to call out
the militia, but refused TO do so.
early rumOrs here that ballot
boxes had been rifled are now
thought to be untrue.
IL is impossible TO forecast the
result. The complete returns will
not be known until late tonight.
If then.
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GUESTS ROUTED BY
TERRIFIC HEAT
S1OO,OOO Stable Fire in New York
Terrifies Ginsborough Apart
ment House Guests.

NEW YORK, Aug. ga spectacu-
Tar IRE, which did 100000 damage
and routed the guests Of the axctS,O
slve Gainsborough apartment house
ana surrounding dwellings. occurred
early Tuesday when the 4-story brick
puiIdin" occupied as a stable by Man
nelner Brothers, at 225 and 227 West
-elghth Street, was destroyed.
90 intense was the heat that win
uoWs In the Gainsborough were broken
ana valuable paintings owned by art
ISIS living in the apartments were de-
stroyed. NJ
n number Of residents of the anart-
Iheht mousse are away for the sum
iner and their quarters are Temporal
lily closed. 81
intense confusion reigned and II
was necessary to call out the police
reserves from the West Forty-seventh
street police station.
>, me blaze was discovered by no.
nceman' who. after giving the alarm.
i INTO the stable and cut the
matters of thirty-five horses tnrn;n-
them loose in the streets.
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ENRAGEB CUBAN
ATTACKS GIBSON

VAVANA.- Special.-NOtwith.
standing the fact that the Cuban law
noids an assault upon a foreign
SIpioinat 10 be "a felony, Enrique
Maza, the Cuban reporter who as
sauIIed Hugh =. Gibson, the Charge
DAnaires of the American legation
mere last night, was today released
on mss own recORnizance.
Following the assault, which took
pInce IN hotel, Maza was locked
up: upon being arrafgned today
Defore "a police Judge, he demanded
MS liberty and his request was at
once granted.
~ ls understOOd that Mr.. Gibson
VIII lodge formal protest against
the case being heard by a police
judge.
Inc Cuban reporters anger had
been aroused because he had been
prescribed from the United States
legation quarter for falsely quoting
MT. Gibson on a matter relating to
the intercourse between the United
states and Cuban governments.