ttiaeti Semi-Weekly Founded Wayne County Organ " 1908 of tye Weekly Founded, 1844 REPUBLICAN PARTY i 66th YEAR. HONESDALE, WAYNE 00., PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1909. NO. 29 1 MRS. n Mother and Brother Give Points In Her Favor. PROSECUTOR IS DISAPPOINTED Testimony That Accused Woman Was on Second Floor of Her Home Just Before the Tragedy Occurred. Lyons, N. Y., April 8. The father, mother nnd two brothers of Mrs. Geor gia Allyu Sampson, charged with the killing of her husband, Harry Samp son, were called to the witness stand by District Attorney Gilbert to give evidence on which the state Is depend ing to convict Mrs., Georgia Sampson of murder. The testimony of the four members of the Sampson family was listened to with Interest by a great throng that packed the courtroom. A sad figure In the courtroom was the widowed moth er of Harry Sampson, Mrs. George Sampson. The defense scored several material points through the testimony of ihe members of the Allyn family. It was established notably that shortly before Harry Sampson staggered into the Allyn dining room and fell dead Mrs. Sampson was seen on the second floor of her home. Through Mrs. Allyn the state's attor ( neys brought out the fact that Robert Manson of Niagara Falls wrote to Georgia inviting her and a friend, Miss Mildred Cervoss, to spend a few days Jn Niagara Falls. CTJIVI"rtiii -m ri , f :r - Ui ...lifif Mnnonn wl-nrn natftlrr Ml-U jjj r5tuuBuu lu uuL u'i u cuuiierou. gMvOari. AUyn, brother of Georgia, testl Mr. Allyn, .the father of Georgia, said' that when he drove away from the house that morning he saw Mrs. Samp son ,ln the window of the second story of their home. "You never told nie that before," said District Attorney Gilbert, "though I asked you to tell me all you knew." . "No, I did not." said Mr. Allyn. ! "What did you do with Harry's clothes?" "I told Carl to take them out and burn thorn," replied Mr. Allyn. The prosecuting attorney was great ly chagrined at the failure of his wit nesses to strengthen his case. Counsel for the defense showed that the dark outer shirt of Harry Samp son had no bullet hole in the left hand side to correspond with the bullet hole on the left side of the undershirt and sought further to establish that the outer shirt was not the one Harry wore. Mrs. Sampson's lawyers nssert that! the outer shirt undoubtedly contained j powder marks, but this shirt was burned, none of the members of tho Allyn family thinking it important. The prosecution will endeavor tc prove that Harry Sampson had his outside shirt open and that therefore the bullet did not pass through It. John Ebert, nt neighbor, declared that ho had seen the rifle In the Allyn wood shed just before the shooting He said that when he saw Harrj Sampson's body the shirts were thrown open at the throat. Under, cross examination he stated that Harry Sampson before the shoot ing had shown him a smokeless car tridge of a caliber that would lit tho rifle. Mr. Ebert said that the exploded shell which' he gave the undertakei was not the ono which he took from the rifle after the shooting. "You never told mo this before in any of your examinations," said the prosecutor. "No, sir; you did not ask me," said Ebert. Ebert further declared that at tho funeral of Harry Sampson ho told Lawyer Tlnklebaugh that when hi gave Frank Sampson the rifle he also gave him a box of smokeless powdet cartridges. The witness stated that be had seen a yardstick standing near the rifle The defense, will try to show thai Sampson probably snapped the trlggei by pushing It with tho yardstick. JEALOUSY ENDS FATALLY. Dataware Youth Killed In Row Over Girl. Mllford, Del., April 8. In a quarrel over a girl Walter Gillespie was stab bed to death by Chester Gray of Mil ton, the son of a stock dealer of that place. Gray bad been calling on a Miss Bennett here. Aa he was leaving he was followed, be avers, by Gillespie and two of Gillespie's friends. Accord' Ins to Gray, the three attacked him. STANDARD OIL'S DEFENSE. John G. Milburn Says Company Has Been Greatly Maligned. St. Louis, April & John G. Mll aurii, senior counsel of the Standard Dll company lu tho suit of the gov ernment to have the great corpora tion dissolved as a violator of the Sherman act, now being argued before the full bench of the United States cir cuit court here, resumed his argu ment for the defense. He contended that the Standard OH company has been greatly maligned and that It has been the nation's great est developer of not only local, but for eign commerce. Mr. Milburn told of the care with which the firm of Rockefeller nnd company, even In Its earliest days, studied the economies of the oil busi ness, establishing warehouses and lighterage facilities In New York that they might be Independent of local conditions. Telling then of the light made against Cleveland as a reflulng cen ter by the Pennsylvania railroad In an endeavor to dominate the old world, Mr. Milburn, pausing dramatically, with uplifted hands, exclaimed: "Instead of concocting the so called conspiracy about whicii we have heard so much, Mr. Rockefeller and his as sociates were at that very moment fighting for their own lives and com mercial existence." Mr. Milburn denied that Mr. Rocke feller was one of the organizers of the famous South Improvement com pany of Pennsylvania. Instead, he said, the embryo oil king denounced the plan ns impractical. "Mr. Rockefeller and his associates saw at that time that self preservation existed only in strengthening their business. "Mr. Rockefeller had faith in the oil business; greater than any other man on earth ever had." Mr. Milburn denied that there had been either fraud, coercion or wrong in the acquisition of the properties bought by Standard Oil. "In the general economy of society," he said, "It was ordained that some men should succeed and others fall. Some men failed in the oil refining business.- They could not keep pace with the Improvements of 'time. They Did we compass his fall? No; such is tho law of progress." MESSAGE FROM ROOSEVELT. Ex-President Praises Relief Work Americans at Messina. by Rome, April 8. As u result of his visit to the earthquake ruins at Mes sina ox-l'resldent Roosevelt has writ ten the following message to the American people: "I am sure the American people do not realize the splendid work that is being done at Messina aud Rcgglo with the lumber sent from the United States. I have visited the American camp aud seen 250 houses already com pleted, and arrangements have been perfected for the rapid construction of 1,2."0 more. 'The whole work, which is under the general direction of Ambassador Gris com, has been organized and perfect ed by Lieutenant Commander Belknap, with tho assistance of Lieutenant Buchanan, Ensigns Wilcox nnd Spof ford, Dr. Donelson, Paymaster Rog ers, forty enlisted men of our navy and a number of stalwart American carpenters. "In addition, there is a line group of Americans, such ns J. Elliott, Win throp Chandler, J. Bush and R. Hale, who are giving their time and ener gies to help the philanthropic work. "I consider that the American people are deeply Indebted to each and ev ery one of these men. I cannot exag gerate the pleasure It gave me to see tho officers and enlisted men of our navy adapting themselves to strange and une pecl -d circumstances nnd successfully performing with ability and thorough good will this most diffi cult task. Our nation can well be proud of them." JAIL FOR TAKING- TWO CENTS Young Mall Carrier Harshly Dealt With by Federal Judge. Springfield, Mo., April 8. Judge John F. Phillips, in the United States district court hero, sentenced Cleve land Carroll, a boy employed as a mall carrier, to six months In the reform school for embezzling postal funds. Carroll Is said to have appropriated two cents given him to buy a stamp. He destroyed the letter he was to mall. HE WOULD TAX BILLBOARDS. Senator Heyburn Objects to the 8igna of the Times. Washington, April 8. Senator Hey burn of Idaho has Introduced a bill In the senate for a tax on billboards. It appears the senator, who has an eye for tho artistic, has been offended while riding along on trains botwoon here and New York and elsewbero and beholding commercial ornaments to tho latuUrans.. camo urns -to sell, atadiWe bought,'bEttl ' ',rirf'tbIs'fertdanlQhtti-ftlo with that man's failure to succeed? tho TAFT OPTIMISTIC. Sure Party Platform Prom ises Will Be Kept. STANDARD OIL GETS WHACKED House Committee of Whole Upsets Organization, Beverses Speak er's Decision and Pub Oil Practically on Free List. Washington. April 8. President Taft reiterated to some of his callers the be lief be has held ever since his election that the new tariff bill as finally pass ed by congress will fulfill the platform pledges made at the Chicago conven tion last June and would be a revision downward. One of the callers to whom he thus expressed himself was Senator Mc Cumber of South Dakota. President Taft told Senator McCum ber that the new census bill as framed lu the house seems entirely satisfac tory, and it is believed at the White House that the senate will accept and pass this measure as it came from the lower branch of congress. Standard Oil was given a body blow in the house during the debate on tar iff bill amendments. The house, sitting In committee of the whole, adopted an amendment which cuts the duty on refined nnd crude oil to 1 per cent in place of a 25 per cent ad valorem proposed by the ways and means committee. Another Important Incident came when the house, after brief debate and with scarcely a dissenting vote, adopt ed the committee amendment to put tea on the free list and removing the countervailing duty from coffee. Five amendments to the barley schedule were defeated. Tho duty on barytes was raised from 75 cents to $1.50 per ton. The oil, incident , was, accompanied. ;tbj?reatesft ettltewfeiotfr. iLvi,oawiUWauei:n,'-wunesHeu since opening of the toilff contest' When this schedule was reached Mr. Vree land of Now York, on behalf of the ways nnd means committee, offered an amendment striking out the counter vailing duty and fixing n duty of 25 per cent ad valorem. Mr. Norrls of Nebraska moved a substitute provid ing for a duty of 1 per cent nd va lorem. Against this Mr. Dalzell made the point of order that as It was not in cluded In the committee proposition it could not be entertained. The chair sustained the point, but by a vote of 102 to 173 on division the chair was overruled, many Republic' nns voting with the Democrats against the chair. Tellers being ordered, tho negative vote was increased, and the vote stood 120 to 10S. Thus the entire petroleum schedule was opened to amendment. This to suit created Intense excitement. After tho confusion had subsided somewhat debate on the Norrls amend ment was begun. During the debate Speaker Cannon took the floor and with great feeling spoke against the amendment. Ho sought to show that this nmendment would help the Stand' nrd and enable it to flood the country with oil from Mexico. The speaker was shaking with rage as he spoke. Immediately thereafter the Norrls amendment was adopted. While the vote was In committee of the whole, It is regarded as probable that it will be sustained in the house when It comes to a record vote. The whole proceeding showed that tho house members were powerfully In favor of striking a blow at the Standard. It Is predicted that if the house pro vldes for practically free oil tho sen ate will do likewise. RIOTS IN CALABRIAN TOWN. Troops Fire on Popular Demonstration Against New Taxes. Monteleone, Calabria, April 8. Four men were killed and many others wounded in a conflict with the local carbineers. The authorities are en deavoring to collect new taxes, which are exceedingly unpopular. As a protest tho people marched through tho streets and Invaded the city ball. The carbineers were called out, and a fierce riot ensued, In which the soldiers fired on the people. SENTENCED TO THE NAVY. Boy Forger Had a Chance to Be a Man, Judge 8ays. Des Moines, la., April 8. John Flood, sovonteeu years old, Indicted for for gery, was sentenced to enlist In tha navy or to serve a terjn in the reforma tory. Judge Brcnnan of the juvenile court declared training in the navy would make n man of the lad. Recruiting nflicora ronv reject him. CASTRO AT MARTINIQUE. Angry at British Government and at President Gomez. Fort de France, Martinique, April 8. Clpriano Castro, former president of Venezuela,. has taken up his residence temporarily at least at this place. He arrived hero on tho French steamer Guadeloupe and very unwillingly came ashore owing to the British govern ment's refusal to permit him to dis embark nt Port of Spain, Trinidad. His wife and other members of the party continued on their journey to La Guairn. Castro has taken apartments nt the Hotel Ivanes. The former presi dent was greatly wrought up over the action of the British government aud expressed himself as having been out raged by tho treatment accorded him by the governments concerned in his Interdiction. He showed the utmost Indignation nt the action of President Gomez, saying: "It was I who placed him In bis high position, nnd I have been very badly recompensed. But justice Is Imminent." When he bade goodby to his wife Castro showed great emotion. He ex pressed keen regrets that he was not able to continue the voyage. May Have to Leave Martinique. Port of Spain, Trinidnd, April 8. There is much excitement in the Vene zuelan colony here over the Interdict Issued by the British government against ex-President Castso. Interest centers in the question how long Cas tro will be permitted to remain in Fort de France. MISSING CHAUFFEUR CAUGHT, Darragh, Who Ran Down TrimBle Boy, Captured In Texas. Fort Worth, Tex., April 8. William Darragh, a clmuffeur, wanted at New York on the- charge of running down and killing thlrteen-yenr-old Ingvaard Trimble, was arrested here by Chief of Police R. P. Taylor, who notified the northern authorities. Darragh, who was known here un- Uor the name of William Lee, con fessed his identity. He was held for 'extradition papers. Darragh, who ran away after the boy was run down, had been rf oHped.thrpugh 'several, .western A, telegram was rceelved''fro"m New York saying that an officer would leave at once to bring Darragh back. COLONEL GREENE RESIGNS. Civil Service Commissioner Asks Foi His Release. Washington, April 8. Henry F. Greene has handed his resignation to tho president as a member of the civil service commission. It is believed that ills successor will be James Thomas Williams, Jr., for several years a resi dent of the District of Columbia. Mr. Williams during the late cam paign was connected with the Repub lican national committee aud acted as private secretary to National Chair man Frank II. Hitchcock. ICE HOUSES BURN DOWN. Four Hundred Thousand Pounds of Ice Lost as Result of Incendiary Fire. East Watcrboro, Me.. April 8. More than 400,000 tons of Ice stored In six Icehouses along tho Bnrtlett river weru destroyed by mi Incendiary fire, which wrecked the plant of the E. W. Clark Ice company. Tho damage Is estimated at $50,000. Eight Killed In Michigan. Detroit, Mich., April 8. At least eight persons lost their lives in the storm that swept over Michigan. Three men who tried to cross the De troit river in u rowbont from Wyan dotte to Canada were drowned when their craft capsized. At Jennings, In JMissaukec county, three men were killed by a falling wall that was blown down by the wind. KIght-ycnr-old Benjamin Hellmei was killed by lightning near Iona, and Ray Miller was killed at Brighton by a roof that had been blown off by the wind. One Killed at Rochester. Rochester, N. Y., April 8. John Velth was killed here when a flfty-ono mile an hour wind unroofed a New York Central freight car. Velth, who was working along the tracks, was crushed to death. A twelve-year-old child sustained a fractured skull from a chimney blown down by the gale. CALLS YANKEE GIRLS, HORRID "Have Made tho Demure British Maid en Disgrace Her Nation." London, April 8. English matrons soy the type of simple, modest British maiden of olden days Is practically ex tinct and lay It to the example set by the American girls who flock to tbe English metropolis every season. Ono society woman said: "Our girls are now boys. They have male nick names, such as 'Jimmy,' 'Billy' and 'George.' They drive motor cars, shoot, hunt, go away for week ends of their own and Indulge In other mas culine pleasures. Thoy cannot blush and cannot full In love." OPERATORS 1 Mine Workers Get a Setback at Conference. NO RECOGNITION OF THE UNION All That Is Offered Is a Renewal of the Old Wage Agreement For a Term of Three Years. Philadelphia, April 8. At the con ference held here between committees representing tho coal operators and the officials of the United Mine Work ers of America, representing the an thracite workers, to consider demands' made by the miners the operators re fused all tbe demands and submitted Instead a proposition to extend the wage agreement brought about by the anthracite strike commission for an other term of three years. In order that the proposition may be laid before the officers of the mine workers' organization the conference took a recess until late this afternoon. The proposition of the operators is ns follows: "Whereas, in 1902 all questions at Issue between tbe companies and their employees, whether they belong to the union or not, were submitted to tho anthracite coal strike commission to decide ns to the samo nnd the said strike commission under dnte of March 13, 1003, filed Its award and provided that the said award should continue lu force for three years from April 1, 1903; and "Whereas, by agreement dated May 7, 1906, it was stipulated that 'the said nwnrd shall be continued In force for three years until March 31, 1009; "Now, therefore, it is stipulated that the said award shall be extended and shnll continue in force for three years from April 1, 1009 namely, until March 31, 1912." SsSesldi George F. Baer of the Read ing company mere were prescm lor the operators J. L. Cake, Independent operator; Thomas Fowler, president of the Now York, 'Ontario and Western: W. H. Truesdale, president of the Lncknwannn; E. B. Thomas, president of the Lehigh; S. C. S. Sims, second vice president of the Delaware and Hudson; Morris Williams, president of tho Susquehanna Coal company, and George F. Barker. The miners were represented by President Lewis of tho United Mine Workers, John Fallon. N. J. Ferry and Miles Dauglierty of the national board, John Waters, district No. 1; John Me Illienny, district 7, and John Fnhy, dis trict No. 9. The wage agreomsnt, which the op erators seek to have renewed, expired on March 31. Tho miners, however, pending tho outcome of the confer ences are working under Its terms. The agreement does not provide for recognition of the miners' union, and this is the bone of contention, ns tho operators absolutely refuse to recog nize the union. It Is said that should the operators refuse to make any concessions and Insist upon the offer to renew the an thracite strike commission award the miners will appeal to President Taft for the appointment of. a commission to investigate the conditions control ling the mining and selling of hard coal. It Is also said that If the conference comes to an end without an agreement being reached the miners will not de clare a strike, but will leave It to the operators to declare a lockout. TURKISH EDITOR KILLED. Writer Who Opposed Young Turks As sassinated at Constantinople. Constantinople, April 8. Hassan Fehinl Effeudl, editor of the Liberal newspaper Serbestl, was shot aud kill ed by an unknown man as he was en tering his office. A government officer accompanying the editor was wound ed. The crime Is believed to be po litical. The Serbestl has been carry ing on a campaign against the commit tee of Union and Progress, better known as tbe Young Turks. This committee has been controlling the Turkish government by virtue of Its hold on troops from Salonika and elsewhere, which were brought Into Constantinople, leading, first to tbe granting of the constitution and, later on, to the downfall of Klamll Pasha. Guilty of Three Murders. Amite City, La., April 8. Tho Jury In the case of Avery Blount, charged with the murder of J. O. Breeland, Mrs. Breeland and Mrs. Joe Everette, brought In a verdict of guilty In the first degree. Weather Probabilities. Fair and cooler; diminishing west Winds. GREAT HAVOC BY WINDSTORM Northwestern Ohio Suffers Greatly, Many Persons Being Hurt. Toledo,' O., April 8. Northwester. Ohio experienced one of the most ue vere windstorms in Its history. Scores Df persons were injured, many of them seriously, nnd the property damage Is large. In Toledo the loss Is estimated at $25,000, and fifteen persons were injured. The wind attained a velocity of ser raty miles an hour. The lives of pe destrians were endangered by falling signs, parts of roofs, chimneys, limbs of trees and glass blown out of win dow sashes. Tho main building of the Toledo Masslllon Bridge company was par tially wrecked by the storm, and 30 men were put out of work. Tho roof over tho main building of tbe plant, 108 by 400 feet, was torn off and de posited in a field. Many towns report much damage nd many minor nccldents. HURRICANE IN CANADA. Six Injured at London When Chimney Crushes 8chool Building. London, Out.. April 8. Six persons were fatally injured and a financial loss of $.i0,000 was entailed by a hur ricane which passed over this city. At the Aberdeen public school a taH chimney crashed through the roof, im prisoning 300 pupils ' and creating a paulc. The chimney fell In such a position that It blocked the exits from the up per part of the school building and damaged the rooms. The firemen suc ceeded In quieting the children, who were removed by means of ladders. Ono of the steeples of St. Mary's Itoniau Catholic church was blown dowu. BOATS LOST IN GALE. Crew of Steel Barge Rescued In Fierca Storm on Lake Erie. Cleveland, O., April 8. The fishing tug George Floyd, with seven men aboard, aud tho sloop Mary H with nine men, are missing, and tho barge Norman Kelley, with a crew of four persons, was rescued after a desperate struggle In a fierce windstorm which raged on Lake Erie. The vlnd blow a sixty mile gnle. The steel barge Kelloy's crew, three men nnd a woman, were picked up after floating fifteen miles away from Kelley's island, whence the boat broke away. There was neither nn engine or an oar on the barge, so the crew was at the mercy of tho waves. Death and Havoc at Buffalo. Buffalo, April 8. For two hours a seventy-two mile wind tore through tho streets of Buffalo. One man was killed and many were Injured by parts of buildings detached by the force of the wind nnd hurled through the air. The whole front of tho Oppenheim Colllns dry goods store was blown In, and many plate glass windows were shattered. The lake was lashed Into a foaming, tumbling mass, and the big ice field that stretched as far as Dunkirk was broken tip aud forced into this harbor. Tho big steel steamers J. J. H. Brown nnd William H. Truesdale broke from their moorings and were blown aground. Peter Mariblto, a farmer, was blown from a hayrack to the street and killed. CROKER LIKES WASHINGTON. Says District of Columbia Ought to Bo Made a' Territory. Washington, April 8. Richard Cro ker, former lender of Tammany Hall. , made nn address before the Citizens' association here, In which ho Indorsed the opinion that the District of Colum bia should be given a territorial form of government and that its citizens should have the right to vote. "My life work," said Mr. Croker. "has been accomplished, and what re mains of my life will be devoted to rest. I shall spend six months of each, year In Ireland and six months at Palm Beach. I have fallen In love with Washington aud hope to stop here every year." TAFT WILL SIGNAL SEATTLE. Seattle Fair Will Be Opened by Press ing Key of First Klondike Gold. Seattle, Wash., April 8. When Presi dent Taft gives the signal from the White nouse that will open tho Alas-ka-Yukon-Paciflc exposition, on June 1, he will press a key of virgin gold, studded with the first nuggets taken from tho Klondike. The base upon which the instrument rests is white Alaska marble, and the button wlilch tips the key bar Is of walrus Ivory. Italia Balloon Falls 1,200 Feet. Schlo, Italy, April 8. The dirigible balloon Italla's trials ended disastrous ly. After maneuvering at a height of 1,200 feet' the engine broke down, and tbe balloon descended precipitately. It was badly damaged, but the aeronauts. xsoxa Vint b
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