Weather Chief |
is Dismissed |
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Declares He Does Not Know Nature |
of Charges and Had No Opportunity |
to Defend Himself.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weath- |
er bureau, whose resignation ras been |
in President Wilson's hands, to be- |
come effective July 31, was summarily |
removed from office, charged wilh
‘serious irregularities.”
This announcement was made at |
the White House while a conference
was in progress between Secretary of
Agriculture Houston and President |
Wilson.
Professor Moore declared that se- |
cret charges had been preferred
against him, and that they had been !
secretly investigated. He had not’
geen a copy of these charges, he said;
had no opportunity to invesiigate
them, and had no opportunity to ex-
amine the witnesses who had testified
against him. No opportunity had been '
given him to defend himself, he de-
clared.
“I have been treated like a prisoner
exiled to Siberia,” said the former |
weather chief.
From time to time charges against
Moore had been made in congress, but
nothing ever came of them.
Professor Willis Luther Moore has |
been chief of the United States weath- '
er bureau since 1895. The announce-
ment that he had resigned, by request,
was made March 21, the resignation
to take effect July 31.
At that time it was said several rea-
sons had induced President Wilson
and Secretary of Agriculture Houston
to decide that Professor Moore's ser-
vices were thus to be terminated, but
the chief cause was said to be the ac-
tivity shown in behalf of Moore's can-
didacy for the agricultural portfolio in
President Wilson's cabinet. |
Professor Moore early in life was a
printer, and he is a member of a typo-
graphical labor union. Shortly after
President Wilson's election many pe-
titions from labor unions were re-
ceived urging Moore for the head of
the agricultural department.
The president was said to be con-
vinced that these petitions were the
result of a widespread campaign engl
neered by Moore, and he began to
make Inquiries as to Moore's record
In the weather bureau and his general
standing. He apparently felt that
Moore was giving more attention to'
politics than he was to the business of
the bureau.
Information reached the president i
also that Professor Moore had utilized '
the services of weather bureau em- |
ployes in obtaining endorsements for
the secretaryship.
Mr. Moore was born at Scranton, |
Pa. in January, 1856. When eight '
years old he sold papers with General |
Grant's army at City Point. He en:
tered the signal corps, now the weath- |
er bureau, when a young man, and
rose through various grades to chief |
of the weather bureau.
In 1894 he was made a professor or
meteorology. Professor Moore has'
been president of the National Geo!
graphical society and is a member of |
several societies and clubs. He is the
author of “Moore's Descriptive Me: |
teorology.” His residence is at Rock:
ville, Md.
Cripple Admits Killing Man In Free
For-All Fight.
Joseph Bingo, a cripple, charged |
with the murder of James Holland, at |
Middle Creek last week, and who |
since the crime has stoutly protested |
his innocence, when arraigned before |
Justice F. 8. Freiler in Pottsville, Pa.,
and confronted with a network of evi-
dence against him, broke down and
admitted that he did the killing.
He confessed that he stabbed Hol-
land to death in a shanty near Tower |
City on Monday a week ago, during al
free-for-all fight. Bingo declares that |
Holland rushed at him and that he |
stabbed him in the abdomen in self- |
defense, the victim of the butcher |
knife, which he used, dyig almost in-
stantly, Since the crime Bingo has!
been in the county prison awaiting a!
hearing.
Woman's Assailant Tries Suicide.
Patrick Hayes, a private detective,
charged with a criminal assault on a
woman, and refusing to accept counsel
assigned to him by the court on |
Staten Island, N. Y., drew a revolver |
and fired point blank at the detective
who had him in charge, and missing
him, turned the revelver on himself.
The bullet pierced his brain and he
will die.
Prisoners Burn a Jail.
Prisoners set fire to the county jail
in Sterling, Ill, in an effort to effect a
jail delivery. Michael Sellers, a pris-
oner, was burned to death in his cell.
Sheriff Wahl was badly burned in res
cuing several of the prisoners. The
interior of the jail was destroyed.
Killed by Flying Train.
Harry F. Ramer was fatally injured
at Pottstown, Pa, when his team was
struck at a grade crossing by the
southbound express on the Pennsylva
nia railroad.
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Gave Guests $1000 Each.
H. 8. Byerly, a retired business man
of Herndon, Pa., had his six married
children to his home to engage in a
turkey dinner.
After saying grace he gave a signal
for the feast to proceed. As the gues. :
turned over their plates each one
found a $1000 check to his credit an:
signed by the host. He said that he
thought they would enjoy the moncy
better while he was living than a.te:
: the pontiff
| cough greatly bothered the pope. His’
! diplomats are summoned.
. deners, the grooms and the cooks. As
| cause.
| Strike Drives Mills Out of Paterson
Pontiff’'s Coughing Spell Continues,
and Cespite a Slight Rally His Con-
dition Is Worse.
The latest report of the physicians
in attendance upon the pope in Rome
shows that he has rallied slightly trom
his critical condition. i
His holiness is very weak, but his
fever has abated and his temperature
is only half a degree above normal.
The cough, which caused great alarm
and which at one time almost caused
suffocation, still troubles the pontiff. |
If his illness continues in its pres-
ent course the pope will probably
| grow weaker each day. Even if the
bronchial affection does not develop
into actual pneumonia, it is doubtful’
bow long the constitution of the pa-
tient can hold out. A bulletin by Drs.
Marchiafava and Amici says:
“His holiness passed a quiet night,
without fever. His temperature was
9814. The catarrhal and bronchial af-|
fection is still in the same condition. |
The coughing spell which almost
caused suffocation was followed by
such exhaustion that those attending
feared the worst. The
temperature varied frequently.
Two regiments of infantry are in the
barracks near the Vatican to do police
duty in St. Peter's square on the death
of the pope when the cardinals and
That Pope Pius realizes that he has |
small chance of surviving his illness
was made evident when he insis.ed!'
upon receiving all of his personal at-
tendants in order that he might speak’
to them for perhaps the last time.’
The physicians reluctantly consented
to the pope's wish, but they limited
the number to be admitted to the sick
room and also fixed the time for each’
of the visits, which were made singly. !
Among those who went to the pon-
tift’s bedside and heard his beloved
voice for the last time were the gar.
they neared the pope they fell upon
their knees, while the pope spoke a’
few words to each, thanking them for.
their long service and then giving.
them the apostolic blessing. Tears
i brimmed the eyes of all the pontiff's
retainers as they sadly left the pope's
apartment. |
When Pope Pius was bishop of
Venice many of the domestics were
with him. Later when he became pa
triarch of Venice and cardinal he re
tained most of them and brought them
to Rome when he was made pope.
Patriarca, the lawyer, who repre
sents the Holy See, was summoned to
the Vatican. The same lawyer drew vp
the last testament of Pope Leo XIII,
and the inference is that he has been
asked to do the same for Pope Pius X.'
Patriarca was summoned after Pro.
fessor Marchiafava, the pope's physi.
' cian, had a long conference with Car
dinal Merry del Val, the papal secre- |
tary of state. Earlier the pope's sis
ters entered the Vatican and were re-|
| ceived by Monsignor Parolin, the,
pope's nephew, who held them waiting
in an ante chamber until the doctors’
| had ended their visit.
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Bullet Riddled Body Found In Dun.
more and Black Hand Suspected. |
What is thought to be another Black .
Hand murder case came to light with
the discovery of the bullet riddled’
body of Cataldo Contano, twenty-six
years old, on Cooney street, Dunmore,’
| near Scranton, Pa., within the shadow
. of St. Mary's Catholic church..
Bullets of three different calibers,
have been abstracted from some of
the wounds, and the authorities think
Contano was fired upon from opposite
directions by two or more gunmen, |
The investigators are in the dark
as to the motive, but inasmuch as in
trigues in the Dunmore Italian colony
have resulted in several murders in
the last year they are inclined to at
tribute the present crime to the same
Boy Smothered to Death In Sand Pile
While digging a tunnel in a sand
pile at Sixty-second and Sans mm!
streets, Philadelphia, Richard Thom |
son, eleven years of age, was bu:
fed when the sand caved in. He wa |
dead when he was dug out by severa'!
men. Thompson, with several boys
had crawled into the tunnel and they
were caught beneath the falling dit
The other boys escaped.
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Two of the silk mills now idle be
cause of the strike of 25,000 worker:
for more pay and shorter hours are «
remove from Paterson, N. J. One firn
is going to Bayonne, N. J. and th:
other is shipping its machinery 1«
Towanda, Pa. The strike is now in it
eighth week.
$25,000 Damages For Broken Leg.
A verdict for $25,000 damages fo:
fractures of his left leg was won by!
Joseph Lauzon, a brakeman, from : |
jury in the supreme court in Whi:
Plains, N. Y,, against the New York |
New Haven & Hartford Railroad com |
pany.
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ATE POISONOUS HERB; DIES |
Man Who Also Swallows Some will
Probably Recover.
Strolling on the shore of the Sus
quehanna river, near Lanesboro, Pa
Miss Amy Burhight, thirty-five years |
old, and Alvert Denny picked what | gects or tnis bullet ne rell on tne rail
they thought was arbutus and munch: | road tracks forty feet below. Later a
ed the leaves.
The couple became violently ill be
foer returning from their walk, and
the next day Miss Burhight died. The
physicians say the supposed arbutus
was in reality a poisonous herb, and
that Miss Burhight unknowingly com.
of the leaves. Denny rallied from his
his death.
mitted suicide by swallowing the |
illness and will probably recover.
| crossed to the American side at Naco,
| States troops on border patrol.
| maining men
| over 100 killed in the battie. ihe rebel
| head while leaning over the railing of
Attempt to Murder Alfonso Took Place
as He Was Returning From Military
Review and He Escapes Injury. i
Three shots were fired at King Al’
fonso of Spain in Madrid as he was
returning from a military review. The
king was unharmed. One of the bulie.s
struck his horse in the chest. |
The attempt at aszessination occur!
red in the street opposite the Bank
of Spain. The young man who fired
the shots has been arrested.
The king was returning to the palace
from a review of recruits and the
| ceremony of swearing in of the troops
. and the presentation of colors in the
Paseo de Castellano. The king was
riding slowly through the streets with
a large staff, and was near the Bank!
of Spain, on Alcala street, when a
young man Who was standing in the’
front row of cheering spectators rush-
ed ai the monarch’s horse and clutch:
ed the bridle with his left hand. Then
he put his right hand in his pocket
and drew a revolver.
King Alfonso realized instantly at]
the man was an assassin and his skill.
in horsemanship and his presence of
mind probably saved his life. He made
the horse rear up just at the moment
| the assassin fired, but the king was|
already safe behind the horse, which
got the bullet in the chest. At the’
same moment a policeman threw him
self upon the assassin and threw him!
to the ground and held him there, but|
; he was unable to grip his arms be
fore he had fired two other shots.
They were random shots, as it was im- |
possible for him to take aim, and foe
did not hit anybody.
The king, after seeing the assass’ nl
taken away by the police, stood up in’
the stirrups and smilingly turning to
{ the crowd and giving a military -
lute, cried: “Viva L’Espana!” The
people took up the cue and repeated]
the cry loud and long. They also gavel
hearty cheers for the king.
After acknowledging the cheers of
the people by renewed salutes King!
Alfonso dismounted in the most un]
concerned manner. He met the anx|
fous inquiries of the members of his,
staff by saying: “Gentlemen, it ie!
nothing.” Then he remounted and con:
tinued on his way to the palace.
Meanwhile the assailant of the king, ,
who gave the name of Rafael Sanchez
Alegre, and said he was a Catalonian,
had been hustled by the police inte]
the nearest house, as this was the only;
way to save his life from the fury of |
the crowd. As it was many blows
reached him and he would surely have
been lynched but for the prompt action
of the police, who kept him in the
house until the prison van arrived.
Mexicans Surrender to U. 8S. Troops.
After spiking his cannon and burn
ing his supplies and ammunition, Gen-
eral Pedro Ojeda and 150 survivors ol
the Naco garrison of federal troops
Ariz., surrendering to the Unite!
The surrender followed an attack
by some 1500 state troops which began
Saturday night. The Yaqui Indians
took the advance of the attackers and
the barracks at Naco became a vert:
able slaughter pen, with dead federals
and constitutionalists strewn in and
about the building.
The fighting in Naco was hand to
hand. Dynamite hastily made intr
hand grenades was used by both side:
and the slaughter was terrific. Soon
the custom house was in flames, and
then Ojeda, his officers and his re
took to the streets,
where fighting between them and the
rebels continued. When General Ojc
da's last bullet was fired he walked!
over the line accompanied by his fif
teen remaining men.
Eigthy-six federal wounded are be
ing cared for at this place, and ac:
counting for the deserters who came
to this side and are detained and
those who surrendered with the gen
eral, it is estimated that Ojeda had
loss is supposed to have been ver,
heavy, since the fighting was at such
close quarters.
Rick Man Found Dead on Railroad.
August Simon, one of the best
known residents of Allentown, Pa., |
retired silk manufacturer and rich|
globe trotter, was found dead on th:
Lehigh Valley railway tracks. H.:
body was badly mangled and ther
was a bullet wound in his head.
The police say that a note, foun!
in Simon's pocket, indicated that he
had committed suicide. They furthe:
say that the retired manufacturers
suicide was not only well planned, bu’
spectacular.
On the other hand, the members nl
Simon’s family insist that he is tLe
vietim of a murderer or murdere:s.
They say the note the police found i=
not in his handwriting, and expres:
| the belief that one or more persons
shot him on the bridge under which
his body was found and threw the
body on the railroad. The police are in
vestigating this phase of the case,
The police theory is that to kill
himself Simon shot himself in the
the Linden street bridge, spanning tho
| Lehigh Valley railroad. From the ef
train ran over his body.
Postmasters to Keep Their Jobs.
Postmaster General Burleson an-
nounced that it was the administra-
tion’s policy to continue all Republican
postmasters in their offices until the
end of their terms, provided that no
charges were sustained against their
efficiency.
dead,
The policy applies to all classes of
postmasters.
“My department will be run on busi-
ness lines and not by politics,” said
Mr. Burleson. He said there might be
some removals, but believed the ma-
jority of the postmasters were efficient
and would not be disturbed.
Mr. Burleson said the decision had
been made after conferences with
President Wilson, who favors the
merit system. A plan is being worked
out for efficiency under the classified
i elvil service, fourth class postmasters
having been placed under that protec-
tion by Mr. Taft.
Ohio Passes Bill to Pension Mothers.
The juvenile code bill, embodying
mothers’ pensions, passed the house
in Columbus, Ohio, and when the sen-
ate concurs on an unimportant amend:
ment will go to Governor Cox for his
signature.
The bill makes provisions for an an-
nual tax levy of one-tenth of a mill,
which is expected to create a fund
each year of not less than $700,000.
Destitute widows, women whose
husbands are completely disabled,
have deserted them or are serving
prison sentences, are to be cared for.
Juvenile courts are authorized to
pay such women $15 a month for a
child under fourteen years of age and
$7 a month for each aditional child
under that age.
Under the bill boys under fourteen
years of age are prohibited from sell
ing newspapers or chewing gum on
the streets.
Lay Murder to Holy Rollers.
Twenty-one members of the Holy
' Rollers’ religious sect were inal x
by the grand jury of Carroll rR
Va., for conspiracy to cause the death
of David King.
Because King would not allow hi
wife to affiliate with them, it is said,
he incurred the enmity of the Holy
Rollers, and in reltaliation they offered
up public prayers on several occasions
for his “removal.”
When King entered a meeting and
forced his wife to accompany him to
her home, it is alleged that Rev. Fra.
zier, conducting the service, informed
King that he would be “doen away
with” if he persisted in preventing
| his wife from attending the Holy Rol-
ler revivals.
Shortly after this King was found
and the circumstances sur
rounding his death were never unrav-
eled.
Impaled by Needle.
Her finger impaled by a needle of
her sewing machine, held by the shut-
tle, Mrs. John Shear, of Berwick, Pa.,
stood a prisoner in agony for several |.
hours until her frantic screams at
tracted John Smithers, a passerby.
Finding her impaled in such a man-
ner that the machine toolbox could not
be opened, he was obliged to take the
machine apart with a pocket knife be-
fore she was released. A moment later
the woman collapsed.
Lent $700; Gets $1,000,000.
Dr. Edward S. Higley, of Chicago,
in the early eighties lent Charles Froe-
lich $700 to assist him through a
course in the University of Nebraska.
Eight years ago Froelich, who had
grown rich in Australia, visited his
former benefactor and repaid the loan
with interest. Froelich died recently
without heirs, and Dr. Higley learned
that Froelich’s fortune, approximating
$1,000,000, had been left to him,
Calf Bite Proves Fatal.
Harry Lewis, of Malvern, aged forty-
five years, a merchant, died in the
Chester County hospital at West
Chester, Pa., as the result of having
been bitten by a calf,
Lewis was bitten three weeks ago,
while butchering the animal. Blood
poison developed and caused his death,
although the arm had been amputated
in an effort to save his life.
Body Falls From Coffin Into Grave.
While the body of Marion Miller, a
widely known engineer, was being low-
ered into the grave at Auburn, Pa., one
of the supporting straps broke.
This turned the casket upside down,
causing the body to fall out, as the lid
came off, and the corpse fell fac:
downward into the bottom of the
rough box, already in the bottom oi
the grave.
Many of the mourners fled in ter
ror for their homes, believing that
something supernatural had occurred,
while other beat a hasty retreat in
genuine awe and fear.
Several women fainted. After the
excitement had somewhat subside!
willing hands lent the undertaker as
sistance. The remains were brought uj:
from the rough box, the casket righted
and then the burial proceeded without
further mishap. The occurrence is the
theme of superstitious comment for
miles around.
Evelyn Thaw Must Pay.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's plea that her
husband, Harry K. Thaw, was respon
sible for the clothing she bought dur
ing 1908 was disregarded by the su
preme court in New York, and a firm
of outfitters was awarded a judgmen:
against her for $3746. r
The itemized account showed tha!
Mrs. Thaw paid from $30 to $85 for
her hats and as high as $350 for her
gowns.
Died at Club Dinner.
While he was entertaining a party
of prominent residents of Philad:l
phia at the Holly Oak club, alca:
the Delaware near Wilmington, Del.
Howard Lippincott Haines, fifty-eigh!
years old, of 1714 Green street, Phila
delphia, a well te do retired real es
tate broker, was stricken with ap:
plexy and died.
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OCK HAVEN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
P. Singer, Principal,
The spring term of this important
Normal school will begin April 7th,
with a larger attendance than usual.
On May 12th, a special seven weeks’
course will be started for the benefit
of teachers preparing for either the
provisional, professional, or per-
manent examinations. A thorough
review of the common branches will
be given, together with special work
in pedagogy. This is an excellent
ers. All other expenses including
board and room will be $4.00 per
week. High school graduates can
save time by attending the spring
I I ae
For further information and illus-
trated catalog, address the Pribcipal.
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before May Ist to insure
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will assume tha
Pe their lots. 2 Rey
CATTLE PASTURE
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company
will open their 5000 acre range on
Beech Creek, May lst, 1913, under
the management of Mr. Geo. Lorrah.
Season May Ist to October 15th.
TERMS, $1.50 PER HEAD PER SEASON.
Cattle received only on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Address
Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
Snow Shoe. Pa., for any further information.
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