JANER IS GUILTY;. GETSjl YEARS The Child Abductor's Drazen Boast Sends Chill of Horror Through Court SPECTACLE WHICH AMAZES All Joseph M. Janer, of Brooklyn, Convict ed of Assault Upon Catherine Loerch, 12 Years Old, and Sentenced to Maryland Penitentiary. Baltimore, March 17. Joseph M. Janer, the rich Brooklyn man who hist month abducted Catherine Loerch, a schoolgirl, cloven years old, by pre tending to take her on an automobile ride near her home, was convicted and sentenced to twenty-one years im prisonment. He had elected a trial by two judge Instead of by jury, as this State's laws permit. Judges Burke and Duncan tried him, with his little victim sit ting on the bench between them. After testimony that brought a storm of In dignation against the man and then caused tears of pity In everyone's eyes for the little girl, it took them only ten minutes to find him guilty Df an offense for which he might have been punished by death. Immediately Joseph M. Janer was taken to Maryland Penitentiary, vhich is situated in this city, and for twenty-one years he will be kept '.here. In the event of his living through that period of confinement, le will bo taken to Brooklyn and will be there tried for abducting the !ittle Brooklyn girl. Janer was tried on an even more serious charge in- the stately old Court House at Towson, the seat of Baltimore County. He missed, by the areadth of a hair, being sent to the sallows, for it is generally understood that his lawyers agreed with the two ludges that if his life was spared ihere would be no further fighting of the case in his behalf and that the notion for a new trial would be with irawn. .It was a Btrangely dramatic scene In the old courthouse. Janer had con tlcted himself by his own testimony, jonvinclng even his own lawyers that te was guilty of the crime charged (gainst him. During his cross-examl-;atIon he made himself the centre of attraction by a long harrangue, in vhich he gave most of his time to a lescrlptlon of his enormous power In onsumlng alcohol. He boasted that e could drink more whiskey than any itber human being, and declared in a dgh pitched voice: "You can send t'.:e best and most imous of the r'.-.ysicians from Johns topkins University, and I will defy 'hem to find any equal to me in drink sg whiskey. For more than two and ' half years I have drank a gallon of hlskey a da., and it takes at least ' .iree-quarters of a gallon of whiskey i sober me up after I hare been runk." I Facing death, or at least the rest t his life In prison, the boast of the ian sent a chill of horror and amaze en t over the spectators. Janer's .Ife, a patient woman, with her patl lce showing in her face, and her 'stress showing in her eyes, looked t if she wished that the floor of the urtroom might open and engulf her. "he little child victim of the con ssed drunkard stared wonderingly out her. IS GREEN MAPLE SYRUP imely Discovery of an Ohio Farmer Probably Saves Many Lives. Wooster, Ohio, March 15. A plot iiich might easily have cost the lives . scores of maple syrup and marplo :gar eaters was foiled when Georgo irstenslaher, a Congress township rmer, found parls green in a hundred ip buckets In his maple grove. uersteimlalier was early in his aple grove, and noted a greenish it in several buckets. In a few ho und a green powder, still undis lved. floating on the liquid which Intended boiling down into syrup, f.er to be made into maple sugar lies. Gerstenslaher manufactures iple products on an extensive scale. Investigation proved the greenish , wder to be the deadly poison. Ger anslaher followed a trail of boot . Ints in the soft earth of his grovo d declares that he will swear out a .rrant for a neighbor whom he ae- ses of plotting his ruin even at the ' st of othora" lives by "doping" his ". 1 :,000 REN TO HAVE MORE PAY ges of Puddlers vanced by Ohio Youngstown, Ohio, ges of puddlers and Others Vd Mill Owners. March 15. The were advanced 1-2 cents a ton by the terms of tho -monthly settlement between tho 11 operators and Amalgamated As iation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work in Pittsburg. The puddling rato now ?5.37 1-2. Finishers are to ve a 1 per cent, advance. Grip Carrying Off Indians. Winnipeg, March 17. Seventy-two Hans are dying of grip at Fort ilpnewyan and more than 150 are wn with the disease at the four sts In the Mackenzie River region MM Hudson Bay Company. ME TRAGEDIES DUE TO LOVE Woman and Two Brothers Commit Suicide In Illinois A Third Broth er Is Frantic with Grief. Granite City, 111., March 17. Miss Berryl Sommers, loved by two broth ers, committed suicide on March 3. John Nichols, the elder and favored suitor, whom she was to marry, end ed his life two days Inter. Robert Nichols, who had nourished his pas sion in secret, that by his abnegation the brother and sweetheart might be happy, died by his own hand yester day at his home in Madison. A third brother, George Nichols, is frantic with grief. BURIED HER BABY ALIVE Mill Girt Confesses Her Crime, West Chester, Pa., Police Say. Westchester, Fa., March 1C Caro line Brefort buried alive her new born babe, Wednesday morning, the police say. Physicians who made an autopsy on the tiny body, which was exhumed in the yard of Miss Brefori's home, confirm the statement that tho infant was alive when it was burled. The mother, twenty years of age, Is a millhand at Phoenixvllle; there she is in the hospital, seriously 111 from exposure, and under arrest. She feared she would die Friday, sent for a priest and confessed to him; but, of course, that did not lead to the accusa tion against her. After questioning Miss Breforl to day, the Chief of Tollce went to the home of Slovian Novak, a mill hand, and arrested him when he was at din ner with his wife and children. MEDICAL ADVICEJY WIRELESS Physician on Shore Prescribes for In jured Man on Steamer. Kureka, Cal., March IB. While the oil steamer Asuncion was off this port the Humboldt wireless station re ceived from her a message saying that one of the sailors had fallen from the rigging to the deck, sustaining Injuries resulting In severe internal hemor rhages. Medical advice for the In jured man was asked. , The , wireless station at once com municated with the marine physician. Dr. .Charles Falk, who prescribed treatment. The steamer remained hove-to until the directions of the physician had been received by wire less, when she proceeded on her way while the remedies, presumably, were applied. DROPS DEAD IN Woman's End Came As Pastor 8poke of Life's Uncertainty. Youngstown, Ohio, March 16. "No one of you can tell at what hour death will come," said the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Poland, near here, In opening his sermon. Hardly had he spoken the words when Mrs. Matilda Williams fell from her seat dead. ijeath Is said to have been caused by heart trouble. The morning ser vice was brought to a close by a pray er by the pastor before Mrs. Wil liams's body was removed, and then the church was closed for the day. LABOR LEADERJOES TO JAIL Organizer McGee of the Moulders Sentenced After Two Appeals. New Haven, Conn., March 15. In the Common Pleas Court Frank J. Mc Gee of Worcester, Mass., organizer for the National Moulders Union, was sentenced to one year In the New Haven Jail and was taken there with in an hour to begin his term. McGee was convicted of intimidat ing workmen during a strike at the McLagon company foundry In Sep tember, 1907, and was then sentenced to a year in Jail. QUADRUPLETS BORN IN CUBA President Gomez Congratulates Moth. er and Assists Family. Havana, March 15. The wife of a poor cigar maker of Havana, the ..,. U . - M . .... uiuuier ui louneen cnnaren, gave birth to quadruplets, two bovs and two girls. President Gomez sent his consrratu- muuuH ui ine moiner, as a woman deserving well of the republic, with suDsiantiai assistance. SUFFRAGE DEFEAT IN 101 Equal and Limited Bills Are Voted Down In Senate. Des Moines, March 15. Equal suf frage met a decided defeat in the Senate by a vote of 37 to 11. The limited suffrage bill for women was also defeated by a vote of 36 to 12. This disposes of the movement for woman suffrage at this session. 8peaker of Texas House Quits. Austin, Tex., March 17. In compll uuce wim a resolution passed by a minority of Its members. Sneaker Kennedy of the Texas House of Repre sentatives resigned. His resignation was accepted by a viva voce vote. John J. Marshall was then unant mously elected Speaker In his place. Guatemala to Teach Enollsh. Mexico City, March 10. Hereafter the English language will be taught in an me public schools of Guatemala, THE COLUMBIAN. PETROSINO SHOT DEAD IN ITALY Best Known of New York's Italian Detectives Murdered SENTENCED BY THE BLACK HAND He Had Visited Nests of the Mafia and Marked Ringleaders Was to Have Reported Plan to Keep Lawbreak ers Out of This Country. Rome, March 17. Lieut. Joseph Totrosino of the New York police force was shot and killed at 9 o'clock p. m. In Palermo on the Piazza Ma rina. The Piazza is almost unllghted at night. A sailor saw a man leaning against an iron railing with blood streaming from his mouth. He fell dead within a few minutes without speaking. The sailor saw two men sheltered in i neighboring house. These two men fled at the approach of the police. Palermo, March 16. Inquiries made here show thnt Detective Petrosino had been staying at the Hotel de France, In the Piaza Marina, since Feb. 28, where he was registered under the name of De Simone. A day or two after his arrival here he visited the Prefect of Police, who offered him a police guard, saying that he carried his life in his hands by thus visiting Itrlr. Petrosino refused the offer, believ ing that a gunrd would hamper his movements. Similar warnings came to him from the American Consul, but they also proved unavailing. "After escaping so many schemes of vengeance In New York," said Petro sino In declining the well-meant ad vice. "I should be able to defend my self in Palermo." It Is the custom of visitors to leave the Hotel de France every morning about 8 o'clock, returning at 9 In the evening after dining at the Cafe Crete in the Piazza Marina. When 'Petro sino left the Cafe Crete it was noticed that he was in company with two men who were engaged In an animated con versation. As they proceeded In the direction of the less frequented side of the gardens two shots were heard and Petrosino, shot In the back of the head, had just sufficient strength to draw his own revolver and, without aiming, Are a shot at the disappear ing forms of his treacherous compan ions before he fell to the pavement dead. The report of the shots brought crowds to the spot. Some police car bir.ers elbowed their way through the throng and took charge of the body. The Identity of the dead man was soon established, while papers in his pockets Indicated the hazardous nat ure of the mission on which he had come to Sicily. Not only was he endeavoring to track down certain individuals, but he was also charged with a compilation of the records of notorious Italian criminals to be used for reference by the New York police and by the Unit eu States immigration officials. It was pathetic to find In one of the inside pockets of his coat picture post cards addressed to his wife in New York. The body will be sent to New York as soon as the necessary formalities have been complied with. 'ilo ponce believe the murderers wore especially allotted to kill such a formidable enemy of the Mafia, and that Petrosino had ben shadowed in cessantly since the moment he sailed out of New York Harbor last January. Petrosino had managed to collect while here much evidence of the crimi nality of a large number of Italians who have taken refuge in the United States, which would have given the American Government the power to deport them. In a number of cases he had traced murder to them. Petroslno's Secret Mission. New York, N. Y., March 16. Petro sino was born on Oct. 23, 1860, in Italy, but came to this country when a small boy and received his education In the public schools here. On Oct. 23, 1883, he was appointed a patrolman and was assigned to the Tenderloin sta tion. In July, 18U5, he was made a detective and transferred to Head quarters, and four years later he was made a detective-sergeant. Then an act of the Legislature promoted him to the grade of lieutenant. He mar ried two years ago and three months ago a baby girl was born. After a vain attempt to persuade the Board of Aldermen to provide funds for a secret service similar to the effect underground organizations that are effectively employed in Eu rope. Commissioner Bingham prevail ed upon private citizens early in the winter to contribute an aiiiDlo fund for the purpose. P. J. Kieran Indicted. Pittsburg, March 15. Allegheny County grand Jury returned true bills against P. J. Kieran, former head of the Fidelity Funding Company of New York, charging him with embezzle ment and larcenry by bailee. New Ship Trust on Great Lakes. Detroit, March 15.--The Free Dress announced the formation of a new ves sel corporation which will buy 50 of the largest lumber carrying vessels on the Great Lakes. BLOOMSBUrMV- csi mm OUT CASE rasjjttBO on Judge Anderson In $29,000,000 Rebate Suit Declares Government Has Not Proved Charges. Chicago. 111.. March 17 Judire A. B. Anderson wiped out the so-called $29, 000,000 Standard Oil case by Instruct ing the Jury to return a verdict of not guilty. Ten minutes later the verdict had ben signed and made of record. Boiled down to Its simplest terms, the action of the Court was predicated on the opinion that the government was not making Its evidence fit Its allega tions; In other words, that It had ut terly failed to "make out a case." Counsel for the government was plainly disheartened by the abrupt dis posal of the case. The attorneys for the defence wore delighted. The prose cution felt that the decision of Judgo Anderson had upset plans for other prosecutions of a like nature and that It hpl struck a tender, If not a vital, spot In tho Klklns law. Counsel for the oil company were pleased becnuse, they said, "the decision cleared tho defendant morally as well as techni cally." Supplementing this comment, Jolwi S. Miller, chief counsel for the defence volunteered this assurance: "Now thnt this case Is disposed of, I can say that the Standard Oil Com pany has not accepted rebates since the Elklns law went Into effect." It Is said the decision will mean the saddling of many thousands of dollars additional expense annually on the railroads of the country in tho com piling of more comprehensive sched ules of tariffs. Judge Anderson said he had no choice of any other ruling in the case under the circumstances. He had ad hered to the decision of the Court of Appeals, he said. "Under the plain ruling of the higher court," s .Id Judge Anderson, "a verdict of guilty on the evidence adduced would not be allowed to stand and it ought not to be returned. We have the charge, but the evidence does not prove the alle gations. If you should have returned a verdict of guilty it would have been my duty to set it aside, and I would have done so Instantly." PRIEST SLAIN IN CHRTCH FEUD Houseeekper, Wounded Twice, Will Recover. Newark, N. J., March 15. As the re sult of a long and bitter contest over the money affairs of St Stanblstaus Polish Catholic Church of Newark, the most powerful organization of the Poles In New Jersey, the Rev. Father Erasam Anslon, priest of the parish, met death yesterday by a bullet fired by one of three assassins. All three shot at the priest, and he was twice wounded before the fatal shot ended his life. In their flight, the assassins shot and seriously wounded the housekeep er of the parish house, where the mur der took place. This woman, Anton Ina Satzycka, sought to-prevent their escape and was herself twice shot. The motive for the murder evidently was the determination to rid the par ish of the priest on the part of a fac tion that resented the taking from their representatives the financial af fairs of the congregation. Two men, both ring leaders in the factional fight of the church, are held under suspicion. Eight others, one u New York student, were caught In the dragnet that was at once thrown out in the Polish settlement Against them there is nothing of record, ex cept their identification with the fac tion that opposed the dead priest. Cholera Kills Civil Engineer. Washington, March 15. The first death from cholera of an, American In the Philippines for months was re ported to the Bureau of Insular Affairs to-day, the victim being Joseph L. Lar- mour, a civil engineer, whose home was In Baltimore. Mr. Larmour, who died yesterday, was engaged In the construction of highways at Tuguega- rao, Luzon. Ho had been In the Phil ippines only a short time. Ex-Ctato Treasurer $70,000 8hort. Salt Lake, Utah,- March 15. James Chrlstensen, former State Treasurer. Who retired from olfi.ee Jan. 1, Is under arrest charged with being a defaulter to the amount of 170,000. Chrlsten sen, It is said, had acknowledged that the money was used in speculations In Nevada mining ventures. To Investigate Picture Trust. Chicago, March 10. At a meeting or the independent movlne Dictum ineutre owners to-night, it was an nouncec. that the moving picture in dustry and the film trust will be In- vestigated by the Secretary of Cora merce and Labor. No Local Option for Pennsylvania iiarnsDurg, Pa.. March 11. The House or Representatives of the Penn syivania Legislature defeated local option Dy a vote of 136 to 66. Local option was the chief issue In the cam paign last fall when the Legislature was elected. Lieutenant Dropped cs a Deserter. - Washington, March 10. First Lieut Edward L. Rains, Twentieth Infantry, nas ueen Dropped from the roll of the Army for desertion. North Carolina to Use "the Chair." Italelgh. N. C. .March 12. The Leg- ismr'tre enacted a luw. requiring all persons convicted of capital offenses a ue Tinvnieiy e ectrouutnd in tv s tate Penitentiary hero. GAVE FOUND IN Explored for a Thousand Feet, Its Yawning Chasms Indi cate Miles of Passages IT RIVALS THE MAMMOTH CAYE Captain E. R. Thomas, Old Time Woodsman, by Dropping Stones Sounds Pits of Enormous Depths Mouth of the Cave 60 Feet Wide. Snranac Lake. N. Y March 17. Seemingly as deen as the famous Main moth Cave In Kentucky, and contain ing a succession of wonderful ave nues, chambers and abysses, an enor mous cavern has been discovered In one of the wildest portions of the Adlrondacks by Captain E. R. Thomas, a woodsman of wide experience. Al ready It has been explored In several directions for a distance of approxi mately one thousand feet, and Cap tain Thomas Is of the opinion that it would require miles of travel to in vestigate all of Its subterranean pas Faces. Ar an Indication of the depth of some of the yawning chasms encount er the captain says that twenty sec onds elapsed before stones dropped Into the pits were heard to strike. Apparently of volcanic origin, the cavern Is situated in township No. 9, about two and one-half miles 'from Twin Pond station and three miles from Standlsh. The peak, which Is alout one thousand feet high, la down on the map as "W" mountain. Tho mouth of the cave Is about fifty feet wide, and besides the main en trance there are four smaller ones. With a ball of twine tied to a sap ling to guide them back to the mouth, Captain Thomas and a companion went In about a thousand feet The flrrt room encountered was about fifty feet long, thirty feet wide and twenty feet high. The walls were covered with bats, which hovered In great clusters of fifty to two hundred. These bats seemed to have been made lethar gic oy the fumes of sulphur that sur charged the chill, damp air of the cavern. A second room, forty feet long. twenty-five feet high and fifteen feet wide, was found, with outlets to still other rooms, all leading downward. The Impression of the explorers was of a great chimney with Innumerable tributaries as one proceeded Into It Captain Thomas had no means t hand of measuring the depth of the various pits encountered, but from the length of time It took missiles to strike bottom he thinks some of these pits must be as deep as the Mammoth Cave. WAR IN LONDON DRY GOODS Selfridge, Formerly of Chicago, Stirs Up the Retail Trade. London, March 17. The greatest commercial duel London has ever known has begun. Mr. Selfridge. for merly of Chicago, has opened what Is probably the finest general store in the world and started wltn American methods to compete with well known English establishments. His challenge has been accent ed, and Harrods, his largest Eng lish competitor, has started rival attractions, among other things mak ing use of the best known operatic artists and other talent to draw wom en to their house. Both places were crammeu despite the bad weather, and London women are having the time of thoir lives. Another noticeable effect f Mia struggle is the transformation of the newspapers. Local tradesmen never advertised In the American fashion, but now the papers are bulky with huge "ads" from many houses. ETHEL- BARRYMORE MARRIED Actress Became the Bride of Russell colt In Boston. Boston, March 17. Ethel Barrymore and Russell Grlswold Colt, son of Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber Company, were married at 10 o'clock a. m. by the Rev. Father James J. Chittick, rector of the Church of the Most Precious Blood in Ilydo Park, twelve miles from Bos ton, in Father Chittick's parish house. The only witnesses were RoBwell Colt, a brother or tho bridegroom, and Jack Barrymore, brother of Miss Barry more, who gave the bride away. STANDARD OLFINE $20,000 Judge Hazel Denies Motion for New Trial In Rebating Case. Buffalo, N. Y.. March 17.-Judge Hazel, in the United States Court de nied the motion of the Standard' Oil Company for a new trial and imposed a fine of $20,000. The case hinged on the Standard Oil Company's accepting concessions from railroads In the shipments of oil from Olean, N. Y., to Rutland and other points In Vermont. To Pray Three Days for R,n. Kaltlllo, Mex... March , 17. The dromrht had hoon d , m mis re gion and the resultant suffering 80 c-eat thut Blshof Jose Maria Echever na yesterday ordered prayers In all h-:rvhes for three days for rain. ADifiONDACKS ELECT GANNON ABU, HGUSE RULES Power of Speaker and Rules Com mittee Curtailed Organization's Status Little Modified. Washington, Mnrch 17. The House of Kepresentatlves chose Represent tive Joseph O. Cannon as Its Speskor for the fourth consecutive time, thus coiiTirrlns on him an honor given t only ore o'her man In the history of that body, Andrew Stevenson, of Vir ginia, bavins served four terms at Speaker. Tho fight on the rules, which has been waged with desperation during the last two months, terminated In a pnrtlal victory for the "Insurgents." They succeeded In defeating a resolu tion to adopt tho existing rules or th House, and forced the adoption of cer tain modifications which curtail Use power of the Speaker and the Com mittee on Rules, and Insure the con sideration of bills favorably reported by committees. While the "Insurgents" were thf victors In the contest, viewed as s whole tho spoils of their victory are not great, and the regulars have man? reasons for gratification nt the result They defeated a resolution taking away from tho Speaker the power nf appointing committees, which, had It pnspod, would have meant the gradual, but none the less certain, disintegra tion of the House organization. Mr. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of New York, offered a resolution amending the rules so as to permit considera tion of bills by unanimous consenl without first getting the Speaker- "O. K." and Insuring "cnlendnr Wed nesday" unless a two-thirds vote be cast against It and giving the minority Increased opportunity to recommit bills. This was violently attacked br a majority of the Democrats, but wai adopted by a vote of 211 yeas to 171 nays. In addition to Fitzgerald, twenty two Democratic bolters and one lnsu gent made this victory possible. SUiClOE AFTER THREE MURDERS Mall Carrier Forges Wife's Name to Mortgages on Their Home. Flora, 111., March 17. Robert Straw ser, 45 years old, a mall carrier o rural route No. 2, gave strychnine to his three children, 8, 5 and 2 years old, and swallowed the remaining pois on himself. All are dead. Strawser bad busied himself all afternoon writ ing letters, and sent his wife to milk the cows. When she returned th baby was In convulsions, and, think ing she had swallowed a pin, the mother rushed to a neighbor for help As she and the neighbor returned the house Strawser, who had Just swallowed a large quantity of U drug, fell dead, smashing out a win dow as he fell. The three cnlldre lived only a short time, the last one dying at 9 o'clock p. m. Three letters were found, one ad dressed to Strawser's wife, one to the Coroner and another to G. W. Ander son, a neighbor, in which he gave as the reason for his act that he was tired of being persecuted by his creditors and did not wlBh his chil dren to be left without a home. Everything Strawser had was mort gaged, including his household goods, his wife's name being forged to the mortgages. SHORE STEELViAGE COTS The Pennsylvania Comoanv An nounces a 10 Per Cent. Reduction. Harrisburg, Pa.. March 17. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, one of do largest of the indepndent steof companies in the country, has an nounced a reduction in wages approxi mating 10 per cent., effective April 1. Baltimore, March 17. A general re duction in wages of 400 men at Spar row's Point, amounting to 10 per cent, and affecting all divisions of Ui works of the Maryland Steel Com pany, wil be put Into effect on April 1, according to a high official of th company. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of .-arm Products Quoted for the Week. WHEAT No. 2, Red. $1.221.23 14; No. 1, Northern Duluth. $1.23. CORN No. 1. 75076 'ic. OATS-Mlxed, 57 Vi (ft 58 c. MILK Per quart. 3V6c BUTTER Western extra, 28!30c4 State dairy, 1924C. CHEESE-State full cream 15f 16c. EGGS State. Fair to cholee, 22J 22 c; do, western firsts, 19V420i APPLES-Baldwin, per bbl., $3.50Cjr 5.50; Russet, per bbl., $2.504.00; Greenings, per bbl., $3.606.00 SHEEP Per 100 lbs.. $4.605.00. BLEVES-Clty Dressed. 810c CALVES-Clty Dressed. 915c. HOGS Live, per 100 lbs., $7.10. HAYPrlme. Per 100 lbs.. 85c. i idLo"g Rye" per 100 lbs" lX LIVE POULTRY-Chlckens, per lfc, uc; Fowls, per lb.. 20c; Turkey. Per lb., 18c. DEss1,r0ULTRY-Turky. P 16c.; Broilers. Phlla., per lb.. m JJ0Q; State, red, per bag. 1 25