Republican News Item.
VOL. XV. NO 11
PENNSY SETTLES
„ WAGE DISPUTE
Agree to Change in Working
Conditions.
ADOPT MILEAGE PAY SYSTEM
Ten Hours to Be a D;»y's Work and
High Pay Runs Protected—Employes
Guaranteed Twenty-six Days' Work
Each Month.
A tentative settlement of the Penn
sylvania railroad wage dispute was
reached at a long conference in Phila
delphia between General Manager
Myers and the subcommittees of the
employes. Both sides feel confident
that a plan of settlement has been
reached, and only the appearance of
some new differences in the working
out of details can prevent an amicable
agreement.
The terms of the settlement have
the New York Central award as a
basas. The company will effect a
change in the working conditions,
changing l'rom tiie "trip" system of
pay to the "mileage" system. Men
now holding runs with high pay are to
be protected. A minimum of ten
hours as a day's work is to be estab
lished. and the six hour minimum is
to be abolished. Men are guaranteed
twenty-six working days a month.
The men assert that the settlement
is due to a clearing up of misunder
standings. The company asserts it lias
made no concessions other than those
offered six weeks ago.
No further conferences are to be
held between the committee and Gen
eral Manager Myers, unless some un
foreseen developments arise. The de
tails of the plans of settlement will
now be taken up by the representa
tives of the several divisions with the
general division superintendents, to be
worked out as they apply to the condi
tions of the particular divisions. There
are seven general divisions of the sys
tem.
A. B. Garrettson, president of the
Order of Railway Conductor heme
dlately after the conference left tie
city on the Pennsylvania eighteen
hour limited for Cedar Rapids, to at
tend a meeting of the board of diree
tors of his organization.
W. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, will re
main in the city for a few days to be
on hand in case his presence is re
quired.
Both sides deny that any marked
concessions were made. Officials of the
company declare that what the men
wanted was $4.04 for a minimum day
of ten hours, and what they got was
$3.63.
The men say the clearing up of mis
understandings marked the coming to
gether of both sides. They point to
President MeCrea's statement issued
last Friday as proving to them that
the company misunderstood the de
mands of the men. •
At both conferences all efforts to
impress General Maiager Myers with
the contention that the company had
always educated its men to expect
higher pay for the same class of work
done by men on competing lines was
abandoned. The men now declare the
only concessions to be granted was on
the amount of pay on overtime, in
which they accepted 37 cents an hour,
instead of 40 cents an hour.
A. B. Garrettson declares that all
the men asked was a change in the
working conditions, which they ob
tained.
Tiny Bank Deposits.
There are many small savings banks
in Germany which accept deposits of
lit pfennigs (2V_. centsi.
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POOR MAY HAVE FARMS.
Jacob Riis and Jane Addams
Head Philanthropic Society.
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TO MAKE FARMERS OF POOR
Philanthropists Offer Tempting In
ducements to People of East.
Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House,
Chicago; Jacob Kiis, Rev. Lyman Ab
bott, W. .1. Bryan and others have or
ganized an association to buy large
tracts of land near Greeley, Colo., and
cut it up into small farms and garden
plots.
These they will sell to deserving
families in the east who want homes
in the west, but are without means.
The association will accept payments
in easy installments in cash or will
take a share ol' the crops. Interest will
be charged. The scheme will not be
entirely philanthropic, but will give
the promoters only a moderate profit.
ARRESTED FOR USING
MAILS TO DEFRAUD
Five Men Worked Premium
Scheme at Easton.
Alexander Simon, Simon Corner, A1
exander Palmer, 11. K. Curtis and Ben
jamin 10. Corner were committed to
the Gaston, Pa., jail, charged with
fraudulent use of the mails. Tin ar
rests were made by postal inspectors.
The accused are said to have made
a handsome thing out of a premium
scheme they worked in a variety ol
ways. They started to do business a?
the Globe Weekly Journal Publishing
company, of Portland, Me., and latei
were known as the New York Pre
mium company, of New York city.
Trouble arose after the complaint ol
victims to their publication subscrip
tion plans that they could never get
the premiums offered. The officers arc
after a man named YVeingartner, whc
was associated with the New York
end of the game.
One of the schemes used by the can
vassers for the company was to sell
eighty-nine books for 10 cents apiece
one book at a time, and when all waf
sold for a total of the subscriber
was to get a premium of $5. The books
were cheap affairs and cost, one ol
the canvassers admitted, about 1 cent
each.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910.
INQUEST DEEPENS 1
CRIPPENMYSTERY
Physicians Cannot Determine
Set of Corpse.
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NO TRACE OF THE DOCTOR
Several Witnesses Recited the Known ;
Details of the Crime, But Nothing
New Was Brought Out.
Interest in the mysterious murder (
of which Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen,
formerly a resident of Brooklyn, N.
Y., is suspected, centered in the in
quest In London, Eng., over the body
that is believed to be that ol Belle
Elmore, the physician's actress wife.
While an unremitting search was
made in New York, Philadelphia,
France and Great Britain for Crippen,
the inquest opened with the hope that
physicians and experts would be able
to clear away some of the mystifying
circumstances of the case.
Instead of clarifying the situation, '
the inquest only enveloped the crime
in deeper mystery. Far from estab- ,
lishing the identity of the victim found
in Crippen's cellar buried in quick
lime, the physicians were unable to
state definitely even that the portions
of the body recovered were those of
a woman.
The formal evidence adduced at the
inquest added nothing material to
what was already generally known.
The only startling fact developed was
that the experts were not even in a
position to state definitely whether
the boneless mass of flesh <.ug up tin
der the cell&r floor was that of a wo
man. Because of this it was decided
to adjourn the inquest for a month to
give Dr. Pepper, examiner in surgery
at. the Royal Army Medical college,
opportunity to make a complete ex
amination of the pieces of flesh.
Several witnesses recited the history
of the known occurrences surround
ing the tragedy from the time that
suspicion first fell upon Dr. Crippen to
the hour of his flight and the discov
ery of the body.
The Police Story.
Dew, an inspector of Scotland Yard,
took up the thread of the narrative.
Hi' said that he first visited Ethel l.e
Neve at the Crippen residence. The
woman on that occasion told him that
BELLE ELMORE.
she was Crippen's housekeeper. Later
the inspector went to Crippen's office
and had a talk with the doctor.
At this time, the witness said, the
doctor admitted that all of the things
which he had previously told of his
wife's death were untrue. He said he
had quarreled with Mrs. Crippen on
the night of Jan. 31. and that following
the quarrel she had left him, saying
that she intended to join a man who,
the doctor said, he believed lived in
Chicago.
With the body uncovered in the cel
lar, the inspector said, ho found a
piece of string and a man's handker
chief, which might have been used to
strangle the victim, including the
jacket of a suit of pajamas, the trou
sers of which were subsequently found
in an upper room of the house.
The witness added that he had not
heard a word from Crippen or Ethel
Le Neve since July 9. when they left
the Crippen house. On that day they
sent a note to the servant, saying:
"Do not worry. We are going to the
theater."
Questioned in detail as to the find
ing of the body. Dew said that at the
first of his examinations of the house
he found some loose bricks in the
basement floor. He removed the
bricks and dug Into the earth beneath.
At a depth of two feet he uncovered
the mass of human flesh. The largest
piece was less than twelve inches in
length. Not a bone was discovered.
The pieces of flesh semed to have been
carved off the skeleton. The head,
foot and hands were missing. Quick
lime covered the gruesome object.
Dr. Thomas Marshall, one of the sur
geons who conducted the post mortem
examination, testified that he had not
STRIKE LEADERS
REJjCT PEACE
Offer of Arbitration Refused In
Grand Trunk Dispute.
16,000 MEN NOW 001
Railroad Company Closes Shops, Forc
ing 10,000 Uninterested Workmen
Into Idleness—Freight Traffic Tied
Up.
"We're the arbitrators now. There
has been su(Helent arbitration, and I
don't think there will be any more,"
said Vice President Murdoch, of the
Order o£ Railway Trainmen, at Mon
treal when the proposition of the min
ister of labor for arbitration of the
Grand Trunk strike was broached to
hi in.
Vice President Berry, who is as
sisting Murdoch, expressed a similar
opinion. Both said the matter hail
gone too far for arbitration.
The offer of the minister of labor,
on behalf of the government, was to
appoint a board of arbitration on the
trouble between the company and its
employes, the finding to be binding on
both, and the government to bear all
expenses in connection therewith. The
offer was submitted in the form of a
letter to President Hays, of the Grand
Trunk, and to the head officials of the
unions involved, anil is now under con
sideration by them. It is thought that
from the fact that President Hays had
already made an offer to arbitrate the
difficulty, that the company at least
will accede to the proposal.
Advices from all divisional points
of the Grand Trunk in Canada, and
from Port Huron and Detroit, indicate
that the company is having greater
difficulty in keeping its trains moving
than was at first apparent. At some
points no tickets are being sold be
cause of the inability of the company
to guarantee a complete journey.
Freight jams are reported at Toron
to. Hamilton and other points, while
the yards at Montreal are lined with
freight which the company is unable
to move. An official of the company
predicts that the entire train service
will be resumed within forty-eighi
hours, basing his prediction, he said
upon the company's apparent ability to
secure all the new men it wants.
Many of the men shut out of the
shops have taken train service, and
the union officials bitterly denounce
the company for closing the shops at
this time and thereby forcing 10.000
men into idleness. They declare that
such a move will be ample justiflea
tion for a sympathetic strike of the
engineers and telegraphers, alKiough
there is no indication of any such
move.
The latest calculation of the num
her of men rendered idle by the strike
and lockout runs to lfi.ooo. About 100.-
000 others are Indirectly affected.
Union officials here say that the ob
ject of the Grand Trunk in closing its
shops is to force these shop employes,
many of whom are old trainmen, to
take the strikers' places. The union
officials add that if this is the inten
tion, it will not succeed.
Boy Fatally Gored.
While he was tending a herd of
cows at his father's farm, just out
side of Altoona, Pa.. Emery Wysong,
aged eight years, was attacked by a
large Holstein bull, Which some boys
had previously been teasing.
The boy fled, but was quickly caught
in the bull's horns and tossed in the
air. When he came down the Infuriat
ed animal gored him in the back, and
as the lad rolled over ripped the tlesh
o ffhis ribs, exposing his lungs, then
galloped away. Despite his horrible in
juries, the boy walked 600 feet to his
home. He will die.
Avengers Kill Wrong Man.
Albert Lehr, thirty-eight years old,
was killed by five Italians, employed
on a section gang, while he was stand
ing on the platform of the Lake Shore
depot at Kendallville, Ind.
The shooting is thought to be the
outcome of the accidental killing of
an Italian by a Lake Shore freight
train three weeks ago. The Italians
blamed the engineer and threatened
vengeance against him. Lehr was
probably mistaken for the engineer.
Peon ante to nnn a trace or tne nones,
and could not swear, on anatomical
grounds, whether the members were
those of a male or female.
Pieces of flesh, he said, had given
rise to some debate among the medi
cal men. but so far he had been unable
to definitely decide the sex. The mur
derer, the surgeon said, had not only
obliterated the cause of death, but also
the sex of the deceased. The witness
said that a microscopical examination,
which might disclose more than was
now known, was proceeding.
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JAMES M. GUFFEY.
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Receiver Appointed For Million- !
aire Oil Man.
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Guffey Fails For $7,000,000.
Colonel James M. Guffey, multi-mil
lionaiie oil man, and Democratic lead
er, has failed. His business affairs
have been put into the hands of a re
ceiver.
This announcement was made in
Pittsburg. The exact nature of the
failure is not yet known, and no defi
nlte figures have been given out. It is
announced, however, that Colonel Guf
fey's liabilities are less than $7,00J,
000, and that his assets are easily
worth $17,000,000.
Inability to realize on his assets,
which consist largely of coal lands in
West Virginia, is said to be the rea
son for Colonel Guffey's embarrass
ment. John M. Galey, one of Mr
Guffey's creditors, and a former busi
ness partner, went into common plea-'
court. No. 4. and asked for a receiver
for the oil and coal king.
John S. Willard, of Pittsburg, was
appointed receiver and was placed un
der SIOO,OOO bond.
Colonel Guffey Issued a statement
expressing regret that it had become
necessary that his affairs be placed in
the hands of a receiver, but that it
would afford protection to himself as
well as to all of his creditors.
"My assets are more than double
IIK amount wf my obligations, and I
do not expect the receivership to con
tinue for any great length of time,"
said Mr. Guffey.
The receivership bill filed alleges
that Colonel Guffey has not the ready
money with which to meet the claims
of some creditors who have threatened
to sell his collateral. These creditors
are understood to lie banks in Pitts
burg. Philadelphia and other parts of
Pennsylvania.
Frozen to Death In July.
Frozen to death in July, with the
thermometer around the 90 degree
Kitten Led Baby to Death.
Louis Zwiren, the four-year-old son
of Julius Zwiren. a resident of Pieqs
antville. near Caldwell, N. J., was
drowned in a pond near his home
while following a pet kitten. When
his mother went to call him she look
edtoward the pond and was surprised
to see the kitten swim ashore. Later
the body of the boy was found only a
few feet from the edge of the pond.
Taft Names Colored Man.
Whltefield McKinley, colored, a real
estate agent of Washington, has beer
appointed collector of customs here
the technical designation of the of!'.; <
ueing the port of Georgetown, D C.
Child Drowned In Tub.
Hazel Best, twenty-one months old
was drowned in a tub of water neat
Harrisburg, Pa. She had been plnyinp
about the tub and fell in wheu slit
lost her balance.
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T.R.FOR PROGRESSIVES
IN OHIO FIGHT
Admits His Stand Alter Talk With
Insurgent Candidate.
Theodore Roosevelt hopes the Ohio
Republicans will adopt a progressive
platform, but, taking an attitude in line
with that of President Taft, he de
clines to exert influence for any candi
date in the ante-convention situation.
He made this plain in New York af
ter a conference with Judge Reynolds
Kinkade, of Toledo, who was regarded
as the second choice of those Ohio Re
publicans who are supporting James
R. Garfield, ex-secretary of the inter
ior, for the gubernatorial nomination.
It is understood that Mr. Garfield had
a hand in Judge Kinkade's visit and
that Garfield's supporters have agreed
to throw their strength to the judge if
Mr. Garfield is not nominated.
Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor Judge
Kinkade would discuss their confer
ence, nor would either of them reveal
the contents of the letter which Judge
Kinkade bore from President Tai't,
with whom he talked on Sunday. Colo
nel Roosevelt virtually admitted, how
ever, that his approval of the can.li
dacy of Judge Kinkade for the Repub
lican nomination for governor of Ohio
had been sought, when he said:
"I cannot support any candidate for
a nomination. I can only say that I
hope a progressive platform will be
adopted in Ohio."
PUT HER HEAD IN GAS OVEN
Crazed by Death of Child, Delaware
Woman Kills Herself.
With her mind affected by the death
of her eight-nionths-old child Mrs.
Wade Blizzard, wile of a Georgetn 11.
Del., merchant, committed suicide by
putting her head In the oven of a -ias
stove and turning on the gas.
The lifeless body of th« woman was
found iii" the kitchen when her hus
band was awakened by the smell of
gas. Since the death of the baby the
woman has acted strangely and in
sisted on sleeping down stairs, next
to the room in which the body of (he
child had lain. T\v > bottles of lauda
num were found by her side in case
the gas did not kill her.
Liquor Sales Increase In "Dry" State.
Although the county option law has
operated to close 989 saloons in the
state of Indiana, most of these having
been closed since Jan. 1, 1909, the con
sumption of whisky, according to the
federal government report for the fis
cal year ending July 1, 1910, has in
creased. while the consumption of be.r
lias remained virtually the same, in
comparison with the preceding fiscal
year.
Ends Life With a Penknife.
Charles Opdycke, twentv-flve years
old, committed suicide at Flemming
ton. N. J., by cutting his throat with a
pocket knife. Brooding over his ina
bility to accumulate wealth probably
caused him to end his life.
Kills Self to Escape Gallows.
Determined that he would not be
hung on the gailows as a murderer,
William Turpin, a notorious negro
gambler and speakeasy operator, who
made his escape from the Sussex
eount.v jail at Georgetown, Del., Sun
day, returned to Seaford, and alter
spending the evening with his sweet
heart, ended his life by drinking a so
lution of carbolic acid.
In April Turpin, who is a southefln
negro, instantlj killed Joseph ElllotA
another negro, because the latter had
won S2OO from him in a poker gama.
He escaped, but later was captured
and lodged in the county jail to await
trial. On Sunday morning he and four
other prisoners chiseled a hole in the
jail wall and, leaping twenty feet to
the ground, made a daring escape.