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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
MAN CLINGING TO MASTS
Vessel Coal Laden, Bound From
Norfolk to Savannah.
LIFE-SAVERS ARE HELPLESS
Heavy Seas and High Winds Pre-
vent the Launching Of the
Beach Boats.

NORFOLK, Va. November o-Thc
three-masted schooner John Maxwell Of
New York, commanded 10y Capt God
frey, bound from Norfolk TO Savannah.
with a cargo of coal-a vessel of 40 tons
and owned by A. III. Bull of New York
today lies stranded about three-quarters
of a mile southeast of the New Inlet life
saving station on this coast.
The two men who were still alive could
this morning be seen by the life savers
on the coast clinging to the wreck, but
they were either hampered or too weak
to accept the line offered to them from
shore and one of them subsequently
sprang from the rigging and was drowned.
The vessel is rapidly going to pieces ana
it is feared it will be Impossible to save
the man still aboard.
Reports from the New inlet life savers
TO the Cape Henry observer this forenoon
said that the weather conditions at the
scene Of the wreck We're cloudy. with wind
blowing from the north at the rate Of
thirty-eight miles an hour The sea was
very rough. The life savers, however, are
making every effort TO rescue the man
aboard the vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
NEW BECKER ATTORNEY
Joseph A. Shay Succeeds Mr..
Hart and Mr.. Mcintyre
Will Be Retained.

NEW YORK. November 2.-Joseph y.
Shay announced today that he had sue
ceeded John w. Hart as attorney of rec
ord for Lieut.. Becker, and that John f.
Mcintyre would be retained in the case.
Half dozen detectives from police
headquarters were detailed today to meet
all trains from Chicago arriving here this
afternoon to search for the four gunmen
said to be coming to take the life of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman.
Word of the Chicago Sunmen's alleged
plot against the district attorneys life
reached Mr. Whitman 10y letter from
Dutch" WHO said lie was keeper of a
CmyStie street opium joiat. The writer
gave no other name. and. in view al the
tact that about three hundred threat
ing letters have been received recently
by MI Whitman, he was inclined to
make little of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
CREMATED IN HOTEL FIRE
St. Louis Financier Dead and
Twenty Others Injured.
Firemen in Crash.

ST. LOUIS, November 2-One man. w.
c. Douglas. local financier. was burned
to death and twenty other persons were
injured. three receiving fractured skulls.
in fire which destroyed the Berlin Hotel
early this morning. One hundred and
fifty guests of the family hotel were
forced to flee in their night clothes.
Police and firemen. thinking other
guests had lost their lives. searched the
ruins for hours without finding any other
bodies The loss is estimated at $2JO.OOO
Guests are believed to have lost at least
S1UO.UO0 in jewelry.
A hose carriage on the way to the fire
struck a street car and three of the reel
crew are believed to be fatally injured.
Lieut. William Green of the fire depart
ment was crushed and his recovery is
regarded as doubtful.
Albert Grenret. who lived near the
scene of the fire, was run over by a fire
wagon and is believed to be fatally in
jured-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
TAFT LEAVES NEW YORK.
Members of Congress Also on Train
Going TO Utica.

NEW YORK. November 2.-President
Taft, Chairman Hilles of the republican
national committee. Justices Hughes
and Pitney of the United States Su-
preme Court and ten senators and rep
resentatives left here at S:35 o'clock
this morning on a special train over the
New York Central railroad for Utica to
attend the funeral of Vice President
Sherman.
The senators in the party were Messrs
Bacon. president pro tempore of the Sen
ate: O'Gorman of New York. Penrose OF
Pennsylvania and Works of California
Col. Ransdell and Charles H. Bennett.
sergeant -at-drms and secretary of the
Senate. respectively, and half a dozen
representatives We're with the party
President Taft expects to reach New
York on the return trip at 1915 O'Clock
tonight. and will remain here until Sun
day night. when he will leave for his
home in Cincinnati.
Former Gov. David r. Francis of Mis-
souri,; former Vice President Fairbanks
GCOpfipued On Sacop6 o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02

NEW YORK. November "a feature
of the observance of Wilson rally day
today was the reading az democratic ral-
lies through the country OF Gov. Wilson
message to the voters of the United
States This message was read by former
Judge Alton B. Parker at a Wilson rally
at Pelham Manor, West Chester county.
New York. and by other democrats
wherever the supporters of Gov Wilson
Assembled to observe the day
The governors message is as follows.
Gov. Wilson's Message.
Friends and Fellow-Citizens: We
ftand face to face with great decision,
decision which will affect the whole
course OF our national life and our indi-
vioual fortunes throughout the next gen.
era-ion. We must make that decision the
9th of November. 1t cannot be post
poned- We cannot vote without making
IL. and if We do not vote those who do
VIII make 1t for US The next four years
VIII determine how We are to solve the
question of the tariff. the question of the
trusts, the question of the reformation of
our whole banking and currency system.
the conservation of our natural resources
ana or the health and vigor of our people.
the development of our means of trans
portation. the right application of our
scientific knowledge to tie work and
H+a!thiul prosperity of our whole Dopu-
alton. whether in the Geld or in the fac
torres or in the mines the firm estab-
-!sH,nFnt OF "A foreign policy based upon
3usCce and good VIII rather than upon
- c2mneTc-al exploitation and the
selil+A interests Cf a narrow circle of
;..4aHciers extending their enterprises TO
ire ENDS OF the earth. and the extension
81 The assistance of the government, to
t-oSe many programs of upI:ft and bet
tFfnent 10 which some of the best minds
and ardor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Do Not Expect Action.

Officials are careful to make il plain
they do not expect it Will be necessary to
dispatch the troops feeling much en-
couraaed at the peaceful manner in
which the Cuban election WAS conducted !
Yesterday.
But having III mind the past threats Of
the liberal leaders 10 rebel in case the
election resulted in favor of the conserva-
tives, it has been regarded only pru-
dent to put the army in condition to re-
spOnd to a call for Immediate service
within the next few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Probably Storm Driven.

The schooner must have been caught
and driven upon the reefs by the ter
rible gale that swept the coast about
Hatteras last night and tried the resist
ance of heavier craft. 1t is believed
many ether small ships suffered.
The lookout OF the New Inlet life-sav-
ing station, patroll;ng the bearch at dawn.
sighted the wreck struggling under the
crashes OF the giant combers which swept
her and threatened to send her ashore
in bits The tail end of last night gale
still travelling at thirty-eiSht miles an
hour, kept the wreck shrouded most of
the time behind Il curtain of waves and
spray. but through glasses the life savers
could see two forms. evidently men. lash
ed high on the maSts of the ship. which
We're dipping and STOPPING under every
assault of the sea. Below them no be-
ing could live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
HELD AS HORSE THIEF
Mysterious Stranger From West In
dies Arrested at Hagerstown, Md.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md, November g.
Claiming to be native OF the West
Indies. but refusing to give his name
a stranger of medium build and about
thirty-hve years of age was put in Jail
early this morning charged with tho
theft of a horse and buggy from Harry
Line. liveryman and hotelman at Boons-
boro. this county.
The team was stolen last night. the
theft being discovered shortly after the
stranger had driven out of the stable
alley. Driving rapidly out of the town
the man headed for MiddietOwn. where
he was intercepted Abandoning the
rig, the stranger attempted to escape
and was pursued by an angry crowd
He was finally caught and brought here
in an automobile. He declined to make
a statement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
WILSON SOUNDS
CALL TO THE FIGHT
Declares Senate and Presl-
dency Must Be Won
for the People.
MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS
FROM DEMOCRATIC HEAD
Says Decision of Tuesday Will At
feet Entire Generation.
ASSERTS CHANGE NECESSARY
Sees No Hope for Popular Control Of
Government With the Repub-
lican Party in Power
in Washington.
Says Decision of Tuesday Will At
feet Entire Generation.
ASSERTS CHANGE NECESSARY
WILSON'S FINAL MESSAGE.

The decision OF the 9Th
of November will usher in,
II We be true. a new day of
confidence, freedom and pros
perity. 1t will be no Mig
sardly triumph 81 party
or faction. but The triumph
OF people. The demo-
cratic party will be, not
the selfish victor. but the
trusted instrument, and the
years that follow will test
every principle OF the great
republic. God grant we
shall be worthy to pre-
vail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Signs Her Statements.

Mrs. Conway was taken to the police
CAPTAINS office and signed the duplicate
comics of the statement she made yester-
day concerning the crime. She gave her
name as Mrs. Lillian Beatrice Kramer,
and her husband used in theatrical work.
e said she was adopted by a family
named Ryall. When she was sixteen
years old, she said, she left school and
joined a burlesque company. Kramer she
met two years ago in Muncie, Ind. She
was IN a burlesque show and he with a
carnival company. Kramer later joined
her in burleSQue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Regret Of College Circle.

Il speak also for that college circle
which had delight and honor In an elect,
a loyal comrade-for the trustees whose
zeal and labOrs he shared. And / SPEAK
(alas. that words are so poor,. as an in
innate and sorrowing friend of him whc4ss
we shall never hear-nor see-arain
Even with utmost brevity l may ret
reCite his consistent and influential ca
reer, nor his honors. All these things are
legible. written past recall. Our hearts
review them. Nor can ever forget
Least of all may / lead you with foot
steps, however soft, into those sanctities
OF domestic love whose legacy is so en-
during
Here, be II remembered, that his sources
of courage and patience We're deep in that
spiritual rock of which he drank Quietly
but steadfastly. for long years he had
confessed his Master before men.
Good servant. great heart, gentle
friend, farewell. We, the pilgrims of the
night still lodging intents. hail thy Sc
cure abode where all shadows are swal-
lowed up Of day. Let the mortal put on
immortality. Thanks be to God for every
good fight ended. for every victory won
through pain. for the captain of our
salvation. guiding by angel hands TO
where. beyond these voices, there is
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
SEND PART OF ARMY
BACK TO ADRIANOPLE
Negotiations for Peace Are Begun
in London.
TURKS TAKE BUNARHISSON
Shut Up Two Hundred of Enemy in
Barracks and Fire Building.
Both Sides Resting
After Battle.

LONDON. November E.
Active negotiations are proceed
ing i'll London with a view to
bringing the war in the near east
to an end. The British foreign
Office, which usually is one OF the
quietest places i'll London on Sat
urday. was all hustle this. after
noon.
Sir Edward Grey, the secretary
for foreign affairs. who. contrary
to custom, is remaining in town
over the week end. received the
Russian. Austrian. Turkish and
Italian ambassadors and the Bull
Sarian minister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Surf Too Heavy for Boats.

Life savers could not even launch
float in the heavy surf, which pounded
down on the beachh. and the best that
could be done was to shoot out a
line From the shore the two figures then
ashed in the rigging could be seen to
move. but they did not grasp the line
which repeatedly was shot within their
reach. The life savers We're still working
at last accounts. With the first abate-
ment of the storm they Will put out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Letter Given to Police.

The letter was given to the police, how
ever. and. although they conducted a
fruitless search for the writer, they
claimed to have made certain discoveries
which impelled them to take the letter
more seriously than Mr.. Whitman did.
According to the letter the four gun
men We're to reach New York this aft
ernoon. and were to receive $1,000 each
for their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Mind Unbalanced; Shoots Self.

BOSTON, November 2.-William T.
Butler, president of a department store
company committed suicide by shoot
ing in his private Office last night. Mr..
Buffers firm recently acquired large in
terests in two other department stores.
His friends said today that oVerWork
probably unbalanced his mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Most Active Work Here.

The sending home of voters comprises
the most active work that politicians in
the District of Columbia can do in Il
campaign, and with the bitter fight in
many reighbOring congressional districts
there has been an unusual activity this
year.
The contest to procure votes in the
districts Is paralleled in Washington by
the contest of the national committeeman
and their lieutenants in working up en-
thusiasm and obtaining cash to send
their friends home for election.
Republicans progressiveS and demo-
Gratis alike have been circularZed with
the election and registration requirements
Of their various states. All headquarters
have been filled today with eager poll
ticians and the work will be kept up
until Monday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
EIGHT THOUSAND VOTERS
LEAVE CITY FOR HOMES
= = -. q s.sssrsf $3.50 gEesFss' -aass'-a
Local PoIitica! Headquarters
Besieged by Those Who Wish
to Ballot Tuesday.

Eight thousand voters Will leave the
District Of Columbia to cast their bal
lots in their home districts. If the state
ments Of political leaders here are cor
rect. The local political headquarters
have been overrun today with last-minute
applicants for certificates. which will be
hOnored at railroad ticket offices for spe-
cial election railroad fare rates. Sew
eral thousand voters will leave the city to-
day for points all over the United States.
and it is understood that q few loyal
democrats and republicans who will vote
on the Pacific coast have already left the
city.
Every voter who has asked for a GER
tificate in the Offices of the republican,
democratic or progressive headquarters
has been registered and checked off.
This. however. does not represent the full
number Of voters, as many of them have
obtained certificates from the chief
clerks Of the various government bu-
reaus and departments. These GER
tificates will be honored at the railroad
offices, and will obtain the same special
rates as the certificates fr, m the national
committeeman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
TROOPS SLEEP ON ARMS
READY FOR TRIP TO CUBA
Army General Staff Prepares
for Intervention in Case
1t Is Needed.

FORT MONROE, Va. November .
The army general staff has ordered four
transports in reserve here to be prepared
within four days for instant readiness to
carry troops to Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
CONWAY IS NERVOUS
Silent Treatment Tells on
Clown, Accused of Murder.
ALSO SHOWS IRRITATION
Wife Tells of Singer Crime in Grill
of Twenty-Four Hours.
DRIVEN INTO MYSTERIES
"Con Never Meant to Kill Her."
Says Woman in Revealing
Facts to Police.
DRIVEN INTO MYSTERIES

CHICAGO. November 2.-Efforts bv the
police TO wiring from Charles Conway,
the circus clown, named yesterday as
The murderer of Sophia Gertrude Singer
the Baltimore heiress. a confession OF
knowledge of her death We're beginning
to tell on the prisoner, the officials an
nOunced today.
Under the silent treatment" i'm which
no one Is allowed to speak to the pris-
oner save Police Captain Nootbaar, the
prisoner grew nervous and irritable.
Every hour Capt Nootbaar. who yes
tcrday announced n confession from Con-
ways Wife. Lillian Beatrice Conway.
walked by the mans cell, and ash ::
How are YOU. Charlie? Do you want f.
see me-?
NO. don't finally answered Conway.
Previously ne had said he uouId tall,
to the captain whenever the latter sent
for him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Work of Conservation.

Forests must be renewed. and mines
nj water courses must be husbanded
and preservd. a sif We were trustees for
Ill generations. not merely for our own.
Tor the sake of communities and nations
and not merely for the immediate use-of
hose who hasten to enlarge their enter
D. .ses and think only Of their own profits
The government must employ its powers
and spend its money 10 develop a whole
p"optc ard whole continent. and at the
- he tiTa keep them free and alert and
D nam; ~reG. is eye alwa-: on the com
lr.i t>e a-L pcrpose. i:s thought con
'tantiy of What will happen To the ~ :
age man and OF what will be prepared for
tie neXt generation.
Ai5n Ideals in Foreign Policy.
We must consider our foreign policy
upon the same high principle. We have
become a powerful member of the great
Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Prepares for Intervention.

The preparation of the army transports
at Newport News for immediate service
is one of several steps taken already by
the general staff TO have the army in
readiness for service in Cuba should dis
order arise demanding intervention.
The transports ere calculated to con
vey three regiments, ana I Is believed the
soldiers could be landed in Cuba within
nine days after order for their dis
patch
and forming part of the so-called 'eXpe-
dictionary force of 5000 men. are all in
the Eastern Division and mostly in the
Department of the Gulf. They also have
received preparatory orders and the men
are packed up and sleeping on their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
SCHOOL BUCKET BRIGADE
HA[TS SPREAD Of FIRE
Pupils at Army and Navy
Preparatory Save Building
From Destruction.

Pupils Of the Army and Navy Prepara-
tory School. Upton street and Connecticut
avenue northwest, formed a bucket =
gade this morning, and assisted In saw
fire. The fire followed an explosion In the
chemical laboratory on the second floor.
over a classroom, and the blaze soon
reached the flue.
The pupils fought the fire with buckets
of water and fire eXtingushers while
members of the city fire department were
on their way TO the school. When No. -
engine company reached the scene it
found so threatening a blaze that addi-
tional companies were summoned.
Pupils Hurry to Save Building.
There was no session of the school this
morning and none of the pupils was in
the laboratory when the explosion oc-
CURED. They were attracted there by the
report Of the explosion. however, and no
time was lost In the work Of saving the
structure.
1t was necessary for the firemen to tear
away part of the framework In order to
stop the progress of the fames and il
was necessary To use water enough to
damage the ceiling and lower floor
An examination of the Ia aboratory it is
stated, failed 10 disclose the cause Of the
explosion. Firemcn and pol .cemen esti-
mated the damage at about $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Transferred to Hospital Ship.
Admiral Usher Reports Accident.

Rear Admiral Usher. commanding the
second division of the Atlantic fleet at
Norfolk, has sent to the Navy Depart
ment the following dispatch. telling Of the
explosion on the Vermont:
Vermont has six men scalded Head
er in No boiler gave way while
under banked fires. Board of inquest
investigd ton ordered. Will proceed to
Hampton roads. Request tug and So,ace
tured: r. NJ. Wagner, second-class fire.
man; NJ. c. Horan. coal passer. danger
ously injured by steam; j. w. Newberry,
first-class fireman: NJ W. Green. first
er. severely injured by steam: H. w.
Cramer, coal passer. severely injured by
steam. 49,
Two are stretcher cases"
Ascribed to Low Water in Boiler.
Engineer experts here believe low
water in boiler No. 8 was undoubtedly
the cause of the fatal scaldinS acci-
dent on the Vermont. In it's principal
features the accident is believed to be
similar to that which occurred on the
battleship Delaware, about eighteen
months ago. which resulted in the loss
of four lives.
In that case. although the few sur
vivors of the boiler room force asserted
that the glass gauge showed the presence
of ample water in the boiler, examination
of the wreck disclosed the fact that the
tubes and part vi the header which
conveys the water from the tubes to the
steam drum had turned blue. Il sure ind-
cation that they had been exposed to al
most red heat without water. y boiler
with banked fires is seldom as closely
watched by the water tenders as one
supplying live steam. hence such acc-
dents are more easily possible In cases
of tlat kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
The Tariff Question.

There is much to ne done. ard il ,nuat
~ done in the right spirit AID in the
right way, or it will deepen our troubles.
''t relieve them The tariff question
must he so.ved in Tie Interest of those
80" W"rk ant spe:d ard plan and strug-
i--t. those " ho are .ind:n4 q fuotho,d ard
'-.---1 ct.t u cSree-. those who touch
sources OF strength ana are quicl,
" "a tne p,'ise Of q common life. for the
sake OF the power that tilIs the fields
ana builds the cities and not for the
sane of special groups Of men who
Dominate and control their fellows and
regard the Toll of millions of men merely
aS an opportunity 10 make use of their
Established advantage. IL must be
handled very prudently. so that 70 honest
Toll may be interrupted. no honorab. o or
"seful enterprise disturbed: must be dealt
with by slow stages OF we'll considered
ChdnSe-change whose object shall he 10
restore and broaden opportunity and de-
stroy nothing but special privilege and
unwholesone control. Those who handle
u, therefore. must he men who under
sand the general interest and have
,rVoted Themselves To serving II without
fear favor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Destruction of Monopoly.

The trust question must Do dealt with
= the same way with this distinct and
cSle program. TO destroy monopoly and
leave business intact. TO give those who
Aduct enterprise no advantage except
iat which comes by efficiency, energy
and sagacity those only fountains of
honorable wealth. every man rewarded
according TO his insight and enterprise
and service. his mastery in ar open field
currency and banking questions must
be discussed and settled in the interest of
those Who use credit produce the crops
manufacture the goods and quicken the
-pI9mcTce OF the nation. rather than in
Ie interest "f the bauzer and the pro-
0ot~- and IT," caItain OF finance. who If
I OF ~ Themselves in the management
d st-d Ia nGs. 200 easily lose sight even
Of tlci- own Intimate and inseparab bic
= alton to the general needs and inter
e-fs OF t.Le .ank and lie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Never Meant to Kill Her.

Sophia said we were not doing any
thing to get money. She said she had
met a rich old man and wanted me to go
out with her to meet him and another
man. Con was furious at this. He said
I did not have to make money that way.
was washing dishes at the sink. l heard
a fall / went into tie bedroom and
Sophia was lying there My husband said
to me, Hurry; lets 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 $4s. which they took
from Miss Singer effects and two suits
of clothes belonging to w. r. Worthen,
Miss Singers fiance. They went to Ham,
mond, Ind, in a street car and then from
place to place till they reached Lima,
Ohio.