Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-16
FROM BUSY CENTERs
Stories of Real Life as Told by
Wire, from Every Section Comes
Tales Of the Busy W orid.

Tales Of the Busy World.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. % The
United States Is about to intervene IN
santo Domingo. warships will be dis
patched at once to the island ~ re, o!u-
ton has broken out which threa eDs
American and other foreign interests.
H., Sept. Iz.-Aviator Paul
Peck OF Washington. ID. c., holder OF
the American duration flight record was
killed In fall with his biplane last
night, while flying In q gusty wind. He
attempted too steep spiral and when
he struck the ground the heavy en-
gine same through the wreckage, strik-
ing him in the neck.
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. 12.-Several
hundred representatives of the passen-
ger departments of the leading rail-
roads of the United States and Can
ada gathered In Seattle today for the
ffty-seventh annual convention OF the
American Association of General Pas
senger and Ticket agents The confen-
tion will be In session Two DAYS. IN
addition to discussing numerous techn'-
cal matters the members WIZ listen to
addresses by Presidnet Sproule of the -.
p. and several other prominent 'r,lroad
executive officials.
NEW YORK. n. Y. Sept. u Ncar
the summer homes of August Belmont jr.
]. u. Stanchfield, j. d. Fairchilis and
Maude Adams. Central Islip. l.. T.. is TO
be started a colony OF negroes.
In the middle of the park will be
erected d factory and trades school
Seven hundred and fifty persons are
expected to settle there and he 'aught
trades and fitted TO make their way
among the whites.
The land has been given by Joseph
n Pugh. who said. "I bAiieve cen I'd
people will prosper much more II hey
are placed in separate colony.
NOGALES. Ariz. Sept. 12-The west
bound Southern Pacific passenger train
which left here yesterday was held uT
/ by rebels at point 20 miles from here
al Il partly destroyed.
BY opening fire the engine ano
engineers the rebels brought the train
| to a stop. General Campo. who was In
command of the rebels. boarded the tar
and explained to the passengers tha
they would not be molested. Guns anc
ammunition was what was wanted.
| After securing these they forced the
engineer to run his train on to bridge
where they set fire to the mail and bag
gage cars. The telegraph wires were
nut out Of commission. Only .he day
coaches and Pullmans escaped destruc
| ton.
Members of the train crew made thei'
way here on hand car. A switch en-
| gine was Immediately sent after the
passengers.
| The rebels sent word they would con
| tinue south and on September 16. woult
| take possession of Hermoslllo, the cap
| ital of Sonora.
| DENVER, Sept. 12.-Complete return
| from Tuesdays primaries in COLORADO
| outside of Denver will not be known un
| til an official count is made in scor
of counties. This is due to the inexper
ience of many OF the Judges and clerk
of the election in counting the return
were ignorant of the duties expected o
them.
returns UP 10 '1il4s. haze made complet
votes are not even counted, but lock
ed up and sealed In ballot boxes while
i were sent to the county clerks offic
for official count.
The general result however will
| practically as stated In these dispatche
| yesterday.
At noon today Stewart seems to hav
lost his lead for governor on the Re
publican ticket to Parks. The nomina
ton of Ammons Is conceded by his rlv
ais. Keating no doubt won the nomina
tion for congressman at large while Kin
del captured the congressional nomina
tIon In the first district, defeating Rucl,
| sr by narrow margin.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 12-Receiv
/ ers were appointed today for the Unite,
| States Motors company, II $4,000 900 hold
ing corporation, organized in 1908 t,
control ten automobile and gas engin
companies. The collapse of this projec
| forms one of the worst scandals In Wal
| street finance. Some of the most in
| fluential banking houses of the United
states are behind the formation Of tn,
| combination in 1910, and the public ha,
been completely misled concerning tn,
stability OF the concern.
George w. Perkins is reputed to b,
one of the inspirers of the amalgamatior
| while the Morgan institutions have fig
ured prominently in its financing.
Among the prominent stockholders are
| Thomas f. Ryan, Herbert l.. Satterlee
Harry Payne Whitney. Richard irwin
the late John Jacob Astor was also O
share holder. These stockholders own
upward of so per cent of total amount
outstanding.
The United States Motors company In
cluded the Maxwell Motor company. the
Columbia Motor company. the Alden
Sampson Manufacturing company. the
Dayton Motor Car company. the Cour-
ter Car company. the Gray Car company.
the Brush Runabout company, the Bris-
coe Manufacturing company and the
Providence Engineering Works.
Last fall an issue of $1,000 900 In bonds
was disposed of at 90 Notwithstanding
that the condition OF the company must
have been known to Insiders The COM
pany was one big bubble
CHICAGO, H., Sept 12.-"God pity a
poor woman who is lonely." In the dopth
of despair. Mrs Eta John 'or the
white wife of Jack Johnson. champion
heavyweight champion pugilist of the
world muttered these words late last
night with her two colored maids. An
instant later she sent a bullet through
her brain, dying at $3.50 clock this
morning.
The suicide occurred In Mrs. John
sons apartments over Jack Jonpsons
cafe at West Thirty-frst street