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elie celdj) Shnwnal VOL. XI. TOURISTS GET W FOR CHARLOnE RUN ; ■ MANY CARSAfiE GUT Out of 64 Contestants That Left New York Saturday Only 17 or Possibly 18 Have Perfect Scores *T W. T. WATHI, J*. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C-. Get. 13—The official bulletin posted at headquarters here at 8 o’clock this morning showed that only 17 or possibly 18 of the 84 con testants started from New York still oi.ve their perfect scores, and that eight of the <4. aU of which started from Roanoke at 11 o’clock yesterday morning, were not yet in at that hour. The tour started on Its run around Wtn stpti-SaJem ac o’clock this morning, to rt4urn to the Zinzendorff hotel and check out after a few minutes later. Fifty minutes were allowed in the day’s schedule for this and other stope at Greensboro and High Point The sched ule for the day caliled for 20. 18 and M miles per hour over the average of good roads between here and Charlotte, the night control, via Salisbury, the noon control. HAVE PERFECT SCORES. The IT cars that still have perfect scores are the No. 1 factory Maxwell, New York team; No. 2 factory Maxwell, same team; Gov. Hoke Smith's Max well. Inman Gray's American Traveler. C. H. Johnson’s Stevens-Duryea. L. C. Brown s Mitchell. J. Epps Brown’s Thomas. Claude Nolan’s Cadillac. Craw ford Wheatley’s Stevens-Duryea. H. P. McNeil’s Cadillac, E. M. William’s Ford, I. O. Teasley's Ford. R. S. King's Cadil lac. The Athens Motor Car company s Columbia, No. 54. Flanders of the De troit team. City of Cordele’s Olsmobile and the Winston-Salem Board of Trade’s Mitchell. No. 8 Maxwell of the New York team was marked on the bulletin “Subject to penalty." None whs stipulated. No. 60, the Athens Banner Maxwell, withdrew as a contestant, according to Starter Fergu son at the checking station below Rocky Mount yesterday afternoon, but got in here all right and is continuing with the run this morning. The eight care that were not in that ■hour of the bulletin were as follows: Mayor Coartland S. Winn's Flanders (Mayor Winn was hero but his car had apparently not checked in); B. M. Grant’s Marmon. No. 17 Met*, of the Waltham team, perfect until last night; The Grif fith Implement company's Schacht. D. P. Deberry's Halladay, C. A. MoCardle’s B. M. F . No. * Flanders, of the Detroit team and the Krit factory entry. Start er »slessen egatbd teavjln Mesa- wm passed by him on the road late last night with a broken wheel south of Mar- RnsviUe. - , The Schacht has a broken crank case 10 miles south of Roanoke as the result of a collision with a rock in the middle of the mountain road. Mr. Debarry’s Halladay was on the road south of Mar tinsville with a stripped pinion in the differential. Mr. McCardles* E. M. F. was down with a broken axle, its second, near Ellisboro. The Marmon sustained a broken spring and arrived at 4 o'clock. No report was at hand on either of the Flanders or the Krit. y. SOUND AND WELL. No casual:ie* or personal accidents were to be marked against yesterday's sheet. Everybody was sound and well. There is now not a team in the run with . a perfect score. The excellent reqords : of the Me(z and factory Maxwell teams, both of which were perfect until last night, have black marks against them now. The whole Helu of competitors for the Glidden trophy must fight it out now on points. / T!>e following penalties were shown by -the bulletin; Maj. John 8. Cohen’s White Gas, 7,, total 7. E. P. Ansley's Pierce-Arrow, 12, to-, tai 12. W. D Alexander’s White Gas, 152. to tal, 1,113. \ No. 16 Meta 130. total 130. *. No. 16 Met*. 57. total €7. \ r St. Elmo Massengale's Garford 10, to tal >7O. . Atlanta Ad Men’s Corbin, 23. total 23. Anderson 8. C- Mitchell 81, total 81. , J. H. Marsteller’s Chalmers’ perfect for the day. total, 13. t D. H. McMillan s Cadillac perfect for the day, total 4.' R H. Hall's Cadillac, perfect for th* * .day, total 946. Capt. W. J. Hillman's Cadillac, 243, total 249. - H. B. Race’s Cole, 13, total 100. * Owens Auto company’a Halladay, per fect tor the day. total not stated. 'C. E. Fryer's Halladay. 228, total 228. * P. D. Sandlin s Cadillac 3. total 8. * Frank Hardart’s Winton, 88, total 54. J Carolina Portland Cement company's Ford, perfect for the day, total 125 f Jacksonville Metropolis, 42. total 46. ’ L. C. Denmark’s Cadillac, perfect so the day, total 23. J. R Sandlin's Cadillac, perfect for the day. total 13. J. H. Brennan’s Packard, perfect for jhe day. total 14. No 55 Flanders, one of the factory team, perfect for the day, total 416. . J. M. Downing’s Marathon, 153, total not stated. \ , Dr. R. L. Dozier s Marathon, perfect Jor the day. total 210. . Dr. Vernon L. Hutton's Marathon, 34, total 43. . - Martin and Rees' Cadillac, 60, total 66. Cordele Chamber of Commerce Olds xnoMle. H, total 85. E. M F.. Atlanta company's Flanders, perfect for the day. total 72. Decatur board of trade Flanders, 104, Total 104. E. Rivers’ Pierce-Arrow, 106, total 106 . The ■ Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Stevens-Buryea, 9, total 19. I. M. • Powell's Oldsmobile, perfect for the day. total L -< Greensboro, Ji* C-, Case, 117. total 412. ‘ John Kpliey’* Haynes. 17. total 17. Dr. W. M Stinson's Cadillac, perfect for the day, total 8. SPEND NIGHT ON ROAD. President R- A. Hooper, of the A. A. A., spent the night with his car at Mar tinsville and will comuon through this morning, taking the short cut from Wins ton-Salem direct to Lexington. The Lozier tire car with R. 8. Ireland sales manager of the Ajax Grieb Rubber company, aboard, spent tile night on the road north of Martinsville with a broken spring, and arrived at 9 o'clock. % The Jteo pilot car got into trouble by pglllng Its crank shaft out of gear jus: north of Martinsville yesterday afternoon . The Velis and Chalmers pre** cars came ci. rough la una shape. . BLIDOEN TRAVELERS GIVEN BIG WELCOME AT WINSTON-SALEM North Carolina City and Every thing in It Is Offered Travel ers After a Hard Day’s Run i , IT W. T. WATIM J». 'WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Oct. 19. Winston-Salem's welcome to the Glid den tourists Wednesday night almost effaced all recollection of the arduous roads those tourists had traveled to receive it If the idea had been to con ceive something to wipe out all the un pleasant features of the tour nothing better could have been devised than to arrange the arival at Winston-Salem with the worst of the reads behind and with smooth sailing from here on the Florida line at least. NO ONE IS HURT. At 11:30 o’clock Wednesday night 20 of the contesting cars had not arrived. Late comers were reporting the missing ones as strewn all along the road from Rocky Mount, south, battling with all kinds of trouble, but there waa a rift in this cloud of gloom because none of the reports told of an/body having been hurt. All flie trouble was with the cars themselves. * Governor Smith, of Georgia, made his first speech before tbe tour Wednesday night in Winston-Salem in the lobby of tbe Zlnzendorf hotel, where tour head quarters were located. The governor did not begin speaking until 11 o’clock, but even at that hour it seemed as if the evening had Just begun. The lobby of the hotel waa packed with ladiea and gentlemen of this most hospitable of cities. Brilliancy ana beauty were everywhere. The'ladies of the tour had emerged from their rooms transformed in glorious garb. The male tourists had washed the mud from their faces and brushed some of it from their clothes. Their arrival and their toilet and their dinner had taken the whole even ing and others were at that moment in their rooms or at the dining tables or just arriving. The evening waa young and fresh when the governor began his speech just an hour before midnight. Winston-Salem has had many experi ences with scout cars and pathfinders and with two National Highway tourc. From the lessons, learned it knew that it must prepare for all contingencies in its plana to welcome the tour. When the word came that 11 o’clock Wednesday morning waa the hour tt the tour’s departure from Roanoke, Win ston-Salem simply shoved the program ahead a few hours and went ahead very philosophically. That it omitted noth a every tourist, man or woman was ready to vow with hearty emphasis Wednes day night. Even the very smallest de tail. everything had been thought but in advance and arranged, but that which above all else made the welcome mem orable was the spirit of Its giving. AH of the best men in Winston-Salem and their wives and daughters Joined ac tively in extending ft. Each one was a committee of one charged with the comprehensive duty of seeing that no -tourist wanted anything without receiv ing it. GIVEN ALL OF CITY. Together they turned the city of Win ston-Salem and all within it over to their visitors From brass bands to bou quets. nothing was forgotten. The day's run led up almost naturally to the grand climacteric at W!nston-Sa lef. Beginning at Roanoke the whole road was one long gauntlet of acclaim. The start waa made from Roanoke at 11 o'clock, after the officials of the tour had satisfied themselves that the roads ahead were passable. The tourists left that hospitable city in a lafie between two solid walls of people and cars. All down the road bou quets and fruits were thrown tato the cars by pretty girls. Roekymouirt and Martinsville were filled with people gath ♦red to see the tour go through. Not even when darkness obscured the road did the acclaim cease. Local Inhabitants built fires at the forks and crossroads and stood around them while they watch ed and eheered the passing phantoms of the Glidden. In North Carolina every turn in the road had its squad or watch men, all ready to guide the runners with lanterns into their right road and to warn them of had places immediate ly ahead. Kernersville, nine miles out from Winston-Salem, reduced its speed limit to two miles an hour, according to a banner proclaimlag because "We Want to See ’You.’* GONGS AND PANS. From there on into Winston-Salem >h* cars were greeted by the beating of gongs and tin pans and a bedlam of other sounds. Through all of North Car olina the tourists were given a clear road and everything was done to facili tate their quick and safe transit. > The day was a strenuous one. Two bad fordt: had to be crossed, some difficult feet hills had to be climbed. Miles of mud had to be negotiated. The tourists pushed up hills and gulled through fords with enthusiasm The worst of the fords, one near Roanoke, was under the personal supervision of C. M. Armes and other gentlemen from that city. SUFFRAGETTES HAVE AN “OLD COLLEGE YELP” NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—" Votes. votes, votes!—Votes, votes, votes!—Votes, votes, votes!—W. 8. P.” This U the new ’’official yell” of the Woman Suffrage party as officially adopt ed by the annual convention of the party !n this city. Miss Helen Griffith, one of the party’s district leaders, proposed the yell. “We women need some method of ex pression.” she declared. “They know how to do at men's conventions hut we only give a dainty little clapping. 1 move that we adopt this official yell.” They passed the motion on the spot and tried the call but without practice it sounded a little anaemic. HOBBLE SKIRT BOOSTS SHOE BUTTON PRICES I’OBTSMOVTH. JC- H.. Oct. 19—Tbe bobble <klrt Is proving an important factor in an tn- Itttrla! boom hi thia city. To tbe increasing ■ogtdarity of tbe feobble la attributed tbe argaly Increased use of fancy shoe buttons and he vastly Increased business of tbe button artoriea here. This city is known as tbe ->rtd’» shoe button center and all tbe fac >ries engaged In this ngrtleular line bare een forced to double tbrtr working staff and .o employ day and ulghr shifts In order to keen un with Uta JemamL r * u RIVERS OF CHINA ' ARE RUNNING BED IN MM BLOOD Frightful Slaughter of Man chus in Wu Chang by Rebel Troops Most Horrible Mas sacre in History of China BHANGHAI,Oct. 19.—Six packed steam ers arrived here from Hankow today, carrying refugees. The steamers Bel gravia was occupied exclusively by for eign passengers, who were given free accommodations at the direction of the consuls in Hankow. The ship was so crowded that many of the passengers slept on the''floors of the hold. Most of the foreigners were Russians employed In the tea factories and Belgian iron workers employed in the steel works, the Han Yang arsenal and on the Peking- Hankow railway. The refugees declare that the whole Yang Tse valley from Hankow to Shan ghai is in the hands of the rebels, with the possible exception of one or two of the larger cities to which provincial of ficials have retired with their available troops. It has been insistently stated here that Klu Klsang 15 miles below Hanxqw is under revolutionary control. This Is denied, however, by the govern ment officials. Accounts of the revolutionary attack on Wu Chang as given by the refugees to day emphasizes particularly the massa cre of the Mane fa us in that city. AWFUL MANUHU MASSACRE. In the slaughter neither age nor sex was regarded and it is doubtful, the ref ugees say, whether a single representa tive of the Manchus were left alive there. Similar slaughters of she Manchus fol lowed the Hankow and Han Yang when those cities fell. Copies of the Central China post, which arrived on the Belgravia, describe the early progress of tbe revolutionary move ment. » ’ “The revolutionary leaders," the paper says, “displayed secrecy, promptitude and thoroughness qaulitles seldom shown by tha governing classes in China. But the massacre of the Manchus in our three cities is a ghastly blot on the repu tation of the revolutionists." The run on the Imperial bank here still continues, but the officials appear to have apple resources. They are now pay ing out for the first time the newly minted dragon design dollars from the mint at Naklng, the provincial capital. Their large reserve of Mexican dollars, was (mmpletely exhausted by the demand early* in the week. A Red Cross organization has been started here. At Hankow and Wu Chang Chinese women are serving as Red Cross volunteers ths .first time in ktsaeu HOTBED OF RESOLUTION. Shanghai is a hotbed of revolution, and rumors of plots and counter-plots sre numberless. A formal appeal, issued by the revolutionary agents here today, says: "We appeal for the co-operation of our brethren throughout the world. Those with money should contribute funds; those with wisdom should devise plans; those with physical prowess mount steeds and Join the ranks; those with information should secretly report the enemy’s condition? We expect that our movement will succeed. If it fails, the ten days* massacre of Hang Chow and Kiating, when the Manchus subdued China, will be repeated. "It is hoped that our patriotic breth ren will respond from aU directions and with unanimous minds will turn this universe about.” A proclamation, credited to the revolu tionary leader in Hankow, is as fol lows: ’ "I come to save the Chinese people. I have no idea of acquiring personal profit or preference, but aim only to pull you out of the fire and cure your cankering maladies.* Heretofore you have been bit terly oppressed. You have been drowned in a sea of misery by a government of aliens. Your rulers have treated you like bastards, not like children. “Let whoever is animated by patriotic sentiment come quickly and Join our ranks. With us he will obtain unending glory by delivering his country from the Manchu barbarian who hitherto has eat en our flesh. From now on we, shall sleep in his skin. “Yet let us be mercffttl, even to our enemies. Our soldiers must be careful not to recklessly kill the Manchus. Let us give them an opportunity to surrender themselves, uniforms and weapons, if they do not then, and continue enemies to the revolutionary movement, they must be killed." Wild Rumors Sweep Over Chinese Capital PEKIN, China, Oct. 19.—The court offi cial announcement this morning that tel egraphic communication with Hankow has been interrupted since sunset last night, caused consternation throughout the capital today'. The wildest rumors of reverses to the imperial srms.spreAd like wild fire. al-, though no definite facts to uspport them were available. Much significance was attached to the fact that the govern ment has refrained from issuing any of ficial announcement of a victory in yes terday’s engagement with the rebels. Among the foreigners, who may be re garded as impartial observers, it is gen erally believed that the situation at Han kow has not been appreciably improved by the events of the past 24 hours. Government officials continue to pro fess the utmost optimism. They declare that the severance of telegraphic com munication for a period of only 12 or 18 hours over a line 650 miles long is no ground for apprehension. They insist that the 21,000 troops and 70 guns which have left Pekin for Hankow, and most of which are now en route should 4>e suf ficient toJmmp any revolutionary at tack. Some of the rumors current today, however, hint at disaffection in the army. An imperial edict today places all naval and military forces in the region of the Yang-Tse-Kiang the control %of Yuan Shi Kai, who is directed to inflict rigorous punishment upon the rebel ring leaders and to appeal to “the misguided and coerced rebels" to renew their al legiance to the state. v Yuan Shi Kai Is expected to start to morrow for Hankow to assume the vice royalty of the district formerly known as Hu Kuang province, but now divided into the provinces of Hu Peh and Hu Nan. The movement of troops southward is proceeding smoothly. Official circles minimize the Importance of yesterday’s fighting at Hankow, de scribing it as a preliminary skirmish which forced the rebel to retreat. Na tives of Hankow claim that the rebels are deserting. ATLANTA, GEOBGIA, . FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1911. SCENE'OF UPRISING OF PEOPLE IN CHINA ...■Um ■ f-z. . A PEKING. .IA JAPAN SEA Q if r J J I a a / hank, *L-' K —iJm vlr v CmanGSma ‘NANCHANb p) ..... * V J > sSiangtan r EAST CfilNA . I , HUNAN / - 3EA <f FUCMAU-Z ■ ' ■ ''■ </- ■ CANTON y*' f g f \ POLICY OF ROOSEVELT WILL BL OIL OF SILENCE Former President Will Keep Quiet in the Next National Campaign » (By jMsoci&ted Frees. RICHMOND/ Va„ Oct 19.—The part which former president. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will take in the coming na tional campaign will be one of silence, It became publicly known today through a letter which he wrote to Congressman J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania, president of the Atlantic Deeper Water ways association, declining the honor of addressing the association at its con vention here. Colonel Roosevelt emphat ically declared: "From now on I wish to avoid mak ing any speech that I possibly can avoid." t Concluding his letter Mr. Roosevelt said: 1101 ' or an? kina or sor% now." These portions bf the colonel’s letter were taken by the waterways delegates to mean that he wished to refrain from giving utterance to any opinions which possibly might be misconstrued in con nection with the presidential campaign. No other meaning could be deducted from his refusal to be a speaker at the wa terways convention. It Is apparent from the colonel's letter that he intends to remain silent throughout the entire cam paign, which already has begun with President Taft’s swing around the circle through the west. The letter to President Moore begins with Colonel Roosevelt saying; "I -felsh It were posslNe for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it Is that I cannot accept all the Invitations which come to me.” While he greatly appreciated the in vitation, he was very ..sorry he could not accept. PROGRAM IS PREPARED FOR BANKERS’ MEETING NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19,—Soclal features and festivities incident to the annual convention of the National Bank ers’ association in this city November 20. will begin on the evening of the first, business sejsiop of the financiers ana will continue throughout their stay here. Chairmen of 1 the various commit tees last night reported satisfactory progress jin arrangements which will in clude banquets, firewonu and illuminations, automobile rides, boat trips, a game of polo and ending with a grand ball at the French opera house. A vklt to Kenilworth plantation is also being arranged and timed so as tu have the gueste view the cane grinding and sugar making operations. The last day of the convention, November 34, will be marked by a gala performance of the French opera. The bankers will then go aboara United Fruit company’s steamships foi a visit to the Panama canal zone. TUBERCULOSIS GROWS IN NEW YORK CITY V ’ f NEW YORK, Oct. 19-Tuberculosis ts Increasing in New 'York city, despite evefy effort against it, according to the anual report of Leopold Plant, presi dent of the United Hebrew Charities. “Notwithstanding the propaganda against consumption,” the report says, "the number of those who have applied to us for aid because of the disease has Increased 20 per cent. Our only hope lies in a radical change of working and living Factories must be made sanitary; tenements made habitable; children must have room to play and men and women must not be overworked and underpaid. Otherwise society |n all Its strata w|ll have to pay the penal ty." , OLD WAfTrECORDS ARE LOCATED BY COMPANY NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.—The rec ords of the battalion of Washington artillery of a period before the civil war have been located fn Lacrosse, Wls., according to an announcement made at the regular meeting of that command last night by Maj. Allison Bowen. Major Bowen said the records covereu that period previous to the war and up to the time of the occupation of thia city by Benjamin Butler. The records are now in the posesslon of Frank Win ter, whose father was an officer in Butler's command, it is said, and wilt clear up the title of the Washington artillery to their valuable property upon which their armory ia located and which is now in dispute. OLD BILL MINOR A LIAR AND A DIPLOMAT TO BOOT » f Instead of Tapping Guard on Head He Seems to Have “Finessed” His Way Out of Prison —Night Guard Blood worth Has Been Discharged for Sleeping Too Soundly Old Bill Minor, who escaped from the state prison farm last Monday night, was more than a bandit, train robber and bad man. He was a crafty diplomat, too, as an Investigation of the escape by Chairman Davidson, of the prison com mission, discloses. Old Bill left the state penitentiary without harming a hair on the head of the guard. Indeed, he didn’t touch the sentry, nor did he use a crowbar. In fact, the only rough work in connection with his departure was the careless ness with which Jie slammed the door behind him as he left the prison—and, maybe, it was the wind and not the Bendit that slammed the door. And recent returns from the prison farm indicate thatVjld Bill was not with out a sensd of hUflbon also. Only, a few befoA nlty. Old'’Bill ItenS his personal assur ance to Chairman feavison that he never violated a confidence, and would abide in peace within the walls of the prison, giving the guards no trouble, doing his work with a zest and never attempting to escape. As he spoke these words, it ts probable that the old bandit laughed in his sleeve in the knowledge that on that very night he was to depart for regions unknown. Old Bill also talked to the chair man of cotton picking. He had been working in the fields of the prison farm, picking cotttog. and'-his comment was that he was too old to make a success wt such dongs, be whi had devoted his life to tbe western plains, holding up stage coaches, robbing trains and living as a bad man of the frontier. In fact, Bill said he had never seen any cot ton until they put him to picking it, and he Mr. Davison that if he were younger he would devote hri life to the Invention of a cotton picker. Accounts conflict as to just bow Old Bill Minor and his pals—John Watts and Tom Moore—actually escaped, but Chair man Davison’s investigations have pro gressed far enough to warrant him in the discharge of Night Guard Blood- BEING DEAD, CHANG HOW MAY REMAIN IN UNITED STATES The Government Grants This Privilege to the Son of Chong 'Foh, Who Makes Baskets of Reed in a Village Near Pekin and Lives on 2 Cents Worth of Rice a Day Chang How, the son of Chong Foh, who makes little baskets of reed in a tiny village near Pekin and lives on two cents* worth of rice a day. can at last rest quietly in the celestial country where he dreamed of rice enough to put warmth in his body and perhaps a whiff of the black smoke that begins in heav en and ends in the land of never cease less torture. Chang is dead and the government has decided that, being so, he can stay In the United States just as long as he chooses. For several years before he died, nat uralization inspectors and other well nourished agents of the government worked ceaselessly to “send Chang to China where he would join Chong Foh in making reed baskets and living off two cents’ worth of rice a day. Chang was accused of having slipped SOUTHERN CORN SHOW TOBE DECEMBER 5-3 The chamber of- commerce executive committee decided Wednesday alter noon to change the dates of the Southern Corn show from November 21-24 to Dwember 6-9 inclusive. This action was taken because the meetings of the American Federation of Labor will occupy the auditorium dur ing the latter part of November. It was also decided that one day of the' show would be given over to a street carnival, and that there would ud a big parade, probably with floats. The boys’ corn clubs throughout the south will participate in the parade These ‘clubs will be a big feature of the show, as there are 90 in Georgia alone, representing as many countries. Among the thousands of dollars’ worth of prltes’, wtll be prizes ,iW the best showing made by the boys’ clubs. At the' .auditorium there will be ex hibits. from. Georgia, Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Misisaippi and Louisiana. - was ort duty at the time. The Investigations will continue, and it ia stated that prosecutions may follow. The guard declared that Old Bill Minor and his pals overpowered him, took his keys and pistol and made their escape. But this story is not corroborated by the investigation, and here is the story as Chairman Davison learned it: The guard room, where Bloodworth was on duty, is supplied with peep holes, that the sentry may watch the prisoners in the stockade. One of the prisoners— supposedly John Watts—succeeded in squeezing himself through one of the peep holes, while the guard sat at a ta ble, ignorant of Watts’ activity. Chair man Davison has been informed by other prisoners that the guard was sound asleep, and paid no heed to their warn ings that prisoners were escaping. mh iesp ‘wir-ttr-TYr the Yoom wih the guard, WAtts crept quietly up to Bleodworth, relieved him Os his pistol and keys. Then he unlocked the stockade door, and out stepped Tom Moore and Did Bill Minor. As they left the door slammed, and this awakened tbe day guard, who sounded the alarm. Meantime, Night Guard Bloodworth be came active, according to uhairmsn Da vison, through the efforts of a negro prisoner who aroused him by poking him in the ribs with a broom handle. Chairman Davison was at the farm, spending the night. He and the warden answered the alarm. The dogs were called and began to trail the prisoners, who had been gone not over an hour. Then It began to rain, tne dogs lost the scent and the hunt was over. . That the escape was well planned—and planned by Old Bill—ls the opinion ot Chairman Davison. The men had citi zens’ clothes, and as they hastened along the road they lost some of them. They were found by tbe searching posse and the dogs. And so it appears from Chairman Da vison’s account that Old Bill used rare finesse and not the strong arm in gain ing his liberty—the liberty he promised to gain before he into the United States in violation of sundry wise and rigid laws, and two years ago he was tried in Atlanta be fore United States Commissioner W. T. Colquitt Finally, however, when the decision was reached that Chang mult be deport ed, regardless of how little rice he could get at basket-making, it was found that he was going into consumption. Kindly the government decided he could stay long enough tp die. This he did, and the government further decided Thursday morning, in the form of an order from the United States court, that he can con tinue to stay now. Chang died in New York. Since the amount of his daily allowance of rice doesn't particularly concern him now, his friends may contribute pennies enough to send hlua back to sleep in the little village near Pekin. WHIPPLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES WASHINGTON. Oct. 19-Tribute tq government employes is written in *he annual report of Paymaster General Whipple, of the army, who asks for an increase of salary and a system of re tirement for the employe when he reaches the age of Incapacity. Referring to-the statistical increase of the cost of living of 50 per cent during the past 15 years without a corresponding rise in pay, General Whipple says the Increase is asked not as a reward for past service, "but as an actual necessi ty.” I ‘lt is apparent,” says General Whip ple, "that under these conditions the clerks with families. to support and c dren to educate have been forced to practice the utmost economy and self denial in order to make troth ends meet, and yet in the face of this there has been no dimunition of their faithful ap plication and attention to duty so far as my office la concerned.” < IMPORTANT POINT MAY BE RULED UPON IN M'NIMIBJ TRIAL Judge Bordwell Expected to Pass Upon Question of Eli gibility of Talesman to Serve on Jury (By A«soc4at«d Press.) LOS ANGBLES, Oct. 19.-The McNa mara murder trial was resumed today at the beginning of a new court calen- ’ dar week with prospects that in the course of the session Judge Walter Bord well would rule on two peremptory challnges made yesterday by the de fense on the ground that a talseman who believes that the Los Angeles Times building was blown up by dynamite can- I not be a fair juror. This position is taken because of. the defense's position that the explosion lx. the Times' building was caused by gas, and that counsel defending James B. Mc- Namara on trial fbr the murder of Charles G. Haggerty, who was killed in the disaster, should not be compelled to show otherwise in order to get a fair trial. The state contends that so long as any Juror has no opinion as to Me-' guilt or innocence, he may be a fair juror. Judge Bordwell. it was explained, need ed not to rule on the pcint until the jury box is filled with talesmen, not otherwise ineligible for cause, from the standpoint of the defense. But as the . question brought up on the first day of | the trial has been open ever since, it war considered possible that he would termi ' nate it today. The course of challenges, under CaL . fornla procedure, promises much wort ahead before a jury is empannelled re gardless of the way the court may rule. The defense, which tentatively has pass >d seven talesmen as to cause, but may return to some of them, will continue until the quota of 12 is obtained. Thea the state, under District Attorney John D. Fredericks will go over these 12, to see if any are *to be challenged for cause. Whenever one may is successfully chal lenged another will take his place and the defense woill first examine him, fol lowefl by the state. When finally 1.2 men, all having escaped successful hbal lenge for cause, are in the jury box. eaqli side will have the privilege of peremp tory challenge. Os these the state has 10 and the defense 20. The state will chalenge first, then the defense and so on alternatively, until the state’s 10 per emptory challenges are used up. This will leave the defonse with IO replace those peremptorily re moved. THE LAST MAN. In many instances, under this procedure, the court decisions show that the pinch comes on the last man, where all peremp tory challenges on both sides are ei:,. hausted and to challenge for cause is no’ allowed. All appeals thus far cited havi» been in siich instances. Beyond this. If at any time in the trial reason Is found, or thought to have been found, for challenge for such chai - *.j lenge tfaay be made. If It is granted an- 1 other juror must be found and the wort: \ of presenting testimony begun all ovor again. . While new angles are developed dally* in exatnination of witnesses,’ much of th<i questioning has become somewhat a. matter of form and counsel for the de fense toole- turns today*, relieving eac h other of the wearisome work ot interro gating Utlesmen. . Further examination of Talesman to ward C. Robinson was set for toda: ■. Robinson said late yesterday that he w»s opposed to unions because he was op posed to strikes. COMFORT OF JURORS. Efforts toward further comfort of ju rors are being made by Sheriff Hammel. Among other things, another shower bath was Installed in their quarters and enjoyed for the first time when they arose today. Nearly every talesman is over 60 yeari old. One ts 68, and others ars 65 or over. Because the trial is likely to extend to . an untißual length, grave concern is be ing manifested to see that every possible aid to the comfort of these men is pro vided. Their large lounging room is airy and light, and the big table at one slfle is stacked with magazines and oth<*r literature, selected so as to have no pos sible bearing on the trial, even Indirectly. The brief morning automobile ride through the parks and boulevards tea - most an institution and brought the men today to the court room red-cheeked and fresh. The chairs in the jury box are high-backed, leather cushion affairs in which most any comfortable attitude may. be assumed to mHi gate the monot ony of sitting for hours. Two recesses are granted dally. Singing, playing cards and reading pass the time between dinner and bed Should the health of any talesman be come affected in the progress of the trial, all work done up to that point would go for naught. Judge Bordwell's solicitude on this point apparently was evinced by courte ous inquiry put to some of the older men concerning their state of health. ADVANCE IN PRICE v ON COFFEE ASSURED NEW YORK. Oet. 19.—A general ad vance of from 2 to 3 cents a pound on all of the cheaper grades of coffee will be declared by retailers in this city within the -next ten days, it was an nounced today. No increase in the price of tbe higher grades is expected. Several reasons are for this. One is that most of the higher grades are brand coffee which the owners do not wish hurt by advancing the price; another is that many of the better grades' coire from General America and are not ed by the Brazilian situation. HERE’S AN EXPLANATION THAT DOESN’T EXPLAIN ITHACA. Y.. Ort. 19.—Tbe high price >f coffee Is th? attributed cause for tbe fa.t that an unusually large number of young num from Brazil are being educated at Cornell this year. Tbe Brazilian students themselves ail rance the idea. Cornell bad only two Brii,- < j llians last year, while this fall there are d 5 sons of rich owners of South American coffre. ' plantations enrolled. Tbe engineering courte .is tbe one wbicb a majority of tbe foreigner follow here. NO. 9.
