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PUBLISHED THREE Ttt TEDDY VICTOR Cfeoaeu Temporary Chairman Over Vice PresidsQt Shensas. RESET NO SURPRISE Complete Rout of tho "Old Guard" by "Progressives," Under. Leader ship of the Former President, at New York Republican State Con vention at Saratoga Tuesday. Teddy Roosevelt rode Tuesday to victory at Saratoga, N. T.y defeating Vice-President Sherman for tempor ary chairman of the Republican State Convention and howling over 1 the "Old Guard" in the first engage ment of a series of conflicts that are snre to come. Roosevelt was In his element. After he had named the members of the three important committees and the Convention had adjourned to meet Wednesday Roosevelt turned to the newspaper men and remark ed: "I said 'frazzle,* you may quote me on that." At Troy on?Monday the former President said he would beat his op ponents to a "frazzle." There were 1,011 votes cast in the Convention, of which Roosevelt re ceived 668 and Vice President Sher man received 443, this electing the leader of the "progressives" by a majority of 125: . 'Roosevelt d^d not vote. Sherman voted for John Doe and two of the New York County delegates did not respond when their names were call ed. The vote as officially announced at the Convention gave Roosevelt 567 and Sherman 445, but an error in the count was discovered that .night. ' Roosevelt spoke feelingly, saying that the laws passed reflect high credit "upqn all who succeeded, in - putting them In their present shape upon .the statute book; they repre sent an.earnest effort of the achieve ment which is yet to come, and the beneficence and far-reaching impor : tance of this:work done for the whole people measures the credit-which is rightly du$ to the Congress and to our able,, upright and disinterested President Wm. Howard Taft." ',The spectators and many of the delegates warmly applauded the dec laration of Roosevelt for a direct primary plank. (Roosevelt bitterly assailed the "bosses," declaring that "the differ ; ence between a 'boss' drives. The ? difference is -that the leader holds fiis place by firing the conscience and appealing to the reason of his fol lowers and that the 'boss' holds his place by crooked and underhand maniuplatlon." Thunders of applause greeted the Colonel as he was escorted to the Speaker's stand by Vice President Sherman and Cornelius V. Collins, and it was some time before he could proceed with his speech, r Thanking ?the delegates for the honor that they had conferred on him, he caused the greatest enthusiasm when he said: "You Bhall not have cause now or hereafter to regret what you have done." It was a day of oratory; it was a day of bitter and acrimonious speech. With the opening of the Convention, State Chairman Woodruff defined the position of the "Old Guard" and an nounced that Sherman had been se lected for temporary chairman. And then the real fight was on. Col. Abraham Gruber, of New ?ork ?ity, had been selected to fire the verbal shot of the "Old Guard," and bis speech attacking the former Pres ident, which was a bitter arraign ment of him, was often broken and drowned by hisses and jeers. AUTOMOBILE CAUSES RUNAWAY". One of the Three Young Men in Buggy Fatally Hurt. A sad accident occurred at Abbe ville on Sunday afternoon. Lern Reid, a young man, died Monday afternoon from injuries received in the accident. Young Reid, with his brother and Cliff King, were in a buggy driving down Trinity street1 when their horse became frightened at an automobile. vJust as they got past the automobile the bridle brose and as the horse bolted all three young men jumped. Young Reid fell and the back of his head strucK the curb. He lingered until Monday afternoon but never regained con sciousness. SHOT BY GUN TRAP. Which He Had Set to Shoot Expect ed Burglars. J. B. Beasley, a prominent mer chant and postmaster of Rockport, Miss., met death in a peculiar man ner Monday. Several weeks ago burglars robbed Beasley's store, and the postoffice. In expectation of an other visit from the burglars Beasley had set a loaded shot gun 60 that when the door was opened the gun would be discharged. Forgetting the trap he had laid, Beasley attempted to enter the store and the gun was discharged, killing him almost in lES A WEEK. RAILWAY REGULATION. THE NEW YORK TDIES MAKES SOME COMMENTS ON IT. It Says Even ti s Misfortune of the Railways Were Imputed to Them For a Fault, In discussing the railway regula tion the New York Times says "al though there was little novelty in the .railway's presentation of their case for the advance of their rates, there was much that was novel in the shipper's contentions. In Chica go it was testified by one railway that forty million dollars of earn ings had been put back into the property. In this city it was testi fied that some thirty-five millions of dollars of earnings had been expend ed upon the pew Pennsylvania termi nal This" was in accord with the formerly approved rule of practice by the best roads-rV'a dollar for dividends and a dollar for better ments. It was this principle of plowing the earnings back into the property which has kept down the capitalization of American railways, at the same time that their rates have not risen with other prices for services and goods. \ "On this formerly approved princi ple the shippers' counsel joined is sue, taking their cue, it must be ad mitted, from certain rulings of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. These improvements made from ear nings were regarded as grievances, and in themselves as proof of extor tion. It was asserted as a right that the roads should reduce their rates by whatever sums of earnings they have been accustomed to devote to Improvements'. Even the misfortunes of . the railways were imputed to them for a fault. For example, it was alleged that because one road had lost large sums by equipment frauds, and had prospered neverthe ! less, therefore it had oversharged by ithe amount it had lost by embezxle ? ment, and should, be held to reduce its rates by the amount of its loss es. The broad' prosition of those assuming to act for the general pub lic is that the railways should be allowed to charge no more than would just prevent their setting up a defense of confiscation. And, in estimating their permissible income jthe. railways are held by . "'these [spokesmen to be entiled to no more than a reasonable income upon the amount of their own funds which they have devoted to the public use. "These gentlemen seem in some danger or winning a battle and los ing a campaign. It is conceivable that they may prevent an advance in rates, and come to regret the con sequent lack of vitaity In the rail ways. American railways are far from' having attained their growth. They are in heed Dot only of income enough to sustain their life, but to stimulate their growth. There is a certain justice in haveing the funds necessary for their growth contrib uted by those whose patronage of the railroads is a source of profit, rather than by the general public whose gain from the railways is less direct. If the railways arc held to capitalize their betterments, and must borrow the money, interest must be paid on the money borrow ed, and the rates must be adequate to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of the debt. As interest and sink ing fund must come from earnings, it would seem to come to the same thing in the end. "Whatever the merit of this argu ment on either side, it is plain that a new Sight is thrown upon what >s thought to be regulation of rates. Heretofore it has been thought that the function of government was merely to assume that rates were reasonable and just, that is, neither extortionate nor discriminatory, tow ard either persons or places. If the position assumed on behalf of the shippers is sustained there is no de tail of the management of the rail ways too trivial for examination and control. It is not enough for the railways to sustain their claim that they need more money. They can not justify on totals, but nust prove in detail just how much they want for terminals, just how much they want for wages, how much for inter est, and so on inedfinitely. "The railways plead that they cannot do it, and that nobody could. However that may be, it Is evident that the success of the contention would establish a new definition of railway regulation, and one not m accord with the present law. FIENDISH ACT. Tuts Two Children in a Barrel and Then Set it Aftre. Mary Gary, a negress, about 30 years old, Tuesday night, about ten miles from Anderson, placed her two little daughters, aged three and five years, in a barrel, half filled with water, rolled the barrel against her house and set fire to the house. She then went to the home of a neighbor, nearly half a mile distant, and told what she had done. The fire burned rapidly and In a few min utes the house was a mass of flames. The 5-year-old girl managed to get out of the barrel and started off for assistance. Before assistance came, however, the barrel had become en massed in flames and the little 3 3 ear old girl was burned to a crisp. OJELANGEBUKG, 8 DEAS KICKED OUT. J. W. TOLBERT TO HEAD REPUB LICAN PARTY OP STATE. T. L. Grant, Charleston County Chairman, Charged That He Was Robbed of Vice-Chairmanship. The State says following the hours of haranguing and exhortations, the Republican State convention yester day elected J. W. Tolbert, chairman, and J. R. Levy, who is a negro, vice chairman. The action of the con vention was an overthrow of E. H. Deas, a negro, who 'has held the chaimt?nship for several years. There were about 90 delegates pre sent, and about 87 of these were ne groes. There was an entire absence of prominent Republican leaders. The matter of congressional candi dates will be left to the respective districts. Declaring that he had been robb ed of the vice chairmanship by a miscount in the votes, T. L. Grant of Charleston, a negro .Republican, left the convention hall, 6aying that they would hear from him later. The vote for Grant as announced by the teller was 44. The vote for Levy was 46. Grant contended that he received 51 votes. There were four candidates for the office of chair man?R. H. Richadson, J. W. Tol bert, J. R. Levy and C. M. English. All of these, except Tolbert, are ne groes. Tolbert received 51 votes Richardson 4; English 11, and Levy 21 for the chairmanship. On the surface of the convention there appeared a bitter dislike for the administration of President Taft. Seveal of the speakers, when there was not an election on, tried to make speeches about "reclaiming" and purifying the personnel of the party, hut these words were drowned in the din of the floor leaders who tried to swing the more reticent delegates from side to side. There were no fights this year. The negroes had .the convention all to themselves, and the many hours which the body was in session were spent in haranguing and ask ing a thousand or so questions. Par liamentary rules were hammered in to a pulp by the chairman. The most important feature and the big noise" of the convention was the "big stick" used by the negro acting as chairman for Deas, the State chairman,, who has headed the or ganization for several years. . De?s was at the meeting but did not par ticipate in any of the jumbled dis cussions on account of his ill health, The report of the committee on credentials was received and the on ly contest before the convention wa* the two delegations from Aiken county. While the committees were at work ahout .00 delegates to the convention strolled about the hall on Assembly street, chatted, crowded around a stand, bought peanuts, red lemonade and fish sandwiches. There were many visitors besides the del egates. HAS LOST HIS GRIP. That is What a Horry Man Says About Ti lira an. In an interview given to the Char lotte Observer's Washington corre spondent, DeVaux Porter, of Horry County talks interestingly of Sena tor Tillman and another term in the senate. He predicts that Senator Tillman will never again take an active part in the Senate proceed ings, and will not be reelected when his term expires. "It is common talk in South Caro lina," said Mr. Porter, "that for physical reasons alone there would be little likelihood of Mr. Tillman ever again being able to take up ac tively the work of a political lead er. Before this last attack he had an illness that sent him abroad for months in an effort to recover, and since his retrun, though he seemed about normal, he has dropped Into the background. All through the tariff fight he seemed to be drifting along. The truth is, Tillman has lost his grip on the state. "Ever since he defeated Hampton for the senate his position had been undisputed, but at his last election, when there was no candidate who dared oppose him, fifteen thousand men scratched his name on the ballot just to show they did not like him. That was a straw in the wind. It's strange, but even at the height of his power he never has been able to name office holders in the Btate, and the dispensary, which was his fav orite issue, has been legislated out of existence,, In spite of his strenu ous defense of it." Governor's Secretary Alexander Rowland, auditor of disbursements for. the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad, and one of the most popular youn^ mcu in Columbia, socially, has :ic ?ii ted the offer made to him 'o hf private secretary to Coleman*~ Livingeion Blease, Democratic nominee for Governor. Lawyer Drinks Poison. Emmett Blackmore, 24 years old, member of a leading eastern North Carolina family and an attorney of Lenoir, N. O, committed suicide Monday by drinking carbolic acid, his body being found in his room at Lenoir with a note stating his pur pose, but assigning no reason for the j deed. . Cm th?ksday, septe ROBBER BARONS! Fleace the Prodacers of Cotton by the Aid of the Tariff Law. FARMERS ARE ROBBED Under the Operations of this Protec tive Iniquity, and They Should Combine and Work Together for Self Protection, Says Senator Smith in Explaining His Position. On account of the misunderstand-1 ing on the part of some newspapers with referance tp the statement con cerning the cotton crop, issued by Senator E. D. Smith a few days ago, the senator Saturday gave out the following statement with the view of clearing up the matter and putting himself in the proper light: "It .is rather remarkable how a| carefully guarded, conservative statement can be misinterpreted in to just the opposite. In my Inter view in regard to the cotton crop a few days ago, I used the following language: " 'I shall not attempt to dictate to the farmers of the South what they shall do. But under the cir cumstances I should be delighted to see them combine and hold their cotton from the market wherever It is possible for them to do so, until it shall bring such price as shall measure the artificial price placed upon manufactured articles by vir-1 tue of the tariff.' "In reference to my own opinion | I used the following language: " 'My honest conviction is that 20 cents for the present crop is none too high, in view of the supply, the cost of production, the comparative value of cotton with other textiles, and the artificial price that now ob tains on manufactured goods.' "The headlines and newspaper comments have made it appear that I have advised the farmers to hold their cotton for 20 cents a pound. One newspaper, in an editorial com ment, has said that the farmer should sell his cotton at present prices and pay his debts. That past experience has been to the effect that where the price looked entic ing in the early fall, that farmers held and suffered a loss. This is true. ? "I have never advised any farmer | who had pledged his cotton to a mer chant or to any one to withhold it J from the market when it caused em* barrassment or loss to the one that credited him. But I have always ad vocated the banks of the South and the financiers of the South doing all in their power to help these weak and unfortunate ones to withdold their stuff from the market until it should bring such a price as would remunerate those that helped and give a profit to the unfortunate ones who needed help. "I have never advised any price on cotton, nor have I stood for any specific price on cotton until the farmers of the South, in convention assembled, determined what, in their judgment, was a righteous price for what they themselves produced, and then I became on uncompromising advocate for that which they, in | their judgment, deemed a fair and legitimate return for their labor. "I rave been criticised for stand ing for 15 cents cotton. I stood roi 15 cents cotton when the farmers of the South demanded it, and had some of my critics been as loyal to the cause as I, the 15 cents .mark might have been the sooner obtained "I sometimes marvel that we are as well off as we are, when I think of the fact that the advocates of pro tection with their newspaper organs, their lobbies, their powerful advo cates on the floor of the house and senate shut out competition from abroad, combine their capital In America and force the price of arti cles 'beyond any reason, thus forc ing the producer of the raw material, the salaried man and the wage-earn er, to pay exorbitant prices for those manufactured articles which are a common necessity. It is a marvel the seeming prosperity that the | masses enjoy. "I am not asking, nor have I ev er asked, that there should be a leg al enactment protecting any one, In- j dividual or corporation. But when the government is committed to the doctrine of protection by legal enact ment, I think those who are the vic tims should resist this unnatural condition by invoking the law of | God?which is the law of supply and demand?and, by standing solidly to gether, force its operation. "If the price of manufactured ar ticles is forced to artificial heights, and the great body of wage-earners, laborers and producers of the raw material are forced to pay these ex orbitant prices, reducing them to ab ject poverty, who shall gainsay their right to combine in every depart ment of their life and demand such remuneration for their labor and their raw material as shall ofTset the price what they have to pay to rob ber barons of the manufacturing interests? ? "Under the law, it is wrong for me to carry consealed weapons, but should some one ? threaten my life and I know not where nor when I may meet him, what jury would con vict me for preparing myself to de fend my life at any time or place { where this threatening ftoe might !x\IBE? 29, 1910. FRANK SALOON KEEPER. HE TELLS 'WHAT HIS LIQUOR WILL DO FOR ITS USERS. - ,_ f . The Remarkable Cord Used by .1 Tombstone, -Arizona, Barkeeper lo Advertise His Business. The Medical Journal prints the following and credits it to an uni dentified "Lay Exchange." "Tombstone, Arizona, claims to have the frankest saloonkeeper In the United States. He keeps the Temple Bar Saloon and advertises his business in a remarkable man ner. He has had cards printed bear ing the following words: ?"Friends and Neighbors: I am gTateful for past favors and having supplied my store, with a fine line of choice liquors, allow me to in form you that I shall continue to make drunkards, paupers and beg gars for the sober, industrious re specable part of the community to support. My liquors will excite riot, "They will diminish your com fprts, increase your expenses and shorten life. I shall confidently re commend them as sure to multiply fatal accidents and incurable di seases. "They will deprive some of life, others of reason, many of character and all of peace. They will make fathers fiends, wives widows, chil dren orphans and all poor. I will train your sons in infidelity, dissi pation, ignorance, lewdness and ev ery vice. I will cause as much tem poral and eternal death as I can. I will thus accommodate the public; it may be at the loss of my never-dy ing soul. But I have a family to support, the business pays and. the public encourages it. "I have paid my license and the traffic is lawful, and if I don't sell it somebody will. I know the Bible says Thou shalt not kill, no drunkard shall enter the kingdom of heaven, and I do not expect the drunkard maker to fare any better, but I want an easy living and I have resolved to gather the wages of Iniquity and fatten on the ruin of my species. "I shall, therefore, carry on my business with energy and do my best to diminish the wealth of the nation and endanger the safety of the state. As my business flourishes in propor tion to your sensibility and ignor ance, I will do my best to prevent moral purity and intellectual growth. "Should you doubt my ability, I ?.refer you to the pawnshops, the poorhouse, the police court, the hospital, the penitentiary and the gallows, where you will find many of my best customers have gone. A sight of them will convince you that I do what I say. "Allow me to Inform you that you are fools, and that I am an honest saloonkeeper." meet me? Who shall criticize lab or organizations for combining and demanding a higher wage? Who shall criticize the producer of the raw material for combining and de manding a higher price, and by their numerical strength and their necessi ties to mankind forcing a recogni tion of their rights, when the law of the land is giving that opportunity to the manufacturers, who have im poverished and are imporerishing the masses and creating the colos sal millionaire of America? "I do not believe in class legisla tion or class discrimination, but I do believe in equal rights to all and special privilige to none under the law. And so long as the law gives special privilege to some, It is the manifest duty of those discriminat ed against to protect themselves against this unjust discrimination. And the best way to defeat the in famous doctrine of protection is by the farmers and laborers protecting themselves. The Republican party to day is being defeated and driven from power because its doctrine, car ried to its last analysis, has forced such prices that the wage-earner and the salaried man cannot live. "The farmers of the South would be willing to take less price for their stuff if they might buy what they need under the same circum stances that they have to sell their produce. They have to sell under free trade and buy under protection. And it is their duty to themselves and to their country to do all in their power that is legitimate and ihor$>rable to offset this legalized robbery under the American system of protection. "I had some vague conceptions of the enormity of the Republican pro tection system, but never did I dream of its unblushing effronter y and boldness until I became a member of the United StateB senate. And if the people of America could realize rather than vaguely know, the blat ant injustice being practiced by the law, they would a long time ago have swept the whole system out of existence. "In conclusion, i invite the atten tion of my critics to the prices ob taining for wool, flax and silk under protection, as against cotton with out it." Sent Up Ten Years.. The trial of Dr. W. L. Vestel at Greensboro, N. C, for performing a criminal operation on a young wo man at High Point, where he lived, resulted in his conviction, and sen tence to the penitentiary at hard lab or for ten years. mm T INFANTILE PARALYSIS HAS TAKEN* MANY LITTLE ONES DURING LAST YEAR. This Oisease Attacks Mostly White Children, Very Few Colored ChiJ dren Ever Have It. There was 569 deaths from acute an/terior poliomyelitis, or infantile paraysis; 116 from pellagra, 55 from rabies or hydrophobia, and 9 death, from leprosy in 1909 In the death registration area of continental Unit ed States, which comprises over 55 per cent of the total population, ac cording to the census bureau's forth coming bulletin on mortality statis tics for 1909. It is reported that, of the 569 deaths from infantile paralysis, 562 were of white and only 17 of colored persons. There was a somewhat greater incidence of disease among males and an increased mortality, in August, September and October. The bulletin states that no statis tical segregation of infantile paral ysis as a case of death has been made hretofore, but the increasing importance of the disease and its wide prevalence throughout the country in the form of local epidem ics render a statement of the mortal ity important. Like meningitis, which it some what resembles, it is difficult to ob tain an exact separation of the deaths from the specile infectious disease, acute anterior poliomyelit is, from other infections of similar nature. 'Acute anterior poliomyelitis is de scribed by the bulletin as an acute infectious disease chiefly affecting children in the first five years of life, and while not infrequently fatal Is of even more serlou sconsequence as the cause of more or less permanent paralysis and atrophy of muscles. .Numerous outbreaks have occurr ed in this country, the most impor tant of which were those in Ver mont, in 1894, and in New York and Connecticut, in 1907. The 569 deaths complied for the registration area for 1909 were widely distribut ed, and indicate endemic or epidem ic prevalence in many parts of the country. It should be remembered, the bul letin points out, that the census da ta relates only to registration sources, and that for the non regis tration States the deaths are only those returned from the registration cities contained therein. MXNISTTR AND WIPE SEPERATE. Presiding Elder O'Dell Makes State ment About It. Presiding Elder O'Dell of the Rock vllle District, gives out the follow ing statement in reference to Rev. H. R. Mills, who is stationed at Rock Hill: "Inasmuch as the press will in all probability send out reports concern ing the unfortunate affair Involving the Rev. H. R. Mills, of the South Carolina conference, I deem it my duty to the church and to Brother and Mrs. (Mills to give the facts to the public. "On Thursay, September 22, Bro ther Mills came to me and told me that he was in trouble; that he and his wife could not live together any longer and asked that I release him f*om his work, as he would feel a delicacy in appearing before his con gregation under the circumstances. Having no authority to release him, I told him that the best and only thing to do was to have the matter investigated in due form by a com mittee. To do this he readily con sented and expressed a desire that it be done as quickly as possible. I appointed an investigating commit tee, consisting of Revs. Matthew Moye Brabham, D. Melvin McLeod and S. D. Bailey. They very careful ly investigated the matter and re ported that a trial was deemed nec essary. There was nothing of a scandalizing nature charged by eith er Mrs. Mills or IMr. Mills, the sole specification in the charge being that Mr. Mills had seperated from his wife, for other than the Scriptural reason. The-above is in brief a fair statement of the case." Mr. Mills and his wife came to South Carolina about four years ago from Kentucky. They ar? both :;oung. WRAPPED IN MYSTERY. The Body of a Young Lady Found Badly Mutilated. A special from Goderich, Ontario, says Eliaaboth Anderson, aged 16, regarded as one of the most beauti ful girls in the city, was found mur dered .Tuesday in a deserted house in the outskirts of that city. Her father led a searching party, which found the body in a dark corner of the cellar under a pile of clothing. Her throat was cut from ear to ear and the body was horribly mutilated. She disappeared Sunday, after being seen in conversation with a stranger. Fight at Fish Fry. At a fish fry in York County, whero there was much booze drink ing, one negro attempted to carve up another with a knife when the other shot him with his handy pis tol. As a consequence, the knife man was buried on Monday and the pistol man is in jail. WO CENTS PEB COPY CENSUS REPORT Of Deaths by Suicide, Homicide and Ac cidents for Last Year. FACTS THAT STARTLE. The Statistics That Are Published for the Registration Area as Com? piled by the- urean Shold Set All of Us to Thinking and Hunting for/ tBe Cause. External causes, other than sui cide, were responsible for 47,135 of the deaths reported for the census registration area of 1909, it is stat ed in the Census Bureau's annual bulletin on mortality statistics for 1909, now in press. The death rate declined from 97.9 to 96.7 per 100, 000 estimated population. The total number of deaths from homicide, as reported for 1909, was 2,854, a decrease of 149 from the number compiled for 1908. Not all deaths from homicide are specified, so that the total numher that actual ly occurred would .be in excess of that compiled. The increase in the death rate, 5.9, from this cause for. 1909 over the annual average rate, 2.9, for the five year period 1901-1905, is probably due largely to greater precision in the returns in this respect. Among the causes of accidental deaths, in' the order of numerical importance for the year 1909; were the following: Railroad accidents and injuries, 6,659; drowning, 4,558; burns and scalds, 3,992; injuries at birth, here after to be classified under diseases of early infancy, 3,508; injuries by horses and vehicles, 2,152, not in cluding! injuries by street cars, 1, 723, and automobile accidents and injuries 632; inhalation of poison ous gases, including conflagration, 1,837; other accidental poisoning, 1, 779; accidental gunshot wounds, 944; heat and sunstroke, 816; cold and freezing, 251; lightning, 150. There were 1,174 fatal injuries by machinery, chiefly in factories, but the large number, 10,108, of acciden tal traumatisms of unspecified na ture makes it necessary to consider many of the figures given abova as' only minima], and it is important that the means of injury be specified in all returns of death from acciden tal violence. The slight numerical increase In the deaths, 8,402 from suicide regis tered for 1909 over the number, 8, 332, for 1908 is less than the rela tive increase of the estimated popu lation of the registration area, so that the death rate decreased from 18.5 to 17.2 per 100,000 population. The most compion means of suicido for the year was poison, 2,464, fol lowed by firearms, 2,395; hanging, 1,215; asphyxia, chiefly by illumina ting gas, 989; cutting instruments, 536; drowning,' 507; jumping Jtrom high places 156; crushing 84.; and other or unspecified means 58.- , Undoubtedly many deaths- from suicide fail to be reported .so-, that they can be compiled lunder; this head, but the increasing preoision or statement of the' natrue of the death in cases of deaths from violent vaus es renders the statistics more accur ate from year to year and thus ac counts for some of the apparent in crease in the death rate from sui cide. WHY SHE WANTED TO DIE. Young Woman Scores Certain New. York Men She Met. Miss Vera Fitch, the young Cali fornian who shot herself in the H^ tel Astor, in New York on August 29, has given her reasons in an un usual interview. She said she hop ed for reincarnation in a more moral world- The case has been surround ed by much mystery. The young wo man's relatives have refused to ad mit her indentity and the only hint of her motive was gleaned from a letter to her mother, in which she wrote: "The fourth estate has proven too strong for me. It is really deplor able that a girl cannot succeed hon orably in New York. In some things I might have succeeded had I ac ceded to the wishes of men, cultur ed usually, moneyed usually, hut minus morals. Death is preferable." It was known that she had litera ry ambitions. Lying in the hospi tal, where she is convalescing, MiBs Fitch said: "I dreamed of a better day when such men could be' un known. When the world would have, one moral standard for both men and women. In the belief, I might live again in that purer time, I tried, to kill myself." Miss Fitch was born in Oakland, California, twenty four years ago. Refuses all Food. At Vancouver B. C., Inman Uhinn, a Hindu, under ten years' sentence in the provincial penitentiary, refUB es to partake of the penitentiary food, which he says Is "contaminat ed," because It Is prepared by others than those of his creed and caste. Will Decide Today. Commissioner Watson is in Wash ington, conferring with the President as to his acceptance of bis recent ap pointment. He will decide today.