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PRESIDENT-ELECT \ WILSON CALL KATHA SESSION To Meet Before April Ul-To Carry Out Pre-election Pledges. New York, Nov. 16.-Governor Woodrow Wilson announced last night that immediately after his in auguration as President of the Uni ted States he would call an extraor dinary session of Congress to con vene not later than April 15 for the purpose of revising the tariff. The President-elect will Ball for Bermuda at 2 o'clock this afternoon for a vacation and will return De cember 16. To set at rest In the meantime speculation as to what he would do with regard to tariff revis ion, he Issued the following state ment: "I shall call Congress together In extraordinary sesston not ln*?r than Al ri! li, ? shall do (his neil only he. lytuseJjthinljj tba? >..... nipd.rv... thy , '.'ty ought to hi? redeemed nt promptly as possible, but also be cause i know lt to be in the interest of business that all uncertainty as to ?what the particular Items of tariff re vision are to be should he removed as soon as possible." Beyond this brief announcement the Governor said he had nothing further to say. .Most of the opinions he had received from public men seemed to he in favor of an extra ses sion, he declared. CAN'T fl KT JOHNSON FHF.KD. Two Other Attempts to Secure Bail for Negro Pugilist Puttie. Chicago, Nov. l l. -Another at tempt to procure the release of Jack Johnson failed to-day. Federal Judge Carpenter denied a motion to reduce the $:10.000 bond under which the negro is held on a charge of violating the Mann act. W. G. Anderson, Johnson's counsel, then said he would offer new securities later in the day. Johnson's attorneys later in the day offered as bondsman a property holder who could qualify for $(">(?, OOO. When it was shown that the proffered bondsman was to be indem nified and paid for acting he was re fused. " The government will fight any at tempt to give an indemnity bond for the defendant." said District Attor ney Wilkerson. No Henson for Bolease. Washington. Nov. ll..Pointing out thai violations of tho "white slave'1 ai t aro not extraditable, Solic itor Courrai Bullit! filed a brief to day declaring no reason exists why Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, confined in Jail in Chicago, should be admitted to bail by the United States Supreme Court, 'I bo solicitor general said a guilty offender might be quite willing to Jump bail and -scape to a foreign country. Jealous, Kills Child for He VC ll ge, Chicago. Nov. I.".. Police are seek ing Charles Hose, aged ;.7. who smothered his I wo-year-old daughter, Beatrice, and lefl a note saying he murdered tho child to revenge him self on her mother, who was, he said, unfaithful to him. Tho murder of the child was discovered by her mo ther. The little girl was found lu the bed. pillows covering her face. The mother said she was afraid ol her husband, who had threatened tc kill her, and that she remained awaj from home all night. She discovered the body late yesterday afternoon Hose had disappeared. He is said tjt. have been insanely Jealous of b/h ?vlf?? I WOODROW WILSON. IL 8. TREASURER RESIGNS, Lee McCiung Notified Taft-Had Had Fraction wit li McYcngh. Washington., Nov. 14.-Announce ' ment of the resignation of Leo .Mc Ciung, Treasurer of tho United States, was made by President Taft to-da3\ Mr. McCiung tendered his resignation to the Piesldent at a con ference at the Executive Mansion early to-day, and Its acceptance was j later announced by the President from the executive offices, with the explanation that Mr. McCiung re signed voluntarily. It ls behoved that Carmi Thompson, now private secretary to the President, will suc ceed him. Mr. McClung's resignatioa be comes effective as soon as his succes sor 1.- a p nein ?ed.. The treasurer d*< c'ltned . - discut?s h>d retirement iv. [any 'K.'<'\ , but it was minor?- ?1 t j that his rcaigbfl. M ?h?i re ... ?fiction with ow rotary McVeagh. Mr. McCiung was one of the treas ury officials named hy Assistant Sec retary A. Platt Andrew as having been In continued controversy with the Secretary of the Treasury when Mr. Andrew, in a letter accompanying his resignation, declared that the Sec retary and his associates were not In harmony. Ilonic for Fallen Women. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19.-A home foi ' fallen women will he established in Atlanta, a former fallen woman will have charge of it, and the hugest single contribution will be, or rather has already been made, by the same woman. Hello Somine?rs, for years iiueen oi one of Atlanta's most notorious gild ed palaces of sin, and well known throughout the South as a sporting character, will take charge of a |>liie;c of refuge for fallen women within the next few weeks, according to an? announcement made by the Men and Religion Forward Movement. Helle Sommers has reformed, she declares, and $2,."?no of the money donated for the establishment and maintenance of the home has been given by her. Marion Jackson, head of the relig ion movement, has stated that $10, 000 is needed for the home. Thc $2, 500 given hy Helle Sommers ls to bc Invested as a noucleus of an endow ment for future maintenance of thc Martha's Home, as the institution will bo called. MuVquurd Sued for $25,000, New York, Nov. I ."?. - Joseph Kane an actor and theatrical booking agent, brought suit lo-day In tho Su preme Court for $2.>,ooo uga!ml "Rube" Marquard, the star pltchei Of tho Now York Giants, alleging al ienation of affections of Mrs. Kane who is known on tho stage as Blos som Seeley. Kane signed up Marquard altor the base hall seasem to Appear in a base ball sketch in vaudeville with Mrs, Kane. It was ned. long. Kano al leges, until his friends t him thal ''Rube's" Interest in ', fair stage partner was more than platonic Kane had the pair waddled and last week traced them to Atlanta City, whore he and a pr?vale detect Ive ml.led a hotel where, he allcge-s Marquard and tho woman wore stop ? ?dng together, Mrs. Kane and Marquard Meddowi I the lire escape and came to New Yorl , In an automobile, leaving an out > raged husband behind In Atlantic ; City busily engaged In swearing: on Warran) : rtgalns! the noted ?out I'pa v. WAS TltlS GIRL POISONED ? i ? Miss Minnie Marchman Die? >n A sh? bum, Ga., in Convulsion-. Ashburn, Ga., Nov. 15.-While { Imita experts are examining t-,< tents ot the stomach of MIKS ? Marchman to finally determino wu? thcr the denth ol' this beautiful young girl was caused by poison, officers . ? searching for Toni Cleghoi ber nancee. At tho coroner's Inquest d?: mo ther of the dead girl test lil . i I al she had died after eight conyuhdi is, during which she foamed ai ! mouth and gave every Indicat oil I . i1 she had been poisoned. The had never seen her daughter tiki medicine and there was no t any in the house. Preparations had been made for burial of Miss Marohmau wi family physician became su ?dcJ ns to the cause of the girl's di ordeerd tho 'funeral stopped. C horn, who has been missing days, and tho dead girl wen hearts, it ls reported, and it w LS monly supposed that they would ?< be married. The two visit burn together some few dayl is reported, and while here C j is alleged to have purchase I and candy, which he gav Marchman. After eating tl xe was attacked with convulsi is mid died in agony. The dead girl's friends cl? : Cleghorn had promised to m j and that the visit to Ashb ! ostensibly for the purpose of get! ? " 'a marriage license. It is sta:->.: Cleghorn made some excuse foi | ' poning the marriage and the s ri turned to her home, six mik. .u country. Cleghorn disappeared i . ? the girl died four days after. I Local physicians removed t' o gli ' stomach and forwarded lt tc an lanta chemist. It ls expeci id j he will discover just what Ind poison, if any, killed tho gir I Minnie Marchman was one < belles of the lumber country iud little town of Ashburn, the cou seat of Turner county, ls ve. rh' ' wrought up over the'matter. Wrecked Life, Said Gi Ashburn, Ga., Nov. 15. id smouldering excitement In county over the alleged pois a.r* >f one o! the nod populat young wo men, anti the str?ng?? disappear.*; <:?, v?f. he?- ?bin- ..?.. was i".'1 i.ni;d,..\<.'.^?. h.- ., mafvminni front th?* i.i??i>.! ? i ibu ?iil, Mi's. ?danie March in ml j her daughter had accused IV . horn, i ? few hours before si' I in . convulsions, of having "wr< hoi : life." i I "I ne\^r want to lay mj on Tan Cleghorn again. He tu ek ed my iife and I want bin ip his just reward," she said, i as the conversation is recall* ' mother. But when her mother as: : cause of her strange illness, i she meant by her statement, r] s only rejily was the sorrowf op lng which marked her denn : np to the hour of death. The only time that she mi her sweetheart, to whom s > passionately devoted, was In lu dy ing statement to Mrs. March ni The Marchman family c i certain t! at Minnie was poiso they do not acenso any one. cr. ' ? member of the family is wo ( I unravel the mystery, and-to who is to blame. W. J. Coch ! brother-in-law, is waiting to lei j report of the Atlanta chen j whom the girl's stomach was examination, before he start* find the druggist who sold tin and then to track down the j who bought lt. Moslems Poison Christian \ Constantinople, Nov. 14. danger confronts Christians kv y. Moslems are poisonii ' wells from which Christia: get their water supply, and a mu deaths have already occur rei cause of the absence of sanitat medical supplies cholera and are spreading and the new eas ' day now average over fifty. ' pox ls raging within tho Turki II I between the inner and outer d< \ although Nazi ni Pasha, the w Ister, and other government nfl are trying to keep the true sil ' a secret from the city. The worst sufferers from tl j hie here aro little children. Hi min have fallen victims of starvation, 1 Court marl ?als continue dali 1 latest hatch of victims incl?n . j fleer and seventeen Turkish ) ites i who were executed after bein; ! guilty of cowardice nt the b Kirk Klllesseh, According 1 Unding ol' the court, they j panic among their companlt " flight. After being shot to der bodies of an olllcer and a pri\ dior were suspended from a 1 on tho military parade groan 1 tho following placard append "All cowards may OX peet th t A silent mnn never ha? to NEWS Ul* ON LITTLE HI VI '. K. Mrs. I). If. Alexander Still Seriously Ul-Accident to Youth. Little Uiver, Nov. 15.-Special: 1 ie farmers of this section are .very sy at this time gathering up their ubhln's." picking cotton and so on. Mrs. Fannie Corbin made a busl ; i 'ss trip to town the latter part of last week. .The many friends of Mrs. D. H. Al exander will be sorry to learn of her : irions sickness at the homo of J. B. texander, her father-in-law. She is been sick some time, and was 1m Loving, but was taken seriously 111 i gain suddenly. Her husband had ift here, returning to their home in )CCoa, Qa. Ho was wired at once . nd returned. Dr. Moroney and i her doctors were called to her bed ide, and all Unit could be done was one to relieve her suffering. Her itsband ls still hore with her. She slightly Improved at this time and or many friends hope for her speedy 'icovery. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Dusk's two chll ren have been quite sick during tho ast week. They are better at this me. Little Lauwrence, the 3-yenr-old an of your scribe, sustained a very alnful wound last Monday evening. v*hllo making a merry-go-round '1th a syrup mill lever he foll, stick ig a 10-penny nail i:. tho back part t his left thigh. His, family have eon very anxious about him since, .'hough he Is still unable to walk, lils ondltlon is favorable at this time. School reopened at Salem on No ember 11th with Misses Duncan, of Yest Union, and Hannah M. Hard in, of Walhalla, In charge. The i roBpect ls promising for a successful jrm. Cards are out announcing a social . t the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. i rant thlB (Friday) evening. The . vent will be in tho natu ve of a fare well to their friends here. They will . oon make their home in Walhalla. . 'heir many friends hero .are loth to > ' Ive them up, but wish them much access in their new home, j Mr, and Mrs. W, W. White, of Old ? i'lekens,. were welcome visitors in ; t his section a short time back, j Elisha Alexander, a promising j oung man, and one of Uncle Sam's j eui il clone's, wa >n ;* *'.h.->rt yiri lt In. j t'ni>; sdi Lion tho past week. L Your scribe, has a lottoc from Kev. : Ri A. Hudson, oi Cashier's, >.. c. ilia laany friends ..?it' he ..irv to bear of his recent sickness. However, he ls able to be out again, to the delight of his many friends West Galloway, after spending a while at home, has returned to North Carolina. J. H. Wlgington is improving his premises by building a new corn house. BROWN MOVED THE PROPERTY. iaid Store Was Robbed, Rut lintel Admits Ho Moved Goods. (Greenville Piedmont.) J. E. Drown, the merchant whose tore near Gantt, Is alleged to hav< ? een robbed on the night of Sunday , Moyember 3, has filed a petition lr bankruptcy. This action ls said ti ave been taken Monday and to hav< preceded a petition which tho credit ] OTB of the merchant were preparing IO file. Judge Smith, in the United State! Court at Columbia, has issued an or ;er restraining Brown from dispositif ? f any of lils property pending settle lent of the case In bankruptcy. Detectives have been vt work oi ie caso since the alleged robbery hose detectives are said to have lo ited considerable merchandise I lleged to have been removed fron ie store, at a point about ten mlle: listant. It was said by an officia ils morning that Brown was carriel . this point to-day by officials ant -as asked if tho merchandise wai I ken from his store. Ho Is alleget to have admitted that it was and t< ave admitted that it, was taken then himself. It will be remembered that th? tim was made thal Brown's ?ton is robbed on the night of Xovoinbo il, and that $2,500 In cash was takei jin the safe. This money, Browi said to have claimed, did not be ag altogether to him, a larg* noun I being money that he had col .led for fertilizer companies. Death of William Klaren. There are mady friends of the fain . in Walhalla who will learn witl grol of tho death of Wllllan laren, which occurred In Beaufort C., October 25th last. Mr. Klarer is a brother of the late .fohn II laren, of Walhalla, and ls survivee his nieces and nephews, who liv? .re, and one sister. He had neve arrled. He came to America fron ? ermany about 2:> years ago, am id made lils home In Beaufort al ls time In the employ of ono linn I' ) tho bereaved relatives ls exton de ?the sympathy of o number of friendr ie Interment took place I" Bea0fort MRS. WOODR( POU $1,000 LAW RISKS "LIFE. Daring Pnruchuto Jumper Explodes Big Oas Dug With l>ynainite. Now York, Nov. 16.-A big dun colored balloon floated slowly over the Hudson from the Jersey shore to ward New York Tuesday. Ten? of thousands of persons watched it. On a trapeze swung below it a man was seated. The balloon was about 500 feet in the air and opposite 127th street, when Boom! Boom! Two loud explosions sounded. In stantly after the explosion a cloud of dense black smoke enveloped the bal loon and hld tho man on the cross bar IItide? ?I Thro iii the thick smoko dashes of '\r<> darted-, for tho I) al loon w.?-? in Ililli,*.!. Ag til. .1I.. /1V. Il ll ,1 Up .HUI formed n hing? luushroom, th?.; man dropped from the cross-bar. For 200 feet he fell like a stone while the peo ple nearest the shore gasped. Then tho big parachute which the man carried unfolded, and, clinging to lt, he dropped gently in the Hud son. Really it all was very thrilling and if you were not there to see it, you will be able to see it soon. For it was a moving picture stunt. He of ( the trapeze and thc parachute was Podinna Law, who for a sufficient sum of money will take his life in his hands at any time. His balloon had been inflated with heated nnptha gas. Seated on the trapeze the daring Law held a string attached to a trigger above him v, hen he pulled tho string the trigger set off a small charge of dynamite, which ignited the highly inflammable gas. As Law fell into the river the tug Libbie sped to him. On the tug were thc moving picture machines. Their operators had been very busy, Indeed, and continued to bo for a while. For Law floated near the tug as If he was senseless, inanimate, dead-all very realistic, very. Law received $1,000 to risk his life this time, but he paid his own expenses. He Insisted that, his dem onstration had scientific value. He proved, he said, that Melvin Vanlman and his four voyagers, who were killed when Vanlman's great dirigi ble balloon exploded off Atlantic City, might bave been saved had they taken proper precautions against such an accident. Law wore knit woolen garments saturated In a liquid which, he says, resists Are. Under Ms wool en hood ho woro a foot ball player's helmet. A life-preserver was strap ped around his waist. "When the gas exploded," said he, "lt was as If somebody had hit me over tho shoulders with a base ball bat." Tho backs of Law's hands were scorched. "How stupid!" said he. "1 should havo worn gloves." Wine of Card ul recommended mid sold by Norman's Drug Store. adv. Sherman's Kstnte Valued at $8()0,ooo. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 15.-Tho will of the lato Vice President Jas. S. Sher man, submitted to probate here, be queaths his bntlro ostato, valuod flt about $800,000, to his wife. The document was drawn In 1887 on a sheet of foolscap paper In Mr. Sher man's own handwriting. f>r. Wier's Wow iit?&?UB Tho bi t li tho wo/ltf. DW WILSON. ONE VAUGHN SUIT SETTLED. a Ono o? His Victims Asked for #10, - OOO Damages. Greenville, Nov. 16.--The $10,000 damage suit brought against T. U. Vaughn by a girl who was a victim of the self-confessed criminal while nhe was an inmate of the Odd Fel lows' Orphan Home, near this city, and under the care and guardianship of him, bas resulted In a settlement between the parties concerned. The action was brought July 11th last, and since then until tho time of settlement T. U. Vaughn's property bad been under attachment. At the time of the action it was e'olmAd bv tho nlaintlff that tho de tendant, P, CT Vaughn, owned ':.?n BldersbbB ,roper?y jn Groenvllio eon.nv. ?'he. warrah' of attachmehi which was (terveil Juli ' " alleged thal the defendant lias property in South Carolina consisting of $4,000 in the bank of Taylors, real estate situated on Carrier street in the city of Green ville, valued nt $8,000, one automo bile, valued at $1,000, at Greenville, and a $1,7 00 note executed to him by the Gilreath Manufacturing Com pany, now held by the People's Dank of Greenville. Simmons' Liver Regulator and Squaw Vine Wino Hoconnm ?;. ed and sold by Norman's Drug Store, adv. Carnegie (Jets Swedish Contract. Through P. T. Berg, the American vico consul general to Sweden, the Bethlehem Steel Company, in which Andrew Carnegie is a dominant fac tor, has been awarded tho contract to furnish 1,000 tons of armor plate for now Swedish battleships. Mr. Berg was formerly chief engineer at the Homestead Works of the Carne gie Steel Company. All tho Euro pean concerns bid against the Carne gie company. For Women Only Dr. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine ls prepared expressly for the ail ments of women, lt contains Ingredients which act directly on the delicate female constitution, mildly and pleasantly-yet lt ex ercises a most b?n?ficiai effect all through the system. UR. SIMMONS Squaw Vine Wine Overcomes weakness, nervous ness and Irritability. Gives prompt relief from the depressing bear ing-down pains, backaches, nau sea and irregularities which cause so much suffering and despond ency. It has a most happy effect. Restores strength, renewed hope, cheerfulness and the energy and will to perform the duties of the household which formerly were so trying and distasteful. Sold by Drugghte arid Dealer?. Price $1 Per Bottle C.r.SIMiMONSMCDICINECO. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (???I,'.???? nwvMiW'W..in???mwi m,n?w^ } SOhl at Bc H l ing Stine, Walhalla.