THE GREATEST OF EASTER PARADES Society's Show At Atlantic City Beats All Records. FINE WEATHER FOR FASHIONS The Boardwalk Packed With Beauti- ful Women And Gallant Men, Al Arrayed In The Latest Styles — The Floral Display A Feature Of The Passing Show—Over 175,000 People At The Popular Resort— How Our Home Folk Looked In The Great Procession, Atlantic City (Special), — The greatest crowd in years, a cloudless sky, the ocean its deepest blue, with just a tinge of cold in the air, and a4 gorgeous array of spring fashions combined to make Sunday the best Easter Day in the history of this popular resort, About 175,000 strangers are in town and if they had wished for the most perfect weather imaginable a lovelier day could not have dawned upon them. Last Easter the weather by way of showing its originality alternated patches of sunshine with snowstorms and hail and for several Years past there has been rain and clouds to mar the holiday. by contrast and why the crowd the Boardwalk was in such good spirits and so satisfied w and the world. And the jam impossible to could be so many people in such a space or that the hotels could commodate such a multitude From Heinz's Pler to the dollar Pier the walk was packed with people. There was scarcely room put another dozen pairs of f either of Chicago or Baltimore. big mass of hu along, gazing and chairs moved regularly Million-dollar Pler on the down the In a steady pushers walked-—for one to go faster than the car ahead a pusher is fined $20 on Easter Sunday. The 1 i strict. One pusher occupants of his « detective down record by arresting an awful contemptible Only about the march, and ed anxiously for a turn at being roll ed along. here is something tinct and individual in the sens: of being gently shed ah er folks wa in f that is alm rdl tion of luxury ‘hair on Easter an abomination. ¢nough chairs in modate the peor an t noon exorh ‘ates charged by sights If It crowd v larger it was before Invigorated fine dinners al as an extra attraction for the crowd, the promenaders started out again. It is a funny thing about that Boardwalk anyhow. You can miles and niles and not know +4 51 ith ili on the walk imagine that T h iz "is mi gazed upon The left. 6.000 ili more [0iKs was to ¥ ie tho were the its 3 and paid 4 Was after dinner and reinforced by the ¥ nd 1 of the hotels served ; there will cer- bodies 1oliday, aching Attacks Murder Theory. Ga. (Special). a McRae, long town the an office h but fee point- of committe viewed ed out 3 murder theo drew the y¥. Governor reward he had offered after a conference with Hill's law partners Women For And Against, Washington, D. C. (Special). Speaker Cannon received 300 from n in ntly emploved in factories, ally over cards Won wid = id evils aA8K~ i be retained in t! Cleveland, Ohio, came letters from clubwzomen asking the Speaker rike the duty from the bill aR ¢ Payne bill. $ si Big Vote In Hartford. Hartiord, Ct. in the license and brought out a Jarge day's annual election. voted 7.921 3,252 about 700 for no license compared with the vote of last year. Republicans carried the city by about 2,600 on the general ticket. vote at Tues- License was . WO Auto Puts All On Level. Springfield, Mass. (Special), —In discussing the automobile at the Western Masenchiusetts Grange rally, George 8. Ladd, former state mas- ter, sald: "The automobile has elimi- ated distinction among pededtrians and there are now but two classes. the quick and the dead.” Sister Killed. Plattsburg, N. ¥Y. (Special) Warren illdied, aged 19, and his sister, aged 2?, were killed here dur. ing a flerce windstorm, while driv. ing to thelr Lome at Chazy, N. Y. Without a montent's warning a tree was blown acroza tho road over which they were driving, killing both brother and sister iu an instant, Brother And Fast Mail Derailed, 8. C. (8paeclal), — The Florida fast mall traln of the Sen. board Alr Line, southbound, was wrecked 46 miles south of Columbia. Five white persons and three negroes were injured, two Bf thom tramps, who are likely to die. There is evi- dence that a switch had been opened, the lock being broken and the Bwitch light taken away. The entire train, including one Pullman ear, wag derailed. Florida Colutabia, FIVE MILLIONS IN BIG WHEAT DEAL A. Patten Cleans Up A Fortune THE PRICE SOARS ~~ UPWARD Chicago Dealer Sells Six Million Bushels Of Grain At From 120 To 126, Which Cost Him About 104, Says Country Has To Have The Wheat And There Is Not Enough To Go Around—Pandemonium As Prices Go Higher, James Chicago (Special). May wheat touched a new high level Thursday, 126%, and pacdemonium reigned in the wheat pit. This followed a de- ceptive calm on the floor during the first hour of the market, when it looked as if the excitement which | reached a high pitch had ended. July wheat suffering a reaction in the first hour of one-half cent, was rush- ed to 112%. The Patten house sold a little wheat at the opening. Then the brokers for the bull leaders switched suddenly to the buying side | and this started the entire trade | clamoring for wheat. ! James A. Patten visited the change about the time excitement | was at ite greatest pitch. He seemed | pleased at the developments of the | He has been able to sell! about 6.000.000 bushels of May! wheat from 120 up to 126, which! him on an average about 104 | several months ago. Already Patten | has cleared more than $5,000,000 on! wheat deal last October, and the market has been forced high- than by any man It iid on the Board Trade that going higher Patten believes Hehe COSst his since other Of 10 go I believe t e present high wheat {s justified,” said Mr. “The country has to have the Of Patten, enough Argentina {8 shi 1 i¢ wheat. Europe wants whent In this country many are closing down because ther and wheat for “A recesssi the natural, ‘here va Tex esgior ’ look for 0 Eo around. ry littl here them. top price are these XS, I do not any per nt decline in| prices. Wheat high. 1t! not high er igh lieve the prices are justi , and, tc observer, it seems as though wheat is bound go higher. but out ® » the casual to Dispatches Kansas ported the green bug. w» damage i added 20 cents fo wheat thia his from hich three market, is again ap Oklahoma and Texas FOUND GUILTY OF LIBEL. His Drother Convicted. Winston-Salem, N. © { Special) Former United States senator Marion i convicted in Guill Court of criminally libelling Repub- lican State Chairman 8 B. Adams by he publication in the Caucasion, ; weekly newspaper owned and oper ed by the Butlers. against Adams’ rd Superior of serious fost ve inte alle Adams’ acts as chief justice of the Indian Court in Oklah: 1a in 19035 were severely condemned by the pa- in its fight against Adams’ re- election as chairman of the Republi- can State Executive Committee, The trial lasted six Judge Long imposed a fine of $500 | on Marion Butler of $250 on Lester Butler. A motion fof a now trial was overruled. Notice of anpeal to the Supreme Court was given. defendants being released on Ix of $1,900 each. days and the 13 $93 ¢ 341 100,000 TONS OF ICE MELTED. Plant On Shore Of River Maine Destroyed By Fire, Me, in East Waterboro, Nearly 400,000 tons in gix ice houses on the shores the Bartlett River, were destroyed by a fire during the night, which practically cleaned out the plant W. Clark lee Com- pany. The damage is estimated at | $50,000. The fire is believed to have (Special). of stored ice, of Fanned by a high wind, flying territory cottages threatened. of summer seriously and a colony nearby were IN JAIL FOR TWO CENTS. Youthful Mail Carrier Who Embez. | zled Postal Funds Sentenced. Springfield, Mo. (Special). Judge | John ¥. Phillips in the United States | land Carroll, a Pulaski County boy, | employed as a mail carrier, to six | months in the Missouri Reform | School for embezzling postal funds | amounting to two cents i Carroll Is said to have appropria- ted two cents given him to buy a | stamp. He destroyed the letter he was to mail Eighteen Colorado Towns Dry. Denver, Col. (Special). —The Anti- Saloon forces were generally victor ous throughout the state at the muni- cipal election. Of the 25 towns from which definite returns have been re- celved 18 voted to become “dry,” while seven voted to license saloons. In several cities the result {is still in doubt. Tug And Scven Men Lost, Cleveland. O, (Special).-—Fear is entertained here that the fishing tug George A. Floss may have gone down, with ita crew of seven men, during the storm on Lake Erle Wed- nesday. The tug, in charge of Capt. Willlam Barry, went out into the lake Wednesday morning. It was known to have encountered the se. vere gale which all day whipped the lake into a furious sea, but trace of tha little boat soon was lost, Through the House PAYNE TARIFF BILL Final voting on the ayne Tariff Bill in the House began at 3 o'clock and the measure was passed by a vote of 217 to 161 | at 8.15. { The 1 per cent, duty on oil was stricken out and oil was placed on the free list, After a bitter figh ‘ ney, of Minnesota, lumber was retalned, Barley is taxed, but tea and coffee are placed on the free list Several times during the session the House was in an uproar and Speaker Cannon called for assistance In securing order. The galleries were crowded dur- in the day and Mrs. Taft was one of the spectators. Until further ordered, the House | will meet only on Mondays and i Thursdays. lead by Taw- the tax on After three weeks of the Payne Tarift House of Representatives 217 to 161. (Tenn,) ure and Democrats Loui Messrs. Brouss: Wickliff, + Champ Clay : recom the instructions signally failed The day was filled with excitement the began at noon minute of adiourn- ibers were keyed up practi ined © 3il1l was passed by the vote of Austin One Republican meas from Estopinal, for it An attempt the minority les with from glons and a rema piteh, smboerahir mbersghip 1 Was greatly | 1d the %T hil hile more o« ime has been he Payne fewer days than th acted upon after the House troduced House nittee on the 1der un ener ¥ Charges Against Nicarauguan President, President Zelaya to be called upon fon of the fon ransmitted by the State Department In $ Nicaraugua, for an explana- of wy we 4 41 20 8 muiiia CATARUEURN were altered to United States ANY Course is certain that Zelaya will ed to answer for the offense Cu enough, the mut dispatches refererd to the of Nicaraugua, which v the occasion of the sending of Ame Can wars that country According atest ceived is evident distubance riously wa advice ‘has No Haven For Castro. efforts of to 0 out of Venez the American gov- President and away and is- of be- ent or 3 hae with the owned of powe including ce and England, having posses- iong in that part of the world have indicated to the State Department that Castro's presence is wanted within their boundaries and that they are willing to acquiesce in the de- ¥ire of the United States that he far removed from the scene of hig former prestige Notwithstanding Castro's deposi- tion as president, he has still a great warm adherent: in his native and it is realized that his might be made the occasion not bo $2 re-establishment of unsettled condi- tions, This government feels that Castro ought not to be allowed to return to Venezuela or to be permitted to MRS. SAMPSON AQUITTED, Ovation When Jary Says She Did Not Murder Her Husband. Lyons, N. Y. (8pecial).—The jury which tried Mrs. Georgia Ally Sampson on the charge that she mur- dered her husband, Harry Sampson, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Sampson was trembling per- ceptibly when the jury announced its verdict, but she recovered her composure immediately and smiling- ly received the embrace of her fath- er and other relatives and the con- gratulations of her friends. She held an impromptu reception in the court, thanking and shaking hands with her lawyers and each of the jurors 100,000 ACRES BURNED OVER. Incendiaries Apply The Torch To The Vanderbilt Estate, Asheville, N. C. (Special). ~~Fires set by incendiaries burned over 100,- 000 acres of second growth timber in George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Forest and also the undergrowth which endangered the handiome Vanderbilt residence in the Victoria residence section, leased to tenants, A — ( make his headquarters at any of the | Surrounding ports. Great Britain will tro to take refuge cording to advices State Department. The department had not figured jon CastrG's getting beyond Venezu. ela in his trip and consequently has not sounded seriously the govern- jments of Colombia, ‘anama and The Cas- ac- the not allow in Trinidad, received by after leaving Venezuela, Buggested that 8t. Thomas, West Indies, about 400 | miles northwest of Martinique, is a {| haven and a base of operations for { exiled revolutionists. is Wickersham On National Banks, Attorney General ian opinion submitted to the Secre tary of the Treasury, holds that the national banks the State of Kan- 8a8 have no right to participate assessment and benefits of depositors’ guaranty fund the provisions of a recently law by that st upon terms and ate bank: an such Of in the | bank der acted ame 0 Bi hat ate, conditions The of decision says » act powers only onfer hana VRODKE, ¢ { t Cougress 0 upon May Extend The Patent Law, If bill Representative Stephens into law, copyright or the recently | enacted 0 subject and regulatic | fees impose ted i the applicant i by the operate fe ry Slates to abide by would cancellation of CanCeualion of ters patent. New National Bank Plan. QO. Mi Lawrence Irras Johnson As Military Aid. Grabam Johnson, It ry. who bh recruiting i ived tary LAS Arr mil had £5 gaat “ Sr “LON Wickersham Upholds Congress. Acting retary of question referred Meyer, b } by At- de. on a the Navy Wickersh was fully within right in the legis- al marines be re- gored to duty aboard naval ships The Navy Ix partment had already orders Ir carrying out y General that + #4 si 4 | constitutional Er fin ai ins Congress to 91 § rnd > 3 ation directing ti} 1 fi the latin: siation. To Restrict Officeholders. i officeholder to Ie t4 mition called introduced ¥ Richardson, Representative of Alabama Taft To Homor Washington, President Taft accepted an invita tion to attend a celebration of the one hundred and twentieth anniver. sary of the first {nauguration of George Washington, to be held at Alexandria, Va., the afternoon of April 30, Fulton May Go To China. President Taft tendered former Senator Fulton, of Oregon, the post of minister to China, to succeed W. W. Rockhill. Senator Fulton re- cept. Taft's Offer Is Declined. Judge Meyer Sulzberger, of the phia, an eminent oriental has been offered and declined the ambassadorahip to Turkey, prefer. ‘ring to remain on the bench. and also greeting and thanking the representatives of the press. Mrs, Sampson declined to make any state- ment for publication. Judge Rich completed his charge to the jury at 6.30 P. M., but he did not immediately send the jurymen to their room to deliberate on a ver- dict. Instead he directed that tho men be first given thelr supper, and it was s0 arranged. District Attorney Gilbert, in speak- ing of the verdict, said: “I am satisfied. 1 have done my full duty by the people and by the prisoner.” Mr. Gilbert, though a cousin of Mrs. Sampson by marriage, stood to his duty and prosecuted the case as vigorously as the facts would permit. Had His Wish, Flint, Mich. (Special). — Alexan- der D. Cudley, 86 years old, a pioneer of this city, whose long cherished wish had been to see Genesee Coun- ty e@ prohibition territory, dropped dead at his home a few min. utes after learning that his wish would soon be realized, as the result of Monday's local option election. Genesee County voted “dry” by a majority of 1.258. SIX LIVES ARE LOST IN BiG FIRE Four Business Blocks kre Burred In Lenox, Mass. FLAMES DRIVE BACK RESCUERS Fortunate Change In The Wind Saves The Residence Part Of The Beau. ful Massachusetts Town—The Fire Started In A Store, And An Explosion Of Paints And Oils Spread It With Rapidity——Loss About $250,000—A Relief Fund Started, Hardware Lenox, Mass. (Special). —S8ix per- Bons lost their lives, badly burned and a property between $200,000 and 8 in the three loss of 300,000 was of the Four and heart town dwellings caused by a fire business section of this business blocks. two two other structures were destroyed ‘na section bounded by Franklin Main, Housatonic and Church Streets The fire {8 believed to have started Clifford jullding from gpon- taneous combustion A fortunate shift the Publie Library wind gaved and the fash In the hotel there several Easter parties Of ion- Now were from York and Boston The loss of life Clifton Building, wi and resulted of explosions paints in the cellar rd & Sons Com sories ntine, Oils The fire w ho brother 1 Cliffor in d block, 3 v after HER LOVE STORY ENDS IN SUICIDE Miss Shaw, a Nurse, was Engaged To Physician, Left A Note Asking That Man She Loved Not To Get Any Other Girl, And Then Took Albany Morphine this knows evidently made all When 3 ¥ wilh had for her death was lying on the bed wrapped about her, arms folded a ypodermic syringe and ing morphine vials which empty, were found at her gide the dresser were half a d¢ zen let. and ross r breast ht a box con- one of Among the jetters was one to Mri. Mackenzie, Free Delive ry Route No 2, White Plains, in which Miss Shaw wrote “1 am frightened and lonely, but #0 much worse to go Love to all of you, Isabelle and oth ers on “Ethel.” In a letter to her brother, Allan the left all her possessions, she di- rected the payment of $1.000 to Mrs Street. New York. Bank of New showing deposits valuable pieces also were found. York was of $489 of jewelry Savings found, 1805-6, and her home was said to be in Canada. Dr. Towne, beyond engagement, would make no ment, (¥ THE WORLD OF FINANCE Michigan Central has decided to Issue $25,000,000 of 4 per cent. 20- year debenture bonds. ficers, including President E. H. Me- Cullough, were reelected. i | | GOAL OPERATORS BEFUSE DEMANDS Oifer To Renew Old Wage Scale For Threa Years MITERS MAY APPEAL TO TAFT Owners Decline To Consider Hecoge nition Of The Union —— Miners Will Not Declare A Strike, Buf May Leave The Operators To Des clare A Lockout — Mecting Ads Journs Until Labor Leaders May Confer Over Plans, Al 8 commit. Philadelph! meeting held representing the coal operators the United Mine Workers representing of demand { Special). here between toeg officials of met anthracite and ica, the Peansyl- made by refused ali 8 And gtuibmitte instead wage an- Workers vania, to consider the miners, the a p i demand roposition agreement br thrac ie 1 term of proposition of the perators pusuant i hv igneq i“ follows letters 10 i} parties the ali PEC 1602 £m Lhe the sion as ipulated provi- which there. board ied ang three namely force orig- lated of beoluts bone 'e A he union It i Operators ns and the an award Demands Rejected, pecial) {ler i e Of oper. United a, repre ent » aquestio question the the SUEpension accord- officials, the permit the miners work th >a ¢ an agreement THE OIL TRUST GOT SECRET REPORTS Baltimore Headquarters for Work of Sleuths, St. Louis, Mo. (Special). — “In the of during the suit to dissolve the oil partment. It wae a place so secret departments were not allowed to enter it it Was no secret that no name was sign- ed to the reports received there, and if a name appeared on a report it Was at once obliterated. In this de- partment the reports were received of every gallon of oil that an in- dependent company sold. the price, the destination and all data These were kept in card index form ready for use at a minute's notice. “This information,” he said. “was Obtained by bribing railroad em- ployes, by keeping men around sta- tions to learn shipping directions, exceeded $1,380,000, which is bet- ter than the average. The Butte Coalition 18 another good shipper and {ts daily output of ore reaches 1,400 tons, There was a further cut in Pitts. burg in wire nails. Arizona still leads the States ana Territories as a copper producer, The output is almost 1,000,000 pounds a day. The Ely Sapper mines are showing up handsomely. Last month Neva da Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely shipped 3,800,000 pounds of copper. This was their banner month. Southern Pacific shareholders vot. ed to authorige $82,000,000 convert- ible bonds and $100,060,000 stock to provide for conversion of the bonds. men, and by employing detectives to procure Information from employes of independent companies. It was used in violent and decisive move. ments to crush the Standard rivals, Tobacco Warehouse Burned. Lancaster, Pa. (8pecial) ~The tobacco warehouse of Charles WwW. Bit. ner was destroyed by fire with its contents, consisting of between 1, 300 and 1,400 cases of tobacco, The loss on the contents is $80,000, of which there is an insurance of $70. 000; on the building, $15,000, with an insurance of $8,000, SS " Ethan Allen Hitchoook, See yy. of the Interior under Presidents ot! Kinley and Roosevelt, died at Waghe
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