Pl EVIDENCE
T MM SUSPECT
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j; Police Busy on Case of
: Swoboda, Charged
: With Causing La
: Touraine Fire
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OFFICERS SEIZE N
■ 5 LARGE TRUNKS
Villa Which Prisoner Occupied Near
Versailles Also Searched and a
Number oI Compromising Papers
Seized, Say Secret Service Men
L'
By Associated Press.
Paris, April 1, 5.10 A. M.—Addi
tional evidence lias been foftnd, the po-
Ht ice assert, to prove the pro-German
r V sympathies of Raymond Swoboda,
I £ charged with being responsible for the
| J fire which threatened the destruction of
' * the steamer La Touraine.
Secret service operatives learned yes-
J terday that Swoboda left five large
S' trunks in an office in the Avenue De
* Jj'Opera, the use of which he had ob
* tained through an introduction by the
bioker Morrison. Tho trunks were
(Beizcd and sent to Havre.
Prisoner in German Uniform
The villa which Swoboda occupied
r.t Virotla yesterday, near Versailles,
also was searched and a number of pa
pers seized. 'Phese documents included,
[the police assert letters of a highly
compromising character, together with
photographs showing Swoboda in a G/ r
iiiau uniforu with two other officers.
M. lvaguiet. Swoboda's business as
sociate, declared in an interview last
night that he believed Swoboda was a
> Canadian, as he had excellent references
from (Quebec, where he and his family
f reside. Swoboda told Raguiet he had
been brought up in Germany and made
no attempt to hide bis sympathy for
that nation, according to the interview.
Pronounced German Sentiments
' "Swoboda*B German sentiments be
came so pronounced about tho middle of
July," said M. Raguiet, "that I de
* cided to break off my relations with
him. After July 15 Swoboda spoke of
war being imminent between France
und Germany. He wrote me about this
time that it was a shame to deal on the
Bourse since there never would be a
k monthly settlement.''
B The "Figaro" prints the following
■ statement in reference to Swoboda's
I attempt to attach himself to that pa-
A " Daring the first days of the war
Swoboda came to the 'Figaro' and of
fered himself as a war correspondent.
Ho said he could go everywhere and
supply information nobodv else could
get. One of our editors, Franz Raich-
H el, who saw him, gained so poor an im-
W jiression of the man that for the mo-
K mont he seriously considered denouncing
B him as a spy and refrained from doing j
■ so only because he was not absolutely |
U. S. Probe of Swoboda's Passport
Washington, April I.—Agents of the
ißureau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice began an inquiry to
day into the issue of an American pass
port to Raymond Swoboda, under arrest
in Paris charged with starting the fire
on La Tonraiue, the French liner. The
investigation is to determine whether
L t'he issue of the passport was entirely
i regular. The passport does not give
' Swoboda's occupation, merely saying
he was to be abroad '' one year on busi
ness. ''
Severd.l inquiries have reached the
I cStatc Department from Swoboda's j
t friends in this country. Acting Seere- |
received from Ambassador Sharp. I
Davis telegraphed to the Do- |
ment from New York, declaring j
obodii was American born to his
knowledge.
MAY TL'IIX I'IUTES LOOSE
ieral Scott Believes Leader Is Inno
cent of Murder Charge
By Associated Press.
March I.—(Brigadier
Scott, chief of staff of the
y, returned from his successful ex
it-ion bringing in the recalcitrant
tes, impressed with the belief that
their leader, is innocent
the charge of murder, or that at
t'he evidence is purely, cireum
itial and [rossibly furnished by un
ndly Utes.
general, long a friend of tho In
is, and who knows their nature tJbor-
believes the Pi utes thought the
rshal's posse, which they resisted,
yaching party of cowmen. General
ott found officials responsive to his
presentations for leniency and thiniks
•» others of tho party may be turned
to join their tribes. The general
pressed officials in the Piute country
the Indians fdiould know they
expect considerate and just treat
ent in the courts.
SPEAKER'S OFFICE CLOSED
Leave to Join Champ Clark
in Missouri
1 By Associated Press,
i Washington, April I.—Speaker
lark's office closed its doors to-day
;ntil the reconvening of the Sixty-
Congress., Attaches of the of-
loft to join the Speaker in Mis
In a large box of personal relics
■ shipped ahead to the Speaker was a
■ massive inkstand, presented to him by
H Representative Casey, of Pennsylvania,
who represents a coal mining district.
■I Oarranza Men Ordered to Vera Cruz
New Orleans, La., April I.—iFjf-
V teeu Oarranza army oflicorn arrived
V here last night from' Matamoras to sail
■ to-morrow for Vera Cruz. They s:iid
■ they had been ordered to Constitution-
ist headquarters by General Oarranza
but declined to say for what reason.
■ Further Reduction in Oil Prices
■ New York, April I.—The Standard
W Oil Company, of New York, to-day an-
B nounced a further reduction of ten
J points in refined petroleum, making
cases ten cents per gallon, tanks four .
cents and standard white 7.50 cents.
53,800 RUSSIAN PRISONERS
, TAKEN BY GERMANS IN MARCH
Berlin, April 1, Via London, 3.03 P.
M. —The German headquarters staff, in
its report to-day on the progress of
hostilities, makes the statement that
f in the month of March the German
western army took 53,800 Russian pris
oners, including officers and soldiers,
and captured also nine cannon and 61
machine guns. The text of the report
follows: .
"In «He western arena of the war:
During the capture of the hamlet of
Klosterbook, which was occupied by
Belgians, and n small point of support
nt Dixmude, we took one officer und
•44 Belgian soldiers prisoners.
! "The fighting to the west of Pont
A Mousson and to the south of the
forest of Lepretre came to a standstill
last night. French troops have peno
• trated a small portion of our outer
| trenches. The engagement is being
' j continued to-day.
i "I>uring outpost engagements yes
terday to the northeast and east of
Luneville, the French suffered consid
erable losses. Jn the Yosges only ar
tillery duels took place yesterday.
"In the eastern arena: The situation
in the Atigustowo and the Suwalki
districts remain unchanged. Russiau
attempts made at night to cross the
I Rawka river at a point southeast of
Skierniewicz resulted in failure and
Russian attacks on Opoemo were re
pulsed. During the month of March
the German eastern army took alto
gether 53,800 Russian prisoners, and
captured nine cannon and 61 machine
guns. -
POINTS IN U. S. NOTE TO JAPS
ON THE CHINESE QUESTION
Tokio,, March 27. —(Delayed In
Transmission) —The American govern
ment 's note recently forwarded to To
kio conce- jing negotiations now in
progress etween the Japanese and
Chinese governments, dwelt lengthily
and in particular, according to reliablo
authority, on the points in the de
mands made by Japanese on China.
Of these three points the first con
cerned the selection of foreign advisers
by China; the second was in regard to
the purchase of munitions of war by
the Chinese government and the third
dealt with the question of foreign
loans.
The Washington government, it is
understood, submitted that if Japan
insisted on the right to be consulted by
China in the selection of foreign ad
visers it might be a violation of the
sovereignty of China.
ft is further contended that if Ja
pan insisted on the purchase by China
of munitions of war in Japan, and
insisted that she be consulted with re
gard to certain foreign loans in tho
province of Fultien in south Manchuria
and in Eastern Mongolia, this course
might be a violation of tho principle of
equal opportunity stipulated in the
agreement reached between Baron Ta
kahira when he was minister to the
United States anil Elihu Root, at that
time Secretary of State. That agree
ment provides for maintaining the in
dependence and integrity of China and
the equality of commercial opportunity
in the country.
BRITISH OFFICIALS KILLED
IN NEW OUTBREAKS IN INDIA
Berlin, April 1 (By Wireless to Say
viile). —The News Agency to
day gave out the following:
" Reports have 'been received in 'Ber
lin Of two new outbreaks in India. At
S'urat three 'British officials we/e killed.
At Kurraciiee two (Mohammedan sol
diers shot two British officers.
"Replying to English reports tha/t
the (British fleet resumed bombardment
of the Dardanelles forts on March 23,
the "Vossische Zeitung" publishes a
■ special dispatch from the Dardanelles
saying t'he report is a pure invention.
I It says furthermore that Anglo-lFrench
j reports of the concentration of large
landing forces on Greek Islands are un
founded.
"The Swiss Colonel Mueller, after
inspecting the German military institu
tions, says the army's sanitary condi
tion is good. Cases of infecti >us dis
j eases are carefully isolated. He praises
] the methodical strengthening of con
valescents by gymnastics."
WOMAN ARRESTED IN FRANCE
ON A CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE
Paris, April 1, 5.10 A. M.—Marie
Louise Welscli, said to have been asso
ciated with Naval Ensign Ullmo, who
was sentenced to life imprisonment in
1908 for selling French naval plans
to a foreign government, has been ar
rested on a charge of espionage.
Charles B. Ullmo, an ensign in the
French navy, was found guilty in 1908
of attempting to sell naval secrets to
Germany and was sentenced to life im
prisonment in a fortress. Later in the
same year he was removed to Devil's
Island. Ullmo made a partial confes
sion and asked for clemency on tho
ground that he was a victim of the
opium habit and that lie had fallen un
der the power of an unscrupulous wom
an, for whom he had squandered his
fortune and ruined his life.
56 SURVIVORS OF SUNKEN
VESSELS REACH NEW YORK
' New York, April I.—The steamer
Manhattan arrived here to-day from 1
London with fifty-six survivors of the
steamer Denver, abandoned at sea
March 23 in a sinking condition. Forty
nine of the number were of the Den
ver's effw, the other seven were pas
sengers, five of them being of the crew
of the steamer Carib and two <t the
steamer Evelyn, the two American ves
sels sunk by mines in the North sea.
Sixteen other survivors of tho Den- i
ver arrived here several days ago.
Pola Impregnable Against Attack
Venice, via London, April 1. —The i
defenses of Pola, Austria's great naval
base on the Adriatic sea now have beon
completed ar.d the port is regarded by
its defenders as impregnable against i
attack either by land or sea
British Cruiser at Montevideo I
Montevideo, April I.—The British i
cruiser Glasglow came into this port to- i
day. ,
HARRISBCRf! STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING. APKIL 1, 1915.
BEER POURED IN SWERS AS
I BARS CLOSE IN PERRY
CMtlaued Fran Flrnt
• going down the main street with boxes
1 of bottles oil their back. The delivery
? man, too, was a busv body;
Perry county is destined to be dry,
( at least for one month, because the
judges -of that county were hopelessly
' divided on the question of disposing
> of' the license applications a fortnight
or more ago.
> Two hotelmen already have appeal
ed from the county court's refusal to
grant licenses and have petitioned
j Chief Justice Rice, of the State Su
. I perior court, to hear their casets at the
, next term of the appellate court which
[ j will be hcM in Pittsburgh on April 19.
j Judge Rice has not yet fixed the
. I time for hearing but it is believed
[ here that he will dispose of the peti-
I tion, presented to him for that pur
pose, within the next few days. It also
is believed that the Superior Court
r will file decisions immediately follow
ing the arguments, should the cases be
. taken up at the Pittsburgh session of
• tho court, so that if the county court
| is reversed and the licenses are grant
. Ed, there is the possibility that the
hotels can reopen for the ui'le of liquor
by the* first week in May.
THE EITEUSM COALING
Commander of German Cruiser at New
port News (Jives No Intimation
of Vessel's Sailing
By Associated Press.
Newport News. Va., April I.—Ac
tivity continued to-day on board aud
about the German converted cwiiser
Prinz Eitel Fried rich, w'hose three
weeks' stay at Hie shipyard dock here
is expected to be terminated within a
few days.
Coaling of the vessel under super
vision of officers of the United States
navy, which 'began late yesterday ami
■continued throughout the night had
not been completed at 8 o'clock this
morning and there still was a consid
erable part of the 1,600 tons of fuel
to be taken aboard. At an early morn
ing hour a tug with more barges of coal
reached the Eitel's side. At night a
part of the crew of the cruiser had
worked at filling the ship's bunkers and
a fresh lot of men took up t'he laibor
at sunrise.
That Commander Thierichens was not
preparing to move his ship immediately,
at least, was apparent early to-day be
cause the vessel was known to have only
reserve boilers in action. Smoke was
coming from only one of the ship's fun
nels, indicating . fire was lighted only
for heating and cooking purposes.
So letters from Fortress M-onroe who
had guarded the Eitel's pier all night,
were relieved 'by others this morning
and in the James river a navy launch,
manned by sailors from the American
battleship Alabama, patrolled tho wa
ters adjacent to the German raider.
No one without official authority was
permitted to enter the ship yard.
That Commander Thierichens has no
intention of leaving his neutral refuge
for some days at least, despite the fact
that hurried coaling of the Prinz Eitel
indicated a purpose to go, was authori
tatively learned here to-day and it also
became known that he is negotiating
for supplies. It is probable that quan
tities sufficient for a fifteen days voyage
will 'be taken aboard.
Collector Hamilton conferred with
Commander Thierichens on board Hie
Eitel to-day but the nature of the con
ference was not revealed.
STATE HAS $5,199,880
Balance Left in State Treasury at Close
of Business Lant Night
If there had not been a respectable
balance iu the general fund of the State
Treasury at the close of business in
February, the receipts for March would
not have helped to mnl»e a very big
showing nt the close of business for
March. The receipts for 'March were
$2,975,227.97 and the expenditures of
the general fund were $3,392,338.52,
or about half a million less than the
payments, which is something unusual.
The balance in the general fuud at the
close of business last night was $5,-
199,880.32. L'roin the general fund all
daily payments for running expenses
are made.
Other receii ts for t'he month were as
follows: Sinking fund, $814,5'29.05;
State school, uninvested, $6,454.38; au
tomobile fund, $770,628.
AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services to Be Held oil Good Friday
and on Easter Eve
At St. Paul's Episcopal church serv
ices will be held to-morrow as follows:
II o'clock, morning prayer; 12 to 3,
commemoration of Christ upon the
cross; 7.4'5, evensong.
Easter eve, Saturday, 7.45 a. m.,
Holy Communion; 4.30 p. m., Holy bap
tism.
Alternate Referee Named
By Associated Press.
Havana, April 1. —M. J. Hinikle, of
Cleveland, was to-day named alternate
referee for the Johnson-Willard fi.ght
next Monday. 'Ho will referee in case
Jack Welsh is for any reason unable to
reach ilavaua in time. If Welsh does
get here it will be Hinkle's duty to
sit at the ringside ready to step in anil
relieve Welsh in case the latter should
be knocked out by a stray punch, or
suffer from sun sickness.
Miners Observe To-day as Holiday
By Associated Press,
Hazleton, Pa., April 1. —Mine work
ers throughout the anthracite coal field
observed this as eight hour day in com
memoration of the granting of the
eight hour concession in the central
competitive bituminous district April
1, 1898, and elsewhere, but not yet
asked for nor effective in the hard coal
belt.
Adopt U. S. Form of Treaty
By Associated Press.
Washington, April I.—Chile and
Uruguay have signed a peace treaty
identical with Secretary 'Bryan's peace
commission convention between the
United States and Chile. It is the first
instance of the adoption of tfhe new
American form of treaty between for
eign nations.
Five Hen Killed in Explosion
Alton, 111., April I.—Five men are
reported to have been killed in the ex
plosion in the glazing mill of the
Equitable Powder Company at East Al
ton, five miles from here, to-day. The
shock was plainly felt in this city. The
reported dead include the superintend
ent,. James A. Coburu.
"BOY WITH SSOOJO EARS"
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"TEDDY" SLINGSBV
NC.7 York, April I, —"Teddy"
Eugene Slingsby, four-year-old son of
Lieutenant Charles H. R. Slingsby, of
the British navy, and known as the
"boy with the $500,000 ears," has ar
rived here from England. The remark
able similarity of "Teddy's" left ear
to that of his mother won for himself
and hise father the $1,000,000 estate
of the Rev. Charles Slingsby, the boy's
great-uncle, after a two-year fight in
the English courts.
OUIGGIs UPTOOLDTRICKS
Escapes From Stone File at Almshouse
Second Time in Two Weeks
With Companions
For the second time in two weeks,
Levi along with two of his com
panions, as on the previous occasion,
escaped from the stone pile last night
at the Dauphin county almshouse.
A little more than a week ago
and two companions made their escape
by breaking a hole through an eleven
inch brick wall For some time they
were all free, but Monday night
was found in a drunken condition
rambling about (he Eighth ward. He
was picked up bv Foliceman Parsons
and lodged in the basement of the po
lice station for safe keeping. When
given a hearing before Mayor Royal
Tuesday afternoon it was discovered
he still had sixty days to serve, so the
'Mayor gave him thirty additional days.
Quigg returned to the pile Tuesday
with a depressed look on his face, but
yesterday he war given company when
John Murray and William Conway were
sentenced to the same place for sixty
days. The three men, however, soon
saw they were facing an easy prob
lem, for last night they made their
escape by digging a hole beneath the
wall which enclosed the in.
MUSIC AT SALEM CHURCH
Canticle Will Be Sung by Choir To-mor
row Morning
At the Reformed Salem church, Third
and Chestnut streets, to-morrow morn
ing, IMrs. C. W.'Myers will sing "There
Is a Green Hill Far Away." There will
be a Good Friday canticle by the choir.
Greer Prefers Four Years in Hell
By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., April 1. —"I
would rather "spend four years in hell
than four years in a turpentine
camp," declared Len F. Greer, asso
ciate member of the State Board of
Convict Inspectors to-day in describ
ing to the legislative investigating
committee, conditions in the turpen
tine camps of South Alabama. Greer
said that he would recommend that
all contracts for lease of £»tate con
victs to persons operating in South
Alabama be cancelled.
Mrs. Mary O. Franck
Mrs. Mary C. Franck, aged 66 years,
wife of George J. Franck, died this
morning at her home, 1046 South
Ninth street. Funeral services will be
held at Trinity Lutheran church, of
which she was a member, Saturday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. R. L.
Meisenhelder, pastor of the church,
will officiate. Interment will be in
Harrisburg cemetery.
Alexander Stober
Alexander Stober, aged 44 years,
dieil last night at 11.45 o'clock at the
Harrisburg Hospital of septicemia. He
was admitted to the hospital March 7.
For many years Mr. Stober was an en
gine inspector for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. Funeral arrange- |
ments have not been completed.
Ambassador Naon Dines Cabinet
By Associated Press.
Annapolis, Md., April I.—'Secretary
Bryan and other Cabinet members with
their wives came to Annapolis to-day
as guests of Ambassador Naon, Argen
tine representative at Washington. The
party upon arriving at the Naval Acad
emy boarded waiting launches and
with Admiral Fullani, superintendent
of the Academy and his staff went out
to thi! Argentine battleship Moreno for
luncheon.
Expert Divers to Work on F-4
By Associated Press.
Washington, April I.—Expert divers
from the New York navy yard to as
sist in raising the submarine F-4 in
Honolulu harbor are expected to leave
with their equipment to-day for San '
Francisco, where the cruiser Maryland
will be waiting to take them. Mean
while Rear Admiral Moore, command
ant of the naval station at Honolulu,
will continue his efforts to raise the
submerged craft.
FOSTER CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Declared to Reßt on Outcome of U. S.
Supreme Court's Decision in
Case Now Pending
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 1. —Rights of
adopted children in many States are de
clared to rest on the outcome of the
Supreme Court's decision of the case of
the twin daughters of the late General
John B. Hood, who seek to share in the
estate of the late George T. McGehes,
of Mississippi, their father's friend and
their father by adoption.
Briefs for the daughters and for the
"heirs" at law were filed to-day in the
court, outlining the conflicting claims.
The appeal will be. considered by the
court shortly after Easter. Ida Rich
ardson Hood and Odile Musson. Hood
Holland now reside in New York.
The contest is over the inheritance
of real estate in Alabama owned by
McGehee. The twus rest their claims
to the real estate on being that under
tho contract of adoption in Louisiana
they became the sole heirs, as if they
were natural children, of McGehee's
porpertv, no matter where situated.
The Alabama Federal courts, however,
held the Alabama law determined the
heirs of real in that State. At
torneys for the twins in their brief
argue that the Federal courts have
made a "mere seiap of paper" of the
Louisiana adoption laws.
Another ground on which the two
daughters claim the land is the turning
over to McGehee in 1894 of $8,600,
their share of n fund created by the
voluntary contributions made through
out the Southern States for the benefit
of the children of General Hood. At
torneys for the blood relations of Mc-
Gehee assert that if the transfer of the
$8,600 was a gift, it merely evidenced
the generosity of the twins, and if a
loan, merely created a debt against the
estate, but in no way determined the
legal heirs to the land.
STRIKECRIPPLES TROLLEY
Services at Wilkes-Barre Tied Up
When ;155 Motormen and Con
ductors Quit Work To-day
By Associated Press.
Wilkes-Barre, April I.—For the
first time since 1888 a trolley car
failed to move on any of the lines of
the Wilkes-Barre railway company in
the Wyoming Valley to-day when 3*55
motormen and conductors struck for
increased wages. Seventy-five cars
I are operated daily by the company
with special cars during the rush
Hours at night. Tne tie-up is so com
plete that business suffered, the ve
hicles which were pressed into service
failing to carry the crowds.
Both sides remain firm. The men
demand 28 cents an hour and the com
pany is not willing to give more than
26. W. D. Mahon, international presi
dent of the Carmen's Union, has asked
the strikers to accept the services of
the federal and State Departments of
Labor for the purposes of mediation.
John A. Moffitt, of the federal bureau,
and John A. Stcese, of the State bu
reau r conferred with traction com
, pany officials to-day. The outcome is
not "known.
NISSLEY WANTS ALL STATE'S
PAYMASTERS TO BE BONDED
Representative Nissley, of Dauphin, 1
this morning introduced in the House a
bill providing that every employe who
shall dispense money shall be required
to give a good and sufficient bond for
fhe faithful performance of his duties,
t)he bonds to be approved by the At
torney General.
Two normal school 'bills were intro
duced by Mr. Love, of Westmoreland,
one providing that the work of tho
senior year starting in 1916 be finished
before May 1 of each year and provid
ing that all graduates of the teachers'
training course be given provisional
teaching certificates.
Among the bills passed on second
reading were:
Authorizing borough councils to fix
by ordinance the salaries of burgesses.
Authorizing the free distribution of
maps issued by the State Highway De
partment.
Only first and second reading bills
were passed this morning, and after a
session of but half an hour the House j
adjourned to meet Monday night at 8
o'clock. No vacation over Easter' Mo
nday will be taken.
3,000 PAINTERS ON STRIKE
Work on Which They Were Engaged Is
Left Unfinished .
Chicago, April 1. —Three thousand
union painters and decorators struck to
day. Work on which they had been
engaged in various down town build
ings was left unfinished. The strike or
der was issued after the unions and
employers failed to reach an agreement
over the new form of contract.
Conferences continued to-day be
tween contractors and representatives
of building trades other than the paint
ers in an effort to come to an agree
ment which would prevent a general
strike or a lock out of workers.
Rochester, N. Y., April • I.—Union
painters and paper hangers went on
strike here to-day, tioing up fifty-six
firms. The painters demand an increase
of 2'5 cents and the paper hangers 36
cents a day. Employers declared condi
tions do not warrant granting the in
crease.
! Pittsfield, Mass., April I.—Sixty
journeymen painters to-day went out
on a strike following the refusal of
the master painters to grant their re
quest for $1 a day instead of the
present $3.50 wage scale.
To Publish U. 8. Note April 7
Washington, April I.—At the re
quest of the British Foreign Office, the
American note on the order in council,
instead of being published simultane
ously to-morrow morning in the United
States and England, will not be pub
lished until the morning of Wednesday,
April 7. It was explained that the
week-end Eastei; holiday- in England
rcade the postponement desirable.
China Concedes More to Japs
Pekin, April 1. —The negotiations
between China and Japan looking to
the acceptance by the republic of the
demands presented by Tokio shortly
after the Japanese occupation of Kiao
Chow were again saved from disaster
to-day by the fact that the Chinese
statesmen made further concessions to
Japan.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
Furnished by H W. Snavel;, Broker.
Arcado Building, Walnut and Court
btreets
New York, April 1.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... §4% 34%
Anial (Jopper 62% 62 vi
Amer Beet Sugar .... 44% 44%
American Can 31 Va 31%
tlo pfd 95% 95%
Am Car and Foundry Co 4 7 4<j «/ a
Am Cotton Oil 46% 46%
Am Ice Securities .... 28% 28 %
Amer Loco 28% 28%
Amer Smelting 68 67%
American Sugar 107 108
Amer Tel and Tel .... 119% 119%
xAnaconda 28% 28%
Atchison 99% H9%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 71% 71%
Belhlehem Ste»l 8G 86</i
Brooklyn RT 89 89%
California Petroleum . . 13 14%
Canadian Pacific 161% 161%
Central leather 34% 34%
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 45% 44%
4'hi, Mil and St Paul .. 89% 88%
Chino Con Copper .... 39% 39'/,
Col Fuel and Iron .... 27% 27
Consol Gas 119 * 120%
Corn Products 12 12
Erie 25% ' 26'/,
Erie, Ist pfd 40% 41%
General Electric Co ... 143 143%
Goodrich, 'B F 41% 42%
Great No pfd 117% 118
Great Nor Ore subs .. 34% 34%
Illinois Central 109 " 109
Interboro IMet 14% 15%
Interboro Met pfd.... 65% 67%
Lehigh Valley 136% 136%
Louis and Nash 118 118
Mex Petroleum 72% 72
•Mo Pacific 12% 13%
National Lead 62% 64%
xxNew York <Cen 83% 84%
NY, X H and H 60 " 60%
Norfolk ami Western .. 101% 101%
Northern Pac 104% 104%
Penna R R 106% -106%
People's Gos and Coke . 122 120%
Pittsburgh Coal 20% 21%
do pfd 94% 94%
Press Steel Car 32% 33
Ray Con. Copper 19% 19%
Reading 145% 145%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 22% 22%
Southern Pacific 86% 86%
Southern Ry
do pfd 54% 64%
Tennessee Copper .... 29% 30
Texas Company 138 138
Union Pacific 124% 125
IT. S. Rubber 64% 64%
U. S. Steel 48 48%
do pfd 105% 105%
Utah Copper 56% 56%
Vir.-C'arolina Ciiom. ... 23% 23%
Western Maryland .... 25% 25%
W. U. Telegraph 66 66%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 72% 72%
xE\-div. %.
xxEx-div. 1%.
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, April I.—Close:
Wheat—May 152 3-8; July 122 1-2.
Corn—May, 73; July, 75 *l-2.
Oats —May 57 1-8; Ju1y,.54.
Pork—May, 17.02; July, 17.55.
Lard—May, 10.07; July, 10.35.
Ribs—May, 9.92; July, 10.27.
Centenary of Bismarck's Birth
'Berlin, April 1, via Amsterdam and
Loudon, 3.40 P. Jl,—The centenary of
th# ibirl'h of Prince Von Bismarck was
celebrated with t!he utmost enthusiasm
to-day in the German capital. 'Most of
the houses were lavishly draped with
the national colors.
Relief Work Ends
Yesterday closed the work of tho
Home and War Relief Committee at 7
.South Front street, in providing work
for neMy women of the city. A de
tailed report of the committee's activi
ties is being prepared.
EDUCATING THE INDIAN.
Difficulties the Student Faces After H*
Has Left College.
The conditions to which most Indian
•tudents return are hard, far harder
than the average easterner can realize.
Many of tho reservations are long dis
tances from railroads, so that supplies
are hard to get as well as expensive,
while In places water is a real luxury.
The standards of the community must
also be taken Into consideration, and in
all too many localities the white people
living near are not of a type to prove
either helpful or elevating. With all
these difficulties, and many, many
more, we expect far more of the Indian
than we would of a white student who
had enjoyed equal advantages.
A white boy who has been in school
until he Is perhaps twenty andJn that
time has had to master in addition to
the usual studies a new language and
accept an entirely strange system of
living Is not expected to raise the
standards of his home community to
any very great extent. The Indian t»
He most not only have acquired a
trade and be able to do skillful work,
but he must speak English well enough
to act as Interpreter, understand the
Bible and teach in Sunday school, as
well as be prepared to advise in the
councils of his people regarding various
phases of their legal standing and land
questions.
And when he is unable to fulfill all
these requirements wo hear that In
dian education is a failure.—Southern
Workman.
Irony of Fate.
Divorce, as well &s marriage, has its
little ironies.
A society woman, who has just in
stituted proceedings for release from
the double yoke, was discussing her
case with a friend.
"I don't think I know this lawyerj
who is going to represent you," ob
served the visitor, running over the
name In'her mind.
"Oh, you must know him," returned
the hostess with animation. "Don't
you remember the good looking fellow
who sang 'Oh. Perfect Love,' at my
wedding?"—Lipplncott'a.
Why Bhe Hurrahed. *
During the last G. A. li. encampment
there was one woman amid the crowd
of spectators on the day of the parade
who made herself conspicuous by her
noisy hurrahs and excited waving of a
flag as the old veterans marched past.
One of the bystanders told her sharply
to shut up.
"Shut up yourself!" she retorted. "If
you had buried two husbands who had
served In the war you would be hur
rahing too."—Everybody's.
11
A Valued
Pocket Piece
By JOHN Y. LARNED
My father was killed lighting on the
northern side in the battle of Gettys
burg. on the 2d of July. I was old
enough to remember the news of his
death and the military funeral that
was given him when his body waa
sent home. Thirty lyears after his
death I was paid a silver dollar benr-
Ing date of 1803. Since It marked the
date of my father's death in battle, I
prized it. and. instead of parting with
It, I cut on it my father's initials.
One day while traveling I fell in with
a young man, with whom I chatted.
On entering the station at Cleveland
the car door was thrown open and a
trainman called: "Cleveland! All out!"
The young man, surprised that the
train would go no farther, made in
quiries and discovered that he must
stop overnight. In Cleveland. He at
once began to examine the contents of
his pocketbook nnd found that he had
barely enough to pay his bill at a hotel.
I asked him to permit rne to lend him
some funds, but he refused, saying
that he had just sufficient to get
through. I insisted on his taking more,
and he said if I had any loose change
In my pocket he would accept it as a
loan. The only coin J had was my
pocket piece. After n moment's hesi
tation T handed it to him. He tried to
get my address in order to return the
loan, but we were leaving the train in
a crowd, and I hurried away.
Not long after this the newspapers
were filled with accounts of the mur
der of Richard Thornton, a wealthy
man. In Buffalo. The case was one of
those mysterious happenings that at
tract. widespread attention. A nephew
of tho deceased. Edgar Thornton, was
accused of murdering his uncle in or
der to secure his estnte. The murder
ed man was very old. a bachelor, and
his household affairs were administer
ed by a Mrs. Ferguson, a widow, who.
the evidence seemed to indicate, was
endeavoring to induce him to make a
will in her favor. The state attor
ney. by patching together bits of evi
dence. made a very good case, show
ing that the nephew, In whose favor
a will had already been made, fearing
that toe woman would succeed in se
curing one giving her the property,
had murdered his uncle to prevent his
doing so.
Mrs. Ferguson swore that Edgar
Thornton was with his uncle on the
night of the murder, the two bel*g to
gether in the uncle's bedroom. She
claimed to have heard high words be
tween them. Edgar had left the house
at 11 o'clock. She did not see Rich
ard Thornton till the next morniug.
when she found him dead, with a pil
low pulled over his face. A weak
point in the prosecution was that
some .S2OO that the deceased had
on hand In a desk was missing. The
state attorney declared that the ac
cused had taken the money in order to
make it appear that the murder had
been committed for the purpose of rob
bery.
1 read the newspaper reports
trial, missing only one day's ro[Mk
The next issue of the paper
that the accused hail endeavored t«|
prove an alibi.
The servants in the house were all
against .Mrs. Ferguson, testifying that
she kept Mr. Thornton in a sort of Im
prisonment, but they were persons of
no education, and their evidence was
easily pulled to pieces by the prosecu
tor. Indeed. Mrs. Ferguson proved that
they had been liberally tipped by Ed
gar Thornton whenever ho had called
on his uncle.
It did not take me long to make up
my mind that the accused was guilty.
He could not have been innocent unless
Mrs. Ferguson had perjured herself in
testifying that he was with his uncle,
and the only person with him, on tho
night of the murder.
I read the summing up of the case
by the prosecutor, and my attentiou
I was attracted to these words:
; Tile prisoner has i lalmeil that on the
; night the murder was committed he was
travolinK on train between Cleveland
and Buffalo.
My meeting with the man to whom
I had loaned a silver dollar flashed
u[>on me. Could this Edgar Thornton
be the person I had met? That per
son was to remain over in Cleveland
at a hotel. The accused claimed to
have been on a train.
A human life might depend on ray
action. 1 took a train for Buffalo and
when I arrived went to the courtroom
where the trial was being held. In tho
prisoner I recognized my fellow trav
eler. I called for his attorney, told
my story nnd was put on the stand. I
testified that on a certain date—the
evening of the murder—l had entered
Cleveland with the accused and had
loaned him a silver dollar, which I
described. The prisoner produced the
identical dollar I had given him with
the initials and date I had scratched
on It.
Tbero was a sensation in the court
room. \ A man who was about to be
convicted of murder was acquitted and
was heir to a fortune. When I asked
how he happened to have been on a
I train instead of in a hotel In Buffalo
he said he had found passage on a
combination milk and passenger train.
Mrs. Ferguson had perjured herself to
be revenged on the man to whom she
had lost her fortune.
When Edgar Thornton went to his
home on his release he found it filled
with flowers from sympathetic friends.
I have the pocket piece, more valued
than ever.
New Reservoir for Hagerstown
•Ilagerstown, Md., April I.—(Stock
holders of the Washington County Wa
ter Company at a meeting yesterday
voted to increase the capital stock of
the company from $320,000 to $870,-
000. The increase of the capitol stock,
is desired in order that a new reservoir
may be constructed for Hagerstown and
additional improvements to the water
system mude.