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.