The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 1, 1911

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43? rf rf EVERYBODY 10 PAGES 1 READ IT I J EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT LAS1 EDTEON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 1, 1911. WEDNESDAY EVENING. On sale by newsboys at TA O CENTS On trains and newsstands FIVE CtNTs A S' 1 i UNDER NEW HEAD luan-Shi-Kai Has Been Mad Premier of China. He Will at Once Proceed to Form a Cabinet. TO APPEASE HEIJELS. He IMans to Check the Move ment of the Revolutionists. And Will Open Negotiations for Peace Forwthitli. S Peking. Nov. i.-Yuan-Shi-Kai as beln appointed premier of China and he iU organize a new cabinet as soon as he assumes his pct. Meanwhile Prince Ching. "hm. V1"" Shi-Kai succeeds will continue his du ties as acting premier and have as as soeiate pre.ni.rs Xa-Tung and HsJ-Shih-Chang. who up to the present have been vice presidents of tne caoi- Prince Ching has been made presi dent of the privy council and -T"' and Hsu Shin-Chans, vice P.denls. Wei Ku-ins Tao, formerly viceroy of Kw in-T i g province, becomes viceroy Hu-Pen and Hu-Nan provinces .o which omce Yuan-Snl-Kai was eitvaicu when he was recently recalled from oili cal banish.nent to restore the imperial authority in the southern Pvin, In the redistribution of offices the Pjesen

general staff. mm hastily This mucn i v,f,-,e constructed by the throne in the hope ""r We -ay a telegram had from Y tian-tohl-Kai in which he asked that he be appointed act ns premier and set forth ms im rnr. retnrmir peace. He mediate iuma proposed neH. lu ops and to open negotiations with the reb 2l leader, General u-ium-"i with. Can Make a Loan Now. Tokio. Nov. l.-Firancial circles here have been assured on reliable authority that the appointment of uan-blu-Kai as premier of China is one of the prin cipal condition under which the Bel gian syndicate has agreed to rtoat i fhort-time loan of J18.000.000 for the Peking government. Chinese Veterans Are Drilling. Manila, Nov. 1. Chinese veterans of the war with Japan are preparing to Fend a ship load of soldiers from Ma nila to China. Nearly all the old sol diers who are employed In or near Manila have been marshaled to the cause and are holding daily drills. Three companies of trained men are ready to leave. Price of Opium Trops. America, China, Nov. 1. Planters v nr.a toifinc ndvnntnsre of the con tusion arising from revolutionary ac tivities and are raising an unpreee- Honteri rrnn of ouium in defiance of nrnhihimrv lnwss. Tt fitinfars like ly that the authorities will be power less to mete out punisnment tor some time to come and as a result the price of opium on the local market has fallen suddenly from $5,600 to $4,000 per chest. lYi-ico Chinese to Celebrate. San Francisco, Nov. 1.- Advices were received here today from Shang hai by the Chinese Free Press, con firming the report that rebels have driven back the imperial forces and have established themselves in the town of Shakou. about 20 miles to the north of Hankow. During the attacks against Hankow the imperial forces were under the command of General Fung Kwok Chong. The Peking offi cials have instructed the viceroy at Canton, which is reported at the mercy of the rebels, to consent to the gen eral demands of the revolutionists with n .-ia..' l..,t I peace. The Chinese Vatintial ncni.iof!.n her tory day is preparing to celebrate the vic- ui Liie cause hi a oanquet un night, to which leading business men jut-ii uniLiaia nave ueen invited, including the directors of the Panama Pacific exposition. TWO CHiLLREN SHOT. Halloween Olobratcrs Give Police a Buy Night in Chicago. Chienfr, "V.-H- 1 t-im urtiwwfeii tms year took its place among the major holidays. Today the noliee declare.! it tv, JAnPrallv ta 1 except New years eve and nearly every police precinct had at least one re'enrd of arrests of some too zealous enthusiast At least two were seriously hurt Kroma Powers. 11 years oid, was shot while playing with companions In the street, and Jobart Hill was al-o the vic tim of a stray bullet. He was shot in the arm Joseph Sehowski. a grocer, was seized by coys near his home and Ins clothing and face plentifully- smeared aVrestfree" P3lnt- ThrSe bo's scaped The La Grange school board voted to uphold Principal Primal. wha0 expelleS high school boys who celebrated ves bth1ngu?J:Pfar at c!ass Sirls- OPPOSED TO HAN0IM9. Much Difficulty Experienced in Se lecting Jury in Hyde Case. Kansas City. Xov. l.The fifth yenlre to be called for examination in the Dr. B. Clarke Hyde murder trial reported this morning. Forty men ZZe s"mfma- Three veniremen were left from the fourth panel at the court. sixteen talesmen have been accepted. One thing that i rr.Qi,,r, n r .6 me quali fication of veniremen difficult is the insistence of the state that only men who are willing to assess the "death penalty be seated. Objection to this method of punishment is ground for disqualification in Missouri. Many of the veniremen examined thus far have been young men between the ages of 21 and 30 and the majority of them have been opposed to hanging. The majority of the older men who have disqualif led have done so be cause of having fixed opinions about the case. The battle of the defense against the drawing of the venire from the regular jury wheel continues. Objec tion was made today to the selection of the new panel. BOY ENDS HIS LIFE J. W. Spealman Shoots Himself in Boom. Despondency Due to Given as Cause. Illness J. W. Spealman. a young man who had been employed at the National hotel as bell boy, committed suicide by shooting himself in his room at 707 Monroe street some time late Tuesday afternoon, and the body was found ft 9:30 this morninsr. Spealman, who was about 20 or 21 years of age, had been employed at the National about three weeks, and had roomed at the home of J. W. Orif fin. 707 Monroe street, during that time. He was the only roomer in the house, and was alone v.'hile Mr. and Mrs. Grif fin were away from home Tuesday af ternoon. During their absence he shot himself .vith a new. cheap 32 caliber revolver, standing in front of a mirror and placing the shot jurft above hi3 ear. He had quit work Monday morn ing after telling his employers at the hotel that he was sick, and had remain ed in his room during the two days. This morning at 9:30 Mrs. Griffin knock ed on the door and called him. Get ting no response she called Mr. Grif fin, who looked through the transom, saw the body on the floor and than kicked in the locked door. Spealman left no letter of explana tion. A doctor has been attending him for a disease, and it is probable that his physical condition caused de spondency. A letter found among his effects shows that his mother. Mrs. J. B. Spealman lives at Alton. Kan. Coroner Bomgartner sent the body to Fen well's undertaking establish ment, where it will be heM for in structions from the mother. TO eId the war. Italy Will Submit Another Ul timatum to Turkey. Must Accept Peace or Lose Her Mediterranean Islands. Chaisso, Switzerland, Nov. 1. With a view to bringing the war with Tur key quickly to an end, the Italian cab inet decided that the porte must either accept peace immediately or lose more territory'- This means that some of Turkey's valuable island possessions in the Mediterranean will be taken un less she submits to her fate. This decision was reached at a se ries of secret conferences on Monday between Rear Admiral Aubrey and members of the cabinet. Aubrey ar rived in Rome suddenly and secretly Monday morning. Lengthy interviews with the premier and the ministers of war, navy and foreign affairs fol lowed. Definite arrangements were made for sending the Italian fleet into action against Turkey's Mediterranean possessions. It is understood the new plans will be set into action as soon as the Mar quis Di San Giuliano, minister of for eign affairs, can reach the necessary understanding with the interested powers. It is expected that Italy will continue to spare the Albanian coast in order to avoid complications along the Adriatic and in the Balkan states. Trouble Extends Into Egypt. Alexandria, Egypt, Nov. 1. Reports of Turkish victories at Tripoli were echoed here during the night in a tu mult that at one time threatened to be serious. The natives turned out in thousands calling upon Allah to con found "the infidels." Shots were ex changed between Moslems and Euro peans. One native was killed and 14 others were wounded before the police had suppressed the rioting. Scores of arrests were made. ALMOST LIKE WillTER. Mercury Around the Freezing Mark All Day. This is a cold, crisp day that is, cold for this time of the year with the thermometer at 2 o'clock on the freezing point. "By tomorrow morn ing," said the government forecaster this afternoon, "it will be considerably below freezing. This morning the tem perature dropped below zero in North Dakota, and in northern Kansas and Nebraska snow was general. The wind Is blowing at the rate of 15 miles an hour from the north." This morning beginning at 8 o'clock there was a light snow flurry too light to measure. The hourly read ings: 7 o'clock 36111 o'clock 31 S o'clock 32112 o'clock 31 9 o'clock 31 1 o'clock 32 10 o'clock 311 2 o'clock 32 FIRST COLD WAVE Snow and Freezing Temperature Gen eral in Missouri Valley. Kansas City, Nov. 1. A real fore taste of winter bearing snow and freez ing temperature swept over the Mis souri valley states early today. From a temperature of zero In Bismarck, the thermometer graded down to 28 de grees in northern Kansas and Missouri. The mercury reached six above at Hu ron, S. D., and was near zero at Sioux City. Iowa. Snow fell this morning throughout north central Kansas, in western Iowa, parts of Nebraska and South Dakota. According to the local United States weather forecaster the wave of cold is sweeping southward and freezing tem perature may be expected tonight and tomorrow in Oklahoma and northern Texas. HE SH0A BOY. H. E. Fletcher Seriously W ounds Otto Boyd, Aged 15. Was on Guard With Gun for Halloween Visitors. INJURY MAY BE FATAL Fac Badly Torn by Charge of Shot. Families Live in Shorey on the North Side. Otto Boyd, a 15-year-old Shorey boy, was the only Halloween victim In To peka; and he Is now In St. Francis hospital, where doctors are removing: shot from his head. Young Boyd was shot Tuesday evening by H. E. Fletch er, a neighbor, when a crowd of young sters visited the Fletcher premises. It is charged that Fletcher, a retired German farmer, laid in wait for the Halloween visitors. Both barrels of a shotgun were loaded and young Boyd was only a short distance from the German when the shot was fired. A dozen No. 6 shot entered the boy's face and head and he is in a critical con dition at the hospital, where he was taken a few hours after the trouble. To a neighbor yesterday, Fletcher is said to have stated that he would shoot the first person who came on his premi ses or bothered him. Early in the ev ening the old man cleane1 his gun. loaded it with heavy shot and waited in ambush from a convenient place near the alleyway. Tore Face With Vgly Wounds. Then young Boyd and a half dozen neighbor boys approached Fletcher's premises. The German heard them coming and waited until they were al most close enough to distinguish faces. When he arose from his hiding place, the boys ran. Boyd was the last to start. Just as the young man started to run down an alleyway, Fletcher is said to have taken quick aim and fired. Standing less than 30 feet from the boy when he fired, the shots from Fletch er's gun tore ugly wounds in young Boyd's face and head. A physician was called and after dressing the youn? man's wounds, the boy was taken to the hospital. The Fletcher and Boyd families are close neighbors in Shorey. Fletcher has lived in this county a number of years and owns considerable property. He is quite old and irritable and the dread of Halloween prowlers probably led to the shooting. No Trouble Between Families. It was reported today that the two families had been on unfriendly terms before the shooting yesterday evening, but this was denied by Mrs. D. W. Boyd, mother of the injured boy. "The shooting of Otto was without the least justification," declared Mrs. Boyd today, "and the boys had not mo lested Mr. Fletcher or his premises in the least." "No," said the mother in response to a question, "there was never the least trouble between the two families." Fletched himself admitted after the shooting that the boys had not dam aged his property, but he feared the usual Halloween pranks and jokes. The aged German did not go to the court house today with the half dozen persons who visited the county attor ney's office to ask for a complaint for Fletcher's arrest. No warrant for the Shorey man had been issued at noon today and he will probably not be ar rested until the extent of young Boyd's injuries are determined. Physicians who attended Boyd said this afternoon that if no complications from the wounds were encountered, that the young man would recover from his injuries. Out side of the discovery of a bevy of pretty girls in boys clothes at the corner of Tenth and Kansas avenues last evening, the police were little con cerned with Topeka's Halloween. The patrolman who found these girls was very much abashed but struggled up to them, pointing to their ieet. "Those feet," says he, "belong not in those trousers. Moreover, the city dads have made an ordinance that some other irregularities I notice in those clothes should be clothed differ ently. I should not like, of course, to take you to the prison with its dark cold wall," etc. Then turning his back, he gave them ample opportunity- to escape and go change apparel. Many parties of ghosts and many of masqueraders were seen in different sections of the city, and several down town. A large portion were girls' par ties though men and women held some 'in conjunction. Empty houses were deeorited for the occasion and great feocs were he'd at some cf these. The bad boys were not so much in evidence. A little tick-tacking and tving of doors formed a large part of their work. Three wagons of the Pure Milk company were found some dis tance from the plant, two at Third and Van Buren and another at the Agard Planing company's yards. A Heinz ice cream wagon, also was found at Third and Van Bvren. None of the wagons were damaged. Another light spring wagon was reported lost to the police and they are watching for it. SEEK MARZYCK THERE. Woman Nearly Killed by Same Man, Police Believe. Mount Pleasant, la., Nov. 1. Circum stances similar to those in recent axe murders in Colorado Springs. Co)., Mon mouth, 111., and Ellsworth. Kan., have led the local police to believe that the same person believed to have committed those crimes was the assailant of Mrs. J. B Jordan, found unconscious in her home here. Mrs. Jordan, a mechanic's wife, was attacked and terriblv beaten about the head with a heavy instrument. Evident ly she had been left for dead. The wo man has not recovered consciousness. It is said she cannot recover. The police today instituted a search for Charles Maxzyck. the ex-convict, sought in connection with the Showman murdor3 at Ellsworth. Weather Indications. Chicago, Nov. 1. Forecast for Kan sas: Unsettled weather, with prob ably snow tonight or Thursday. OulITS JEMTISTS. The Law Exempting Physicians Frem Jury Duty Takes No Cognizance f Tooth aches in California. ONLY TEN ARE LEFT. New Yenire of 40 Ken Called in McNamara Case Dwindles Away Cuder Examina tion of the Ceurt. Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Ten venire men out of a pact of 40 summoned In the McNamara murder trial were all that remained when Judge Walter Bordwell finished their preliminary examination today. The others pre sented excuses which the court con sidered valid especially In view of the probable great length of the trial. Three veniremen remained from the preceding venire. Almost immediately after the open ing of the regular court session. Dis trict Attorney Fredricks withdrew op position on the part of the state to the defense challenge against Thos. E Preston, an architect, who said his opinion that members of the labor union blew up the Times building was founded upon personal experience with union men. He was replaced by Jesse R. Townsend, a Pasadena dentist. James B. McNamara seems more deeply interested in yesterday's local primary elections than anything else. One of his counsel Job Harriman was nominated for mayor on the Socialist ticket at that election. (Continued on Next Page.) (EEPS HIS PLEDGE David Bragg Weds Girl for Whom He Killed Neighbor. Dea Fatton, Bride, an Important Figure in Murder Trial. True to his declaration that he would wed the girl whose testimony kept him from the penitentiary for the killing of Frank Wilkerson at a Sil ver Lake dance, Javid Bragg haa married Miss Dea Patton, the siar wit ness tor the detense -in the sensation al murder case. Bragg and his bride are now living on a ranch near Wich ita. It was over the love of Miss Patton that Bragg and Wilkerson had quar relled and it was when Bragg won the Valencia girl's heart that Wilkerson ia said to have made threats against his life. Bragg took the giri to a St. Patrick's dance at Silver Iake. He also took a revolver. There was trou ble between the young men on the stairs leading to the dance hall. Stor ies conllicted as to Wilkerson's ac tions and statements before the fatal shots were fired. When Bragg was tried last June, Miss Dea Patton never left the crowd ed court room during the trial, nor missed a word of the testimony or arguments. Even when witnesses were giving damaging testimony against her lover, she appeared calm and confi dent. When it came her time to tes tify, she told a story that probably went a long way in saving Bragg from a trip to Lansing. She furnished the needed link in a chain of circum stances that made the defense iron clad; for Miss Patton told of the dire threats of Wilkerson against Bragg's life and how when Bragg became a steady caller at her home, she repeat ed Wilkerson a statements to him. As the jury in the case returned a verdict of not guilty, the actions of Miss Patton attracted more attention than even those of Bragg or his law yers. The young woman hysterically embraced her lover, then rushed to the judge and jurors to express her thanks in words that choked with sobs of joy and thanksgiving. That night Miss Patton walked to the jail office with Bragg and they made public their intention of becom ing husband and wife at some earl date. For sometime after his acquit tal, Bragg worked in a Topeka plan ing mill. He visited Miss Patton of ten at the young woman's home near Valencia and a short time ago they confided to their relatives and friends that they were soon to be married. The ceremony, which was perform ed more than two weeks ago in Wich ita, was for the first time announced to the public early this week. Bragg had found a place on a big ranch near WTichita and there himself and bride will make their home. SmiSON COMING WEST Secretary of War Will Speak at John Jay Dinner. Kansas City, Nov. 1. Secretary Stimson of the war department will be a speaker at the Commercial club's annual John Jay dinner November 14. The secretary is planning a trip of in spection previous to that time. He probably will leave Washington Wed nesday and spend several days inspect ing the service schools at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth. Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, will ac company Secretary Stimson. DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED. So Wilson Fulls Trigger and Kills Friend. Hoboken, N. J., Nov. 1. "Didn't know it was loaded," was responsible for the death of George Snyder, vhan Jeremiah Wrilson in a joking mood, placed a revolver against Snyder's temple and pulled the trigger. Wilson had tried it against his own head first and the hammer merely clicked. The men were close friends. VORK FOR PEACE. President Taft Will Give Much Time This Month ToFurtfcering the Treaties With England and France. DAY AT PITTSBUItG. Largest and Most Enthusiastic Demonstration of Trip. Again Defends the Sherman Law in a Speech. Morgantown, W. Va,. Nov. 1. In an ticipation of the coming session of con gress. President Taft has planned to freshen up his campaign in behalf of the proposed arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France which the United States senate foreign relation committee unfavorably reported at the special session last summer. From now on, the president will devote much time to speaking about the treaties and it ia known that he has enlisted Secretary of State Knox in the fight to have the senate ratify them. Mr. Knox will make a speech about the peace pacts in Cincinnati next week, probably after Mr. Taft himself is there to vote and to keep a speaking en gagement. The president may refer to the treaties in his Cincinnati address and Mr. Knox is expected to go thor oughly into the subject of arbitration. Between the time he speaks in Cincin nati and the opening of congress in December the secretary of state proba bly will have additional opportunities to make clear his views on the treaties which he drafted. Up to date more than a dozen United States senators have signified their intention of voting for the treaties and the president hopes to increase that number if he reaches Washington late next week. The program for the president's stay in Morgantown. the first West Virginia town on his schedule was not long. It included an automobile ride through the city, an address and Mr. Taft's pres ence at the inauguration as president of the University of West Virginia of Thomas Hodges. Leaving here, the president will go by special train to Washington en route to New York. President Taft and his party ar rived here this morning at 3 o'clock from Pittsburg to participate in the installation of Thos. E. Hodges as president of the University of WTest Virginia. He left his car at 9 o'clock and was met by a committee from Morgantown and West Virginia boards of trade and Governor Glasscock and his staff, who escorted him to the residence of Dr. White, where he ate breakfast. At 11 o'clock he addressed the student body from the steps at Martin's hall. DEFENDS SHERMAN LAW. President Taft Replies to Congressman Littleton at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 1. President Taft defended the Sherman anti-trust law last night in answer to an address made by Congressman Martin W. Lit tleton of New York, who, earlier in the evening, had attacked provisions of the law at a banquet of the Pittsburg chamber of commerce. It was nearly midnight before the president started to speak. "This question has been eloquently considered by my friend, Littleton," said President Taft, "and I regret the matter has come up here. It savors of harshness to have a difference of opin ion on an occasion of this kind. But I must say what I think. "The Sherman law has been on the statute books for twenty years and has been construed, and construed, and construed, and finally by the supreme court. The two decisions last spring, in my judgment, give it definite mean ing that any combination in restraint of trade with the purpose of con trolling prices and stifling competition is a violation of the statute. "Men know whether they intend to stifle competition and control prices and all that is necessary in a court of law is to prove the combination and the intent. That is all that is needed for the enforcement of any criminal statute. "It is not pleasant to be engaged in what may seem to be an assault on business, but business men thought this law could not be enforced. Now the law can and is being enforced and because of this we hear that it is to be repealed. "I would cut my hand off before I would injure business. But what has my dear friend Littleton to offer? Only one course is open. Either we will have individualism or we will have combinations in restraint of trade go ing to that point where the people will demand that the power of men en gaged in such corporations be trans ferred to the government. And then we will have state socialism. "Now we can disintegrate unlawful corporations and put them under in junction. If they operate they must compete. Law Must Be Enforced. "I know I am speaking against the trend of many of you, but I can not help it. The law is on the statute books and must be enforced and this stifling of competition and this control of prices must cease. "I didn't want to get into this dis cussion, but I want you business men to face this problem." There was frequent applause during the president's remarks. Mr. Littleton quoted both former President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft as hav ing at one time or another been willing to have the Sherman law amended. He declared that there Is before the nation now in the solving of the "trust ques tion." the most difficult and far-reaching problem affecting its internal peace and progress. "It seems clear to me," said Mr. Little ton, "that the Sherman law cannot possi bly be made effective in the exterminat ing of the real evil, without carrying with it too large a sacrifice of the whole in dustrial fabric and that it should be re pealed and a new policy or scheme of leg islation inaugurated. At midnight the president was taken to the Shadyside station of the Pennsyl vania railroad, where plans had been per fected for his trip to Morgantown, W. Va. President Taft's second swing around the circle came to an end here in the most enthusiastic and by far the noisiest dem onstration he has experienced in the 12,000 miles he has traveled. Pittsburg celebrat ed the centennial of steam navigation on western rivers and Mr. Taft was the star (Continued on Next Page.) THAT flOOfl EDITION. The State Journal prints a mail edi tion each day shortly before noon for trains which leave Topeka in ali di rections between 12 and 2 o'clock. This edition is also being tried for sale on the streets by newsboys for 2 cents, and will be continued to be offered for sale just before the lunch hour, if the demand continues sufficient to warrant a city sale, as well as for the early mails. In this noon edition will often be found news of great importance, with the actual morning Kansas City sales of live stock, opening of grain and other markets, editorial. Mutt Jeff, Goldberg, sporting and feature news. In all about five pages of absolutely fresh news and advertising that did not appear in last night's regular city edition. All this four to five hours before the regular city edition, with the latest possible news, and complete markets, is ready for delivery about 4 o'clock. GOT BIG SPARKLER A.B. Mullin's 1,200 Diamond Stolen Last Night. Thief Entered Window and Car ried Away Shirt. A. Burnside Mullln, the meat dealer of 110 West Eighth avenue, who several months ago, purchased a $1,200 diamond stud, had the valuable stone stolen from his shirt in his bedroom at his home, 1215 Jackson street, sometime between last night and breakfast this morning. It was the largest diamond in Topeka. Evidently someone who had seen the big diamond has been camping on its trail, perhaps for months, and finally resolved to use pure nerve to get it. The burglar entered the home through a rear window and went through the house to the bedroom where Mr. Mul lin and his wife were sleeping.. Mr. Mullin had thrown his shirt with the stud in its bosom across the back of a chair. The burglar left the shirt. Neither the owner of the diamond nor his wife heard a noise in the room and two children in another room did not hear the intruder. The burglar left the way he came. Police detectives are working on the case but have not yet found any rea sonable clue. The family knew nothing of the house being entered until this morning and can give no information. No one saw any one leaving the house or entering it. so far as learned, and it is difficult to pick up the trail. A peculiar fact in connection with the robbery wa that Mr. Mullin had $600 in money in his trousers pocket and this was not molested. The shirt that was carried away was found on the towel rack down stairs. tra:n is held dp Six Masked Men Loot Mail and Express Cars On the Reck Island Bailroad in Arkansas. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1. Six mask ed men held up westbound Rock Island passenger train No. 43, known as the Arkansas-Oklahoma express, midway between Memphis and Hurl burt. Ark., early today, ransacked mail pouches and fired seven nitro glycerine caps into the "local" safe of the express car, which not only tore away the safe doors, but wrecked the car. The bandits were frightened away when a switch engine, searching for the overdue train, approached from Hurlburt. The robbers boarded the train when it slowed down near Hurlburt, eleven miles from Memphis. Intimidating the engine crew by a display of weapons, the men forced the engineer to back the train several miles. Then the ex press and mail cars were cut from the coaches and hauled ahead a short dis tance where the half completed rob bery was executed. In the meantime other members of the train crew as well as express messengers and mail clerks were brought to submission by the robbers. When the detached cars were brought to a standstill, one robber be gan gathering registered mail and an other set the charge of explosive in the safe, while others stood guard over the train crew and the passenger coaches. The robber having charge of the express car selected the larger of two safes for his attack. This one, it happened, contained only the less valu able packages. When the charge was fired the ends and sides of the car were splintered and the entire front of the safe blown away. Just at this point in "the holdup the switch engine steamed into sight and the robbers took to their heels with only what they could hastily grab as a reward for their daring. It is be lieved what they got was of compara tively little value. Safe Was Practically Empty. Chicago, Nov. 1. F. O. Melcher. vice president of the Rock Island road, said that so far as he could learn the roo bers got nothing but the registered mail; that the safe blown open was practically empty. "All the valuables were in the small safe in the combination car, which was not attacked. The safe that was blown open contained nothing of value. "The passengers were not molested, except the ones who venture! too close. These were warned away ty ri fie shots." TAKES A RECESS Stephenson Investigating; Committee Adjourns to Meet in Washington. Milwaukee, Nov. 1. The United States senate committee which for a month has been investigating charges of bribery in the election of Isaac Stephenson today ad journed its hearing in Milwaukee to meet later in Washington. NINETYAND NINE Greatest Display of Warships Ever Witnessed In American Waters on View at New York. IN FIGHTING T15IM. Every Battleship In Commission Included in Line Up. Will Be Renewed by President Taft Tomorrow. New York, Nov. 1. Ninety-nine fighting ships, groomed for the first formal event of the greatest mobilization in the history of the United States navy inspection by Sec retary George von L. Meyer swung at anchor in the Hudson river this morn ing in a gray line scyen miles long. Only three torpedo boats, the Larney, Tingley and Crave, wera missing from the list of 102 vessels ordered to the mobiliza tion and the fleet as it stood included every battleship now in commission in, the United States navy, twenty-four In all, every one in fighting trim. Early risers saw ship after ship take form as the' mist lifted, then at 8 o'clock a signal flashed on the Connec ticut and every craft in line burst into rainbow colors from stem to stern. It was the first order of the day preparatory to the inspection of tho afternoon. One day ahead of Presi dent Taft, who will review the fleet as it passes out to sea tomorrow before dispersing. Secretary Meyer had tho first honor of seeing the greatest ar ray of warships ever assembled in American waters. The presidential yacht Mayflower, selected to carry Mr. Meyer and his guests, including members of tho nen aLe and house committee on naval af fairs, was anchored off West Twenty third street. Luncheon on ISourd. The arrangements provide first for a luncheon on board followed by a brief reception to Rear Admiral Oster haus, commander in chief, accompan ied by the division commanders of the fleet, next, return visits by Secretary Meyer to the flagship of the lirst, sec ond, third, fourth, fifth and possihly sixth divisions, and lastly, late in tin afternoon inspection of the entire line. Orders on the Connecticut call for ti salute of 1 9 guns when the secretary first unfurls his flag on the Mayflow er then each flagship was to salute after he made his call. Although all the fourteen members of the senate committee on naval af fairs were Invited to be on the May flower, only one. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, could accept. From th house committee, however, there wero six representatives. Other prominent jruests Include Senator and Mrs. Prlcci and Senator and Mrs. Martin of New Jersey, Senator Hoot of New York. Ad miral and Mrs. Cameron Winslow, A. Baron Hepburn, Attorney General and Mrs. WIckerwham, Postmaster General Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Fisher, Secretary of Com merce and Iabor and Mrs. Nagel. Rear Admiral Luelze. commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard. Mayor Gay nor, Melvilie E. Stone and others. ON THE PACIFIC SIDE. licet of 21 War YctyeM in Itevlew at San IVdro. Los Angeles, Nov. 1. The roar of big naval guns announced today the review of the Pacific fleet on the other side of the continent. The fleet. X4 ships in all, with two submarines, e r- rived off Los Angeles harbor before dawn and, when the mists lifted, day light revealed one of the greatest a- gregatlons of warships ever assembled on the Pacific. The great sea finht ers stretched from a point opposite San Pedro to Long Beach, seven miles away. Conspicuous in the quietly swaying line was the famous old warrior Ore gon, refurbished and given a family resemblance to her younger sisters by the big military mast arising above her after turret. The Oregon Is the only real battleship heavily armed and armored among all the 2 4 large ves sels, and the old ship was the center of Interest for the party of guests in vited by Secretary Meyer to accom pany Admiral Thomas on bis tour of review. The reviewing vessel was tho little gunboat Vieksbutg. After bringing the fleet up from San Idego Admiral Thomas trans ferred command of the fleet to Hear Admiral Southerland. At 12:45 o'clock the review began. The fleet was ma neuvered into four lines forming a parallelogram, the four corners of which were marked by the cruiser West Virginia, flagship of the second division, the destroyer Whipple, the submarine Pike and submarine Gram pus. Thousands or persons visited too harbor and lined the shore when the first salute announced that the review- had begun. Every ship was dressed. Flags broke out everywhere and there was a continuous roar of ordnance as the little Vicksburg steamed up and down the steel walled lines of war ships. The Vicksburg paused first abreast of the Whipple and the destrojer's rapid fire weapons barked out the f!rt salute of 13 guns. Next In line were the destroyers Truxton, Hopkins and Hull, the torpedo boat Rowan and the submarine Grampus, which, later, after the formalities of the review had been concluded, performed. In company with the Pike, aquatic feats which the official guests likened to the frolic some antics of porpoises. They dived and sped around under water like great fish and sent shivers down the spines of watchers appearing suddenly on one side of the vicksburg, tnen vanishing and appearing on the other. The second lines was made up Ad miral Thomas' flagship, California, the cruisers South Dakota, Maryland snd Colorado, the transport Buffalo and the supply ship Glacier. The Oregon was the second ship in the third line coming next to the West Virginia.