I.
THE NEWS.
Domestic
Detectives employed by J. Shaw, a
railway magnate, of Boston, raided
the home of Mrs. Shaw, at Santa
Barbara, Cnl . and seized the 10-year-old
son of the counlo.
By means of a decoy letter Wing
Kee. a Chinaman was arrested In
WatRonvlIle, Cal., charged with a
plot to abduct a nephew cf Lieuten
ant Governor I'orter.
Beach Hargl9, sentenced for life
for the munli r of his father. Judge
James Harris, was refused a new'
trial ,
Justice VrAvoy appointed a re
;eiver fc.r Kve'.yn Ncsbtt Thaw.
The Klks ilan a homo In New;
York to erst $1,000,000.
Andrew Freedman, Hlchnrd Cro
ser's bu-'ir.efs agent In America, re
:lred from tho control of the $7.'0,-,
000 Ca:-ual y Company of America.'
In a feud tattle between members
3f the W.iie and Brewer families at
Asher, Okla., Smiley Ware was k 111
d and Harry Brewer falaily wound
ed. Samuel C. Cortls. for 33 yenrs
trtive in the management of the
White Star Llr.e, was the guest of
nonor at a complimentary dinner.
The Jewelry store of John S.
Tnwnxend, Jus- south of the loop
district, Chicago, has been robbed of
articles valued at $4,000.
Porter Smith, of Chicago, a Dart
mouth College alumnus, shut and
fatally wounded Miss licit n Aver
Marden, of Somervllle.
The will of Peter Fenelon Col-.
Her, who died suddenly las" week,
oas field for probate at New York.
A. Henry Savage I.andor, the
English explorer, sailed on the Hed
Star steamship Finland for Italy.
The first shipment of cotton com
ing to New Orealns from Nicaragua
has reached that port.
Lieutenant McEUIgot was killed In
fire which destroyed Elevntor B at
Chicago.
A monument to Sam Davis, a Con
fedem'e scout, was unveiled at
Na?nvlile.
More than a score of New York
commercial organizations here, head
ed by the National Association of
Manufacturers. Iiavo taken up ac
tively the campaign for the estab
lishment at once by the national gov
ernment a permanent tariff commis
sion. Mrs. Catherine P. Dodge, widow
of Captain Dodge, U. S. A., has been
released from an Insane asylum and
her money restored to her.
The Carnegie Trust Company of
New York has absorbed the Jan
Norden, the Nineteenth Ward Bank
and the Twelfth Wnrd Bank.
A citizen of Chicago, said to he
J. Ogden Armour, has given a mil
lion dollars toward grand opera In
the Western city.
Charles M. Daniels, the champion
swimmer. Is to marry Mrs. G. O.
Wagner, who luherl'ed a fortune.
Beach Hargis, who killed his fath
er. Judge ,Iamc3 Hargis, was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life.
Two chorus girls who appeared
In the same company claim to be
the wife of Forest O. Emmons.
Governor Wlllson. who pardoned
former Governor Taylor, was hanged
In effigy at Ghent, Ky.
The 'Woman's Suffrage Bill, which
passed the Wisconsin Senate, was
killed In the Assembly.
A 31-story hotel, to cost $2,000,
000, will be erected In New, York.
A whale from the Arctic, regions
was captured at Atlantic City.
F oreicn
Six thousand French postal em
ployes in Paris approved the refusal
of the postal telegraph employes to
submit to the Interrogations of the
Minister of Public Works and agree
ing to renew the strike If measures
were taken against the recalcitrants.
A satchel containing jewels valued
at $16,000, belonging to Princess
Von Buelow, of Germany, was stolen
from a train in France. Three men
were arretted at Geneva with some
of the Jewels in their possession.
There is great rejoicing through
out Holland over the birth of an
heir to the throne, which assures
the succession of a member of the
House of Oranare. The Queen and
her little daughter are doing well.
The advr.nce guard of the Russian
expedition to Persia entered Tabriz.
In a fight between the Nationalists
and the Shahs forces, near Karbin,
31 of the latter were killed.
The new Sultan of Turkey, clad
In khaki uniform, drove through the
streets of Constantinople to the
mosque and was seen by many of his
subjects for the first time.
The appointment has been gazet
ted of Commander Dmitri Vassilieff
aa Russian naval attache at Wash
ington to replace Commander Ne
bolslne. The five American women mission
aries at Adana. Turkey, are safe.
Quiet now prevails throughout the
district of the recent massacre.
The entire Armenian population
of Adana is homeless and many
young girls have been carried off J
by the Moslems for slaves. i
Nadu Pasha, second punch of tho
palace under Abdul Hamid's reign,
was hanged for InstlgaMng mutiny
f the troops.
Japan Is preparing to enforce her
hold on Manchuria by a strongor !
policy toward China.
Great Britain's financial budget
presented to Parliament shows a de
ficit of $80,000,000.
The Austrian government contem
plates the construction of neves
dreadnoughts.
Recent disorders in Turkey have
caused stir among the Moslems of
India.
A division has occurred In the
rank of the English women suf
fragists. Miss Muriel White, daughter of
tho United States Ambassador to
France, was married n Paris bv civil
ceremony to Count Herman Bcherr
Thosa, of the Royal Prusslun Cuiras
siers. Several toy manufactories at Mon-treuil-Sous-Dols,
near Parlt, were de
stroyed by fire. The loss was placed
st $400,000.
At Monte Carlo a man was arrest
ed who declared he came there to
kill President Fallleres of France.
Dr. Louis Klopsch, editor of th
Christian Herald, was roeeived In
private audle'.ce by King Victor Em
manuel of Italy.
Lady Leigh, wife of Francis Dud
ley Leigh, third Baron Leigh, died al
Stoneletgb Abbey, London.
THEY FAVOR THE
LOCK TYPE OF CANAL
Congressional Party - at Panama
Indorse Plan.
RUMORS HAVE NO FOUNDATION.
They Also Return Assured Of The
Stability Of The Gutun Dhih A
California . CoiigrcKsmun Who
Wan Is Appropriation For Building
Of Ten Great Steamships To Sail
On The Pitntium Line,
New York (Special). Further In
dorsement of the lock type of canal
nnd assurances of the stability of
the Gatun Dam were voiced here by
members of the congressional party
which returned on the steamer Pan
ama after an unofficial inspection of
the Canal Zone.
Hcpre-cntatlve Michael Conry, of
Now York was emphatic In his ap
preciation of the educational value
of the trip Just concluded. "Many
of us," said he, "left New York with
the idea that the sea level system
of canal construction should have
been adopted. But after personally
Inspecting the great work and fa
miliarizing ourselves with the con
ditions on the isthmus all of us, I
feel safe to say, return convinced
that the lock system is the better
of the two."
Representative William Darius
Jameson, of Iowa, added his in
dorsement to that of .Mr. Conry and
said that the alarming reports cir
culated concerning the stability of
the Gatun Dam had absolutely no
foundation.
"We gave particular attention to
this sec ion of the canal work," said
he, "and I for one am satisfied that
the dam Is safe for all time."
Representative James McLachlan.
of California, declared that the trip
left him all the more convinced of
the necessity for the pa-wage of his
bill providing for a government ap
propria'ion of ten 5,000-ton steam
ships to ply between Pugct Sound
and Panama.
"The ships that now ply between
New York and Colon," said he,
"leave here with large cargoes for
the Isthmus nnd come back light.
With vessels In commission on the
Pacific side there would be handed
over large cargoes from the Pacific
Coast for delivery to the port of
New York.
BABV OCT IX BLIZZARD.
Foundling In Ilalf-Biislicl Bosket
Covered With Snow.
Erie, Pa. (Special). Lying in a
half bushel basket, well protected
with bankets but completely covered
w Ith snow, a girl baby three weeks
old was found during a blizzard here
on the doorsteps of John T. Leary,
1S1" Cascade Street. The child's
clothing Indicated Its parents were
wealthy. Late in the afternoon it
was learned that two women, claim
ing to bo from Cambridge Springs,
Pa., had taken a child to the Crit
tenton Home, but admission was de
nied the little one because the moth
er did not nccompany it. Tho police
are searching for the two women,
who were fashionably attired.
THItOl'GH FIRE TO SAFETY,
Narrow Escape Of Audience At Mov
ing Picture Show.
Peoria, III. (Special). Three hun
dred people walked under an anh
of flame In an exit from the Cres
cent Nickelodeon following an ex
plosion In the lamp room, which re
sulted In setting fire to the front
entrance of tho building. Two wom
en fainted after reaching the street,
and the moving picture operator was
severely burned. Cool heads averted
what threatened to be a serious pan
ic. Tho blaze was extinguished with
a small loss.
SHOOIS GUT
' SMITH COLLEGE
, " - . i i ii ,
Her Fiance,' After' Killing Her, Blows
Out His Brains.
Northampton, Mass. (Special).
For the first time in the history of
Smith College, whose alumnae num
ber thousands, and whose undergrad
uates have counted more than a
thousand a year for a decade past,
murder and suicide horrified the col
lege community when Helen Ayer
Marden, of Somervllle, Mass., a sen
ior, was shot to death by her dis
carded fiance, Porter McDougal
Smith, of Chicago, graduated from
Dartmouth in the class of 1908, and
for many months a traveling -salesman.
Smith engaged the girl in con
versation after he had met her near
one of the entrances to the college
campus, returned with her to the
college grounds and walked a short
distance to the broad pavement In
front of the students' building.
He and the girl stood for a few
seconds and then there came the
muffled report of a pistol, for the
shot was fired at very close range.
The young woman ewayed with a
wound In the right temple and was
falling to the ground when another
shot was fired and the ball missed
her. She fell on her face on the
pavement, and as she lay there
Smith stood over her and drove a
bullet Into her back. Men ran to
dl?arm him, but as they approached
he pressed the smoking muzzle of
tne new .:2-raliber pistol with which
he had fatally wounded the girl to
his left temple and blew out his
brains. He fell to the ground dead,
his hody lying within four feet of
that of his victim, who had lost con
sciousness. Dies In Two Hours.
Miss Marden lived until 11.30
o'clock, when she died In the room
In the students' building, Into which
she was carried after the shooting.
Those who loved Helen Marden
most say that Smith was out of his
head and that he would not have
committed the deed had he been
himself. Her sister, Louise Marden,
a member of the Smith Junior class,
says that she does not blame him
for what he did, for he could not
have known what it was he was do
ing. Smith's own sister would make
no statement.
AN EPIDEMIC OF CYCLONES
geS: Wiped Out in the South The
Lake Region Is Also Storm-Swept.
The Middle West And The South Arc
Devastated Uy A Fierce Storm
That Swept Down From The
North, Breaking l'p Into Many
Small Hut Violent Cyclones On Its
Way To The Gulf The State Of
Tennessee Is An Kspeiinlly Heavy
Sufferer Death List Grows As
Delated Reports Arrive Storm
Still HnKH'K And Heading Southeast,
TIIK DEATH LIST.
Tennessee 60
Missouri 25
Alabama 15
Arkansas 15
Georgia in
Mississippi g I
i
This list is only partial and
"''ra n-iuris announce iurtner
loss of life.
In Michigan. Wisconsin. Illi
nois, Ohio and Pennsylvania
there were at least 25 additional
victims.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Janii H. Hy;, Condemned.
Paris (Special). James Hazen
Hyde, of New York, former vice
president of the Equitable Life As
surance Society, and his chauffeur,
Ladwice, were condemned by default,
Mr. Hyde to one month's Imprison
ment and a fine of $30. They were
charged with running Into a public
taxlcab last October and injuring a
passenger. The complainants charg
ed that after the accident Ladwice
slipped away. I'nder a law passed
last July flight after an accident is
a special offense. At present Mr.
Hyde jg on an automobile trip in
the Riviera.
Edward Kverett Hale 111.
Boston (Special). Rev. Dr. Ed
ward Everett Halo, chaplain of tbf
United States Senate, was attacked
bv illness while on his wnv front
Washington to this city. Mem ben
of blu household said that he wai
resting comfortably and that bis f.on
dltion was not serious.
Roosevelt A Grandpa.
Beverly, Mass. ( Special ) .It is
whispered here that the stork will
visit the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Nicho
las J. Longworth during the forth
coming summer and leave a grand
i hild for former President Roosevelt.
The. Lorgworths have leased a cot
tage here In anticipation of tho
event. The cottage, which Is only a
short distance from Woodbury Point,
where president Taft's family is ex
pected to arrivo about June 6, will
be put in order at once.
Beat His Daughter On The Street.
Chicago (Special). Anthony Fish
er was arrested In front of his home
while beating his 7-year-old daugh
ter with a heavy strap. The child
was screaming, and 200 persons were
on the point of attacking Fisher
when the police arrived. Fisher waa
put In a cell.
Foot pud Stabs Woman.
New York (Special). Mrs. Gerth
an Holman, wife of Henry G. Hol
nian, a civil engineer of Minneapolis,
was attacked on the street by a foot
pad and wounded In the arm. Mrs.
Holman was on her way to visit a
drug store when the footpad, an
Italian, sprang upon her and, with
out a word, aimed a furious blow at
ber with a knife. She instinctively
raised ber arm and the knit pene
trated It to the bone.
Four Men Drowned.
Coshocton. O. (Special). Swollen
by heavy ralni of the last few days,
the Tuscarawas River claimed four
victims when a motor boat capsixed
and threw Its six occupants into the
river. Two, almost dead of exhaus
tion, were rescued as they were sink
ing in the swirling waters for the
third time. The dead are Frank
Randlos, George Callentlne, Welby
Cutlison and John Child. The six
men comprised a pleaiure party
which set out in a motor boat for
a trip on the river, ,
President Taft attended the cele
bration In Alexandria, Va., of the
one hundred and twentieth anniver
sary of George Washington's first in
auguration and the dedication of a
park to his memory.
Next Wednesday the cavalcade of
army officers headed by Col. Robert
K. Evans, acting president of the
Army War College, will start on
their march over Virginia battle
fields. Acting Secretary Oliver has ap
proved a recommendation by the
Board of Engineers for a survey of
the Delaware River, with a view to
obtaining a channel 35 feet deep.
The Senate Finance Committee re
ported Its substitute for the maxi
mum and minimum provision of the
Payne Tariff Bill, practically revers
ing the latter.
President Taft heard a further
protest from the shoe and leather
trade against the proposed restora
tion by the Senate of a duty on hides.
Conditions In the Interior of Mo
rocco are bad, according to advices
which reached the State Department
from the legation at Tangier.
The Senate adjourned until Mon
day to afford the Finance Committee
an opportunity to complete its work
on the Tariff Bill.
The Senate Committee on Finance
heard protests from a large delega
tion of tobacco men and clgarmakers.
Representative Hollingsworth, of
Ohio, prepared a resolution that
questions the propriety of the silver
service the State of Mississippi pro
poses to give to the battleship Mis
sissippi. Dr. Wiley submitted to the Solici
tor of the Department of Justice
some analyses to show how rectl-
1 flers are palming off adulterations
j for straight whisky.
I John A. Benson, who was tried
: for the alleged bribery of officials of
I the government land office, was ac
I quitted.
j The Attorney General has given
I Instructions to push the prosecution
oi uovernor Haskell, or Oklahoma.
Secretary Meyer says that the bat
tleship flu's long trip was not so
expensive af'.cr all
The gro;s postal receipts for
March Indicate an Improvement In
business.
Appeal was received by the Red
Cross Society from Blerut. request
ing that funds be sent by cable, and
asking for authority to act as agents
of the society for relief work in
Asia Minor.
Representative Klnkalt. of Now
Jersey, has introduced a bill to per
mit subordinate posts of the Ameri
can Veterans of Foreign Service to
use the Krag-Jorgensen rlfleg.
Senator Payne, of Kentucky, offer
ed an amendment to the tariff bill
reducing the duty on typesetting ma
chines from 4 5 to 10 per cent, ad
valorem.
Contracts have been awarded by
the Isthmian Canal Commission ap
proximating in value $1,000,000 for
supplies to be dollvered during 1910.
The gunboat Vicksburg has been
ordered placed In commission at the
Mare Island Navy Yard and directed
to proceed to the Atlanttc Coast.
The body of Major Pierre Charles
L'Enfant, who designed the National
Capitol, was removed to the Arling
ton Cemetery,
Pedro Rojas, the new Venezuelan
minister to the United States, made
an informal call of Secretary Knox.
Senator Scott made a strong
speech declaring that his State need
ed tariff protection to develop its re
sources. The protected cruiser New York,
which has been undergoing extensive
repairs at the Boston Navy Yard,
will be placod In commission there
on May 15.
The Belgian government Is about
to Issue a decree removing restric
tions against the Importation of cat
tle from tha (Jolted States.
Ellwood C. Hugh, lawyer, of
Seattle, bas been tendered by Presi
dent Taft an appointment to the
newly-created federal judgeship In
Washington State.
Former Representative Joseph W.
Babuock, of Wisconsin, died at bis
bourn In Washington,
Atlanta. Ga. (Sneciali. A n enl-
demlc of cyclones and tornadoes, the
like of which have not been known
for years, swept ahrough the South,
leaving in their wakes hundreds of
dead and mangled bodies and the
dismantled wrecks of property worth
many millions.
An exact list of the dead and an
accurate estimate of the monetary
loss may not be compiled for days,
but from all along the path of the
storm come tales of fearful loss of
life and descriptions of whole towns
and villages completely wiped out.
The storm wave seems to have had
its origin In the North and swept
from the lake region South in irreg
ular fashion.
The State of Tennessee was an
especially heavy sufferer. At 10
o'clock P. M., careful estimates In
dicate that at least 50 people were
killed in the Volunteer State alone,
while the loss In dollars and cents
will not fall short of a million.
At Franklin and In HUlsboro there
was los of life. The latter town Is
said to be practically destroyed,
while at Centerville and adjoining
villages the damage Is reported very
heavy, both In lives and property.
Near Pulaski, In Giles County, the
death list reached 12 and many were
injured.
In the vicinity of Chnttanooga the
storm was felt, at its worBt. As in
other parts of the State the tele
phone and telegraph wires were
blown down and the movement of
trains are greatly hnmpered. The
hurricane followed the Cumberland
Valley, wrecking small towns and de
troylng farmhouses.
At Ebenezer, 18 houses were
blown down. At Knoxvllle the
greatest damage was from interfer
ence with commerce.
At Charlestown the storm swerved
up the Hlawassee River from the
Tennessee Valley, destroying much
property. At Fayettevllle three are
known to have perished.
At Cuba many houses were blown
down and at Gilestown not even a
shed was left standing. No fatalities
were reported from either place, but
Information Is very meager.
Memphis reports heavy loss from
towns within a radius of 100 milej
in three States.
NEW SULTAN ENJOYING HIS POST
Subjects Accept First Chance to Get Good
Look At Him.
Constantinople (Special). Meh
med V., tho new Sultan of Turkey,
clad In a 3;haki uniform, and accom
panied by a suite of half a dozen
officials of his household, drove
through Constantinople to and from
the Mosque of St. Sophia, where the
new sovereign prayed for nearly an
hour. The simplicity of this selam
11k was In strong contrast to the
pomp with which Abdul Hamid was
wont to go and say his prayers, and
is taken as an evidence of the dem
ocratic tendencies of the new ruler.
Get Good Look At Him.
This was the first time the sub
jects of Mehmed V. have had a good
chance to look at him. They saw
a Btout old gentleman who seemed
to be enjoying the occasion as much
as anyone In the immense holiday
crowd. His Majesty entered St.
Sophia through the Sultan's door.
This entrance had not been opened
In 26 years, the last occasion being
when Abdul Hamid took Rudolph
(the Crown Prince of Austria ) to
the mosque.
The moment the Sultan stepped
out of his carriage onto the red car
pet leading Into the building a priest
in a black robe cut the throats of
two rams, and the sacrificial blood
flowed almost to the feet of the new
ruler.
Prays For An Hour.
Mehmed V. prayed within the
mosque for nearly an hour, while the
Sheik-ul-Islam and a large number
oT priests chanted the services.
Only a few other worshipers were
admitted to the mosque and the Sul
tan was almost alone In the vast
Interior. He was attended personal
ly by Field Marshal Ghazi Mouch-tar.
Order Is Restored At Hadjln And
Adana.
Boston (Special). A cable mes
sage announcing that order had been
restored at Hadjln and Adana, in
Asia Minor, was received from Rev.
W. W. Peet, treasurer of the Amer
ican Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions at Constantinople,
at the American Board's headquar
ters in this city.
According to the dispatch, all the
missionaries and the mission prop
erty are safe.
22 Armenian Pastors Shot.
Marash, Asiatic Turkey (Special).
-The situation here has Improved
and the missionaries and the city
are at ease. Many of the surround
ing villages, however, are In ruins.
During tho early days of the out
break 22 Armenian pastors who were
making their way to Adana to at
tend a meeting of tho district mis
sionaries were killed by the Moslems.
They had taken refuge in a church
during a storm. The tribesmen set
the building on fire and the pastor
were shot down as they came out of
the door. Among them was Heg
henian, who received his education
at Edinburgh and whose recent im
prisonment at Constantinople caused
the British Government to protest
to Turkey.
BLACK HAND FIRES TENEMENT
oo
Twenty Families In Dwelling in New York
to Which Torch Is Applied.
New York (Special). Eight pei
sons, five of them children, were
burned to death and 14 others wciu
Injured, tome of them fatally, In an
Incendiary fire In p. five-story tene
ment house at 87 Spring Street, oc
cupied by 20 Italian families. Tho
blaze followed a demand by mem
b?rs of a so-called Black Hand So
ciety for the payment of $ 1,000
blackmail. It spread through the
bu Ming with startling rapidity, us
the hallways were soaked with kero
sense oil by the blackmailers.
Throw Babes Out Windows.
In a panic which followed the
alaram the tenants fought their way
down the fire escapes or jumped from
the windows, while babies were
thrown from window Into the arms
of policemen on the sidewalks.
Of the Injured, six of whom are
not expected to recover, three are
children.
Jacob Brurk, the proprietor of a
grocery store on the main floor of
the building, received on April 18
a letter reading:
"We demand (1,000 or death.
Bring It In Mott Street. Petrosino
is dead, but the Black Hand lives.
"Black Hand Society."
On Monday Bruck received anoth
er letter written In a similar strain.
He turned botu letters over to the
police.
Saturated With Kerosene.
The alarm was spread by the fir
ing of a volley of revolver shots from
the windows of the burning building.
Policemen who responded burst In
the main door and found the hall
saturated with kerosene and blazing
fiercely. Two half-emntlert ran a nf
I kerosene were on the stirs.
The frightened tenants fled to the
roof or thronged the fire escapes in
the rear, which were clogged- with
obstructions. Men and women were
fighting for a way down the escapes
when the police went up, aided them,
and entering the rooms brought out
several unconscious persons.
In the scramble ieveral tenants
were Injured by falling from the
escapes, and the police had to club
the men to save the women and chil
dren. The loss was about $10,000.-
ANOTHER PLOT
TO KIDNAP BOY
Theologian Killed.
Chicago (Special). Rev. Hugh
McDonald Scott, professor of ecclesi
astical history at tho Chicago Theo
logical Seminary, was killed here.
He was crushed between two sur
face cars at State and Van Buren
Streets. The minister was confused
by tbe storm and did not see the
tran into which he stepped. He died
at St Luke's Ilospitall a short time
after tbe accident.
Trlplit Lynching.
Fort Worth. Texas (Special). A
mob lynched three negroes at Mar
shall, Texas. The negroes killed a
deputy sheriff. The militia which had
been guarding the lalt for three days
was relieved at midnight. The mob
formed Immediately afterward, tak
ing the authorities by surprise.
Din Critic Deported.
Mexico City (Special). Antonio
Duch, a Spaniard, was deported from
Vera Crui to Spain because be bad
criticised President Dial In a pub
lished article In a newspaper called
Tlerra at Merlda. state of Yucatan,
2,000,000 Dot.,
Aiken, S. C. (Special) It was
said that before Count Colloredo
Mannsreld. Miss Nora Iselln's fiance,
left for Washington, papers were
signed guaranteeing him the trans
fer of $2,000,000 to his name before
the marriage takes place In May.
The Isellns will leave Aiken on Sat
urday for New Hochelle. Count
Mannsfeld will soon proceed from
Washington to New Rochelle. where
the wedding Is to be held.
1.1 Governors At Grave, '
Brattleboro, Vt. (Special). Tblr
teen living former Governors of Ver
mont are exepected to follow to the
grave the remains of Frederick Hol
brook, war governor of Vermont,
who Is dead at bis home here, aged
96. Death was due to senile exhaus
tion. Mr. Holbrook retained his fac
ulties up to the last moment.
United States Internal revenue re
ceipts are a fair Index of business.
In March ths total receipts were
$19,927,304, being a gain of $649.
386 over the tame month. 1908.
$10,009 Demanded of Willie Whitla's
Father.? ,
Boston Pnllre Capture Men In Post-
office While Waiting For Itcply
From James Whitla
Boston (Special). Charged with
attempting to extort $10,000 from
James Whitla, of Sharon, Pa., under
the threat they would again kidnap
his son Willie Whitla, two men were
brought to police headquarters for
an examination. The men, who were
arrested at the South End Postof
fice, gave their names as John W.
Wright and Ernest H. Martin.
The police claim that on April 23
Wright and Martin wrote to Mr.
Whitla demanding that he send them
$10,000 under penalty of having
winie kindnapped. The letter sta
ted that the writers had no regard
for the life of the child, and that
he would only be a means, to ac
complish their end of getting from
Mr. Whitla' the Bum named.
From the general tone of the let
ter, the police believed that a close
watch at the South End Postofflce
might be profitable. Two officers,
who were awaiting developments
there saw Wright and Martin enter
and arrested them. The police said
that a search of Martin's pockets
resulted in finding a red Ink pad,
similar to the ink used in the let
ter to Mr. Whitla.
The letter was printed In red Ink.
apparently with rubber type, on
white paper and was mailed from
the Dorchester central postofflce. It
was as follows, shorn of Its mis
spelling of nearly every word:
"Dear Sir: Our society not hav
ing received the money for return
of boy, voted to fend the four men
that had charge of all arrangements
of getting boy and take him again
in the night.
"This may mean death to the boy,
so ft was voted to give you a chance
to pay the money. The Black Hand,
on receiving Battle, will not trouble
you. Not interested in the Boyles,
Just tools of our men. Send $1,000
in $50 bills and $9,000 in $1,000
bills. Send It in three lots. Have
it here Monday morning. No trick
ery, or It will go hard with the boy
when taken. Will send man of steel
for letters. Send Arthur Howard
Brown, Post Station A, Boston,
Mass."
After the arrest of the two men,
Martin told the police that he had
met a man who told him he would
give him 50 cents if he would call
at the South End postofflce (Station
A) and ask for a letter for Arthur
Howard Brown.
Sharon, Pa. (Special). James P.
Whitla and the local police confirm
the story from Boston as to the re
ceipt of a letter by Mr. Whitla on
April 23, demanding $10,000 and
containing the threat that if it was
not paid Billy Whitla would be kid
napped again. Mr. Whitla declined
to state the contents of the letter
beyond admitting this much. He
said he showed the letter to the
Sharon police immediately after its
receipt and then sent it to the Bos
ton police with the request that they
watch the postofflce general delivery.
Mr. Whitla said he had no Idea
whether It was an attempt of ama
teurs to extort money from him or
whether there was another plot back
of It to abduct the boy again.
SCIIOOLGIHL SWALLOWS KEY.
X-Ray And Silver Tube Bring Her
Around Allrtglit,
Mineola, L. I. (Special). Joseph
ine Smith, a 14-year-old schoolgirl,
Is doing well at the Nassau Hospital
'here after having a key removed
from her throat and a sliver 'tube in
serted in the wound.
She was packing up her books to
leave school, when the key to her
pencil box, which she had been hold
ing in her mouth, slipped down her
throat. The x-ray was turned upon
her throat and the key located.
The ' silver tube -inserted in the
wound was removed and tho girl Is
getting well.
Children Dead; Shoots Himself.
Latrobe, Pa. (Special). A. M.
Kendall, 38 years old, whose five
children were burned to death when
their home at Dunbar, Pa., was de
stroyed three months ago, shot him
self through the hoad near here, dy
ing instantly. Brooding over the
loss of the little ones had affected
his mind, and he had been under
surveillance for some time.
Young. Girl In A Deep Trance.
Kenton, O. (Special). Physicians
attending Miss Laura' Casper, 17
years old, have been unable to
arouse the girl from a trance Into
which she fell last Saturday. Phy
sicians think the girl's sleep due to
a nervous disorder.
IN THE WORLD Of FINANCE
Railroads of the West send out en
couraging crop reports.
Rock Island system's net profits
In March Increased 17 per cent.
In a year the share value of North
Butte has shrunk $15,000,000.
Holland Is the best buyer of Ameri
can copper at the present time.
April copper exports are keoplng
up the average of about 1,000 tons
dally. 4
In the third week of April twenty
railroads chow an average gain of
12 per cent. In grosa earnings.
The "Copper Hand Book" for
1908, by Horace J. Stevens, who Is
a recognized expert In copper mining
affairs, contains an account of 6767
different companies, besides a de
tailed review of tbe copper industry
of the United States.
Prominent financial people In Phil
adelphia have had private advices
from Washington to the effect that
the United States Supreme Court will
not render the commodity clause de
cision until after Congress Adjourns.
Samuel F. Houston was elected a
director of tbu Interstate Railways
Company.
The "Iron Trade Rovlew" says:
"Activity in both pig iron and fin
ished lines la being well maintained
and there is a disposition to get
away from the very low prices which
bave recently prevailed.
New securities Issued this month
In this country aggregate $130,900,
000 and for four months this year
about $510,000,000. Last year tho
monthly average was larger, or ap
proximately $160,000,000.
Senator Brown Introduced a con
stitutional amendment, to authorise
Congress to collect Internal revenue
W1L BE NO STRIKE
: OF THE HABO COAL MEN
The Three-year Agreement Signer
at Philadelphia.
A DROP IN THE PRICES OF HARD COAl
The Settlement Is Identical Wlt!i Tin
One Signed At New York In lOOtl
The I nlon I Not Officially Itec.
og ii I zed Concessions Made Bj
The Operators Are Of Great Moral
Kftecl, Says E. H. McCullougli Ef
forts Will lie Made To Settle Grlev
anccs Without An Appeal.
ANTHRACITE MINERS'
AGREEMENT.
The rates which shall be paid for
new work shall not be less than
the rates paid under the strike
commission's award for old
work of a similar kind of char
acter. The arrangement permitting tho
collection of dues on company
property shall continue during
the life of the agreement.
An employe discharged for being
a member of a union shall
have a right to appeal his case
to the conciliation board.
Any dispute arising at a colliery
must first be taken up with the
mine foreman and superintend
ent before It can be taken to
the conciliation board.
The employers shall Issue pay
statements designating the
name of the company, the name
of the employe, the colliery em
ployed, the half month, the
amount of wages and the class
of work performed.
May 1 the price of coal will be re
duced 50 cents per ton, and
each month thereafter 10 cents
per ton will be added until the
winter price is reached.
Philadelphia (Special). Peace be
tween the mlneworkers and operators
In the anthracite coal regions of
Pennsylvania is assured for another
period of three years. The agree
ment, continuing In force until March
31, 1912, the awards of the anthra
cite coal strike commission, was sign
ed in the board room of tbe Reading
Company here by the committee of
seven on behalf of tho mineowneri
and a similar committee represent
ing the workers. With the exception
of five added stipulations suggested
by the miners, the agreement is iden
tical with tho one signed in New York
three years ago. The mlneworkers'
union is not officially recognized, the
members of the miner's committee
simply signing the agreement "on be
half of the representative anthracite
mlneworkers." The conference was
a harmonious affair and ended with
"everybody happy," as one of the
committeemen expressed it.
Before proceeding to the signing
of the agreement, a resolution offer
ed by L. F. Loree, president of the
Delaware and Hudson Company, was
unanimously passed directing the sec
retaries of the conference to send a
message of sympathy to T. L. Lewis,
national president of the miners'
union, on the death of his brother.
Good Understanding.
Following the conference E. S. Mc
Cullough, national vice president of
the union, who represented Mr.
Leads, said the concessions made by
the operators were not as great in
pecuniary value as they were in
moral effect. The agreement shows,
he said, that the anthracite operators
and mlneworkers have a better un
derstanding of one another.
The following statement was is
sued after the meeting by the opera
tors' committee of seven:
"The operators are gratified that
peace and quiet are assured in the
anthracite regions for the next three
years. The agreement signed ex
tends the award or the strike com
mission of 1902 until March 31. 1912,
and contains, besides, five stipula
tions added at the request of the
mlneworkers' representatives.
"The provision regarding new
work Is the one to which the opera
tors agreed when they met the mine-
workers' committee in Philadelphia
on April S.
"The arrangement for the posting
of notices and the collection of duct
on the companies' property was mad
in the spring of 1906, and is now in
corporated in the agreement. Thii
has not been a matter of dispute Ii
the conferences of the last few
weeks.
Settling Grievances.
"The third additional stipulation
referring to the discharge of em'
pioyes, is contained In the award ol
the strike commission and has beet
in force for six years, but it is added
to the agreement at the request ot
the representatives of tho mlnework
crs.
"Tbe understanding that an at
tempt shall be made to settle at
grievances directly before an appeal
to tbe Conciliation Board is In llni
with what the operators have alwayi
desired. They are qulto willing t(
have this definitely stated in th4
agreement, though they consider tha'
it comes within the general agree
ment extending the award of th
commission.
"The arrangement for more expllo
it pay statements Is made becaust
the mlneworkers' representative
claim that at some collieries confu
sion to the man has resulted front
Incomplete statements."
To Give Michigan Cltlcn Home Rule
Lansing, Mich. (Sptscial). Tbi
Eenate has passed a "homo rule"
bill and tho House, In committee of
the whole has agreed to a slmilai
measure. Tbe bills aim to secure-1
greater degree of "home rule" and
uuformlty in the city charters, with
out revoking auy powers at present
enjoyed by the municipalities. A
futile effort was mndo In the Housl
to eliminate a provision enabling cit
ies to own street railways and beat
ing plants. j
Castro May Sua Franco.
Paris (Special). Clprlano Castro,
former president of Venezuela, Is re
ported to bo consulting with lawyerf
here with a view ot bringing a dam
age suit against tba French govern
ment for his recent expulsion from
Martinique. Aa tba government bai
the power to expel foreigners at its
discretion, Senor Castro, It Is said,
fur poses basing bis action on th
fact that bo waa forcibly . placed
aboard a ship at Martinique and
compelled to return, to Franca with
out being given tho optlou of choo
ln bis destination.
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