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“Saw Mill For Sale” SOLD. ! It was advertised in The Augusta Herald Want Ads. VOLUME XXXI, No. 320 Wife of Georgia Pastor Dies of Wounds Inflicted by Liquor Mer Arrest Made In Big Liquor Shipment ‘Man Higher Up’ Has Been Found, Oilieers Believe BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The “man higher up’’ in the alleged liquor shipment from Brunswick to At lanta is believed to be under arrest, according to police. He is Everett Pearson a well-known Brunswick lumber man, who fell in the toils of the law Friday night when placed under arrest by Chief of Police Reg ister, Pearson who disclaims all knowl edge of the shipment from Bruns wick, was arrested upon orders re ceived by the Brunswick police from U. S. Deputy Marshal A. W. Stuart of Savannah. Marshal Stuart reach ed Brunswick for his prisoner last night and will return to Savannah with him Saturday. Bond for Pear son, it is reported, will be placed at SIO.GOO. Pearson told reporters last night his friends in Brunswick would raise the bond. The arrest of Pearson follows the holding of two negroes, Will Aus tell and Joe Tino in Savannah, in connection with the big shipment. It is understood Pearson was im plicated in statements made by the two negro prisoners. At first Aus tell claimed sole ownership of the liquor, but his statement was dis credited by dry officers. Pearson, it is charged insisted ;n g ttlng the whiskey from the steamship said to be anchored 12 miles off Brunswick's coast to the mainland and thence into the box car which was discovered later in Atlanta's railroad yards, consigned to Chicago. Federal officers forecast further arrrsts in connection with the At lanta haul. Other men "higher up," they say, will soon be under arrest, and interesting disclosures are ex pw-ied. HUNDREDS KILLED r ✓ In ’Quake Which Shook Is land of Java BATAVIA, Java. —The death toll in the earthquake which shook the central portion of the Island of Java last Wednesday is estimated in officials circles at 300, although private reports indicate that as many as 600 persons may have perished. Six villages are completely isola ted by floods. The damage to pri vate property at Wonosobo exceeds 300,000 guilders (normally $120,- 600.) The earth still is trembling from slight shocks. It is generally ac cepted here that the earthquake was not of a volcanic nature but merely due to the shifting of earth fivers. '■> NEWS IN BRIEF Revision of tax law, the admin istration holds should not be at tempted until after government books are balanced at end present fiscal year June 30, .1925. Three women and a baby are killed and 18 persons are injured Florida East Coast Railway train is derailed near Wabasso, Fla. ■•Preparations are complete for eight or nine hour overnight air mail service betwen New York and Chicago to be“inaugurated next spring. Program of President Coolidge’s trip to Chicago calls for two speeches December 4. Agreement with Poland for fund ing national debt of $179,565,025 to United States Is signed by Presi dent Coolidge. Mrs. Frances F. Morgan, widow of J. Pierpont Morgan, is critically ill at her Highland Hills home. George Eastman gives $2,500,000 toward fund of ten millions for buildings an endowment of Univer sity of Rochester. _ Battling Slkl, Senegalese heavy weight, loses to Antonio Maurollo, of New Orleans,- in 12-rounds at New York. Principle of .conscription of wealth and labor as ‘counterpart of and future concentration of 'human life in war” is demanded by board of bishops of Methodist Episcopal Church at Atlantic City. WORLD FLIERS Leave Houston on Journey to Fort Worth ♦HOUSTON —United States arm\ world fliers Nelson and Wade left Houston at 9:10 o’clock Saturday morning In the ships New Orleans and Boston 111 The fliers will take luncheon In Dallas and then fly to ( Fort Worth, where they will spend ’ the night. They will leave that city Sunday morning for St. Louis to Join Captain Smith and proceed to Washington. THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY,' sc, LEASED WIRE SERVICE. Letter Delivered After 60 Years MEDINA. N. Y—A letter writ ten on March 13, 1864, by a Civil War soldier at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., has just been re ceived in Medina. The letter was written by James Fisk to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fisk, and it has been delivered to his ister. Miss Sarah Smith, of Shelby, a hamlet south of Medina, who now is 84 years old. The parents died long ago. The only explanation for the de lay is that the letter was held for the censor and laid aside with army mail and overlooked. SCIENCE LEAGUE To Combat Efforts of Evolution Opponents SAN FRANCISCO.—At a mass meeting held here Friday night a campaign was formally launched under the auspices of tlie Science League of America to combat ef forts of opponents of the theory of evolution to prevent instruction on that subject in public schools and colleges. Among the speakers at the meet ing were Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Cal. (plant wizard); Dr. Davis Starr Jordan, chancellor of Stan ford University; Dr. William Rit ter, noted biologist; C. S. Mundell, formerly a congregationalist minis ter, and Maynard Shipley, president of the league. GEORGIA POSSE _ * Still Seeking Alleged Slayer of Webb ATLANTA, Ga.—A posse of picked men were ready to spend Saturday in the North Georgia hills in search of Guy Anderson and Glenn House, sought under war rants charging murder in connec tion with the slaying of special officer Verd Eison on a highway near here several nights ago. Prohibition officials expressed belief that the men were barricad ed in a moonshiner stronghold, pre pared to resist arrest. 20 ALLEGED GUNMEN Are Arrested In OhicagD Rowi<LUp CHICAGO.—Twenty alleged gun men were under arrest Friday as the first fruits of Mayor Dever’s | order to the police to rid the city ! of gunmen. j The mayor’s order followed the assassination of Dion O’Banion, florist and leader of gangsters, whose funeral yesterday probably was the greatest public display of wealth and power the underworld of Chicago ever gave. Police heads still complained Sa turday of lack of cd-operation on the part of the courts in explana tion of why gunmen have flourish ed here. Seek “Hijackers” In Double Slaying CLEVELAND.—The theory that Louis Rosen, 29, Cleveland bootleg ger and Adolph Adelson, 28, Phil adelphia, his brother in law, were killed by Imported gunmen has been abandoned temporarily by po lice who Saturday concentrated their hunt on three known mem bers of a "hl-Jacking" »ing that was a bitter foe to Rosen. Pictures of the trio were picked up from tht Bertlllon records by detectives wmo declared their des criptions answer those of three men seen running from Rosen's yard ' shortly after Rosen and Adelson were shot from ambush early Thursday. Their death was the outcome of a feud between kootleg gers/and hi-jackers in which Adel son tiad no connection police said. Two big syndicates are warring here to monopolize the alcohol market federal officers disclosed. They deal chlfely In “B" 39 second j grade alcohol which easily can be re-distilled, filtered or refined bev erage mixtures. J. P. MORGAN SAILS LONDON.—J. P. Morgan sailed for home on the Berengaria. His departure will not affect the nego tiations In Paris for a French loan In thgcfnlted States as he has dep utihed his assistants to act In his absence. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. First Penny * UJC The American Legion will build a "mountain of pennies” to provide homes for America’s 6,000 war or phans. Each member will give one cent at every meeting, C. L. Mun son, originator of She plain which is to be adopted nationally, is shown dropping the first penny into the box. EXTRA SESSION NOT DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON.—President Coo lidge is convinced that the ques tion of further tax reduction can not be considered effectively by congress until figures for the cur rent fiscal year ending June 30 are available to show the actual amount of reduction possible. In consequence, pressure thus far brought upon the administration to have a special session of the new congress called immediately after March 4 has failed to alter his opinion that such action would be unnecessary and inadvisable unless unforeseen developments provide some other And very ur gent reason. It was made clear at the White House Friday that the president is not to be understood as opposing the assembling of the new congress prior to its first regular session in December, 1925, if developments should make an extra session ne cessary hut that he sees no rea son now for such a call. He ex pects adequate farm legislation to 1 be enacted at the'concluding ses j sion of the expiring congress and is of the opinion that further "tax reform” which he advocated in signing the revenue act of 1924 should be held up until a scien tific basis is provided. FRENCH DEPUTIES May Vote Tonight on Ques tion of Confidence ROME>-The chamber of depu ties Saturday continued its debate on miscellaneous topics with the expectation that a vote e'n the question of confidence in the gov ernment would be reached before adjournment known this afternoon whether the vote would ho on the general po licy of the fascist government or simply on the government's foreign policy. Former premier Glolitti was quo ted Saturday by the anti-fascistl Sereno as saying he intended to vote against the ministry, declar ing he was. not a participant in the opposition but that he was opposed to the government's measures con trolling the press and to the pro posed revision of the constitution. There’yvas considerable comment in political circles on a conversa tion which took place last night between Giolitti and fofmer Pre mier Orlando, predictions being made that Orlando would follow Giolltti’s example. Woman Driver of Death Car Must Answer to Court NEW HAVEN, Conn.—As an af termath of the mysterious death of Charles C. G. Rogers, New York bond salesman, who had relatives In Fond du I,ae. WIS., Miss Marjo rie Schneider will appear In court at North Haven Monday to answer to a charge of operating a motor vehllcle while under the influence of liquor. j Rogers was killed the night of j November 1, when he and Miss Schneider were returning to this city In Miss Schneider's automobile after they had dinner at an inn. The official view is that he leaned out of the cor and struck a telephone pole. Counsel for Miss Schneider denies the importance of allegations that his client said, in reference to Rog ers! "I pushed him and I'm afraid I've killed him.” Both the coroner and State's At torney Ailing reiterate that they consider the matter of Rogers' death closed so fur as official In vestigation and action is concern ed. AUGUSTA GEORGIA* SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1924 FOUR ARE KILLED, 18 HURT. IN WRECK IN FLORIDA ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla—An imme diate investigation was begun Sat urday by officials of the Florida East Coast Railroad into the wreck which Friday night took four lives and injured 18 others. All the in jured were expected to recover. Officials were unable to say what caused the wreck but hope to de termine the fault during the in vestigation. * Many tourists were on the pas senger train which was southbound. The track was soon cleared and regular schedules resumed, officials saidX^ THE DEAD Mrs. A. Laneye, Detroit, Mich. Miss Lizzie Foxton. Alpena, Mich. Miss Ruby Stone, Northfield, Vt. Unidentified Infant, believed to be child of Mrs. Laneye. The official liset of injured and shocked follows: Harold Burnham, Old Orchard, Maine. Mrs. Lira Miller. Blissfleld, Mich. Hetticoat and wife, Waycross, Ga. Mrs. D. Bolton, e'n route to West Palm Beach. Miss Blanche Stone, Northfield, Vt. Mrs. Robert Davis, Northfield. Vt. Mrs. W. 11. Chilcote, en route to Fort Pierce. Miss Helen Davis, Uorifcfield, Vt. A. J. Keneroon, Newport, N. H. j. C. Underwood, Columbus, O. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mills”, Linwood. Mich. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cacanaugh Passaic, N. J. Miss Edith Minnls, Litchfield, Mich. *• F Mrs. Hitchcock, of New Smyrna, Fin Dr. R. V. Cochrane, Columbus, O. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Leard arre, Detroit,. Mich. MARION J. VERDERY, FORMER AUGUSTAN, DIES IN NEW YORK Telegrams received in Augusta early Saturday morning announce the deathof Marion J. Verdery, for mer Augustan, in New York at a ! late hour Friday evening. Internvnt will take place in New York. Mr. Verdery holds large family connections in Augusta, one of whom just within the past few days received a letter from his stating that he had regained his former health and was felling well. An nouncement of his death comes as a distinct shock to his family and friends in Augusta. Sheriff and Mayor Are*. Charged With Attacking Marshal HUNTINGTON, W. Va.—Sheriff Don Chafin of Logan county, was at liberty Saturday under $5,000 bond charged with assaulting a deputy United States marshal on election day. A. A. Williams, mayor of Man, W. Va., in Logan county, held on a similar charge, was released on bond. They will be given a pre liminary hearing December 15. The warrant charges that Sheriff Chafin endeavored by threats, and force to intimidate Hugs Desklns, a government officer. Williams, it was alleged, conspired with an un identified man to intimidate George Smith, a deputy marshal, in the discharge of his duties. Chafin, at the present time, Is under bond pending an appeal to the United States district court, after he was convicted of conspira cy to violate the prohibition laws and sentenced to pay a fine of $lO,- 000 and serve two years In prison at Atlanta. Deacons Stand By Savannah Pastor SAVANNAH, Ga—The bpard of deacons of the Fourth Baptist Church of which Rev. It. 11. Kolmar, indicated in the federal court for having land he owned leased f» tho erection of a blind tiger still, is pastor, Saturday Issued a formal statement declaring their pastor In nocent of the charge and pledging him their support and confidence. “All the charges are malicious and untrue" the statement says. MRS. MORGAN ILL HIGHLAND FALLS N. Y.—l lie condition of Mrs, France F. Mor gan, Sr., v’d'iw of J. I’lerpon*. i»l<r gan, who is seriously 111 at her country home here, remained un changed Saturday morning Dr. Frederick Dlltr.ey. of New York, said she rested comfortably during the night. TO THE HERO! WBHKKSBB t m smi II *°“ 4 " wrJr 1 *yjin* - »■ ~ -1 , nrfc vv .-'vjA 9^9 ■ j. luxe • -< •$ R t W fQr v ~ 'flnLAgJr BA '■LOfflraLfwW'.T-L *** ALJPwWA wifo rrßEwl President Coolidge placed a wreath on tho tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day and with Acting Secretary of War Dwight Davis (left) and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur silently paid homage to the heroes of the World War. Giants and White Sox Cancel European Tour PARIS—The New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox base ball teams will play no more base ball on this continent. The party broke up in Paris Saturday. Jennings. Evers, Nehf, Sam Rice, Ruel/and others of the players will leave for Rome this evening, where they hope to bo received by the pope through the good offices of Monsiqnor Charles A. O’Hern, rector of the American College. Charles A. Comlskey and his son, with Frisch and Groh, are proceed ing to Berlin via Brussels and Ams. terdam this evening. Ed Walsh Lyons and Clancy will make a three days tour of the battlefields, chaperoned by Hank Gowdy, who will give them first-hand informa tion. Another party will go to the Rlveria, Nice anti Monte Carlo. Manager John McGraw, of the Giants, will remain in Paris as will also a few of the other players, who have become completely smitten with the French capital. The team* will assemble in Paris November 24 and will sail for America on the Leviathan from Cherbourg Novem ber 25. Picinlch and Huntzinger will return to the United States Sunday on the George Washington. CLASS RATE HEARING To Be Held In Atlanta on December 15 WASHINGTON. A further hearing in the interstate commerce commission's class rate investiga tion was announced by the com mission Saturday for December 15 at Atlanta. The hearing was called that results of traffic tests con ducted in April to give the carriers an opportunity to ascertain the ef fects upon their revenues of rates recommended in the proceeding, might be Introduced Into the com mission's record. Supplementary briefs on the re sult of the traffic test will he ac cepted by the commission up until January 5. Oral argument In the Wgoceedlng* was assigned for January 14 to 16 Inclusive, at Washington before the commission. Alleged ’Shiner Is Shot to Death CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—As a result of a pitched battle between moonshiners and prohlbitlori >ffl eers near Oneida, Scott county Fri day, Fiimore Sexton, alleged moon shiner and operator of s still near his home, Is dead, and Howard Griffin wounded through the arm. A squad of prohibition officers went to Sexton's home early Friday, searching for a reported still, but were met by Sexton and Com panions armed with rifles. The offi cers had pistols and were f<#ced to retreat when the ‘shiners opened fire on them. They later went back armed with rifles and another battle ensued in which Sexton was shot dead and his associates routed and the still and appurtenances destroyed. SEIZE SB,OOO PAYROLL PITTSBURGH. Two bandits entered the Standard Cigar Com pany offices Jn the downtown dis trict Saturday seized a payroll of SB,OOO and escaped in an automo bile <, CAUSE OF FIRE IN JERSEY CITY MAY NEVER BE KNOWN JERSEY CITY. N. J.—Doubt that the cause of Friday’s million dollar fire In tha heart of the industrial section could be determined was ex pressed Saturday by Fire Chief Roger lloyle. Flames still raged to day in the ruins of the eleven-story factory building formerly used by the Atlantic Sugar Refining Com pany. The blaze spread ta this plant from the saltpetre factory of '.ho Battelle a> d Renwlek company. Small explosions of acid fumes from (tie sal'petri factory hampered the firemen all .light Boyle said Saturday that the loss would not. exceed $1,000,000. Most of the 18 fir-men overcome l!y smoke tnj *t,id fumes had left r:;s pitals Saturday and the condition of none was seel ius. Eighty fami lies driven from Mieir homes were sheltered Friday night a; an avmeiy by the K"d Cross and k'n lred ct - ganlzatlcnit. Two city blocks w<rq razed by the blaze. MRS. HARDING ' 9 In No Immediate Danger, Physician Says MARION, O.—Mrs. Wurren Q. Harding was holding her own this , morning, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer said j In a bulletin which he Issued from I her bedside at 8:16 a. m. after a critical nght durng whch she was near death. Dr. Sawyer’s bulletin | follows: "Mrs. Hording slept, very little i Inst night, but Is holding ber own | this morning. Heart attack less In severity. Her condition Is Just about the same as yesterday." MARION, O.—Although restless throughout tho night Mrs. Florence Kllng Harding has revived some-, what and Is In no Immediate dan ger a bulletin Issued by Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, her physician, at 4:30 a. rn. stated. MARION, O.—The condition of Mrs. Harding was announced as slightly better by a night nurse when she left the sick room shortly j after 7 o’clock Saturday morning. | Lapsing Into a state of coma early , last night her condition seemed j "dangerously alarming." but she re vived somewhat and went through the night, with only Intermittent periods of rest. Sale of Firearms Is Discontinued By Sears, Roebuck Co. CHICAGO—As a matter of pub lic protection In view of the In creased crime throughout tho coun try and especially In Chicago, Ju lius Kosenwald, chairman of the board of Honrs, Roebuck and Com pany, announced Saturday that the mail order house had discontinued the sale of all forms of fire arms. 18 CENTS A WEEK. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER Was Defending Husband When She Was Shot ATLANTA, Ga.—Shot as she lay on the ground after firing on, a group of men attempting to abduct her hus band Thursday night at her home in Haralson county, Mrs. Robert Stewart, wife of the “raiding parson” of the North Georgia Methodist conference, died Saturday morning at the hospital here. BROAD RIVER POWER GO. STOCK INCREASED TO TWENTY MILLION COLUMBIA, H. O.—Capital stock of the Broad River Power Company, which has headquarters here, was Increased Friday from SI,OOO to $20,000,000, according to Secretary of State W. P. Blackwell, with whom the application for Increase of stock was filed. That this Is the largest Increase which lias ever been granted In South Carolina was tho opinion expressed by the secretary of state and his assistants. Tho company, which came into existence when Its charter was Is sued on July 19 last, will bo the channel through which a program of hydro-electric developments In South Carollnta will bo carried out by tho Barstow Interests, It was said. • ' 1 Petitioners for tho. Increase are officials of the Barstow Company. They are the following: Luclen W. Tyng, active vice-president of W. H. Barstow &. Company, and head of the Barstow operating company; W. Buchsbaum, J. P. Carroll and C. N. Wilson. The directors are W. L. Barstow. L. M. Tyng, William Buchsbaum, J. P. Caldwell. O. C. Swenson and A. A. Case, all of New York City. The Broad River Power Compa ny, since its organization in July, has more nearly completed its or ganization since the Initial capital of 11,00 ft was authorized. Tho fee paid Into tho office of the secretary of stats amounted to $5,302.25. Stock of the company comprises 200,000 shares of the par value of SIOO each, of which 100,00 shares are preferred stork and 100,00 shares common stock. Two Men Stabbed In Fight of Klan and “Anti” Forces COLUMBUS, Ohio. Two men were held In jail here Saturday for Investigation in connection with a disturbance between alleged klan and nntl-klnn forces In a local dance hall Friday night which re sulted in two men being stabbed, one probably seriously. llarry France, one of the two held for Investigation was stabbed in the abdomen when fighting broke out following of an unknown man from the hall. Clarence McCam mon, salesman for a Ku Klux Klan publication is alleged to have caus ed the eviction of tho man. Mc- Cnmmon is being held. Arthur Bard, 23, was taken to a hospital with wounds in the head. Fighting was stopped only after four policemen had herded the crowd Into the street. Two Men Held In Extortion Scheme CHICAGO—Two men were held and another was sought Saturday as the alleged Instigators of an ex tortion plot which threatened the lives of Mrs. Amanda Huehl, form erly prominent In the Order of the Eastern Star and her 71 year old mother if they failed to pay SIO,OOO demanded. A le'.te, modeled after that sent by Nathsr Leopold, Jr., and Rich ard J oel, to obtain a ransom from the father of Robert Franks, de manding SIO,OOO was received No vember 1, by Mrs. Huehl. Detectives followed a taxicab as It delivered the money and arrested suspects. Their names were not disclosed. ELEVENTH DEATH From Effects of Poisoned Cider LYNCHBURO, Va —W. C. Baker, retired railroad man of Auburn, N, Y., died here Friday night from the effects of poisoned elder served lust Monday to the aged residents of tho Benevolent Protective Order of Elks national home at Bedford. Ills death brought the list ofthose who succumbed to the elder, which had been put into ft barrel, which pre viously contained a plant spraying poison to eleven. Charles Mosby, superintendent of the home, suld Saturday that three aged Elks are In precarious condition, hut the other fourteen now 111 from tho poison were much Improved. THE WEEK’S WEATHER WASHINGTON—Weather out look for tho week beginning Mon day: South Atlantic and East Gulf States mostly fair except rains übout middle of week; temperatures about normal most of week. HOME EDITION Augusta and vicinity; Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; Sunday fair. Her husband was not at her bed side whon she died, having return ed to hie home at Draketown. Friday afternoon, to assist the sheriff in apprehending the men who were responsible for the at tempt to abduct him, ending in the death of his wife. Mr. Stewart was quoted as saying that he recognized five men in the attacking party, and will swear out warrants for their arrest. Mrs. Stewart was brought to a hospital here paralyzed from the shoulders down as the result of a wound made by a bullet entering her back. Officers of Haralson county were reported active in tho search for the men participating in the at tack on the Stewart home. Mr. Stewart was known in his community as the "raiding Par son a: a result of his activities against violators of the prohibition law. Mrs. Stewart was brought hen Friday from her home at Drake, town, where her husband preached T *° bullet wounds had takei effect in her body, one atrik' mg the spine, causing paralysis, t posse Friday night scoured the hilli in the neighborhood of Draketowi for men believed to have been thi assailants of thi minister and hii wife. Tom Carter is held on I blanket charge of suspicion at Bu chanan, Ga. The shooting occurred Thursdaj night when three automobiles drovi to the door of the Stewart horns asking that tha minister accom> pany them on a liquor “raid” am when he refused, suspicioning i ruse, Stewart said, the men at tempted to force him into tho au tomobils. Mrs. Stewart, hearing thi •cuffle, seized her husband’s re volver and fired two shots into thi crowd, th# fire being returned am Striking her down. Tha minister recently had beer connected with efforts to brim about arrest of bootleggers. LABOR EXECUTIVES REACH AGREEMENT ON POLITICAL PLAN EL PASO, Texas- An under standing between exponents of the conflicting views on the future political activities of the American Federation of Labor stimulated final preparations Saturday for the forty-fourth annual convention of the federation beginning here next week. tinder a plan agreed to by oir tually every group represented her* this week in the pre-convention gatherings and tho departmental meotlngs, u special report of tho executive council of the federation on the general elections campaign will be presented to an early ses sion of the convention. This report, which will he framed with a view of making it acceptable to the en tire tnemhorßhlp of the federation, likely will be approved by the con vention without serious opposition from the floor. High officials of newspapers af filiated bodies who have presented their views to the executive coun cil during the last week, anticipate in the council’s report an emphatia reaffirmation of the federation'! policy of strict non-partisanship, to gether with a recommendation that the way be left open through special action by the cxeuutive council to place before the membership In presidential campaigns detailed statements of the records of all candidates. Reports of the harmonious Issues of the political differences lifted foreboding clouds of division from th horizon. Vigorous proclamations of divergent views In tho depart mental gatherings this week gave rise in some quarters to apprehen sions concerning the possible re sult on uncompromising positions clashing .n the general sessions of tho convention. Colorful ceremonies have been planned for the opening of the convention. Monday simult aneous for annual gathering of the Mexican confederation of labor Juarez, Mexico, across the Rio Grande. Gavels will fall in the con ventions at the same moment and elaborate formalties at opposite ends of the International bridge be. tween this city and Juarez will symbolize the ties of friendship and good will between the two bodies. Big Dreadnought to Serve As a Target PHILADELPHIA.—With the last effort to save her from destruction dismissed by the supreme court ts the District of Columbia, tho super dreadnaught Washington. three quarters completed Saturday, was towed from the Philadelphia navy yard by five tugs for a point fifty miles off the Virginia capes, where she will serve us a target In naval experiments. The ship was doomed to he de stroyed ns a result of tho Wash” ington conference. ..