Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, January 11, 1916, Image 1

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    Besetted Philadelphia Wife Goes to Bedside
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXY— No. 4
HARD COAL PRICE
*. INCREASE TO BE
PROBED BY STATE
Governor Names Commission I
Following Refusal of Antlira- j
cite Tax Rehearing
MAKE DEALERS DISGORGE
I
Thomas Martindalc First on
Rodv Appointed to Con
duct the Inquiry
Governor Brumbaugh to-day
promptly followed up (lie refusal of
the State supreme court to grant a
rehearing: in the anthracite coal tax
•ase by naming: a commission to
probe the Increase in prices which
were put on coal under the guise of
State tax.
This movement is the first in the
rampaign to make the operators and
dealers disgorge what they have taken
for a tax which has been declared
unconstitutional.
The court knocked out the act of
1913, which had been upheld here,
and owing to the classification issue
that carried down the act of 1915 as
well.
The operators, however, made no
attempt to make any return of the
money when the tax was overturned
and the auditor general is prepared
to escheat the money. The Governor
recently declared that he intended to
see thai the people got all the protec
tion that the law would give.
The supreme court refused a re
hearing Saturday, but it was only an
nounced to-day. None of the State
officials would discuss the action of
the court, but the Governor lost no
time in acting. He was empowered
l>y the legislative resolution of June
15. 1918, to name a commission of
three to investigate cause of the
advance in prices and selected as the
commission Thomas Martitulale, of
Philadelphia: Ex-Judge Kobert S.
Oawthrop, West Chester, and John
l.angdon. of Huntingdon. All have
accepted and the inquiry will be start
ed in a short time. The commission
is authorized to call upon the at
torney general for legal advice and
lias an appropriation of S3OOO for ex
penses.
The enactment of this resolution
followed complaints to the legislators
that additions, alleged to be unjusti
fied. had been made to the price of
coal because of the anthracite tax.
When the supreme court declared
the tax unconstitutional recently the
~ attorney general asked a rehearing
which was refused. Meanwhile the
auditor general's department took
steps to escheat to the State any
money collected by coal operators or
others for tax to which they were
not entitled.
At the Capitol to-day it was stated
that the future course of the State in
regard to return of the money would
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Publishers of Menace
Are Placed on Trial
By Associated Press
Joplin. Mo.. Jan. 11.—The Menace
Publishing Company, of Aurora. Mo.,
and several of its officers were called
into federal court here to-day for trial
on charges of misusing the mails.
Indictments were returned. Six
counts in the indictments were leveled
at items alleged to have been printed
in The Menace, a weekly publication,
alleged to have been distributed
throughout the I'nited States mail bv
The Menace Publishing Company. The
seventh count concerned certain mes
sages in a book entitled "The Pope,
"'liief of White Slavers: High Priest
of Intrigue," of which the defendants
'Mere charged with being the dis
tributors. The eighth count charged
sending information through the mails
as to where the book might be ob
tained.
U'XIUARY WTI.T/ EI.KCT
Special to the Tclctraph
Wnrmleysburg. Pa.. Jan. 11.—The
1 -adies' Auxiliary of the Wormleys
j.i.rg Fire Company will meet to-night
at the home of Mrs. 11. r:. Booso. This
is the regular time for the election of
officers for the coming jcar.
THE WEATHER]
For llnrrlsbiirg and ilHnlt.T: Fair
and colder to-night, with loneat
Irmprraturr about HO ilrsrrmi
\\ t'ilnr«<lay unsettled, probably
anow or sleet.
For Fnatrrn IViinn.vlvnnln: < loudr
and colder to-night; Wednesday
cloud.v, probably snow or sleet Id
northern and western portions;
moderate to north winds.
River
The river and all Its
tributaries wtll fall slowly or re
main about stationary. A stage
of about 5.1) feet Is indicated for
liarrlshorK Wednesday morning.
General Conditions
The lake storm has moved to the
\ortli Atlantic const. It caused
rain and sleet In the last tnentv.
four hours over practically all the
eastern half of the country except
Florida and Kastern South Caro
lina. The Pacific const storm has
moved southeastward to _\>w
Mexico. In connection with the
cold, high pressure area to the
northward it has caused light
-now and rain over practlealiv all
V the western half of the country.
An area of high pressure, with a .
cold wave, covers the Northwest.
Temperatures are rero to 80 or
more degrees below In liinneaotn,
the Dakotas. Northern Wyoming
mid Mnntaiin and In the West
ern Canadian provinces. Tem
peratures have fallen In practic
ally all districts except the Atlan
tic and Gulf States.
Temperature: R a. m., -10.
Sun: Klses, 71-7 a. m.; sets, 4:Rg
I*, ra.
Mooa: Full inoon. January 20, 3:29
a. m.
Hlver Stage; ».J feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
lllKhest temperatnre. SR.
I.owest temperature, it.
llean temperature, .10.
Aormai temperature, ill,
DEMOCRAT RAPS
PARTY'S RECORD
IN BITTER WORDS
Senator Newlands Severely'
Scores Wilson Administra-
I
tion in Senate
|
SEES DEFEAT AHEAD
Declares War Was All That |
Saved Them at Last Elec- j
tion; Knocks Tariff
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 11.—Sen
ator Newlands, of Nevada, Democrat,
attacked his party's record in the Sen
ate to-day, delivering a long prepared
speech In which he criticised the tariff
and banking reforms—the chief legis
lative achievements of the Wilson ad
ministration. He declared that because
there had been indusirial and com
mercial depression coterminous with
Democratic control of legislation, the
party would be ill danger of defeat at
the next presidential election unless
the European war continued and made
the President's "sagacious and firm"
handling of foreign affairs the over- I
shadowing issue.
Although he characterized the gen
eral trend of Democratic legislation as
commendable, the senator asserted
that the party was too radical, and
expressed the conviction "that no po
litical party can hope to remain in
power which adopts radical instead of
evolutionary methods of reform."
sees Defeat Ahead
Danger of a Democratic defeat in
the congressional elections of 1914, he
said, was "averted only by ihe Euro
pean war, which brought into sudden
contrast the President's policy of
watchful waiting regarding Mexico,
with the mad haste of the European
nations as they rushed into war, and
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Three Explosions in Short
Time at Du Ponts Make
Workmen Apprehensive
Special to the Telegraph
Wilmington. Del., Jan. 11.—Three
explosions in less than seventeen
hours, with a total of three men Killed
and one hurt, have caused a decided
feeling of uneasiness among the em
ployes of the Du Pont powder plants.
There also is a feeling of anxiety
among the officers of the company,
even though they still positively declare
the explosions were due to accidental
causes and there is no suspicion of
spies or plots. The number of killed
and injured is comparatively small,
considering the number of explosions,
but the number and the fact that they
occurred within a few hours of each
other is what caused the real anxiety.
Two explosions occurred within an
hour or a little more of each other in
the Haglev yard yesterday afternoon,
following the explosion at Carney
Point in the morning. The first ex
plosion amounted to little, but it oc
curred in precisely the same kind of
mill as the one at Carney Point earlier
in the day, except that prismatic in
stead of sporting powder was being
made. Only five pounds of powder
exploded, but Joseph Golt, who was in
charge of the mill, was slightly
bruised.
A little over an hour later there was
a crash which was almost as great as
the noise of the explosion at Carney
Point in the early morning. Buildings
in Wilmington were shaken and the
second severe explosion within such a
short time caused more than the usual
excitement. The second explosion oc
jcurred in what is known as a' mealing
mill, where black sporting powder is
ground.
About 300 pounds of powder went
off in the second explosion.
Asserts Central Powers
Have Whip Hand of U. S.
By Associated Press
I.ondon, Jan. 11, 9.53 A. M.—"lt
; seems to us that on present lines the
! central powers have the whip hand of
the United States." says the Man
chester Guardian in an editorial re
garding Germany's new promises in
the submarine controversy.
America's diplomatic victory, the
paper goes on to say, is limited to
promises, as President. Wilson's two
principles adopted at the beginning of
the controversy, namely, protection of
Americans and assertion of the laws
of humanity, have been violated dur
ing the past six weeks in the Mediter
ranean with some of the worst sub
marine outrages.
SAVES SOX FROM I.VW
How George W. Sloop, a former
resident of Steellon, saved the life of
his son Kenneth in the Santa Anna
canyon. California. recently, was
learned by friends here to-day. While
hunting in the canyon, Sloop, junior,
was attacked by a lynx. His father
killed the animal. The Sloops for
merly lived in Lincoln street. Mr.
Sloop is now manager of a large
orange grove in California.
JITNEY IX.TVRES MAX
Noah Mulfair. 1725 Fulton street,
clerk in an uptown grocery store, was
struck last night by a jitney near
Second apd Locust streets. He was
hurried to the Harrisburg hospital
suffering from concussion of the brain
and other bruises and lacerations. He
will recover, it is believed.
PLAN COI'NCIL HAXQI'ET
Plans for the annual banquet of the
Harrisburg Councilmanic Association
were discussed informally last even
ing by a committee of former council
men and other officials. The date will
be fixed at a meeting to be held next
week. The committee consists of A.
11. Kreldler, M. Harvey Taylor, T. B.
Marshall. A. Coleman Sheetz, Francis
11. Hoy, Jr., and Assistant City Clerk
R. R. Seaman.
TWO MINERS CRUSHED
By Associated Press
Shamokin, Pa.. Jan. 11. —Victor and
I'olack Chicola, brothers, entombed by
la fall of coal in the Locust Spring col
! iiery, Locust Gap, yesterday afternoon,
■ were found crushed to death to-day by
j a rescuing party.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JA NUARY 11, 1916.
"A FRIEND IN NEED"
V. GRANTFORRER
IS REAPPOINTED
AND CONFIRMED
Named by Gross as Assistant
Park Superintendent; (lets
Unanimous Vote
KINDLER AGAIN CHIEF
y I
|T-. ' * :r \ "» * ~ -
V. GRANT FORRER
After nearly two years In another
line of work, V. Grant Forrer, torm
erly superintendent of elty parks,
was to-day formally reappointed as
lite working head of the park depart
ment under Commissioner E. 54.
Gross. The appointment becomes ef
fective February 1.
Forrer's name was suggested by
Mr. Gross to succeed J. R. Hoffert,
whose term as assistant superintend
ent expired with that of Ex-Commis
sion e Taylor. Commissioner \V. j
1,. Gorgas seconded Mr. Gross' action
and the entire council voted for Mr.
Forrer's confirmation.
In addition to selecting Mr. Forrer
as assistant superintendent of parks, !
council this afternoon reappointed
.John C. Ivindler as lire chief, William
B. Windsor, former alderman of the
Fourth ward and one time city de
tective as superintendent of the de
tective bureau, and Alfred Hrine to
Succeed Charles D. Lytle as patrol-'
man.
No action on the choice of an as- '
sistant lire chief nor of a city J
assessor or assistant assessor will be i
taken it is understood. until next '
Tuesday. Marion Verbeke is the 1
choice of Mr. Gross, for assistant ■
chief to the departmental head. Com
missioner tlowman favors .Millard
Tawney, a member of the Royal Fire
Company.
The councllmen declared no agree- ]
ment had been reached as to the as
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British Steamer Sunk
With Loss of 13 Lives
London, .lan. 11, 3.48 p. m.—The
British steamer Clan MacFarlane, ol
1.82S tons, has been sunk in the Medi
terranean. Tlie Clan Macl-'arlanc was
sent to the bottom Deeemlwr 30. Six
officers aiul 18 Lascars have-been lainl
ed at Malta. Thirteen I.a scars died in
the lifeboats.
' The Clan MacFarlane left Liverpool
on De«:ernber 16 for Bombay. The lat
est marine registers contain no further
records of her movements. She was
400 feet long.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, .lan. 11. Senate —!
Senator Clarke introduced a resolution
to withdraw the sovereignty of the
United States from the Philippines and
recognize an independent governor.
Secretary McAdoo in response to Sen-j
ator Gore's request estimated that
$130,000,000 In revenue could be gain
ed from taxes on tea, sugar and au
tomobiles.
House Met at noon. Representa
tive Fess, of Ohio, declared Great Bri- !
tain's violations of neutral rights were i
greater than Germany's. Miss Jane
Addams and other representatives of!
Woman's Peace party addressed the j
Foreign Affairs committee.
GETS 920,000 PERMIT
The higgest building permit of the !
year was issued to-day to Samuel
Fisltnian. He will remodel the Hotel !
l.ennox. 426-28 Market street, by add- i
ing fifty-four new rootrtp with baths
The cost will approximate $20,000, 1
! DEDICATION OF
! BOYD MEMORIAL
il HALL TONIGHT
I
Dr. Rrownson, Phila., and Dr.
Stone, Chicago, Will Re
Speakers
The dedication of the John Teo-j
mans Boyd Memorial Hali, erected!
through the generosity of the late >
John Y. Boyd for the men and boys j
of Pine Street Presbyterian Church, ]
this evening will mark the completion
of the building and the official hand-!
ing over of the property by the build- |
ing committee. T. T. Wierman, chair- ;
man. Francis Jordan Hall, treasurer,'
n#d IT. B. McCormick, secretary, to <
the trustees of the church.
The dedicatory exercises will take i
place in the new hall in South street ;
at 7:45 tills evening and will be fol-j
lowed by a thorough inspection of the j
building:, which with the possible ex
ception of some plumbing, is now
ready for occupancy. The entire
congregation of Pine Street Church
will be present at. the exercises, which
will be featured by two addresses and
win be held Iti two different parts of
the building, the expansive gym
nasium and the men's lounging room.
Marcus A. Brownson, D. IX, pastor
of the Sixteenth Presbyterian church
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ROOSEVELT SENDS
HIS GREETING TO
MOOSE MEETING
In Telegram Before Progres
i sive National Committee Says
Country lias Fallen Short
*
FI.IVN WANTS IIAHMOW
By Associated Press
Chicago, Jan. It William Flinn,
; addressing the meeting said: "The
| Progressives in my Stale are divided,
i Many of them do not care whether
' they are labeled Republicans or Pro
gressives. They want results. New
questions have arisen since 1912. We
must be Americans above all else. 1
don't think that Theodore Roosevelt
is the only man who can run this gov
ernraent, but personally i think he can
run it better than any other man and
; I'd like to see him run it. The Re
: publican party by this time ought to
jbe pretty well cleansed The leaders
j have had their ears to the ground and
j have been listening and watching. For
i one 1 a niwilling to give the Repuhli
| cans a change. I think we should hold
I our convention concurrently with them
•in Chicago." George W. Perkins de
clared it was "not in thu mind of any
one present to amalgamate the Pro
gressive party with the Republican
party. We should hold our convention
I and nominate our ticket," he said. The
I convention will be held in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 11.—When the Pro
gressive National committee was called
1 to order to-day a telegram of greeting
j from Theodore Roosevelt, standard-
I bearer of the party in the 1912 elec
| tion, was read. It was-received with
i applause by the committeemen and
| was followed by the reading of mes
j sages from other leaders including
.Hiram Johnson, Governor of Califor
| nia, and Albert 1 Hcvcridge, former
| Senator from Indiana.
The intssuge Hum colonel Roosevelt
i follows:
j "I send you my hearty greetings,
j We, as a country, are facing a great
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ITO FIGHT CONDEMNATION
I OF lIAHDSCHABBLF. PROPERTY
I At a meeting last evening of twen
ty-flve or more "Hardserabble" prop
| erty owners preliminary steps were
j taken to form a permanent organiza
l tion to wage a legal battle againsl
I the . proposed condemnation of that
I distsffct by the city. John T. Ens
; minger was elected presider* T. B.
| Rockafellar, vice-president, ami J. A!
j McKelvey, secretary. A committee
consisting of J. A. McAlister, E. J.
Fogarty and M. Rockafellar were ap
pointed to enlist the co-operation of
i other property owners, secure coun
sel, etc. Another meeting will be held
] Friday evening.
LITTLE HOPE FOR HUERTA
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 11.—Slight
hope for the recovery of General Vic
toriano Huerto remained last night,
according to Dr. M. P. Schuster, his
physician.
Doctor Schuster said his patient was
gradually losing strength and that his
i illness had reached a critical stage.
JEWS PLAN GREAT
MASS MEETING TO
AID WAR VICTIMS
Thousands to Gather Sunday
Afternoon in Technical High
Auditorium
TO RELIEVE SUFFERERS
Col. Cutler Will Tell of Hor
rors of Many Rattle Fronts
in Europe
What Is expected to be the greatest
gathering of Jewish people in the his
tory of Harrisburg will be held next
Sunday afternoon in Technical high
school auditorium for the benefit of
the hundreds of thousands of strug
gling co-religionists on the many bat
tle fronts of Europe. It will begin at
2.30 o'clock. ,
The mass meeting Is being arranged
by representative Jews of the city nt
the suggestion of the American Jewish
Relief Committee. It will be typical
of hundreds of similar gatherings that
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ADMITS
AGED FATHER; 2
ARE EXONERATED
i
Young Man Tells Police He
Lied and Confesses Theft
of Money
Late last Saturday afternoon Wilbur
iGibboney, aged 28, reported to the po
i 1 ice that his father, John Gibboney,
i aged UO, had been assaulted and rob
| bd.
; As a result of this information the
I police late Saturday night arrested
I Jacob and George Allen, brothers, on
! suspicion of having committed the
crime.
i This morning Wilbur, the son. canie
| into the police station and confessed to
'Chief of Police J. Thomas Zeil that he
{had lied when he safd that he found
I his father lying beaten and robbed—
|and confessed that be. himself had
!rifled his father's pockets.
! Wilbur in telling his story to the
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New St. Lawrence
Catholic Church at
Front and Chestnut?
Will a new SI. Lawrence German
Catholic church be erected in South
Front street, near Chestnut street? is
the question being asked by some of
the members of the congregation, and
also several property owners in that
section, who have been approached
with offers to buy there.
Negotiations are under way, it Is
said, for the purchase of properties in
Front street either a short distance
north or south of Chestnut street.
Owners of residences in this section
said this morning that they had been
asked for prices on their properties
and said that they were told on good
authority that a new church would be
built there for the St. Lawrence con
gregation.
The present church propertv was
purchased by the State, as it is in the
Capitol Park extension area.
Although nothing official could be
learned, it is understood that no sale
'has been effected as yet by any repre
sentatives of the church.
MORE WAGES TO GO UP?
.Following the announcement, of a
10 per cent, increase In wages of em
ployes of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany. plant at Steelton and notification
of an increase among a number of
employes of the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Works, officials of sev
eral of the other larger industrial
plants are seriously considering (he
same move, it was learned to-day.
LiOOT ANOTHER CUSTOMS HOUSE
By Associated Press
London. Jan. 11.—Renter's Hong
kong correspondent sends word that
on January B a band of revolutionaries
attacked and looted another customs!
house at Kacheung, near Yintin.
BRITISH RELIEF
EXPEDITION IS
FORCED TO HALT
Weather Conditions and Care
of Wounded Necessitates Stop
of Ivut-El-Amara Force
GERMAN DRIVE FRUITLESS
Offensive in Champagne Re
sulted in Heavy Losses,
Paris Asserts
There has been a halt in the prog
ress of the British force proceeding to
the relief of Kut-El-Amar.r, but ac
cording to an announcement in Ijon
don Its pause at a point some twenty
miles from that place was due to
weather conditions and the necessity
of removing the wounded in the recent
fighting by boat down the Tigris river.
Latesf reports from the Champagne
front rM'eal definitely the fact that
the German offensive begun there on
Sunday lias been fruitless, the French
war office declares. Berlin, however,
asserts that the efforts of the French
to retake their lost trenches were
fruitless.
Last night, according to the official
account, the Germans were driven
from the advanced French position
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Heavy Sentences For
Liquor Law Violators
Lewisburg, Pa., Jan. 11.—Pleading
guilty to the charge of selling liquor
without licenses Milton Royer, Robert
Doebler, Edward Badger and Isaiah
Dersliem, residents of Mifflinburg.
were each sentenced to three months
in the county jail, S3OO and costs of
prosecution with the exception of
Royer who was given the same fine
but ills sentence is six months in the
county jail instead of three. The de
fendants were rounded up in the
Deckard hotel at Mifllinbnrg in No
vember, on a charge of selling liquor.
Miffiinburg is dry.
SPANISH WORKERS STRIKE
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 11. 11.26 A. M.—A gen
eral strike in the metal industry began
at Barcelona. Spain, without incident.
The strike was started with the pur
pose of causing the emigration of
Spanish workmen to factories abroad.
NEGRO ASSAILANT CAPTURED
Marietta, Jan. 11.—Charged with slashing W. Scott
Long cracker with a ra/..;r JO severely that he may die, John
Collin', ccioretl, was captured while hiding in the brush
along the ri' er at Bainbrick.e ia-.e this aiterncon, by Doug
lass Longer:ecxer, a son of the injured man. A race riot was
narrowly averted when the negro was brought here.
AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED
El Pa:;o, Tex., Jan. il.—A teiegram from Chihuahua
City received here to-day seated that it was reported there
that a trair.load of employes which left the capital yester
day from Cusihuiriachic, Western Chuhuahua, had been
held up by Villa bandits, and all the Americans killed.
DOUBT IF PERSIA WAS TORPEDOED
Washington, Jan. 11.—The information contained in
some of the affidavits taken from Persia survivors has
caused goi . anient experts here to consider the possibility
that *hr si' .' .at have been su-ik by an internal explosion
rathe: *han. by a mine or a submarine.
HALF MILLION FIRE IN WEST
.Ottumwa, lowa, Jan. 11.—Half a million dollars' loss
was caused to-day by a fire which started in the Friedman
department store and consumed that and four other stores
in the heart of the business district
RAIL AND LAKE INCREASE UNJUSTIFIED
Washington, Jan. 11.—Proposed increases in clase and
commodity rates by rail and lake routes between New Eng
land and Middle Atlantic States points and the West were
found unjustified to-day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
PENNSYLVANIA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED
Washington, Jan. 11.—Edwin S. Laughlin was nomin
ated to-day for postmaster of Oil City, Pa., and C. E. Gibbs
was nominated for postmaster at Titusville, Pa.
ALFRED I. DU PONT DEPOSED
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 11.—Alfred I. Du Pont, it was
learned to-day, has been deposed from the offices of vice
president and member of the finance committee of E. I.
Du Pont, De Nemours and Company.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
< hit rim l.rvl Hnnkrrt. \»rk ««umty, and MantaiX Krhm, York.
Hammond \\. \> niter* and Kilbor Catherine Hoddy, Writ I'alrvlew.
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT —
WIFE, DESERTED,
GOES TO HUSBAND,
SHOT BY AFFINITY
Willing to Forgive Man Who
Left Her Sit With 4 Chil
dren 6 Years Ago
AFTER THIRD WOMAN*
Tragedy Follows When Phil
adelphia Eloper Sets Heart
on Chorus Girl
Ry Asiociattd Press
Philadelphia, Jan. 11.—Relatives
here of John Ulrich who was shot in
Joliet, 111., yesterday, by Mrs. Gillian
Pfeiffer with whom he eloped six
years ago, are willing to forgive him
If he recovers. His wife and their
four children live In West Philadel
phia. The wife and a sister of Ulrich
were in telegraphic communication
with St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet, to
day and when tliey learned that the
erring husband and brother had a
fighting: chance for his life, said they
j would pro to him.
After wounding Ulrich Mrs. Pfeiffer
shot and killed herself. Her body
will be brought here for burial.
Ulrich began writing to Mrs. Ul
rich three months ago and there
after sent her money each week.
Fights For His I.ife
Joliet, Til., Jan. 11.—John Robart,
owner of the Joliet Welding Company,
is fighting for his life in St. Joseph's
Hospital with a bullet at the base of
his brain.
"A fellow's not to pay the penalty,"
he said, haltingly, as he gasped for
breath to-niglit. "If T live. I'm going
back to my wife and kids in Philadel
phia." He said his real name is John
Ulrich.
On a slab at the morgue lies the
body of Mrs. Lillian Pfeiffer, whom all
Joliet knew as Mrs. John Itobart.
She killed herself after shooting liob
art at. his office in one of the main
streets yesterday morning.
The Wages of Sin
Pinned to her corset, the police
found a note breathing the sanio
tragic philosophy that was the burden
of Robart's words. She wrote:
"The wages of sin and deception is
death." The tragedy brought to light
a Jekyl-llyde romance, which is tho
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