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MKDtfOttD, OMMON, MONDAY, NOVKUJitftt 27, 1011
No. 214
FALL OF NANKING IS HOURLY EXPECTED
RALPH MULFORD IN LOZIER WINS VANDERBILT CUP RACE
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VERY STREET
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CiirnnD rieporlctl (o Dc Fearful
City Crumbles Before Sturm of
Shot ;iml Shell From Rebel Batter
ies on Two Sides.
VICEROY AND TARTAR
GENERAL HAVE FLED
Not Less Than 3,000 Imperialists
and 500 Rebels Arc Salt! to
Have Been Slain.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 27.- Iliillei.il
willi a Htoriu of mIioI it ml shell from
rebel bnlliuioK on two hMoh, Mviit Iiv
it xlnuit or ilonlli from llio rebel wir -wIi!ms
on' Hi wall, with n grout pint
of it hi on In ruliiri mill tlui rebel al
ready entrenched in one of ilw
cm rptt lit tared quartern, tho full or
Nanking, Hih hi-i nir.HiKln.lil or Hi..
;M..Hii. .lyiiMMiy m.hiIi of the Vu..B
I Mil IvIMIIL. 1.1 lllllllH' IIMIIInlli.l.
(V.nviurr.l tluit llieir ciiuno i loot,1
tint viconty iiii.l llio Tnrtnr gcticinl it
.'.IIIIIIHIIll llf (lll Mlllll'llllH IUC III-I
Willi
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A
ready Hud inul taken refuge on ' .
.liiHtiufiit hntlhodiip. On Tiger hill! . ,
inul in Hit greater part of II... city Hid I hA.NTA MOMGAUnl., Nov. 27.--itipurinl(Ht
nro bill) fighting willi lh ''i ivliiuli refuse to ho conquered
courage of dcpttrntiini, certain tli it, today hut swept here the natiinil
.. ...:n i... ii...t ... i .1..'. .. . . .
miiMoerw will ho their fate when the
dily fnlk.
Carnage Fearful.
Throughout nil Nanking (ho enr
niiHi) i fearful. ('orMOM of (he .Mil i
ohm. litter every sheet anil hourly
their fire in ulnekouing hefore tho hail
of alio! inul hI
iliell iHtiirini; in from llio!
illerieM nml from 1KJ
1'lJllll llill.1 lift
limit, who., oniioii, ill hint .H,wtHiw.
were tmiiiuil on the principal gulo of '
the eitv. miiiPinoiitiiiK llio effort f J
ilio IhihI IwllvrieR of the revolution-
ill lo iloncc tho iianerinl trim ......
ulaeiiil there ami on Tier hill
Ai1o(IihIh entintiitert of the lieatliH
i ntlie confliet are no fur ilifficult to
ohtuin. Lovalint refngeeM on n Iiel
Via trtiin, nhicli was fireil upmi.
have eeaieil the r.one of hnltte ami
report that not Iohh thiin !l,000 iai
poriiiliHlM nml r.00 rohcln nlren.ly have
piiriklmil hi (he nii'K'e.
(.'ini'iiil Woiik Kllliil.
tleiiernl Wong i ileelare.l to hae
heen killeil while iittemptiiiK to lead a
foreo onlniile the wiiIIm in mi effort
to reenptiiio IonI gniiH. lie was hc
oml in eomiiiiiinl.
I'lre from llio iuipi'naint hnlterv
on Lion hill Iiiih oeiiHe.l Onliroly. The
nii)(iii(w there mo ileelnreil lo have
heen wreehuil by hIioI from tho rob
els' oannoii.
cb.il lontiPH were licnviflMt In he vi
einily of tli n ilifferenl gnleH, where
repeated ohiirgoH were made in di
tei mined (ifforta to enter the eitv.
They were repnlHcil again nml airnin,
Iml each reliremenl meanl only a
leiaporary fiothnul; and miolher a.l
vaneo followed.
The rebels' object h lo throw n
uoliil fighting foreo innido lo aid (he
lrooH nlroinly there. Once rein
forcenionls reach tho rehelH iilrcailv
in the city, (he cannonading from the
, hillu probably will cease anil a hand
lO'hnnil fight lake place.
City Destroyed.
Tho iiavttr of tho city nlreatly
Inken in in complete ruin. Corpses
Utter the hIvcoIh, mid the wonnded
Maiielnitf, niinblo lo cHcapo willi the
retreating iniperialil forces, were
IioIioiiiUmI, Thin is llio rebolh' first
hlroke i nlhclr vevengo for the Chi
miflo niiiBfmorc.
To vohelH nro inaldnt; Hie fii;hl des
porato with it view to immediate ad
vance on fNlcn nftcr Nnnbing n.
fallen.
Would Protect Women.
OAPITOIj, BACIKAMIONTO, Onl.,
Nov, '27. If IiIIIh nmomlliiK proHont
cliKitloa Iiiwh, to bo prcRonteil In tho
iiRflombly, aro adopted, women will
not bo compelled to tol ther ngen
upon registering la Cnllfornlu,
Noted
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RALPH OE PALM A WHO WILL
IN THE SAVANNAH CIIALLCNGf TROPHY Wit
GREAT DAMAGE IS
WRBUBHT BY FIRE
NEAR LOS ANGELES
, , . ,
vcr 600 Fire Fighters Endeavor to
check Progress of Flames, But Arc
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Unsiicccssful Natural
Sheared of Bca.ity.
Parks
lieiuily of two of southern Cuhfor-
niu'rt immt iieliuuMUi) nhow HpoU
'J'oiaucal anil To)aiif,') emiyoiiM, in
the baitta Mninca inoimtniiiH
After hhenriiiK llnie two iinluml
pnrkH of overy livinj; thing, the brnnh
linw which ,-ltuvo niee.l eontiniiallv
,for lll"ro ,,,",J ,l wook t,M,,,y aro sl,,w"
b' lii.c their wi.y to 'lopuiiKo tu-.-
"""t ' VM r!mmm "",y "ill hi ull
l''hnhiliy bo ouiiniuiumI.
" l",1" ""! . actual prop,
'," v '"n"K v'!ry " 0l,mf oortn,M
,m" lno " w' ,"l ?J,UU(),tl()0.
Denpito the efforu of (lilt) llm
fighters, practically no headway hi
chunking tho fhnnoei has been inaile.
In Calauar canyon thn heniitifnl
ranch of Joseph Anchor has been
razed. Anchor nml several member
of his family are reported missing
hut thin rumor has not been verified.
Just where the fire will fttop, union
Hk ravages are checked by rain, is a
mailer of conjecture. Hig gangH f
fire fighlei-H, recruited from Los An-
. geles, Santa Monica, Sawtelle mid
eniee, are working heroically, bit
the flamed will not bo denied. Tin
inideihrtiHh in (ho firo area is too
heavy mid frequently the volunteer
fire fighter have to drop their ap
paratus and fleo for their lives,
A heavy pall of Miioke hangs over
all tho beach towns, including Long
lleaeh, Ocean Park, Venice and San
la Monica.
HU FINE FOR
HARVESTER CO.
Stato Supremo Court Flics Modified
Decision, Placlnu Fluo at $25,000
Two Juilfjcs Dissent From the
Opinion.
.IKl'TKItSON' CITY, Mo., Nov. 27.
Tho luternulionnl Harvester com
pany, which was ousted from the
stale of Missouri recently by a de
cision which caustically condemned
it us a (rust and fined tho corpora
tion .friO.flno, was given u $2o,000 re
duction in the fine today in a modi
fied decision by tho state supreme
court.
Judges Graves and Woodson dis
sented lo (he reduction,
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You really know who.ro to find
Hie new homo after answering a lot
of "possible" nds,
Automobile Drivers
RALPH
MULfORD
UKIVt A MCRltR CAR
OLD BtTSY
M0RROGC0 Wi
LEADJOWAR YET
Sir Edward Grey Makes Important
Spcccli In House of Commons
Says Rcltaions of Powers Still
Delicate.
LONDON1, Nov. 27. Sir lMward
Grey, making his loug-boraldod
speech in tho houte of cnuun.iitb re
garding Morocco, this evening admit
ted that the relations between Prance,
German yand England nro still 'Seri
ous and delicate."
His address was soiiMitioual. lie
practically charged Germany with
acting in bad faith in the entire Af
rican imbroglio. It is conceded that
bin speech will reopen tho broach be
tween England and Germany.
ROOSEVELT MAY
S
His Near Declaration That Ho Will
Not Again Bo a Candidate Means
. Dl Fl(ht in Convention Between
Radicals and Conservatives.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27.--Government
offioinls hero today re
gard an inspired statement in (he
Philadelphia North American that
former President Uoosovelt definite
ly and finally .refiiHos to run again
in 11)12 us milking certain n big fight,
without the possibility of compromise,
botwoou eousorvatives and radicals
in the next republican national con
vention. Tho North American did not quote
ltoosovolt directly, but snys that last
week ho wrote its editorial dopiut
mout indicating Inspection. This
near-deolaration today is causing
great elation in tho camp of the prog
ressives. .
AIIKRDBBN, Wash., Nov. 27. Ha
foated ia their fight by tho oitir.ons
of Aberdeen, a commit tea of Indus
trial Workers of tho Wolld ealred
upon a mass mooting of ultlr.ons yos
lorday and agreed to abide by tho
si root speaking ordinances of Aberdeen.
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AIDPR06RESSIVE
Who Were Seen Today in the Races at Savanah
x!51 CW& t2svcam in 5m ' & ' ssmSam.
Z "Z CUPKACE. zrz
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BENZ" WITH EDV.'ARD A.HEARNE
JOHN- -ROBIS IS
IG
in
"Third Degree" Methods Cause Him
to Lose Flippancy Nervousness
and Sullen Refusals to Answer
Questions Replace Former Attitude.
SAN FKANVlSrO. Nov. 17.--AIJ
of the flipiwHey which uiarkid
John Kogers' first fow days in jail
has vanished. I'lderguing the "third
degree" on siisjiieiim of having killj.l
Henjamiu Goodman and of thou hav
ing robbed the young jewelry sales
man of $.'.,1)00 worth of diamonds
the prima r c.uitf outoi the ordeal a
uhmigd man. Nervousness and sul
len Tofusal-i to answer aliy jnoro
questions iiao replaced his former
attitude.
NEXT POPE 10
BE ANJTALIAN
Sacred College Consists of 31 For
eigners and 33 Italians, Making
Practically Certain Selection of an
Italian When Pope Pius Dies.
HOME, Nov. 27. Pope Pius today,
just prior to tho meeting of a seerot
consistory to ouufinu tbt recent se
lection of eighteen uardiuals, caused
(be aunounecnicut to be made that a
nineteenth pr'nee of tho church hud
boon selected, whoso nnnio for the
present will be kept .secret.
Of tho eighteen prelates originally
selected for llteh'-'d hat, tweivo are
foreigners and 4,iUuliaus. This will
givo tho sau'tl eollego thlrly-ono
foreigners and tliirty-throe Italians,
making practical certain the selec
tion yf tin lliihiimiorio to s.ueceed tb.
proHUit poulilf.
Marry ln!Barber Shop.
SEATTM3, WpK Nov. 27 Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Fjeaeb calm thoy aro
tho first couplftjovor married la a
harbor shop. .Fwich Is a barber
and so was Miss Florence Tnrbot.
Thoy -loobled lo, marry anil yostor
day thoy stood belilml Mlsa Torbofa
chair and Itev. ? K. Dunlop road
tho service
OMYH
5 WAGNER vHO WILL
GRAND
AT WHEtu
NAVAL BATTLE
S!
Italian Fleet Reported Only a Mile
and a Half From the Dardanelles
Ministers of War and Marine on
Their Way.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27.
The ministers of war and marine arc
on their way to tho Dardanelles to
day, following a re-wrt received here
by General Chcfket Pasha that an
Italian fleet had been sighted in the
Sea of Marmora only a mile aud a
half from tho Dardanelles.
A bloekode will bo established
there immediately. It is believed that
an engagement between the Turkish
mid Kalian fleets is imminent.
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Special Session of the Legislature
Opens Presidential Preference
Primary Is of Greatest Importance
Johnson in Absolute Control.
SACRAMENTO, Cnl., Nov. 27.-
Wlth theopeuing of tho special legis
lative session this morning Califor
uia lawmakers began removing the
final obstructions along the highwnv
of popular government, for which
they had blazed tho trail during tlu
last regular session.
From the standpoint of tho pooplo
it promises to be tho most important
extra session ever hold in California.
Of sweeping importance is tho presi
dential preferoneo primary. So
strong is Governor Johnson's control
that the primary measure will be
practically unopposed,
GHOSTS SCARE CONFESSION
OUT OF AN ITALIAN
KENOSHA. Wis., Nov. 27. Terri
fied by a procession of headlosa
Khots Pasqual Mnrchosl Is In a celt
hero today after having confessed to
a Catholic priest that bo chopped the
heads of his wlfo and 1,1s nepbow. IIo
found tliom In a compromising po
sition and killed them with an axe.
MiNEN
POPLAR
m
OR
CALIFORNIA
HEAD FlAT TfiAM N
PkiZE. RACE
WITNESSES TELL
OF PATTERSON
ABUSING WIFE
Mrs. Patterson Has a Determined
Prosecutor In Her Mothcr-in-Law
Who Assists Prosecutor by Advis
ing Him in the Court Room.
DENVEK, Col.t Nov. 27. In 3Iy
Uertriide Uiuson i'u t(eioirg trial on
the charge of murdering her husband
one of the most determined prosecut
ors is her mother-in-law. Tho aged
woman, relentless and grim, sits
back of the state prosecutor's chair
assisting and advising him. And her
appearance and attitude have had a
burrowing effect upon the defendant.
Mrs. Patterson is pale and worn
today. Tho strain she tinderwont
Saturday night and Suudny is obvi
ous. There is mnrked contrast be
tween her, on trial for hor life, and
tho eldor woman, who is making every
effort to avenge her son's (loath.
Knorki'd Ills W'lto Down.
Several witnesses called to the
stand testified that they hod sem
Patterson knock his wife down dur
ing a street quarrel.
Robert Farnbnm of Chicago, a
brother-in-law of the defendant, tes
tified that he saw Iattcrson buy a
revolver in 1909. Farnbnm admitted
that before be camo to Denver he had
discussed tho tostimony be was to
give with Dotcotivo Hoppor, who i.
employed by Emit Strouss.
Just beforo the noon recoss Attor
ney Hilton played his trump card
when he produced threo letters writ
ten by Patterson. They admittid
charges of perversions and cruelties
he inflicted upon his wife.
irrs. Gertrudo Patterson, on trial
horo for the murder of her hu&bnnd,
was i na state of complete physical
collapse all day yesterday and Satur
day night, and it wns neeossnry to
call physicians' to attend her.
MEXICAN STATE
T
Ultimatum Sent to President Ma
tlero Giving Government Forty
eight Hours to Withdraw Interfer
ence With Provisional Government.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27. Cover
nor Ilonito Juarez of Oaxaca today
sent tin ultimatum to Prosideut M.i
dero giving tho government fortv
oigtli hours to withdraw its intorfor
enoo with tho provisional govern
ment and threatening that otherwise
tho stato will secede. Modem re
fused to niako any comment on the
situation.
Youll' neor need to find an unnd
vortised boarding house in this town
for tho host ones, when they have
vacancies, do odeiliu
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DE N
III MILES ARE
COVERED AT 75
MILES HUG
De Palma Is Second, Wishart Third
Race Course at Savannah Fast
er Than the One Heretofore Used
on Long Island.
HUGHES IN MERCER CAR
WINS SAVANNAH TROPHY
Firs Three Cars to Finish In Toll
man Trophy Race Were "E.
F.'s Great Crowds.
SAVANNAH, Go., Nov. 27. Rnlpli
Mtilford, driving a Lozior car, won
the Vnuderbilt cup race, finishing the
299-mile drive in three hours mid
fifty-six minutes, nfter establishing
a new world's speed record for 200
miles. Ralph De Palnin, driving a
Mercedes, wns a close second, com
pleting the race in three hours fifty
eight minutes and cloven seconds.
Mulford averaged 73.2 milos par
hour over tho course, shattering all
records. Wisdiart, in a Mercedes car.
bent out Grant's Loicr for third place.
With porfect weather and thefacw
oibd course in splendid condition
-tbe-Inrgest orowd-everBnthercd
tho event witnessed the seventh an
nual Vnuderbilt automobile cup race.
Course Ts Fnsf.
This was the first time the race has
been here, the six previous contents
having been hold on Long Island.
Tho sevontccn-milo course had been
specially prepared for the event ami
wns fully ten miles nn hour faster
than lust year.
The Vandorbilt cup race, the big
ovont of today, started at 11:15
o'clock when Grant, in a Lozior, wan
sont nwsy. The other twolvo entriiw
got off in short ordor.
After leading for five laps, Do Pal
ma's Mercedes ran out of oil aud ho
wns forced lo stop, Mulford takii.
1 the load in his Lozior. Cube, driving
a Jackson ear, was forced to with
draw from the race on account of cu
gino trouble.
iteconl Hroken.
When tho race wn half over Mul
ford led witli a total of 115 iijilog xo
his credit at the rate of seventy-six
inilojf par hour.
At the end of tho eighth lap a leak
ing radiator forced Matson, driving
a Fiat, to quit, making tho fourth unr
withdrawn.
Mulford broke a world's record for
speed, made at Santa Monica, Cnl.
last mouth, which was 7-1.0 miles tier
hour for 200 miles. Mulford covered
222 miles nt an average speed of,
74.9 milos per hour.
Within three laps of tho finish Mul
ford still led, with De Pahna his
u on root competitor, three minutes be
hind. Grant bold third place.
Mulford maintained his lead to tho
end.
Mercer Car "Wins.
Driver Hughes in a Mercer car won
tho Savannah trophy race how todav
in which seven cars started at 7; 15
o'clock this morning, which waR oao
of tho features of tho automobile, rqc-o
meeting horo today and will bo again
on Thanksgiving day.
Tho Savannah raea wag thirteen
laps ovor tho oilod roadway, each
17.4 milos long, ntotol distance jf
222 miles. Tho rueo for the trophy
and $1,000 cash, with second and
third prizes of $250 and $125, re
spectively. Heinomnn, in a Mormon, was sec
ond in tho Savannah challenge wan,
and Mikront, nlo in a Marmon, third,
Ilughos' timo wus three hours, fiftoo.ii
minutes and thirty-govon seogndtf, an
average speed of sojxty-oiuht and
one-half iniloso an hour.
, "E. M. P," Wlnt,
Wit, in nn "E. M. P.," won tho
Tiodmnn trophy,
Witt's time in tho Tiudmnu race
wns fifty-nino miles nn hour. I-lvnus,
in nn E. M. IV wnw nccnml in lids
event, mid Tower, in tho riihio moijel
of car, third.
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