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dered a total of 37:
EXPRESS ROBRER CAUGHT
Man Who Took $101,000 Found
in Bridgeport, Conn.
SJIT CASE HELD LARGE SUM
When Opened at House of Cunlifie’s |
Brother-in-Law it Contained
Nearly $80,000. |
Edward G. Cunliffe, the clerk who |
stole $101,000 from the Adams BEx-
press Co. at Pittsburg, on October 9,
was arrested in Bridgeport, Conn., on
Oct. 19th, by an operative of the
Pinkerton detective agency, and $79.-
953.566 of the money was recovered |
at the home of Joseph W. Boardman, |
Cunliffe’s brother-in-law, at Bristol. |
Cunliffe had been in Bridgeport |
since two days after the robbery. Al- |
though registered at a hotel, he had |
been spending most of his time in
the company of a woman known as
Blanche Weir, for whom he was furn-
ishing g flatand with whom he spent
Wednesday night, so eluding officers
who lay in wait for him at his hotel |
util morning.
Pinkerton men flocked into Bridge-
port by every train, Supt. Daniel C.
‘Thornhili, of the New York agency
being in charge of them. When Cun- |
liffe returned to the Arlington hotel, |
where he had been registered for a |
week as J. P. Dowling, he was re-
caognized by Harry Brown, a Pinker-
ton, and placed under arrest. He was |
turned over to Patrolman O’Connell, |
in spite of his protests that a mistake |
had been made and sent tc police
headquarters. Ten minutes after he |
got there he confessed his identity |
and agreed to go back to Pittsburg |
without cffering any resistance.
As a result of the statement made
By Cunliffe in Bridgeport, that he had |
sent $85,000 of the plunder to his
brother-in-law, Boardman, ia Bristol,
a representative of the Associated
Press called at the Boardman home |
and asked Boardman if that was so.
Boardman, who is agent for the Elec-
tric Express Company of Hartford,
said he had received no money, but
that on October 12. a dress suit case |
came to his house from Bridgeport, |
and, as there was no mame oa it he |
had not opened it. {
His wife signed for the case and |
|
|
Boardman piaced it in a closet, think- |
ing it was sent to him as an agent of |
the express company, to be called |
for later. Joardman told the Asso-
eiated Press represeatative that if |
he wished he would send foi » PO- |
ica and they could break open the
case. Chief Meims and Capi. Belden
of the police force were then sent
for, and in their presence the case |
was torn open. i
Huge bundles of money in bills |
tumbled out on the floor, also a!
black suit of clothes, a pair of shoes |
and two shirts. As the money was |
being counted, Supt. J. C. Curtis of |
the Adams Express Company's New |
England agency, and Wm. F. Mins- |
ter, superintendent of the Pinkerton |
detectives, drove up to the house and |
were shown in. Mr. Curtis counted |
the money, and found a total of $79,-
953.556. There were five bundles of |
$100 bills, making a total of $50,000, |
and the rest, with the exception of |
$3.55, which was in a pocket in the |
eoat, was $50 bills. |
Cunliffe says that he destroyed |
the rest of the $101,000. He told De- |
tective Arnold that there was some |
$20,000 of it in bills on the Farmers’ |
1
Deposit National Bank, and he was
afraid of being discovered with it.
He refused, however, to say how he |
destroyed it, and there is a possibility
that it can be recovered in mutilated |
form,
Altogether $89,210.55 of the money |
has been recovered. To the $79,953. |
55 recovered at the home of Cun-
¥iffe’s brother-in-law in Bristol, Conn.,
and the $292 found in his possession
when he was arrested, was added!
$9,065, which he had hidden in|
Bridgeport. It has been found out
that he spent only about $100 on the
woman, Blanch Weir, to whom he de-
voted so much of his time there, and |
§t is believed that altobether he did |
aot spend more than $500. This
eaves over $11.0000 still to be ac-|
counted for. |
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LARGE ORDERS FOR CARS
Pennsylvania Rafiroad Company Con-
tracts for 20,000 Steel Cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad he
may awardad contracts for 20,000 steel
freight cars which were authorized |
last week and which will entail an!
expenditure of $23,000,000, which is |
the largest single order for car equip- |
ment ever placed by the company. i
The Pressed Steel Car Company |
ef Pittsburg landed the bulk of the |
order, getting the contract for 12,-|
@00 cars at a cost close onto $14,-
000,000. The remainder of the order
was divided between the Standard
Steel Car Company of Butler, 2.06:
gondolas; Cambria Steel Company of.
Johnstown, 2,500 gondolas, all for the
Lastern ' system of the road; the
American Car & Foundry Company
2.500 coal hopper cars for the lines
west. and 6060 box cars for the lines
east; the Middleton Car works of
Middletown, Pa., 400 box cars.
Since July 1 the company has or-
321 cars, of which |
11,700 are for the lines west of Pitts-
burg.
NO SEA LEVEL CANAL
Panama Consulting Engineers Find |
Plan Not Feasible. |
A sea level canal across the isth-
mus of Panama is not feasible in, the
opinion of a majority of the board of
consulting engineers, who returned
from their tour o! observation. and,
therefore, it is likely the preoent!
plan for a lock canal will be fol
lowed.
Several of the engineers were frank
in pointing out serious defects in the
existing management of canal affairs.
| sage is
Russian
{ his imperial majesty at
| lishment of peace far the good of all
| ville, Ky.
| but were
| Ven
| land.
{ home rule
This success of the home rul-|
measure |
EMPERORS ARE GRATEFUL
| Nicholas and Mutsuhito Again Thank
. President Roosevelt.
Formal, but none the less ‘hearty
expressions of thanks from the Rus-
sian and Japanese emperor's mes-
contained in the following
instruction to Baron Rosen, the
amb ador,
ambassador
“The is order-
ss to the President in the
sincere satisfaction expevienced by
name of the emperor the feelings of
peoples and their
At this historical
further prosperity.
hour his august
sovereign cannot but recollect with
sincere pleasure the efforts put for-
ward by the President in order to
co-operate in the attainment of that
great result. These efforts have b3en
the more highly appreciated, as they
entirely responded to the sentiments
of friendship and regard which ani-
mate his imperial majesty toward the
President personally, aad toward the
American people.”
The note from the Japanese em-
peror reads: “The formalities neces-
sary to bring the treaty of Ports-
mouth into full force and vigor hav-
ing been accomplished and peace
having been definitely re-established
between Japan and Russia, I desire
again to express to you my very
high appreciation of your distin-
| guished aid important services in the
| cause of
peace and also to thank
you most sincerely for the gracious
hospitality to my plenipotentiaries
by which they were enabled to per-
form their important labors under
the most favorable auspices.”
EX-BANKER IS INDICTED
| Charged With’ Defaldation of $198,-
013 and Other Offenses.
W. B. Smith, former president of
the Western National bank of Louis-
was indicted by the feder- |
al grand’ jury on 10 counts, charg-|
ing him. with. embezzlement, making |
false entries and the misappropria-
tion of the funds of the bank. The
total defalcation charged in the in-
dictment is $198,013
Smith is said to be in Porto Rico,
and it is alleged a cablegram has
been received from him saving he
| will return to Louisville.
NO USE TO HANG HIM
Man With Ossified Neck
Death on Gallows.
Robert Gardner, the “man with the
ossified neck,” who asserted that
hanging would not kill him, was sen-
tenced at Chicago to life imprison-
ment for murder. In Judge Tuley’s
court he pleaded guilty to killing Ag-
nes Moerison last June.
Gardner is a sufferer from solidifi-
cation of the bones and tissues of
the neck, a malady technically known
as “ostia spondilitis.” His neck is
elongated and as hard to the touch
of stone,
Escapes
Czar Gives $100,000 to Sufferers.
King Victor Emanuel recently re-
ceived $10,000 anonymously for the
benefit of the sufferers by the recent
earthquakes in the province of
{ Calabria. Baron Kotchen, the Rus-
sian consul at Messina, states that
the contribution was made by Em-
| peror Nicholas.
Southerners Kind.
The Nashville (Tean.) chamber of
commerce, unanimously adopted a
resolution requesting Secretary of |
the Treasury Shaw, if possible, to ad-!
mit free of duty the articles brought
into this couniryy by Miss
{ Roosevelt, inasmuch as they. “were
not her own selection and _burchase,
presents from foreign peo-
jle and could not be refused without
the possibility of giving offense.”
Bryan Addresses Crowd in Tokio.
William J. Bryan addressed an
audience of about 1,000 persons in
Tokyo with Count Okuma, the
former foreign minister and leader of
the Progressive party, in the chair.|
Later Mr. Bryan lunched with Count |
Okuma. The municipality of Tokio |
has invited Mr. Bryan to attend a;
| public reception, but his time here |
will not permit him to accept the
invitation.
Money Extorted by Matos.
The pavment of $130,000
| American asphalt companies to sup-
port General Matos’
ucla was testified to by General |
Avery D. Andrews, vice president of |
the National Asphalt Compnay, but |
it was really extorted by General
Matos. Mr.
timony before United States Com-
missioner Gilchrist, in New York, in
! the taking of evidence to be used to |
settle the suit of the Venezuelan |
i government against the New York &
Bermudez Asphalt Company. He said
Denon! Francis V. Greene, former
president of the National, authoriz- |
ed the paviment.
Australia Aids Ireland.
The federal house of representa-!
tives of Victoria adopted by 33 to
21 votes, a motion to petition King
rule
votes to 11,
effect that
to Ire-
grant home
senate by 16
motion to the
should be granted
Edward to
The
adopted a
land.
ers is attributed, in a large
to William Redmond’s campaign in
Australia.
Robbed and Thrown in
River,
Jacob Levine, aged 22, of Cleve-
land, O., was attacked at 1 o’clock|
in the morning by two highwaymen |
while crossing the Smithfield street |
bridge, in Pittsburg, robbed of $12 in
cash and thrown into the Mononga-
hela river, 70 feet below. He floated
to Market street, where he was pick-
ed np by John McDonald and Arch
McDaniel, of the crew of the steam-
er Helen White. Levine was uncon- |
scious, and was taken to the Homeo-
pathic hospital. Later he regained
consciousness and told his story
the re-estab-|
Alice |
through |
revolution in!
Andrews gave this tes- |
to Ire- |
MANY PERGONG DROWNED
Many Victims Claimed by Disas-
ters on Water.
SCHOONER SINKS IN LAKE HURON
Cut Loese From Tow Behind to Pre-
vent Dragging Her to the
Bottom.
\
A terrific storm swept over north-
ern l.ake Michigan, Lake Huron and
Lake Erie. As far as returns are
obtainable 11 vessels have been com-
.pletely wrecked and 12 to 15 others
more or less severely damaged.
Nine heroes went down with the
schooner Minnedosa in Lake Huron.
The angered, raging wind sent moun-
tainous waves to batter to pieces the
wooden boat wherein eight men and
one woman were imprisoned. The
vessel creaked and groaned and tim-
bers snapped. The bulwarks went
over. Great seams were opening and
water poured into the schooner’s
hold. )
Ahead tumbled the steel
Westmont, staunch and able.
pitched the Melrose,
than the Minnedosa and faring
worse. The Minnedosa was going
to the bottom. Everyone of the nine
human beings aboard knew it. Per-
haps if cast loose the Melrose could
save herself.
Captain Jack Phillips’ voice rose in
command over thé howling storm.
One of the crew held a sharp ax. It
fell and the blow sot the Melrose
free. A few moments later the Min-
nedosa with its nine heroes and a
steamer
Behind
a frailer vessel
cargo of 75,000 bushels of wheat
| lurched to the bottom.
A telegram was received at Cleve-
{land by the captain of the Corrigan
| fleet that the steamer Progress,
[ which had been missing four days
{and was feared to have been sent to
the bottom by therrécent storm, had
arrived at the Soo Saturday night.
The Progress carried a crew of 17.
The hody of Fox, one of the
wheelsmen of the Sheldon, which was
lost off Lorain Friday, was picked up
by a fish tug 10 miles west of Lo-
rain. It had been caught in the fish
net. There was a life preserver on
the body.
A launch containing nine Philadel-
phians collided with a barge in the
Delaware river off Beverely, N. J., re-
sulting in the drowning of six of the
occupants of the little boat. The
other three were rescued by the crew
of the tugboat Bristol, which was
towing the barge when the accident
happened.
Carried Over a Dam.
While returning fromm Beverely to
Marietta, O., in a motor boat, Dr. M.
L. Williamson dentist; Probate Judge
C. H. Nixon and Will Selby, son of
a wealthy oil producer, went over the
dam at Lowell on the Muskingum
river, and Williamson drowned. A
dense fog caused the party to miss
the canal. The boat went over the
dam, capsizing and throwing the
party out. Judge ‘Nixon and young
Selby swam to the bridge pier and
were rescued.
The tank of a gasoline launch
which was carrying four passengers
on the Mississippi river at St. Louis,
| Mo., exploded, near Ivory station, and
| Fred Phee and a companion drowned.
|
BRINGS HIS NAMES WITH HIM
Abyssinian Comes to Study Possi-
bility of Closer Relations.
E1 Hagg Abudullah Ali Sadik
Pasha, Prince of the Mohammedan
Church, general of: the Abyssinian
I Army, Minister of Commerce
Envoy of Emperor
President Roosevelt, arrived in
{ York on the steamer Cedric.
Ez comes ostensibly in
the new treaty of commerce between |
bilities “of closer relations with Eu-
| rope and America.
ANTWERP TO BE FORTIFIED
Belgian Government
Spend $21,600,000 on the Work.
The autumn season of the Belgian
Parliament, promises to be eventful.
The question of fortifying Antwerp
and making that city practically im-
| pregnable is the first important mat-
| ter to be considered. The plan of
the Government for a new advanced
line of fortifications will entail an
! expenditure of $21,600,000, and in con-
| junction with the building of these
t
i fortifications it is proposed to enlarge
the Antwerp docks to about twice
| their present size. The govern-
ment bill probably will pass.
Russia Thankful for Peace.
Services of thanksgiving for the
conclusion of peace were held in all
churches throughout the Russian em-
pire and festal masses were celebrat-
ed. The cmpcror’s rescript, an-
nouncing p2ace was read to the court
and the celebration held in the Kazan
cathedral in St. Petersburg was at-
{tended by the ministers and other
{high functionaries.
| EARTHQUAKE IN VERMONT
{ Shock Breaks
Like Distant Explosion.
The heaviest earthquake
{in the vicinity of Newport, Vt., oc-
| curred Sunday. The vibration of the
{ earth shook
{ery and caused considerable alarm.
There was only one shock,
seconds. It was
like a dis-
|
houses,
| lasted for a few
| accompanied by a sound
! tant explosion.
and !
Menelik to |
New |
regard to |
this country and Abyssinia, but actu- | a
ally his mission is to study the possi- |
|
CASHIER KILLS HI
Sensational Developments Followed
by Closing of the Bank.
Enterprise = National Bank,
Beaver avenue and Franklin street,
Allegheny, Pa., closed its doors as
the culmination of a series of sen-
sational events. Following a meet-
ing of the directors Tuesday night,
in which the condition of the bank
was exposed, Cashier T. Lee Clark
refused to ‘face the developments of
the following day.
Rising from bed Wednesday morn-
ing Cashier Clark, at his home in
Bellevue, sent a bullet into his
brain, dying in the’ afterncon.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridge-
ly ordered the bank closed during
the day and placed Bank Examiner
John B. Cunningham. in charge as
receiver. The last statement of the
bank showed deposits of $2,137 7
with loans and discounts of $2,242 -
807. The assets and liabilities were
given as $2,973,169 each.
Paper to the estimated face value
of $700,000 on which it is alleged
the bank could not recover is said to
be the cause of the insolvency.
President Gwinner declared that the
politicians had wrecked the insti-
tution. :
The Enterprise National Bank was
an active State depository. . There
is about $482,000 of current funds of
the State Treasury and about $300,
000 of the sinking fund moneys in
the bank. .
MSELF
The
UNREST SWEEPS OVER RUSSIA
Strike at Moscow Spreading Through
the Empire.
The strike at Moscow has given an
impetus to the new wave of strikes
and disorders which is sweeping over
the country and which promises a re-
petition of the period of stress that
prevailed in January and February
last. Besides the tumult in St.
Petersburg ‘and Moscow, strikes and
disorders are reported from Saratoff,
Kieff, Kazan, Kharoff and other cities,
while the strike movement has again
broken out in Warsaw. Dispatches
from Ekaterinodar, Kuban and Tiflis
report troubles in the Caucasus,
which, have no connection with the
Russian movement.
A large part of the working popu-
lation seems to be inspired by a spir-
it of unrest. The movement is large-
ly political and is engineered by the
social democratic and social revolu-
tionary parties.
Shuts Off War Supplies.
Exportation of arms, ammunition
and munitions of war of every kind
from any port of the United States
and Porto Rico to any part of the
Dominican republic is prohibited by
a Presidential proclamation just is-
sued. Accompanying the proclama-
tion is an explanatory memorandum
to the effect that this action has bcen
taken after consultation with the
Dominican government, with their
concurrence, and is intended to assist
them in the enforcement of their
regulations designed to prevent the
perennial revolutionists of the island
from getting warlike supplies.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Joseph Morrells, an Italian, was
killed at Altoona, Pa., by the caving.
in of a trench in which he was work-
ing.
Dr. Edward D. Eaton, resigned the
presidency of Beloit college. He will
probably accept a call from a church
at St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Secretary . Taft and party will take
up the subject of fortifying the
Panama canal when they reach the
isthmus.
President Richard A. McCurdy, of
the Mutual Lifz declares nothing can
or will drive him from its p*=siden-
cy.
The Danish ministerial council an-
nounces that Prince Charles of Den-
mark is willing to accept the crown
of Norway when elected by the storth-
ing.
The count of Flanders, brother of
King Leopold and heir apparent to
| the throae, is about to renounce his
ccession in behalf of his son,
Prince Albert. The count’s action is
due to his poor health and total deaf-
i ness.
|
Planning- to |
Lee Williamsen, of East Liverpoo
10. is in jail at Wellsville, charged
{by J. W. Uselton, of that city,
with
taking $605 from his pocket while
| playing pool.
|
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|
{
i
Crockery and Sounds |
ever felt |
|
smashed crock-|
which |
{ Port Royal, a
A hotel
Cona., finds evidence
burned much money.
The finances of the Wabash rail-
road will be discussed by congress.
E. G. Cunliffe, who robbed "Adams
Express Company, was sent to jail
in Pittsburg, in default of $50,000
bail.
President Roosevelt has addressed
a letter to members of" his cabinet
directing them to refrain from mak-
ing public any cabinet meeting pro-
ceedings or Jdepartmental business.
Bridgeport,
Cunliffe
employe at
that
Wellesey College girls are organiz-
ing a football team with the intention
if posible, of playing other female
college {eams or high school girls.
Dowager Queen Margherita, of Ita-
ly, returned after a journey of 5,000
miles in an automobile through
Switzerland, Germany, Holland and
France. Her majesty has expressed
her intention of visiting the United
States next year with a 40-horse-
power machine.
Stanley Francis Convicted.
Stanley Francis, who has heen on
trial in the United States . District
court at Philadelphia, since October
9, charged with using the mails to
defraud in connection with the de-
funct Storey Cotton company, was
found guilty on every count in the
indictment.
Mrs. Alice Hartman and her five
children were burned to death and
their home was destroyed by fire at
village in Franklin
} eountv. Me.
TEN KILLED BY TORNADOES
The Villages of Sorrento, Iii, and |
Mannford,.Okla., Wrecked.
MANY INJURED IN DEBRIS
Windstorm Followed by Heavy Fall |
of Rain and Streets Were
A tornado struck the
Sorento, 11, 82 mile§ northeast”of
St. Louis, killing eight persons, injur- |
ing 35 others, of whom three will
probably die, and doing from $80,000 |
to $100,000 damage to. property.
Forty houses were blown to splinters
or carried far from
village . of
town. Four unidentified bodies were
taken from the debris.
The identified dead: Mrs.
File, Mrs.
Mann, Harrison Mann.
Partial list of injured: Mrs. Will
iam Mann, Frank Shields and two
daughters, Mrs. I. J. May, Charles
Miller and wife, Henry Hays and
wife, Henry Barlow and wife, Will-
iam Kirkland and wife, she will
probably die; William Siewart, will
probably die; Thomas File, fatally;
Mrs. Phoebe Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
George Root, Mrs. John Griffith.
The killed were in their homes.
The storm approached - from the
southwest, and the wind swept
through the main residence portion
then followed a heavy downpour.
Houses were converted into hos-
pitals and the people by lantern light
in the pouring rain searched through
debris and dragged out the injured.
The population of Sorento is 1,100.
At St. Louis the lowlands of the
River Desperes were flooded and the
police were busy rescuing people |
from the housetops. One-third of |
Forest park, outside the world's fair |
inclosure, was submerged 15 feet |
deep. "The total precipitation was
43.26 inches.
A tornado passed one mile west of
Mannford, OkKla.,
dren of E. R. Anderson.
erson, Miss
and wife, Ed. Root,
Ed." Root, and 'J.
wife were injured.
ViSiTS MOTHER'S HCME
President Roosevelt Sees Old Man-
sion and Servants.
President Roosavelt was givenga |
grand ovation in Richmond, Va.
which in reality
of his Southern tour. After leaving |
Washington brief stops were made!
at Fredericksburg and Ashland,
where the President spoke briefly to
the crowds gathered to greet him,
but it remained for Richmond to
Tormally receive the executive, and a
roval welcome was accorded him.
President Roosevelt carried out his
long-cherished plan of visiting the
home of his mother at Roswell, Ga.
One of the reasons for coming South
was that he might see the old home-
stead where his mother spent Ther
girlhood and which she left a happy
bride. That the visit was fraught
with many tender recollections was
evident, and as his carriage drove
away from the old Buloch mansion
where his mother lived and married.
The President reachzad Roswell at
7:30 o'clock in the morning and was
joined by Senator and Mrs. Clay. He
then entered a carriage and was
driven to the mansion. This fine old
homestead is now the property of J.
D. Wing, a lumber merchant. Here
he was greeted by two old servants
who lived on the place during his
mother’s young womanhood. One of
these is “Aunt Grace,” who acted as
maid to Mrs. Martha Bulloch, who
afterward became Mrs. Theodore
| Roosevalt, and the other is William
Jackson, who decorated the mansion
on the occasion of the marriage of
its young mistress.
The national encampment of the
Union Veterars’ Union at Springfield,
111., decided to meet at St. Paul next
year,
k
Reissue of $10 Counterfeit Note.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
secret service, has announced that
the counterfeit of the $10 United
States note, first discovered in July,
1903, has been reissued with a marked
improvement in the color and form of |
the figures in the Treasury number.
They more nearly approximate the
gennine. There has been a slight
improvement also in the color of the
back, which is not so dark as the
first issue.
Parents Ask $200,000.
The parents of Sam Shubert, the
theatrical] manager, who was mortal-
ly injured in the wreck of the Pean-
sylvania railroad’s Chicago express
last May, brought suit in the United
States circuit court at New York
for $200,000 against the railroad com-
pany, alieging that negligence caused
their son’s death. This suit is one of
several others aggregating $600,000
and growing out of the same wreck.
S. P.. Averill, .of. Battle
Mich., travelling solicitor
Order of Red Men,
Hinton, W. Va.
doubtful.
for the
cut his throat at
His... recovery. .is
. Rhode Island Republicans.
A harmonious State convention
was held by the Republicans. of
Rhode Island. and all the present
State officers were renominated by
acclamation as follows: Governor
George H. Utter, Westerly; Lieuten:
ant Governor, Frederick H. Jackson,
Providence; ‘Secretary of State,
Charles P. Bennett, Providence; At-
torney General, William B. Greea-
ough, Providence; General Treasur-
er, Walter R. Read, Gloucester.
Crook. |
| its
| Presiden
Flooded.
4
foundations. A |
complete swath was cut through the!
CHANGES CIVIL SERVICE RULES
President Roosevelt Makes Sweeping
Amendment io ‘Regulations.
An amemdment to the civil service
| rules, sweeping and comprehensive in
charaéter, was authorized by
Roosevelt. Hereafter, a
{ cabinet officer will have the power to
remove summarily and without hear-
ling any civil service employe in his
department who, to the personal
knowledge of the head of the depart-
ment, has been guilty of misconduct,
or who is inefficient in the perform-
ance of his duties.
the amendment the cabinet officer’
mist have personal knowledge of the
misconduct or’ inefficiency of the em-
ploye ywinom he proposes to dis-
charge. With this personal knowl-
edge, the power of the head of the
department is absolute.
' Heretofore, in every case of the re-
moval of a“ civil service employe,
charges had to be filed against the
| person whom it was proposed to re-
move,
Thomas |
William Stewart, William !
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and killed two chil-|
Mrs. And-|
Maude Root, A. Maggan!
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and the employe was given
time in which to meet the charges
with such defense as he might have
to male. Under the authorized
amendment, such a proceeding will
not be necessary. A head of a de-
partment may discharge an employe
for misconduct or inefficiency, with
the simple statement to the civil ser-
vice commission that the misconduct
or inefficiency Js a subject of his per-
sonal observation. The discharged
employe will have no recourse.
TEN BANKERS INDICTED
Charged With Conspiracy to
~ from Denver Bank.
Leonard Imboden, James A. Hill, C.
Bi Wifley, E. E. Hull, H. L. Hull, C.
C> Robert, W.: T. Camp, D. M. Car-
ey, A. B. Davis'and J. H. Edmond-
songwere indicted by the Grand Jury
on the eharge of conspiring to steal
$1,712,687 from the Denver, (Col.)
Savings bank. Wilfley and Edmond-
son were formerly presidents of the
| bank, and Hill was president of the
bank when a receiver was appointed.
H. L. Hull is president of the Mount
Vernon National bank of Boston.
Roberts and Carey are officers of the
Cherokee State’ bank, of Enid, Okla.
In addition to’ the general con-
spiracy indictments were found
against Edmondson. He is charged
specifically with the robbery of $105,-
000. T'our indictments were returned
against Wilfley charging him with
lending certain funds belonging to
bank and securing heavy com-
his own use One in-
returned against Hill
charging him with the embezzlement
of $10,000. ‘Warrants were immedi-
ately issued for the arrest of the
men.
Steal
dictment was
FIVE INJURED
Two Gas Explosions Cut Off Supply
os from Erie.
Two terrific explosions at the
main regulating house of the Penn-
sylvania Gas Company, just outside
the city of Erie, Pa., cut off natural
gas for heating and lighting in the
city. Benjamin Donavan, the gas
tender, aged 36, is in Hamot Hos-
pital, not expected to live. His little
son, Neil Donavan, aged 4, is so
badly burned that his recovery is
doubtful. © Mrs. Mary Donavana, his
wife, was burned in escaping.
The accident was caused by a bon-
fire Donavan started in his yard to
burn rubbish. Close by was the sup-
ply pipe, eight inches in diameter,
that conveys the natural gas from
Warren county to Erie. A small leak
let the gas escape and communicate
-with the fire.
SUEMARINE SPRINGS A LEAK
Crew of Sixteen on Board English
Vessel Has Narrow Escape.
The crew of 16 on board submarine
boat No. 4 had a remarkable narrow
escape. The boat was engaged in
diving practice off Spithead and was
submerged, when water leaked
through the exhaust pipe and caused
an accumulation of gas. A slight
explosion followed, damaging the ma-
chinery. The crew, however, man-
aged to raise the vessel, which
came up stern first. A government
gunboat nearby went to her assist-
and saved all the crew.
LEITER 1s ORDERED TO PAY
Must Meet Note for $69,767 Given
in Effort to Coroner Wheat.
Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, was ord-
| ered by Justice Greenbaum, of the
| Supreme court, New York, to pay
William J. Zeller, $69,767 as a result
of a suit brought by the latter to re-
cover a promissory note plus inter-
est which Leiter gave during his at- .
tempt to corner the wheat market
several days ago. Leiter's defense
was that under the laws of Illinois
this transaction came within the de-
finition of gambling and that the
amount of the note was therefore ir-
recoverable. Leiter gave notice of
appeal from Justice Greenbaum’s de-
cision.
British Boat Fired Upon,
The Pritish torpedo boat destroyer
Cherwell reports that while anchored
between Ceuta and Ceres she was
fired at by Mcors, whose bullets piere-
ed her funnel. The Cherwell threw
her searchlight on the assailants.
There were no casualties.
Won't Disturb Postmasters,
Postmaster General George B.
Cortelyou, in an official Statement,
announces that fourth-class postmast-
ers will be retained so long as they
give satisfactory services. The an-
nouncement was occasioned by stor-
ies to the effect that there had been
changes made in the government's
policy toward this class of post-
masters.
Many persons are wounded in fights
between strikers and soldiers at St.
| Petersburg.
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