A BIPLANE DROPS 08 AUTOMOBILE' A Pecnliar Accident at tbe Mem phis Meet. s AN AVIATOR'S AWFUL SWIFT PLUNGE. J. C. Marc, A Skillful ' And Daring Flyer. Escapes Willi A Wrenched Knee Canopy Top On The Tour. Inn Car Protect The Women And Children Occupants From Scrl. ous Injury A Thrilling Clone Jt The Unit Aviation Meet In The Tennessee City. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). Log ins control of a Curtlss biplane which he was operating at a height of 73 feet, J. C. Mars plunged downward with terrlfflc speed into the Infield of the aviation course here, alight ing on top of a seven-passenger tour ing car in which were seated three women and two children. The canopy top over the touring car saved the lives of Its occupants, only one of whom was slightly In jured. The biplane smashed into bits and Mars was caught under the wreckage, but escaped with no In juries worse than a severely bruised and wrenched knee and a slight cut on hlB chin. In the automobile when the aero plane crashed Into It were Mrs. Ed-i ward Ritter, Miss Edna Ritter, Louis Ritter and Mrs. Wilmer Smith and child. Mrs. Ritter was the only one to be injured, receiving a slight cut In the shoulder. Mr. Ritter was standing at the side of the car, hav ing Just finished fastening up the canopy top. He was knocked down by one of the planes of the ma chine. The accident brought to a thrill ing close Memphis' first aviation meet. ' Thousands of people, followed the aviator in his flight across the mile course, saw his machine caught in a sudden gust of wind, spin around like a top to an angle right of the line of his original course and then plunge downward. Terrified screams from women were heard on all sides as the bi plane landed squarely on the auto mobile. The occupants of the car huddled on the floor of the tonneau as the biplane struck the engine hood of tbe automobile and then toppled over the canopy top. Mars had shut off his engine when the aeroplane started downward. In a few moments scores of spec tators were dragging the wreckage from the automobile, first taking out Mars and then the occupants of the touring car. WIDOW SHOT DOWN BY HER ADMIRER. The Man Then Pats Ballet Through His Heart. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Chased through the rooms of a fashionable Wilklnsburg boarding house, in Wll klnsburg, Pittsburg suburb, by her maddened admirer, Mrs. Margaret Ryan, a handsome widow, whose parents are said to reside in Chi cago, was probably fatally shot by Edward Walsh, assistant superin tendent of John Hancock Life Insur ance Company. Thinking be had ac complished his purpose, Walsh turn ed the revolver on himself, and aft er three attempts, succeeded in send ing a bullet through his heart, fall ing dead. Mrs. Ryan Is in the Co lumbia Hospital, where every effort is being made to guard the secret of her Identity. In the meantime Mrs. Ryan's 13-year-old daughter, who resides with her grandparents In Chicago, is being rushed here on the first train to see her mother be fore she passes away. Walsh had a family living at Pea body, Mass., where a daughter is said to work for a telephone com pany. A son (Edward C. Walsh) resides at No. 2 Bates Park, Beverly, Mass., and another (John B. Walsh) at 1?31 Carroll Street, Baltimore, Md. Walsh and Mrs. Ryan had both been boarding with Mrs. E. L. Kel so, on Ross Street, Wilklnsburg, for Borne months, Their meetings had been frequent and an attachment had grown up between them. Mrs. Ryan had shown an inclination to prevent anything else but a friendly relationship, but Walsh's insistence on an elopement is believed to have precipitated today's tragedy. Shortly after luncheon a quarrel was precipitated and Walsh chased the woman into the house from the front porch, shooting at ber as she ran. He shot her three times, and as she fell, apparently de'ad. In the kitchen, he shot himself three timef and dropped dead over the prostrate Mrs. Ryan Friends of both are unable to ac count for tbe shooting. They had never been known to quarrel before The tw.o had attended church to gether several times. Mrs. Ryan came to Pittsburg last October and Walsh In September. Two poems written and signed by Walsh were found In his room. One Is entitled "Vespers of the Wild Winds" and the other "A Miner's Reverie." In the latter he writes ol hearing his baby's voice, and there if also mention of '"Sarah." On the mirror of his room is thii motto: "A pessimist is man who would rather be right than happy." Mrs. Ryan Is a stenographer. i COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R. Q. Dun & Co. ' Weekly Review . of Trade Bays: While the trade development ti irregular, revealing diversified con ditions In different sections of th country, the volume as a whole li so large and makes such steady galni over last year that there can b no ' question as to its substantial character. Business activity depends so largely upon confidence, which li the basis of credit, that anything that Is uncertain is disturbing to confidence. Whatever hesitation may have existed in the lndustriei and the markets has now been large, ly eliminated. The labor situation is much less acute, and notices ot wage advances by railroads, and leading industries promise much for the future. The influence of pre vious uncertainties was mostly felt in the speculative market. BradBtreet's says: Trade reports are rather more lr regular with distribution rather less active than In the preceding two weeks. Retail trade bo far has been better than a year ago, but from many centers reports are of the volume of jobbing trade not being up to expectations, for which high prices and industrial unrest are as signed as reasons. The two features really attracting chief interests have been the outburst of activity in ag ricultural sections and the many movements toward readjustment in industrial lines. In the industries some diverse movements are shown.' Recent reductions of prices by Jobbers have brought out varying re sponses. Northern cotton mill cur tailment Is considerable, though less marked than at the South becauso of different goods produced. On the other hand, a favorable development, so far as purchasing power Is con cerned, Is the granting of higher wages to 300,000 rail employes. Wholesale Markets. New York. Wheat Spot irregu lar; No. 2 red, 125c. c. 1. f. and No. 1 Northern, 126 Vi f. o. b. opening navigation. Corn Spot easy; steamer. 64 c. isked and No. 4, 62, both in ele vator export basis; export No. 2, 65 aomlnal. Oats Spot easy; mixed, 26 32 :bs., nominal; natural white, 2632 lbs., 4951c; clipped white. 34 42 lbs., 50 53. Butter Creamery specials, 34 34 ten, Eggs State, Pennsylvaniaand oth er nearby hennery, white fancy, 23 25c; do., gathered white, 2214 23 V6; do., hennery, brown and mix ed, fancy, 23 323V&; do., gathered brown, lair to prime, 2223; West ern storage, selections, 22Vs23; extra firsts, 22 22; firsts, 21 22; Southern firsts, 21 21. . Poultry Alive quiet; fowls, 20c.; turkeys, 14 20. Dressed firm; Western chickens, 16 17c; West ern fowls, 15 18; Western tur keys, 17 23. Philadelphia. Wheat quiet but firm; contract grade, March, 119 121c. Corn Quiet but steady; March and April, 64 65c. Oats Weak; c. lower; No. 2 white, natural, 5050c. Butter Firm; fair demand; extra Western creamery, 35 c; do., near by prints, 36. Eggs Steady; fair demand; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, f. c, 22c. at mark; do., current re ceipts, in returnable cases, 21c. at mark; Western firsts, f. c. 22 at mark; do., current receipts, f. o., 21 at mark. Cheese Demand active; prices firmer; New York full cream, choice, 17 V4 17c; do., fair to good, 16 17. Live Poultry Firm; good de mand; fowls, 1919c; old roos ters, 13 16. Broiling chickens, 33 35; ducks, 1719; geese, 12(3)13. Dressed Poultry Firm and ac tive; fresh killed fowls, choice, 18 19c.; do., fair to good, 17 18; old roosters, 14; broiling chickens, nearby, 1824; do., Western, 21 22; roasting chickens,. 15021; turkeys, 24 25; do., fair to. good, 23. Bultimore. Wheat No. 2 red Western, 1.1? c; No. 2 red, 1.19; No. 3 red, 1.15; steamer No. 2 red, 1.12; steamer No. 2 red Western, 1.13. Corn Spot, 6565c; April, 65 65; May, 66 67. Oats We quote, per bu.; White No. 2, as to weight, 4951c; No. 3, as to weight, 48 50; No. 4, as to weight, 45 46. Rye We quote, per bu.: No. 2 rye, Western, domestic, . 86 89c; No. 3 rye. Western, domestic, 81 83; bag lots, as to quality and con dition, 70 80. Hay We quote per ton: No. 1 timothy, $22; No. 2 timothy, $21; No. 3 timothy, 118.50 20; choice clover mixed, $21; No. 1 clover mix ed, $20.5021; No. 2 clover mixed, $19 20; No. 1 clover, $20.6021; No. 2 clover. $19 20. Butter We quote, per lb.: Creamery, . fancy, 83 033c; creamery, choice, 31 32; creamery, good, 29 30; creamery, imitation, 21 23. Eggs We quote, per dozen: Maryland, 21c; Virginia. 21; West ern, 21; West Virginia, 21: South ern, 20. Duck eggs, 28c. Live Poultry We quote, per lb.: Old bens, 20c; chickens, choice, young,' 20 22; do., winter, 2 lbs. and under, 26 28; do., spring, 1 lb. and over 35. Ducks Large, 20c; small to medium, 17; do., Mus covy and Mongrel, 16 17. MADMAN KILLS A KION WORKER Frank Skala Assassinated After Sermon on Martyrdom. HIS COMPANION WAS ALSO SHOT. Ieaifal Crime Of Half-witted Man In Pittsburg Prominent Mission Worker Is Shot Down Just After He Had Declared Himself Heady lo Die For Christ John Gay, Who Was With Him, Is Seriously Woundcd No Apparent Motive. For The Crlmo. Pittsburg (Special). A sermon on "Martyrdom," in which Frank Skala, editor and prominent mission worker, had declured himself willing to lay down his life for the Christian cause, was followed by his assassination in a highly sensational manner, and the shooting down also of a fellow church leader, John Gay. Arm in arm, the two missionaries wero leaving the lltle Congregational Church in Woods Run, a suburb, at the head of more than a hundred foreigners. A raggedly dressed and collaiies man poked his way through the crowd as it reached the corner of Eckert Street and McClure Ave nue, and when he was but a step behind the leaders he pressed a re volver to Skala's head and fired twice. The bullets took effect In the jaw and temple, and In tbe midst of his followers he fell dead. Gay, who threw up his right hand as if to ward off the weapon, was struck, first, In the thumb, and then a second bullet was burled In his head. He fell unconscious across the lifeless body of his colleague. For a moment for several mo ments the assassin stood over his prey In a crazed contemplation of the deed, flourishing his revolver, while the panic-stricken crowd fled to shelter behind poste and door ways. The madman was Jan Radowvltoh, a character known to most of the mission for his shiftless habits, slovenly dress and radical opinions. Just From Sunday School. A moment before he had meekly read from juvenile leaflets in the Sunday School led by Scala; pre viously he had sat in a back pew of the church during the regular ser mon, and at the commencement of the services Skala had shaken his hand in greeting. In all this Rad owvitch had given no warning of his murderous intent. There were no police in sight when the murder was done, the church people were too frightened to grasp the assassin and after the wild flour ish of his weapon and stamping his foot on the bodies, he made off down the avenue to the Fort Wayne Rail road tracks and was soon lost to view. A large armed posse of police, detectives and church people was soon in pursuit, but up to a late hour tonight they bad found no trace of him. After the madman's disappearance the mission crowd reassembled about their fallen leaders and pas sionately mourned their low. Ska la's body was removed to an under taker's' rooms and Gay was taken to St. John's Hospital. His wound is a dangerous one, but It Is believ ed at the hospital that he will recover. FOUR POLK OXE YEAR AGO. Peary's First Anniversary Brings Congratulations. New York (Special). Gen. Thom as H. Hubbard, ' president of the Peary Arctic Club, in recognition of the first anniversary of the discov ery of the North Pole by Command er Robert E. Peary on April 6, 1909, sent the following telegram to the president of the Chamber of Com merce of Marion, Ind.: "The Peary Arctic Club congrat ulates the Marlon Chamber of Com merce on its opportunJty to hold first annual celebration attainment North Pole. It lends you Peary for this date only, and invites you to join its later celebration of his toric events." ENGINE CUTS CAR IV TWO. A Dozen Persons Injured, Six Scrl ously, In Chicago. Chicago (Special). A dozen or more persons were Injured, six of them seriously, when an electric car on the South Chicago and Calumet Line was demolished by a switch engine on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in South Chicago. The electric cap was cut in half, the pas sengers being scattered In all direc tions. None was fatally Injured. All the Injured were resident of South Chicago. Rob Treasury And Kill 17. Tlflls, Transcaucasia (Special). Thirty robbers attacked the treasury at Klzllar, a town of Ciscaucasia, a few days ago. The military guard made a brave defense and 17 were killed in the conflict, Including five soldiers, a noncommissioned otfirer, the cashier and bookkeeper of the institution and several natives Fulogica To Senator MrLaurln. Washington. D. C. (8peclal). In honor of tbe late Senator McLaurin, of Mississippi, eulogies were held In the House of Representatives here Sunday. Those who paid tribute to him were Representatives Splght, Collier, Candler, Slsson and Bowers, of Mlfslsslppl; Clark, of Missouri; Calderhead, of Kansas; Rauch. of Indiana; Gardner, of Michigan, and Fherwood, of Ohio. EnglanJ' high roads cost $4,000 mile to construct. Mob Lynches Woman. Keo. Ark. (Special). A. mob com posed entirely of negroes overpow ered Constable Mallory, of Keo, four miles north of here, seized his two prisoners, both negroes, one a wom an, and shot .them to death, aftar which their bodies were strung up Tbe victims ware charged with kill ing the husband of the woman and wife of the mau. Nearly two-thirds of the crime In Iondon Is perpetrated between 2 p M. on Saturdays and A. M. on Monday- BOY KILLED IN PRIZEFIGHT Solar-Plexus Blow Fatal to Gil bert Trehon. Schoolboy Quarrel At Pnsalc, N. J. Has A Serious Termination Tre hou Is Dead, Frank Kelser, Who Struck The lllm, Hon Fled, And A Sunday School Superintendent, Said To Have Keen Referee, Ar rested, With 20 Others. Passaic. N. J. (Special). Gilbert Trehou died here from a solar plex us blow received In a boys' prize fliiht. With brief Intermissions he had been unconscious since he was lifted out of the ring and carried to a hospital. Frank Kclzer, who is named In a warrant as the other principal, is missing, and the police hear he has fled to Canada. Henry Knackstedt, Bald to have acted as referee, who is also superintendent of a Presby terian Sunday School here, was ar rested and released in $500 bail. Trehou and Kelzer were both nineteen years old, both pupils of the Passaic High School and both of good family. Reports of their quarrel differ, but the patchwork story pieced together by the police is that there had been bad blood be tween them for sometime and that they agreed to sottle their differ ences with the gloves. Word was passed about among their friends and Tuesday night a small crowd met In a vacant lot be hind an oil tank and squared off the ring. Lanterns were hung on the ropes, seconds were chosen and a timekeeper and referee named. The hat was passed for a purse to the winner and the collection given to a stakeholder. The boys stripped and went at It hammer and tongs. According to eye witnesses, in the seventh and fa tal round. Kelzer caught Trehou flush on the jaw with a heavy swing. Trehou staggered and before he got his feet again Kelzer shot in a body punch Just below the end of the sternum. Trehou went down and lay groaning. The referee counted ten and still the boy lay flat. The crowd perceived that some thing was wrong and began to melt away Into the darkness. One of Trehou's seconds and the timekeep er stuck by him, and when they could not revive him, carried him to a hospital. FOR TWO MORE BATTLESHIPS, Their Construction Authorized By the Hon.' e. Washington. D. C. (Special). By a decisive vote of 162 to 110, 14 being present and not voting, tbe two battleships to cost $6,000,000 each. Thirty-three Democrats voted for two battleships and 24 Repub licans against the proposition. This action was taken Just prev ious to the passage of the Naval Ap propriation BUI, carrying about $128,037,602. This amount Is about $3,000,000 less than was recommend ed by the Navy Department. In addi tion to the battleships the bill also provides for the construction of two fleet colliers and four submarine boats. As amended on motion of M. Fitzgerald, of New York, the two battleships and two fleet colliers must be constructed by firms opera ting under the eight hour law. The committee on Naval Affairs had reported In favor of authorizing two battleships. Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the Approp riations Committee, offered an amendment providing for only one battleship, while Mr. Hobson propos ed an amendment providing for three, Mr. Hobson contended that three bat tleships would give no Increase, but would provide only for the ordinary depreciation In the naval force. By an almost unanimous vote the House rejected this proposition. Mr. Gronna, of North Dakota, moved to strike out the authorization for the construction of any battle ships, a viva voce vote showing that there were not a handful of advo cates of a "no-battleship" policy. Speaking in favor of his one bat tleship plan, Mr. Tawney reiterated his statement that 72 per cent, of the revenue of the country was be ing expended for wars that had pass ed and for preparations for wars to come. He declared that one bat tleship was sufficient to maintain the proper strength of the Navy. Mr. Thomas, of Ohio, proposed an amendment for four battleships, but the House voted It down almost unanimously. Mr. Tawney's amend ment for one battleship also was lost by a vote of 104 to 138. A point of order was sustained eliminating from the bill authority given the Secretary of the Navy for the construction of a million-dollar fleet collier, to be built on the Pa cific Coast by private contract, so that under existing law it will be constructed In a government navy yard on the Pacific Coast The ap propriation of $1,000,000 for one re pair ship was also stricken out on point of order. Famous Scout Found Dead. Boulder, Col. (Special). Joseph Sturtevant, a scout, famous through out the Western country as "Rocky Mountain Joe." was found dead near an lnterurban railroad track. It is believed that bis death was acclden- Cudahy And Wife Reconciled. Los Angeles. Cat (Special). John P. Cudahy is on his way to Kansas City and a reconciliation with bis wife Is In light, the es trangement caused by his assault on Jere 8. Llllts, the Kansas City bank er, having been patched up by the young man's father, Michael Cudahy. This Information was disclosed by friends of the Cudahy family, fol lowing tbe departure of young Cud ahy last night from Pasadena, Vicrtlin"OfA"Manic. West Palm Beach, Fla. (8pecial). Louise Weybrecht, 12 years old, who, with her mother, Mrs. O. W. Weybrecht. was shot and probably fatally wounded by Frank V. Pierce here 1 dead. Mrs. Weybrecht is still alive, and it 1 said she has a fighting change to recover. The body of Pierce, who committed sui cide after wounding the woman and ber daughter, will be taken to St. Albans, Vt., where his mother lives, for burial. Jt 1 now believed be wu I us ii a. EXPLOSION AND . PANIC ON SHIP Many Persons Injured on the Steamer Cairnrona. THE MEN FIGHT FOR THE BOATS. Women With Rabies In Arms Sit ting On A Hatch When Explosion Occurs Hurled To All Parte Of The Deck And Some Of Them Ter rlhly Injured Men Fight With The Women In A Mad Scramble To Reach Hoata Steamer Round For Portland, Me. Dover, England (Special). A ter rific explosion occurred on the Brit ish steamer Cairnrona, off Dungen ess, which wrecked the women's quarters, killing one child and injur ing a number of women and chil dren. The steamer caught fire and a panic ensued, in which men fought for the possession of the boats and had to be beaten back by the crew to allow the women to be taken off first. A large number of the passengers were landed here, many of them in an exhausted condition. In all, twenty were severely injured and not less than 60 were slightly in jured by the explosion and In the panic that followed It. The Cairnrona sailed from London for Portland, Me. She carried 900 passengers, for the most part emi grants, and a general cargo. By great good luck the steamers Up land and Kanawha where close at hand when the Cairnrona caught fire. They stood by and took off several hundred passengers and landed them here. Several of the first-class passen gers and American cattlemen gave thrilling details of the accident. A number of women fvlth children in their arms were sitting on a hatch when suddenly a violent explosion hurled them to all parts of the deck. Some of them were shockingly in jured and one child was killed. The hatch was blown to fragments. A terrible panic ensued, the eml-' grants, mostly Russians, running up and down, screaming and wringing their hands. Their terror was in creased by the volumes of smoke which poured from the burning hold. The captain and o dicers made in effectual efforts to calm them, and then signals of distress were sent up. In the meantime another explosion occurred in the engine-room, injur ing several of the engineers. The Kanawha and Upland steam ed up quickly and the captain de cided to transfer ail the passengers. This was accomplished speedily, but was accompanied by scandalous scenes. Scores of the men tried to rush the boats and many of them fought with the women, tearing and dragging them aside and even trampling them under foot. The crow battled valiantly against the panic-stricken emigrants, using fists and feet and any weapon they could find. Not a few of the frantic mob of men were felled to the deck before the hysterical, fainting women and children could be gotten Into the boats. In the stampede four persons fell or were pushed Into the sea and were rescued with difficulty. The Kanawha and Upland reached Dover with the rescued passengers late In the afternoon and the scenes at the landing were piteous. Ex hausted by cold, many of them half famished and others suffering from Injuries, they were brought aahore and supplied with food, clothing and medical attendance. Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg and the Prin cess with the British naval officers, lending assistance. RIG HATS WEIGH LITTLE. Why Railroads Have Raised Rates On Them. Washington, D. C. (Special). Women's hats have been growing larger and larger every year. They have also been growing lighter and lighter In weight. So that a wom an's hat weighs less and takes up more room than 10 did 10 years ago. A freight or express car will hold only a tenth of the hats it once did, and the carriers raised the rates to make up the difference. That Is the answer of the railroads and express companies to the com plaint of the Millinery Jobbers' As sociation, which was heard before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. It was purely a question of hats, into which the length of the pins did not enter. The milliners say the rates are too high and the carrier Bay the evolution of the headgear simply made them put on the Increase. THAW WA8 WORTH $100,000. Mother A Witness In Suit By Coun. sel For Fees. New York (Special). Mrs. Mary Copeley Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw, was a witness In the suit brought by Clifford W. Hartrldge, a lawyer, fop alleged counsel fees in Thaw's trial for the murder of Stan ford White. When counsel asked Mrs. Thaw If her son was Independently wealthy at tbe time he hired the lawyer, she replied: "He had some money of his own, but not near so much as the news papers stated." ' "What was he worth?" "I should say about $400,000." V. 8. Building For Grafton. Washington. D. C. (Special)., Senator N. B. Scott, of West Virginia, procured the passage through the Sen ate of bis bill calling for an appro priation of $200,000 for the erection of a new Federal public building to bouse the postolflce and other Gov ernment office at Grafton, W, Va. Tbe building is to be erected on a site that has already been procured by the Treasury Department. The bill will now go to the House for consideration. Horse Jumps Through Car. Cincinnati, O. (Special) A, run away horse Jumped through the rear entrance of street car at Fourth and Main Streets here. Injuring half a dozen passengers. Tbe rear plat form of the car was wrecked, the doorway was splintered and broken glass was sent flying through tbe car. When police and firemen ar rived they found the horse so tight ly wedged Into the car that the wreckage bad to be eut away with axes before he could be pulled out. None of the oaasengera was seriously hurt. A BATTLE WITH BANK BURGLARS Fosse in Anto Chase Train Ban dits Boarded. THEY HAD BLOWN UP A BANK. Entire Population Aroused Ry' Ex plosion In Rank Of Coal City, III. Highwaymen Leap On A Freight Train With Plunder lursuers Use Autos And niched Rattle Follows Three Randlts Wounded Two Escape. Chicago (Special). Five masked bandits, escaping with $2,000 stolen from the Bank of Coal City, at Coal City, 111., exchanged shots with a posse of citizens, three of the rob bers being wounded Bnd captured. Coal City is 63 miles southwest of Chlcag'o. Tbe entire population was aroused by the explosion in the bank and the ensuing pursuit. The marauders entered the town on a freight train, and began op erations by tying Barney Ghetto, the night watchman, and Washington Frye, the night engineer of the elec tric plant. , The robbers then blew up the bank building and shattered the sate with a great charge of nitro-glycerln, and, after seizing the contents of the safe, leaped on a Sante Fe freight train with their plunder, which was partly in stamps. Three hours later three men, suffering from wounds Inflicted by small shot were arreBted at Morris, III. The wounds were received, it is reported, when a posse, formed along tbe line of the Sante Fe, came up with the fugitives. As the train carrying the bandits pulled out of the town, Ghetto succeeded In cut ting his bonds and, rushing tc the telephone, notified Eugene Miller, the night watchman at Mazeon, sev en miles south of Coal City, who, with Dr. E. D. Watts, was at the station at the time, lay In wait for the robbers. Waits was armed with a repeating shotgun and Miller car ried a revolver. At Mazeon the freight train stop ped to switch cars. The bandits leaped from the train and hid in a clump of shrubbery near the track. Miller and the physician discov ered their hiding place and opened fire, which was promptly returned, about 25 shots being exchanged. When the train started the bandits leaped aboard and again escaped. Immediately the sheriff at Morris was notified. A number of automo biles were - pressed Into service and the pursuit began, the machines fol lowing the road along the Sante Fe right of way. For a time the mo tor cars sped directly alongside the train, members of tbe posse occa sionally firing at dark objects which were thought to be the bandits. When the train came to a stop at Verona, near Morris, the sheriff and his men searched the cars. Three of the fugitives were found In an otherwise empty baggage car. All were wounded. The other two had fled. It Is believed they leaped off the 'moving train from the side opposite the posse and escaped with the booty secured from the bank. The prisoners were taken to Morris, where they refused to give their names or discuss the robbery. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH The Pennsylvania and eight other railroads were made defendants in a petition filed before tbe Interstate Commerce Commission by tbe Lack awanna SteeJ Company, and from other companies, alleging discrimi nation on coal rates. Gossip indulged Itself in Its usual spring fashion and had every mem ber of the President's Cabinet ex pecting two intending to resign.' All these rumors were vigorously de nied. Secretary of the Interior Balllnger withdrew from all forms of dispo sitions approximately 27,736 acres ot land in Wyoming which are suppos ed to contain deposits of oil. A military reservation probably will be created in Arizona for the benefit of the National Guard of that state, to be used as a target range. President Taft cancelled his en gagement to visit Indianapolis on May 6. Chairman Lodge, of the Senate Cost of Living Committee, introduc ed a bill restricting cold storage periods and requiring the period of cold storage to be marked on food articles. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs rejected the Senate bill au thorizing officers of the Army and Navy to accept gifts and decorations from foreign powers. The House Ways and Means Com mittee acted favorably upon the Sen ate bill for the protection ot tbe seal fisheries of Alaska, The House adopted the conference report on tbe bill to amend the Em ployers' Liability Act. Reports show tbe Navy League of the United States to be in a flourish ing condition. Senators Warren and Heyburn bad a clash In the Senate over tbe former's bill authorizing the disposal of surplus waters of government ir rigation projects to corporations. Tbe will of the late Justice Brew en, of the United States Supreme Court, was fi:ed for probate. His home in Washington and most of bis personal property was bequeath ed to his widow. Books, magazines and other pub lications printed in raised letters for the blind will be lent through the malls free of postage If a Dill pass ed by the House Is approved by tbe Senate. Robert 8. Sharp, collector ot in ternal revenue at Nashville, Tenn., waa appointed chief postofllce inspec tor. Chairman Payne, of the House Ways and Means Committee, refus ed to call a meeting to art on the Folke bill, which would place cat tle and meats on the free list for one year. President Taft ' received a delega tion of 60 business men of Bethle hem, Pa., and during an addrena to them be stated that he does not be lieve In boycotts. A bronze tablet has been present ed by the Naples section of the Ital ian Naval League to the officers and men of the United States warship which rendered aid in Calabria and .Sicily after tbe earthquake In 190. STEEL BARON FRANK HOffSTOTT IS INDICTED Head of Bank and Pressed Steel Car Co. in Graft Scandal. Grand Jury Recommends The Pre scntnient of Frank N. lloffstat. Said To nave Paid Rig Sum To City Councilman To Name Rank As Depository For City Funds Rank President Winter Made No Defense To Charge Of Rrlbing Councilman With 920,000. Pittsburg (Special). Tbe climax promised In the Pittsburg graft ex posures came with the presentment by the grand Jury of a lengthy re port. In which is recommended the indictment of Frank N. Hoffstat, president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, a wealthy citizen and one of the most prominent business men in the country. The court ordered indictments drawn against Hoffstat In accordance w-th the grand Jury's presentment, namely, on two counts of bribery and oonspiracy to defraud the city. The presentment reads that Hoff stat shall be ordered to appear as witness "and In case he does not do so immediately, that the district attorney of Allegheny County pro ceed forthwith to extradite him." The presentment concluded with an order that the investigation con tinue along the lines already pursued, which Is taken to mean that more men higher up are yet to be named. Simultaneously In open court came a plea of Emil Winter, president of the Workingman's Savings and Trust Company that he had no defense to the charge that he gave a $20,000 bribe to former Councilman Morris Einstein. Findings Of The Jury. The following In abbreviated form, are some of the most startling find ings in the grand Jury's presentment: 1. That Frank N. Hoffstat. presi dent of the Pressed Steel Car Com pany and president of the German National Bank of Allegheny, and prominently identified with other banks, paid to Charles Stewart, a former select councilman, the sum of $52,500. 2. That the money was a bribe used In influencing the votes of coun cilmen to pass an ordinance naming three banks In which Hoffstat was Interested as official depositories of city's millions. 3. That the arrangement for the payment of the money to Stewart was made In the spring of 1908, and that the late James W. Friend, at that time an official of the Pressed Steel Car Company, was an associate in tbe transaction. 4. That the original plan which Friend had, was to obtain the serv ices of William A. Blakeley, who was then a practicing attorney here, but who is now the district attorney in charge of the graft prosecutions, as a stakeholder of the bribe money until the ordlr-.nce had passed. BURGLARS USE CHLOROFORM. Ten Members Of Two Families Are Rendered Unconscious. j New York (Special). Burglars chloroformed 10 members of two families in a house in East Seventh Street, ransacked all the rooms of the four-story building and escaped with more than $1,000 in monev and Jewelry. When Samuel K. Ellen bogen, a private detective, who lives in the house, arose this morning he told his wife that he was 111. Mre. Ellenbogen said that she, too, was 111. Then they found that their four children were barely conscious. It was not until they discovered the robbery that they began to suspect that they had been chloroformed. Later Samuel Kern and his fam ily, who lived on the floor above, were found still suffering from the effects of tbe drug. WOMEX AS JA1LBREAKERS. Release Two Men. And Have Auto Ready For Flight. Denver. Col. (Special). Aided by two women, who are thought to have smuggled saws with which to cut the bars of a window and pro vided an automobile for their flight, two military prisoners escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Logan. The men were W. T. Shaw, await ing sentence for robbery, and J. P. Smith, an army deserter from Fort Leavenworth, arrested recently at La Junta, Col. Soldiers, scouring the country for the escaped men, learned that they fled In an automobile with two wom en. A dozen other prisoners declin ed to take advantage of the oppor tunity to escape. Rank Robbed Ry Masked Men. Randolph, Neb. (Special). The First National Bank of Randolph v- robbed of $10,000 by three masked men, who bound and gagged Town Marshal Carroll and placed 4ilm in a back room while they dynamited the vault. The robbers escaped. Cyclone Strike Ohio Town. Youngstown, Ohio (Special). A cyclone struck the Lansliigville sec tion of this city at 2.30 o'clock, dur ing a heavy rainstorm, wrecking a dozen buildings and unroofing sever al other. Five persons are r.port ed to be injured, none seriously. Thaw Spent 1700 To Recover Whip. New York (Special). It cost Clif ford W. Hartrldge, attorney for Har ry K. Thaw. In Thaw' first trial for the killing ot Stanford White, more than $700 to recover a dog whip with which it Is said Thaw beat various girls, so the lawyer testified in hi suit against Thaw's mother for $92,000 for his service. The money, be said, was given to a wom an who had pawaad tbe whip. The suit was not concluded. To Sing Sing For Life. New York (Special). Life term in Sing Sing a habitual criminal were given In Brooklyn to Harry 8 Britten. JO years old, a civil en gineer, and Philip Render, 70 year old. Render ha spent 26 year be hiud the bar, while Brltton ba served IS year In five states. Brit ton' chief scheme had been adver tising for a governes to care for two children in a distant city and making off with the money given him to buy her railroad ticket. Tho theft of a et ot names waa Ren der' latest offense. i Consul P. E. Taylor note from a Norwegian newspaper the organiza tion of a corporation for raising hog on an extensive scale. A farm has been purchased a few miles from Stavanger and is being fitted for the purpose, The company plan to make a specialty of raising thorough dred bog nd aleo to supply the lo cal meat market. , ' Shipment of French velvet rib bon from 8t. Etlenne to the United State, rite Consul William . H. Hunt, advanced from $387,179 in 1908 to $937.149 in 109. According to a report by Consul William Bardel. the export of French champagne wine from Rhelma to tbe United State In 1909 amount ed in value to $7,350,059, an increase of $1,810,321 over 1908. In Sweden nearly 120,000,000 crown' worth of alcoholic .drink are consumed annually, wlierebv the national treasury profit to tho extent ot 46,000,000 crown. During 1909, 250 mile of rail way wore opened for traffic In aid Brtxil. Live Stock. Chicago Cattle Market teady to 10c. higher; steer,' $6.10 0 8.50; cows, $57; heifer, $4.25 0 7.60; bull. $4.60 6.25; calves, $3; atocker and feeder, $4.75 6.75. Hog Market 6c. higher; choice heavy, $10,85 6)10.86; butcher', $10.800 10.90; light mixed. $10.65 10.75; choice light, $10,700) 10.80; packing, $10.75 10.85; pigs, $10 15il0.40; bulk of sales, $10.70 10.80. . f Pltuburg. Cattle 'Supply light; choice, $8.10&S.3S; prime, $7.75 8. ) i Sheep Supply light; prime weth ere, $7.107.25; culls and common, $3 0) 4.60; lambs, $78.50; veal calve. $9.60 10. Hog Prime heavies, $11.10 11.16; medium, $11.05 itf 11.10; heavy Yorkers, $11 11.05; light Yorker, $ 10.85 10.90;- pig, $10.75010.80; rough, $10010. 16. Sheep Market IS to 25c lower; lamb, $8.60 10; yearling, $8 9.40; wether. $7 0 8.60; ewes, $6.75 8.10; (tucker and feeder. $4 6.
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