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CAUSE OF DISCONTENT.
The poor man, or the man moderate
ly well to do, who makes the few
good books of a small collection the
companions of his home, and who
hangs upon the wall a few pictures
having In them for him and his fam
ily a meaning, a beauty and an Inspir
ation, Is richer by far than the vulgar
captain who crowds a magDlflcent li
brary with unread books and the un
appreciated works of pulnters and
sculptors. Moreover, It Is not easy
today to tell the rich man's child from
the poor man's child; they wear the
same kind of clothes, attend the same
schools, enjoy the same harmless lux
uries, and In all essential particulars
live upon terms of equality, says the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. And so
far as necessary material comforts are
concerned, the poor man's home Is not
different from the rich man's home.
What, then. Is the reason for the per
vasive discontent of the hour? The
reason Is to be found In false senti
ments and false opinions made possi
ble because the poor have been fool
ish enough. In a moment of passion
and prejudice, to become Jealous of
the vulgar ostentation and unbridled
extravagance of the foolish rich.
All women today have a wider horl
ton. The mother studies the task of
feeding and caring for her children
and hunts Information. The matron,
whether her husband's Income be large
or small, belongs to some club tn
church. In the home and school league
or tn her social lire, and has a swarm
of organizations In which she Is inter
ested. An overwhelming share of the
3.000.000 volumes yearly circulated In
this city are read by women, probably
seven or eight out of ten. says the
Philadelphia Press. Concerts, music
In the home, art and the theater all
live on the Interest of women, as the
audiences show. Novels and maga
zines grow and multiply on their sup
port. Physical training, sounder hy
giene and wiser food have greatly de
veloped the American woman. The
daughter of today is nearly always
taller than her niptber and usually bet
ter schooled. Fair as was her moth
er, she Is fairer still, as the Roman
poet noted of mother and daughter in
a day of corresponding advance. But
though fairer and physically stronger,
when the American woman thinks of
the "perfect woman." she gives the
major weight and Importance to those
things of mind and heart which years
do not rob. but Instead enrich.
According to a Turkish diplomat
now In this country, the Turkish
women no longer keep their facet
covered In public. They go about as
they please, and make goo-goo eyes
and flirt Just as women do elsewhere.
This is a great reform which Is said
to be pleasing to both sexes, but it Is
not likely to create a rush to Turkey
for a beauty exhibition. The moBt
beautiful women In the world are not
to be found In Turkey not In ex
travugant numbers. Now that they
can show themselves, however. It may
be expected they will take more pains
to enhance their charms.
Luther Burbunk. the wizard of nat
uralists, has produced a blackberry
bush without thorns. But the real
benefactor of the race will be he who
evolves the dumb and stingless mos
quito A German has been arrested for
smuggling glass eyes Into this coun
try. This is proper. Let our glass eye
factories have the fullest measure of
protection that is posslhle. They need
it. owing to the disinclination of peo
ple in general to make a larger out
put of the glass eyes necessary.
Let us hope that the baby emperor
of China knows what ho means when
when he says "the. spirits of our nine
emperors are unable to enjoy the sac
rifices." In English, at any rate, It Is
a bit hazy.
An umbrella was found In the atom
nch of a shark caught In Delaware
bay a few days ago. Search was
mtule lor the owner, but no trace of
Dim was discovered.
Panama hats are now to be made
In Panama, but the frankfurter, the
Hamburger steak and the Havana
cigar will continue to register from
any old place.
Astronomers report from the Low
ell observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., that
Mars had Its first frost of the season.
Tnev have not been able to discover
whether Martians succeded In getting
their late corn under cover before the
frost came.
If Mr Edison, coming up New York
bay. really felt like kissing the god
defc ot Liberty, as he says, be ruuBt
have been more than ordinarily sea
sick on the way across. '
An aviator may be able to look
down on common mortals, but It be
hooves him to remember that pride
goctb betore a fall.
Undertakers want to be known as
"morticians," but they will continue
to plant their customers In the same
old way.
. New York drunkards are to be treat
ed by the city free of charge. Not to
their favorite beverage, however.
Admit Blowing Up Los Angeles
Times and Iron Works.
CLIMAX IN GREAT TRIAL
Clarence Darrow, Chief Counsel Tor
Defendants! Concedes That De
tective Burnt,' Net Had No
Loopholes.
Lob Angeles, Cal. James B. Mc
Namara pleaded guilty to murder In
the first degree in Judge Walter Bord
wtll's Court Friday. His brother,
John J. McXamara, secretary of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, enteied
a plea of guilty to having dynamited
the Llewellyn Iron Works In Las
Ahgele on Christmas Day, 1910.
Janus H. Mc.Numara'B confession
clears up abooluicly the tragedy of
the explosion and tire which, at 1.07
o'clock on the morning of October 1,
1910, wrecked the plant of the Los
Angeles Times, at First street and
Broadway, and caused the death of 21
persons.
For 19 of these deaths the Mc
Namara brothers were Indicted and
J. B. McXamara was on trial specially
for the murder of Charles J. Hag
gerty, a machinist, whose body was
found nearer than that of any other
to the spot where the dynamite was
supposed to have been placed.
Both men's sentences were set for
Dceraber 5) when It Is expected that
District Attorney John D. Fredericks
will ask for life imprisonment for
James B. McNamara, the confessed
murderer, and probably 14 years for
bis brother.
The men's lives are considered
saved.
Taken Back To Jail.
After the pleas of guilty had been
received the prisoners were taken
back to Jail, Judge Walter Bordwell
retired to his chambers, and opposing
counsel went to their rooms.
"The McNamaras have pleaded
guilty because they are guilty," was
District Attorney John D. Fredericks'
crisp comment.
"If I'd have seen any way out of it,
we would not have done It," said At
torney Clarence S. Darrow after
court. "We have had It under con
sideration since a week ago Monday."
Attorney Darrow stood around the
room after court adjourned and news
paper men crowded around him.
"I am glad it's over with," said Dar
row with a sigh.
"We have been working on this for
two weeks and it has been the great
est strain of my life. The Times Build
ing was blown up by James B. Mc
Namara with nitroglycerine, to be
sure, but the bomb touched off the
gaa, and gas really did It."
Saw No Way Out Of It.
"Did you have to wrestle hard with
the Mc.s'amara brothers to get that
admission?" ho was asked.
"Somewhat, but the acts have been
overwhelming. Every loophole was
gathered In by the State. As far as
I am concerned, I felt that sooner or
later It had to come. Things were
happening in which big people are In
terested. The movement was Impell
ing. They wanted the matter cleared
up and feared further bloodshed un
less we obliterated the Incident from
Los Angeles at once."
"Of course, I feel I have helped the
McNamaras by getting them to plead
in bo far as they probably will not be
sentenced to death."
Killed Testing Auto.
Kingston, N. V. Jesse Smith, of j
Cleveland, Ohio, was killed while test-1
ing an automobile here. While travel-;
Ing at an estimated speed of CO miles 1
an hour he was unable to make a j
sharp turn and his machine tore I
that resulted In his death.
" Gillette Not Indicted.
Klsslmmce, Fla. The Osceola coun
ty grand Jury completed Its investiga
tion of the death of Sadie Marchant
and failed to find an lndlctmet.t
against Egbert Gillette, who has been
In Jail here for seven weeks charged
with murder. Gillette was auegeu to
have "assisted her out of life" at her
own request by the administering of
chloroform.
Apple Show Baby a Shoat.
Washington. The live baby rallied
off at the Washington Apple Show v,as '
awarded to .Miss C. M. Claw son. of
this city. The voun;ter prced to
be a live shout, two months uid. Miss
Clawson said It was an agreeable sur
prise, as when she heard she held the
winning number she had commenced
negotiations with a local orphanage, i
A Round Up Of Deer.
Omaha, Neb. At Avoca, Iowa,
about 33 miles northwest of this city,
35 wild deer, which have bern de
stroying crops nnd otherwise annoying
the farmers, were tainted in a drove
Thanksgiving Day and will be sold by
the State game wardens to citlon of
the Stnte as pork attractions. A few
years ago a herd of 125 deer escaped
from th? park of the late W. B. Cuppy
nnd since then they hnve multiplied
until there are about 400 In Pottnwat
'amle county.
A Woman's Big Shot.
Duluth, Minn. Miss RoseZiegler re
turned to Duluth with one of the
biggest moose which has been killed
'n this rart of the country during the
present season. It weighed 1,200
pounds and had antlers with a spread
of C6 Inches. Miss Zlegler had given
id hope of shooting any big g:im
and was waiting for a train when she
decided to walk In a woods There
she saw a moose.
BACK TO WORK
(Copyright, 1911.)
MR, TAFT READY TO RUN AGAIN
Would Not Now Call Payne Tariff
Bill Best Ever Passed, He
Says In Outlook Inter
view. New York. in the last Issue of the
Outlook there appears an article en
titled "President Tuft's Own View; an
Authorized Interview," In which the
President discusses current topics
with an Interviewer.
Possibly the principal point of In
terest In the Interview Is the Presi
dent's plainly spoken statement that
he Is willing to accept another term.
He was asked:
"I assume that you know that It has
been widely hlnttd that your tour was
the opening of your campaign for re
election?" "Certainly, as Is the case with all
Administrations, much of what I have
done since I have been in oflice has
had some political color put upon it
by those who were Inclined to be
critical.
"The truth Is, however, that political
considerations have not weighed
heavily with me. I have tried to do
in each case what seemed to me the
wisest thing, regardless of Its effect
upon my own future.
"I am very grateful for the honors
the people have given me. I do not
affect to deny the satisfaction 1
should feel If, after casting up the
totals pro and con, and striking a bal
ance, they should decide that my first
term had been fruitful enough of good
to warrant their enlisting nie for an
other. "Any man would be proud of such a
verdict. Cut I have not been willing,
nor shall I be, to purchase it at the
sacrifice of my freedom to do my duty
as I see It.
"My happiness Is not dependent on
holding any oflice; and I shall go back
to private Hfe with no heartburnings
If the people, after an unprejudiced re
view of my administration, conclude
that some one else can serve them to
their greater advantage."
Changed On Tariff.
"Speaking of the tariff Issue, Mr.
President, If you could begin your ad
ministration again, would you repeat
your Winona speech tomorrow?" the
Interviewer asked.
"In phraseology, no; in effect, yes.
Had I known as much then as I do
now, I should have realised that there
are some things one cannot leave to be
taken for granted. I dictated that
Bpeech to a stenographer on the cars
between two etutions and glanced
through it only enough to straighten
out Its grammar; It was sent out by
the press with correspondingly little
ceremony, so that the papers received
it in all sorts of shapes.
"If I had prepared It two or three
weeks before and revised it deliberate
ly, as I ought to have done, I should
have clarified several passages.
"And, particularly, I should have
changed the sentence where I pro
claim the Payne Tariff act the best
ever passed. The comparative would
have been a better description than
the superlative, for, whatever its
shortcomings, the act still contains
less to bo criticised than its predeces
sors, and It did, as a whole, revise the
existing schedules downward.
WOMAN WALKS 8,000 MILES.
Slept Under a Roof But Twenty-One
Nights In a Year.
Kansas City, Mo. A walk of 8,000
miles was finished by Mrs. Stella
Woolf, Baid to be the champion wom
an long-distance walker of the world,
and her husband, Dwight II. Woolf,
when they arrive at their home in
Kansas City, Kan., Thursday. The
trip started at San Antonio, Tex., more
than 13 months ago. The pair went
first to Atlnnta and then to New York,
where they turned their steps toward
home. ' -
JEALOU3 MAN KILLS FIVE.
Italian Then Sends a Bullet Into His
Own Head.
HacCcnsack, N. J Six rives were
sacrificed at L'jdi because of the In
s.ir.e Jealousy of Ignazo Plcascia, who
also took his own when his pretty
wire refuseo to return to him. lie
called at the home of Sebastian I'e
corino, in Lodi, where his wile and
two children were staying with rela
tives, and killed ull he found In the
house.
Boy Kills His Father.
Southbrldge, Mass. Sidney Clarke,
a lad of five years, accidentally shot
and killed his father, John Clarke. The
elder Clarke, who was a wealthy and
prominent business man, was prepar
ing to go ou a short limiting expedi
tion with some of his neighbors, and
the boy was handing hiin the gun
when, In some manner, it wan flre.l
and the bullet entered the man's neck,
causing instant death.
A man Is generally at his heaviest In
his fortieth year.
GARY'S PLEA FOR
BUSINESS
Head of Steel Corporation on
the Trust Problem.
POINTS WAY TO SOLVE IT
Unrestrained Competition In United
States Will Result In Destruc
tion Of Weaker Individuals,
He Says.
Wahslngton. Elbert II. Cory, execu
tive head of the United States Steel
Corporation, made a plea for "big busi
ness" before the Senate Committee
on Inter-State Commerce, which Is
searching for a solution of the present
trust problem In the United Stutes.
Big corporations are essential to the
development of the country and the
maintenance of business prosperity,
he said.
As a curb for the trust evil Mr. Gary
offered the following plank:
Federal license of corporations, re
quiring full publicity, preventing over
capitalization and discrimination In
cases betweeVi persons and localities.
The creation of a corporation com
mission with power to grant, suspend
and revoke Federal licenses subject
to a right of appeal to a court.
The corporation commission to have
power to decide questions submitted
by managers of business organizations
who desire to avoid illegality in their
actions, and to regulate prices as far
as necessary to prevent monopoly and
restraint of trade.
"For example," said Mr. Gary, "if
prices should be established by trade
agreement, or If raw ainterials, such
as cotton or tobacco, should be pooled,
or If patents should be used to the
public detriment, this commission
Bhould be empowered to establish j
maximum prices for the goods thus
controlled."
Purpose Of Gary Dinners.
Mr. Gary said the Steel Corpora
tion had been accused of mnking
agreements to restrain trade and in
crease prices. It had never done more,
he said, than to try to expand trade,
maintain fnir prices, steady the mar
ket and prevent wide fluctuations.
This had been the purpose of the so
cslled Gary dinners and the confer
ences among steel men.
"But now, with these dinners and
conferences mentioned In the govern
ment's bill of complaint filed against
us, I am afraid of Incurring public dis
pleasure If I do anything to maintain
the equilibiium of prices," said Mr.
Gary. "Many manufacturers are now
selling below cost, and If the situation
continue!! they will go Into bank
ruptcy "We wouldn't think of doing now,"
he added, "what Mr. Carnegie and oth
ers would have done 12 years ago and
would have thought it perfectly right
to do."
The witness declared that there can
be no return to unrestrained competi
tion in the United States without the
destruction of the weaker Individuals
and companies by the greater ones.
Ho declared that publicity was the
remedy to accomplish the most good
in regulating the big combinations.
Workman Human Bomb.
Cary, Ind. Men standing on the
West Shore Station platform here,
watching the Lake Shore Limited from
Chicago dash by, saw a man leap from
the vestibule of the last car, strike the
rails and vanish utterly in a cloud of
smoke and a terrific roar. Peter
Schohl, who works with dynamite,
had gone to his death, leaving behind
him only a great mass of torn steel
rails and a gaping hole in the ground.
Black Hand Blows Up Home.
Pittsburgh. Because he refused tc
meet the demands of the Black Hand
and place $10,000 in a spot designated
in a number, of letters he had receiv
ed during the past year, tho store aw'
residence of Joseph Morrlsana, at Mil
lerstown, a suburb, wergr blown tc
pieces of dynamite. The Millerstown
Schoolhouso was damaged $2,000, and
other buildings in the place, including
the rostodlce, suffered to the extent
of $3,000. Morrlsana, who Is the
wealthiest Italian In Putton township
estimates his loss at $.r.,000.
Italy Reports Loss Of 120 Men.
Tripoli. Italian military authorities
announce that the casualties among
the Italian forces engaged In the bat
tle at Fort Msrl and Hennl, on No
vember 26, when the Italians attacked
and forced the Arabs and Turks to re
tire with a loss of more than 600 men
and 300 prisoners, totaled 120, of
whom sixteen were killed.
The Tokio municipality has decided
tn onen labor exchanges throughout
'he city whore employers can find help
w-linri tipof-rt.
Italian Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Says Bodies Of Soldiers Found
Near the Mosque Of Hani
Were Fearfully Mutilated.
Washington. Stories of almost In
credible barbarities practised by
Arabs and Turks are contained In dis
patches received at the Italian Em
bassy here. In a dispatch from Rome
the Italian minister of foreign affairs
describes alleged atrocities practised
on the Italian wounded, which Include
crucifixion and burial alive. Women,
It Is said, take -part In the perpetra
tion of these cruelties.
The dispatch, which Is signed by
Slgnor San Gluliano, minister of for
eign affairs, follows:
"Near the Mosque of Hani, where
to medical post of the Twenty
seventh Batalllon of Bersagllerl bad
been located, and In Its vicinity 28
bodies of our soldiers were found.
They were horribly mutilated, cruci
fied, with their throats cut open, Im
paled, torn to pieces and dismember
ed. Among them there was the body
of a surgeon lieutenant.
JPurled Alive.
"In the Arab cemetery, near the
place where the Fourth Company of
Versagllerl was located, seven bodies
of Ilersagllerl were discovered. They
had been Interred alive, with the
heads out of the earth. The body of
one of these shows that he had been
terribly- tortured. It showed many
shots and dagger wounds, the eyes
had been pulled out and threaded and
the eyelids sewn to the brows. This
body shows terrible spasmodic con
tractions. Another one had ono arm
out of the earth, from which the hand
had been cut off. The body of a
Ilersagllerl had been torn to pieces.
"A captain's cap has been found, Its
owner was Identified by Corporal
Pasqul, who escaped miraculously af
ter remaining over four hours In a
ditch. He testified thut among the
ferocious, Ill-treating hordes were
Turks and women."
GAYNOR'S JOURNALISTIC CREED.
Mayor Outlines His Idea Of Ideal
American Newspaper.
New York. To a series of questions
propounded to him on the subject,
Mayor Gnynor Issued an extended
statement here, outlining his Idea of
an Ideal American newspaper. Fre
quently In his speeches the Mayor bus
criticised the press.
His Honor thinks that :
A newspaper should show that there
Is a gentleman In control of It.
A newspaper should be true; its
motives fair.
If the facts are not known an edi
torial should not be written.
He would, confine expressions of
opinion to the editorial columns.
Headlines should be accurate and
introductions stripped of verbiage.
It would be a good thing if all arti
cles were signed.
The news columns should give all
political news without regard to party.
Headers do not want all the testi
mony In divorce trials and sensational
criminal cases.
A decent, well-bred official should
not be cartooned as a ruffian and a
loafer.
No Influence from advertisers
should control news of editorial col
umns. OFFICIAL END OF OIL TRUST.
Subsidiary Branches Become Indepen
dent Companies.
New York. The career of the Oil
Trust officially came to an end No
vember 30. The Standard Oil Com
pany, of New Jersey, sometimes call
ed the father of trusts and perhaps the
most celebrated corporation In the
world, will no longer control the af
fairs as the holding company of moro
than 30 corporations In various
branches of 'the oil business.
December 1, these subsidiaries,
which, under the decree of the United
States Supreme Court, must conduct
Independently the various entcrprlzes,
assumed entire ainnagement of their
own affairs.
CONTROLLER BAY INQUIRY.
Brandeis Says Further Action Un
necessary. Washington. On the ground that
the administration has substantially
changed Its announced Alaskan policy,
Attorney Louis D. Brandeis, counsel
for the House Committee on Interior
Department Expenditures, has advised
Chairman Graham that no further ac
tion by that committee in Investigat
ing Controller Bay affairs Is necessary.
Chairman Graham said the committee
very materially aided In effecting this
change of policy, and added: "The
committee may go further than Secre
tary of the Interior Fisher and recoin
meud the retaining to the government
the title to all the mineral, gas and oil
lands in Alaska."
Four Burned In Farmhouse.
New Westminster, B. C Fire on
tho farm of Lleut.-Gov. T. W. Patter
son, near Liverpool Station, caused
the death of four persotiB. Thomas
Moore, in charge of the farm, his
young daughter and two 'small sons
were the victims. Five boys escaped
The mother and a sister were absent
frnm linnip An overturned lumu I?
supposed to have caused the fire. One
of the boys who escaped was severely
burned In trying to re-enter the house
to arouse the father.
Dr. Cook Sues New York Times.
New York. Dr. Frederick A. Cook
filed a suit for '$100,000 against the
n:o York Times, charging libel. Dr.
Cook's complaint states three articles
published In the Times as causes ui
action.
Pardons By Wholesale.
Spartanburg, S. C. Governor
nicase paroled four llfo prisoners
Wednesday, pardoned another and
paroled four other prisoners. Thii
makeB 274 cases of executive clemono
since ho took office last January.
Widespread Indignation in the
Ranks of Unionism.
DIFFER OVER THE EFFECT
Officers Of Labor Organizations 1
Indianapolis Declare That the
McNamaras Should Gave
Gone To the Gallows.
Indianapolis, Ind. That the Mc
Namara brothers should be hanged,
not imprisoned, was the conviction ex
pressed In statements inude by offi
cials of three national labor organiza
tions that have headquarters lu this
city.
"The McNamaras took human life
i-nd Just as In any other case the
penalty shoull be life for life," declur
ed Frank Duffy, nutlonal secretary of
the Carpenters and Joiners' Union.
"They deluded us and we went down
In our pockets for them. We don't
want such men in organized labor."
"It Is awful," said J. W. Dougherty,
International secretary of the Book
binders' Union. "As far as 1 am con
cerned they cannot hang them up too
high to suit me."
W. J. Spires, secretary to James M.
Lynch, president of the International
Typographical Union, who Is out of
the city, said he would speak for Mr.
Lynch when he said that "Hanging
was none too good for anarchists such
as the McNumaras are." He added:
"It Is a crime against unionism as well
as humanity. They deserve the ex
treme penalty."
"Union labor has learned a lesson,"
said W. I). Huber, president of the
Carpenters and Joiners' Union. "In
the future we will look Into cases like
this a little deeper before we dig
down Into our pockets."
AFTER MEN "HIGHER UP."
Fight Only Begun, Says Erectors' As
sociation Counsel.
New York. "The fight has only
Just begun. This Is only the first
chapter. What we want to And out
now is who were the men behind the
McNamaras, and this we propose to
do."
This statement was made by Wal
ter Drew, chief counsel for the Na
tional Erectors' Association, which
employed William J. Burns and his
detectives to Investigate the Los
Angeles dynamiting cases.
"The McNamaras, hi pleading
guilty, have said that they were sent
out there and acted for a principle,"
Mr. Drew continued. "It Is obvious
that the men representing this 'prin
ciple' have kept them well-supplied
with money. It Is to find out who
these men are that becomes the Im
portant Issue from now on."
Mr, Drew emphasized the Import
ance of the Federal Investigation un
der way at Indianapolis.
U. S. TROOPS FOR CHINA.
Fifteenth Infantry At Manila Up To
War Strength.
Maniln, December 2. In spite of
odices from Peking saying that it Is
Initirolnblo that American troops from
the Philippines will be Bent to China,
preparations continue to send the Fif
teenth Infantry, Orders have been
issued to the men who have been
transferred from other regiments in
order to bring the Fifteenth up to
wur strength to be ready hy Sunday
to take their places in the ranks. The
number of men transferred Is 572,
which brings the Fifteenth Infantry up
to 1.3S5. The auxiliary troops who
have been ordered to prepare for
their departure for China also are
ready to Join. Official circles arc
reticent.
MUST PROTECT SHU3TER.
Only, However, As An American, Not
As a Persian Official.
Washington. Tlio State Depart
ment Is treating the case of W. Mor
gan Sinister, tho young American
treasurer general of Persia, whoso offi
cial head has been demanded by the
Russian government, as that of an In
dividual American citizen. Although,
at the request of the Persian govern
ment, Mr. Shuster's name was sub
mitted by the State Department as
that of a person fitted to take charge
of the reorganization of finances, the
8tate Department regarded him as an
employe of the Persian government
with whose official conduct it has no
concern.
Trmtmrt Inns have already gone for
ward to American Minister Russell to
see to It that Mr. Shuster's person
and property and liberty are pro
tected.
Says "T. R.'e" Pull Is Gone.
Minneapolis. The name of Theo
doro Roosevelt no longer Is one to
conjure with In North Dnkota, accord
ing to Senator A. J. Gronna, of that
State. The Presidential , battlo for
Senator La Follette has swept the
State, he declares. "Roosevelt Is
popular In North Dakota,' he said, "but
It Is too late now to swing- the State
away from La Follette even for Roose
velt."
Chlcsao's Limit $100,000.
Chlcago.-Chlcngo will be satisfied
ulth one national convention in
a rittnH' committee had been after
both the Republican and Democratic
National Conventions, but aeciuou
., iv,. tinn.000 necessary to brlns
here the Republican gathering would
be all that could he raised.
The percentage of wemen who mak
their own way in tne worm iiua
creasefl 4.1 In the United States with
la ' recpnt years.
Allentown. Edna, the four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, David Gorr,
of Brelnlngsvllle, died of a scalding
she received when the pulled the stop
per out of .the wash tub.
Harrlsburg. Samuel Reem, eighty
years, of this city, took out a mar
riage license to wed Laura Kelm, of
Blaine, Perry county. The prospec
tive bride is fifty-three.
Reading. Mrs. Annie Houck, twenty-three
years, wife of William Houck,
ended her life at the home of a friend
by drinking carbolic acid. Domestlo
trouble Is attributed as the cause.
Reading. District Attorney-elect
Harvey J. Heinly named his appoint
ments as follows: Assistant District
Attorney, Fred A. Marx; second as
sistant, Foster 8. Blohl; clerk, E. B.
Welder, and County Detective, George
W. Straub.
Freeland. Burgess Neubecker serv
ed notice on saloonkeepers that he Is
preparing a list of constant tipplers
of the town and notified the saloon
men that anyone serving the men
named on the prescribed list will do
so at the risk of losing his license.
Pottsvllle. William Bressler, of
Mlncrsvllle, a machinist at the Oak
Hill Colliery, was engaged In repair
ing some machinery when his clothing
Caught, and before his cries for as
sistance could be answered he was
drawn Into the cogs and whb horribly
crushed. Ills death occurred a short
time later at the hospital.
Bethlehem. A murder and suicide
of a prominent young man and girl
shocked the reBldeuts of the West
Side. The principals were Miss El
myra Koch, the pretty daughter of
William Koch, and Eurl Kiefer, an or
ganist. Both lived on North Seventh
avenue, with one home separating
their residences. It was a case of
spurned love.
York. Samuel Metz, thirty-five years
old, died at Dall istown from the ef
fects of Inhaling Illuminating gas,
tak-n with suicidal Intent. He had
JiMt returned from a hunting trip and
finding that the family with whom he
boarded had gone awny he turned
on the five burners of the gas stove
In the dining room after closing the
doors of the house. No cuuse Is given
for the deed.
Chester. "It Is of no use for a man
whu can swim trying to drown him
self," remarked Samuel Pullen, a vet
eran' of the Civil War, who jumped
Into the Delaware river with intent
to commit suicide. "When I canin
to he surface 1 began to realize tho
seriousness of the act I was to com
mit and then I began to strike out.
My wet clothing drew me down, how
ever, and then I began to shout for
help."
Freeland. While seated In his
st.wlv t .Tnnips Eoiscoual parsonnge,
Rev. Frank Marshall narrowly escaped
being shot by a bullet from a rine
-t,l-i rrnalmd thromm the window.
it grazed the pastor's temple and
lodged in the wall opposite, invisu-
rutlmi hv tho nolice showed mm u
was the work of three boys who were
shooting at sparrows on a tree in tne
parsonage yard.
ai .... Aft..r innnv sessions, tne
courwllmanlc committee Invest .pat Im,
charges of alleged graft by city of
ficials has reported to councils ex
onerating everybody, wltu me . e
tlon of J. B. Andrews, who resig d
his membership on the Hoard of un
ite Works. Andrews testified that hfl
had received money from a coin,,.. .,
doing paving In Altoona in return to.
procuring dumping grounds.. He r
fused to state the sum, ui
vis less than $'.'700.
A..,ntnrncneral Sisson prom
Ibc.1 the York Ministerial Asset-la Ion
hat no money would be paid out .rf
the State Treasury to the ounty Au
ricultural Society until a thorou .In
vestlgatlon was made to "
gambling had been permitted at the
Grounds.- The County Con.n.ls-
h,i nlreadv paid to the
iVura. Society $1000 as the State's
appropriation. It Is now said tha the
Commissioners will not be reimbursed
by the State for this sum.
Mr.. !da M. Person, or
i.na entered a suit to re-
T, 000 damages from the Pent,
svania Railroad for the death moJ
her husband, Conductor v. ....- -1
. i.mi.,,1 in the wreck oi
son. wno was '" : ;.., ,rnr.
the school teachers' cu..
. w l.ml Anrtl at Mar-
SsV etN J Tb; suit -win be tried
;nDeEe. Mrs. Matt.e Rhymer o
Bath, has brought t '- rhus-
damages ior in " ! ktllod
band. Arthur Rhymer, w ho wa kill.
tn the Pennsylvania i'oruum
Zany's plant while oiling n.aehin-
Allentown. - Polly Nelman. o
Northampton Heights. 10o yean ,
said to be the oldt wom In !.n
sylvanla. was admitted to t M
Shepherd Home here. She is in
cellent health.
an,burg.-Thanksg.vIngDay-HB
d one in the families of M
Kllngaman and Samuel .
V M,a Mrs Meek died of cancer.
sis. while Mrs. wees
Tho families resided in me
house.
Det,,ohem.-FrankUa;
Inent Lehigh vauey - -"- . . h0
Lehign v; ,. . t n0
three years old.
Prceland.-The detachment of state
troope . stationed at Iy.'j
oHred by the jPff.
Mrg to repair to reelu"" doWD
Id, was found here In a manhole
rur woeki ngo.