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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-20
HONOR WHEELING
GOLDEN EAGLES
IN Election Of Officers Local Women
Carried or the Hon0rs az Hunt
lngton Convention.

Special Dispatch 10 the Intellisencer
HUNTINGTON. W Va. September
l9.-Following the installation OF the
newly elected officers the West Vir-
ginia Castle OF the Knights Of Golden
Eagle adjourned its annual session
here this evening. The next meeting
VIII be held az Wheeling.
The following officers we're elected
Grand chief, q. A. Adams. Chapmans-
vile. grand vice chief. r. w. Hall.
Huntington: grand master OF records.
=. H. Clay Of Huntington. grand high
priest, Rev. II. X. Ash, Montana
Mines. grand cir herald. r = Kidd.
Beckley. Junior past grand CHIEF. Lee
Harper. Jumping Branch. grand keep
sr ot exchequer. y Kyle. Guyandotte.
The ladies of the Grand temple OF
the Golden Eagle elected the follow
ing Offices. Grand Templar. Mrs
Alice Peterson OF McMochen. grand
vice tempiar. Mrs. Maggie Diehi OF
Wheeling. grand priest Mrs Emma
Schuman Of Wheeling grand marshal
Of ceremonies. Mrs LenOrs Hutchin-
son Of Wheeling. grand guardian %
records. Miss Anna Root OF Beiprs.
grand guardian Of exchequer. Mrs.
Mary Davis. grand guardian of music.
Mrs. Matte Hunter. grand guardian
Of Inner portals. Mrs. Cyrus Of Hunt
ingtOn. grand guardian of Outer-por-
tails. Mn. " 3 Mitchell Of Beckiey.
grand trustee. Mrs. Mary Wood Of
HufingfOn
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Do you want to vote for a chance?
TAFT Is VICTORIOUS IN
THE KANSAS CONTROVERSY
PRESIDENTS NAME Is
CERTIFIED AS NOMINEE
Bull MOosers Are Slated as Inde
pendents-Roosevelt Electors
to Resign Now.

TOPEKA. Kas, Sept. I9.-The
Roosevelt presidential electors will 60
on the ballot this fall in the Independ-
ent column. This decision was reached
here yesterday by leaders Of the Pro
gressiye party. following decision
not to bring suit against Secretary OF
State Charles II. Sessions to prevent
him certifying to county clerks the
names of Taft and Sherman TO head
the Republican column.
Following the decision, Secretary
Sessions certified TO the county clerks
the names OF all candidates. including
those OF Taft and Sherman. William
Allen White, Kansas manager OF the
Progressives. said last night that the
Roosevelt electors would resign from
the Republican ballot and that peri-
tions would be started 10 obtain a le-
gal number of signers to place the
Roosevelt electors in the Independent
column.
X. c. Postlethwaite, a Roasevelt
elector however. late last ntkht an.
nounced he would not resign Mr.. Pos
tlethwaite's action somewhat compli-
Gates the situation.
In certifying the names OF Taft and
Sherman. Secretary Sessions made the
following statement:
My duty is imperative and manda-
tory. There are now In my office three
certificates cnly executed by the con
vention officers OF three political par.
ties. the Republican. Democratic and
Socialist. The Republican certificate
shows that Taft and Sherman are fne
Republican nominees. No certihcate
or other notice has been filed In this
office on behalf OF any other persons
claiming the Republican nomination
for President and Vice President. and
] have no other duty under the law
than to certify the names OF Taft and
Sherman"
Party leaders predicted last night
that the numerous suits filed by both
Tart and the Roosevelt factions 70
keep each other OF the ballot would be
dropped.
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ARRESTED
ON UGLY CHARGE

WASHINGTON. sepsmber 10
Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray Of 81 Paul
Minn.. who as an Investigator of crow
indian affairs for the Graham commit.
tee ~ he House. which was the cen.
ter Or stormy scenes AZ the last sea
icn Of Congress. was arrested here
today upon complaint Of the Indian
ofhcer and charged with concealIng
public records She was released up.
on 5000 cash bail. furnished hy Sen.
ator Clapp 0f Minnesota and her trial
bv nited States Commissioner was
set for Tuesday
Specifically. Mrs. Gray was charged
Win concrallng the allotment roll Of
the Grow tribe. covering Indian lands
In Montana. Upon her arralgnment
today, she declared she had taken the
roll from the Indian once With the
consent Of former Indian Commission.
er Robert q Valentine and Judge NJ
G BurCh. an attorney Of the atfor.
ney generals once and. turned u over
10 the department. of Justice thar n
might be saved from destruction and
used ~ evidence In proposed in
weston before The senate committee
on Indian afairs Such an investlga-
lion was provided at the last session
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IN a resolution by Senator Townsend
of Michigan
Mrs. Gray declared her action had
me approval Of Attorney General
Wickerqham and that her arrest had
been brought ahouf by her enemies fn
The attorney generals nbcnce from
the city. Destruction Of the.Crou rec
ords. she said Involved lands valued
~ probably $4,000 .OO0. At the de-
partment % was said Mrs. Gray'a ar.
rest bad been asked hy Assistant sec
retary ADAMS. upon the report Of the
indian once that she had three times
declined 20 return the Crow records.
Commissioner Abbot pronounced
Mrs Grays charge that the papers
were about 70 BE- destroyed 'Yoolish "
Since she began investigating In
dian Affairs eight years ago. AZ the ~.
guest of former Presidenf Roosevelt.
Mrs GRAY declares she has been ar.
rested eight times by persons Who wish
70 impede her work Mrs GRAY when
arrested vas AZ first inclined 10 20 to
the district iail rather than eivc a
bond. Her bail was fret hrrd n
81 .0o0. but later reduced - $500 and
furnished BY senator Clam.
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MOOSE ARE
OFF STATE
TICKET NOW
Resignation of Three Of tho Eiaht
Electors Received By Char
man James s. lakfn

Special Dispatch f0 the 1ufellEencer
tLARKSBJ RG. W. Va. sept ia
The resignafions ~ three of the eight
West Nirginin presidential electors on
The Republican tickef have been re-
caircd in writing hy James Tnkin.
chafman a. the Republican state exe-
cutife committee ~ the state head
quarters IN this city Tho Rapnhfl-
can state committee az meeting 10
nc held hero September a. will ar-
cepf them and n1 the vncancfrs
Those reaigning are J.. R wicker.
n Charleston j. o. shnnkiin or
Hinton. and g. Vs. Mathews ~
Moundsviilc. pronounced Roosevelt
followers. The other fve are Taft
mcn. Tat men viii DO chosen 10 suc-
cccd those who resigned.
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BAD STORM
RUINS FRUIT
EASTERN FRUIT BELT
Is NEARLY WIPED OFT
Loss Estimated at Over Hundred
thousand Dollars-Berkeley
County Hard Hit.
Many Farm Houses We're Torn
From Their Foundation and
Much Stock Killed.

Special Dispatch 60 the InteIlIsencer
MARrlNSBCRG. W. Va. Sept Is
The most violent and destructive haii
and wind storm within the recoTect-
Ion OF the residents OF Berkeley county.
swept through the famous fruit belt.
known as Apple Pie Ridge. late yester-
day morning and today was really q
scene OF ruired orchards. DESTROYED
corn fields. and wrecked farm build
ings in the wake of the storm,
The estimate placed on the damage
by prominent fruit dealers and farm
ers to- night is one hundred thousand
dollars. and this loss may be matcri-
ally increased by more complete re-
turns tomorrow from the storm zone.
The affected district covered twenty
square miles. the storm cutting n
swath n mile wide from Gerrardstotwn
To the Potomac river, a distance OF
twenty miles The distance started az
Gerrardstown and spent is fury along
the river thirty minutes. The velocity
OF the storm being forty miles an
hour. The force and effect OF the hail
was almost unbelievable. Hundreds
OF barrels Of choice apples were strip
ped from trees. hundreds OF acres OF
ripening corn reduced 10, pulp and
scores Of truck garden cut to ribboas
by hail stones by immense size ami
peculiar jagged formation. Holes were
torn I'm tin roofs. buggy tops cut II
pieces and hundreds Of fowls were
killed outright by me hail. John Bar
rett. a prominent farmer. suffered two
deep scalp wounds from hail stone.
On the farm OF Mrs. J. ~. French.
four farm buildings were wrecked hy
the wind. The house and barn on the
farm OF Frank Payne. were unroofei.
On the place Of william Janney. the
roof OF the house was torn away and
the barn partly demolished.
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Continued on Tenth rarel
TAFT DEFENDS
FEDERAL BUDGET
Takes Open Issue With the Action O.
Congress and Says u Is Un-
constitutional

BEVERLY. Mass. Sept. 1e.-Presi.
dent TAFT tonight made public a let.
ter to the secretary OF the treasury,
Franklin MacNeagh, taking open issue
with congress on the question OF a
federal budget. and directing all heads
OF government departments or indie
pendent officers OF the government 10
make their estimates OF revenue and
expenditures for the fiscal year in
conformity with the budget plan.
The Presidents letter to Mr.. Mac
Neagh declared that the proposition
in one OF the big supply bills passed
by congress In the closing hours Of
the last session practically forbidding
the use Of budget system is uncon-
stitutionaI
lie said that no other great nation
IN the world Is without a budget sys-
ten. and pointed out that only
through this method can accurate es-
timates be made for the country's
benefit Of how the peoples money IL
being expended. and scored the effort
OF congress 10 prevent its adoption
His letter 20 Mr.. MacVeagh reads
In part as follows:
IF te President is TO assume re-
spOnsibility for either the manner in
which business OF the government Is
transacted or results obtained, n Is
evident that he cannot be limited by
congress 10 such Information as that
branch may think sufficient for his
purposes In my opinion 70 IL entire
ly competent for the President to
submit 10 congress and 20 the coun
try a statement OF resources. obiiga-
tons. revenues. expenditures and es-
Inmates I'm The form be deems advis-
able Aud this power ! propose to
exercise"
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REFUSE TO ALLOW
RAILROAD ISSUE
CAPITAL STOCK
Ohio River & Northern Railroad Can
not Issue Stock, According TO
Ohio Commission.

special Dispatch 20, the Intellixencer.
COLUMBUS, o.. Sept. ip.-Authori-
zation for the Ohio River & Northern
railroad 10 issue s750.000 capital stock
and s2.OOO.OOO 3O-year per cent. bonds
Tor the purpose OF constructing a line
from Lisbon TO a point on the State
II enbetween Pennsylvania and Ohio.
near Midland. was withheld by the
Public Utilities Commission to-day.
The authorization was held up be-
cause the petition showed that the
stock was TO be sold at 90 and the
bonds at 80. The money realized thus
would be much less than the capital
obligation The cost OF the property
was estimated at s2.7s5.1O2s2.
The proposed line. 81 miles long.
would have given the Erie Railroad an
entrance from Lisbon to the great iron
and steel district near Wheeling.
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WOODROW WILSON

DETROIT. Sept 10 Governor Wo d.
row Wilson complained fn Tire rain fo-
day a. be Travelled across fhe state far
a speech here tonight Every where no.
went where hia train stopped the gov.
ern0r was greeted hy CROWDS who stood
huddied under umbrellas while the cam
dldate talked politics under frvinr COM
dlf0ra TIE governor a speech here TO.
nlEht Was bic principal speech o. the
day
AZ many places on Tho trip across the
state. the NOMINEE stepped down from
the train and stood in tie rain fn shake
hands with those who pressed forward
- meet him Several We1eaIv rnTrre
Eirie we're on fha same train with cor.
ernor Wilson and they rame back 10 the
special rar 70 meet him ~ kafnrray0o
Mirn.. a crowd n r0flegiana rnre tie
governor cheer NJ vas there that he
noon
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APPOINTMENTS
OF MINISTERS
Many Changes Made by President
Taft In Ministers Of Foreign

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Sept. 1s.-
Fred w. Carpenter. formerly secreta-
ry TO President Taft, and at present
American minister 10 Morocco. has
been transferred to be minister 10
Siam, In place OF Hamilton King. who
died az Bsnkok. September ..
irwin B. Laughlin. OF Pennsylvania,
SECRETARY OF the embassy at Berlin,
has been transferred to be secretary
or the embassy at London.
Joseph G. Grow. OF Massachusetts,.
secretary or the embassy at Vienna.
has been transferred to be secretary
OF the embassy at Berlin.
Hugh Grant White. OF Pennsylvania.
now secretary OF legation at Brussels.
has Seen transferred 10 be secretary OF
the embassy at Vienna.
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30 strongly that her husband IL In.
h0cent that she has not allowed her
heli 20 give way 10 despair. She did
hot even weep a. she recalled the cir.
cumstances of HE present daneerons
predicameut
y know my husband n Innocent. %
she repeated. n trust him 30 implicitly
that ! have not even asked him 10
answer the ugly reports witch have
oeen published since This terrible ~.
Isir doomed NJ. am confident that
.When the proper time comes he viii
be able 70 show that he has done only
Ehaat vas right and he will be Justified
And f there are. unfortunately cir
cumstances Just ~ present that seem
70 other people 10 be suspicious or 10
LOOK bad for him. that IN Just bo
cause. through no fault % his own.
be o. The victim Of some uniuckv
coincidence. zone malign accident.
that has thrown for the moment The
wrong light upon his actions"
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YEGGMEN LOOT
POST OFFICE
heN cumbsrlsnd once 10 Robbed for
the Ffth Time Within Ten
Yesrs-ooes on Trail

Special Dispatch % the fntclIigsncer.
NEW MBERLAND. W. Va. sept
ls.-For the eth time with IN the past
Zen years the pcstofnce was looted
here either late last evening or az an
early hour This morning The safe
vas dynsmifcd but found empty. a.
Postmaster X NJ Brown had banked
his money Wednesday evening. sov
eral packages % stsmpes envelopes
proved the only loot secured by the
thieves
En trance had been made through
rear window % The office The bars
had been pried on with tools secured
from the Davis Price foundry. which
had also been broken into. The rob.
berry was discovered by a clerk. Mrs
Mary Davis. when she opened the or
hce at Z o'clock this morning. The
thieves are believed 10 have male
their getaway by the river The
Moundsviile hloodhounds may be put
upon the case
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THINKS HUSBAND
AN INNOCENT MAN

RUTHERFORD. y. J.. septemb Der
Mrs. Burton W. Gibson today broke
her silence FOR the FIRST time since the
arrest of her husband and defended
him. who is In fail az Goshen " Y
charged 0ifh the murder OF Countess
Rosa Menschik Szsbo FOR her fortune
Y know my husband ls innocent of
The terrible CHARGE brought againsf
him Mrs Gibson declared u know
hlm 70 De one Of the best and most
honorable men in the world ! have
perfect faith IN him and am golng 70
stand by him as long a. there is
breath LETT In nv body. Where else
SHOULD = wife be buf ~ Der husbands
side 90 the time when he is In frou.
bic. What u her love and LOYALTY
worth II she does not cleave 20 him
through evil and good report7
Mrs. Gibeon Just had returned home
from Goshen. whore she conferred
uifh her husband in his cell over the
conduct % bis case. Mrs Gibson feels
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WAS A SUCCESS

special Dispatch % tne fnteinfenrs~
HJNTiNc1oN " Va. Sept. ia-
Rev. q. ~. Mullins. mountain
preacher. was found dead in nc wood !
on Buffalo Creck in Logan county 10
dav if wac 20 first supposed hat he
nod been killed by a falling three. but
tns authorities say that they have owl
dcnce that he j. victim Of foul play.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-20
TEDDY BELIEVES
IN THE RECALL
OF PRESIDENTS
in Address at Denver. the Roush Rider
Gives Views ef ReeaiI-Per-
kins and His Support.

DENVER. Sept. is.-A declaration
In favor of the recall of the President
was made in the auditorium here to-
nightb Colonel Roosevelt II he were
elected President, he said. and found
his views in opposition TO those Of
the people. he would take the stump in
defense OF his policies. and would quit
the office II he could not win the sup
port OF the electorate.
Colonel Roosevelt's declaration was
made in reply to a question by Will
IAN Jennings Bryan. who. in a recent
speech az Pueblo. Colo. asked;
(continued on Tenth PAxa.l
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-20
FARMER KILLED sY
JUMPING FROM CAR

MARTfNsBURG. W va. sept. Is
Failing beneath the wheels of the au-
tomobiic ~ Roscoe lamar. OF this
city this evening. Henry r. Triggs. a
prominent farmer of this county. was
instantly killed lie got upoT. the run
ming board of the machine 20 ride 20
ne nome and jumped without waiting
for the auto 70 slow down. his heal
was crushed. 4 son ~ the dead MAJ
was killed D. n railroad train n year
ago. Hts widow and three children
survive. Coroner Kline held Young
Lamar entirely biameioas FOR the
death of TriRgs
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VALUABLE PEARL NECKLACE
STOLEN FROM WOMAN

CHICAGO. sept Ia Mrs. Albert
a SpraEue. Jr.. ~ Chicago. today re-
ported that pear necklace. valued
a. $4,000. had disappeared while she
vas travelling from Boston 10 chicago.
on New York Central train Thc
necklace. made up % 90 pearls. dia-
appeared from r. small chanols bag.
Mrs. Spregue wore around her neck
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THINKS THAT
MADERO WILL
KILL FATHER
Young Daughter OF General orozeo
Writes President Taft to
Save Fathers Life

Los ANGELES. September 10
feariui tnat her grandfather will fall
into the hands OF President Madero
OF Mexico. which. according 10 her
mode OF reasoning. would mean his
death, Elena Orozco. the 7-year-old
daughter OF General Pascual Orozco.
VI. leader OF the revolutlonists in
Northern Mexico. and granddaughter
OF Pascual Orozco. Sr., now under ar
rest NJ Maria. Texas. sent this let
ter 10 President Taft today.
Dear Mr.. President Taft-My papa
is not murderer. He II a brave sol
dier, hghting for his country. Please
don't let the Americana soldiers give
my grandfather TO Mr. MaderO. for
MI. Madero would shoot him and that
would Just Kill poor grandma"
Orozco. Is seriously ~ from nervous
breakdown at the Orozco home here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-20
GIBBONS BLESSED
new CATHEDRAL
Cardinal Gibbons Blessed th. Nav G.
Msrys Cathedral a. Wuiehits
Yesterday.

WICHITA. Kan. Sept. 19.-CardinaI
Gibbons blessed the New st. Mary
cathedral here today. before a crowd
that overhowed into the street.
archbishop Glennon. Of ST Louis.
delivered the dedicatory sermon. he
spoke on tho ~subject Make America
Catholics
~ Is the impartins of religious
truth he said. that slain a. our
propoagta 10 Make America Catholic
means that We should teach religious
truth, that We would teach and preach
Him who ~ for Americans a. for the
rest or the way. the truth and the
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RUSSIAN AVIATOR SAVED
FROM a WATERY GRAVE

CHICAGO. Sept 19.-Ignatz seuin-
cOuk. a Russian aviator. with a French
license. nyinz AZ the aviation meet at
Grant Park. was rescued a mile out
In Lake Michigan late today by a mo-
tor boat. after hts hydroaeroplane had
been blown 10 Tieces by an explosion
OF the radiator. and 80 ee he was
sinking with the last remnant Of tho
framework. Re vas badly burned
about the back
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THE wEATHER.


WAsETHToH. SEPT. Is~-rorseasss
Western Psnnsyivania and ohio-Pair
N south, unsettled fn north portions
cooler; modsrats variable xfnds.
Wsst virginfa--Yair Friday; Saturday
probably showers ana cooler
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TOXIC. Sept 1a- Since the seIfin.
ficted deaths Of General Count Noai
and his wife. several attempts at sui
eide have been reported 70 the Toxic
authorities.
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Control coaI prie..

inat the Joint competitive states.
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
ano iiinois absolutely control the
prices OF mining in all other sections
in the coal industry was testifed TO-
DAY by ID. G. Kennedy. commissioner
ana secretary OF the Kanawha coal
operators association and formerly
president of the United Mine Worker,
OF America, district II, before the
(oontinued on rsnth p.~
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BECKER SAID
HE WOULD DO
THE KILLING
sehepps Alleged 70 Have Said That
Becker Said He Would XIII Rosen-
thai " Thugs Did Not.

HOT SPRINGS, Sept. 10. =
"Schepps told me that Becker told
them that II they did not kin Rosen-
thai he. Becker. would"
Tails declaration was made tonight
10 counsel for Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker OF New York by Po-
lice Captain George Howell OF Hot
Springs. according TO Howell. after he
had been questioned by g. w. Hart.
counsel for Becker. Howell says he
was asked II Sam Scepps. who was
In Howell's custody while detained
here as a witness iH connection with
the killing Of Rosenthal, he had not
said TO him that Becker had nothing
10 do with the killing Howell assert
cd that his reply to this query was In
the negative. and added what he says
Schepps did tell him. Howell would
go no further into the details OF the
interview.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19-Acting Dis
triet attorney Moss took steps to-
night 10 Illustrate an alleged attempt
TO get another Rosenthal case witness
out Of the Jurisdiction Mr. Moss was
informed that May wargolies. who
had made an affidavit concerning
Lieutenant Becker's raid on Rosen-
thals gambling place. had been ap-
preached with the suggestion that
there would be something in e. 1.
he got out OF town The acting prose-
cutor Immediately sent detectives out,
presumably 20 watch the prospective
witness
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Special plsgsssh TO the In,ellisencer.

special Dispatch TO the Intelligencer.
xhAhLESfO<, w. Va, Sept ie-Tbe
mIntsry authorities have thus far been
unable 10 get any clue to the persons
VINO set the tipple OF the Carbon Coal
company at South Carbon. on fire this
morning. Bloodhounds were taken TO
the scene. but so many persons had
.atnered aPout the structure In an effort
'. save ~ the hounds were nuabIe 10 do
10y eoon- This Is the second lncendfarv
Iire IN the martial law district ON Paint
.reH Another company OF militia was
sent 70 the upper end OF the creek to-
hsns w oraer that a better Patrol may
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CHARI.ESTON. w. Va. Sept is-
Making their way through a line OF SEN
tries incendfarfes early to-day roured
Oil on the tippie OF the Carbon coal Com
pany. at the head OF Carbon Creek in
kanawha county, and fired the building
dfers could extinEufsh the flames the
tipple had. been destroyed with a loss OF
sl".VV0. Attempts have been made TO
operate the mine In defiance OF the
striking miners, who are in the heart ~
the martial law district
Major James l. Pratt. commandlng the
militia. and Major Thomas Davis pro-
vost marshal, arrived at the scene OF the
IRE later In the day with bloodhounds
Tne soldiers In that section were diyid-
ed off In small PARTIES and with m.
dogs are hunting the incendiaries in the
mountains. " NV