Republican News Item.
VOL. XV. NO 29
DOPED MIDDIES TO
DISCREDIT NEW COOK
Two Employes Accused oi
Tempering With Food.
Suspected of complicity in a mali
cious attempt to make as many of
the midshipmen at Annapolis, Md., ill
as was possible and thereby cast dis
credit on the recently appointed chief
cool; at the United States naval acad
emy, C. J. Ridgely, commissary stew
ard, and William Harris, second cook,
both colored, have been suspended.
The two men have been forbidden
to enter the naval academy pending
the completion of a rigid Investigation
into the "doping" of the middies food.
For several days more than a score
of midshipmen have been attacked
with intestinal trouble which weaken
ed them to such an extent that they
had to be sent to the hospital. Many
others were practically incapacitated
for work in their classrooms.
A number of the members of the
football team were affected and con
siderably weakened physically. This
was especially serious in view of the
near approach of the final game with
West Point.
Investigation, under the supervision
of Captain Coontz, the commandant,
has practically narrowed down the
cause of the sickness to the sugar
used in tea, coffee and desserts. Sam
ples of the food have been sent to
Washington for analysis.
It is alleged that Ridgely wanted
Harris appointed head cook, but his
recommendation was not accepted. It
is alleged that an effort was then made
to discredit the man who was selected
by the authorities, by tampering with
the food.
The typhoid fever situation at the
academy is about the same. No new
cases have appeared and those ill are
all doing well.
68 WEDS 17
Bridegroom a Widower Eight Years
When Bride Was Born.
Henry Dickson, sixty-eight years oi
age, and Miss Mary Barkowitch. aged
seventen years, both of Tunkhannock,
near Wilkes-Barie, Pa., were mairied
in Soranton by Rev. Dr. G. C. Lyman.
Dickson is n farmer and he had
been a widower for eight years when
his new bride was born. The young
bride after the marriage said:
"I'm sue we will be very happy, as
he is so good, and I know he will take
good care of me."
Dickson met the young girl a year
ago and has been courting her ever
since. A short time ago she got per
mission from her parents to marry
him.
ADMITS KILLING WOMAN
Confronted by Razor, Man Confesses
In Center County Jail.
When he was confronted with the
fact that the authorities had found
his razor with blood spots on it, Bert
Delige, now in jail at Bellefonte, Pa.,
for the murder of Mrs. John Baudls, of
Scotia, on Oct. IG, confessed that he
did the deed when intoxicated.
Mrs. Baudis was on her way home
from visiting a neighbor, when Delige
grebbed her, threw her down and cut
her throat from ear to ear.
His case will come up for trial in
December.
Steamer With 450 Passengers Overdue
The big coastwise steamer Bear, of
the San Francisco Portland steamship
line, carrying 450 passengers, is now
more than three days overdue at San
Francisco on her southward trip, and
the company's oflices are besieged by
inquiries. The Bear was scheduled tc
arrive In San Francisco early on Mon
day.
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nor spend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order
catalogs. Come to our store .and let us solve the problem. We have
a fine\ variety of standard goods to choose from. When you think of
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SANITARY PLUMBING.
We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hot
Air Heating. General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt
ly and skillfully executed
Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1910.
STOCK SWINDLE
OF $5M00,000
Federal Authorities Raid Offices
and Arrest Firm.
HUGE FRAUDS ALLE6EO
Wholesale Swindle In Shares of Com
panies That Have Failed —Big Divi
dends Were Promised, But None
Paid.
Federal officials raided the offices
occupied by Burr Brothers, in New
York, a corporation dealing in stocks
and other securities.
The raid was made on warrants
charging the use of the mails to de
fraud investors.
Postoflice officials say that the con
cern has sold to investors at par value
between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 of
stock in various companies, most of
which have gone out of existence or
become bankrupt, and none in a sin
gle instance paying the dividends held
out in the promises of the concern.
The raid was planned by Warren W.
Dickson, postoflice Inspector, in charge
of the New York district, and Post
master General Frank Hitchcock and
Robert A. Sharpe, chief postoflice in
speetor.
The officers arrested were: Sheldon
C. Burr, president; F. Harry Tobey,
vice president, and Eugene H. Burr,
secretary and treasurer.
The three officials of the company
arrested wore arraigned before Com
missioner Shields and held in $20,000
bail each. Pending the furnishing oi
bail they were sent to jail.
Hundreds of complaints have been
made against the corporation by in
vestors. who charge that they have
been swindled through false represen
tations made to them concerning the
profits that were being realized by
those who put their money into the
various oil, timber, copper, lead, zinc
and gold companies.
After the raid Postmaster General
Hitchcock gave out an official memo
randum concerning Burr Brothers.
The firm was organized several years
ago and in 1907 was incorporated with
a capital of SIOO,OOO and later increas
ed to $300,000. The memorandum says
that among other companies the Burt
Brothers are selling the stock of the
Buick Oil company, a concern with
$5,000,000 capital.
The memorandum further states as
follows:
"They have also organized the fol
lowing oil companies: Carolina Con
solidated, capitalized at $1,000,000;
Coalinga Aliadin, capitalized at $1,000,-
000; Kern-Western, capitalized at
$750,000; New York-Coalinga, capital
ized at $500,000; Coalinga Crude Oil,
capitalized at $400,000; Peoples Asso
ciated Oil company, capitalized at sl,-
000,000.
"All the stock in these companies
has been sold except a part of the two
first named. While all the companies
are still in existence, none save the
first four named is doing any work at,
the present time.
"The Burr Brothers have also organ
ized, promoted and sold the stock in
the following mining companies: Raw
hide Tarantula, with a capital of sl,-
000,000; Montezuma Mining and
Smelting, with a capital of $1,000,000;
Golden Fleece Mining, Milling and Re
fining company, with a capital of SSOO,
000.
"Practically the entire stock in the
companies has been sold to the public
and at the present time all these com
panies have gone out of existence.
"They have also sold large amounts
of stock in the Red Top Mining and
Leasing company, capitalized at sl,-
000,000; Long Beach, Mexico, and Ari
zona Mining company, capitalized at
$1,500,000; Nevada Goldfleld Mining
MRS. PANKHURST.
One of the Leaders of the
London Suffragettes.
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and Smerting obmpanT, capitalized at
$5,000,000; United Standard Lead and
Zinc, capitalized at $1,000,000; Flor
ence Consolidated Mining and Leasing
company, capitalized at $1,000,000;
Round Mountain Central Mining, capi
talized at $1,000,000; Cobalt-Portage
Mine company, capitalized at $1,000,-
000; British-American Copper Mines
and Smelter company, capitalized at
$5,000,000; Arizona Copper Mines com
pany, capitalized at $1,500,000; Search
light Canlna Gold Mining company,
capitalized at $1,000,000; Holcomb Au
tomatic Engine company, capitalized
at $5,000,000; Cottonwood Copper com
pany, capitalized at $1,000,000.
"All of these companies are at the
present time out of existence.
"They also sold the stock of the
Vltak company, a $1,000,000 corpora
tlon, which is now In the hands of a
receiver, and they are at the present
time also engaged in the sale of lots
In Lincoln, N. J.
"It can safely be said that they have
sold stock at par value from $40,000,-
000 to $50,000,000 In the various com
panies; have an extensive suite of of
fices In the Flat Iron building, in New
York, and at times have had offices In
Cleveland, Chicago, I,os Angeles and
San Francisco.
"In every instance they have prom
ised large dividends on the stock sold,
in addition to an increase In the value
of the stock, but not in a single case
have any of the companies paid any
dividends, and, as stated above, practi
cally all of them have been complete
failures."
200 Feet Through Bewer.
Wriggling through an eighteen Inch
sewor for 200 feet, E. E. Adamson, a
plumber, of Washington, found a dia
mond ring valued at SI2OO.
The ring had been lost by Miss Har
riet Shadd. The loss had worried her
to such an extent that physicians who
operated on her for appendicitis sev
eral days ago doubted whether she
would recover.
The doctors now think the news of
the recovery of the ring will aid
greatly in restoring its owner back to
health.
Big Fire at Harrisburg,
Fire that for a time threatned to
sweep the business center of Harris
burg, Pa., destroyed three business
buildings on Market square before it
was gotten under control.
The buildings burned were occupied
by the David W. Cotterell Stationery
company, the Harrisburg Hardware
company and the Hoimea Seed com
pany.
The three structure.-, were complete
ly gutted and the I -son buildings
and contents will < :c< od $150,000.
Dr. Crippen'b Pather Dead.
Myron H. Crl'non, age.l eighty-three
years, father o: Dr. Haw ley H. Crip
pen, under senVnce of death in Lon
don for the murd. r of his wife, died in
Los Angeles, C~'iMcndless and pen
niless.
His death, due to the infirmities ol
age, was hastened by grief over hie
son's crime.
Five Children Die at Sea.
Five children died on the steamer
Carpathia on the voyage from Trieste
to New York.
When the ship got into port she was
held at quarantine for the transfer
from the steerage of fifty-three chil
dren, all 111 with minor contagious dis
eases.
Divorced From Brutal Wife.
Because his wife pulled his hair and
barred him from the house, the court
at Norrlstown, Pa., granted a divorce
to George W. Maglll.
Pastor Commits Suicide.
Rev. J. O. Klndstrom, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church at Alta, la,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. He is believed to
have been insane.
UNEARTH PLOT TO
KILLMEXICANS
Diaz Was to Be Spared in
Wholesale Assassination.
ALL OFFICIALS MARKED
Revolt Spreads Over the Whole Re
public and Oiaz Government Is Fact
to Face With Serious Revolution.
Documents found in the house ot
a revolutionary at Mexico City, Mex.
are said to have revealed a conspiracj
for the wholesale assassination 01
prominent government officers, Includ
lng Foreign Minister Creel, Vice Pres
Ident Corral and other prominent Mex
leans, among them Editor Spindola
owner of EI Imparelal
Miguel S. Macedo, sub-secretary or
the government, was also listed l'oi
death. President Diaz was to be tak
en, but his life spared because of hi*
past services to the country.
The bodies of those killed weie to
be suspended from electric light wire*
In the streets. The building of El Im
partial was to have been destroyed
with dynamite.
The papers exposing the conspiracy
were discovered during a raid by the
police on Sunday. Three employes of
El Imparcial had been furnished with
the explosive and were instructed to
use it at the first report of the upris
ing, which was planned for last Sun
day.
The seizure of the plans on the day
upon which they were to be executed
is thought to have had a great effect
in heading off the rebellion.
The government of President Diaz
Is now face to face with a serious rev
olutionary movement. Francisco Ma
dero, reputed leader of the rebels, is
believed to be near his home in Coa
huila. •
Three bodies of revolutionists at
tacked the military barracks at Ori
zaba and liberated and armed the pris
oners from the adjoining prison.
Tho attack was well planned and ex
ecuted. The revolutionists, who num
bered 800, divided their forces.
A group of 100 stationed on the
summit of a nearby hill threw dyna
mite bombs into the barracks. When
the soldiers fled from their quarters
and charged their assailants the other
party of 200 revolutionists attacked
the prison. Beating down the guards
and forcing an entrance they liberated
all of the prisoners and then armed
them.
The Fifteenth Mexican Infantry then
charged the revolutionists and drove
them back into the woods after a hot
light. The number of casualties can
not be learned.
REBELS HOLD SEVEN TOWNS
Whole Republic Is In Revolt and Hun
dreds Have Been K ill led.
Throughout the entire province of
Chihuahua, Mex., and extending into
Durango, to the south, actual warfare
has begun with varying success to the
rebel forces and defenders of the gov
ernment.
At Puebla the government forces
captured forty revolutionists and they
were immediately put to death.
On the other hand it is reported that
San Antonio, San Andres, Torreon
Ranch, Mlnaca, Enclnillas, Guerrero
and the surrounding country in tho
state of Chihuahua, were taken by the
revolutionists, who confiscated all the
stores, military equipment and sur
rounded all catfle and horses. Chihua
hua Is under martial law.
Practically all of the surrounding
country is in the hands of the rebels,
according to good authority, and an
attack on Chihuahua is expected. The
whole republic is affected.
There are reports of general fight
ing at Orizaba, Rio Blanc, Anogales
and Santa Rosa, a group of manufact
uring towns in Vera Cruz, whither
troops have been sent. Some of the
mills, it is said, have been fired. These
are cotton manufacturing towns and
there are 10,000 employes in Orizaba
alone, all said to be against the gov
ernment.
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY 63
House Figures Give Republicans 163,
Democrats 227, Socialists 1.
The Democratic representation in
the next house of representatives at
Washington will be 227, as against 168
Republicans and 1 Socialist, according
to the roster of the house. These fig
ures give the Democrats a majority of
63 and a plurality of C 4.
Taft to Be Dinner Guest.
President Taft has accepted an invi
tation to be the guest of honor at the
annual dinner of the Pennsylvania So
ciety at the Hotel Astor, in New York,
on Jan. 21.
| RALPH JOHNSTONE.
j Holder of Altitude Record for ■
Areoplanes Killed.
Photo by American Press Association.
Johnstone Killed In Flight.
Ralph Johnstoue was killed by a
drop of 800 feet in his runaway biplane
at Overland Park at Denver, Col. He
tried to remove his helmet after he
struck the earth, gave a few short
gasps and expired. Nearly every bone
in his body was broken.
From the time lie lost control of the
machine until it struck the earth it
turned three complete somersaults,
and it is a question whether something
broke or whether the machine was
broken by the strain of these evolu
tions before it struck the ground.
When the crowd saw the machine
whirling downward there was a scat
tering, and the space on which it fell
was clear of people until tne t rash.
Then there was a rush to the spot
where Johnstone's crushed and bloody
body lay. Police were the first at his
side and lifted the motor which bore
him down. Then the crowd was driven
back and a canvas stretcher secured
to remove the body. Forced backward
by the officers, the crowd next rushed
to where the lighter parts of the ma
chine lay in a tangled heap thirty
feet away, and before the police could
prevent it the framework "and every
thing had been broken or torn to bits
and caiTled away by souvenir fiends.
Congress to Probe Delaware Ballot.
Senator Dupont may not be returned
from Delaware as senator without the
washing of much dirty linen.
The Democratic house in the Sixty
second congross is to inquire into the
ways of Delaware politicians and poll
tics.
It is charged there were grave
frauds in the election to congress of
Representative Heald, and as he repre
sents the state at large, a contest be
fore one of the election committees
cf the house will bring under public
scrutiny the conduct of the elections
in the entire state, not of course as to
officials other than members of the
house, but at the same time it is ex
pected to illuminate the general sub
ject of election methods In Delaware
pretty thoroughly.
Inasmuch as the Anti-Bribery league
had detectives watching at the polls
on Nov. 8, it is supposed that It will
have some evidence of interest to con
tribute If there is an Investigation.
It is charged that the buying of
votes In Delaware is so nearly open
and so flagrant that there Is little con
cealment about it, and that enormous
sums are used. The advantage of In
quiry into the facts by a committee
of congress is that it will have due
authority to get at the facts. It iF
pointed out that if an exposure of the
truth does no other good, it may at
least througfc publicity serve to help
conditions.
Tolstoi Is Dead; Wife 111.
With her husband lying dead in thi
bare room of a railroad flag station
at Astopova, Russia, the condition
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$50,000 W C. FRONTZ President.
Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier
Net Profits, i
75000 - DIRECTORS:
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Banking Business. W - C.Frontz, Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per,
Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Fronfcz,
Accounts oflndivid- ; j A s 1{all) Johu Bu li.
uals and Firms
solicited.
Safe Deposits Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year.
3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
■»"' ZR YEAR
of Countess Tolstoi rapidly grew
worse, and physicians who have been
attending her and the aged count be
came seriously alarmed for her lite.
After a desperate entreaty of the
physicians for the privilege of sedng
her husband alive once more, the
countess was allowed to be present at
the death of the author and social re
former, which occurred on Saturday.
She collapsed immediately after Tol
stoi's last spark of life flickered out.
It is understood that the body will
be taken back to the village of Yas
naya Polyana, where he was born and
where he spent his youth. It Is be
lieved that his known wishes In regard
to his funeral will be obeyed.
Whatever the form, however, which
consigns the great seeker for truth to
his last resting place, the ceremonies
will undoubtedly lie witnessed by a
gathering of the greatest men of Rus
sia. Though he died without making
bis peace with the church, from which
he had been excommunicated, the
great Russian writer is sura to be
honored in death, even as in life, by
superior intellects.
Count Tolstoi died without regaining
sufficient consciousness to enable him
to say farewell or cast a lovin* 'oo»
upon his wife and children.
His last words were: "There are
millions of people and many sufferers
In the world. Why always anxious
about me?"
Admits He Killed Woman.
Frank Mitchell, a foreigner em
ployed by Peter Faulds, a farmer
near Auburn, Schyulkill county, was
arrested in Reading, Pa., and con
fessed to Magistrate Mast that he
had killed Mrs. Mary A. Richards, had
beaten her daughter, Mrs. Faulds. and
had robbed his employer of money
during the latter's absence in Potts
vllle.
Faulds, returning home, found his
house locked. Summoning a farm
hand, they broke into the cellar and
found the dead body of Mrs. Faulds'
mother, Mrs. Richards, lying on the
cellar floor, shot through the heart.
On the kitchen floor was the badly
battered form of Mrs. Faulds, uncon
scious. Upstairs they found the draw
ers all ransacked and a roll of bills
containing S3B missing.
Mrs. Faulds remained unconscious
all night, and Is so dazed that she is
unable to give any information of the
killing. It was presumed that she de
tected Mitchell in the act of rifling
the drawers and was set upon and
beaten and then tied to the bed. Mitch
ell, going down stairs, shot Mrs. Rich
ards when he was accosted by her.
Mrs. Faulds succeeded in freeing her
self and made her way to the kitchen,
where she dropped over unconscious.
Her condition is critical.
He declares that he encountered
Mrs. Faulds in her home and bound
her hands and feet. Mrs. Richards, he
says, then appeared on the scene and
he promptly shot her with a shotgun.
Covering her body with a blanket, he
maltreated Mrs. Faulds, robbed the
house and made his way to Reading.
Ele was taken back to Pottsville.
Engine Pilot Bore Corpse.
When the Philadelphia express east
bound on the Pennsylvania railroad
steamed into the station in l.ancaster,
Pa., it carried on the pilot the body of
a dead man, a wagon wheel and the
sent of the wagon, all unknown to the
crew of the engine.
l.ater it was discovered that the
victim was Michael Tort, aged seventy
years, a junk dealer of Lancaster, and
that he had been struck at a grade
crossing a mile west of of the station.
His skull was fractured, leg and arm
broken and chest crushed In.
Quarter Meter Kills Girl.
A quarter gas meter was the causa
of the death of Miss Maria Curran,
aged nineteen years, of Scranton, Pa.
I.ate Thursday night the gas in the
Curran home failed because nobody
had a quarter to putin the meater,
and the Jet in the young woman's
room remained open. A few hours
later her brother returned home and,
placing a quarter in the meter, turned
on the gas. The room occupied by the
girl was flooded..