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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA,, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1012.
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PEOPLE TO ELECT
HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION DE
CLARING FOR CONSTITUTION
AL AMENDMENT.
SENATORS DIRECT ELECTION
Measure With Brlstow Amendment
for Federal Control Carried by 237,
to 39 Three-Fourths of State Leg
Itlatures Must Ratify It
Washington, May 15. On Monday
the houso hy a vote of 237 to 39
passed the resolution declaring for an
amendment to the Constitution pro
viding for the direct election of Unl
ted States senators. Tho resolution
has already passed tho senate. The
amendment, thua Initiated by con
gress, must be ratified by three
fourths of the state legislatures before
It will becomo law.
Tho resolution, as modified by the
senate, on motion of Senator Brls
tow, provides for fedoral supervision,
of the senatorial elections. This pro
Vision was fought by members from
tho south, led by Representative Bnrt
,lett of Georgia, who held that federal
Interference would lead to a return
of carpet bagging. As passed the
resolution is as follows:
That In lieu of the first paragraph
of section 3 of article 1 of the Con
stitution of tho United States, and In
lieu of so much of paragraph two of
the same section as relates to the till
ing of vacancies, tho following be pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution, which shall be valid to all
Intents and purposes aa part of the
Constitution when ratified by the leg
islatures of three-fourths of tho states.
The senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators
from each state, elected by the people
thereof, for six years: and each sens-
tor shall have one vote. The electors
In each state shall have the quallflca-.
tlons requisite for electors of tho
most numerous branch of tho state
legislatures.
When vacancies happen In the rep
resentation of any state In the senate
the executive authority of such state
shall Issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies, provided that the leg!
Islature of any state may empower
the executive thereof to make tempor
ary appointments until the people fill
tho vacancies by election as the legls-.
lature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so
construed as to affect the election or,
termTof any senator1 chosen before1ti
becomes valid as part of the Consti
tution. There were cheers and applause,
.when tho speaker announced that the
measure had received tho two-thirds
majority required for a Constitutional
amendment and it was predicted that
the reform would be accepted by aj
sufficient number of states to Incor
porate it into the Constitution.
Tho majority of the state logisla-i
,tures meet next January and each
.will probably act on tho amendment,
as speedily as possible In tho casesi
of other states there will be no legls-;
.laturcs for another year so it will be
at least two years before the voters
'will have an opportunity to go to the
jpolls and vote for a senatoras they
would for a congressman, even if rati
.flcatlon Is prompt and gonoral. "" '
Representative Bartlott of Georgia
.started the fight against the resolu
tlon which had passed the senate by
offering an amendment which pro
vided that congress shall not have
the power or the authority to deter
mine the qualifications of electors of,
iTJnited States senators, nor to author
ize supervisee, Judges or returning
boards for those elections, nor to use
United States marshals or troops at
the polls for the election of senators.
Representatives Kahn and Know
land of California wero tho only Re
'publicuiis to vote for the Bartlett.
'amendment, which was defeated 189'
ito 89.
Those voting against the resolution
ion Its final passage wore: Adamson,
Bartlett, Bell, Broussard, Canler, Col
lier, Dickson, Dupree, Edwards, Esto
pinal, Falson, Flood, Floyd, Glass,
Goodwin, Gregg, Hardy, Hay, Harri
son (Miss.), Holland, Howard, Hughes
(Go.) Humphreys, Jacoway, Lee, Ma
'con, Moore (Tex.), Oldfleld. Jloddcn
jberry, Saunders, Slsson, Slayden, Ste
phens (Miss.), Tribble, Turnbull,
'Witherspoon, Blackmail, Brantley and
Dent.
WRECK KILLS ONE; HURTS 40
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jlnterurban Cars Crashed Together
Near Kokomo, Ind., Through
Disregard of Orders.
Kokomo, Ind., May 12. Ono person
was killed and forty injured, a scoro
.seriously, Friday, when north-bound
(limited car No. E02 of Wabash
Valley lino on tho Indiana Urban
Traction company crashed into south
bound local on straightaway a mile
south of the city. Tho cause is said
Ito bo the disregard of orders on tho
;part of tho conduotor and motorman
of tho couth-bound car.
Prizes to 8wattera of Filet.
' Sedalla, Mo., May 15. Tho United
Daughters of tho Confederacy are ar
ranging to offer at least fifty prizes in
(their fly swatting campaign to be in
augurated within a fortnight. Special
prizes are to bo awarded boys.
Forest Fires Kill Twenty.
San Juan, Costa Rica, May IB.
Twenty persons have been burned to
'death and over fifteen villages were
destroyed by forest fires on tho Pa
clflc coast of Costa Rica during Sun
day and Monday.
TWO RIOTERS ARE SHOT
POLICE CHARGE MOB OF 2.C0O AT
SCRANTON, PA.
Striking Miners Rush Fire Room,
Drag out Minors sns
Coat Thorn. l
Scranton, Pa., May 12. Cayuga
breaker, of tho Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western company, in North Scron
iton, formed tho background of a rlot
oub dempnstrntion last Friday.
Foreign workmen wero leaders
among the crowd of two thousand
men and boys that assembled near tho
breaker to keep away men who wero
going to tho necessary work . Mora
than thirty women who Joined in mob
violence were arrested. A number of
'foreigners and policemen wero in
jured. Somo shots wore fired by tho po
lice as Policemen Peter Marker and
Louis Davis fell, both heads battered
by cobblestones. The state troopers
then rodo Into tho crowd, firing their
revolvers. Mike Ffacka and another
foreigner dropped to the ground, tho
former shot through tho nbdomen,
tho latter in tho leg. Tho crowd
ibroke, and ran, and tho police com
bined to drive them on toward tho
houses.
Springfield, III., May 12. A disa
greement between foreign and Ameri
can miners nt Benld, Macoupin coun
ty, as to whether thoy should go to
work without awaiting the result of
the referendum vote now being taken
in the state, resulted in one man be
ing fatally Injured and four others
wounded Friday.
About 600 American miners from
Gillespie, who wore going to work in
mino No. 3, wero attneked by a simi
lar number of foreign minors from
Benld, who work In mino No. 3. Shots
were exchanged between tho two
bodies, with tho above result.
WOMAN ACCUSES A. MEEKER
Mrs. Scott Durand Says Cows Con
demned, Are O. K.'d at Stock
yards. '
Washington, May 12. Tho exist
ence of a conspiracy between tho beef
packers nnd tho government meat in
spection service was alleged hero last
Friday when Mrs. Scott Durand, a
noted society leader and philanthrop
ist of Chicago, filed sensational -evidence
with Representative kelson of
Wisconsin in a statement relating
how Arthur Meeker of Chicago, gen
eral manager of Armour & Co. and
hlmsolf a clubman and society leader
known in two continents, utilized the
meat inspection service of the United
States department of agriculture in
nn effort to put her famous dairy,
Crabtreo Farm, out of existence be
cause he regarded her as a rival.
In addition, tho statement of Mrs.
Durand shows how, by her woman's
wit, she is alleged to havo trapped
tho government meat inspectors sent
by Meeker to condemn her herd,
nnd how they actually inspected
and passed .for Armour & Co.'s
warehouses cows which they had
condemned as tubercular on her farm.
So important is tho testimony offered
by Mrs. Durand that she has been
summoned as a witness, and sho will
take the stand early next week.
"SIDNA ALLEN KILLED ME!'
Such Were Dying Words of Judge
Massle, According to Eye-Witness
of Shooting.
Wythoville, Va., May 11. "Sidna Al
len killed mo!" These wero the dying
'words of Judgo Mussle as ho lay
mortally wounded besldo tho bench in
tho Carroll county court houso at
Hlllsvlllo after the court had been shot
up by tho Allen gang, according to
Daniel Thomas, a lumberman, who
was a witness at tho trial of Floyd Al
leu Thursday.
Thomas was ono of the two or thrco
men who did not flee from tho court
room when tho firing began, but re
mained to care for tho injured.
Many character wltnosso testified
that they had found Floyd Allen re
spectable and honest in business deal
ings. Woman to See Money Burned.
Washington, May IS. President
Taft has appointed Miss Louise Les
ter to be a member of the commlttoo
which officially witnesses tho destruc
tion of the worn-out paper money of
tho government Miss Lester is the
first woman to servo in this capacity.
More Titanic Victims Found.
Halifax, N. S., May 14. Captain
Johnson of the steamer Montmagny,
which left hero a week ago to search
for victims of the Titanic, sent a wire
less messago hero Sunday stating that
ho had recovered four bodies.
Modern Reforms In China.
Poking, May 15. All cabinet mem
bers appeared before the provisional
council here Monday and gavo assur
ance that they would introduce re
form in administration and modern
developments at onoo.
Siberia's Quartermaster Arrested.
San Francisco, Way 15. Quarter
master Meyer of tho liner Siberia, in
from Honolulu, was arrested hero by
federal customs officers Monday. The
nature of tho charges havo thus far
been withheld.
Daughters of Revolution Meet
Boston, Mny 15. Tho General So
ciety Daughters of tho Revolution met
in tho Hotel Vendomo Tuesday for Us
annunl convention with tho president
general, Mrs. Adeline F. Fltz, in the
chair.
COMMERCE COURT
THIS Is tho latest photograph of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Unitod
States Commerce court, whoso alleged financial dealings with tho Erie
railroad are being investigated by the houso committee on Judiciary in Washington.
FAVORS NO GHURGH
PRESIDENT TAFT STRENUOUSLY
DENIES GIVING PREFERENCE
TO ROMAN CATHOLICS. x
CONSPIRACY CHARGE IS MADE
Did Not Send Wireless Welcome to
Newly Appointed Apostolic Dele
gate Says Purpose Is to Arouse
Religious Prejudice Against Him.
Woshlngton, May 14, On Sunday
tho following statement was Issued
from tho Whlto Houso:
"Among tho insidious methods of at
tack pursued by somo against me, Is
tho attempt to urouso religious preju
dice on tho charge that 1 am In some
manner unduly favoring tho Roman
Catholic church. It has been my of
ficial purpose first, tip the governor
general of the Philippines; second, as
socrctary of var, and third, as presi
dent, to encourage every church as fnr
as posslblo whore this does not lnvolvo
invidious distinctions, and does not
depart from the rulo which separates
our fltnto from official relations to all
churches. I have unduly favored no
church, but have treated theui all
with absoluto Impartiality.
"In 1902 I visited Homo and con
ferred with Pope Leo XIII. in an at
tempt to scttlo the friar land contro
versy, which had arisen in tho Phil
ippines while I was governor general,
and after a time I succeeded in doing
so. When last March my aldo, Major
Butt, sett out on a trip solely for his
health and proposed to visit Rome ho
asked mo for a letter of introduction
to the present popo that bo might
have tho privilege of an audience, and
I gavo him such a letter.
"Tho evidence that there is n con
spiracy for the purpose of arousing
religious prejudlco against mo Is
shown by tho fact that at tho Instance
(Of some ono unknown to me, It was
reported In a great many very repect
able newspapers that I sent a message
of welcome and congratulations to tho
newly appointed apostolic delegato by
wireless to the incoming steamer
which was boarlng him to New York.
No such message was sent by mo, or
by anyone by my authority. Denial of
the published report was issued from
the White House, but tho denial has
obtained no publicity.
"WILLIAM H. TAFT."
Finds Father's Burled Treasure.
Kent, O., May 14, Charles Ramsoy,
colored, unearthed a box containing
$500 in gold coin and paper whllo
spading for onions horo Sunday. His
father, Jonathan Ramsoy, a former
slave, had burlod it 20 years ago.
Choose Two 8ets of Delegates.
Eureka Springs, Ark., May 14. Tho
Republican Third congressional dis
trict held two conventions at thesamo
time in tho courthouse horo Sunday.
Two sot3 of delegates wore elected to
tho Chicago convention.
JUDGE UNDER FIRE
SAYS HE WAS TRAPPED
WITNESS REPUDIATES STATE
MENTS IN ARCHBALD CASE.
Scranton, Pa., Man Admits Judge Pays
His Carfare to and Expenses
In Washington.
Washington, May 11. At the in
quiry into chargos of misconduct
ngainst Judge Robert W. Archbald of
tho com'mcrco court beforo tho house
Judiciary committee which is to de
termine whethor Impeachment pro
ceedings shall be brought against tho
Jurist, Edward J. Williams of Scran
ton, Pa., a government witness, admit
ted tho reason he obtained a letter
from Judgo Archbald In tho Erie culm
bank transaction wns that ho realled
many railroad cases wero in Judgo
Archbald's court and that Captain
May, who controlled tho coal property,
wns a railroad man.
In connection with tho testimony,
Williams donlod all knowledgo of tho
contents of signed statements secured
from him by the department of Justice.
In these statements he Implicated
Judge Archbald in various coal land
deals with tho Erie & Lehigh rail
road. Speaking of his visit to Washington
nt tho time the statements are alleged
to have been made, Williams bald:
"I came hurriedly In responso to a
telegram from William P. 0. Borland.
I waa met, I think, by Mr. Borland,
and we had a good lunch. Then thoy
took mo to tho department of Justice,
and tho attorney general questioned
mo. Later I was given somo papers
to aign. I don't know what was in all
thoso papers. After that I went back
to Scranton, but beforo I left Borland
I told him he had betrayed mo. Bor
land paid my expenses to Washington
on that trip."
Aviators Fly In Gale.
London, May 14. Despite tho 40
miles an hour gale at tho Hondon
aorodromo hero Sunday tho crowds,
saw thrilling flights by Huks and
Hamel. Hucks camo porlously nonr
capsizing during his second flight, but
managed to steady his machine Ho
soared 1,000 feet in tho air whllo
tho lightning flashed and tho thunder
roared and finally reached tho earth
In safety.
Motherless Girt Kills Self.
Loulsvlllo, Ky., May 13. Aline,
House, twolvo years old, killed horsolf
Friday by shooting. Grief bocauso sho
had no mother llko tho other children
is tho causo.
Vincent Astor to Marry.
Now York, May 15. Reports that
Vincent Astor, who, upon attaining
his majority will tako charge of tho
Astor millions, will marry Miss Mar
garet F. Andrews, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul A. AndrowB, wero revived.
Langford Defeats Barry.
Melbourne, Australia, May 15. Sam
Langford, tho negro heavyweight of
Boston, defeated Jimmy Barry of Chi
cago last Monday. Barry was com
pletely outclassed nnd the refereo
stopped the fight In oloventh round.
COM REOUIHEIEIT
PARTICULARLY AS TO THE NEEDS
OF MOISTURE.
RESULTS OF SEVERAL YEARS
They Indicate that Best Growth Is
Secured When There Is 60
Per Cent of Water.
Tho NebrnBka Experiment Stntlon
has Just Issued Bulletin No. 128, on
"Studios In Water Requirements of
Corn." A brief report 1b mado on re
sults secured In past yoars, which
havo horotoforo been published.
Results Indicate that tho beat
growth Is secured when tho soil con
tains about GO por cent of tho water It
could hold If saturated. Soil that Is
too wet gives decreased ylcldB. It
wan also found that the amount of
water required from day to day by
growing corn varies with wenthor con
ditions, and In very much tho Banio
way as evaporation from tho surface
of a tank; also tho greater tho leaf
area tho greater tho water require
ment. In 1911, corn wnB grown In two
greenhouses, In ono of which tho air
was dry, just na tho natural outeldo
air. In tho other tho nlr waB artific
ially kopt humid. Tho plant required
twice as much water to mako a pound,
of dry weight In 'the dry greonliouso
as It did In tho humid groonhoUso, In
dicating that in a dry cllmnto llko Ne
braska tho water requirement for
growing crops Is very high as com
pared with a humid cllmnto. It was
found that In tho year 1011 It took 345
pounds of water to mnko ono pound
of dry weight in corn, whllo in 1910 it
took only 2E0 pounds. ThlB wac dun
to tho tact that! tho air' was much
drier in 1911. So oven with equal
rainfall, In cortaln yenrs the water re
quirement's very much higher than
In others.
Soils of thrco degrees- of fertility
woro usod, and these same soils were
each fertilized with sheep manure In
n second scries. It was found that tho
more fertile a soil the lesBwnter required-
to produce a pound of dry
weight, and that tho adding of manure
decreases tho water requirement ex
cept In tho most fertile soils. Thlt
would Indicate that manuring boIIb
low in fertility wl give a gratpr
yield for 'Ktvl3rquftntffyfwnte,
but if tho soils aro sufficiently tortile
tho ndditton of. manure will probably
havo llttlo or no effect. This bulletin
may bo had froo of cost by residents
of Nebraska upon application to the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Lin
coln, Nebraska.
Press Association Meeting.
C. C. Johns of Grand Island, socrc
tary of tho Nebraska Press associa
tion, announces that tho program of
tho coming session of tho association.
at Lincoln on Juno 3, 4 nnd 5 is near-;
ly completed and will bo sent out in
a few days.
Tho program will lncludo all Ne
braska speakers on topics pertaining
to interest of tho publishers of the
state. Among tho speakers will bo
Clark Perkins of tho Aurora Republic
an, Arthur V. Shaffer of tho Alma
Record,' Mrs. A. II, Armstrong of tho
Butto Gazette, 8. It McKelvIo of tho
Nebraska Farmor, A. B. Wood of tho
Goring Courlor, Gcorgo W. Kcllcy of
tho Hartington Nows, A. R. Ladd of
tho Albion Nows, E. C. Potts of tho
Holdrego Citizen, W. M. Maupln, A.
L. Bixby of Lincoln, J. W. Tamplin
of tho' Tekaraah Journal, C. O. Rose
water of tho Omaha Boo, E. W. Huso
of tho Wayne Reporter, E, M, Mar
vin of tho Beatrice Sun, A. F.'Buech
lor of tho Grand Island Independent,
Penn P. Fodrea of tho Omaha Trade
Exhibit, and others to bo assigned.
Douglas Bonds Renewed.
Tho stato, which owns an Issue of
Douglas county bondB duo this year,
has consented to extond tho tlmo of
payment ono year., It appears tho
county board made arrangements to
tnkn up $75,000 worth of bonds undor
tho Impression that was all which
camu duo this year, when In fact
thero was $150,000 duo. Half of this
amount will bo redeemed and tho
other $75,000 carried by tho stato until
1912.
Pardon for Heso.
Tho governor has decided to grant
a pnrdon to Oron Hess, who camo to
tho penitentiary October last on con
viction of cmbezzlomonL Ho was con
victed in Howard county beforo Judgo
Paul and tho judge signs tho applica
tion for a pardon.
Lindsay Reappointed.
Tho judges of tho supreme court
havo reappointed II. C. Lindsay ro
porter and librarian of tho court and
Victor Seymour as deputy. Tho ap
pointment is effective May 20, on the
expiration of tho present terms of
these officers.
Maneuvers In Wyoming.
The federal war department has no
tified Adjutant Qoneral Phelps that
the army manouvors for this district
will bo held this year at Pole Moun
tain, Wyo. General Phelps has replied
that until ho ascertains how much of
nn allowanco tho gonoral goVornmont
will mako to tho Nebraska guard ho
cannot say whethor this stato will bo
ablo to participate. Tho guard has
never been overburdened with money
nnd tho llro which destroyed -tho ar
mory at Omaha has still further de
pleted Its resources.
A3 TO AMENDMENTS.
All Flvo to Be Voted On Next
Nbvember.
Flvo constitutional amendments,
says tho Lincoln Journal, will bo pre
sented to tho voters this fall, each en
,lii l i, i,o(h (j,, !( iwiijttaftl par
tlos and each a part of tholr tickets,
heuco each have tho credit of all
straight votes that may bo cast by
mombora of the party. Since Usually
at least 25 per cent of all tho votos
cast at a general election are what is
known as "etralght votes" tho ad
vantage to Uio amendments by being
ondorsod at tho primary la not a
small Horn. Although tho entire vote
of tho state has not boon reported to
tho secretary of Btato enough Is
known to allow tho statement that
tho amendment which received loast
popular approval, home rulo for cities
of moro than 5,000 population, wns on.
dorccd by about two to ono, whllo tho
most popular, tho lnltlatlvo and tho
referendum, was oudorsed by flvo to
ono or moro.
The provisions of tho presont laws
of tho stato which allows n party to
ondorso an amondment at tho primary
and count it thoreaftor as a part of
tho straight ballot, is a section in the
primary law passed in 1907. Somo fenr
was expressed during tho last legis
lature that those hontllo to tho lnltla
tlvo and roforendiun who sought to
kill it by mutilating It out of all ef
fectiveness, would seok to ropoal tho
provision of tho primary law which
will bo responsible for its adoption in
November. This wns not dono, and
so far as known was not openly, con
sidered. Tho legislature of 1907 was not re
sponsible for tho law which allows
straight votes to bo counted for an on.
dorocd amendmont An act was passed
In 1901 beforo a direct primary was
ovon considered, which gavo political
parties permission in stato convontion
to endorse a proposed amendment and
to havo nil straight votes in that par
ty counted for it Prior to that many
amendments had been 6ubinitTt.il by
tho loglslaturo nnd all defeated bo
causo of tho clauso in tho stato consti
tution which required a majority of
all votes cost in tho election to bo
cast favorably on tho amondmont. A
vote not recorded "on tho amondmont
was counted against it undor thiB pro
vision of tho constitution.
In 1905 tho loglslaturo submitted nn
amondment to provide for tho state
railway commission. This amendment
was endorsed by tho conventions of
lKuti and in the fall of tho year tun
amondment was adopted, and at tho
Etrmo time throe commissioner wero
elccuTvisibffiTrJT-trfit is; thoy"
woro to servo if tho amendment car
ried. It 1b charged by thoso who oppose
the provision of tho law which allows
straight votca to ho counted for nn
amendment, tlutt the supreme court
upheld tho makeshift "la ordor that
tho salaries of the members thereof
might be boosted Gubsoquontly 'by on
othor amondmont. History does hot
boar out this assortlon. Tho constitu
tionality of ,tho election of tho first
three commissioners was tested in a
friendly suit, and decided by tho su
premo court in February, 1907. In
that opinion tho court hold that the
counting of straight votes for an
amondment as provided by law undor
certain conditions was not a violation
of tho constitution, t
Pardoned Convict Marries.
Tho state advisory board of pardons
closed tho hearing of sixty applica
tions for clemoncy, most of them be
ing application for parole from, con
victs in tho penitentiary. Tho only
recommendation of tho board actod
upon by tho governor was tho request
of tho board that John H. Shoaro bo
released. This was granted and
whon Shearer was brought to tho wax
don's office ho was married to Mls3
Olllo M. Neusland of Randolph. Tho
girl had In her arms a babe whoso
existence was the enmso of tho prison.
or being in tho penitentiary.
Want Wroklzer Asaln.
An effort 1b being mado by univer
sity authorities to got Captain John
C. Worklzcr assigned aa commandant
of tho university cadots. Captain
Yates, tho presont commandant, bus
Borved out his term of detached duty
and has been ordered to rojoln his
reglmont. Captain Worklzcr waB at a
provlous tlmo commnndnnt of tho ca
dets nnd was exceedingly popular. He
in now on detached duty and uulvor
Blty authorities hopo to havo him
again assigned horo.
Extradition Refused.
Governor Aldrlch has refused to ox
tradtto T. T. Whlto, who Is In Jail at
Pendor on tho charge of child aban
donment. Ourtls L. Dny, attornoy of
Pendor, appeared before the governor
nnd presented a written agreement
signed by Wblto and his wife, who
lives at (lorosford, S. D In which
they agreed to llvo apart. Whlto to
pay his wlfo $50 a month from Feb
ruary 14, 1912, for a porlod of ono
year, and somo othor expenses for her
benefit, eho to, havo their household
goods and a child then unborn.
Stock Yards Appeal,
Tho supreme court hoard argument
on tho appeal ot the Union Stock
Yards company ot South Omaha from
a Judgment for damages for the kill
ing of Martin Fitzgerald, a switch
man. Til la Is tho second time tho case
has boon In tho court. Tho Burling
ton settled with tho Fitzgerald heirs
by paying tho mother $4,400, and the
Block yards company hold that this
wot) a legal eottlomont with it also,
operating to roleaso it, but tho su
premo court said this did not neces
carily follow.
81 BOBBER,
HER HHR COT OFr
Woman Let in Bogus Gas In
spector, With Gun, Who Gagged
and Tied Her.
TURNED ON ALL GASi
Bold Intruder Sneered at 918 8ha'
Gave Him, Snipped Her Tresses
and Loft Them Behind In a
Package, 8he 8ays.
Now York. Mrs. Goltol Chnrloff,
Who enmo to this country from Odessa
with her husband, Joseph, and their
four children Icsb than a year ago, wast
found on tho floor of tho living-room
of hor homo on tho Eocond floor of tho,
tenement at 1759 Prospect place,,
Brownsvlllo, the othor day by a neigh
bor. Hor hands and feet wero bound'
nnd her hair had been cut oft short
Tho gas was turned on in tho room.
Sho said that a man. had come
nnd robbed her of all tho money she
had, $18, and then, disgusted with the
GmallnosB ot tho amount, had cut oft
her hair.
Charloff is a shoe cutter. Ho got off
at noon, and in tho aftornoon took
their youngest child, Shunie, four
years old, to Manhattan with him to
boo an oculist and then to visit a sis
ter of his wifo's. Tho other chlldron,
Abraham, seventeen years old; Morris,
.fourtoen years old, and Louis, eight
years old, woro out playing.
About four o'clock, Mrs. Charloff
said, a man rapped at tho door Her
husband had told hor not to let any
ono in unless sho know him. She
ucokod out at the. mau1,audlieB;td
ho was from tho gas company, aosho
lot him in. Tho man looked at the
gas motor, sho said, nnd then in tho
kitchen domandod money and pointed
a revolver at hor. Mrs. Charloff at
tempted to got away and says that thoi
man grnbbed hor by tho throat Then!
Bho gavo him $18, the rent money.j
wnicu was an sno nau.
"I didn't como for such a small Job,"
Bho says tho man said. Ho threw hor
Into a chair, Bho nays, stuffed a towclt
He Began Cutting Her Hair.
in her mouth nnd bound her hands
with another towel and her feet with,
a piece ot card ho had in his pocket.
Then, with a pair ot scissors, also ta
ken from his pocket, he began cutting
hor hair, remarking that ho could get
something out of that. Mrs. Charloff
gave her ago as fllty-three, hut Bho
looko much younger than thsS-nnd nnoT "
lino long hair ot & uiik brown color:
When tho man had finished clipping
hor hair, sho says, he turnod on all
tho gas Jots in tho room, closed and
locked tho window and then went out,
locking tho door on the outside and ta
king tho key with him.
He loft the hair in tho room, tied up
la a package
17 Dogs Fight Policemen.
St Louis, Mo. Their uniforms were
almost torn from Patrolmen M. J.
Comer and Patrick Dolan when they
battled with 17 dogs in tho collar be
neath tho homo of Mrs. George
Thompson at 5000 Columbia avenue.
Two of tho dogs wero killed by
blows from basoball bats which the
patrolmon used to protect themselves
with. Later it was found three addi
tional dogs had been injured so se
verely that thoy had to bo shot
Mrs. Thompson telephoned tho po
lice that all the dogs In the neighbor
hood had invaded hor cellar.
Comer and Dolan reported to tho
Mounted District Police station that
they bad engaged in one ot tho worst
fights in their careers.
Kidnaped a Monkey.
New York. Wearing a little mon
key suspended from her neck, Mrs.,
Mllllcent Miller ot London, landed
horo from the steamer Cedrlc She kid
naped tho little fellow from his mother
In Africa.
Bar Ragtime Dances.
Paris, No American ragtime dancea
for tho International Academy ot
Dancing Masters. Tho arbiters ,- ot
torpalchqre have barred the "turkey
trot, bunny hug and the grtuly bear.
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